I would like to thank the Prosecutor, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing. We are pleased to learn that the Office of the Prosecutor is continuing its work in relation to the situation in Darfur, despite the significant challenges it faces.
We continue to be deeply concerned by violence in Darfur.…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abou Moussa, for his briefing on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA).
Allow me to focus first on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which has been committing human rights abuses that are appa…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. I would like to join others in thanking Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative, for his report on the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement (S/2013/263, annex). Mr. Inzko has brought forward a typically thorough and objecti…
Today’s high-level meeting on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons is a welcome opportunity to assess our achievements and to address ongoing challenges in our global efforts to combat trafficking. I would like to thank Belarus, Austria and Cape …
I would like to thank Togo for its leadership in convening this important debate, President Gnassingbé, and you, Mr. Minister, for your presence here today. I wish also to thank the Secretary-General and Mr. Shehu.
There is no doubt that, as everyone has said, Africa is the new theatre in the fight…
The threat posed by Al-Qaida to international peace and security remains a pressing aspect of a number of issues on the Council’s agenda, not only in its deliberations on international terrorism, but also across country situations, including Somalia, Mali and Yemen. Since the most recent report (see…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor, Ms. Bensouda, for her briefing this morning on the work of her Office in relation to Libya. Clearly, the situation in Libya demonstrates the distinct but complementary roles of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Security Council. The Council has repe…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s briefing. I would like to thank Foreign Minister Kozhara for his briefing and welcome him to the Security Council for the first time in his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
As the w…
I would like to thank the Ambassadors of Austria and Cape Verde for their dedicated efforts to bring about consensus among delegations on the modalities for the upcoming high- level meeting on trafficking in persons. It has not been an easy task.
This issue is one to which Australia attaches great …
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this briefing. Allow me to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Momen and Ambassador Vilović for their briefings and for their respective leadership of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).
This discussion and the interactive dialogue that we wil…
We express our thanks to the Under-Secretary-General of Political Affairs, Mr. Feltman, for his briefing this morning.
As we know, the deepening crisis around the conflict in Syria is quite rightly an overriding preoccupation. It should be, but we should of course not also be deterred from the impe…
We very much welcome and, indeed, need this open debate on sexual violence on conflict.
I express my thanks to the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/149) and his personal leadership, and to Special Representative Bangura for her forthright commitment and achievements, the NGO Working Group o…
We particularly welcome the initiative of Rwanda and your presence here today, Madam President, as we mark the terrible experience of the Rwandan genocide. Rwanda painfully knows the cost of the failure of us all to prevent conflict.
In its opening lines, the Charter of the United Nations defines t…
Australia is genuinely delighted to have been associated with the other Treaty author countries — Argentina, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan, Kenya and the United Kingdom — in co-sponsoring resolution 61/89, the first on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in 2006, and now bringing forward today’s historic resol…
Pursuant to operative paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 67/234, of 24 December 2012, it is an honour for me, as President of the Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, to report on the outcome of the Conference to the General Assembly. This report, which will be made avai…
I would like to thank Special Representative Zarif for his presentation this morning and for the participation in today’s debate by Prime Ministers Dačić and Thaçi and for their remarks. We warmly welcome them both.
Given that this is the first time that Australia has spoken in a debate on Kosovo i…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. I also thank Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Fisher for his briefing on the situation in Haiti. I would like to convey Australia’s deep gratitude to all the staff of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUS…
I am pleased that my first address to the Security Council is about the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I acknowledge the Russian presidency for the month of March. I acknowledge, as well, the presence of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Afghanistan’s Permanent Representat…
I will be very brief, knowing how busy the programme is. I would just like to thank Council members for their contributions this morning and for the warm welcome they have given to the Australian chairmanship. At this stage, I would also like to thank my predecessor and acknowledge his contribution,…
I have the honour to present the 90-day report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of the same resolution. The report covers the period from 5 December 2012 to 4 March 2013, during which time the Committee held one meeting and conducte…
