Mr. President, you have expressed all of our feelings for Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad with such eloquence, that I can only support what you said. I wish Ambassador Khalilzad every success in the future.
With regard to the adoption of resolution 1863 (2009), on Somalia, this is an important step for…
As usual, my delegation prepared a statement that was a bit long, and that statement is now before me. However, I find it extremely difficult and am extremely embarrassed to speak before the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict when it has become clear to everyone that t…
At the outset, I would like to echo those who have thanked Mr. António Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees, for his thorough briefing on the issues of refugees and displaced persons. We commend the efforts of the High Commissioner to meet the humanitarian needs of refugees worldwide. We are gra…
Before the hundreds of people being killed every day in Gaza; the thousands being wounded; the total destruction by naval, air and ground
bombardment; and the long-standing siege of our people in Gaza, we have sought urgently to put an end to the Israeli aggression, lift the siege and provide the P…
On 27 December 2008, the Israelis launched their destructive aggression, making use a wide variety of the most lethal weapons against defenceless people, having previously besieged and starved them and having deprived them even of water, medicine and other necessities — acts which met with astonishi…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting. My thanks go also to His Excellency the Secretary-General for his presence and for his statement.
Once again, we had wished that the people of the entire world without exception could be enjoying days of peace and calm at this time c…
As I believe that this is the first open debate of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, since the Annapolis conference was held a year ago, perhaps it might be useful for us to consider the negotiation events of the past year and to draw certa…
Once again we welcome your presence, Sir, and thank you for presiding over the Council. We also wish to welcome Their Excellencies the Ministers and His Excellency the Secretary-General and to thank him for his statement. The Council is meeting today to consider the situation in Somalia and the moun…
I would like to extend my thanks to the President of the Security Council for his initiative to convene this meeting, and I welcome his presence. We would also like to recognize the presence of the ministers and the Secretary-General at this important meeting.
This meeting is being held to consider…
We welcome the presence of the two Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunals, Judges Patrick Robinson and Dennis Byron, and the two Prosecutors, Mr. Serge Brammertz and Mr. Hassan Jallow. We thank them not only for their comprehensive briefings but also for the exceptionally excellent work …
We wish to thank Ambassador Jan Grauls, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and representative of Belgium, for his valuable briefing, in which he reviewed the work accomplished by the Committee over the past 90 days.
Libya once again reaffirms t…
At the outset, Mr. President, allow me to say how honoured we are to see you presiding over the work of the Security Council today. We would also like to welcome the presence among us today of the Secretary-General. I also wish to commend your country’s delegation, Sir, for having convened this meet…
Allow me at the outset to welcome the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to thank him for his presence and for his statement.
We also thank Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his brief…
I will speak briefly in view of the fact that this has been a long day for the Council. Hence, I will not answer the accusations made against my country by one of the speakers, because we are accustomed to that country levelling provocative accusations instead of focusing on substantive issues. The …
First of all, we would like to welcome among us Mr. Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and we thank him for his briefing to the Council regarding the overall humanitarian situation in Chad and in the Sudan. We also wish to commend him for his praiseworthy efforts in carrying o…
I shall begin with a brief review of the situation that has led me to ask the Council to convene.
On the morning of Monday, 1 December 2008, the Libyan ship Al-Marwa was headed for the port of Gaza loaded with humanitarian aid — specifically, flour, rice, vegetable oil, dairy products and medicine …
Once again, Sir, we would like to congratulation you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to assure you of our full and constructive cooperation. We would also like to express our high appreciation to Mr. Jorge Urbina and his staff for their exemplary condu…
I should like to explain my country’s vote on resolution 63/42, entitled “Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on their Destruction”. My country abstained in the voting on that resolution for the following re…
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Alan Doss, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his briefing.
Deterioration of the security situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to a grave humanitarian situation. The civilian population has faced…
Sixty-one years ago the Assembly adopted resolution 181 (II), partitioning historic Palestine and displacing more than half its population after dispossessing them of their land and property.
The historic injustices imposed on the Palestinian people did not end there, since the United Nations recog…
