At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to thank you for convening this open debate and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2012/814, annex). We are also grateful to the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, for his briefing.
Maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea have risen si…
I would like to begin by thanking Ambassadors Hardeep Singh Puri, Baso Sangqu and Peter Wittig for their briefings. We wish to express our sincere appreciation for their excellent leadership of the Security Council Committees with counter-terrorism mandates. With their wisdom, professionalism and de…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for presenting the forty-second report on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina (see S/2012/813). I would also like to express our full support for Mr. Inzko and his…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the presence at this meeting of the Foreign Minister of Timor-Leste, Mr. José Luís Guterres, and to thank him for his statement. We are also grateful to the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Finn Reske-Nielsen, for his briefing and for…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month, and by assuring you of our full support. I also congratulate Ambassador Rosenthal of Guatemala and his delegation on their excellent leadership of the work of the Council during the mont…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Guatemalan presidency and you personally, Mr. Minister, for convening this important open debate on peace and justice and for submitting a concept note on the topic (S/2012/731, annex). We also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President of the Internation…
At the outset. I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Augustine Mahiga for his briefing. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for convening a successful mini-summit on Somalia in New York on 26 September. Azerbaijan joins the participants of the summit in congratu…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Sir, for organizing this debate on a very important topic. We are also grateful to the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his comprehensive and informative briefing.
We would like once again to express our profound concern about the lack of prog…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Guatemalan presidency of the Council for convening this meeting to hear a briefing on the current status of the work of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the completion of its mandate. We are grateful to the President of the Special Court, The Honourable…
Allow me, at the outset, Mr. President, to congratulate you and the delegation of Guatemala on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. I would like to assure you of our full cooperation and support. It is also my pleasure to congratulate Germany on its successful pr…
The remarks just made by the delegation of Armenia, full of distortions and misinterpretations, demonstrate how far that Member State is from engaging in a constructive search for peace in the region. In fact, the delegation of Armenia has introduced nothing new and has once again abused its right t…
I would like to speak in exercise of the right of reply to the statement made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia today at the 19th meeting, in the Assembly’s general debate.
It is clear that the statement of the Foreign Minister of Armenia represents yet another example of utter falseho…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate my good friend, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, and to wish him every success in fulfilling his highly responsible duties. We are also grateful to Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser for p…
At the outset, I would like to join others in congratulating Germany on its successful presidency of the Security Council this month and to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely meeting on an important topic. We are also grateful to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Secretary Gener…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Nestor Osorio for his work as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and for his comprehensive briefing on the activities of the Committee. We note the reappointment of the Panel of Experts created pursuant to paragraph 2…
First of all, I would like to welcome Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, and to thank him for his insightful statement. We are also grateful to Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his briefing, as well as to the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afgh…
I would like to thank the German presidency for convening today’s open debate on children and armed conflict and for its active role and leadership in advancing that significant theme in the work of the Security Council.
We welcome Ms. Leila Zerrougui, the new Special Representative of the Secretar…
Azerbaijan’s determination with regard to the protection of civilians, including children, in situations of armed conflict is based on my country’s keen interest in contributing to the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and to the achievement of sustainable peace and development. Th…
Allow me to begin by thanking the French presidency for convening this important meeting under the agenda item “The situation in the Middle East”, to discuss the humanitarian consequences of the Syrian crisis. We are also grateful to the Deputy Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissio…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2012/603). We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of His Excellenc…
