Allow me to first welcome His Excellency Mr. Djibrill Bassolé, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Burkina Faso and to thank him for the information he has kindly given us here on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Blaise Compaoré, current Chairman of the Conference of Heads of State …
My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting on Iraq relating to the work assigned to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI). We would also like to thank the Under- Secretary-General for the briefing that he gave on the report of the Secretary-General pur…
My delegation would like to thank the President for having convened this meeting to consider the first report of the Peacebuilding Commission, a body whose establishment is clearly one of the best outcomes of the 2005 World Summit.
The comprehensive approach which, at the time, inspired the decisio…
My delegation would like to thank the President for having organized this important meeting on the most recent events on the situation in Afghanistan.
We also wish to thank Mr. Tom Koenigs, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mis…
As he had to leave New York earlier than scheduled owing to pressing engagements, President Denis Sassou Nguesso has asked me to address the Assembly on his behalf in order to share with other Member States the perspectives of the Congolese Government on items on the General Assembly’s agenda at thi…
During every era and nearly everywhere, natural resources have been connected with war and violence. They have
inspired pirates and conquistadors in the search for gold.
Today’s debate on the maintenance of international peace and security: natural resources and conflict, also offers us the opport…
Armed conflicts that in the past involved only military personnel are now involving civilians on a routine basis. In today’s debate — which you were kind enough to convene, Mr. President, and we wish to thank you for that — conflicts we are discussing involve men and women of all ages, and the only …
The delegation of the Congo would like to express its gratitude to the Presidents of the two International Tribunals, Mr. Pocar and Mr. Byron, as well as to the Prosecutors, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow, for their briefings, which have given us the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to internati…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for the report (S/2007/330) he has submitted for consideration by members of the Council, which pertains to the fulfilment of the responsibilities entrusted to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). In that conn…
I would like, on behalf of my delegation, to associate myself with the expressions of appreciation that have been addressed to the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, as well as to the Prosecutor.
The debate that has brought us together today provides Congo with an opportunity to reaff…
My delegation commends once again the quality of the work undertaken by the three Committees chaired respectively by Ambassadors Arias, Verbeke and Burian. We congratulate them most warmly and stress that theirs is a major contribution to the struggle being waged globally against the scourge of terr…
My delegation thanks you, Sir, for organizing this important meeting. We also thank Mr. John Holmes for the information that he has brought to our attention and, first and foremost, for his great interest in the tragic humanitarian situations in the African regions that he has just visited. His rece…
My delegation too wishes to welcome the presence of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also thank the High Representative for his excellent work and for his recent report (S/2007/253, annex).
Since the Council’s last meeting devoted to the situation in Bosnia and…
My delegation is grateful to you, Sir, for having organized this important debate on the situation in the Middle East. We thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe, for his briefing.
The overall picture in the Middle East today is a picture of contrasts, showing glimm…
Madam President, my delegation would like to thank you for having taken the initiative to organize this debate on a
question that constitutes one of the major challenges that humanity will be facing for some time to come.
We share the concerns expressed by the Non- Aligned Movement (NAM) and the G…
I wish on behalf of my delegation to thank the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for his comprehensive, instructive and moving briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic, Chad and the Sudan, including Darfur and Southern Sudan. To be sure, the picture is d…
First of all, Madam President, I would like to thank you for having taken the initiative to organize this open debate on the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security, and to focus it on the African Union.
This theme, w…
Allow me to explain the vote that my delegation will cast shortly in connection with the very sensitive issue of compliance with the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
Since it began its term on the Council, Congo has understood that the unity of the Security Council is essential to give the necessa…
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important briefing on Afghanistan, which gives the Security Council an opportunity to review the most recent developments in the country.
In this regard, we would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretar…
My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for having organized this timely debate on the situation in Iraq in the presence of His Excellency Vice-President Abdal Mahdi, whom we welcome. We listened to his briefing with attention and great interest. We thank the Secretary-General for the detailed and …
