Our delegation would like to take this opportunity to welcome the President of the Human Rights Council, who was with us this morning and briefed the Assembly about the activities of the Human Rights Council over the past year (see A/69/PV.52). We would also like to thank him for his personal activi…
My Government would like to express its gratitude to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and to its Director General, Mr. Yukiya Amano, and its Secretariat for producing the Agency’s annual report for 2013 (see A/69/255). We appreciate the work of the Agency during the period covered by th…
Madam President, allow me to congratulate you on having assumed the presidency for this month; we thank you for the efforts made in order to fulfil your mandate. We also welcome the presidential statement adopted this morning by the Council (S/PRST/2014/21). We would like also to thank the Secretary…
I thank you, Mr. President, for holding this high-level meeting, which reflects the attention you are giving to the question of terrorism, and for inviting Iraq to participate. I also wish to thank you personally for the support you have provided to Iraq as it strives to confront terrorism.
Iraq st…
Allow me at the outset to express my appreciation to you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting in the light of the serious threat we face not only in Iraq but throughout the whole world. I also value the presence of my colleagues, the Foreign Ministers of friendly countries, whose presence here today …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the United States of America on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and to thank the delegation for its work in organizing the Security Council activities designed to coincide with the start of the sixty-ninth session o…
Allow me, first of all, to congratulate the United Kingdom on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August and for its efforts in organizing the work of the Council. I thank Sir Mark Lyall Grant and the members of his team for their fruitful efforts in conducting …
At the outset, allow me to congratulate Rwanda on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for its great efforts to preside over the Council’s business. I should also like to thank you, Sir, for agreeing to convene twice at the request of my country to discuss the …
My country would like to thank the Secretary-General and the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the report (A/68/650) on the progress achieved in the implementation of the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Disea…
My delegation would like to congratulate the Minister for
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, in his capacity as President of the Council, for having organized this open debate. We also wish to congratulate the Permanent Representative of Nigeria for the distinguished manner in which she led …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Luxembourg on its
assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and for its considerable efforts and excellent organization of the Council’s work in a very busy month, thereby setting an example of the effective role that non-permane…
My country thanks the Secretary-General for transmitting the report of the
Director-General of the World Health Organization (see A/68/650) on the progress made in realizing the commitments made by Heads of State and Government in the Political Declaration on Non-communicable Diseases (resolution 6…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and the friendly Kingdom of Jordan on your assumption of the Arab seat on the Council and your presidency of the Council for this month. I would also like to congratulate Lithuania, Nigeria, Chad and Chile on having been elected as members of the…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the People’s Republic of China on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also wish to commend you, Mr. President, for your wise leadership. It also gives me pleasure to welcome Mr. Nikolay Mladenov, Special Representative of…
At the outset, on behalf of my delegation, I would like to extend my thanks to the President of the General Assembly for his explanation concerning the advisory group on Security Council reform, under agenda item 123, and for his insistence that the group would have an exclusively advisory role with…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on International Migration and Development (A/68/190), which is before the General Assembly today.
I am pleased to thank Iraq’s international development partners, especially the International Organization for Migration and its Director Gen…
I have great pleasure in participating in the current session of the General Assembly to discuss the vital issue of post- 2015 sustainable development and the achievement of its goals, which we all hope to be able to accomplish.
Having overcome the serious consequences of the economic, political an…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Madam President, and to congratulate the United States of America upon its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would like to express my appreciation to the representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sir Mark Lyall Grant, w…
Allow me at the outset to extend my sincere gratitude to Mr. Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, for his tremendous efforts in helping the people and Government of Iraq as head of the United Nations Assistance Mi…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting and to express my appreciation to the countries that sponsored resolution 2107 (2013) and contributed to its enrichment, and to the friendly the members of the Security Council that voted on adopting it.
I cannot but ex…
