Our delegation would like to begin by thanking the presidency of the Council for organizing this meeting with the Force Commanders, to whom I pay special tribute. We would also like most especially to thank Mr. Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his participation in and…
I wish at the outset to warmly welcome you, Sir, and to take this opportunity to express the support of my delegation in your work as President of the Security Council at this debate. I wish to thank Mr. Robert H. Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his detailed briefin…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, and Germany for having convened this open debate and for your great efforts and work to underscore and promote the importance of this topic. I also wish to welcome the President of Nauru, His Excellency Mr. Marcus Stephen, and to express our solid…
At this historic hour for the Sudanese people, Africa, the United Nations and the international community in general, I would like to begin my statement by giving a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon, Vice-President of the Republic of South Sudan, and to his delegation, and …
At the outset I would like to thank Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy for her briefing and report and Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF.
It is a pleasure for my delegation to join the Council in this important debate. We are grateful for the opportunity to share with the Member States of the Un…
Allow me, first of all, to congratulate you, Mr. President, and wish you every success as you and your country assume the presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank the representative of Gabon, our good friend Ambassador Nelson Messone, who conducted our work last mont…
I would first of all like in to particularly thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, as well to express my gratitude for the interesting briefing by Ambassador Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Transnational organized crime in it…
I would just like to say a very few words to thank all the representatives who made statements for their kind words and for the support that they have given to the Committee in the work it is doing. I should also like to mention the importance of the work being done by the members of the Committee, …
I have the honour today of providing the 90-day briefing to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of that resolution. The report covers the period from 22 March to 23 June 2011, during which time the Comm…
I should like to thank Ms. Patricia O’Brien, Under- Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, for her serious and detailed presentation on the report of the Secretary-General on
the modalities for the establishment of specialized Somali anti-piracy courts (S/2011/360) to…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zachary Muburi-Muita, Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union, for presenting the report on cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations and, in that regard, the prospects for that Office.
My delegation believes …
I would first like to express particular thanks to former President Mbeki and Mr. Menkerios, who are here with us today at this meeting. I would also like to thank the Ambassador of the Sudan and Mr. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth for their presentations and for updating us on the situation in the Sudan.
We …
At the outset, allow me to apologize on behalf of the Permanent Representative of Colombia, Ambassador Néstor Osorio, for having been unable to be here today as he would have wished. Ambassador Osorio is accompanying Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his official visit to my country.
The Government …
I wish to join my colleagues, Mr. President, in
expressing appreciation for your presence here to preside over the Security Council and lead this debate on the most tragic pandemic that humankind has experienced. I would also like to convey my respectful greetings to the President of Nigeria, the D…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the responsibility of guiding our work and to wish you every success during your presidency. My delegation stands ready to provide you with the fullest possible cooperation. I wish also to thank and congratulate France for its ef…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on having convened and presiding over this important meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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I should like also to express particular appreciation for the statement made by th…
At the outset, I would like to thank the representatives of Germany, India and South Africa for their detailed briefings on the activities of the counter-terrorism Committees and for their efforts and energetic work in leading them. The recommendations and analyses in their briefings deserve our car…
My delegation thanks Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his statement and, through him, all the members of the Senior Advisory Group who contributed to the report on the civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict (see S/2011/85). We also thank Ms. Susanna Malcorra, Under-Secretary-General for Field Sup…
My delegation would like to thank Special Representative
Lamberto Zannier for his work. We also thank the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) for its work, including its promotion of closer relations among communities and of interreligious contact as a strategy for long-…
The topic under discussion today calls on us to reflect seriously on State and international responsibilities to ensure the protection of civilians in armed conflicts on the Security Council’s agenda, as well as the tools with which to achieve it. The briefings and analyses by Under-Secretary-Genera…
