At the outset I would like to echo previous speakers in condemning the cowardly attack that took place this morning in Mogadishu and express our condolences to the families of the victims, to the United Nations staff and to the Somalian authorities. I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General…
I would like to thank the President for having organized today’s debate. I would also like to thank the briefers and other speakers. I congratulate the delegation of Luxembourg on the way it has conducted the chairmanship of the Working Group, and I reiterate France’s support.
The United Nations ap…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and Mr. Ivica Dačić, Prime Minster of Serbia, and Mr. Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minister of Kosovo, for their statements.
The Security Council is meeting for the first time since the historic agreement of 19 April was achieved b…
I would like to thank President Meron, President Joensen and Prosecutors Jallow and Brammertz for their briefings. France associates itself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer of the European Union.
This year we are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of resolution 827 (1993)…
At the outset, France aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union.
We thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/67/822). It is indeed possible to hope for a future generation that is free of HIV, which will require sustained and meaningful efforts. France has pri…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on sexual violence, which, as we understand it, is too often the tragic fate of women in conflict situations. I would also like to express our deep appreciation for the briefings by the Secretary- General, by Ms. Bangura, the…
Mr. President and Minister, I welcome your participation in today’s debate. I welcome also the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and I thank the Deputy Secretary- General for his briefing.
For over a year, undeniable progress has been made in…
I would like to convey my gratitude to the Prosecutor for her briefing. There are great many lessons to be learned from the report.
As Ms. Bensouda has noted by referring to resolution 2091 (2013), adopted on 14 February, and to the recent data published by the Office for the Coordination of Humani…
I thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, for his briefing on the situation in Central African Republic, the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), and the efforts …
I thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia- Herzegovina, for his briefing.
I associate myself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
The security situation on the ground has remained calm and stable — something for which Bosnia and Herzegovina’s insti…
I would like to thank the President of Togolese Republic and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Togo, the Secretary- General and all of the Ministers for their participation in this high-level debate.
I associate myself with the statement to be made by the Observer of the European Union.
Terroris…
I naturally align myself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
I would like to thank Ambassadors Kim, Quinlan and Loulichki for their briefings. We note in particular that in the joint briefing, the opportunities for synergies between the Committees was highlighted.
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I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
for her report and briefing and, in that connection, I reiterate our full support to her. It is particularly useful that this debate was preceded yesterday by an informal interactive dialogue, which allowed us to prepare for this meet…
I welcome the presence of Mr. Leonid Kozhara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and congratulate his country on its assumption of the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for 2013. I also take this opportunity to welcome the decision taken on 10 Decem…
I would like to thank Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Momen, outgoing Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and his successor, Ambassador Ranko Vilović, for their briefings and their strong personal commitment to the Commission.
A number of recent crises, such as that in Guinea- Bissau last sprin…
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Feltman, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs; the Permanent Observer of Palestine, Mr. Riyad Mansour; and the Permanent Representative of Israel, Mr. Ron Prosor, for their statements.
This spring, the Middle East has been racked by two crises that…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for having convened this debate. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Bangura; and Ms. Saran Keïta Diakité, representative of civil society of Mali.
Sexual vio…
I welcome your presence here, Madam President, and commend Rwanda’s initiative to convene this debate on the prevention of conflict in Africa.
In 1994, Rwanda experienced an internecine genocide that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and that the United Nations and its Security Council we…
This is a historic moment. We have just adopted a landmark text. The United Nations has provided an appropriate response to a global security challenge in an especially sensitive area that lies at the heart of State sovereignty.
That success belongs above all to the Final United Nations Conference …
I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and la Francophonie of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2089 (2013), which France submitted to the Council. The resolution complements the Framework for Peace, Security and Coop…
