I wish at the outset to thank Mr. António Guterres for his very instructive briefing. We are grateful to him and to the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for their dedication and their leadership in protecting and assisting refugees.
The ongoing scourg…
Mr. President, we thank you for having convened this emergency meeting, which gives the Security Council an opportunity to consider the tragic events that are currently taking place in Gaza. The presence of the Secretary-General, which we welcome, clearly attests to the importance and urgency of the…
At the outset, I would like to offer a few words of welcome to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well to welcome the presence among us today of our colleague from Rwanda.
Unfortunately, like the picture that was painted at our last meeting on …
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Serry for his briefing. My delegation is also grateful to the representatives of Palestine and Israel for their contributions.
Only two days ago, the Security Council adopted resolution 1850 (2008) on the situation in the Middle East. That important resolution invite…
At the outset, I welcome the participation in our debate of the ministers present with us today and the Secretary-General.
At a time when the international community is striving to reach agreement on the best way to address the political challenges and the various manifestations of armed violence t…
My delegation would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing and presiding over today’s meeting. The presence of ministers and the Secretary-General, whom we respectfully welcome, attests to its importance.
It has been said that the situation in the Middle East, in particular the Israeli-Palestinian …
I should like at the outset to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the two Tribunals for their presentations and, in particular, to congratulate Judge Robinson. I would also like to thank the delegation of Belgium for its report on the work of the Informal Working Group on international tribunal…
On behalf of my country, I would like to welcome you, Sir, and say that we are deeply honoured to see you presiding over this very important meeting, the topic of which was so wisely decided upon the Croatian delegation. Burkina Faso wished to participate at a high level in this meeting, but since i…
At the outset, allow me to thank Mr. Miroslav Lajčák for his briefing, which gave us a good overview of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also welcome the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Špirić, and we are grateful to him for his statement.
From the ove…
The urgent convening of this meeting bears witness to the great importance of the question of the Middle East, which is at the heart of the Security Council’s concerns.
The incident that occurred with respect to the Libyan ship prevented from delivering humanitarian aid to the Palestinian populatio…
Allow me first of all to thank Under- Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Sudan and Chad. We are especially grateful to him for visiting the region, which of course has enabled him to have first-hand information. We would also like to thank the Permanent Re…
I too would like to thank Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for his introduction of the eighth report on the activities of his Office with respect to the Darfur conflict. We take note of the report.
It is now a truism to say that the situation in the Sudan cont…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Alan Doss for his summary of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/728). I would also like to congratulate him, as well as the entire personnel of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) on their commitment a…
I thank Mr. Menkerios, Mr. Zenenga and Mr. Mitropoulos for their illuminating briefings. Our thanks go also to the Permanent Representative of Somalia and to the Permanent Observer of the African Union for their statements this morning.
Let me begin by reaffirming my delegation’s firm condemnation …
I would like to tell you, Mr. President, how happy our delegation is to see you personally chairing this important debate on the strengthening of collective security through the reduction of armaments and general regulation, which is a pressing subject and goes right to the heart of the Security Cou…
My delegation greatly appreciates the briefing given by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for which we thank him. We also thank Ambassador Khalilzad for his briefing on the activities of the Multinational Force. We also thank our colleague the Permanent Representative of Iraq for the very useful information t…
I too wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, and to thank you, along with Ambassador Grauls and Ambassador Jurica, in your respective capacities as Chairmen of the three Security Council Committees in the field of counter-terrorism, both for your briefings this morning and for the cooperation that…
We should like to express our gratitude to your delegation, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on the full-fledged and equal participation of women in peacekeeping, peacebuilding and security efforts. I should also like to thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2008/622) and Ms.…
On behalf of my delegation, I should like to welcome His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, and his delegation, who honour us by apprising us of developments in the conflict between his country and Eritrea. We especially thank him for the important statement he ha…
I should like at the outset to convey my gratitude to the Chinese delegation for having taken the welcome initiative of organizing a Security Council debate on the important topic of the Peacebuilding Commission, just a few days after the General Assembly held a debate on the subject. My delegation …
