For Peru, Sir, your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session is a guarantee of experience and exceptional work. I am convinced that your performance will strengthen the principles of dialogue and coordination that guide the efforts of the United Nations to attain rea…
Allow me first of all to express Peru’s appreciation for the convening of this meeting to address the issue of peace and security in Africa, where the majority of the cases on the Security Council’s agenda originate.
The interrelatedness between underdevelopment and violence is particularly flagran…
First, allow me to welcome you, Sir, at the beginning of your presidency, and wish you and the members of the General Committee every success. Peru adheres to the principle of one China, whose only representative is the People’s Republic of China, with which Peru has cordial diplomatic relations. We…
It is an honour for the delegation of Peru to introduce document A/61/L.67, which contains the text of the draft resolution whereby the General Assembly would adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The draft resolution is sponsored by Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Bel…
We are meeting, as we do every month, to consider the situation in the Middle East. First of all, we must note with concern the persistence of the intra-Palestinian conflict, which continues to claim victims in the Palestinian population itself.
In addition to the human losses, this conflict, it mu…
Allow me to join in the welcoming words addressed to our guests today, namely, the Secretary-General and the Ambassadors of Haiti and Ghana, who are here
representing the General Assembly and the Peacebuilding Commission, respectively. I also wish to welcome the new representatives of France and th…
In Côte d’Ivoire, the mission emphasized the Security Council’s support for the Ouagadougou agreement, which is the result of the parties’ ownership of the peace process. The mission urged its interlocutors to ensure full implementation of the agreement, particularly by achieving the goals leading t…
There is no doubt that the issue on the international agenda that generates the highest degree of agreement is the protection of boys and girls. This fact is reflected in the degree of acceptance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, as well as of other internation…
Permit me, before reading out Ambassador Voto-Bernales’s statement, to welcome your presence here, Mr. Minister, as you lead the work of the Security Council. I also wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the delegation of Belgium on its excellent leadership of our work during the month of Ju…
Allow me at the outset to welcome the presence here of the President of the General Assembly, the President of the Economic and Social Council and the Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs.
As we have stated on a number of occasions, the causes of conflict can best be explained by looking …
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Holmes, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his excellent briefing, which brought home the need to recognize that much remains to be done if the United Nations, including the Security Council, is to be effective in protecting civilians who find th…
My delegation thanks the Presidents of the two Tribunals — Judge Pocar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Judge Byron of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) — and the two Prosecutors, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow, for their presentations thi…
I would first like to welcome to the Council the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, His Excellency Mr. Hoshyar Zebari. I would like also to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Ashraf Qazi, for his briefing and the representative of the United States for his bri…
My delegation wishes to express its gratitude for the briefings given by the President and the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. We are grateful too for the work being carried out in that very important institution of international justice. My delegation also wishes to welcome the pr…
Peru decided to support this resolution because of its commitment to the fight against impunity and its firm position on combating terrorism and because it is of the view that this resolution is the only way to overcome the legislative impasse regarding the establishment of the Special Tribunal for …
My delegation welcomes the briefings by Ambassadors Verbeke, Arias and Burian, Chairmen of the
Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004), respectively.
On the subject of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), we hope to continue …
I wish to thank Mr. John Holmes, the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his report on his recent trip to Somalia and Uganda. His frank and clear presentation reflects the tragedy and insecurity suffered by millions who are victims of the humanitar…
I would like to thank Mr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, for introducing his report. We would also like to welcome
Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to tha…
My delegation wishes to thank Ambassador Verbeke for his successful leadership in heading the Security Council mission to Belgrade and Pristina. Both at the organizational stage and as it was being carried out, the mission benefited from his great diplomatic skill, which made it possible to fully at…
I thank Mr. Pascoe for his detailed briefing this morning.
My delegation continues hopefully to monitor the process launched on 17 March, when a National Unity Government was finally established in Palestine under the leadership of President Abbas. That was an important step towards creating a clim…
