My delegation would like to take the opportunity provided by this meeting of the Security Council devoted to sanctions to explain the position of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire.
It should be recalled that it was the African Union, in 2004, that raised the issue of sanctions against Côte d’Ivoire. …
My delegation would like to make a modest contribution at this meeting of the Security Council on the twenty-first report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (S/2009/344). I wish first of all to express my Government’s appreciation for the quality of the report,…
First of all, allow me to congratulate the Secretary- General on the high quality of his twentieth report (S/2009/196), which gives an update on the main developments in my country over the past three months.
Taking the opportunity offered by this meeting of the Security Council on that report, my …
My delegation takes the opportunity offered by this meeting of the Security Council on the nineteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) (S/2009/21) to describe, on behalf of the Ivorian Government, recent developments in the situation i…
On behalf of His Excellency Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, who requested that I convey to the Assembly his wishes for the full success of this meeting, permit me to express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for having convened this high-level meeting. The Ivorian …
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your outstanding election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. Your personal qualities, your in- depth knowledge of our Organization and your great experience in internatio…
On behalf of the President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, His Excellency Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, I wish to express gratitude for the invitation to speak before the Assembly. I also thank the Organization, its Secretary-General and the whole international community for their involvement in helping to …
May I first of all join with previous speakers in conveying to the Algerian delegation the sympathies of the Ivorian delegation following the murderous attacks in Algiers.
I would like to convey our assurances of the interest that the Ivorian authorities attach to this Plenary Meeting, as they did …
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Abou Moussa for his briefing and to congratulate Minister Bassolé on his
excellent summary of the situation in Côte d’Ivoire. I also thank Mr. Jean-Marie Bockel, Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony of France, for his presence. I appreciate the…
First of all, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly and on your outstanding leadership of our debates. The head of the delegation of Côte d’Ivoire to the sixty-second session of the General Assembly will have another opportunity to assure you of …
The Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire, who could not be here today, has instructed me to read out the following statement to the Security Council.
“My delegation commends and thanks you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting on the report (S/2007/421) of the Security Council’s mission …
It is an honour for me to address this Assembly to discuss understanding among religions and cultures, and cooperation for peace.
This subject is of great importance for my country, Côte d’Ivoire, which is a nation-State of West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, covering 322,000 square kilometres. Côte…
First, Madam, I should like to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Your election is proof of the high esteem in which the international community holds your country, Bahrain, and also yourself, whose wealth of diplomatic experience …
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your initiative to hold this open debate in the Security Council — of which your country, Ghana, holds the presidency for the month of August — on a subject that I believe is most timely: peace consolidation in West Africa. I thank you for invitin…
On behalf of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, and the Government and the people of Côte d’Ivoire, as well as on my own account, I wish to express my gratitude for this opportunity to take the floor before the General Assembly.
My delegation associates itself with th…
Allow me at the outset to express my thanks for this opportunity to address the Security Council this morning, in my capacity as Prime Minister of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, at an important stage of the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire. I would like to congratulate China on the work accomplished d…
I should like, first of all, to thank you, Mr. President, and members of the Council, for having invited me to participate in this Security Council meeting. It is a great honour and a privilege, which I greatly appreciate. I would also like to convey the greetings of the people, the head of State an…
I wish, on behalf of Côte d’Ivoire, to express my gratitude for the opportunity to participate in this High- level Dialogue on International Migration and Development. Côte d’Ivoire is traditionally a country marked by intense international and internal migration. More than two out of five persons l…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting to consider the Secretary- General’s sixth progress report on developments in Côte d’Ivoire and on the United Nations Operations
there, pursuant to Council resolution 1603 (2005) of 3 June 2005 (S/2005/604). I would like to thank…
On behalf of my delegation, I wish to express my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. May I wish you and the members of the Bureau full success and assure you of my delegation’s full support and cooperation.
I would like to pay tribu…
