Slovakia, as a matter of principle, respects the right of every Member State to seek advisory opinions from the International Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and one of the principal organs of the United Nations. In that context, Slovakia will vote in favour of…
The international community is increasingly confronted with old problems coupled with a new set of challenges of a truly global nature. And as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the opening meeting, under these circumstances we face another daunting challenge — the challenge of global leadership.…
At the outset, I would like to reiterate that my delegation fully aligns itself with the statement made on this item yesterday by the representative of France on behalf of the European Union. In my intervention, I would like to add a few additional comments on behalf of my delegation.
Slovakia welc…
At the outset, Sir, I would like to commend you and the delegation of Belgium for the initiative to convene this open debate on the implementation of the note by the President of the Security Council of 19 July 2006 (S/2006/507) and for creating this timely and welcome opportunity, when the members …
Allow me at the outset to express my deep gratitude to the United Kingdom presidency for organizing today’s meeting on security sector reform (SSR) — which we deem to be a critical topic for the entire United Nations system — as well as for giving my country, Slovakia, an opportunity to address the …
We too are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ould Abdallah, for his timely briefing and complete recommendations for action by the international community in Somalia to achieve a long- lasting solution to this protracted conflict.
We are concerned about the contin…
First of all, let me brief the members of the Security Council on the efforts that the Committee has made during the past two years towards full implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). I am pleased to note today that considerable progress has been made in this regard. But more effort is needed in …
I too wish to thank Ambassador Kumalo and the Secretariat for preparing a comprehensive report on the recent Security Council mission to Timor-Leste (S/2007/711). The report very precisely reflects the observations of the mission, and we fully share its findings and conclusions. That is why I will l…
The 1990 World Summit for Children and the 2002 special session of the General Assembly on children identified the principles and goals necessary for creating good conditions for the lives of children. In 2002 Secretary- General Kofi Annan, in his opening speech to the twenty-seventh special session…
We wish to thank Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Judge Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), as well as the respective Prosecutors for both Tribunals, for their assessments
and repo…
First of all, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Under-Secretary- General Holmes for his timely briefing on the humanitarian situations in Somalia and Darfur. His observations are, of course, alarming. They underline the need for more active and systematic efforts by all stakeholders…
We also would like to thank Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his valuable and sobering briefing, as well as for his comprehensive report to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). We would also like to take this opportunity to commend the …
We would like to add our voice to those of other colleagues in thanking Minister Nqakula for his very timely and informative briefing. We would like to commend his efforts in facilitating the Burundi peace process, as well as the efforts of other important international actors, in particular the Reg…
Allow me to join previous speakers in thanking Special Envoy Eliasson for his comprehensive briefing. My delegation is always delighted to have him among us in any of his United Nations incarnations. At the same time, we would like to thank Under-Secretary-General
Guéhenno for his valuable briefing…
First of all, I would like to express the gratitude of my delegation to the Secretary-General for his participation in this meeting, which underscores his valuable commitment to this issue. I would also like to thank Sir John Holmes for his valuable briefing.
Slovakia fully associates itself with t…
This briefing covers the six-month period since the last joint briefing to the Security Council held on 22 May, 2007. It also outlines some of the forthcoming activities for promoting full
implementation of the provisions of resolution 1540 (2004).
On 14 September 2007, the 1540 Committee adopted …
Mr. President, we thank you for your timely initiative in convening this meeting to address the annual Security Council report together with the wider issue of a comprehensive reform of the Council. We are convinced that under your able leadership we will be able to achieve tangible progress on this…
I too would like to thank Mr. Gambari for his briefing and for his continuing diplomatic efforts in Burma/Myanmar to promote and encourage the process of national reconciliation and democratization in that country. Slovakia strongly supports his activities carried out within the framework of the goo…
On behalf of the Slovak delegation I would also like to congratulate the Indonesian presidency of the Council for the articulated concept paper and also for the well prepared Presidential Statement, which harmoniously elaborates
on this important topic, which was so notably developed by the unanimo…
At the outset, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation to the delegation of China for its efforts in preparing the introduction to this year’s Security Council report to the General Assembly. We are very grateful to the Chinese delegation for its hard work, high degree of professionalis…
