At the outset, allow me to join previous speakers in thanking High Representative and European Union Special Representative Mr. Schwarz-Schilling for his concluding briefing on recent developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the same time, I would like to welcome to the Council His Excellency Mr. …
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking the head of the Council mission, Ambassador Verbeke, and his team for all their hard work and for their skilful leadership of the mission, as well as for the excellent manner in which they handled the preparation of the report (S/2007/356).
My dele…
At the outset, I should like to join previous speakers in thanking Under- Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing. I also extend my thanks to you, Mr. President, for organizing and chairing today’s debate. We are pleased that Minister of State Howells was able to open the debate.
Recently, we hav…
We welcome the fact that the Security Council has reached a point at which it is openly recognizing the significant security risks that the wider implications of climate change will pose in future. I would like to acknowledge the efforts of the United Kingdom to introduce this theme into our agenda.…
I too would like to thank Mr. Holmes for his sobering briefing and his observations on his recent trip to the Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic, in the face of enormous challenges to civilian protection, owing to the continuing conflict in Darfur and its spillover effects, which are causi…
We are pleased to see you, Madam Minister, presiding over this important
meeting. We commend the initiative of the South African presidency to organize a thematic debate on the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of…
As a country producing and using nuclear energy to produce electricity,
Slovakia supports the right of every country to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in conformity with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Based on its strict adherence to the NPT and to the statu…
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Koenigs and Mr. Costa for their briefings today and for having painted a fresh and updated picture of the current situation in Afghanistan. Allow me also to join previous speakers in welcoming the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Mr. D’…
At the outset, I would like to join the previous speakers in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Qazi, for his briefing and for introducing the current report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI). I wish to take this…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Fall for his briefing, and would like to join other Council members in congratulating him and other members of his team on their commendable work carried out during his term in office, including the preparation and organization of the Second I…
Slovakia fully aligns itself with the statement that will be delivered shortly by the Permanent Representative of Germany on behalf of the European Union. I shall therefore limit my statement to a few additional comments.
At the outset, Mr. President, I wish to commend your initiative to convene th…
We are concerned about the deteriorating situation in Myanmar, including the massive violations of human rights, which, if not addressed adequately, might grow into an intra-State conflict with consequences for the entire region.
We reaffirm our call on the Government of Myanmar to keep to its prom…
I have the honour to brief the Security Council on the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006), of 14 October 2006, concerning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, for the period 14 October 2006 to 11 January 2007, in accordance with operative paragraph 12 (g…
At the outset, I would like to commend the Russian presidency for its initiative in organizing today’s timely and highly relevant debate.
Let me also join previous speakers in welcoming Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the first time to the Security Council this morning and thank him for his openi…
We too wish at the outset to thank Mr. Ibrahima Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, for his statement. We join previous speakers in congratulating him on the commendable work he carried out during the preparations for the Second Summit of the Internation…
We are grateful to Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and to Judge Erik Møse, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), as well as to the Prosecutors of
both Tribunals, for their assessment reports concerning the p…
Allow me also to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Rücker for his
briefing today. On behalf of my delegation, I would also like to thank Madam Raskovic-Ivic, President of the Coordination Centre of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija for her statement. We too welcome the presence at…
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Secretary- General Kofi Annan for his opening statement and for presenting his comprehensive report on the Middle East, containing valuable observations and thoughts. Thank you also, Mr. President, for organizing and chairing today’s …
At the outset, I should like to join previous speakers in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Qazi, for his briefing and for introducing the current report, as well as for his valuable remarks and observations. I wish to take this opportunity to commend him in …
First, I would like to join my colleagues in expressing the gratitude of my delegation to Mr. Jan Egeland, for his valuable briefing. I would also like to commend his role and active engagement in promoting and defending the rights and freedoms of civilians in armed conflict throughout his tenure as…
