I thank Mr. Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing on the Middle East. It confirmed our concerns regarding the limited prospects for a resumption of the peace process, the continuing repression in Syria and the resulting and growing threats to the stability of the region.
We hail the diplomatic efforts…
I would like to thank South Africa for having organized this open debate on the role of justice and the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. This debate is an important stage in the preparation of the high-level event on the rule of law that will be held on the margins…
Madam President, I wish to thank you for having convened today’s debate on cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) in the area of peace and security. I welcome your presence here today, which bears witness to the leadership role that
South Africa intends to play in the Sec…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Madam President, for having convened this meeting, which makes it possible to strengthen the dialogue and coordination between the African Union and the United Nations on the question of Somalia. In that respect, I should like to thank Commissioner Lamamra for ha…
As you know, Sir, it is the unwavering practice of my country’s delegation to refuse to proceed with our work without simultaneous interpretation services in all of the Organization’s official languages.
I would first of all like to thank Ambassador Osorio for his quarterly report and for his efficient and dedicated chairmanship of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
The Security Council has been seized of an unprecedented report from the International Ato…
I thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/772*) and welcome the presence here today of Mr. Jawed Ludin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan. I would also like to congratulate Mr. Ján Kubiš on his appointment as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the…
First of all, I would like to thank the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals for their reports.
With respect to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the Tribunal’s President and Prosecutor Jallow have both described the considerable efforts that w…
I would like, at the outset, to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on the Security Council’s working methods. I also wish to thank the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina for his introduction, as well as for his outstanding work as Chair of the Informal Working Group on …
I would like to thank Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj, Minister for
Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, for their statements. I also congratulate Mr. Farid Zarif on his appointment.
The situation in northern Kosovo has been the subject of numerous Council meeti…
In following my Gabonese colleague, I will extend this French-speaking oasis. That is not to say, however, that everything else is desert.
First of all, I should like to thank all those who have spoken for their briefings, and I welcome the initiative of the Portuguese presidency.
Since the Februa…
I would first like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her briefing and, more generally, for her work. I also thank Mr. Zacarias da Costa, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, for having made the trip to take part in our debate t…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his presence and for the report that he has just presented to the Council (S/2011/682, annex). I also take this opportunity to welcome the contribution of the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to …
I would like to thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), for his briefing on the initial work of the Office and his report on the Lord’s Resistance Army-affected areas (S/2011/693). I welcome Mr. Sylvain-Goma, Secretary- General of the Economic Co…
I should like to begin by thanking Ambassadors Sangqu, Wittig and Puri for their briefings, and I associate myself with the statement to be made later by the deputy head of the delegation of the European Union.
We recently commemorated the tenth anniversary of the 11 September attacks. Even though …
I would like to thank the President of the Portuguese Republic and the Secretary-General for having participated in
this debate. I also thank all other speakers for their presentations.
I associate myself with the statement that will be made on behalf of the European Union.
The protection of civi…
The President of the General Assembly has made United Nations reform into one of the priorities of his term in office. In his inaugural speech, the focus was on the reform of the Security Council and on the need to pursue the efforts made hitherto. He is quite correct; we do need to continue move th…
I would first of all like to congratulate you, Sir, and to express our best wishes for the success of your presidency. I also wish to thank Ambassador Ogwu and her entire team for their effective presidency in the month of October. I would also like to thank Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo for his rep…
Thank you, Madam President, for holding this meeting on peacebuilding. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Cheng-Hopkins and Ambassador Lucas for their presentations. It is crucial for the Security Council, which is responsible for issues of international peacekeeping and security…
I would first of all like to welcome the holding of this debate and to thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Ambassador Lazarus Kapambwe and Ms. Orzala Ashraf Nemat for their briefings and their participation in this meeting. I should also like to associate myself with the statement to…
