The situation in Somalia is grave. It poses a real threat to peace and security in the Horn of Africa and is causing terrible suffering among the Somali population. The situation requires an integrated approach on the part of the international community to address all the various aspects of the cris…
I should like to start by thanking our South African colleague for his briefings of last Thursday and today on the mission to Timor-Leste. I commend him on the professionalism he demonstrated in his leadership of the visit.
I also wish to affirm that my delegation fully supports the statement made …
The United Nations deserves praise for planning this High- level Meeting. Five years after the adoption of the Declaration and Plan of Action contained in the document “A world fit for children” (resolution S-27/2, annex), the moment had come to assess the achievements accomplished in the context of…
I too would like to thank Presidents Fausto Pocar and Dennis Byron and Prosecutors Carla Del Ponte and Hassan Bubacar Jallow for their reports and statements today. Belgium would like to reiterate its ongoing support for the Tribunals in their fight against impunity, their work to restore the rule o…
I too would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Holmes, for his visit to East Africa and for presenting to us today a detailed report on his mission. His initiative comes at a time when the humanitarian situation in the region — especially, I think, in Somali…
First of all I wish to thank Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo for his briefing, which has moved us and cannot leave us indifferent. I wish to reiterate the importance that Belgium attributes to the key role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in combating impunity and suppressing crimes of genocide, c…
Mr. President, let me at the outset thank Mr. Charles Nqakula for his briefing on the state of progress in the peace process in Burundi and specifically with respect to implementation of the Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement with the Forces nationales de libération (FNL). My delegation believes that…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, for his briefing on the Darfur peace talks, and also the Under- Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, for his briefing on the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
The p…
I wish at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his report and statement, and Under-Secretary-General John Holmes for his very relevant comments on the subject of our debate today.
Belgium aligns itself with the statement to be made by our Portuguese colleague on behalf of the European Unio…
As stressed in my last briefing to the Council (see S/PV.5679), the completeness and accuracy of the 1267 Committee’s
consolidated list are essential for the effectiveness of the sanctions measures. Over the past six months, the Al-Qaida and Taliban Committee has strived to further improve the qual…
On behalf of the Chairmen of the three subsidiary bodies of the Security Council established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004), which deal with the issue of terrorism, I would like to make some introductory remarks on the work of and the cooperation among those Committ…
Please allow me to make a few procedural remarks. Some have described the Security Council as one of the most conservative institutions in the world, referring to its working methods, its procedures and, above all, its membership. Others have called the Security Council one of the most effective org…
My delegation would like to thank the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, Mr. Gambari, for his comprehensive briefing on his visit, and we reiterate our full support for his good offices. My delegation is encouraged by the positive tone of the message of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, which confirms — …
First and foremost, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to organize this debate and for having travelled from Jakarta to New York to preside.
Better defining the respective roles of regional and subregional organizations and of the United Nations in the mainten…
Let me at the outset express Belgium’s alignment with the statement made by Portugal on behalf of the European Union.
My statement today will be limited to four points: progress made since the Monterrey Consensus, the need to focus on countries that are missing out on recent economic growth, the ne…
As we speak — at this very moment — thousands of
women are victims of sexual violence in its most atrocious forms. Who among us has not reacted with horror when reading the reports on the sexual violence committed against women in the Kivus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or in the Sudan? …
First of all, allow me to thank Foreign Minister Bassolé and Mr. Abou Moussa, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for their statements. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire.
Belgium would like to reiterate its full support to the Ouagadougou pol…
Permit me at the outset to thank Ambassador Pascoe for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2007/608). Belgium agrees with its analysis and its recommendations.
A little less than a year ago, the United Nations sent a double warning to Iraq and the international community as a whole: …
Belgium attaches great importance to the Peacebuilding Commission. We believe that, in general, we can welcome the work accomplished during the first year of its existence.
At the outset, my delegation would like to recall the multidimensional nature of the Peacebuilding Commission. It is an organ …
Allow me first to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Tom Koenigs, for his statement, which clearly highlighted the progress made as well as the challenges that remain to be met.
In supplementing the statement that will be made soon by the Permanent Representative of Port…
