I would like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe and Mr. Craig Boyd for their briefings and to welcome the Permanent Representative of Somalia in our midst.
Despite the numerous challenges faced by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia, in the past few months it has managed to achieve some prog…
At the outset, I wish to welcome you, Mr. President, among us and express our appreciation to you for conducting our work in this important meeting. We thank the delegation of Viet Nam for
organizing this important meeting. I would also like to thank the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advance…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Madam, and to convey our appreciation for your initiative. I also greet Ambassador Susan Rice and thank her for her efforts and wise leadership of the Security Council during the month of September, as well as for the initiatives and projects she has launched. I w…
At the outset, I wish to join you, Madam President, and the other colleagues who spoke before me in expressing my thanks and appreciation to Ms. Norma Chan, who was always an indispensable reference-point for my delegation. I truly appreciate her efforts, and in particular her unflagging assistance,…
At the outset, allow me to express the appreciation of the Libyan delegation for the Council’s initiative in holding this summit and for the United States delegation’s preparation of the draft resolution we just voted upon (resolution 1887 (2009)).
My country undertook an historic initiative when i…
At the outset, I wish to welcome Her Excellency Mrs. Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, Prime Minister of Haiti, and former President Clinton, who has just left the Council Chamber. We wish him every success as United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti and thank him for his briefing. Allow me to also thank…
I wish to join preceding speakers in thanking the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/362) and for his presence at this meeting. I also welcome his personal commitment to combating the phenomenon of sexual violence in armed conflict.
Both resolution 1820 (2008) and resolution 1882 (2009) on ch…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. We are confident that your wisdom will make it possible for us to achieve the best results. I would also like to thank you for having organized this important debate on peacekeeping opera…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah for his very valuable briefing and his great efforts to help the Somali people solve their problems and restore peace in the country. I would also like to thank Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, …
I would like to thank Mr. Victor Da Silva Angelo, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and head of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/359).
The security situation in MINURCAT…
Allow me at the outset to express my appreciation to Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing, which clearly shows the extent of the deteriorating situation and the danger posed to the occupied Palestinian territories and to security and stability in the region.
Despite the fact that more than …
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his briefing. I welcome Mr. Mikhail Margelov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation. We are most grateful to him for his statement. My thanks go also to the representa…
I am pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this important meeting. Your brotherly country launched this wise and timely initiative, and we are extremely thankful to you for it. We also thank the Secretary-General for introducing his valuable report (S/2009/304), and the Chairperson of the Peacebui…
I join previous speakers in expressing our appreciation to Justice Renate Winter, President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and to Mr. Stephen Rapp, Prosecutor of the Special Court. I also welcome the presence among us of the representative of Sierra Leone.
We thank the Special Court for Sie…
I should like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and to commend his good offices efforts to promote stability and national reconciliation in Myanmar. We stress our support for his personal work and that of his Special Adviser, Mr. Gambari.
We also extend our thanks to the…
I wish to thank Under-Secretaries-General Pascoe and Malcorra for their briefings this morning. My thanks go also to the Permanent Representative of Somalia for his statement.
The Security Council is meeting once again to discuss the situation in Somalia. That situation constitutes a tragedy that h…
Mr. President, since this is the last Council meeting in which you are participating in your capacity as the Permanent Representative of your brotherly country, permit me to add my voice to the colleagues who have preceded me and commend the laudable qualities that you have demonstrated and the cons…
First, I wish to thank you, Sir, for having organized this discussion on peacekeeping operations, which my country hopes will be an important link in the chain of reform of peacekeeping operations. We wish to thank Mr. Le Roy and Ms. Malcorra for their extremely useful briefings.
Since it was estab…
I thank you, Sir, for having organized this important debate. I also thank Mr. John Holmes for his objective briefing today.
In 2005, the World Summit endorsed the principle of the responsibility of protect civilians against the carnage of war, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humani…
At the outset, I would like to say how pleased we are at seeing you, Mr. President, personally presiding over this meeting, which reflects your great interest in the situation in Iraq. We would also like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura for his extensive briefing and for all his efforts as Special Re…
