I, too, would like to thank Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, for his briefing and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for the valuable information he has provided.
It is concerning to note that the situation in Afghanistan remains one of the mos…
At the outset, let me congratulate you once again, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. For reasons that I need not enumerate here, we are sure that your presidency will have an important impact on our work this month.
I would also like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-…
I should like to express my delegation’s satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over this high-level meeting on the midterm review of the Almaty Programme of Action. My delegation would also like to thank the Secretary-General for the excellent organization of this debate and the interest he has…
I would like to begin by congratulating and thanking your delegation, Mr. President, for the initiative to hold this debate on such an important matter as that of the working methods of the Security Council. My delegation, of course, very much appreciated the presence of the Secretary-General at our…
First of all, my delegation would like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe and Mr. Edmond Mulet for the information they have kindly provided us on the situation in Georgia.
This is the third time that the Security Council has met in a very short period of time to try and find a diplomatic solution to this gr…
Burkina Faso is deeply concerned at the escalation of violence in South Ossetia, which has already claimed numerous victims. We urgently appeal to the parties to observe an immediate cessation of hostilities. We urge them to favour dialogue in order to reach a negotiated settlement of their dispute,…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We also express our gratitude to the delegation of Viet Nam for its outstanding conduct of our work last month.
Allow me also to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his briefing and Am…
I should like to thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for its tireless efforts in the context of the negotiations on the resolution just adopted, which renews the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I must tell Ambassador Sawers and the delegation o…
We should like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Mr. Skender Hyseni of Kosovo, and to thank them for kindly enlightening us on the current situation in Kosovo. We also wish to thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-Gen…
We thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for having briefed us on the situation in the Middle East within the framework of the regular consideration of this item by the Security Council. We also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representatives of Palestine and Israel, and we take due note of their respective s…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Ian Martin for his valuable briefing on the situation in Nepal. I wish also to welcome the presence at today’s meeting of the Permanent Representative of Nepal.
We note that, following the election of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal on 10 April, the peace process seem…
My first words will be simply to warmly welcome you, Sir. Allow me also to thank you for having proposed this debate on an issue that, although it has been discussed recently, nonetheless remains an urgent and timely topic.
The regular consideration of this issue bears witness to the vigilance and …
History, and in particular Africa’s history, has accustomed us to situations in which a small spark has led to a great conflagration. History also teaches us that the most absurd and atrocious of wars are often born of events that we thought were easy to control. Let us therefore not deceive ourselv…
My delegation wishes at the outset to welcome Their Excellencies the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and of Pakistan and to thank them for their statements. We wish also to thank Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and Mr. John Holmes, Under-Se…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to welcome the Prime Minister of the Republic of Djibouti, who has been kind enough to meet with us this afternoon, illustrating his belief in the importance of the matter we are addressing today.
Before I begin my statement, I should like to thank Mr. Honwa…
I too would like to thank the two Special Envoys, Mr. Jan Eliasson and Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, for their respective statements, which have given us an overview of the current situation in Darfur, especially as regards the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I would also …
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the presence among us today of Presidents Boris Tadić and Fatmir Sejdiu. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his presence and for the report (S/2008/354) which he presented to us on the future of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo …
Violence against women in areas of conflict is continuing, in spite of the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) and all other relevant instruments. The phenomenon is worsening, becoming systematic and a genuine war strategy for some combatants. Victimized women and girls are deliber…
At the outset, I would like to thank the members of the Security Council for their valued contribution to the success of the mission which I had the honour to lead to Côte d’Ivoire on Monday, 9 June 2008.
The aim of the mission — whose terms of reference we approved together — was to determine the …
At the outset, my delegation welcomes Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, and thanks him for his assessment of recent developments in the situation in his country. We also thank Ambassador Khalilzad, who has just briefed us on behalf of the Multinational Force. Finally, our tha…
