At the outset, I would like to commend the United Kingdom on assuming the responsibilities of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March, as well as to congratulate Togo for its very successful presidency in February. I would also like to thank the United Kingdom for convening thi…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Togolese presidency for convening this debate on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. I would also like to express our gratitude to Mr. Pascoe, Mr. Musah, and Mrs. Ukonga for their briefings.
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for dispatching a United Nations…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Togolese presidency for convening this important open debate on women and peace and security. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Margot Wallström; the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Opera…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Legal Counsel and Under- Secretary-General, Ms. Patricia O’Brien, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yuri Fedotov, for their briefings and the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on specialized anti-pira…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the presence at this meeting of His Excellency Mr. José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and to thank him for his statement. We are also grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her b…
At the outset, I would like to thank and congratulate the Togolese presidency on convening this open debate on the impact of transnational organized crime on peace, security and stability in West Africa and the Sahel region. We welcome the presence at this very important meeting of His Excellency th…
At the outset, I should like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Eamon Gilmore, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Ireland and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and to thank him for his statement.
Azer…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2012/72). We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of His Excell…
Azerbaijan is deeply concerned at the continuing crisis and widespread violence in Syria that have resulted in the death of many people. Despite the repeated calls of the international community, the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate, causing scores of deaths and injuries. Azerbaijan has f…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. We are grateful to the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar, His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, and to the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, His Excellency Mr. Nabil E…
Like other speakers, I would like to welcome Mr. Pascoe and thank him for his briefing.
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his initiative to deploy the United Nations inter-agency assessment mission to the Sahel region, as well as for the comprehensive report (see S/2012/42) that the miss…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Mr. Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, and to thank the South African presidency for convening this very important open debate on the situation in the Middle East. We are grateful …
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this very important open debate on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report on the rule of law and tr…
At the outset, I would like to thank and congratulate the South African presidency on convening this debate on the United Nations-African Union partnership. We welcome the presence at this very important meeting of His Excellency Mr. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa. We are grat…
First of all, I should like to welcome the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, Her Excellency Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe; the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Ambassador Lamamra; and the repre…
I would point out that I made my request to the Secretariat a half-hour ago.
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I would therefore ask you, Sir, to make an exception in this case.
I would like to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of General Assembly at the sixty-sixth session, and wish you every success in that highly responsible post. I thank your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss, for his productive work during the l…
I would like to exercise the right of reply to the remarks made by the representative of Armenia. Those remarks represent yet another piece of evidence that testifies to Armenia’s apparent disregard of its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and international law, and also demonstrat…
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in congratulating all delegations on the adoption of resolution 65/283 on strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful
settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution.
I would also like to convey our special thanks to Finland …
