I have the honour to present to the Council the 90-day report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of that resolution.
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The report covers the period from 13 September to 4 December 2012. During that time, the Committ…
I would first of all like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this briefing. I am also grateful for the comprehensive presentations on peacekeeping operations and inter-mission cooperation provided by Mr. Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Ms. Ameera…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Sir, for having convened this debate, which is both timely and extremely relevant at a moment when the United Nations is working to develop the integrated regional strategy for the Sahel and considering options to address the crisis in Mali.
I thank the Secretary…
I would like at the outset to thank you, Sir, for having convened this meeting, which provides a good opportunity for the Chairs of the subsidiary bodies of the Council to take stock of their work over the past two years. In my case, this means the Committee established pursuant
to resolution 1591 …
I would like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for the way in which their offices have carried out their duties with the aim of ensuring a good start for the functioning o…
I join my colleagues in most warmly congratulating you, Mr. President, and your delegation on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are sure that your leadership and efficiency will bring to the Council all the dynamism for which you are known. I also wish to express my …
I would like to express my thanks for the presentation of the report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security (S/2012/732) and for the briefings by Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the Executive Director of
UN-Women, Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous, and Ms. Bineta Diop, who spoke on beh…
I thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2012/818) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his very detailed briefing on the Mission and recent events in that country. Allow me to also we…
Allow me to fi rst express my thanks to you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on a subject that has been the object of such great interest on the part of Member States.
I am also grateful for the concept note (S/2012/853, annex) prepared by India and Portugal to guide our discussion, …
First, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely debate and for presenting the concept note that guides our discussions today (S/2012/814, annex). I also welcome the comments by the Deputy Secretary- General, Mr. Jan Eliasson.
Despite international efforts in the fight against p…
I would first like to discuss agenda item 30, on the annual report of the Security Council (A/67/2). I am grateful for the convening of this meeting. I would also like to thank the Ambassador of India, Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri, for his presentation of the report to the Assembly. Likewise, we express o…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and Ambassadors Baso Sangqu and Peter Wittig, for the detailed and full reports to us in your capacities as Chairs of the Committees on the Council’s agenda today.
Terrorism in all its forms and the proliferation of weapons of mass, in additi…
I would like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing on what is taking place in that country, as well as for the very serious and devoted way in which he is carrying out his responsibilities.
At the outset, Colombia recognizes the fact that reac…
Allow me, first, to welcome His Excellency Mr. José Luís Guterres, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and to thank him for his statement to the Council. I would also like to highlight the work carried out by Ms. Ameerah Haq. As the Special Representative of the S…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting in order to consider the draft annual report of the Security Council. I would also like to express our gratitude to all Council members for their valuable collaboration in the process of drawing up the draft report. Their suggestions, proposals and commit…
Allow me at this Council meeting to reiterate my thanks and congratulations to Ambassador Rosenthal and to the entire delegation of Guatemala for having effectively executed the presidency of the Council last month in an outstanding manner. I would also like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and y…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for having taken the initiative of organizing this debate. It is the first time that the Security Council has devoted a meeting to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The welcome that the proposal has received is directly reflected in the large number
of delegati…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on the situation in Somalia at this crucial moment in the efforts to make progress towards Somalia’s political, economic and security normalization. I would also like to thank and pay tribute to the Special Representative of the Sec…
At the outset, allow me to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Today’s debate on the Middle East and the Palestinian question is not a mere ritual on the Security Council’s agenda. In recent months, we hav…
Allow me to first welcome the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Justice Shireen Avis Fisher, the Prosectuor, Ms. Brenda Hollis, and the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Sierra Leone, Mrs. Ebun Jusu. The briefings that they have given us today give a…
