I would like to welcome the presence of Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General, among us, and thank him for his statement. I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and, through you, the group of five small countries, for choosing the timing
of this debate and its subject. At the outset, we …
Like those who took the floor earlier, I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet for their briefings.
My country wishes to state its deep concern at the escalation of violence and the very high number of civilian casualties, displaced persons and refugees,…
What we have heard at this meeting from the representatives of the Russian Federation and of Georgia clearly demonstrates the deterioration of the situation and its serious implications for international peace and security. My country wishes to express its deepest regret at the outbreak of violence …
It is my pleasure at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I assure you of our full engagement and cooperation with your work.
We also express our appreciation for the excellent work of Ambassador Le Luong Minh and the dele…
At the outset, allow me to commend the delegation of the United Kingdom for its tremendous effort in preparing today’s draft resolution on the extension of the mandate of African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for a further 12 months, until 31 July 2009. We express our deep…
Allow me at the outset to welcome His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Mr. Skender Hyseni. We also welcome Mr. Lamberto Zannier, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and we thank him for his very valuable briefing to the Council. We also wish to…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
The situation in the occupied Palestinian territories remains the same. More than a month after the ceasefire agreement between Palestinian factions and the Zionist occupying forces — whi…
At the outset, I would like to extend my thanks to the President for organizing this meeting. We hope that it will contribute to efforts to deal with the global food and energy crisis. I would like to express my delegation’s support for the statements made by the representative of Ethiopia on behalf…
First and foremost, I would like to echo those who have thanked Mr. Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for the information presented in his briefing. We are grateful to him for his efforts and the efforts deployed by the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).
We would al…
I should like at the outset to thank you, Sir, for convening and personally presiding over this open debate on children and armed conflict. We would also like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy; the Executive D…
Libya has been following very attentively and with great interest the devastating situation in Zimbabwe over the past few months. We are concerned about the ongoing tension between the Government and the opposition.
Through the African Union and in cooperation with its member States, we shall conti…
Allow me at the outset to warmly welcome Mr. Rangin Dâdfar Spantâ, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, and Mr. Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. I welcome their participation in this debate on Afghanistan, a friendly country whose situation we hope wil…
I should like to join those who spoke before me in welcoming to the Council His Excellency Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Prime Minister of the State of Djibouti. I take this opportunity to thank him for the warm welcome and generosity with which he received the Security Council mission in Djibouti ea…
At the outset, I am pleased to welcome Mr. Jan Eliasson and Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim to the Council and to thank them for their briefings. We are highly appreciative of their endeavours in discharging their complex and difficult — but noble and lofty — mandates.
It is regrettable that the security sit…
Let me convey our appreciation to Secretary of State Rice who, earlier, personally presided over this meeting. Let me also thank you, Mr. President, for your proposal to hold this open debate on such an important issue.
Libya is concerned at reports of sexual violence against women and girls in man…
We would like at the outset to welcome Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq. We highly appreciate his presence and we thank him for his comprehensive statement. We express our pleasure at the optimism that he has expressed.
In addition, we would like to thank you, Mr. President,…
At the outset, we would like to extend our gratitude to President Kerim for his initiative in holding this important meeting. We also would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/62/780), which include important recommendations and conclusions to help us evaluate the progress achieved…
I would like to welcome the presence among us today of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica and the new Permanent Representative of Belgium. I should also like to join speakers who have preceded me in welcoming Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as wel…
At the outset, I should like to welcome and thank the Presidents of the two Tribunals, Judges Pocar and Byron, and the Prosecutors, Mr. Brammertz and
Mr. Jallow, not only for their comprehensive briefings to us but also for the outstanding work they and their staff have carried out.
We know very w…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month; I wish you every success. I would like to commend the delegation of the United Kingdom for the excellent manner in which they conducted the Council’s work last month.
I would like to…
