I would like to begin by welcoming Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and thanking him for his leadership and his statement here today. I reaffirm my country’s solidarity with his country and Government, following the tragedy that occurred at the beginning of this year. I would also like to thank Mr.…
I join other speakers in thanking you, Sir, and your delegation for having organized this Council meeting at a timely moment, when we are about to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security. I also thank Ms. Margot Wallström for her brief…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on the implementation of the measures set out in the presidential note contained in document S/2006/507 on the working methods of the Security Council. My delegation recognizes the efforts made by Japan as Chair of the Informal Working G…
Like other delegations, I would like to begin by welcoming your presence here, Mr. President, and express our gratitude for your country’s initiative in organizing this open debate on a subject that is of utmost importance to this Organization, namely, peacebuilding and, particularly, in adopting a …
At the outset, I, too, should like to join in condolences to the Government and the people of China for the earthquake that they suffered today.
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, and the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Perma…
I wish to thank the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General for having convened this fourth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. It is an excellent opportunity to address the current global economic situation and its impact on financing for development and the achiev…
We are very grateful to you, Sir, and your delegation for having convened this timely open debate on illicit arms trafficking and its impact on peace and security in Central Africa. We welcome this opportunity for the
Security Council to consider the pernicious effects of that criminal activity, wh…
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his introduction of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2010/127). I should also like to thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan,
for his statement today. I would also…
My delegation would like to thank the delegation of the Russian Federation for its leadership and its constructive and flexible spirit in the negotiations on draft resolution A/64/L.44/Rev.1*, which it introduced to the General Assembly today.
For our country, improving road safety throughout the w…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for their briefings. We welcome the convening of this informative meeting, which is particularly timely in view of the challenges raised by what are called new threats to i…
We too wish to thank the Deputy Prime Minister of Timor- Leste, Mr. José Luis Guterres, for his presence and for his statement to the Council on the situation in his country. My delegation is also grateful for the briefing by the Special Representative for Timor-Leste, Ms. Ameerah Haq. We want to we…
We are grateful for the presentations of the Secretary-General, Under-Secretaries-General Alain Le Roy and Susana Malcorra, Special Representatives Alan Doss and Ellen Margrethe Løj. We are also grateful to have Executive Representative Michael Von der Schulenburg in the Council today. Mexico welcom…
My delegation wishes in turn to welcome Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, and to thank him for the information he has shared with us on cooperation between the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations and on the priorities he i…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his very comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
Our debate falls on International Holocaust Remembra…
Once more, we reiterate our deep condolences to the Government and the people of Haiti and to the United Nations family on the loss of life, the injuries and the damage they have suffered. We convey our condolences to all the Governments that, like ours, suffered loss of human life.
As we have indi…
First, I would like to welcome Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and to thank him for his words. I would also like to thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for his briefing and Mr. Hyseni for his statement.
Mexico has closely fol…
Once again, tragedy has struck Haiti. As we all know, that unfortunate nation has suffered for many years, and it has required the support of the international community time and again in order to lay the foundation for its development, as the Council noted when it travelled to Haiti in March 2009. …
Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I assure you once again of my delegation’s support as you guide the work of the Council to success. My thanks go also to the delegation of Burkina Faso for its successful presidency …
It is an honour for my delegation to participate on behalf of the Rio Group in this year’s debate on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.
The Rio Group reiterates its firm commitment to the process of revitalizing the General Assembly and believes that resolution 63/309, adopted …
As Chair of the Somalia sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992), Mexico is convinced that the sanctions regime should contribute to the creation of better security conditions in Somalia and to the strengthening of the Djibouti peace process.
The resolution we adopted today…
