I would like to thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Robert Serry, for his very relevant briefing and his continued commitment to peace in the Middle East. I would also like to thank the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel for their statements.
Luxembourg associ…
This is the first time since 2006 and the adoption of resolution 1738 (2006) that the Council has met for an open debate on the protection of journalists. I would like to thank the American presidency for taking the initiative to organize this debate, at a time when the number of journalists killed …
Like others, I would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his briefing and for his effective chairmanship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
The quarterly report that he has presented today shows that the Committee continues to do important work in support of Security …
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this interactive meeting with the Force Commanders of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Mission in Liberia and the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire, Lieutenant General Dos Santos…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for his briefing today, as well as for his activities undertaken as the Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Tanin, for his statem…
I, too, would like to condemn as strongly as possible this morning’s attack on the United Nations compound in Mogadishu, and to express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims of that cowardly attack.
I would like to thank the British presidency of the Security Council for choosing th…
Allow me to warmly thank the President for organizing this debate on children and armed conflict. As you know, my country attaches great importance to the issue and has done so for many years.
I would like to pay tribute to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed …
I welcome His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, and His Excellency Mr. Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minister of Kosovo. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-Genera…
At the outset, I would like to reiterate the full support of Luxembourg to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Their work shows that international criminal justice prevails and that, sooner or later, the perp…
Allow me to thank you, Sir, for having organized this important open debate on sexual violence in armed conflict. Its focus on the fight against impunity and on
the crucial need to ensure justice for survivors is, in our opinion, particularly appropriate.
I also take this opportunity to thank the …
I thank the United Kingdom for having convened this meeting during its presidency of the Security Council, providing us with an opportunity to take stock of the situation in Somalia one month after the London Conference on Somalia. Mr. Minister, I also welcome your personal participation. Allow me a…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her detailed briefing and report on the situation in Darfur, as well as for the investigation and proceedings conducted by the Court. Since the Security Council decided, with its adoption of resol…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou
Moussa, for his comprehensive briefing. I will first discuss the efforts to combat the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) before commenting on the …
I join the speakers before me in thanking Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing and his commitment to that country.
Luxembourg associates itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
The High Representative has painted a…
The past two centuries saw the abolition of slavery. Our century must put an end to trafficking in persons, which, at this very moment, on every continent, keeps millions of children, men and women in a state of servitude. The United Nations must play its full role in this new fight. Today’s high-le…
I would like to thank you personally, Mr. President, and
your country, Togo, for having organized under your presidency today’s important debate on the challenges of the fight against terrorism in Africa in the context of maintaining international peace and security. I firmly believe that your stat…
Like previous speakers, I wish to thank the three Chairs of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) — Ambassadors Gary Quinlan, Mohammed Loulichki and Kim Sook, respectively — for their detailed briefings and for the efficiency an…
I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her report and her detailed briefing. Luxembourg fully supports the objectives presented by the Prosecutor. We can never overstate the importance of respect for the principle of accountability and the…
I join previous speakers in welcoming Mr. Leonid Kozhara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, to the Security Council, and in thanking him for briefing us on his priorities for 2013 in his capacity as Chairperson-in- Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Now…
I thank Rwanda for having organized this briefing on the annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission (S/2013/63). Allow me to congratulate Ambassador Momen on his dynamic chairmanship of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2012 and to thank him for his briefing. I…
