I thank the President for convening this plenary meeting to consider the progress made since the first review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its plan of action two years ago.
I express my appreciation to the facilitator, Ambassador Momen of Bangladesh, and his expert te…
On behalf of the Republic of Croatia and its people, I should like to express our deepest condolences and sympathy to the people and the Government of Pakistan on the immense loss of life and widespread devastation resulting from the catastrophic monsoon rains affecting millions of people in Pakista…
Allow me to begin by congratulating you and your delegation, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for the manner in which you are conducting the Council’s work.
I would also like to begin by welcoming Presidents Byron and Robinson and Prosec…
At the outset, allow me to welcome His Excellency Mr. Haris Silajdžić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. My delegation is particularly pleased that his country is participating in this debate for the first time as a member of the Security Council.
We also welcome Mr. Valentin In…
Let me first of all express my gratitude for the convening of this special solemn gathering. I need not repeat what has already been said so many times about why it is important to remember, commemorate and mourn the victims, so that such things never happen again.
My country, Croatia, was one of t…
I would like to make a brief statement in support of the draft resolution contained in document A/64/L.27, entitled “Institutionalization of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force”, which was introduced at the 60th plenary meeting by Ambassador Argüello, Permanent Representative of Argentin…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to speak today in my capacity as the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee. I have had the honour to preside over that important Committee in the second part of this year, so the comments I am about to make are my personal observations …
Mr. President, I wish to thank you and your country for this valuable initiative, which for the first time has presented this body with the opportunity to focus specifically on the complex issue of drug trafficking and its devastating consequences, including threats to national, subregional and regi…
Allow me to join others in welcoming Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo to the Chamber again. I also thank him for presenting his tenth report submitted pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005), updating the Council on the judicial and investigative activities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) relating to t…
At the outset, allow me to extend my congratulations to you, Mr. President, and to your delegation for your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December, which, as we all know, is not the easiest month. Let me assure you of the full cooperation of my delegation during your p…
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate, to which Croatia attaches great importance. We also recognize the important role that the Peacebuilding Support Office has to play in our deliberations.
Croatia aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the Swedish pre…
At the outset, allow me to welcome His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Allow me at the same moment to congratulate Bosnia and Herzegovina for its election as a new member of the Security Council. We also welcome His Excellency Mr. Valenti…
We, too, would like to thank Mr. Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, for his significant contribution and for the valuable insights he presented here today. Croatia has aligned itself with the statement to be delivered later in this debate by the Swedish presi…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), I have the honour to brief the Council on the work of the Committee since the previous briefing, provided on 26 May 2009.
During the past six months, the Committee has pursued its activities…
On behalf of the Chairmen of the three subsidiary bodies of the Security Council established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004), which deal with the issue of terrorism, I would like to give an update on the continued cooperation among the Committees and their expert gro…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, and the Austrian presidency, for taking the initiative to re-engage this body on the vitally important issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which, in our view, often strikes at the core of the Council’s primary mandate regarding…
At the outset, allow me to thank Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for his valuable remarks, and Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra for her presence with us today. I would particularly like to thank Mr. Romano Prodi for his contribution and for all his endeavours, and Mr. Tete Antonio for hi…
Croatia deeply appreciates the personal participation of Deputy Prime Minister José Guterres in our deliberations and would like to thank both him and Special Representative Atul Khare for their contributions in today’s debate on Timor- Leste.
Croatia aligns itself with the statement of the Europea…
I too would like to welcome to the Chamber His Excellency Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and His Excellency Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, and to thank them for their statements. We also welcome Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Spec…
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his extensive briefing on the situation in the Middle East, as well as to welcome to the Chamber Palestinian National Authority Foreign Minister, Mr. Al-Malki, and Israeli Permanent Representative, Ambassador Shalev.
Croatia sh…
