I bring warm greetings from Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, and the people of Liberia. I should like also to thank the organizers of this important High-level Meeting devoted to a comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realizing the 2001 Dec…
I am grateful for the opportunity to make this brief statement as the Council prepares to consider the twenty-second progress report on the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
(S/2011/72). Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia, Ms. Ellen Marg…
Liberia is pleased to be participating in this open debate on women and peace and security. We commend the delegation of Uganda for convening this discussion in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the landmark United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) during its presidency of the …
I did not come prepared to make a statement, but I think the least that I can do is, through the Council, to express our appreciation for the support that has been provided to Liberia over time by the peacekeeping Mission and by the continued extension of its mandate and presence.
I also want to ex…
My delegation and I are honoured, for the second time, to address the General Assembly on behalf of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Government and people of Liberia. We congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki and his country, the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, on his election as Pr…
On behalf of the sponsors, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/63/L.45, entitled “Humanitarian assistance and reconstruction of Liberia”. The draft is similar to resolution 61/218, adopted by consensus, and other consensus resolutions on the subject adopted by the General Assembly sinc…
I bring you warm greetings and felicitations from Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, the Government and the people of Liberia, who are exerting all of their collective energies, pride and national resources towards consolidating, nurturing and sustaining…
I bring the Assembly greetings from Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the Government and the people of the
Republic of Liberia. I thank the Secretary-General for organizing this very important High-level meeting that is devoted to reviewing our joint progress towards the goals of the …
I congratulate the delegation, Government and the people of the Republic of Macedonia on Mr. Srgjan Kerim’s election as President of the sixty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. On behalf of my Government, I acknowledge the astute diplomatic skills and wisdom that he brings to th…
Death has once again claimed a victim from among us. It is with deep emotion that I stand at this rostrum to pay tribute to Ms. Angie Elisabeth Brooks, whose passing away on Sunday, 9 September 2007, brought profound grief to her family, colleagues and friends. The world has lost a woman who was so …
The Liberian delegation cherishes the opportunity to participate in the current General Assembly consideration of agenda item 10, entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict”.
Since its establishment, the United Nations has so far succeeded in averting the recurrence of a third global war. …
The Liberian delegation welcomes the opportunity to join in the deliberation on agenda item 155, “Commemoration of the two- hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the Trans- Atlantic slave trade”.
For many in this great Hall, it is mind-boggling that the world community has taken this long in gr…
On behalf of Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, I welcome this opportunity to stand here this afternoon to express solidarity with you, members of the General Assembly, and the countries and people whom you represent. Our shared vision of a world liberated from the scourge of AIDS binds…
Kindly accept my congratulations, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. I should like to take this opportunity to thank you for extending an invitation to me to make a few comments on the report of the Security Council mission to West Africa, contai…
Somebody asked a question about our relations with our neighbours. I think they are good — I think they are very good. I have been to Conakry, Guinea, four times, I think, at the last count. I have been to Côte d’Ivoire three times. I have been to Freetown twice. Since I have been here in the United…
I was here in February to present to the international community the Results- Focused Transitional Framework — a composite of the efforts that the Transitional Government of Liberia had exerted in an attempt to resurrect a totally collapsed State. We were encouraged by the overwhelming response of t…
I am honoured to participate, on behalf of Mr. Moses Zeh Blah, President of the Republic of Liberia, in the general debate of the
General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, and to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. I express the con…
Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. Liberia expresses its appreciation for your foresight in confronting this body with the critical issues of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons and the phenomenon of mercen…
At the outset, I wish to thank Ambassador Hubert Wurth, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, for his skilful leadership in coordinating the informal consultations held on the humanitarian draft resolutions submitted under agenda item 21. We also commend the Secretariat for its important contribut…
