I would to thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing. I also thank the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel for their statements.
Luxembourg fully associates itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union during …
I want to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this important open debate on the issue of sexual violence in conflict, an issue to which my delegation attaches great importance and which, unfortunately, remains very topical. I thank the Secretary-General for the presentation of his second annu…
Luxembourg would like to thank Rwanda for organizing this briefing during its presidency of the Security Council on a topic of great importance, that is, “Prevention of conflicts in Africa: addressing the root causes”. We are honoured to have you, Madam President, presiding personally over this meet…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2098 (2013), drafted on France’s initiative, barely one month following the adoption of the Framework for Peace, Security and Cooperation for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region.
The new mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization M…
Luxembourg fully associates itself fully with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
Allow me to congratulate and thank Ambassador Abdul Momen for his very dynamic leadership of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission in 2012. I also commend Ambassador R…
As I begin my remarks, allow me to welcome to the Council His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of Serbia, and His Excellency Mr. Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minister of Kosovo. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for presenting the quart…
Allow me also to thank the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nigel Fisher, for his briefing to the Council and for his commitment at the head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), whose significant work we commend.
Luxembourg associates itself wi…
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/133) and for his comprehensive presentation to the Council this morning. I also wish to thank his Special Representative, Mr. Jan Kubiš, for his work as Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We welc…
Like my colleagues, I would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for presenting the quarterly report on the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I would like to assure him of my delegation’s full support in carrying out his functions as Chair of that sanctions comm…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this briefing. I join previous speakers in welcoming Mrs. Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and I thank her for her briefing. As a European, I fully subscribe to Ms. Ashton’s statement. I as…
Luxembourg thanks the Republic of Korea for having organized during its presidency this open debate on a topic that is very dear to all of us, the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Director for…
I should like to thank Mr. Robert Serry, the United Nations Special Coordinator of the Middle East Peace Process, for his very comprehensive briefing, as well as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Observer State of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel for their respective statem…
Luxembourg warmly thanks Pakistan for convening this open debate on peacekeeping. We welcome the exemplary commitment of your country, Mr. President, which is reflected in the fact that it is one of the leading United Nations troop-contributing countries. We would also like to thank the Secretary-Ge…
As this is the first time that Luxembourg is taking the floor in a public meeting of the Security Council, allow me, Madam President, to congratulate your country, Pakistan, on its assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of January 2013. I also thank you for having organized this o…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this open debate on peacebuilding, and I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and his report (S/2012/746), which takes stock of the progress made since the previous report of 2009 (S/2009/304) and identifies those areas where renewed efforts are necessary. I …
I would like to thank you warmly, Sir, for having rescheduled the open debate originally scheduled by the Guatemalan presidency, and for giving us this opportunity to take stock of progress made and the challenges remaining in the advancement of women in the framework of resolution 1325 (2000) and s…
We thank the Indian presidency of the Council for organizing today’s open debate on the working methods of the Security Council. We welcome that this debate has become an annual tradition. I would like to take this opportunity to commend the remarkable work done by Portugal as Chair of the Council’s…
I wish to express my appreciation, Mr. President, for the Guatemalan initiative to organize this open debate on the subject of peace and justice, with special focus on the role of the International Criminal Court.
There can be no lasting peace without justice. That statement resonates throughout th…
Mr. President — my dear friend Vuk Jeremić — allow me to commend the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for the reports guiding our work today, and to welcome Mr. Maged Abdelaziz, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, to whom I wish every success in his new role.
The reports befor…
We are gathered here today for an event whose importance cannot be overestimated. The High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels is indeed the first of its kind, and we are grateful to the Secretary-General for having launched this importan…
