Allow me to welcome the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to today’s meeting and thank him for his extensive briefing. I also wish to thank the Prosecutor for preparing the report that has given us a further overview of and insight into the situation in the field. In no uncertain terms,…
At the outset, allow me to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for providing us with the briefing on recent developments in Syria.
Bosnia and Herzegovina expresses its deep concern with regard to the situation in Syria and its regret over the loss of life and the high number of injuries. We o…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his
update on recent developments in the Middle East. We also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their presence and their contribution to our d…
Allow me to welcome you, President Santos Calderón. I thank you, Sir, and your Government for convening this timely and important debate. Also allow me to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, President Clinton, for their comprehensive briefings and cont…
Allow me first to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2011/120*) and its annex on the measurement of progress against the benchmarks established at the London and Kabul Conferences. We also wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Staffan de Mistura for h…
At the outset, allow me to reiterate Bosnia and Herzegovina’s
grave concern regarding the rapidly deteriorating situation in Libya. Human lives must be protected and human rights and humanitarian law must be observed. The need for humanitarian assistance to be provided to Libyans is urgent. Therefo…
At the outset, I wish to thank His Excellency the Secretary- General for his briefing and to warmly welcome Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Prime Minister of Somalia, and Mr. Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, and to expres…
Unfortunately, we have reached the point where time is of the utmost importance. As we speak, the lives of Libyan citizens are being threatened or even taken. Therefore, we consider that the Security Council had to react unanimously and urgently by imposing appropriate measures to ensure the end of …
At the outset, we wish to welcome the presence of Prime Minister Gusmão and thank him for his valuable contribution to this debate. Also, we wish to thank the Special Representative, Ms. Haq, for her briefing today and for her commitment in fulfilling the mandate.
Bosnia and Herzegovina would like …
Bosnia and Herzegovina voted for the draft resolution, and I wish to explain our position.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is and will remain committed to the two-State solution, with the State of Israel and an independent, democratic and viable State of Palestine living side by side in peace and security. …
On behalf of the delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, I would like to express our appreciation to the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report (S/2011/43) on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also commend Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Represent…
I would like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Mr. Audronius Ažubalis, and thank him for his detailed and very comprehensive briefing. I would also like to extend our congratulations to him and his country on holding the chairmanship this year.
These regular briefings by the…
I would like to commend you, Minister Patriota, for convening this meeting to discuss such an important topic. My appreciation also goes to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Sarah Cliffe of the World Bank and His Excellency Mr. Eugène-Richard Gasana, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, for…
I thank Mr. Menkerios, Special Representative of the Secretary-General; President Mkapa, Chair of the Secretary-General’s Panel on the Referenda in the Sudan; and Ambassador Mahmoud Kane. We also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan and the Minister of Regional Coop…
At the outset, allow me to express our appreciation to Baroness Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, for her cross-cutting briefing on the engagements of the European Union (EU) and its relations with the United Nations.
A new phase in…
I thank the Secretary-General for the comprehensive report before us (S/2010/630), and of course our thanks go to his Special Representative, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his informative briefing. I also thank Ambassador Tanin for his statement.
Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomed the holding of the Afg…
I wish to join other delegations in thanking Under-Secretary-
General Alain Le Roy and President Benjamin Mkapa, Chair of the Secretary-General’s Panel on the Referenda in the Sudan, for their comprehensive and informative briefings. We welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Mutrif Siddiq,…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for having organized this important debate. We appreciate the significance that the United States attaches to the issue at hand and commend your personal tireless efforts and engagement. Our appreciation also goes to Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, Special…
Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing and presiding over this very important high-level meeting dedicated to the future of Iraq and the Iraqi people. Let me express also my thanks to the Secretary-General for his valuable report (S/2010/606) and his briefing on the United Nations Assistance Missi…
I wish at the outset to extend a warm welcome and our appreciation to Judges Patrick L. Robinson and Dennis Byron, Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) respectively, as well as to the Prosecutors of t…
