Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to thank Ms. Angela Kane for her briefing on developments in the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
As if the complete air, land …
We come to the Security Council once again to debate the report of the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) on the assassination of the martyred Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. We must renew our thanks and appreciation to the Council for having so closely followed this question sin…
We welcome the holding of a High-Level Meeting on the midterm comprehensive global review of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010. We believe that this Meeting should come up with additional ways and means to further promote the imp…
First, I should like to congratulate you warmly, Madam, upon your election as President of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly. This is the first time in many years that a woman has served in that post. This is indeed a source of pride for all of us. We believe that it reaffirms the impo…
As everyone in the Hall is aware, we are a country that cherishes peace. We have always contributed to the development of human civilization. I also know that the Lebanese people — and our emigrants in particular — have contributed a great deal to the development of civilization in every country rep…
I should like at the outset to extend my thanks to the presidency and its staff for their strenuous efforts to develop the Strategy.
I wish to stress our condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and regardless of its source. Our adherence to today’s consensus arises from our conviction that we sh…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to thank your predecessor, the representative of France. Through you, I also wish to express our great appreciation to the Secretary-General for his efforts to addres…
Once again, the Security Council is meeting in this Chamber. It has been one long month since the Government of Lebanon began urging — let us say passionately calling out for — a ceasefire that would end the rain of bombs that has devastated our country and end the reign of horror that Israel has vi…
It pains me to hear the reference to Tyre cited from the Bible. Tyre is now a city of desolation. Tyre has been bombarded and pounded almost uninterruptedly for the past 10 days or so. King Hiram of Tyre sent cedar trees to build, and the Israelis are destroying Tyre today. It pains me to hear the r…
We have come to this body, to the international community, asking for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire. Twenty-seven days ago, we asked for an immediate ceasefire. More than 900 lives ago, we asked for an immediate ceasefire. More than 3,000 injured civilians ago, we asked for an immediate c…
Reviewing the report on the work of the Security Council during the past year is an important occasion. We thank the authors of the objective and clear report and congratulate the Indonesian presidency on its comprehensive introduction of this year’s report (A/62/2).
The report notes that the Counc…
I think I have said all I wanted to say. I think hatred is not in anybody’s genes. Hatred is not in our culture, nor in anyone’s culture. This war will breed hatred, as it breeds despair, aggravates frustration and produces the sense of being dispossessed and humiliated. There is a history to this …
I only want to say that violence has history. There is a genealogy of violence. Injustice breeds violence and violence breeds violence. I cannot but think about some of those children or young people who lost their dear ones in Qana in the massacre of 1996 and who may be tempted to take up arms toda…
I have come from Beirut bearing images of horror and sounds of grief, as well as both the anger and the hope of my people. I trust that
members of the Council will not see images of what we have seen and turn away, or hear what we have heard and close their ears.
Let me start with a word of apprec…
I apologize for taking the floor a second time.
What good is it to try to deflect attention from the real massacre, its causes and the source of the fire? The Lebanese Government has from day one been calling for a ceasefire. Only an immediate ceasefire will give civilians from both sides of the bo…
We thank you, Mr. President, for quickly convening the Security Council this morning. We thank the Secretary- General for his renewed appeal for an immediate ceasefire and his call on the Security Council to take a position on the current situation.
We meet today as innocent blood continues to be s…
The Security Council has convened its regular meeting to address the question of the Middle East at a time when the region is experiencing extremely dangerous and tragic circumstances in Lebanon and Palestine. The latest outbreak of violence is yet another episode in the ongoing turmoil that has pla…
Allow me, at the outset, Mr. President, to pay special tribute to the historic traditions and ties between my country, Lebanon, and yours, France, as well as to France’s traditional policy of defending the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Lebanon.
The Security Council is meeti…
At the outset, Madam President, I wish to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
I fully associate myself with the statements of the Arab Group and of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The occupied Palestinian territories in the Gaza Strip and the Wes…
The Security Council is once again meeting to follow up on issues pertaining to Lebanon. This time the question pertains to the investigation into the assassination of martyred Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and his companions, which is a matter of bringing justice to a people and a country. On behalf …
