I thank Assistant Secretary-General Judy Cheng-Hopkins and Ambassador Lucas for their detailed briefings.
This is a welcome opportunity to take stock of the peacebuilding agenda and to follow up on its implementation. We share the analysis that progress has been achieved in various fields since las…
Germany voted in favour of the resolution just adopted by this Council, resolution 2017 (2011).
We appreciate the initiative of the Russian Federation for taking up this important issue. The proliferation of all arms and related material of all types from Libya to the region is an issue of utmost c…
I thank you, Madam President, for having organized today’s debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Bachelet, Mr. Kapambwe and Ms. Nemat for their insightful remarks.
Germany aligns itself with the statement to be made by Head of the Delegation of the European Union.
As a member of the Grou…
As President of the Security Council for the month of July 2011, Germany was responsible for the preparation of the introduction of the draft annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
The draft report contains a comprehensive account of all meetings and activities of the Counci…
Germany offers its condolences to the people of Turkey on the loss of lives resulting from the massive earthquake on Sunday, and to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the passing of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe …
Let me thank the Nigerian presidency for putting on the agenda the issue of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. I also want very much to thank the Secretary-General and the representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Gulf of Guinea Commission for their presentations.
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At the outset, let me join others in thanking the Nigerian presidency for having organized today’s debate. I warmly welcome your presence and your leadership of this meeting, Sir, as well as the presence of Her Excellency Mrs. Preneet Kaur, Minister of State for External Affairs of India. I would al…
Let me start by warmly thanking Ambassador Nawaf Salam and his team for his wise, effective and courageous leadership of the Council in the month of September. Let me also join others in congratulating you, Madame President, as you assume the presidency of the Council for this month; you can count o…
I wish to thank Foreign Minister Rassoul for his most valuable statement and, of course, for his presence here. Minister, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to the Council today.
I am also grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General de Mistura for his briefing. I commend him, his…
Seldom has people’s yearning for freedom, dignity and self- determination played such a dominant role as it has this year. Until now, we have experienced globalization
first and foremost through the ever-greater integration of the world economy. Today, we see that globalization means so much more; …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2011/552) and his instructive briefing today. Let me make three points.
First, it falls squarely within the responsibility of the Security Council to p…
It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly today at this historic High-level Meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs are among the leading causes of both death and disability worldwide. Unless we take bold action within the next decade, NCDs will become the most common cau…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mariano Fernandez Amunategui for his briefing and we are grateful to him and all the personnel of the United
Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for their dedicated work.
One and a half years after the devastating …
I wish to warmly welcome Ambassador Dabbashi and to congratulate him on today’s approval by the General Assembly of his credentials. We fully support resolution 2009 (2011), just adopted. We also highly welcome its unanimous adoption. This sends a strong message of the unity of the Council at this i…
Germany welcomed Liberia’s progress in peace consolidation and further stabilization, and at the same time supports the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the extension of its mandate for a further year. In view of the upcoming elections, UNMIL’s presence is surely still necessary. Howeve…
At the outset, I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Augustine Mahiga for his briefing.
We highly appreciate his work and continue to support him. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union Som…
Let me join my colleagues in congratulating you, Mr. President, on Lebanon’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. Our best wishes accompany you. Let me equally thank our neighbours and colleagues from India for their leadership last month. I thank Ambassador Osorio for his bri…
I should like to join my colleagues in thanking Mr. Zarif for his comprehensive briefing. I also wish to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to former Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zannier for his important work in recent years.
As highlighted in the recent report of th…
Germany strongly condemns the terrorist attack against United Nations House in Abuja. We convey our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims, the Government of Nigeria and the whole United Nations family.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his insightful briefing and you, M…
Let me first take this opportunity to express our deepest condolences to the Government and people of Norway.
I will present two crucial points proclaimed by the youth living in Germany — first, full and effective youth participation, and secondly, the issue of migration and youth on the internatio…
