My delegation has taken note of the sixth annual report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the United Nations (see A/65/313), presented by the President of the Court, Judge Sang-Hyun Song.
To begin with, we would like to concur fully with the statement made yesterday by the representative…
I will be brief. Allow me at the outset to express to you, Sir, my joy at seeing you preside over the Security Council this month. Indeed, you represent a country, Turkey, with which my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, enjoys very close relations marked by mutual respect and esteem.
I…
The Security Council has just adopted resolution 1906 (2009) of 23 December 2009, which extends the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). My Government duly takes note of this adoption.
I am returning from the Copenhagen summit with every possible unde…
Allow me to congratulate the Co-Chairs on their joint appointment to preside over this High-level Plenary Meeting, thus demonstrating the great importance that the General Assembly gives to development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
This meeting marks the start of the fina…
Permit me, Sir, to take this opportunity to reiterate the congratulations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Belgium’s election to the presidency of the European Council.
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I am taking the floor in my capacity as Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a…
My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Kenya on behalf of the African Group of States parties to the International Criminal Court. We would also like to thank the President of the Court, Judge Sang-Hyun Song, for the report he has just presented (see A/64/35…
I wish to reassure you, Sir, that I will be brief. At the outset I would like to express my pleasure at seeing you, Sir, preside over the Council during this month of October. I also take the opportunity to associate myself with the unanimous congratulations addressed to the United States delegation…
Mr. President, His Excellency Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Republic, is unable to attend but has instructed me to convey to you his most heartfelt congratulations on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. The head of State has no doubt tha…
All of us present in this Hall are jurists. The vote was very clear. There were 23 votes cast against your proposal. That means that there are 23 countries that reject Madagascar taking the floor. There are only four countries that accept that Madagascar should take the floor. And six countries abst…
I had invoked rule 71 of the same document, the rules of procedure of the General Assembly. I have taken note of your decision, Mr. President, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has taken note of your decision. SADC continues to believe, for the reasons that we outlined, that the …
I am taking the floor on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), comprising Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and my country, the Democratic Republic of the Co…
I did not at all wish to get into a debate, but I think that the excesses found in the statement given by the Permanent Representative of Rwanda require me to attempt to re-establish some truth.
The first thing that must be pointed out is that, as anyone who knows African geography knows, the Democ…
As your presidency is drawing to a close, Sir, I should like to congratulate you on the very significant work that you have accomplished during the month of December. I thank you very much for allowing me to participate in this important meeting of the Security Council on the renewal of the mandate …
Mr. President, in taking the floor for the first time here in the Council this month, allow me at the outset to discharge the pleasant duty of congratulating you on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. I would also like to join in the unanimous praise for the Chinese pr…
I would like to inform the Assembly that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has decided to withdraw Mr. Sayeman Bula-Bula’s candidature. I would like to take this opportunity to express to all the delegations that have supported us our gratitude and appreciation. I would like to call on those dele…
The delegation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has carefully studied the report presented to the General Assembly by the President of the International Court of Justice covering the period from 1 August 2007 to 31 July 2008. During this period we note that the Court has
dealt with 15 cases.…
I wish at the outset to discharge the pleasant duty of conveying to you, Sir, the message of His Excellency, Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who is unable to attend and therefore asked me to convey to you his sincerest congratulations on your election to…
My delegation has taken note of the report submitted to the General Assembly by the International Court of Justice in document A/64/4. We note that during the period concerned, the Court had 16 contentious cases and one advisory proceeding, which represents an increase over the previous period.
My …
First of all, on behalf of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I would like to thank the United States of America for having taken the initiative to convene this important thematic Security Council debate on women and peace and security and for having prepared the concept paper before us (S/2008/3…
I take this opportunity to convey the warmest greetings of His Excellency Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who is personally involved in, and is following very closely, the implementation of our national and international responses to the AIDS pandemic. B…
