I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for the timely convening of this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his presence and for his message last Friday.
My delegation associates itself with the statements made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hondu…
I should like to offer our greetings to the Permanent
Representative of Nepal, whose presence in the Security Council is welcomed by Costa Rica.
We listened to Mr. Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal, who updated us on the situation in Nepal and provided an analysi…
My delegation would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this debate. We also thank Ambassador Ripert, the Permanent Representative of France and Chairman of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict for the presentation of the Working Group’s annual report. We also thank his delegation for …
Costa Rica voted in favour of the draft resolution because we feel that the situation prevailing in Zimbabwe since March, fundamentally as concerns respect for the will of the people, represents a threat to international peace and security and obliges the Council to respond and act accordingly.
In …
We welcome the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan and express our gratitude for the presence of and briefings given by Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief…
Allow me to begin by welcoming Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Prime Minister of Djibouti, and his Minister for Foreign Affairs, and by acknowledging the presence of the Permanent Representatives of Djibouti and Eritrea and the representatives of the League of Arab States and the African Union.
The Ho…
I was recently able to speak with the President of Côte d’Ivoire, President Gbagbo, and I told him that my country, as a nation of Latin America, did not have any strategic involvement in Africa. When we examine African realities, we try to do so in a spirit of good faith and we truly try to make a …
We are very grateful to you, Mr. President, for convening this very important meeting. We welcome the Secretary-General and would like to thank him for his presence here today and for the report (S/2008/354) he has provided to us. We would also like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, Preside…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, and your delegation for convening this important debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the ministers that have taken part in this debate for their presence. I would like to welcome the presence of D…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I welcome Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, and thank him for his assessment of the situation in his country. I would also like to thank Mr. Warren Sach, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari and the Permanent Representative…
We are gathered here today because of our strong commitment to fight a pandemic that continues not only to cause sorrow and death, but also to frustrate aspirations and dreams. All nations, some more than others, are afflicted by this human tragedy that also affects the social and economic developme…
It is an honour for me to participate in this meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Sudan, while just steps away from this chamber, 106 States Members of the United Nations are simultaneously meeting as an assembly of States parties of the International Criminal Court. In effect, j…
I wish to start by thanking the President for having convened this important meeting. I would like to state that we are happy to see here today Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Judge Dennis Byron, President of the Internationa…
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to thank you for having convened this important meeting and thank Mr. Holmes for his valuable report on the current situation in the field and the principal challenges linked with the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
My delegation would have preferre…
It is an honour for Costa Rica to speak today in its capacity as Chair of the Human Security Network (HSN) on behalf of the following members: Austria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, Norway, Switzerland, Thailand and Slovenia, as well as South Africa in its capacity as obs…
I would like to convey Costa Rica’s condolences to the people of China and Myanmar for the catastrophes that they are living through.
I would like to thank the United Kingdom presidency for its initiative in organizing this session in order to examine challenges related to peacebuilding in the post…
Let me begin by welcoming Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina and European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As th…
Mr. President, this debate is the last public meeting of the Security Council under South Africa’s presidency as an elected member of the Security Council. I would like to start by paying tribute to your leadership and lucid conduct of the Council. You are a worthy representative of a country with h…
As you yourself have said, Sir, what we had in the consultation room was a preview. My delegation is eager that our discussion here today be set down in the official record. I would therefore beg the indulgence of delegations present to repeat and summarize what was said earlier.
I said at the outs…
I wish to begin by welcoming the Permanent Representative of Iraq. We are also grateful for the
report of the Secretary-General and the briefing by Under-Secretary-General Pascoe, and for the briefing by Ambassador Khalilzad on behalf of the multinational force.
My thanks also go to you, Mr. Presi…
