We would like to thank the United States for organizing today’s important debate on an issue of great contemporary importance and relevance. We are also grateful to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and the briefers for their useful insights on the subject.
First of all, I would like to pay tri…
I would like to express my appreciation to Ambassador Quinlan for presenting the 90-day report pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
Pakistan continues to believe that a peaceful and negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear issue is possible; more importantly, it is essential. But a demonstration o…
We thank the Force Commanders of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) — General Ngondi, General Dos Santos Cruz and General Iqba…
We pay tribute to the United Nations Mission of Assistance in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its important work under the dynamic leadership of Special Representative of the Secretary- General Ján Kubiš. It needs the Council’s continued support and greater resources.
We have heard the perspective of the P…
We condemn the dastardly attacks on the United Nations compound in Mogadishu and convey our deepest condolences to the families of the victims in the Somali Government.
We thank you for convening this open debate, Sir, and particularly for your concept paper (S/2013/334, annex), which clearly highl…
We deeply appreciate Special Representative of the Secretary-General Leila Zerrougui’s remarkable work, undertaken in pursuance of her mandate, to implement the international legal framework for the protection of children affected by armed conflict. With a firm yet pragmatic approach, she has been a…
I thank Special Representative Farid Zarif for his important briefing. We thank Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi for their compelling statements.
We welcome the peace and normalization agreement signed by Serbia and Kosovo on 19 April this year. The agreement is indeed a l…
I thank Judge Meron, Judge Joensen, Prosecutor Brammertz and Prosecutor Jallow for their reports.
Pakistan fully supports the important work of the two Tribunals, as they contribute to procedural and evidentiary international criminal law. Media spotlight and scrutiny on their work has been sharp, …
We thank the United Kingdom Secretary of State of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. Hague, for presiding over today’s debate and the Ministers of Guatemala, France and Morocco for their statements.
We deeply appreciate the Secretary-General’s special briefing today, his leadership on combating …
We thank you, Sir, for presiding over the Security Council’s debate, and we welcome Her Excellency Ms. Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan to the Council. We thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for presenting the report of the Secretary- General on Somalia (S/2013/326) and for his concise and action-ori…
I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month, and thank Togo for its effective presidency last month.
We thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing. We have taken careful note of the seventeenth…
We too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abou Moussa, for his briefing and his valuable work and leadership as Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA).
The subregion of Central Africa continues to face numerous interlinked and…
Trafficking in persons around the globe, particularly women and children, is an egregious violation of human rights. It is rooted in the social and economic conditions in the countries from which most of the victims come. Discrimination against women and children and cruel indifference to human suff…
I join other speakers in thanking Mr. Valentin Inzko for his briefing today and for his good work as the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have taken note of his report to the Security Council (S/2013/263, annex). We welcome in our midst the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina,…
At the outset, I would like to say that we strongly condemn the abominable terrorist attacks in Turkey over the weekend that killed and injured many innocent civilians. We offer our deepest condolences to the Government and people of Turkey and the families of victims of that heinous crime.
We are …
We thank Ambassadors Kim, Quinlan and Loulichki, Chairs, respectively, of the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, the Counterterrorism Committee and the 1540 Committee, for their briefings today. We appreciate the efforts made by the three Committees to promote greater transparency and dialogue with Membe…
We thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing. We have taken note of her fifth report to the Security Council. We commend her hard work and strong commitment to the criminal justice system.
Pakistan is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, an…
Sir, I congratulate you on assuming the office of the President of the Security Council for the month of May. We also thank Ambassador Eugène-Richard Gasana for his effective presidency of the Council last month. We offer our thanks and best wishes to both teams.
We thank Mr. Leonid Kozhara, Minist…
I thank the Rwandan presidency for having organized today’s meeting. We thank the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Momen, and appreciate his dynamic and successful stewardship of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2012. We also thank the Permanent Representative …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate on the Middle East. We thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his very insightful and timely briefing. This is an important time for Palestine and
Israel, as well as the entire region. There is a slight tinge of optimism in Mr…
