I have the honour and privilege to speak on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso and President of the National Council for the Fight against AIDS. At the outset, I would like to convey to you, Sir, his warm greetings and heartfelt thanks for having organized this i…
At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia for having called for this meeting and President Deiss for rallying to the very just cause of the fundamental right to water and sanitation.
Access to drinking water and sanitation is today a basic human right…
At the outset, may I, on behalf of my delegation, congratulate Mr. Joseph Deiss sincerely and warmly on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this sixty-fifth session. I assure him of our support to ensure a successful session. May I also extend my deepest gratitude to his predec…
At the outset, let me, on behalf of my delegation, congratulate Mr. Deiss on his election to preside over the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly, and express in particular our satisfaction at seeing him preside over this important meeting. I also convey our gratitude to the Secretary-Genera…
My delegation endorses the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Argentina on 7 December 2009 on behalf of the sponsors of draft resolution A/64/L.27 (see A/64/PV.60). We would like to make the following additional comments.
There is no doubt that a safer world, free forever from the sc…
I would like once again to commend your leadership, Mr. President, as well as to thank you for organizing this very important debate to consider the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on the work of its third session (S/2009/444). I would also like to thank Ambassador Muñoz, Chairman of the Peac…
I thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and European Union Special Representative, for his comprehensive briefing. We are grateful also to His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his statement. Once agai…
I thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/590) on piracy in the context of our consideration of the situation in Somalia. Having examined the report and paid close attention to the additional information that has just been presented to us, we shoul…
I would like to thank Ambassadors Vilović, Urbina and Mayr-Harting for their informative briefings in their capacity as the Chairs of the three Security Council Committees entrusted with combating international terrorism.
With regard to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolut…
Since the Alpbach retreat, Mr. President, we have been aware of how meticulously you have prepared today’s discussion on an issue that is central to the responsibilities of the international community and, in particular, the Security Council. We wish to commend you for that, in the belief that we wi…
I would like to thank the Council for organizing this debate to consider the Secretary-General’s report (S/2009/470) assessing the recommendations of the African Union-United Nations panel on the modalities for support to peacekeeping operations authorized by the United Nations and led by regional o…
We are grateful to the delegation of Viet Nam for having organized this debate on the Secretary- General’s report (S/2009/504) on the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). We also wish to thank Mr. Atul Khare, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his presentation.…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I welcome Mr. Vuk Jeremić and Mr. Skender Hyseni, Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo, respectively, and thank them for their statements.
My d…
I should, of course, like to thank Mr. Pascoe for his briefing and to welcome Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki as well as the Permanent Representative of Israel. We thank them for their significant contributions to our deliberations.
The situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palest…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Pascoe and Mr. Boyd for their briefings. We also welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Somalia.
Burkina Faso remains very concerned by the security situation in Somalia, which is marked by continued clashes between illegal armed groups a…
Mr. President, I would like, on behalf of the delegation of Burkina Faso, to congratulate you warmly on assuming the presidency of the Council and to assure your delegation of our full support. We also take this opportunity to congratulate the delegation of the United States of America on its very f…
My delegation is grateful to the Security Council presidency for the convening of this important meeting of the Council, at which the Council adopted resolution 1888 (2009) to follow up the implementation of
resolution 1820 (2008), on sexual violence in areas of armed conflict.
We greatly apprecia…
Burkina Faso wishes to echo the words of the President and the other Security Council members in conveying our gratitude to Ms. Norma Chan. Our delegation has benefited from her availability and professionalism, and together we are profoundly grateful to her. We wish her a peaceful retirement — in a…
Burkina Faso welcomes the international community’s continued interest in the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire. We would like to express our encouragement and gratitude to various partners, in particular the United Nations for its outstanding role in the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agr…
I should like at the outset to thank you, Madam, for organizing this important debate. I welcome the participation of President Clinton, the Secretary- General’s Special Envoy, and thank him above all for his commitment and efforts since he assumed his post towards the return of peace and stability …
