I am honoured to be in the Council Chamber and to see such enthusiasm — much more today than in the past. As mentioned by all speakers and duly noted, we are moving away from a bleak forecast and starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I thank you, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to …
I would like to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session and to commend Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser for the manner in which he guided the proceedings of the Assembly last year.
Just over two weeks ago, Somalia took a bold a…
I am very happy that the resolution that the Security Council has just adopted is the result of all the efforts that the Council has made in the past in trying to forge the way for Somalia to achieve a more permanent type of Government. It has been 21 years since we lost most of our sovereignty and
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I wish to thank you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Somali Government and the people of Somalia, for convening this open debate on Somalia, the first general open debate of your presidency. This debate follows the successful international conference of 23 February 2012 in London, the outcome of wh…
First and foremost, Mr. President, I have the honour to reiterate to you my Prime Minister’s congratulations, which he expressed in his statement at the Security Council’s meeting on Somalia on Wednesday 14 September (see S/PV.6614).
While I thank the Security Council for having unanimously adopted…
Let me take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Al-Nasser on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. I would also like to congratulate the Secretary- General on his appointment to a second term. We Somalis would like to thank him for his leadership in putting S…
It is an honour for me to be here before the Council today and to update members on the developments that have recently taken place in Somalia. This is the first time I have had the opportunity to address the Security Council since my appointment as Prime Minister in June. In the intervening period,…
First of all, Mr. President, let me thank you and your able team for your work in the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June.
I am not here to make a statement but rather to deliver a brief message on behalf of the highest level of the Somali Government.
Somalia attaches great im…
It gives me great pleasure to appear before the Security Council today for the third time since I took office, in November of last year. During my two previous appearances (see S/PV.6467 and S/PV.6494), I reported to the Council on the achievements made by the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs…
It gives me a great pleasure to appear before this body today to report about the success that the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI), including my Government, have achieved during their first 100 days in office, as well as the challenges ahead as we bring to a close the seventh year of the tra…
I thank you, Mr. President, for inviting us to participate in this very important meeting and briefing on piracy in Somalia. I also very
much wish to thank the members of the Security Council for being steadfast in their efforts to find viable solutions to the problems of piracy in Somalia. Special…
Let me congratulate you, Sir, on assuming of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Let me also pay tribute to the able leadership shown by the President of the Council last month.
I am grateful for the privilege to address the Security Council, and I take this opportunity to update…
Thank you, Mr. President, for allowing me to participate in this meeting and to say a few words. I also thank Security Council members who are still very much seized with the issues that we are discussing today — piracy and the restoration of law and order in Somalia. We hope that stabilization and …
I take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on Somalia and enabling us to participate in the discussion. I also want to thank you for the excellent way you have been facilitating the work of the Security Council. At the same time, I want to thank the Secretary-Gen…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to participate in this discussion on Somalia at this Security Council meeting. I hope to be very brief, although if I could follow my emotions, I believe I would speak for an hour.
We are all aware that Somalia has been in deep trouble since…
Mr. President, allow me to thank you once again for your dedication to this issue, Somalia. I would also like to thank the other members of the Security Council who also mentioned everything that is in their hearts about Somalia. I would also like to offer my heartfelt thanks to those countries whos…
I would like at the outset to seize this opportunity to express my profound gratitude to you, Mr. President, for enabling us to participate in this discussion on the situation in Somalia. I would also like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this mont…
I take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. President, for enabling me to participate in this discussion on Somalia today. At the same time, I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also take this opportunity to thank the Secretary…
Thank you, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to address the Security Council on the situation in Somalia and specifically with regard to resolution 1907 (2009), adopted today by the Council. I wish also to state my support for and agreement with the statement made by my colleague from Djibouti. I …
Thank you, Mr. President, for allowing me to participate in this meeting and to make a brief statement.
First of all, I welcome the report of the Secretary- General (S/2009/590) and support the statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah. We also suppo…
