I would also like to express my condolences to the Republic of Turkey for the earthquake that has just struck it. We also offer condolences to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the death of Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
I thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his statement and I would like to make th…
I commend you, Madame President, and the Secretary- General for having taken the initiative to organize today’s debate on an issue that has taken on worrisome proportions in the Gulf of Guinea and along the West African coast. Naturally, I thank the preceding speakers for their briefings and welcom…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this debate and I welcome this momentum, begun in West Africa and beneficial to the entire continent.
Security issues are among the major challenges to the building or rebuilding of a State if it is to be sustainable and respect the rule…
I would of course first like to very warmly commend the Permanent Representative of Lebanon, who held the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September, for the enormously effective and courageous manner in which he carried out his duties. I would also like to congratulate you, Madam…
I thank Mr. De Mistura for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and Mr. Rassoul for his statement. I endorse the statement to be made by the representative of the European Union.
We were obviously shocked and saddened by the attack that took the life of the former Afghan President and Chair…
Preventive diplomacy — which was a mere concept half a century ago, until formalized by former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in his 1992 report An Agenda for Peace (S/24111) — has become an essential means of action within the United Nations. The stakes are clearly identified at the very h…
I would like to thank Mr. Mariano Fernandez Amunategui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, for his presentation, and I congratulate him on his appointment at the head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). I shall limit my statement to three poin…
I welcome the vote by the General Assembly this morning which confirmed, by an overwhelming majority, the reintegration of Libya within the United Nations family, which today welcomes the
representatives of the new Libya. I would like to welcome Ambassador Dabbashi, whose personal valour is well kn…
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution because, naturally, we support the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). We support UNMIL’s work in Liberia, which is particularly necessary as the elections approach. We think a mid- and long-term presence of…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Mahiga, for his briefing and for his presence here so soon after the successful conference in Mogadishu. I also thank the representative of the African Union and the Prime Minister of Somalia for j…
I, too, should like to wish you, Sir, every success in your presidency, which is just beginning, and I should like also to thank Ambassador Puri and his team for their presidency during the month of August.
I should like to start by thanking Ambassador Osorio for his 90-day report. Iran remains at …
I thank Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, for joining us today. I also welcome the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, and thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/514)…
I would like to join previous speakers in condemning in the strongest terms the reprehensible attack just carried out against the United Nations in Abuja. We express our compassion for and solidarity with the victims and their families, to the Government of Nigeria and, through the Secretary-General…
I too wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting, which has become a regular feature, as it provides a rare but valuable opportunity to exchange with the force commanders and to hear the views from the field.
I thank the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Force C…
On behalf of France, I would first like to join all speakers who have conveyed their condolences to Norway following the tragedy that struck that country.
I would like to thank the United Nations for having organized this High-level Meeting on Youth, who are too often forgotten and who must be retu…
Let me thank Mr. Serry for his briefing and the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer for Palestine for their statements.
France associates itself with the statement to be delivered by the Head of the Delegation of the European Union.
Since the beginning of this year the Ar…
France associates itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
Since the last debate in the Council on climate change was in 2007 (see S/PV.5663), science has progressed, the facts have been confirmed and the risks have been further analysed, as Mr. Steiner set out in …
The Security Council is living through a historic moment
today. We have recommended a new Member State for admission to the membership of the United Nations, bringing it to 193.
The independence of South Sudan is a major event in the history of Africa. It represents a positive conclusion to 50 yea…
I align myself with the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union.
I wish to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany for his initiative to convene the Security Council to consider the issue of children and armed conflict.
This morning the Council is showing that it is determin…
France is grateful to the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS), under the leadership of Special Representative of the Secretary-General Menkerios, for the outstanding work it has carried out since its establishment, despite difficult working conditions, in protecting civilians and ensuring fo…
