Let me begin, Mr. President, by thanking you and your delegation for having convened this debate. I thank you also for this month’s programme of work, which includes a number of very important open meetings that will provide an opportunity for interaction between the States concerned and other Membe…
In 2007, the President of the General Assembly asked me to coordinate the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group tasked with drafting a strategy on assistance and support to victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by united nations staff and related personnel. Accordingly, today, Costa Rica wishes to refe…
We are grateful for this morning’s briefings by Under- Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe and by Mr. Craig Boyd, as well as for the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Somalia.
My delegation would like to begin by acknowledging the intensive work of the Transitional Federal Government i…
May I begin by congratulating your delegation, Mr. President, on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I reiterate that we are eager to contribute to your success in the conduct of our work. Costa Rica welcomes your presence in this debate and we thank you for orga…
Like other delegations, I should like to thank Mr. Eide for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/475) and to take this opportunity to congratulate him and the entire staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on the excellent work accomplished on the gro…
As I take the floor for the first time this month, I should like to congratulate you, Madam, on your assumption of the presidency and once again express to you the support of my delegation, which I will prove by brutally shortening the statement I had prepared. I wish you the greatest success. I wou…
It is an honour for Costa Rica to speak today in its capacity as Chair of the Human Security Network, consisting of the following countries: Austria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland and Thailand, and South Africa as an observer.
To begin, I wo…
Allow me to begin by expressing our thanks for the briefings of the Under-Secretaries-General Malcorra and Le Roy. We also welcome the presence of General Agwai, Force Commander of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur and thank him for
his briefing, which stressed the need fo…
I do not wish to let this opportunity pass, Mr. President, without extending my cordial congratulations to you and your Mission. I wish you the very best as you assume the presidency. You can count on our cooperation.
I should also like to thank Ambassador Rugunda and the entire Ugandan delegation …
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Ould Abdallah for his briefing, and I thank the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Mr. Lamamra, for his statement. I also welcome the statement made by the Somali Foreign Minister.
This Council has of late been reviewing the situation in …
I should like to begin by thanking Mr. Angelo for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) (S/2009/359).
Costa Rica welcomes the preparation of the strategic work plan for the Mission, which will be a valuable …
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, and your delegation for convening this debate. We would also like to welcome Mr. Fernandez-Taranco and thank him for the report he has given us. We welcome the presence here today of the distinguished representatives of Israel and Palestine.
This debate …
May I begin by thanking Mr. Le Roy for his latest briefing on the situation in the Sudan and the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I welcome the presence among us of Mr. Margelov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on the Sudan.
Costa R…
I should like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for introducing his report on peacebuilding (S/2009/304) and for his presence here. We would also like to thank Lord Malloch-Brown, Ambassador Muñoz, Chairman of the Peacebuilding Commission, Mr. Ryan and Mr. McKechnie for their participation …
I would like to start by thanking Renate Winter, President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and Prosecutor Steven Rapp for their presence among us and for their briefings. This Council and the international community must be proud of the work of and the trail blazed by the Special Court for Si…
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his
briefing this morning. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Myanmar for his statement.
We believe that the Secretary-General’s timely visit to Myanmar represented an important milestone in his good offices efforts in that country. Prev…
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Under-Secretary-General Malcorra for their briefings. I would also like to thank Ambassador Duale for his statement and to recognize the presence among us of the Permanent Observer of the African Union.
Once again the Council is meeting to…
On this final day of Turkey’s current presidency of the Security Council, I join others in congratulating you, Sir, on your successful diplomatic performance at the United Nations. We wish you every success in the future.
My delegation is grateful for the convening of this debate on the situation i…
Mr. President, I would like to begin by thanking you and your delegation for organizing this debate. We believe that this is an extremely valuable opportunity to exchange points of view on the current challenges to peacekeeping operations, especially at a time when several initiatives for discussion…
I would like to begin by associating my country with the statement delivered by the
Ambassador of Mexico on behalf of the Rio Group. We also support the resolution adopted by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States and the declaration of the Council of Ministers for Foreign Aff…
