Allow me to begin by expressing our pleasure, Mr. Minister, for having you personally here to preside over this meeting. I would also like to extend our warm welcome to Mr. De Mistura and to thank him for the briefing he provided to us today as well as for his personal engagement, leadership and ach…
I, too, would like to welcome the Foreign Minister of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, and the Foreign Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Skender Hyseni, to the Chamber and to thank them for their statements. We also welcome Special Representative of the Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier and thank him for his comment…
My delegation has been engaged over the past two weeks in negotiations within the framework of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General on Georgia in an effort to reach
agreement on a substantive new resolution for the Mission there. We share the concerns of the Secretary- General that the ove…
Croatia also condemned the conducting of nuclear missile tests by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We saw it as a threat to international peace and security and therefore we supported the unanimous response on the part of the Security Council.
We call upon the Democratic People’s Republic…
I would like to thank Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg for his briefing, as well as Foreign Minister Bangura and Ambassador McNee for their useful insights.
At the outset, allow me to express the deep concern of my delegation with regard to the political disturbances in Sierra Leone during the month…
Allow me to begin by welcoming President Robinson and President Byron, as well as Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow. After carefully listening to their reports, I want to reaffirm once more Croatia’s firm commitment to continue with the implementation of our Constitutional Act on full cooperation wit…
Allow me first to extend our welcome to His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his statement. We also wish to welcome the High Representative and Special Representative of the European Union (EU), His Excellency Mr. Valenti…
At the outset, I would like to express our gratitude to Ambassadors Mayr-Harting, Lacroix and Urbina for today’s briefing on behalf of the Security Council Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004).
Croatia aligns itself with the statement to be deliver…
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his statement and expressing my country’s appreciation for the personal efforts he has invested in helping to advance the Middle East peace process. Let me also express our gratitude to Foreign Minister Lavrov and his delegation for organizing this …
My delegation would also like to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. We express our appreciation to Ambassador Heller and his team for the excellent work done during the previous month.
At the outset, Croatia would like to express its grat…
Before beginning my presentation I too would like personally to thank Grace Akallo for being with us today and sharing her touching story. I assure her that her moving words and her personal history will further guide us in our deliberations.
At the outset, allow me to thank the Security Council pr…
Allow me to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate and by thanking the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Pascoe, for introducing the Secretary-General’s report, which focused our attention on one aspect of the Council’s activity that, while frequently present in our discussions,…
Croatia would like to join others in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his briefing and insightful comments. Allow me from the outset to take this opportunity to commend both Mr. Annabi and the civil and military components of the United Nations Stabi…
Allow me to begin by welcoming Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and thanking him for presenting us with an analysis of the challenges that the Middle East region is presently facing. I would also like to acknowledge the presence of the Ambassador of Israel and the representative of the Palestinian Aut…
Permit me to welcome to the Chamber the President of Serbia, His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, and the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, His Excellency Mr. Skender Hyseni, and to thank them for their statements. I would like also to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General…
We would like to join others in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abadallah, for his briefing. We are also very grateful for all his hard work in Somalia. In addition, we appreciate the intervention by His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Minister …
First of all, let me thank Mr. Rashid Khalikov once again for his briefing on the grave humanitarian situation on the ground in Darfur. Yet again and after only a short period of time, we are meeting to hear about things going from bad to worse in Darfur. After hearing the news about four peacekeepe…
Let me thank Mr. Kai Eide for his briefing. In the same vein, I would like to pay tribute to Mr. Eide for his determined leadership and to all the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their genuine commitment and hard work undertaken in harsh circumstances. I als…
I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the duties of Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and to thank you and the Libyan presidency of the Security Council for organizing this important open debate.
I also thank Ms. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Mini…
I should like to join others in warmly welcoming to this Chamber Her Excellency Ms. Dora Bakoyannis, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece and the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for 2009.
My delegation thanks the Foreign Minister for her inf…
