First of all, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Iraq, for his comprehensive briefing. My delegation also thanks the Permanent Representative of the United States for his statement on behalf of the Multinati…
Let me begin by joining previous speakers in welcoming the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Ould Abdallah, and thanking him for his update on the situation in Somalia. We also thank the representative of Somalia for his statement. My delegation appreciates this opportunity to rece…
Let me first express my delegation’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, for the initiative of holding this timely debate on the report of the Security Council mission to Timor-Leste (S/2007/711).
We wish to commend the Security Council delegation, under the leadership of Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo…
I would like to begin by expressing my delegation’s sympathies and condolences to the victims of the heinous act of terrorism and their families, and to the people and Government of Algeria, as well as to United Nations staff members and their families. We pray for the speedy recovery of those injur…
Let me first of all join other speakers in welcoming the Presidents and the Prosecutors of both Tribunals to the Council and in thanking them for their respective reports and insightful briefings. At this opportunity I would also like to pay tribute to Ms. Carla Del Ponte whose term is coming to an …
I would like to join others in thanking the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. John Holmes, for his briefing on his recent mission to Ethiopia, the Sudan and Somalia.
The humanitarian situation in those regions today requires our utmost attention and priority. Inhabitants and refugee populations are forc…
Allow me, first, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December and to assure you of my delegation’s full support in the conduct of your work. I should also like to thank you for the kind words addressed to Indonesia as Pres…
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, contained in document A/62/66 and its two addenda. Our appreciation also goes to the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea and the Secretariat for their commitment to thi…
Indonesia is pleased to participate in this debate, which comes on the heels of the just-concluded international peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland. The conference of Annapolis offers the promise of re-energizing the peace process in the Middle East, which had been stalled for seven years.
We …
It is most significant indeed that we are holding this debate today in the midst of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the tremendous efforts by various quarters to bring peace to the Palestinians and to all nations of the Middle East region. The International Day of…
Mr. President, we thank you for convening this debate on the orientation of the entity that best represents the aspirations of the global community of nations. We also express our gratitude to the Permanent Representatives of Senegal and San Marino for their important work as Facilitators on revital…
Let me begin by expressing, on behalf of the people and the Government of Indonesia to the people and Government of Bangladesh, our deepest sympathy and solidarity with respect to the recent disaster that hit the country.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and de…
On behalf of all members of the Security Council, I would like to congratulate you on your election as President of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly. We are hopeful that under your able stewardship, we will be able to enlarge the cooperation between the Security Council and the Gener…
As a country with close ties to both the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea, Indonesia has constantly supported the process of inter-Korean dialogue, reconciliation and reunification. As a South- East Asian nation, Indonesia consistently recognizes the tremendous contrib…
Let me first express my appreciation to the delegation of Ghana for convening this debate on women and peace and security. My delegation is certain that, under the able stewardship of Foreign Minister Akwesi Osei-Adjei, the Council will arrive at a successful outcome.
We have come some distance sin…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Djibrill Bassolé, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, who is with us today as representative of the Facilitator, President Compaore, for his statement on the development of the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire. We also wish to thank the Principal Deputy Spe…
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe, for his comprehensive briefing.
My delegation also thanks the representative of the United States, who spoke on behalf of the Multinational Force.
Ongoing violence in Iraq continues t…
I thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the 2006 IAEA report. I commend him very warmly for his commitment and dedication to the mandate of this important Agency and for its continuing work in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
My delegation expresses its…
Let me first express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate on the first report of the Peacebuilding Commission (S/2007/458). We would also like to thank the Peacebuilding Commission for the presentation of its report, as well as its Chairperson, Ambassador Yukio Ta…
Allow me to join other speakers in expressing our appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Tom Koenigs, for his briefing on the latest developments in Afghanistan.
Since the launch of the Bonn Agreement in 2001, peace and stability have been taking root in Afghanista…
