I thank the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, for his briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, Darfur and Somalia.
My delegation is concerned about the dire humanitarian situation in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, where a…
I also wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, for assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of December, and I assure you, Sir, of the cooperation of my delegation. I also thank you, Sir, for organizing this informative briefing.
My delegation commends Ambassador Natalegawa for the exc…
I wish to express the appreciation of my delegation to Mr. Charles Nqakula, Minister of Safety and Security of South Africa and Facilitator of the Burundi Peace Process, for his briefing on the latest developments on the Burundi peace process. We also acknowledge the presence of the Executive Repres…
We wish to join others in thanking Mr. Jan Eliasson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and to take this opportunity to congratulate him and his African Union (AU) counterpart, Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, on successfully convening the Darfur peace talks in Libya last month in the fa…
I wish to express my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for his statement and for his very comprehensive sixth report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2007/643). I also wish to express our appreciation to the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for his…
Allow me first of all to express my appreciation to the Chairmen of the 1373, 1267 and 1540 Committees for their informative briefings.
The briefing by the Chairman of the 1267 Committee pursuant to paragraph 31 of resolution 1735 (2006) was very encouraging. Resolution 1735 (2006), which reaffirme…
Ghana would like to join other members of the Council in thanking the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, Under- Secretary-General Ibrahim Gamabari, for his briefing, which has highlighted some very significant and general positive developments in the country. In the same breath, we…
I would like to join preceding speakers in commending the Indonesian delegation for organizing this debate. I would also like to thank you, Sir, for your kind words at the beginning of the meeting regarding the Ghana delegation and me, in reference to the Ghanaian presidency of this Council.
The re…
I join preceding speakers in thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive reports on the items under consideration.
We support the statements made by Benin and Pakistan on behalf of the Group of African States and of the Group of 77 and China, respectively.
The New Partnership for Africa’s…
My delegation wishes to commend Ambassador Gaspar Martins of Angola and his dedicated team, ably supported by the Peacebuilding Support Office led by Assistant Secretary-General Carolyn McAskie, for their contribution and pioneering role in making the Peacebuilding Commission a reality today. We als…
My delegation wishes to congratulate you, Sir, on your election and on assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session.
Ghana voted in favour of resolution 2758 (XXVI), which was adopted in 1971, and which in letter and in spirit recognized the Government of the Peo…
I wish to express my delegation’s appreciation to the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Michael Williams, for his useful briefing, and I commend his efforts, including his visit to the Middle East last week aimed at reinvigorating the peace process.
My delegation welcomes t…
We too are pleased to welcome the Secretary-General and Ambassador Léo Mérorès, who is representing the General Assembly. We thank them for their statements. We further wish to commend the delegation of the Republic of the Congo for organizing the debate on conflict prevention and resolution in Afri…
We welcome today’s unanimous vote on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
We commend UNIFIL for its sacrifices and for its role in the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006). We also commend the peacekeeping partnership and the cooperation between th…
We, too, acknowledge the presence of the Secretary-General and thank him for his statement. We wish to thank all those who worked hard for the adoption of resolution 1769
(2007), which paves the way for the implementation of the African Union/United Nations hybrid operation in Darfur. This is anoth…
Allow me to thank Ambassadors Jones Parry, Kumalo, Voto-Bernales and De La Sablière for leading the mission to the various countries that it visited. My delegation commends them
for their effective roles, which contributed to a large extent to the mission’s success. We also express our appreciation…
My delegation welcomes you, Mr. Minister, to this meeting and would like to express its appreciation to the Belgian presidency for organizing this debate. My delegation also associates itself with the statement to be made by the representative of Tunisia on behalf of the African Group.
Over the age…
First of all, let me join members in thanking the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Holmes, for his comprehensive briefing.
The question of the treatment of civilians in conflict situations is as old as civilization itself. However, in recent times, the proliferation of bru…
First of all, let me join other members in thanking the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their detailed reports. The professionalism, commitment and resourcefulness of the …
My delegation recognizes the presence here of His Excellency Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq. We thank the Secretary-General for his report, and we also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, for his briefing.
As noted …
