I should like to thank the Security Council for its ever- growing interest in the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) by inviting us from time to time to contribute to the Council’s lofty undertaking, as enormous and invaluable as it is for human kind as a whole. Allow me also to formally reiterate my co…
Today’s debate represents a unique opportunity for the wider membership of the United Nations to reflect on how we can collectively respond to the plight of millions of people in countries emerging from conflict. While those people have decided to take the path towards peace, that path is usually fr…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December. I wish you every success in your task and assure you of my delegation’s support during your presidency. I also thank you for this opportunity given me …
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity that you have given my delegation to speak in this debate. The Rwandan delegation thanks the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the presentatio…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the two co-facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of Estonia and Tunisia, and their respective delegations for their patience and able stewardship of the process that has led to the adoption of resolution 64/289. Let me also extend our appreciation to the…
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I should like to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of June.
My delegation wishes to thank the President and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for the pres…
Rwanda welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence (A/64/313). Since the first adoption of a resolution on the subject, at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly (resoluti…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to participate in this debate, and allow me to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of December. We also congratulate Austria on the successful conclusion of its presidency.
My delegation wishes to thank the Preside…
My delegation thanks the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for the presentation of his report to the General Assembly.
The Government of the Republic of Rwanda appreciates the contribution of the international community to justice and reconciliation in Rwanda in the…
I thank the President of the General Assembly very much for convening this debate to consider the Secretary-General’s report (A/63/677) on implementing the responsibility to protect (R2P). Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his eloquent and powerful presentation of …
I thank the Council for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. My delegation wishes to thank the President and Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for the presentation of their reports. We particularly welcome their acknowledgement and recognition of the cooper…
I would like to thank the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for his second statement.
As he has done, I would like to provide some clarification. I can agree with him on the geographic issues regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the fact that the two …
I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to participate in the deliberations on the situation in the Great Lakes region. Let me take this opportunity to recognize the presence of His Excellency Mr. Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a…
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. My delegation wishes to thank the President and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their comprehensive reports on progress made in effectively discharging the mandate of the ICTR.
The ICTR h…
My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for inviting it to participate. My delegation welcomes the presence of His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium. We welcome…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace (A/63/262) and his report on the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 200…
My delegation commends the Secretary-General for his report, entitled “Programme of outreach on the ‘Holocaust and the United Nations (A/63/316)’”.
Remembrance of the Holocaust serves first and foremost to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust, to educate a generation of young people about the H…
My delegation wishes to thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to address the General Assembly on the important issue of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). My delegation also expresses its thanks to the Secretary-General for his report and to Justice Byron for his presentation (A/6…
My delegation welcomes the adoption of resolution 63/311, entitled “System- wide coherence”, and wishes to express its sincere appreciation to the Permanent Representatives of Namibia and Spain for their excellent work in facilitating the consultations on system-wide coherence. The resolution just a…
My delegation welcomes the inclusion in the agenda of the sixty-fourth session
of the General Assembly of the item entitled “Scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction”. Let me also express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to the African Group and, in particular, to the de…
