Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of Guinea- Bissau, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, as well as to convey to you my sincere wishes for the success of your work. I also wish to extend to the members of the Council our deep gratitude for having d…
Through you, Mr. President, my delegation wants to thank all members of the Security Council for keeping the situation in my country, Guinea-Bissau, on its agenda.
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I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for th…
Allow me to congratulate you and your country, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of Security Council for the month of May.
I would like to thank all the members of the Council for once again giving me an opportunity, within a three-week period, to participate in the Council on beh…
Allow me to express my deepest appreciation for this opportunity to convey to this highest entity of the coalition of nations, on behalf of the Government legitimately established for the eighth legislature and chosen by the majority of the Guinean people, current realities in Guinea-Bissau, and to …
Allow me, first of all, to express my sincere thanks for the honour that you grant me, Mr. President, by giving me the floor before Council members, whom we would like to thank for their commitment to and understanding of the situation in our country. We would also like to commend Mr. Joseph Mutabob…
I would first of all like to express my gratitude to Ambassador Eugène-Richard Gasana, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations, for his leadership and remarkable work at the head of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2011 and to thank him for his presentation of the report of the…
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, His Excellency Mr. Carlos Gomes Júnior, asked me to send his warmest greetings to the Security Council and to convey to it the importance that we attach to this meeting of the Council, which once again confirms its readiness to support the Governm…
I would first like to congratulate Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, and to express our most sincere wishes for his success in fulfilling his mandate. Similarly, I would like to convey to Mr. Joseph Deiss Guine…
I would first of all like to take this opportunity to congratulate the President, Mr. Nelson Messone of
Gabon, a country with which Guinea-Bissau has good friendly relations, on his assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to extend our warm greetings to the members o…
Allow me, first of all, in the name of the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and in my own name, to greet all those present and to thank the Council for the opportunity and the honour given me to address the members of the Security Council. As this is the first time that I participate in a…
Since this is the first time that I take the floor in the Security Council in my capacity as Permanent Representative of Guinea-Bissau to the United Nations, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of November. I would also like to…
It is a great honour for Guinea-Bissau to take part in this global forum, an ideal setting for the exchange of experience among countries on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
I take this opportunity to reiterate the political will and commitment of the Government of my cou…
Allow me, Madam President, to congratulate you on behalf of my Government on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. Your country, Nigeria, has always played a decisive role in the resolution of conflicts on our continent, in particular in the West African su…
I should like, Mr. President, to thank you and to convey our great pleasure at seeing you, the eminent representative of the Gabonese Republic, presiding over the work of the Council during the month of
March. I am convinced that, owing to your spirit of brotherly cooperation and to the diligence a…
Yesterday in the Trusteeship Council Chamber we participated in a very moving day. Together, we attended a celebration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. I do not think that we just did that out of habit, not at all. I do not think that those who were there — the man…
We all concur in recognizing that the Palestinian question is at the very heart of the conflict in the Middle East. Quite simply, no Arab country or citizen of that region of the world can feel free as long as the Palestinians, the Palestinian people, continue to suffer the torments of the illegal o…
At this late hour, I will try to be as brief as possible.
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to say that the revitalization of the General Assembly is not a slogan. First and foremost, it is the recognition that there are problems, there are difficulties, and that we need to make changes. Tha…
Year after year, an impressive number of colleagues come up to this rostrum, one after the other, to express their views on the report of the Security Council. That is a good thing, because we all understand the importance of the role of the Security Council. I think that we have heard here what we …
My delegation is pleased to see you, Sir, the Ambassador of Austria, presiding over the Security Council in November. I endorse the well-deserved praise that you addressed to your predecessor, the Ambassador of Vietnam.
At the outset I would like to very warmly thank the members of the Council for …
My first words are to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Aware of his skill and his vast diplomatic experience, we are convinced that this session will be crowned with success. My country, Guinea-Bissau, which …
