The President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, has been unable to join us here today on this great gathering on the Millennium Development Goals and on the occasion of our commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Organization, and he deeply regrets his absence. As Member…
As this is my first statement to the Council this month, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for June, and to thank you for having convened this meeting to consider once again the burning issue of the protection of civil…
My delegation would like from the outset to seize this opportunity, Sir, to reiterate once again its great appreciation and admiration for President D’Escoto Brockmann’s continued and effective commitment in the service of the Member States to accomplishing the tasks assigned to the General Assembly…
As this is the first time I am taking the floor in the Council since your assumption of the presidency, allow me, Sir, to congratulate you on the well-deserved trust vested in you by your peers. I thank you too for allowing my delegation to participate in this meeting of the Security Council.
I wis…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this additional public meeting on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his presence today, as well as for his fourth progress report on the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire, introduced …
As this is the first time under your presidency that my delegation has the honour of taking the floor, Mr. President, I wish, on behalf of my delegation, to congratulate you and to thank you for organizing today’s debate on a topic dear to Africa: ways to combat subregional and cross-border problems…
My delegation endorses the statement made by the representative of Nigeria on behalf of the African Union and the statement made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. We would echo delegations that spoke earlier in welcoming this debate on the important question of A…
Allow me to convey to you, Sir, on behalf of the head of State, the Prime Minister and the Government and people of Côte d’Ivoire, my sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session.
Africa is proud to see, yet again, one of its son…
My delegation joins preceding speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and for the wise initiative of holding this public debate on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.
We also express our great appreciation o…
My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Council and commends your initiative of holding this public debate, in particular with the participation of the countries that were visited. We convey our deep gratitude to all members of the Council for their concern f…
Mr. President, my delegation is grateful to you for organizing this interactive exchange on the report of the Secretary-General on progress achieved in West Africa in the implementation of the recommendations of the Security Council’s mission to that area, of 5 December 2003, in document S/2003/1147…
The Ivorian delegation congratulates Mr. Julian Hunte on the organization of this debate on
the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). We would also like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General. In addition, my delegation associates itself with the s…
I have the great honour of conveying to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session the greetings of the people of Côte d’Ivoire, President Laurent Gbagbo, Prime Minister Seydou Elimane Diarra and the Government.
The delegation of Côte d’Ivoire has the pleasure of warmly congratulating the Pre…
On behalf of the people of Côte d’Ivoire, its President, His Excellency Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, and the Government of National Reconciliation, I would like to thank the United Nations for the important role it plays in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Indeed, the Declaration of Commitment, signed on 27 June …
I thank you, Mr. President, and all other members of the Security Council who have spoken of my country.
I noted that there were 13 speakers; the problem of Côte d’Ivoire is clearly of concern to the international community. I would like to say that, as consensus Prime Minister, I was appointed by …
I thank you, Sir, for your attention to this briefing. I will be available for any questions. I thank the Council for holding this meeting today.
Today, we are in the process of emerging from the crisis. The guns have fallen silent. We are now attempting to get the Côte d’Ivoire to work, to resume …
With the permission of the Security Council, I shall now present Côte d’Ivoire’s national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme. It is important to note that the programme was prepared with the participation and consensus of the Forces nouvelles de Côte d’Ivoire, the Forces a…
I should like at the outset to convey greetings from the
President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, of the Government of National Reconciliation and of the people of Côte d’Ivoire.
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this Security Council meeting on C…
On behalf of the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the members of the Security Council for their significant contribution
towards the restoration of peace and stability in my country.
Since the signing of the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement at Accra, political…
The Group of African States at the United Nations fully appreciates the feelings of Timorese men and women on this historic day. It could not do otherwise, since most of the countries of our Group have known the bitter taste of colonization and undertaken national liberation struggles, along with th…
