In the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) we did not get clear and consistent evidence that would condemn those individuals in the way required for imposing sanctions on them in accordance with the Committee’s measures and guidelines. We have frequently stated that we are ready…
At the outset, allow me to welcome Mr. Adnan Terzic, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to thank them for their briefings on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
That wounded co…
I would like first to thank you, Ms. President, for convening this meeting, which is providing additional information to Council members about events in an important part of the world. Qatar is convinced of the need to settle disputes through peaceful means, in particular through negotiations based …
Permit me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. It is of particular importance, not only because it keeps Council members updated on the events taking place in a region at the centre of the world’s attention, but also because it gives expression to the Council’s conc…
Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to thank you for having convened this important meeting. Allow me also to welcome the participation of Mr. René Préval, President-elect of Haiti.
The electoral process in Haiti is undoubtedly a first step towards the strengthening of democratic institution…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to hold an open debate on this important question, which has a critical impact on peace and stability in many countries, particularly those in which central Governments have lost control over their internal affairs.
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Allow me at the outset to welcome the presence of Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf here today. We are pleased indeed at the success story of the Security Council and the international community in the restoration of peace to West Africa. It is our hope that Liberia will be an example to be followed in tha…
At the outset, I should like to welcome Mr. Tom Koenigs,
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and to thank him for his presence among us and for his briefing to the Council. I wish him every success in his mission.
The international community has made much progress towa…
First of all, I should like, on behalf of Qatar, to thank the Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, and His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al- Hussein, Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations …
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Mark Malloch Brown for his briefing.
Undoubtedly, the continued increase in the size and complexity of peacekeeping operations leads to an increase in their costs. That requires effective, transparent and practical controls. Specific mandates and proper planning ar…
Permit me at the outset to thank Ms. Løj, Mr. Mayoral and Mr. Burian for their comprehensive briefings on the activities of the Committees over which they preside, which are part of our comprehensive fight against international terrorism.
Terrorism remains one of the main challenges facing the worl…
I should like first of all to welcome Mr. Tadic, President of Serbia, to the Council, and to thank him for his statement. I would also like to welcome the presence of Mr. Jessen-Petersen and to thank him for his very comprehensive briefing on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administrati…
It gives me pleasure to begin by congratulating you, Madam, on the great competence and statesmanship with which your delegation has conducted the work of
the Council in order to realize the purposes and objectives of the United Nations Charter. The initiative to convene this ministerial meeting of…
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome His Excellency Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to this Security Council meeting and to thank Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Timor-Leste and Head of Mission o…
It gives me great pleasure on behalf of the State of Qatar to congratulate you, Madam President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. I am confident that your wisdom and experience will guide the work of the Assembly towards success. I would like also to …
Many delegations seem to be having problems regarding their voting intentions — a result of the absence of texts in certain languages, in particular Arabic. We would like that problem to be avoided in the future.
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to extend once again, on behalf of the State of Qatar, our warm congratulations and sincere thanks to you for your competent stewardship of the work of the current session of the General Assembly. We would like to assure you anew of the full cooperation of the S…
As we meet at the mid-point of the 2001-2010 International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, we are heartened by the genesis of a global movement of peaceseekers and peacebuilders. We applaud the multitude of grass-roots initiatives blossoming at mid-decad…
I would like to express to the President the gratitude of the delegation of Qatar for having organized this tenth anniversary meeting on the World Programme of Action for Youth for the Year 2000 and Beyond, as well as on the Millennium Development Goals that were adopted after the Programme. Efforts…
It gives me great pleasure at the outset to extend to you, Mr. President, our congratulations upon your election to the presidency of this sixtieth session of the General Assembly. We wish you every success in discharging your functions. I would also like to extend thanks and appreciation to your pr…
