I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Jean-Max Bellerive, Prime Minister of Haiti, for his participation in this meeting. In welcoming Mr. Edmond Mulet, we congratulate him on his new position as Special Representative of the Secretary- General in Haiti and thank him for his comprehensive briefin…
I would like, Mr. President, to extend the gratitude of the Nigerian delegation to you for having convened this crucially important meeting on women and peace and security. I add my voice to those who have expressed appreciation to Ms. Margot Wallström for her presence in the Chamber and for her ve…
Thank you, Mr. President, for initiating this very important meeting and for providing a valuable concept paper to facilitate our discussions this morning.
The working methods of any organization constitute a very critical ingredient of its performance and overall success. We therefore welcome this…
My delegation wishes to express its profound appreciation to the delegation of Japan for convening this timely debate on the important theme of post-conflict peacebuilding. We are also honoured by the presence here today of ministers from Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sierra Leone and Timor-L…
I, too, would like at the outset to express our condolences to the representative of China for the earthquake that occurred this morning. Our hearts go out to the victims. We also wish to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
We are having this deba…
Nigeria aligns itself with the statements made by the representatives of Yemen and Equatorial Guinea on behalf of the Group of 77 and the African Group, respectively.
We fully embrace the main focus of this Dialogue, under the theme “The Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration on Financing for Dev…
I, too, would like to welcome Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro and Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as Mr. Louis Sylvain-Goma, Secretary-General of the Economic Community of Central African States.
We appreciate your initi…
Let me join others in thanking the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Alain Le Roy, for his valuable briefing. We appreciate the presence of Ambassador Zahir Tanin at this meeting and thank him for his statement. We welcome the new Special Representative of the Secretary-Genera…
I thank you, Mr. President, for initiating this important discussion on threats to international peace and security and for providing us with a very helpful concept paper (see S/2010/94) to facilitate the discussion. We thank the Secretary- General for his invaluable views on the subject. We also th…
Nigeria welcomes His Excellency Mr. José Luís Guterres, Deputy Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and we thank him for his contribution to this debate. We congratulate Ms. Ameerah Haq, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor- Leste, and we commend her…
My first words must be to thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative in organizing this thematic debate. The concept paper accompanying the discussion (S/2010/67) has also proved invaluable in crystallizing perspectives for the debate. I welcome the presence of the Secretary- General and thank hi…
I would like to welcome Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, to the Council, thank him for his comprehensive and insightful briefing, and congratulate
him as the new Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
It is evident from the briefi…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the situation in the Middle East. I also would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco for his insightful and comprehensive briefing. Our thanks go to the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of …
We in Nigeria were shocked at the monumental level of misery, pain and agony arising from the recent earthquake in Haiti. We are therefore grateful to the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting to discuss the way forward in mitigating the human misery in Haiti.
Nigeria laments…
I thank you, Mr. President, for initiating this important meeting. I want to lend my voice to those who have expressed a very warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and His Excellency Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo. I thank th…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to organize this important debate on cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, and for providing a valuable concept paper (S/2010/9) to facilitate the discussions. Nigeria is pleased to have …
As the representative of one of the newly elected members of the Security Council, let me seize the opportunity provided by this first formal debate of the Council in 2010 to reiterate Nigeria’s unwavering commitment to the preservation of international peace and security. I want to assure you, Mr. …
Nigeria is both a coastal and a port State. My delegation therefore attaches great importance to all issues relating to the oceans and seas, since large populations worldwide, especially in the developing world, depend on resources from those sources for their livelihood. It is also for this reason …
The Nigerian delegation wishes to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, for scheduling this joint debate on agenda item 9, on the report submitted to the General
Assembly on the activities of the Security Council for the period 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2009 (A/64/2), and on agenda item 11…
The delegation of Nigeria wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary- General for his report contained in document A/64/325, which highlights the various activities carried out by the United Nations system to promote the agenda item under consideration. We would also like to thank the UNESC…
