I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for his very comprehensive briefing as usual, as well as Ambassador Tanin for his very useful intervention.
I must begin my statement by recalling the attacks in Mazar-e-Sharif. The United Nations
Assistance Mission in Afgh…
In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of Security Council resolution 1970 (2011), of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Council on the work of the Committee established by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 29 March to 27 June 2011.
During this period, the Commit…
I thank the presidency of the Council for convening this important meeting, and I thank Mr. Fedotov for his comprehensive and useful briefing. I fully share in his analysis and comments, and would like to reiterate
Portugal’s full support for the efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Cr…
I, too, would like to thank Ambassador Néstor Osorio for the 90-day report on the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), as well as for his leadership of the Committee. I also want to convey my appreciation to the Panel of Experts for the final r…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for his comprehensive and very useful briefing. We very much appreciate seeing Ambassador Muburi-Muita here in New York. I wish to congratulate him for all the work that he has already done in the past eight months. On a more…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report
(S/2011/360) and the Legal Counsel for her presentation.
The report, in its analytical approach, reflects the difficulty of the subject that we are addressing today. Piracy off the coast of Somalia is indeed a complex issue, as the…
I thank former President Thabo Mbeki and Special Representative Haile Menkerios for their comprehensive briefings and the significant work they have been undertaking. I would like to congratulate them and the Governments of the Sudan and South Sudan on the agreement that has just been reached on Aby…
I thank and congratulate you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for their participation in our discussion and for their comprehensive briefings.
The impact of the HIV/AID…
I thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda for their very useful reports (see S/2011/316 and S/2011/317) and for their briefings here today. I should like especially to convey greetings to Judge Byron, along with our thanks for…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely and important debate on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I wish to extend a most cordial welcome to Minister Raymond Tshibanda and to thank him for his statement, which we heard with great interest. It illustra…
I thank Ambassadors Peter Wittig, Hardeep Singh Puri and Baso Sangqu for their comprehensive briefings and commend them for their work chairing their respective Committees.
Portugal aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the representative of the European Union.
Following the or…
I would like to start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra
and the Chair of the Senior Advisory Group, Mr. Jean- Marie Guéhenno, for their briefings on the findings in the report of the independent review on civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict (S/2011/85) and for their vie…
Like others, I wish to thank Special Representative Lamberto Zannier for his very comprehensive briefing to this Council, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj for their remarks.
The report of the Secretary-General (S/2011/281) offers a factual and co…
I join previous speakers in thanking our briefers today, and you, Sir, for convening this timely debate.
In the last few months, civilians have been under attack in several parts of the world. Civilians continue to represent the majority of the victims of conflict. They are not only affected by con…
I, too, would like to welcome High Representative and European Union (EU) Special Representative Mr. Valentine Inzko and to convey to him Portugal’s appreciation and support for his work in the interests of peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In that context, we also thank him for his recent report (se…
I, too, should like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May and to express gratitude to the delegation of Colombia and to Ambassador Osorio for their outstanding work during the month of April. Unfortunately, my stat…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
Dramatic events in the region are quickly changing the face of the Middle East. Like those elsewhere in the region, people in Syria are demanding
freedom, democracy and reform. The one and only way to respond to such legitimate …
First of all, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing, even if it was a particularly sombre one.
Dramatic events in the region are quickly changing the face of the Middle East, presenting its people with tremendous challenges but also with far-reachi…
Allow me to thank the Colombian presidency of the Council for having organized this very important debate, and to thank the President of the Republic of Colombia and the President of Haiti, Mr. René Préval, for their presence here today. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and President…
Thank you for organizing this important debate, Mr. President. I also wish to thank Ambassador Wittig for presenting his report and for his commitment and leadership while he was in charge of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I also thank Ambassador Gasana for his statement and assure him of our c…
