First of all, I wish to welcome you, Mr. President, and to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council today. That is of special significance, as you yourself said, Sir, because it is the first time that Guatemala is presiding over the Council. To you, Sir, and to Ambassador …
I join other members in congratulating Germany on assuming the presidency of the Council and you, Sir, for having convened this meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary General of the League or Arab States for their presentations.
The work of…
First and foremost, I would like to thank the Special Representative, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for his presence here today and for his briefing to the Council. I would also like to thank him for his work and dedication to the cause of Afghanistan. We would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs…
I have the honour to present the 90-day report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of that resolution. The report covers the period from 12 June to 12 September 2012, during which time the Committee held no meetings but conducted its w…
The effective protection of children affected by armed conflict is the primary objective that should influence Security Council decisions on that issue. In that regard, we support the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and welcome the appoint…
On behalf of Colombia, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on France’s presidency of the Security Council this month, as well as on your initiative in convening this important meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria and in inviting Syria’s neighbours to participate.
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I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for the information that he has provided to the Council today, which supplements that contained in the Secretary-General’s report (S/2012/603) concerning
the recent progress made in the implementation of the mandate of the United …
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, for his comprehensive and instructive remarks. I would also like to take this opportunity to highlight the efforts and energy that he …
I would first like to thank the President for having organized this meeting on the third biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. In my country’s view, the Strategy, besides reflecting a consensus among all Member States, is an effective tool for preventing, punishing…
I thank Mr. Hervé Ladsous for his briefing, Mr. Yuri Fedotov for his statement on the drug situation, and our colleague Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for sharing with the Council his national vision with regard to the country’s situation.
In his report (S/2012/426…
Allow me to welcome and thank the Secretary-General for presenting his ninth report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2012/376) and for his important briefing today. I would also like to thank Ms. Valerie Amos, Mr. Ivan Šimonović and Mr. Philip Spoerri for their detailed analyses o…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, for your initiative of organizing this meeting as an opportunity to continue our analysis of the state of peacekeeping operations. I would also like to thank Mr. Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his statement and for…
First of all, allow me to express my gratitude for the statements and kind words made by my colleagues in response to the report, which was the product of work done with the members of the Committee. In that regard, I should like to thank the Committee’s experts, who do their work with great serious…
I have the honour to present the 90-day report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of the resolution. The report covers the period from 21 March to 11 June 2012.
During the reporting period, the Committee held informal consultations o…
We would like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their briefings, and we congratulate them on the efforts that both Tribunals have made to implement the completion strate…
At the outset, I would like to express my congratulations to you, Sir, and your entire delegation on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of June. The experience of your previous presidencies tells us that we are in very good hands. I would also like to thank the Ambassador and deleg…
Allow me to begin by extending my thanks to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Louis Moreno-Ocampo, for his third report on the implementation of the relevant part of resolution 1970 (2011) and for the additional information that he has provided the Council today. I would …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate only three months before the end of the transitional period in August. Allow me to also welcome and commend the statements made by His Excellency Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somali…
Colombia thanks the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his clear and detailed briefing on recent developments regarding the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Similarly, we would like to express our support for …
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his detailed presentation on recent events and progress in the development of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)…
