My delegation supports the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and voted in favour of the resolution. Nevertheless, we wish to state our regret over the weakening of the language through the failure in the operative part explicitly to address our concern …
Let me begin by expressing my thanks to Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, for his briefing this morning. I wish also to welcome the presence of Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia, and to thank Mr. Ramtane Lamamra…
I too wish to thank Mr. Rashid Khalikov for his briefing this afternoon.
My country welcomes the convening of this meeting. We are not seeking to punish a regime that is sinking in its own errors and needs no one’s help to do so. The only purpose of this meeting is to ensure visibility for a humani…
I wish to begin by thanking Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for his briefing and for the wealth of information he has provided the Council this afternoon. I also welcome the presen…
The Security Council mission visited Haiti from 11 to 14 March 2009, in accordance with its mandate, as set out in document S/2009/139. The mission was able to assess first-hand the situation in Haiti at a time when there seems to be a window of opportunity to reinforce stability and undertake a pro…
I should like to begin by warmly welcoming to New York the new Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. I would also like to express my gratitude for the way that you, Ambassador Dabbashi, have guided the work of the Council during the time you have been responsible for representing L…
My delegation would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. De Mistura, and the Permanent Representative of Iraq, Ambassador Al Bayati, for their statements.
Like previous speakers, we are happy to see that the security environment has made it possible to carry out a …
I wish to begin by welcoming the presence of His Excellency President José Ramos-Horta. My Government recognizes his unceasing efforts to develop and strengthen democracy in his country, as well as his desire to promote an inclusive vision of national life. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General…
Like previous speakers, Sir, I would like to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of February, and to thank the delegation of France for its presidency in January. We would also like to thank the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the Un…
Allow me to begin by thanking your delegation, Mr. President, and the delegation of the United Kingdom for the timely and necessary initiative to revisit this matter. I also wish to express my gratitude for the comments and questions from Mr. Le Roy, Ms. Malcorra and Mr. Annabi. I believe they are i…
At the outset, on behalf of the delegation of Costa Rica and in my personal capacity, I would like to bid a warm farewell to Ambassador Khalilzad of the United States upon his imminent departure. Ambassador Ripert, the President of the Council, has emphasized central elements of Ambassador Khalilzad…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, and your delegation for having convened this important debate. I would also like to thank Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his briefing today.
The protection of civilians encompasses a set of principles, sta…
As we said only two days ago, resolution 1850 (2008) and the President’s statement to the press of 28 December 2008 (see press release SC/9559) were not sufficient to halt the continuing deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the escalation of violence and their appalling consequences for t…
We welcome the convening of this meeting and the detailed briefing just given by Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The information he conveyed today is of essential importance in our opinion, and we believe that such briefings should become common practice as they …
My delegation is pleased to see you here in New York, Mr. President, to preside over this meeting. We also welcome the presence of President Abbas, the Secretary-General, Secretary of State Rice, the various ministers and deputy ministers for foreign affairs and the Secretary-General of the League o…
I would like to begin by welcoming the presence among us of the Secretary-General, whose statement we very much appreciate. We have also listened very carefully to the statements made by the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel. We thank them both for their inte…
We have asked for the floor to provide a brief explanation of the perspective from which we will vote. In general, my country is pleased with the resolution. We would like to highlight three very important points. First of all, it is important that the resolution reaffirmed that the main priority of…
My delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate. We also wish to thank, as other delegations have done, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Robert Serry, for presenting his report, and the representatives of Israel and Palestine for their s…
I would like to begin my statement by thanking you, Sir, and your delegation for your initiative to organize this meeting to consider the challenges posed to providing assistance to Somalia in its fight against piracy and armed robbery. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his presen…
My delegation welcomes your presence, Sir, here in New York to preside over this important meeting. My delegation also thanks the Secretary-General for his statement and welcomes the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the United States, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom, as well as the Vic…
