I should like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for his briefing as well as the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Kosovo for their statements.
As the report of the Secretary-General (S/2012/818) points out, and as Mr. Zarif has just noted, we can be pleased wit…
I thank the Indian presidency for convening this now annual debate on the working methods of the Security Council. I would also like to thank Ambassador Moraes Cabral for chairing the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions.
The Council determines its agenda and its p…
I would like to thank the Indian presidency for having organized this debate and for the draft presidential statement. My thanks also go to the Deputy Secretary-General for his briefing.
It is important to remember that the scourge of piracy affects the entire international community. It threatens …
Allow me first to express my appreciation for the introductory statement of the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, and for his presentation of the annual report of the Security Council (A/67/2). I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Colombia, who, …
First of all, I would like to express France’s gratitude to the Chairs of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) , as well as to you, Mr. President, and to the representatives of South Africa and Germany. All three of you, Sir, have s…
I thank Mr. Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his presentation. I endorse the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
I would like to take stock of developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the past year.
The security situation on the ground has remai…
I would like to thank Mr. Reske-Nielsen for his presentation
and to welcome the presence and the statement of Mr. José Luís Guterres, Minister of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste.
My country aligns itself with the statement that will be made by the observer of …
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to assure you of our full support. I join previous speakers in thanking Ambassador Rosenthal and his team for their work presiding over the Council last month.
I thank Ms…
I associate myself with the statement that will be made by the observer of the European Union.
I would like to think Guatemala for having taken the initiative of organizing this debate.
We have heard, in the opening statements, how the International Criminal Court (ICC) has become an increasingly …
Naturally, I too thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Augustine Mahiga.
In recent months, Somalia has been able to achieve historic milestones that would have seemed impossible a year ago. They have adopted a provisional Constitution, designated a Parliament and its Presi…
I thank Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East and the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
I will first address the situation in Syria and its consequences for in…
Allow me at the outset to thank Ms. Fisher, President of the Special
Court for Sierra Leone, and the Prosecutor of the Court for their briefings, and, more generally, the entire Special Court team for the job that they have done. I also welcome the presence here and the statement made by Mrs. Ebun …
At the outset, allow me to congratulate your country on assuming the presidency of the Council. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Mr. Mariano Fernández Amunátegui, for his briefing.
I would like to associate myself with the statement to be made later by the obse…
I have some observations to make on this very important subject. My first, which I think we would all agree on, is that when the Arab Spring, as we call it, began almost two years ago, it gave rise at the start to many hopes for peace, dignity, freedom and democracy. Today, however, we are concerned…
On behalf of France, I welcome the initiative taken by the General Assembly to organize this first High- level Meeting on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels. As underscored in the Declaration adopted today (resolution 67/1), this event concerns all individuals, institutions, pu…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kubiš and Minister Rassoul for their statements.
I endorse the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
The attacks by Afghan police and soldiers on their trainers and the actions of insurgents should not overshadow deeper,…
I would like to thank Ambassador Osorio for his quarterly report on the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and his awareness-raising activities in Member States, particularly the open meeting of the Committee held on 9 July. That allowed for many delegations t…
I should like at the outset to thank those who spoke before me for the explanations they have provided, and I very warmly welcome the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Leila Zerrougui. On behalf of my delegation, I wish her every success in her important new role.
I shall be …
I would like to thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
I would also like to extend the sincere condolences of France to the victims of the terrorist attack in…
I had hoped not to have to go through this ghastly list. By 4 October 2011, repression in Syria had already claimed 3,000 lives and Russia and China vetoed the Council’s action for the first time (see S/PV.6627). By 4 February, 6,000 Syrians had been cut down by the regime, and Russia and China exer…
