I would like to join previous speakers in warmly welcoming to the Chamber Mr. Audronius Ažubalis, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. I would like to thank him for his detailed briefing, which outlines…
Allow me first of all to pay tribute to you, Mr. President, and to your country, Brazil, for the initiative of holding this ministerial debate on the interdependence between security and development in the framework of the maintenance of international peace and security.
On behalf of the delegation…
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Menkerios and President Mkapa for their statements and for their important work in the Sudan. I also thank Ambassador Osman and Mr. Deng Alor Kuol, Minister of Regional Cooperation of the Government of Southern Sudan, for their statements.
The announcement of the fin…
My delegation associates itself with previous speakers in thanking you, Madame, on convening this meeting on cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations.
Having heard the briefing of Baroness Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union…
Like previous speakers, I too would like to
thank Mr. Jack Lang, Special Adviser to the Secretary- General on Legal Issues Related to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, for his briefing. We are confident that his work will contribute to progress on this complex and sensitive question. We would also l…
at the outset, my delegation commends the initiative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to organize this debate on post-conflict peacebuilding, and more specifically on the reconstruction of institutional architecture in countries emerging form conflict. I would also like to express our gratitude to Secretar…
Allow me in turn to thank Under-Secretaries- General Mr. Le Roy and Ms. Amos, as well as the representative of Haiti, for their briefings.
My delegation remains concerned by the fact that, two and a half months after the announcement of the results of the first round of the presidential election, t…
First of all, let me begin by thanking Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
Our debate is taking place at a time when the peace process in the Middle East remains at an impasse. It should be remembered that this follows Israel’s lifting of the moratorium on J…
Allow me also to thank President Mkapa and Mr. Menkerios for their very detailed briefings on the recent consultative referendum on Southern Sudan.
I would like to comment briefly on the referendum, which took place in a peaceful atmosphere, as well as on the challenges that remain to be addressed …
Allow me in my turn to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Staffan de Mistura for the clarity and concision of his briefing on
the situation in Afghanistan. I take this opportunity to praise the courage, commitment and professionalism of Mr. De Mistura and his team in discharging …
My delegation welcomes the holding of this meeting under your presidency Madam, devoted to sexual violence in armed conflict. We also welcome the participation in this debate of His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, whom we thank for his introduction of his report (S/2010/604) on the follow-…
My delegation would like to thank you, Madam President, for having organized this meeting just a few weeks before the referendum to be held in Southern Sudan on 9 January 2011. We also thank President Mkapa and Mr. Alain Le Roy for their briefings, which usefully addressed the three main concerns re…
First of all, I would like to congratulate the United States of America for its initiative in organizing this debate on the situation in Iraq. Your presence among us, Mr. Vice-President, is proof of the importance that the American authorities attach to the future of Iraq at a time when that country…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their respective statements on the implementation of the Tribunals’ completion strategies pursuant to Se…
The protection of civilians in armed conflict is a subject of great concern. I take the opportunity of this debate to reaffirm Gabon’s commitment to work in this area. The report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/579) and the briefings by Ms. Valerie Amos, Ms. Navanethem Pillay, Mr. Alain Le Roy and …
With the holding of the referendums in Southern Sudan and Abyei on 9 January 2011, the Sudan will enter a critical phase in its history. To reach that point, numerous challenges must be overcome. The atmosphere of trust between the parties must be maintained and their commitment to respect the timet…
My delegation would like first of all to thank Ambassadors Mayr-Harting, Apakan and Heller for their respective briefings. We commend the remarkable role they have played in leading the work of the counter-terrorism committees. As their mandates come to an end, we pay them well-deserved tribute for …
As we reiterate our congratulations to you, Mr. President, on presiding over the Council this month, we would also like to express our appreciation to you for the holding of today’s debate, which gives us another opportunity to address the developments in the situation in Kosovo. We would also like …
At the outset, I would like to welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Nebojša Radmanović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to thank him for his important statement. I also thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for introducing his repor…
My delegation would like to begin by thanking you, Sir, for taking the initiative to organize this debate to assess the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) on its tenth anniversary, which the Council is celebrating
today. We would also like to pay tribute to your country, Uganda, for the effor…
