I would like first to congratulate Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session, as well as to thank Mr. Srgjan Kerim for the excellent work he did during his presidency of the General Assembly in the preceding year.
As we gath…
As other delegations have done, I would like to thank the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Foreign Minister Stubb, for his briefing today, and also for all the skill and effort he has put into chairing that organization. We note the complementarit…
I am grateful to Burkina Faso for bringing us together to address an important and integral component of our common effort in maintaining international peace and security.
The effectiveness of the United Nations and of this Council in particular is often measured against its ability to prevent and …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
The Group of Eastern European States has been and continues to be strongly committed to United Nations peacekeeping activities. Members of our Group have consistently been among troop contributors to United Nations peacek…
First of all, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this plenary meeting to examine the progress made since the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its Plan of Action were adopted by the Assembly two years ago. I also express my appreciation to th…
At the outset, I should like to thank the representatives of the Secretariat’s Department of Political Affairs and Department of Peacekeeping Operations for their briefings and to welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Georgia.
Let me begin by expressing our regret at the …
Allow me to first of all welcome the presence among us of the Secretary- General at this debate and to thank him for his statement.
The Security Council today is, by general account, a remarkably more robust and intensive body than was the case a decade or more ago. Nowadays, the United Nations is …
Allow me first of all to join previous speakers in thanking Under-Secretary- General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet for their briefings.
In previous meetings and consultations, my delegation has made clear its position with regard to the ongoing conflict, so we shall limit ourselves t…
Allow me to start, like other colleagues, by thanking Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet for their briefings.
This is the third time that we have met in this Chamber in as many days on the situation in Georgia. My delegation has expressed and continues to express i…
My delegation would like to join other delegations that have expressed their
grave concerns about the latest developments in Georgia, especially with regard to the current heightened tensions and the reported fighting and exchange of heavy fire between Georgian armed forces and the forces of the Ge…
Croatia would like to reiterate the grave concerns that it expressed last night at the meeting on Georgia with respect to the developments in that country. News agencies have given us reports of heavy fighting between Georgian armed forces and the forces of the Georgian region of South Ossetia, as w…
As this is the first time my delegation is taking the floor this month, we would like to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency for the month of August and assure you of our full support. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Le Luong Minh of Viet Nam and his dele…
The Security Council has now adopted resolution 1828 (2008) authorizing the extension of the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for another year. That is an outcome reached through extensive dialogue and consultations by members of the Security Council an…
Allow me to welcome for the first time to the Council the newly appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General,
Mr. Lamberto Zannier, and to wish him every success in his future work, in which we assure him of our full support. I would also like to join others in welcoming the Foreign Mi…
Let me begin by extending our thanks to Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his candid and informative statement.
While Croatia aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by France on behalf of the European Union, allow me to make some further points on behalf of my delegation.
My country joi…
Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Ian Martin for his briefing and expressing my delegation’s appreciation and congratulations for his successful leadership of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) during what has proved to be a pivotal and genuinely transformative period for Nepal.
In many wa…
At the outset, allow me to thank the Vietnamese presidency of the Security Council for organizing this open debate on children and armed conflict. I would like to thank you, Sir, for personally chairing it.
Croatia aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by our French colleague on behalf…
Mr. President, let me thank you on behalf of the Croatian delegation for organizing this meeting on the issue of food security. We believe that the General Assembly is the appropriate forum to address this very important issue following the Food and Agriculture Organization global food safety summit…
Croatia is a sponsor of the draft resolution that a majority of delegations just a few minutes ago clearly voted in favour of. We deeply regret the fact that the Council, due to vetoes, fell short of its mandate by failing to adopt the draft resolution on sanctions today.
We firmly believe that the…
First of all, I would like to welcome the presence among us of His Excellency Mr. Rangin Dâdfar Spantâ, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, and His Excellency Mr. Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. I thank them for their statements. I would also like to…
