I should like to thank you, Sir, for having organized this special meeting on the Sudan — a matter at the very heart of Gabon’s concerns.
I should like to welcome the presence among us of President Mbeki, Djibril Bassolé, Ibrahim Gambari and Haile Menkerios and, of course, to thank them for their v…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to endorse the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Congo on behalf of the African Group.
Today’s plenary meetings, in which my delegation is pleased to participate, come at a key moment in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. As me…
I wish to welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey as well as of the Deputy
Secretary-General and to thank Assistant Secretary- General Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing.
My delegation learned with great regret of the attack by Israeli forces against a flotilla carrying …
Mr. Prime Minister, your presence at this meeting, which your country had the welcome initiative to convene and for which we express our gratitude, demonstrates once again Lebanon’s commitment to the fundamental values of dialogue, tolerance and peace. Intercultural dialogue is fundamental to the ma…
I too would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Haris Silajdžić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to thank him for his informative briefing. I would also like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the quality of the presentation of h…
First of all, I would like to thank the Assembly President, Japan and Mexico for having taken the initiative to organize this important meeting. My delegation would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his excellent presentation of his report in document (A/64/701), which is devoted to the i…
Like speakers before me, I welcome the President of the Republic of Djibouti, His Excellency Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, and thank him for his detailed briefing on the situation in the Horn of Africa, in particular the relations between his country and the neighbouring country of Eritrea. I am also gra…
At the outset, Gabon welcomes the presence among us of His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia. We assure him of our willingness to further strengthen the felicitous links of friendship and cooperation between our two countries, and of our readiness to …
Mr. President, Gabon welcomes the initiative of your country, Lebanon, to organize a debate on Somalia, a country where the situation remains troubling on the political, security and humanitarian fronts.
We welcome the participation in this important debate of His Excellency Mr. Abdurahman Ibrahim,…
In response to your appeal, Madam President, I shall try to summarize my statement; the complete text has been made available in the Council Chamber.
My country is particularly grateful to the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) not only for the b…
Allow me, Sir, to express to and your delegation you my delegation’s congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I assure you of my delegation’s cooperation. I would also like to thank the delegation of Japan for the able way in which it guided …
I am grateful to you, Mr. President, for having organized this important debate on the situation in Haiti. Like previous speakers, I welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Jean-Max Bellerive, Prime Minister of Haiti.
My delegation is pleased to participate in this important debate on the situat…
At the outset, I should like to thank Ms. Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, for the high qualit…
My delegation duly appreciates the initiative to hold this debate, at a time when improving the working methods of the Security Council is increasingly necessary owing to the challenges facing international peace and security. Gabon welcomes the ongoing crucial role played by your country Japan, Mr.…
At the very outset, I wish to tell you how delighted I am, Sir, to see you preside on behalf of your country, Japan, over this ministerial debate on a comprehensive peacebuilding strategy to prevent the recurrence of conflict. I also welcome Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who wished to participate p…
I wish first of all to convey sincere condolences to the Chinese delegation regarding the earthquake that struck China this morning.
I wish also to thank Mr. Pascoe, the Permanent Observer of the Palestinian Authority and the Permanent Representative of Israel for their statements.
We have come to…
I would first like to thank the French delegation for convening this debate on the cross- cutting threats posed by drugs, transnational crime and terrorism.
Since those threats are real and pose genuine and serious threats and challenges to international peace
and security, they call for a global …
I, too, would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her exhaustive presentation of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/85), which has helped us to better grasp the political and security situation prevailing in the young State…
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, for having convened this informative debate on peacekeeping operations. Their role, although crucial — as attested by their proliferation — is increasingly being questioned today as a result of the difficulties that they face in …
I, too, wish to thank His Excellency Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), for his very detailed briefing. We congratulate him on acceding to the OSCE chairmanship and appreciate the …
