I thank you, Madam, for convening this meeting. I also thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan of Australia for the 90-day update report and to commend him on a job well done in leading the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), which is not an easy task. We appreciate in particular his tra…
I especially want to thank Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous; Lieutenant General Dos Santos Cruz, Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Major General Leonard Ngondi, Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liber…
I thank you for organizing this important debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. President. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for his in-depth briefing on the Secretary-General’s report (S/2013/350), an…
First of all, Rwanda strongly condemns the attack on the United Nations compound
in Mogadishu. We offer our deepest condolences to the bereaved families.
I would like once again to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate and providing the concept note that serves as the basis for our …
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 by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 15 March to 18 June 2013, during which time the members of the Com…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. I would also like to thank Special Representative Zerrougui for her briefing and the important work her team is doing to advance the protection of children in armed conflict. And I thank Mr. Hervé Ladsous, Ms. Yoka Brandt and…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing. I welcome Mr. Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Mr. Hashim Thaçi of Kosovo. We welcome their presence here today and their stat…
We wish to thank Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals; Judge Vagn Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); and Prosecutor…
Let me join others in thanking you, The Right Honourable William Hague, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and President of the Security Council, for convening this open debate. I would also like to convey my sincere gratitude to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and …
I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Mark Simmonds, Minister for African Affairs and President of the Security Council, for having organized this important briefing. I take this opportunity to commend the United Kingdom through you, Mr. President, for the positive role it continues to play in fa…
I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for her briefing and for the presentation the seventeenth report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, submitted to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005).
Let me start by say…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of UNOCA and on the Lord’s Resistance Army-affected areas (S/2013/297)…
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the President of the General Assembly, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, for convening this important meeting. I also take this opportunity to thank
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, for his commitment to this critical issue, and to commend the United Nations Office o…
I would like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the comprehensive presentation of the ninth report he has submitted to the Council — the forty-third report of his Office. We particularly thank him for his work in ensuring that the Dayton Peace Agreement…
At the outset, allow me to thank His Excellency Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic, for his personal attendance at this Security Council debate on counter-terrorism in Africa in the context of peacebuilding and international security. I would also like to thank Secret…
Let me join others in thanking Ambassadors Kim Sook of the Republic of Korea, Gary Quinlan of Australia and Mohammed Loulichki of Morocco for their respective statements. I take this opportunity to commend their efforts and the activities undertaken by their respective Committees under their able le…
I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her fifth report on the implementation of resolution 1970 (2011) and for the additional information she has provided today.
Rwanda, as co-Chair of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protec…
At the outset, let me thank the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Mr. Leonid Kozhara, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, for his work at the helm of the OSCE and for his briefing today. We value our regular interactions with regional and s…
I welcome the presence in the Chamber of Mr. Raymond Tshibanda N’tungamulongo, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and la Francophonie of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
I take the floor on behalf of my Government to explain our vote on resolution 2098 (2013), which has ju…
Allow me to express my appreciation to Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for his leadership and commitment to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and his efforts to implement its mandate in Kosovo.
I also thank Mr. Ivica Dač…
