I would like to welcome Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Foreign Minister of Serbia, and Mr. Skender Hyseni, Foreign Minister of Kosovo, and thank them for their statements. Let me further thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for submitting the report before us (S/2010/16…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ould
Abdallah for his briefing today. I also highly welcome the participation in this debate of His Excellency Mr. Abdurahman Ibrahim, First Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, and of His Excellency Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Commissione…
Countries around the world, especially in South Asia and in the wider Middle East, continue to face the threat posed by Al-Qaida and the Taliban. Today’s news reports provide us with another stark reminder of that fact. We must therefore ensure that the existing sanctions regime against Al-Qaida and…
First, Sir, let me congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I thank you for organizing today’s meeting. It gives me great pleasure to welcome High Representative Catherine Ashton to her first briefing to the Council.
The entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in Decem…
Austria fully supports the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another 12 months and underlines its continued support for the efforts by the Secretary- General and his Personal Envoy for the resumption of substantive and results-ori…
At the outset, I should like to thank Prime Minister Bellerive of Haiti for having addressed the Council today.
We welcome the efforts of the Government of Haiti to address the many challenges posed by the earthquake, despite the very difficult circumstances. The Action Plan for the Reconstruction …
First of all, I would like to thank the Japanese presidency for organizing this very important debate on a core subject of our work. I would like to welcome Ms. Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, to her first briefing to the Security Cou…
I would first like to thank the Japanese presidency for convening today’s open debate. We are grateful to Japan for its chairmanship of the Informal Working Group of the Council on this topic. We also wish to say a special word of thanks to the group of five small States for their important contribu…
My delegation is grateful to Japan for having organized this important debate under the presidency of Foreign Minister Okada. We are also grateful for the presence and statements of the Secretary-General, the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Minister of Defence of Sie…
My delegation, like others, would first like to express its condolences to the People’s Republic of China on the natural calamity it has just suffered.
Austria would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General Lynn Pascoe for his update on recent developments in the Middle East. We thank the Perman…
Let me join others in thanking you, Mr. President, and the Gabonese presidency of the Council for organizing this very important debate on a key topic that has particular relevance for the region of Central Africa. We are grateful for the interest shown in this matter by the Deputy Secretary-General…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Le Roy for his briefing. Let me also welcome the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Zahir Tanin, to this table and thank him for his important contribution.
Austria aligns itself with the statement to be made later in this debate by the repre…
Let me start, Mr. President, by thanking you for taking the initiative to organize this important briefing on drug trafficking and transnational organized crime as a threat to international peace and security. Austria attaches great importance to the ongoing fight against drug trafficking and organi…
At the outset, I would like to join my colleagues in welcoming Deputy Prime Minister Guterres and thanking him for his contribution to today’s debate. I would also like to congratulate the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, on her appointment and thank her for her upda…
We welcome your initiative, Sir, in organizing today’s debate on transition and exit strategies. We thank the Secretary- General, the Under-Secretaries-General and the Special Representatives present here today for their important and thought-provoking contributions to this discussion. We are convin…
At the outset, let me welcome His Excellency Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, to the Council today. We congratulate Kazakhstan on the assumption of the chairmanship of the world’…
Austria would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez- Taranco for his update on recent developments in the Middle East. We also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their presence and contributions to our debate. Austria aligns itself …
I would first like to welcome the President of Serbia, Mr. Boris Tadić, and the Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Skender Hyseni, and to thank them for the statements. I also wish to welcome Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić. Moreover, let me express our deep appreciation for the work and leadership of the…
It was with profound and deep grief that Austria learned of the terrible earthquake that struck Haiti last night. We are deeply moved and shocked by the tragic losses, both among the Haitian people and the United Nations presence on the island. Let me extend my Government and country’s deepest condo…
Mr. President, let me also warmly welcome, on behalf of Austria, the newly elected Security Council members — Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria — and pay tribute to those countries that completed their term at the end of 2009. I should like to express our appreciation to the…
