We welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (A/64/370) and draft resolution A/64/L.6*, which was introduced by the Guatemalan delegation.
The work of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)…
My delegation thanks Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for his introduction of the report of the Secretary- General (S/2009/470), and we are grateful for the analysis and recommendations it contains. We also appreciate the presence of Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra and thank Mr. Tete Ant…
My delegation is pleased to welcome Deputy Prime Minister José Luís Guterres, to whom we express our gratitude for the progress achieved in his country and the good relations that he has maintained with the United Nations presence over the last decade.
We also are especially grateful for the report…
My delegation appreciates the information provided by Mr. Lamberto Zannier, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, as well as the presence and statement of Mr. Vuk Jeremić, the Foreign Minister of Serbia, and the statement of Mr. Skender Hyseni.
Mexico has followed the fu…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I also thank the Foreign Minister Al-Malki of the Palestinian National Authority and the Permanent Representative of Israel, Ambassador Shalev, for their statements.
The Security Council is meeting once aga…
It is an honour for me to speak today on behalf of the Rio Group on the fifteenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).
Within the framework of the commemoration of the fifteenth anniversary of the Cairo Conference of 1994, and in compliance with resoluti…
We are grateful for the valuable information provided by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and by Mr. Craig Boyd, Director of United Nations Support Office for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). We also commend the valuable efforts of the Special Representative of…
Let me begin, Mr. President, by welcoming you to this meeting of the Security Council. It is an honour to have you among us. We also recognize your delegation’s leadership in forging this initiative in follow-up to resolution 1325 (2000).
Our thanks go to the Secretary-General for his report on wom…
I would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for
joining us at this important meeting of the Security Council. We would also like to welcome to the Council Chamber Mr. Bedouma Alain Yoda, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, and Mr. Alain Joyandet, Minister of State for Cooperation …
We welcome the presence among us of Mr. Rangin Dâdfar Spantâ, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, to whom we have listened with great attention, especially
in connection with the four categories of challenges that his country currently faces. We also welcome the presence of the Minister fo…
Since the last session of the General
Assembly, a number of crises have tested the capabilities of multilateral institutions to face them firmly and with unified purpose. The international community has come to understand that only joint action in which developing countries are full participants ca…
On behalf of the Government of Mexico, it is an honour to address the General Assembly for the consideration of the report by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs as contained in document A/64/92, which reflects the outcome of the high-level segment of the fifty-second session of the Commission on Narco…
As this is the first open debate of the Council under your presidency, Madam, allow me to reaffirm my delegation’s conviction that the work of the Council will be fruitful throughout this month.
I also congratulate Sir John Sawers, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, on the excellent wo…
I welcome the initiative of your delegation, Mr. President, to hold this open debate on the topic of women and peace and security. I also thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for introducing his report (S/2009/362) pursuant to resolution 1820 (2008) and for his presence here today.
The Secretary-Ge…
We would like to thank the Under-Secretaries-General, Mr. Alain Le Roy and Ms. Susana Malcorra, for their presentations. We also wish to thank General Agwai, Force Commander of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
We welcome the United Kingdom initiative to hold thi…
Since this is the first meeting of the Security Council under the current presidency of the United Kingdom, allow me to warmly congratulate you, Ambassador Sawers, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of August. I am certain that you will have
excellent memories of your…
We are grateful for the valuable information provided by Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia. We appreciate his
commendable work and commitment in a very complex situation presenting a major challenge to the international community. We also welcome the…
I would like to begin my statement by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Chad and the Central African Republic, Mr. Victor Da Silva Angelo, for his briefing this morning. I also welcome the presence in the Council today of the Permanent Representatives of the Central Af…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing today on the situation in the Middle East. I would also like to thank
the Permanent Representative of Israel for being with us as well as the Permanent Observer of the Palestinian Authority.
The open debate …
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this series of meetings, which provide an excellent opportunity to discuss the responsibility to protect. Mexico likewise would like to express its thanks to the Secretary-General for the preparation of the report on implementing the respon…
