At the outset, let me warmly welcome His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica. I also warmly welcome His Excellency the new Permanent Representative of Belgium, who has just joined us. I wish him every success in his new functions.
Let me also welcome Mr. Moreno-Ocampo and than…
At the outset, I should like to thank Presidents Byron and Pocar, as well as Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow, for their briefings. My delegation has taken note of the reports of both Tribunals, which very precisely and clearly define the tasks that have been entrusted to them, the efforts they have…
Burkina Faso is grateful to you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on a question as significant as the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We thank the Secretary-General for his commitment to find solutions commensurate with this problem. The relevant recommendations in his repo…
We too wish to convey our deep condolences to China and Myanmar for the humanitarian catastrophes with which they are dealing.
I thank you, Mr. President, for the initiative of organizing this Council debate on peacebuilding and post-conflict stabilization, an issue that Burkina Faso pays particula…
Allow me also to thank Mr. Lajčák for his briefing, as well as Mr. Špirić for his statement.
The overall situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is encouraging. My delegation would like to acknowledge the progress made in several areas, in particular as regards police reform and the adoption of legisla…
As members know, the conflict in Western Sahara is of the greatest concern to my country — not solely because it is an African problem, but also because of the potential danger it poses every day, after more than 30 years of attempts to reach a compromise. In that regard, Burkina Faso has maintained…
My delegation welcomes the organization of this debate of the Security Council on small arms, the first of its type since 2006, on a subject which is of such key importance and thanks you, Mr. President, for having undertaken this initiative.
This question, as we are all well aware, is at the core …
We, too, thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the implementation of the mandate entrusted to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) under resolution 1770 (2007). We also thank Ambassador Khalilzad for his statement on the activities of the Multinational Force in I…
I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on today’s initiative and to convey to you the fraternal support and gratitude of the President of Burkina Faso for your dedication and personal involvement on behalf of peace and stability in Africa.
With regard to strengthening the relations betwe…
We would like to begin by thanking the Secretary- General for his introduction and the Under-Secretary- General, Mr. Pascoe, for his presentation on the situation in the Middle East.
In a few days, in Damascus, a summit of Heads of State and Government of the Arab League will be convened. We hope t…
Our present debate within the framework of the renewal of the mandate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) of the Security Council. It provides my delegation with the opportunity to congratulate Mr. Mike Smith, not only on his briefing, but also on his assumption of the po…
I will be brief. First of all, I wish to thank my neighbour at the Council table and my friend, Johan Verbeke, for having presented the 90-day report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), which he has delivered in the clearest possible manner. In its capac…
We thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for having presented the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan. We would also like to welcome here Mr. Kai Eide, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan and we would like to encourage him in the new responsibil…
As members will recall, Burkina Faso, since the beginning of the Council’s consideration of this matter, has stated its reservations about considering a draft resolution before the publication of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear programme, because, as a m…
We too would like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for the very thorough and enlightening briefing he has given us on the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) (S/2008/26). We also thank our friend the Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste …
First, I wish to welcome the presence of the President of the Republic of Serbia and the Secretary-General.
Once again, we are called on to debate Kosovo. This proves the great importance and, above all, the complexity of the problem, and its urgency as well, because of the events that have been ta…
Mr. President, Burkina Faso joins other members of the Council in welcoming you, along with Mr. Charles Michel, Minister for Development Cooperation of Belgium, and Mr. Vittorio Craxi, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Italy. Your participation in this debate, Sir, shows the importance…
The briefings we have just heard from Mr. Jan Eliasson, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations — both of whom we would like to thank earnestly — provide a glimpse of developments that are not completely pessim…
We have concluded that the situation in the Middle East continues to be a source of serious threat to international peace and security. As a result, it requires the Security Council and the entire international community to exercise increased vigilance. In his very instructive briefing, Mr. Pascoe h…
We would like at the very outset to thank Mr. Pascoe for his update on the situation in Gaza.
This emergency meeting is necessary in view of the very tense and worrisome situation prevailing in Gaza, stemming, as we know, from a resumption of hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians and aggrav…
