I would like to thank Presidents Meron and Joensen and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their briefings to the Council, and I join previous speakers in commending the work of the ad hoc Tribunals, whose creation is a significant milestone in international relations that has paved the way for a n…
I join other speakers before me in thanking Ambassadors Raimonda Murmokaitė of Lithuania, Oh Joon of the Republic of Korea and Gary Quinlan of Australia, the respective Chairs of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism, the Committee established purs…
I thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
Chad welcomes the holding of presidential elections in Ukraine on 25 May and its turnout of more than 60 per cent. The Ukrainians were able to vote freely and elect Mr. Petro Poroshenko in a transparent ma…
I thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his briefing. I also welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Tomislav Nikolić, President of Serbia, and Ms. Atifete Jahjaga, President of Kosovo, and thank them for their statements.
On behalf of Chad, I would like to…
For more than three years, the situation in Syria has worsened daily. There is no sign of improvement or calm on the horizon. Nearly every day brings its share of new victims. Syrian civilians, in particular women, children and the elderly, are caught in the middle and continue to be the targets of …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important follow-up meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina. I also thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing and for his report (S/2014/314, annex).
Bosnia and Herzegovina emerged as a re…
I take this opportunity to warmly welcome Ms. Fatou Bensouda among us and to thank her for her briefing on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Libya.
I wish to encourage the member and non-member States of the ICC to cooperate with the Court in the cases involving crimes committed in Libya in…
I would like to thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, for his briefing.
The crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan, as well as the presence of th…
I welcome you, Minister Yun Byung-se, and congratulate you on your presidency of the Council. I would like to thank the Government of the Republic of Korea for its initiative in holding this open debate on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and I congratulate it on its leadership …
I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your accession to the presidency of the Council, and I wish you and your entire team every success in your endeavours. I would also like to pay tribute to Mrs. Joy Ogwu and her team for Nigeria’s excellent stewardship of the Council last month. I…
At the outset, I should like to thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navanethem Pillay, and the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, for their briefings. I also thank the Secretary-General for his initiative to despatch …
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Feltman, for his briefing.
Chad, like other Member States, is extremely concerned by the deterioration of the situation in eastern Ukraine. Following a period of relative calm following the Geneva declaration, we are today fac…
I should like to thank you, Madam, for having organized this open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I would also like to thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, f…
I would like to welcome you to the Security Council, Mr. President, and congratulate you on presiding over today’s meeting, as well as to thank Nigeria for taking the initiative in organizing this open debate on security sector reform (SSR). I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his s…
I thank you, Madam President, for having convened this debate on such an important issue. I thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2014/181). I thank Ms. Bangura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Ms. Rhoda Misak for
their statements, and…
I thank you, Madam President, for having convened this meeting of the Council on threats to international peace and security and the fight against genocide. I also thank Mr. Jan Eliasson and Ambassador Colin Keating for their statements.
The world is commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the g…
I would first like to thank Mr. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary- General for Human Rights, for his briefing.
Chad remains deeply concerned about the situation in Ukraine, which has been marked by human rights violations and violence likely to be lead to unforeseeable and incalculable consequenc…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez- Taranco for his briefing.
Chad is deeply concerned by the violent acts committed by armed men and separatist groups in various cities in the east of Ukraine. The actions of those insurgents, who are reportedly well-equipped and well…
I would first like to warmly welcome His Excellency Mr. Toussaint Kongo-Doudou, Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Francophonie of the Central African Republic, and his presence here in the Council.
Chad is pleased that resolution 2149 (2014)) was adopted unanimously. We voted in…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen, Executive Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone, and Mr. Guillermo Rishchynski, Chair of the Sierra Leone configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their stateme…
