I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his briefing. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/535) on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, as well as our colleague Ambassado…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your work as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), and for presenting the 90-day report of the Committee.
Resolutions of the Security Council — an organ that, according to the Charter of the United Nations, has primary …
I have the honour, on behalf of the sponsors — Afghanistan, Belarus, China, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and my own country, Azerbaijan — to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.78.
The draft resolution, submitted…
Let me start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/444) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Minister…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for submitting the report on
the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) (S/2013/493), as well as providing an update on progress made during the reporting period towards the implementation of the mission consolidation plan outlined in his p…
First of all, I would like to thank Argentina for convening this open debate on the very important issue of the protection of civilians in
armed conflict and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2013/447, annex).
On this World Humanitarian Day and the tenth anniversary of the attack on Un…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the Argentine Republic, Her Excellency Ms. Cristina Fernández, for presiding over this meeting on the very important and timely topic of cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining internationa…
I should like briefly to share with the Council the reasoning behind our abstention in the voting on resolution 2114 (2013).
First of all, we would like to express our gratitude to the delegation of the United Kingdom for its leadership and efforts in facilitating the negotiations on the resolution…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United States presidency for convening this debate on the situation in the Great Lakes region. We
welcome the presence at this very important meeting of United States Secretary of State John Kerry and other high-level officials. We are also grateful to Secre…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Madam, for convening this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I also thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Robert Serry, for his briefing and the representatives of Palestine and Isra…
First of all, I would like to thank the presidency for convening this open debate on the protection of journalists in armed conflict and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2013/393, annex). We are also grateful to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for his briefing and to the media rep…
I too would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his work as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and for presenting the report of the Committee.
Azerbaijan attaches great importance to the work of the Committee concerning the implementation of the relevant Security…
I would like to welcome the Force Commanders to this meeting of the Council and to thank them for presenting their insights on various aspects of peacekeeping. We underline the importance of such interaction with the heads of the military components of peacekeeping operations, which provides an oppo…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his briefing on the latest situation in Afghanistan, as well as Ambassador Zahir Tanin for his comprehensive statement.
We highly appreciate the efforts of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in promoting…
At the outset, let me join others in condemning the recent terrorist attack in Mogadishu and express our condolences to the families of victims of that heinous act.
I would like to start by expressing our gratitude to the presidency of the Security Council for having
convened today’s open debate o…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for convening today’s debate on children and armed conflict and to welcome Mr. Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, to today’s meeting. I also wish to thank all briefers for their extensive state…
Let me start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/254) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Prime Mi…
At the outset, I wish to thank the United Kingdom for convening this meeting. We are also grateful to the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their extensive briefings. I take this opp…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for convening this open debate on women and peace and security and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2013/335, annex). I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, a…
At the outset, allow me to express our gratitude to you, Sir, for convening and presiding over this important meeting. We are also grateful to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for his comprehensive briefing and presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/326). I should also like…
