As Council members know, the sixth paragraph of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Times of War states that “[t]he Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies”. The Internat…
I would like at the outset to express my appreciation to Mr. Mkapa for his briefing. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, Mr. Menkerios, for his valuable preliminary remarks.
We would like to express our satisfaction with the peaceful and impartial conduct…
Under agenda item 129, the Fifth Committee considered the budgets of 29 special political missions, including two in Lebanon.
The first budget was that of the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, which is part of thematic cluster III referred to in document A/65/328/Add.3. …
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his efforts and his briefing. Allow me also to thank Ambassador Tanin for his statement.
Let me express once again our sadness at the loss of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the special …
At the outset, I thank Mr. Le Roy for his extensive briefing. I
join previous speakers in thanking Chairman Mkapa for his briefing and his colleagues for their efforts in the Secretary-General’s Panel on the Referenda in the Sudan. I also thank Minister Siddiq and Mr. Amum for their statements.
On…
First, I wish to thank you, Madame, for organizing today’s open debate. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Special Representative Wallström, Under-Secretary- General Le Roy and Lieutenant General Gaye for their comprehensive briefings.
Wartime sexual violence has been the sub…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative to convene this high-level meeting, which attests to Iraq’s pivotal role in the Arab and Muslim worlds. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports and detailed comments. I would like to praise the role of the Ministers and the Spe…
First of all, I would like to thank the Presidents of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda (ICTR) and their Prosecutors for their inclusive briefings.
Lebanon appreciates the efforts made by the leaders of the International …
In September, Barack Obama, President of the United States, declared from this rostrum his hope that a Palestinian State will have become a member of the United Nations by the next session of the General Assembly (see A/65/PV.11). There is no doubt that the establishment of a Palestinian State on Pa…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate. I also wish to thank Ms. Amos, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Mr. Le Roy, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; and Ms. Pillay, United Nations Hi…
At the outset, I wish to welcome the Ministers to the Council today. Like others, I thank Mr. Mbeki for his sustained efforts and for today’s briefing. We commend his efforts to bring the parties in the Sudan together to agree on unresolved issues that remain in dispute. I thank Mr. Karti, Minister …
Lebanon regrets the fact that some speakers have tried to use today’s debate to distract us from our main work, which is to consider the work of the technical committees involved in the fight against terrorism. We therefore reject the conflation of the legitimate right of people to resist foreign oc…
I would like to thank the Chairs of the three Committees — the Permanent Representatives of Austria, Turkey and Mexico, Ambassadors Mayr-Harting, Apakan and Heller — for their comprehensive briefings and efforts with other Council members in promoting international cooperation on counter-terrorism. …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier,
Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing. I also welcome Mr. Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and thank him for his statement. I also thank Mrs. Çitaku for her presentation.
Allow me t…
At the outset, I wish to thank His Excellency Mr. Radmanović for his statement. We also thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his comprehensive briefing. We commend his efforts to promote the political process under the Dayton Peace Agreement.
We support …
Allow me first to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important and timely debate. Allow me also to thank His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Mrs. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General; Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Under-Secretary-General for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of…
I should like to start, Mr. President, by extending to you my appreciation for having convened this meeting. This initiative is extremely important in the light of the pivotal role played by the African Union as far as peace and security on the African continent is concerned. I would also like to th…
Allow me at the outset to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mrs. Ameerah Haq, for her briefing and her efforts as head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) to strengthen peace, security and stability and to assist the Government and people of Timor…
I wish at the outset to commend Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his comprehensive briefing. We support the important role of the United Nations in the settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East.
We have no doubt, Sir, that you share our view that the major feature of the situation i…
My delegation thanks the President for organizing today’s meeting on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), and the Decade to Roll Back Malaria, which concludes at the end of this year. We also thank the Secretary- General for his comprehensive reports (A/65/152, A/65/165 and A/65/167…
