Please allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Council. I am indeed very honoured to be here when you are presiding over the Council, especially since you mentioned that this is the first time that your country is presiding over the Council. By associatio…
I take the floor in exercise of the right of reply because, regrettably, the delegation of Pakistan has once again raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral part of India. The people of Jammu and Kashmir have peacefully chosen their destiny in accordance with democratic practices, …
I take the floor in response to the gratuitous references by the delegation of Pakistan about the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is and has always been an integral part of India. It is ironic that those comments were made by the representative of a country that persists in its illegal occu…
It is indeed a great privilege for me to be able to address the General Assembly. Let me begin by congratulating Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election to the office of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I assure him of our constructive support in his work over the coming year.…
Let me begin by joining others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on presiding over this high-level meeting on peace and security in West Asia and North Africa. I also want to thank the United Nations Secretary-General and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States for their valuable stat…
I would like to start by joining others in thanking you, Mr. President, for having scheduled today’s debate on the situation in Afghanistan. I would like also to very warmly welcome Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, to the Security Council and thank him for his stateme…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Néstor Osorio for presenting the 90-day report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We commend his stewardship of the Committee and also the professionalism with which the Committee has been implementing its mandate.
I woul…
Let me, at the outset, thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s open debate on the issue of children and armed conflict. I want to congratulate Ms. Leila Zerrougui on her appointment as the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflicts. We wish her grea…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to discuss the Secretary-General’s report (A/66/889) submitted in compliance with resolution 66/253 B, adopted on 3 August. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Jo…
At the outset, let me thank the Deputy Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Ministers from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Colombia, France, Morocco, Togo and the United Kingdom for their participation in today’s meeting and for their statements.
Since the beg…
Let me, at the outset, thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I would also like to thank His Excellency Prime Minister Ivica Dačić of Serbia and Mr. Hashim Thaçi for their st…
Since the 99th meeting of the General Assembly — the last meeting before today in which we discussed the agenda item before us — the situation in Syria has steadily deteriorated. Neither side has fulfilled its obligations under the six-point plan of Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan, which was endors…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Coordinator Robert Serry for
his comprehensive briefing on the status of the Middle East peace process and the situation in the region. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their valua…
Let me begin by conveying our sincere condolences to the Government and people of Syria on the terrorist attack in Damascus yesterday, which caused the death of a number of high officials, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Daoud Rajha. We strongly condemn that mindless and cow…
Let me begin by welcoming you, Madam President, to the Security Council and by thanking the Colombian delegation for organizing today’s open debate. Our thanks also go to the Secretary-General, Ambassadors Gasana and Momen, and the Vice-President of the World Bank for their valuable statements. I al…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting to discuss the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), particularly in the context of the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). I would also like to thank the Special…
I join others in congratulating the Permanent Representative of Canada on his outstanding efforts in facilitating consultations and achieving a consensus draft resolution (A/66/L.53) on the third review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, to be adopted later today at the conclus…
I join others in thanking you, Mr. President, for scheduling today’s debate on the situation in Afghanistan. I would also like in particular to thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for his statement. We also thank the Secretary-General for his latest report (S/2012/…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Sir, for having organized today’s debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General
for his report on the subject (S/2012/376) and for his incisive statement. Our thanks are also due to the Under-Secre…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Force Commanders of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in …
