I thank you, Madam President, for allowing me to present the views of Rwanda on this important topic. Rwanda values this meeting, in which we are afforded the opportunity to consider whether the international criminal system in place has met the expectation of ensuring accountability.
With regard t…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on the implementation of note S/2010/507, on the working methods of the Security Council, which is, in itself, an exercise of transparency and accountability. I would also like to thank Ambassador María Cristina Perceval of Argentina for her able lead…
I wish to start by thanking His Excellency Mr. Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and President of the Security Council today, for the initiative to hold this debate. I congratulate him for the presidential statement that was just adopted
(S/PRST/2013/16). I…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation for convening this open debate. I would like to express my appreciation for the briefing we just received from Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman on the current situation in the Middle East.
As regards the Middle East …
First of all, let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s briefing, for
your leadership as President of the Security Council, and for co-leading the Addis Ababa leg of the mission to Africa together with Rwanda.
As detailed in the terms of reference for the mission, the purpose of the v…
I would like to express my pleasure in participating in today’s debate on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). I take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his most recent report on women and peace and security
(S/2013/525), which enlightens us with regard to the implementati…
Allow me first to express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims who perished yesterday off Lampedusa island on a journey in which they had placed their hopes for a brighter future. Such tragedies remind us of our moral obligation to help the most vulnerable and call for concerted eff…
Let me start by commending the Australian presidency for having organized this important high-level meeting on Yemen on the margins of the general debate of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. I would like to thank Mr. Jamal Benomar, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Yemen, …
As the world is preparing to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi in Rwanda, which would also be a reminder of the memorable failure of the Security Council to save a million citizens of this world, the conscience of the international community has once…
I wish to begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on your recent appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia. I personally look forward to working with you. Also, thank you, Madam President, for choosing the topic of small arms and light weapons for this high-level meeting of your…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having scheduled today’s debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I wish also to thank Ján Kubiš, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing, and Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for…
In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of resolution 1970 (2011) of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established pursuant to the same resolution. The report covers the period from 19 June to 16 September 2013, during which time the membe…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for the 90-day update report and a job well done in leading the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) since January — an experience that will certainly help as you, Sir, also preside over the Council for the month of September. We also appreciat…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for briefing us on the Secretary-General’s quarterly report (S/2013/444) on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also welcome to New York Mr. Ivan Mrkić and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj.
In June, at a debat…
Your presence here today, Mr. President, is a clear demonstration of the importance you attach to the peace, stability, security and development of the Haitian people. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of United Nations Stabilization Mission in …
I would like to thank you, Madam President, and the Argentine delegation for convening this important open debate. I would like to express my thanks to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his informative briefing. His presence here this morning is an affirmation of the importance of the topic we are a…
Allow me to congratulate you, Madam President, on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. We have no doubt that it will be a successful month, and Rwanda pledges to work with you. Allow me to also congratulate you and your delegation for organizing this importa…
Let me begin by thanking the United States and, you, Sir, for having convened this most important debate in support of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework, and for the presidential statement (S/PRST/2013/11) just adopted.
Allow me also to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for …
At the outset, I would like to express my appreciation to the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process for his informative and insightful briefing on the current situation in the Middle East. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for…
Let me begin by thanking you, Madam President, for having organized this important open debate on the protection of journalists in armed conflicts.
I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Jan Eliasson for his briefing and to recognize the presence here today of Ms. Kathleen Carroll, …
