Allow me to thank the Chairmen of the three Committees, the Permanent Representatives of India, Germany and South Africa, for their comprehensive briefings and ongoing efforts with all members of the Security Council to promote international counter-terrorism cooperation. I would like to make the fo…
I would first like to thank His Excellency the President of Portugal for presiding over this meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Spoerri, Ms. Bragg and Ms. Pillay for their respective briefings.
In modern conflicts, all parties in the opposing camp are seen as the enemy. …
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. My delegation has confidence in your leadership abilities
and expertise. I also take this opportunity to thank Her Excellency Ambassador Ogwu and the Nigerian delegation for their wis…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this meeting. Allow me also to thank Ms. Cheng-Hopkins for her informative briefing and Ambassador Lucas for her presentation.
We welcome the positive measures adopted in certain peacebuilding areas, such as the start of the implementation process of the…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Madam President, for having organized this important and timely debate. Allow me also to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing, and Ms. Bachelet, Ambassador Kapambwe and Ms. Nemat for their presentations.
More than a decade has passed since the a…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Pascoe for his briefing.
Allow me to join my colleagues in extending my condolences to the Government and people of Turkey on the victims of yesterday’s earthquake, and to the Government and people of Saudi Arabia on the passing away of His Royal Highness Cr…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Madame President, for having convened this meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his important briefing, as well as Mr. Touré and Mrs. Ukonga for their statements.
We are seriously concerned about the increasing number of acts of pira…
At the outset, we would like to welcome you, Mr. President, and to express our appreciation to your country for organizing this important debate. We would also like to extend our thanks to Under-Secretary-General Mr. Hervé Ladsous for his important introductory remarks.
Lebanon aligns itself with t…
First of all, I would like to congratulate Nigeria, Madame President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. I also wish to thank the President and all my colleagues for their kind words about our work during our presidency of the Council last month.
Permit me …
I wish to thank Mr. Farid Zarif for his briefing and to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, and to thank him for his statement. I also thank Mr. Enver Hoxhaj for his statement.
We wish to confirm our support for the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in K…
Five years after the adoption of resolution 1701 (2006), the Lebanese Government, as I just said, remains committed to the full implementation of said resolution in its entirety and calls upon the United Nations to put an end to Israeli violations and threats to Lebanon’s sovereignty in order to all…
I would like to take this opportunity to express our deep appreciation for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), and its leadership and members, women and men, for their dedication and services. Lebanon commends the efforts and sacrifices of the UNIFIL forces operating in
southern L…
At the outset, I would like to join the Secretary-General and my colleagues in condemning today’s terrorist attacks in Abuja in the strongest terms and to express our deep sympathy and heartfelt condolences to its victims, their families, the people and Government of Nigeria, and the United Nations …
Allow me to quote from the statement made by the representative of Lebanon at the Security Council meeting of 27 April:
“What takes place in Lebanon affects Syria, and what takes place in Syria affects Lebanon. History has demonstrated that fact most convincingly … Today, more than ever, the hearts…
At the outset, we would like to express our appreciation to you, Sir, for organizing this important debate. We also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Le Roy for his laudable work at the helm of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and to the Force Commanders of the United Nations Organizat…
Pending the long-awaited Quartet parameters for peace negotiations in the Middle East, Arab leaders, including the Palestinians, have welcomed as constructive elements the lines drawn by President Obama last May. While they continue to support holding an international conference on the Middle East i…
I would like to thank Secretary-General Ban for his important introductory remarks, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Mr. Steiner, for his stimulating briefing. I also wish to thank you,
Mr. President, for organizing this debate in the Security Council on the i…
At the outset, allow me to welcome His Excellency Mr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon, Vice-President of the Republic of South Sudan, and to thank him and Ambassador Ali Osman for their statements and Mr. Le Roy for his briefing.
The transition period ended several days ago, thereby completing the impleme…
Allow me at the outset to thank Minister Westerwelle for his presence here to preside over this important meeting. I also wish to thank Secretary-General Ban, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Coomaraswamy, and the Executive Director of UNICEF, …
