I thank you, Madam President, and your delegation for organizing this important debate on the role of women in conflict prevention and resolution Africa and for the comprehensive concept paper (S/2015/219, annex) you circulated among Member States. The fact that this is the second open debate on Afr…
I would like to thank you and your delegation, Mr. President, for organizing today’s important debate on conflict prevention and resolution in the Great Lakes region of Africa, and for the concept note you circulated to Member States (S/2016/223, annex). I would also like to thank the Secretary-Gene…
It is with conviction that I share with the Security Council Rwanda’s stance and commitment to ending sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping operations. I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing…
Let me join others in thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this important open debate. I also thank all the briefers for their comprehensive presentations this morning. I am convinced that recommendations from discussions of this nature can significantly contribute to the improvement and stre…
I would like to join others in thanking you, Sir, and your delegation for organizing this important debate. I would also like to express my appreciation to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for his briefing, which reaffirms his unwavering
commitment to the protection of civilians agenda, especi…
At the outset, let me thank the facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Latvia, for their commendable leadership in bringing to life the document on the overall review of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society.
The United Nati…
At the outset, Rwanda thanks President Lykketoft for convening this important meeting. My intervention will focus on the assistance to the survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
As members are aware, each year in April, the international community joins the Rwandan people in remembering …
I thank you, Sir, for inviting Rwanda to be a part of this debate. At the outset, I would like to thank Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Judge Vagn Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; Judge Theodor Meron, Preside…
Rwanda would like to join others in thanking you and your delegation, Madam President, for organizing today’s important debate.
On behalf of my Government and the people of Rwanda, I would like to offer our sincere condolences to the Government and people of France, especially the families affected…
At the outset, let me congratulate the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Peer Review Mechanism, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the African Development Bank for a successful A…
I too thank Judge Meron and Judge Joensen for their presentations. At the outset let me acknowledge the important progress made by both Tribunals towards their completion and transition to the Mechanism.
As the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is winding down, we express our belief…
Global development is a shared responsibility. This week’s adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) marks a major step towards addressing the greatest challenges facing our world. The goals are ambitious, but so are the aspirations of billions of people, who are keen to improve their liv…
Rwanda aligns itself with the statement delivered today by Ms. Menissa Rambally, Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia, on behalf of the L.69 group, and by the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, Ambassador Vandi Chidi Minah, on behalf of the African Union.
Let me also take a moment on this…
Rwanda, as a country that experienced one of the worst genocides — namely, the genocide against the Tutsi, during which Hutu and other victims were also killed — attaches great importance to honouring the victims in dignity. Resolution 69/323, which was just adopted, has the merit of reminding the i…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting. I am honoured to speak on behalf of the Group of African States on the important occasion of the adoption of resolution 69/291, on the causes of conflicts and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa.
The resolutio…
Allow me, Mr. President, to thank you on behalf of the Group of African States for your exceptional leadership and achievements at the current session of the General Assembly, while at the same time congratulating His Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election as President of the Assembly at it…
I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the Group of African States. The African Group thanks the Secretary- General for his report (A/69/856) and takes note of its recommendations.
We are gathered here today to shape the ways by which we can ensure realization of the global goa…
At the outset, let me congratulate you, Sir, on Malaysia’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. Let me also congratulate the delegation of Lithuania on the excellent work done during their presidency in the month of May. I thank Judges Meron and Joensen and Pro…
I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota of Brazil, former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for his presentation of the PBC’s report on its eighth session (A/69/818). I also wish to thank him for the dedication and strong commitment he showed as h…
Madam President, let me join others in thanking you for organizing this important open debate. I also thank Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Ms. Hamsatu Allamin of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security for thei…
