At the outset, my delegation would like to welcome you, Mr. President, and to congratulate you on taking the initiative to hold this debate devoted to assessing United Nations support to African Union peacekeeping operations authorized by the Security Council. As an African country, Gabon recognizes…
My delegation thanks Ms. Ameerah Haq for her briefing on the activities of the United Nations Integration Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) during the period from 21 January to 20 September 2010. We are also grateful to the representative of Timor-Leste for her important statement.
My statement will p…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, for his substantial briefing on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Unfortunately, our discussion is taking place at a time when the direct talks relaunched on 1…
I wish to start by extending to you, Mr. President, the
most heartfelt congratulations of my delegation upon Uganda’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We all know Uganda’s consistent interest in the issues of international peace and security. The choice of subject for today’s d…
Allow me, in my turn, to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, whom it is my pleasure to see and hear again as he outlines the situation in Afghanistan. Having recently seen him at work on the ground, I appreciate the relevance of his views…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your initiative in organizing this important debate on counter-terrorism. We are aware of your commitment and that of your country in fighting this phenomenon. We welcome among us the presence of the Secretary- General, and I reaffirm the support o…
At the outset, I would like to welcome this meeting which is part and parcel of the extension of the 2005 World Summit at the end of which we reaffirmed our full commitment to the Millennium Declaration (General Assembly resolution 55/2), the foundations of a more peaceful, more prosperous and faire…
I, too, thank Ambassador Mahiga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, for his introduction of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2010/447) on the latest developments in the political, security, humanitarian and human rights fields in Somalia. Permit me to also welcome the hon…
I would first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the initiative to convene this debate on the
development of the political, security and humanitarian situation in Haiti. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his detailed report on those issues (S/2010/446), and, lastly, to e…
I would like to join with Ambassador Barbalić in congratulating you, Mr. President, on convening this constructive discussion of peacekeeping operations. I
also welcome the presence among us of Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Lieutenant General Sikander Afzal,…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of August, and to thank Ambassador Joy Ogwu and the Nigerian delegation for their excellent work during the course of the last month. I would also like to take this opp…
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Pascoe for the clear briefing he has just given us. I would also like to join Council members who have spoken before me in expressing my thanks for the information provided by the ambassadors of Palestine and Israel.
My delegation would …
Allow me first of all, Sir, to say how delighted I am that you are presiding today, on behalf of your country Nigeria, over this important debate on the prevention of conflict.
The complexity and cost of current conflicts, especially in Africa, have substantially weakened the chances for stability …
I would first like to thank your delegation, Madam President, for your initiative to convene this debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-
General, Mr. John Holmes and Ms. Pillay for their dynamic leadership on the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
The topic that bri…
I wish you every success in your presidency, Madam, and assure you of the support of my delegation. I also thank the delegation of Mexico for its successful presidency in June.
I shall be extremely brief. Allow me first to echo previous speakers in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, Presiden…
I, too, would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for the clarity of his introduction of the Secretary-General’s report
(S/2010/318) on developments in the situation in th…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to start by welcoming your presence in this debate and to congratulate your country on its initiative to allow the Security Council to again consider the issue of the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and …
At the outset, I would like 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 briefings on assessing the implementation of measures taken by the Secretary- Ge…
My country duly values the present General Assembly initiative to convene a special high-level meeting on transnational organized crime. This meeting is taking place in the context of the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Assembly’s adoption of the United Nations Convention against Trans…
My delegation should like to a pay a special tribute, Madame, to your country, Mexico, for your interest in the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Your country’s outstanding chairmanship of the Security Council’s Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict and your presence at today’s debat…
