At the outset, I join others in welcoming Mr. Valentin Inzko to the Council. We appreciate his concise and pointed briefing.
We would like to offer some observations on the challenges that lie ahead for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
First, while we welcome the relatively calm and stable security environ…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Executive Director of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. Yury Fedotov, for their insightful…
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to you, Sir, for convening today’s timely debate on the challenges faced in the fight against terrorism in Africa. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his comprehensive briefing, and Mr. Abdullahi Shehu of the Intergovernme…
On behalf of the Chair of the Security Council Committees established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), on Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, 1373 (2001), on counter-terrorism, and 1540 (2004) on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) by non-State ac…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing on the recent developments in the Libyan situation, which the Security Council has referred to it.
Many tasks still lie ahead in Libya’s nation-building process. Security must be improved, widely scat…
I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Leonid Kozhara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, to the Council today and to congratulate Ukraine’s chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I thank him for his briefing outlining the priorities of the OSCE for…
I thank Ambassador Momen and Ambassador Vilović for their briefings.
Last year we witnessed both progress and setbacks in the peacebuilding efforts of the United Nations. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Burundi have achieved tangible results in their efforts to develop a national reconciliation strategy,…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Feltman for his detailed briefing. Entering the second quarter of the year, the Middle East peace process seems to be at the fork of two diverging roads. There must have been a road not taken much
fairer than the one Israel and Palestine have taken thus far. The cho…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for your presence here today and for convening this important debate. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to His Excellency Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Za…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to you, Madam, and the Rwandan presidency for convening this important meeting. I also extend my appreciation to the Secretary-General for his insightful briefing and to
Ambassador Tekeda Alemu, Permanent Representative of Ethiopia, who…
First of all, I would like to join other delegations in welcoming the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty. We commend the great efforts over the past two weeks of Ambassador Woolcott, President of the Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, and his team, as well as the Secretariat an…
I should like to thank Special Representative Farid Zarif for his briefing this morning. I should also like to welcome to the Council Mr. Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of Serbia, and Mr. Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minister of Kosovo.
The Republic of Korea welcomes the ongoing negotiations process between Be…
I thank the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nigel Fisher, for his briefing. We applaud the entire team of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for its valuable contribution towards promoting stability and development in Haiti.
More than three year…
I thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing on Afghanistan. I also thank Ambassador Tanin of Afghanistan for his statement, and I would like to welcome Mr. Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, to the Security Council debate today.
Afghanistan faces a number of issue…
I would like to thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for presenting the 90-day report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I also appreciate his leadership of that important Committee.
The Republic of Korea calls upon Iran to immediately comply with all the relevant Security Co…
I thank Special Coordinator Serry for his comprehensive briefing. I also thank Foreign Minister Malki and Ambassador Prosor for their warm words extended to the five new members of the Security Council, including my country.
The relationship between Israel and Palestine is still at the crux of secu…
It is my distinct honour and privilege to attend this open debate and to address one of the most important issues in the work of the Security Council. Today’s thematic debate, under the agenda item “United Nations peacekeeping: a multidimensional approach”, is timely and appropriate, since maintaini…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for demonstrating your
leadership and for convening this important debate on counter-terrorism. I would also like to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his introductory briefing.
First of all, on behalf of my country, I would like to extend my deepes…
Mr. President, allow me to begin by expressing my sincere appreciation to you for having convened this timely open debate on the issue of post-conflict peacebuilding. Half a year has passed and a lot has happened since last July’s general debate (see S/PV.6805), based on the fifth annual report of t…
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the President for convening today’s meeting on civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict under agenda item 118. My appreciation also goes to the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and his civilian capacity team, for the initiative they hav…
