My delegation thanks you, Sir, for having organized this debate on the situation in the Middle East, nearly two months after the end of the hostilities in Lebanon.
We offer special thanks to Mr. Alvaro de Soto, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the…
I should like at the outset to congratulate the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, on the quality of the reports he has submitted to us for the fourth consecutive year on the progress made in implementation and international support with regard to the New Partnership for Africa’s
Development (NEPAD…
My delegation listened closely to the presentation of the quarterly reports by the Chairmen of the three counter- terrorism Committees: the Ambassadors of Argentina, Denmark and Slovakia. We wish to warmly commend them for the quality of their work.
The relevance of the reports submitted for our co…
Madam President, my delegation welcomes your positive and commendable initiative to convene this public meeting, upon the request of the League of Arab States. In view of the recent grave developments in the Middle East situation, this is no routine meeting. To the contrary, following the sudden out…
Madam President, your counterpart, Minister Rodolphe Adada, was getting ready to take part in today’s debate, but he has been detained elsewhere for a meeting the contents of which concern our debate because it is a summit meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security
Council on Darfur. Therefo…
My delegation wishes to thank Mr. Pronk for his comprehensive and enlightening briefing. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for submitting to the Council the report before us (S/2006/728), which makes it possible to follow the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the fulfilm…
Madam President, my delegation is very grateful to you for having included on the agenda of the Security Council an issue of such great concern as the humanitarian situation in Africa. Indeed, this issue is of concern not only to Africans but to the international community as a whole, given that the…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to thank you for having organized today’s debate on the situation in Iraq, in the light of recent developments and of the activities undertaken by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multinational Force (MNF). We should also like to …
As this is the first time my delegation has taken the floor at the sixty-first session, I would like, on behalf of the delegation of the Congo, to wish you every success in guiding our work.
Briefly, my delegation is against the inclusion of the issue of the representation of Taiwan on the agenda o…
I would also like to associate myself with the thanks addressed to Mr. Joachim Rücker for his briefing. At the same time, I would like to assure him of the support of my delegation in the exercise of his new duties as Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations In…
On behalf of the Congolese delegation, I should like to say, Mr. President, delighted we are to see you in the presidential seat, and to congratulate you not only as a seasoned diplomat, but also as the head of a dynamic team — that of Greece, with which we have always had the great pleasure of coop…
Mr. President, I am grateful to you for giving the Council once again an opportunity to examine the situation in the Middle East, 11 days after the adoption of resolution 1701 (2006).
A review of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006) for the period 11 t…
My delegation thanks Mr. Ian Martin for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2006/628); his briefing was illuminating for Council members in the context of this debate. We take this opportunity also to welcome Mr. José Luis Guterres, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste, who is …
Mr. President, let me say first how pleased I am to see you presiding at this meeting. We wish to congratulate you and the entire delegation of Ghana on the very positive initiative of convening this public debate on peace consolidation in West Africa. I welcome the eminent individuals have come fro…
Mr. President, my delegation is grateful to you for having taken this welcome initiative to organize a debate on children and armed conflict in your dual capacity as President of the Security Council for the current month and as Chair of the Working Group of the Council on children and armed conflic…
As it participates in today’s debate, my delegation hopes very much that the Council will take full account of what is at stake here and will send the right message to the protagonists in this crisis in order to restore peace, while stressing negotiation and dialogue. For, clearly, today we have a v…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for July. I wish to assure you that my delegation is fully prepared to work closely with yours during the course of our work.
I also wish to thank our colleague, Ambassador Løj, and h…
My delegation is grateful to you, Madam President, for having organized this public meeting on the current situation in the Middle East. We also thank Ms. Kane, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for the information she brought to our attention.
Once again, urgency compels us to con…
I should like in particular to congratulate our colleague, Ambassador Jones Parry, who led the Security Council delegation in the Sudan and Addis Ababa, on the remarkable professional qualities that he displayed throughout our visit. Indeed, we needed those qualities of level-headedness and firmness…
On behalf of my delegation, I would first like to thank the delegation of Denmark for its initiative to organize this meeting during its presidency, which has provided an opportunity for the Security Council to express its views on a subject of great interest. I would also like to thank Mr. Jan Egel…
