I thank you, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to address the Council at this meeting, which is of particular importance as the occasion for the renewal of the mandate of the Panel of Experts on Darfur. I shall make my statement brief and concise.
By participating in this meeting, I seek once agai…
At the outset, I would like to welcome to this meeting Her Excellency Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister for Foreign Affairs of sisterly South Africa. We are honoured to have her presiding over our deliberations today on the report (S/2011/814) of the Secretary- General on the African Union-United…
I would first like to say that the records of this meeting should reflect an important truth, namely, that our participation in this meeting should in no way be interpreted as Sudan dealing with the International Criminal Court (ICC). As the Council is aware, the Sudan is not a party to the Rome Sta…
I would just like to take two minutes to clarify that Jau is an inseparable part of the territorial integrity of the Sudan. What we heard today is not true. Yes, the 9th Division of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement is in Jau, but its presence is illegitimate and a form of occupation of those l…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. My delegation would also like to express its appreciation for your outstanding and substantial contributions to the maintenance of international and regional peace and …
Allow me, first, to thank you, Mr. President, for giving us this opportunity to participate in this meeting to enable the Council to acquaint itself with the truth, in order that it can adopt positive and objective resolutions. I should like to make five points during my intervention.
My first poin…
Allow me to begin by thanking Mr. Hervé Ladsous and Ms. Hilde Johnson for their statements and the information they have provided.
I shall comment in detail on those statements by summarizing each piece of information that has been provided. However, I would first like to recall a fact that — with …
On behalf of His Excellency Mr. Osman, Permanent Representative of the Sudan, I thank the President for convening this meeting. My delegation commends the efforts of the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan in the intergovernmental negotiations and discussions on Security Council reform.
We asso…
At the outset, I would like to extend our thanks to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for presenting the Agency’s annual report to the General Assembly (see A/66/95). We commend the IAEA programmes and plans outlined in the report, which are designed to improve th…
We have studied the report of the International Criminal Court (see A/66/309) very carefully, in particular sections II and III as they refer to my country, the Sudan. We find it astonishing that despite the major important positive developments that occurred in the Sudan, especially in Darfur, the …
Because there is great awareness on the part of the international community and a total rejection by Member States of the adoption of unilateral coercive economic measures beyond a country’s borders, and because such measures are a means of political and economic coercion, we are today considering a…
At the outset, I should like to reiterate our congratulations to you, Madame, as you prepare to conclude your presidency of the Security Council for this month, having organized a programme ripe with momentous issues related to the maintenance of international peace and security.
On behalf of the G…
Allow me to express my country’s appreciation for the efforts of the United Nations to foster a culture of peace and to introduce it onto the agenda. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his work in fostering a culture of peace, dialogue and peaceful coexistence among the peoples of…
I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on convening this important meeting to address the issue of security sector reform (SSR). The historic reference point of that subject has been linked to Africa since the very beginning. The earliest United Nations security SSR were implemented in African countries d…
My delegation wishes at the outset to congratulate Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. We firmly believe that thanks to his wisdom and skills, we will achieve the objectives we have set for this session.
Development ef…
At the outset, I should like once again to congratulate you, Madame, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Your country is an African friend of the Sudan and has contributed significantly to the maintenance of international and regional peace and security, parti…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of this session of the General Assembly. I am sure that, thanks to your wisdom and experience, the work of this session will be a success.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the work of t…
It is indeed an honour and a source of pride to see our sister State of Qatar represented in the good person of the
President leading this year’s session of the General Assembly. His election was certainly the right choice given his commendable initiatives and contributions to maintaining peace and…
First of all, I would like to thank Ms. Laura Dupuy Lasserre, President of the Human Rights Council, for her detailed presentation to the General Assembly. We would like to congratulate her on her wise leadership of the Council and wish her every success in her task.
Five years ago, the Human Right…
Allow me to add my voice to those who preceded me in congratulating you, Sir, on behalf of the Group of African States, on your well- deserved election. You have the support of your Group. We are sure that, with your perseverance, dedication and resourcefulness, you will lead this house to great suc…
