I would like to join others in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zannier for his briefing. I would also like to thank His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, for his country’s perspective on the situation in Kosovo. My delegation has carefully l…
I, too, would like to join my colleagues in thanking His Excellency
Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis for his comprehensive briefing on the activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and its priorities in the months to come.
India supports the role of regional o…
I would like to begin by thanking the Brazilian presidency for organizing this debate. Brazil and India have a very special relationship. It is a great honour for me to make my first appearance in this Council under the Brazilian presidency. India returns to the Security Council after 19 years. Thes…
I, too, would like to thank Special Representative Haile Menkerios and President Benjamin Mkapa for their comprehensive and useful briefings on the current
situation in the Sudan. I would also like to join others in thanking the representatives of the African Union, the Ambassador of the Sudan and …
Like others, I should like to extend a warm welcome to High Representative Baroness Ashton and to thank her for her comprehensive briefing on the role of the European Union (EU) in the United Nations and its views on some contemporary issues that are on the Security Council’s agenda. Clearly, given …
I would also join others in thanking Mr. Jack Lang, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Legal Issues related to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, and Assistant- Secretary-General Stephen Mathias for their comprehensive and useful briefings on the problems of piracy off the coast of Somalia. I…
The sustained attention of the Council to peacekeeping and peacebuilding is indicative of the fact that it recognizes that the success or failure of peacekeeping and peacebuilding will determine the continuing relevance of the United Nations and of this Council to many troubled parts of the world. M…
I join other colleagues in thanking Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos for their comprehensive and useful briefings on the situation in Haiti. I would also like to thank the representative of Haiti for s…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to thank the Permanent Observer of Palestine for his statement, to which we listened very carefully.
The situation in the Middle East continues to be difficult. The much-awaited resumption of talks…
I would like to join other colleagues in thanking President Benjamin Mkapa, Chair of the Secretary-General’s Panel on the Referenda in the Sudan, and Mr. Menkerios, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, for their informative briefings and, more important, for the commend…
I would like to thank you, Madame President, for scheduling today’s debate on the situation in Afghanistan. We are also
grateful for the latest report (S/2010/630) of the Secretary-General and appreciate the briefing by his Special Representative Staffan de Mistura. We also thank Ambassador Zahir T…
It is indeed an honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Governments of Sweden and India. At the outset, we would like to thank the Secretary-General for the reports that have been prepared for discussion under the agenda item we are debating.
Natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group
of Asian States on agenda item 124, entitled “Global health and foreign policy”.
Let me begin by thanking the delegation of Thailand for preparing this statement on behalf of the Asian Group and also the delegation of Pakistan for …
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports under the agenda item “Follow-up to the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade” (A/65/390 and A/65/605).
The transatlantic slave trade is one of the most shameful chapters in human …
I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of India at today’s joint debate. We believe that the issue of the revitalization of the General Assembly has assumed particular significance in recent years. My delegation
was therefore encouraged by the theme chosen by you, Mr. President, fo…
Please allow me, at the outset, to express our sincere appreciation for the scheduling of this discussion on an important
subject that demands our collective attention — the situation in West Asia, a region of great importance and concern to the entire international community.
Being part of our ex…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this discussion on the question of Palestine at the General Assembly. Yesterday, we marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a day that allows all of us to underline our support for the people of Palestine in their quest for peac…
At the outset, I would like to add my voice to the others in extending our sympathies to New Zealand for the situation of the trapped miners.
In addition, our heartfelt condolences go to the Government and people of Cambodia for the significant number of tragic deaths in the stampede that has been …
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council.
I would also like at the outset to place on record our deep appreciation for the excellent work of the three distinguished Chairs of the Committees established pursuant to resolu…
I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of my country on the report of the Security Council (A/65/2) and the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters.
We thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for introduc…
