Let me begin by commending your initiative, Mr. President, in convening this important and timely debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Allow me to express my gratitude to Ms. Valerie Amos, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs; Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-Genera…
I would also like to begin by thanking the United Kingdom for convening this important meeting to address the challenges facing Sudan as it enters the most delicate phase of its tragic history of conflict. Your decision, Mr. President, to focus the United Kingdom’s presidency of the Council on the S…
I would also like to convey our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. I thank the Permanent Representatives of Turkey, Mexico and Austria for their useful briefings on the activities carried out by their respective Committees and teams.
We are pleased with the efforts of th…
The Nigerian delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the President for convening this plenary joint debate on agenda item 29 on the report of the Security Council (A/65/2) and on agenda item 119 on Security Council reform. We are also grateful to the United Kingdom as President of the Secur…
We would also like to thank Mr. Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Ms. Çitaku for their statements. We also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Zannier, for his informative briefing on the situation in Kosovo.
We welcome the report of the Secretary-Gene…
I, too, would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Nebojša Radmanović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the Council and to thank him for his statement. I also thank the High Representative, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his views on the developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina since hi…
My first words must be to thank you, Sir, and to express my appreciation for your introduction of the draft annual report.
I want to state that members of the Council had the opportunity to review and reach agreement on the draft report prior to this meeting. We look forward to its adoption by the …
The delegation of Nigeria wishes to join all other delegations in expressing its condolences to the family of the late Prime Minister, Mr. David Thompson, as well as to the Government and the good people of Barbados, on the untimely death of Mr. Thompson.
The Nigerian delegation welcomes and expres…
My first words must be to commend you, Mr. President, for convening this auspicious debate to mark a decade since the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000). I must also thank the Secretary-General for his report in document
S/2010/498 and indeed for his earlier report in document S/2010/466, on women’…
We welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba. I want to thank him for the detailed briefing he delivered on the impact of the United States economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba. Nigeria believes that it is the right of the Cuban people to independently decid…
I wish to commend His Excellency Mr. Eriya Kategaya, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs of Uganda, and the Ugandan delegation for convening this important debate to assess the support to African Union (AU) peacekeeping operations.
Let me also express my appreciatio…
I also would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-
General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her comprehensive statement and her invaluable contribution to the peace process in Timor-Leste.
I would like to extend our heartfelt condolences for the demise of Mr. Takahisa Kawakami, Deputy Sp…
I would also like to extend appreciation to Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez- Taranco for his very lucid briefing on the situation in the Middle East. I would like to limit my comments to three issues, namely, political developments, security and humanitarian assistance.
On the subject of poli…
Nigeria expresses its appreciation to the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session, especially for this joint debate on agenda items 14 and 15, on the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations and on the Culture of peace, respectively. We also thank the Secretary- General fo…
Nigeria commends the Secretary-General for his detailed reports on agenda items 62 (a) and (b) and appreciates the opportunity to participate in this deliberation.
We also wish to commend the Planning and Coordinating Agency of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) for its remarkable…
Nigeria welcomes the thorough briefing provided by the Secretary-General and the presentation by Ambassador Wittig on behalf of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). The need for increased cooperation with the Peacebuilding Commission has consistently been stressed by the Council. This debate is an op…
I too would like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in Afghanistan, including the recently concluded parliamentary elections. I shou…
Mr. President, let me, too, begin by commending your initiative in convening this important and timely debate. Our conversation this morning no doubt builds on the meeting of 17 June 2010 held in Istanbul, which your Government also convened. I welcome the presence of the Secretary- General at this …
Nigeria welcomes the convening of this follow-up debate to the High-level Meeting on Revitalizing the Work of the Conference on Disarmament and Taking Forward Multilateral Disarmament Negotiations.
At the outset, I wish to align myself with the statement made by the representative of Egypt on behal…
It is indeed a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Mahiga to the Security Council and to listen to his inaugural briefing in his capacity as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for
Somalia. I should like to congratulate him on his appointment and to wish him success in his new assignment. We…
