I should like at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting, and to extend our thanks also to Judge Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Judge Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR);…
We have just voted in favour of resolution 1787 (2007), particularly since our observations were taken into account. Naturally, we wish we had had a comprehensive resolution reflecting our comments and observations after the experience we have acquired during our almost two years of work in the Coun…
At the outset, allow me to welcome Mr. John Holmes, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and to thank him for his briefing to the Council on his recent visit to Somalia, Ethiopia and the Sudan, and his operational activities there in the areas of humani…
My delegation wishes to thank the President for this opportunity to participate in the debate on item 116, “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit: specific meeting focused on development”. We support the statement made by the representative of Pakistan on behalf of the Group of 77 and Ch…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this important month, whose agenda is full of important, sensitive topics. We are fully confident of your wisdom and ability, and we assure you of our full cooperation with you and your delegation…
At the outset, I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to the President for convening this meeting. I would like also to thank the Secretary- General for his reports (A/62/327 and A/62/344) on the situation in the Middle East. I also wish to thank the Secretariat for its preparation of th…
I should like at the outset to welcome Charles Nqakula, Minister of Safety and Security of South Africa. We thank him for his briefing on the peace talks in Burundi, where South Africa is playing a very important role as Facilitator.
We also thank the Secretary-General for his report on the activit…
I would like at the outset to express my gratitude to the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Mr. Jan Eliasson, for his valuable efforts during the peace discussions in Sirte, Libya. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his report to the Council (S/2007/653) and my gratitude to Under…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which forms part of the ongoing effort of the international community and the Council to promote the protection of civilians in conflict areas, in particular the protection of vulnera…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate and to thank my colleagues Ambassadors Johan Verbeke, Ricardo Alberto Arias and Peter Burian for their informative briefings on the work of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (200…
I wish to begin, Sir, by welcoming your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session, and by congratulating you on your assumption of your high post. We assure you of our support in discharging your heavy responsibilities in the course of the session.
I also wish to pay…
Allow me to start by warmly welcoming Mr. Gambari here to New York as the Special Adviser of the Secretary- General for Myanmar. We thank him for his positive statement, which always offers optimism. I would also like to thank him for the wisdom and foresight with which he considers the situation in…
At the outset, Mr. Minister, I have the pleasure to welcome
you to New York. I am also pleased to see you presiding over the Council. We wish your delegation every success in its presidency of the Council for this month. I should also like to thank you for choosing the role of regional and subregio…
I have the honour to speak under agenda item 12, entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”. I also have the honour to inform the Assembly of the successful outcomes and substantive follow-up to the Sixth Inter…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for your presence at this important meeting and to extend to the permanent mission of Ghana to the United Nations my sincere thanks for its thorough preparations for this open debate.
I would also like to extend my thanks to Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-S…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. Allow me, through you, to thank Mr. Djibrill Bassolé, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso and the
Special Representative of the Facilitator of the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire, President Blaise Compaoré, for his good offices and for…
We thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank the representative of the United States for his presentation of the quarterly oral report of the multinational force and the Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs for his comprehensive briefing on the United Nations A…
Thank you for holding this important meeting, in the form of an open debate, to consider the first annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission. This constitutes an important opportunity to review the activities of the Commission and to discuss the best ways to support it. I would also like to welc…
Allow me to begin by welcoming Mr. Tom Koenigs, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and thanking him for his briefing to the Council. In this regard, my delegation would like to pay tribute to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and to its co…
At the outset, allow me to express our thanks to the Secretary- General for his statement. Allow me also to thank Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General, for his important briefing to the Security Council on his recent visit to Myanmar. My delegation strongly supports the effo…
