I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I welcome His Excellency Mr. Ali, Prime Minister of Somalia, and thank him for his presentation. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Augustine Mahiga for briefing us on the latest developments in Somalia, and I…
Let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on Lebanon’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of September, and offer you our best wishes. At the same time, I would like to thank Ambassador Puri and his team for their very competent conduct of our work in the month of August.
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I welcome His Excellency Mr. Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and thank him for his statement. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/514). I would like to express our appreciation to Acting Special Representative of the Secretary- General Farid Zar…
First and foremost, echoing my Government’s note issued early this morning, I would like to express my country’s condemnation and regret regarding the terrible attack against the United Nations in Abuja. We express our condolences to the families of the victims, to the people and Government of Niger…
I would like to start by paying special tribute to Mr. Alain le Roy. Faced with demanding and difficult tasks, he has done an extraordinary job. Brazil greatly appreciates his work in general, but I would like to make particular reference to his constant and very constructive interaction with troop-…
I should like at the outset to acknowledge the presence of Ambassador Maria Luiza Viotti, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, and that of the Executive Director of UNFPA, Babatunde Osotimehin. I should also like in particular to extend my greetings to the young people here and …
It is a pleasure to welcome you, Mr. President, and to see you presiding over today’s meeting. I thank Special Coordinator Robert Serry for his briefing, and the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
We meet again to discuss the situation i…
I thank the Secretary-General for being with us today and for his
remarks. I would like to welcome Mr. Achim Steiner and to thank him for his very interesting briefing. Brazil associates itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and Ch…
On behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States, I have the honour to express our warmest welcome to the Republic of South Sudan as the 193rd Member of the United Nations. We extend our greetings at this historic meeting to His Excellency Mr. Riek Machar Teny-
Dhurgon, Vice-President …
Let me express my satisfaction at seeing you, Mr. President, preside over this Council during the month of July. Let me also congratulate you on promoting this historic meeting on the recommendation for admission of a new Member State, the Republic of South Sudan, to the United Nations. I thank Secr…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on convening this important debate. I thank the Secretary-General for his remarks, and I am also grateful to Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy and to Mr. Anthony Lake for their presentations today and for their invaluable work on this important issue.
Shielding childre…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his briefing and his outstanding work in very difficult conditions. I also thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin for his statement.
Although the situation in Afghanistan has shown progress, the recent rise in security i…
I am pleased to brief the Security Council in my capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission. I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Aristides Ocante da Silva, Minister of National Defence of Guinea-Bissau, and to His Excellency Mr. Manuel Domingos Aug…
I also wish to thank Mr. Yury Fedotov for his detailed briefing.
Drug trafficking and organized crime compromise the full enjoyment of human rights by millions of people around the world, including through their negative effects on economic and social development. The international community must c…
I thank the Permanent Representative of Colombia for his briefing on the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I assure the Council that my delegation will continue to do its utmost to support the work of the Committee. Last year, following its …
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zachary Muburi-Muita. We commend the achievements in the field in connection with United Nations operational support for the African Union (AU), as well as the efforts made to improve the efficiency of the United
Nations represen…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Patricia O’Brien for her very informative briefing.
Piracy is a serious scourge affecting the situation in Somalia. It has further aggravated the grave crisis in the country. The consequences of piracy extend far beyond Somalia’s borders and threaten the stability …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Haile Menkerios, for his update of the situation on the ground in the Sudan and commend him for the latest developments. I also join previous speakers in extending a warm welcome to President Thabo Mbeki for participating in our deliberati…
It is my pleasure to address this Assembly and to call its attention to the fact that, through the global framework for health sector response to HIV/AIDS 2001 to 2015, we have established, in this Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, a strong commitment in the United Nations system.
For us, it is ve…
Mr. President, Brazil welcomes your initiative of holding this important debate. We welcome also the presence of the President of Nigeria, the Deputy President of South Africa and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France. I should like to thank the Secretary- General for his statement and to congr…
