I would like to thank Mr. Edmond Mulet for his comprehensive briefing and remarkable work in a difficult and challenging environment. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Haiti for the additional comments he provided to the Council.
I will focus my remarks on elections, humanitarian challen…
I thank the President of the Assembly for convening these meetings at this crucial point in the history of Pakistan to show our solidarity with the people and the Government of that country. This is a clear demonstration of the commitment of the international community to promote and protect our col…
I want to thank you, Sir, for having convened this important debate on peacekeeping. I should also like to thank Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; Military Adviser Lieutenant General Chikadibia Obiakor; and the five Force Commanders drawn from different operation…
I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of August.
I thank His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Foreign Minister of Serbia, and Mr. Skender Hyseni for their statements. I should also like to thank Mr. Zannier, Special Representative of th…
I would like to welcome Mr. Staffan de Mistura back to the Council and to thank him for his first comprehensive briefing since assuming office as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan. My thanks also go to Ambassador Apakan for his report on, and leadership of, the Council…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on the important subject of the promotion of the rule of law as a complement to the maintenance of international peace and security. I also wish to thank Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro for her unrelenting commitment to the caus…
I would like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their candid and informative briefings on the work of the two Tribunals. We commend the ICTY and the ICTR for the…
Madam President, let me join others in welcoming you to this debate and in thanking you for your leadership. Also, let me commend your country for the choice of topic for our discussion today.
I should like in addition to thank Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-Gener…
I would like to thank President Mbeki, Ambassador Gambari, Mr. Menkerios and Mr. Bassolé for their very useful briefings this morning on the situation in the Sudan. They have not only provided useful insights, but also given us a comprehensive picture of the interlocking dimensions of the challenges…
Our vote this morning was informed by respect for our unwavering commitment to the ideals of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Adherence to the NPT does not preclude any country from optimizing its full use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes; rather, it guarantee…
I thank you, Sir, for having convened today’s meeting. We wish to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey. We acknowledge the presence of the Deputy Secretary- General, and we thank Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his very lucid briefing.
The Nigerian delegation i…
Nigeria joins other delegations in thanking Prime Minister Hariri for taking the time to come to New York to preside over today’s Security Council meeting. We also welcome the presence of Mr. Alistair Burt, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, and than…
I welcome His Excellency Mr. Haris Silajdžić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his statement. I thank High Representative Valentin Inzko for his briefing on developments in the country during the past six months.
Nigeria welcomes the positive developments, inc…
We want to add our voice to those that have expressed appreciation to President Ismail Omar Guelleh for his very insightful briefing and his positive contributions to the peace process and stability in the region.
Nigeria is concerned that political instability, civil strife and inter-State conflic…
We welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Foreign Minister of Serbia, and his insightful statement. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for his comprehensive briefing in the context of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2010/169) pursu…
I, too, welcome His Excellency Mr. Abdurahman Ibrahim and Mr. Lamamra to this meeting. I should like in particular to thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah for his untiring work in Somalia, and more especially for the clear and comprehensive briefing that he gave this morning.
It is evident from the brie…
I would like to thank the Permanent Representatives of Mexico, Austria and Turkey for their useful briefings on the activities carried out by the Security Council Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1540 (2004), 1267 (1999) and 1373 (2001).
The 1540 Committee, under the dynamic leadershi…
I wish to express the profound appreciation of the Government and the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the members of the General Assembly for the unreserved support extended to Nigeria, in particular its Permanent Mission, following the death of our beloved President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua…
I join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May. You may rest assured of the cooperation of the Nigerian delegation. We also appreciate the excellent work carried out by Ambassador Takasu and his team last month.
We welco…
Last week, Mr. President, you presided over an open debate on the working methods of the Security Council (see S/PV.6300). Contributions to the debate by members and non-members of the Council were rich and substantive. Barely one week after that fruitful debate, we are constrained to express our v…