First of all, I would like to thank the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Mr. de Mistura, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Iraq and the work of the United Nations there (S/2008/688), and also for his leadership of the United Nations…
We are very grateful to those who initiated this meeting, first and foremost, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, for the opportunity to discuss one of the most urgent issues of the world today — the role of religion in maintaining global and regional stability and in building an eq…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting, and we wish to express our gratitude to the Chairmen of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated in…
Russia attaches great importance to international cooperation in the field of disaster risk reduction, mitigation and recovery. The growing number and scale of natural disasters increases the demand for humanitarian services throughout the world and establishes the need for timely and effective
del…
It is a great honour for me to speak on behalf of the States members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), namely, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Our countr…
Humankind recalls the terrible crimes of Nazism with indignation and grief. The bloodiest of those crimes was the Holocaust. In my country, we remember those who fell victim to Nazism, including the six million killed in the Holocaust, half of whom were citizens of the Soviet Union.
Russia consider…
Eight years after its adoption, implementing the Millennium Declaration remains an uncontested priority of the international agenda.
Implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), increasingly urgent challenges in development financing, combating the negative impact of climate change and iss…
Building a collective approach, which is crucial to overcome temporary threats and challenges effectively, requires a gradual strengthening of cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations, based on the firm foundation of the United Nations Charter, especially Cha…
We wish to convey our gratitude to Ambassador Martin Uhomoibhi, President of the Human Rights Council, for having presented his report (A/63/53 and Add.1).
The creation of the Human Rights Council was an important stage in the ongoing reform of the United Nations. We are convinced that the transfor…
We welcome the participation in today’s discussion of Mr. Felipe Pérez Roque, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba. We wish to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report contained in document A/63/93, which reflects the unanimous and unequivocal objection of Member States to the i…
We are grateful to Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Ms. Inés Alberdi, Ms. Sarah Taylor and Mr. Alain Le Roy for the very useful information that they provided, and we thank the Secretary-General for the preparation of his thematic report (S/2008/622).
Resolution 1325 (2000) remains our most important guideline …
I take great pleasure in welcoming Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and in thanking him for introducing the Agency’s annual report.
For over 50 years, the Agency has been the global centre of cooperation in the field of the peaceful uses of n…
We have just adopted a very important resolution on the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. We would like to welcome efforts by that country both to combat lawlessness and to strengthen the rule of law. We hope that the International Commission will fulfil the tasks set before it…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the President of the Republic of Djibouti, Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh. We listened attentively to his statement. We also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Djibouti. We acknowledge the assessment, to which we listened. We also listened with at…
First of all, we would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Japan, Ambassador Takasu, for his efforts in the institutional consolidation
of the role of the Peacebuilding Commission in the United Nations system and beyond.
The experience of the Commission’s second year proves that assistan…
We are grateful to Mr. Eide for the efforts that he has been making in the post of Special Representative of the Secretary-General. We also thank him for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and for having introduced the periodic report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/617).
We share the Se…
We are grateful to the leadership of both Tribunals for the annual reports submitted on the work of these bodies.
First of all, allow me to recall that the Tribunals were established by the Security Council in specific historical circumstances as a temporary measure aimed, inter alia, at restoring …
The effective settlement of conflicts, lasting peace and sustainable development can be only achieved through coherence and a comprehensive strategic approach. It is precisely in that regard that Russia sees the key task of the Peacebuilding Commission, which has been designed to promote the enhance…
I should like to thank Under-Secretary- General Pascoe for his introduction of the report (S/2008/628) of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in
Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS). We listened closely to the assessment…
Globalization is having an ever-greater impact on all aspects of world society. However, the current uneven distribution of its benefits brings with it the risk of social and economic upheavals and the division of the world economy into areas of growth and areas of stagnation. We know that developin…
