Mr. President, I wish to thank you for having organized this debate. I convey our gratitude to His Excellency the Secretary-General and to the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission and Permanent Representative of Germany for their statements, which were invaluable.
A great many regions throug…
I would like to start by conveying my gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan and its impact on international peace and security (S/2010/463). I would also like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the
Secretary-General and head of the…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Minister Davutoğlu and to thank the Turkish presidency for having organized this important and substantive meeting, as the United Nations has a central role to play in fighting terrorism. I should also like to thank the Secretary- General for his valuable brief…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Mahiga, for his comprehensive briefing, and wish him every success in his work for peace and stability in Somalia. I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kenya and thank him for his valuable con…
I thank Mr. Edmond Mulet, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing on the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) (S/2010/446). My thanks go also to the Permanent Representative of Haiti for his statement.
We are pleas…
As we renew the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today, it is important not to forget that the current enhanced mission of UNIFIL came on the heels of the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006, which killed 1,125 Lebanese civilians and displaced hundreds of thousands, not to …
Allow me, first, to extend the thanks of the Government of Lebanon to all members of the Security Council for the unanimous decision to renew for another year the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), without amendment to its mission, its rules of engagement or its concept…
At the outset, we would like to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having organized this important debate. We would like to extend our thanks to Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for his introductory remarks and to the Force Commanders of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (…
I thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing. I also welcome Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and thank him for his statement. I also thank Mr. Skender Hyseni for his statement.
It is encouraging that the numbe…
At the outset, I should like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing.
Israel’s raid on the freedom flotilla carrying humanitarian supplies to besieged Gaza on 31 May 2010 still occupies the forefront of our Organization’s attention. That aggression constituted a flagrant violation o…
Allow me to start by thanking you, Sir, for honouring us with your presence today. My delegation would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General and Ms. Cliffe for their comprehensive briefings. My delegation commends the initiative of the delegation of Nigeria to convene this open debate. This the…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing, as well as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Pillay, for her perceptive remarks and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Holmes, for his insightful co…
At the outset, I should like to associate myself with previous speakers and congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month, and to thank the delegation of Mexico for its presidency last month.
I should also like to welcome President Boris Tadić of …
I would like at the outset to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his briefing on the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) in Afghanistan and all his efforts to make the Security Council’s visit to Afghanistan a success. I would als…
At the outset, we would like to thank Mexico for choosing the topic under discussion today. The rule of law at the
international level is a cornerstone of the maintenance of international peace and security, and the Security Council must retain it as a method of work and a goal in view at all times…
Allow me at the outset to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their briefings. Lebanon highly appreciates the efforts of the two international Tribunals to achieve t…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Madam President, for your presence here to preside over this important debate. I also thank Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and the other speakers, Mr. Khare and Ms. Johnson, for their brie…
At the outset, I would like to welcome President Mbeki and to express my deep appreciation for his wise efforts. I also welcome Mr. Menkerios, Mr. Bassolé and Mr. Gambari and congratulate them on their efforts on behalf of the Sudan. I thank them for their valuable briefings.
The idea of this unusu…
Lebanon was among the first countries to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). It is therefore important for Lebanon to reaffirm that the Treaty is extremely important in terms of the balance among and interdependence of its three pillars: disarmament, non-prolifera…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for having convened this discussion on human security. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on this topic (A/64/701) and to commend the efforts made by
the Friends of Human Security, in particular Japan and Mexi…
