I would like to commend you, Foreign Minister Portas, for organizing this important meeting. I also thank Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Mr. António Guterres and Ms. Margaret Chan for their comprehensive briefings.
The modern world is in a process of constant change. That inevitably brings new global challenges…
Allow me to welcome you today, Mr. President. I also wish to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor- Leste, Mr. Zacarias Albano da Costa, and the Vice- Minister for Political Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations of Brazil, Mrs. Vera Lucia Barrouín Crivano Machado. My delegation w…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. As indicated in his report (S/2011/682, annex), the situation in the country is still complex. However, a number of positive achievements must also be noted.
Although we have not achieved all …
I would like to express our gratitude to you and your delegation, Mr. President, for initiating this important discussion. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abou Moussa for his informative briefing. I also express our thanks for the briefings by Mr. Téte António, Permanent…
We are reminded every day that terrorism still represents an undefeated, challenging and demanding threat of our times. Therefore, the fight against terrorism holds the highest priority. We are certain that only our joint efforts and coordinated and decisive action can lead to its ultimate defeat.
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Allow me to welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, President of the Portuguese Republic, at this meeting. I wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. I also thank United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Navanethem Pillay, Assistant S…
Allow me to join others in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. At the same time, allow me to congratulate Nigeria for its excellent work in the presidency in October.
I wish to thank Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo for his briefing and to commend his co…
I would like to thank Ms. Judy Cheng-Hopkins, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, for her
comprehensive briefing on the overall peacebuilding agenda. I also thank Ms. Sylvie Lucas, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission configuration for Guinea, for her remarks.
We have emphasize…
I would like to commend you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General and Under-Secretary-General Michelle Bachelet for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe and Ms. Orzala Ashraf Nemat for their remarks.
The commemoration o…
At the outset, allow me to join others in expressing our deepest condolences to the Government and people of Turkey in the aftermath of the earthquake in the city of Van yesterday, as well as to the Government and people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the death of Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulazi…
Allow me to thank you, Madam President, for having organized this important briefing on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which can be described as a serious threat to peace and stability in West Africa. I should like also to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing as well as General Mahamane Touré…
I welcome your presence in the Chamber, Sir, as well as that of Her Excellency Mrs. Preneet Kaur, Minister of State for External Affairs of India. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for his briefing.
Allow me to emphasize that security sector reform is one of the essential eleme…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the Nigerian delegation for assuming the presidency, as well as to congratulate Ambassador Salam and his delegation for their excellent leadership in September.
I would like now to voice our deep concern over the situation in Syria. Instead of witnessing a pe…
We welcome the presence at today’s meeting of His Excellency Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. We listened with great interest to his remarks today.
I thank the Secretary-General for his valuable report (S/2011/590), and Special Representative of the Secretary-General…
I would like to thank His Excellency President Sleiman of Lebanon, as well as the delegation of Lebanon, for organizing this high-level meeting of the Security Council. I would also like to thank His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his insightful remarks.
The topic we are discussing to…
It is my great pleasure and honour to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and my country’s health authorities in order to briefly inform members about activities undertaken by Bosnia and Herzegovina to prevent and control non-communicable dise…
We welcome the establishment of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, under the leadership of a special representative of the Secretary-General, for an initial period of three months with a mandate set out in resolution 2009 (2011).
The Libyan people have sought a change in their country, an…
At the outset, I would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Fernandez Amunátegui for his extensive briefing today and to congratulate him on assuming the position of Special Representative of the Secretary-General. I also wish to extend our appreciation to former Special Representative Edmond Mulet …
At the outset, allow me to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2011/549) on Somalia and to thank Mr. Augustine Mahiga, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Somalia, for his useful and informative briefing this morning. We also thank Mr. Boub…
Allow me to join others in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and also to thank the Indian delegation for the excellent work done during its presidency in August.
I would also like to join colleagues in thanking Ambassador Osorio for his briefing o…
