I would like to first thank Mr. Robert Serry for his comprehensive briefing. Allow me also to also warmly welcome His Excellency Mr. Riad Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine. We are delighted that Mr. Malki is here today, but we are even more delighted that the name plate o…
Allow me, at the outset, to reiterate to the Council that my Government remains committed to the letter of resolution 1701 (2006) and looks forward to its implementation in its entirety. In that context, I would also like to say that all Lebanese parties, whether in the Government or the opposition,…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I am confident that the Assembly’s work will be crowned with success, thanks to his rich diplomatic experience and expertise. I assure him of Lebanon’s full support …
Allow me to begin by taking this opportunity to welcome
the appointment of Mr. Brahimi as Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States to Syria. We wish him every success so that he can help put an end to the cycle of violence in our brotherly country of Syria. I…
First of all, this meeting is devoted to the issue of Syrian refugees. We are not here to conduct a political debate. That is a general comment.
In addition, the Lebanese Government has chosen a policy of keeping its distance from the Syrian crisis, but we do have some comments that we would like t…
I would like to thank the French presidency for convening this important meeting, designed to find an approach and, it is to be hoped, a solution to this sensitive and painful issue.
The Arab region is facing exceptional and historic challenges in the form of the outbreak of the Arab revolutions an…
Allow me to first thank Mr. Robert Serry for his comprehensive briefing.
I should like to reiterate Lebanon’s insistence on the full implementation of the provisions of resolution 1701 (2006). I would also like to pay tribute to the commendable efforts of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon…
I congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of April. We trust your leadership and we are confident in your wisdom. I would also like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing.
Let me first assure you that Lebanon remains totally commit…
Let me start by welcoming you, Mr. President. We are really honoured that you are presiding over this Council meeting. Allow me also to congratulate the new members that joined the Council as of the beginning of this year. I also wish to thank Mr. Fernandez-Taranco for his comprehensive briefing, as…
I thank Ambassador Néstor Osorio for his briefing on the 90-day report on the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We commend the role of the Committee under his leadership and reaffirm our continued cooperation with it. I should like to make t…
I would first like to thank Mr. Hervé Ladsous and Mr. Staffan de Mistura for their briefings. I also welcome Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan Jawed
Ludin, whom I also thank for his briefing. Allow me to make the following remarks.
We would like to reiterate our concern over the c…
I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to address the Council today in my capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia. In that connection, I intend to provide a brief overview of the work of the Committee during the …
I would also like to thank the Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, as well as the two Prosecutors, for their exhaustive briefings.
I would like to begin by expressing our satisfaction with the progres…
We commend you, Mr. President, for holding this open debate to consider and assess the working methods of the Security Council, the organ primarily responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. That is the reason for the particular significance of the working methods the Counc…
At the outset I wish to congratulate Mr. Farid Zarif on his appointment as Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I wish him every success, and I thank him for his briefing today. I also would like to…
I would like to thank you for convening this important meeting, Mr. President, and for honouring us with your presence. Allow me also to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and Mr. Fedotov, Mr. Guterres and Ms. Chan for their statements.
According to the Charter, our Organization was found…
I should like at the outset to express our deep appreciation to you, Sir, for presiding over today’s meeting. I thank Ms. Ameerah Haq for her briefing and for her work as Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Coopera…
I have the pleasure and distinct honour to deliver a statement on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Group on agenda item 126, “Global health and foreign policy”.
At the outset, I would like to extend our sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for transmitting the report of the World Health Organiza…
We thank Mr. Inzko, the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing and for his report (S/2011/682, annex). We welcome the stability in the security situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the regional cooperation with neighbouring States. We hope that the upcoming efforts will …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Abou Moussa for his valuable statement and for his efforts in leading the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). I would also like to thank Ambassador Téte António and Mr. Sylvain-Goma for their briefings.
We have had the pleasure of hear…
