We would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Egeland for his briefing on developments in the humanitarian situation in Darfur and in northern Uganda. We would also like to thank him for his efforts to deal with the humanitarian situation throughout the area. It is regrettable to see the deteriorat…
The establishment of peace in the Middle East is one of the issues that directly concerns us in the State of Qatar. From this standpoint, we have continued to urge the parties to adopt an approach that encourages the chances of peace.
The State of Qatar had lately undertaken diplomatic mediation ef…
On behalf of the Arab Group, allow me, at the outset, to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this Security Council debate to discuss an issue of high priority for the Council: the situation in the Middle East. I should also like to thank Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General for Pol…
It is well known that, owing to its sense of responsibility with respect to the Palestinian cause, Qatar submitted a balanced draft resolution (S/2006/878) reflecting the views of the majority of Security Council members. In the draft resolution we took account of comments from all States, but the S…
I am taking the floor in my capacity as Chairman of the Group of Arab States for the current month.
Permit me at the outset, on behalf of the Arab Group, to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this urgent Security Council meeting to consider the repeated Israeli aggressions in the Gaza Strip, i…
At the outset, I welcome Mr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative of the Secretary-General and European Union Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his briefing to the Council.
We also appreciate the objective, set by his Office since he assumed his positi…
It gives me great pleasure to address the members of the General Assembly on this important item. I should also like to commend the United Nations Office of Sport for Development and Peace for promoting the concept of sport for development and peace throughout the world.
Increasingly, the topic of …
Permit me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, and the Permanent Mission of Japan for the efforts and skill with which you have prepared for this open debate.
We congratulate ourselves and the international community on the progress made in implementing Security Council resolution 1325 (2000)…
I would like first to extend our thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening this important periodic meeting which keeps Council members abreast of new developments in the Middle East. I wish also to thank Mr. Alvaro de Soto, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, for his presentation to …
As your presidency approaches its end, Sir, allow me to congratulate you on the great job that you and the members of your delegation have accomplished. The day has been very busy with important activities for the Council, and before we finish with the last item on today’s agenda, my delegation shou…
Allow me first to thank Ambassadors Mayoral, Løj and Burian for their briefings on the work of the Security Council committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004). We hope that the Committees’ work will be successful, as it is an important component of our gl…
At the outset, I would like to associate myself with the statement made by the representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The importance of this review is to confirm the commitments undertaken by States to implement the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Develope…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, for the efforts he and the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) have made to bring about the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. We commend the parties to the Agreement…
Allow me at the outset to thank Mr. Egeland for his briefing, which we followed attentively.
It is very sad to note today that the rape of women has become a spreading cancer in the society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is sad indeed that those who commit such crimes do so with impuni…
Qatar has always affirmed the importance of respect for the respective competences of the organs of the United Nations. The relevant organs, particularly the Human Rights Council, should be given priority in dealing with questions of human rights, including the question of Myanmar. It is well known …
Allow me first and foremost to thank both Mr. Ashraf Qazi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq, and Ambassador John Bolton, Permanent Representative of the United States of America, for their briefings to the Security Council. Allow me also to welcome the presence among us of the…
At the outset, I welcome Mr. Joachim Rűcker, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo. I wish him every success in the discharge of his responsibilities. I thank him for his preparation of the technical assessment of progress in implementation of the standards for Kosovo, a…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his report on Darfur (S/2006/591 and S/2006/591/Add.1). The period covered by the report has seen significant developments — some of them positive — that should be taken into account by the Security Council. These include, in particular, the Darfur Peac…
The delegation of Qatar would like to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, on this last day of your presidency of the Security Council for this month. The Council has been seized with questions of extreme importance to humankind, including those relating to the maintenance of internationa…
Allow me at the outset to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for the great efforts he is making to contain the very grave situation in the Middle East, in the context of the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon provided by resolution 1701 (2006) on the one hand, and of the continuous escalati…
