It is a great pleasure for me to co-introduce, together with the representatives of the Dominican Republic and the State of Qatar, draft resolution A/65/L.82, entitled “Improving the effectiveness and coordination of military and civil defence assets for natural disaster response”.
I would like to …
I would like to briefly share with the Council the reasons that compelled us to vote against resolution 1953 (2010) today.
Since the adoption of resolution 186 (1964), which set up the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), all Council resolutions extending the mandate of the Force …
Turkey voted against resolution 65/37 entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea” under sub-item (a) of agenda item 74. I would like to recall that the reasons that have prevented Turkey from becoming a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the past remain valid. Turkey suppor…
Let me begin by congratulating the delegation of the United States on its assumption of the presidency of the Council. I also wish to thank the Mission of the United Kingdom for its excellent handling of the Council’s business last month.
I wish to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the Intern…
We are once again at a pivotal moment in the Middle East. There are two paths ahead. One is towards a bright future, the other towards more of the same. Much will depend on which path is taken. History will not judge lightly those who pay lip service to peace but act to perpetuate conflict.
Turkey …
I am taking the floor to briefly explain our position.
We remain concerned at the fact that the conflicts in the Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions of Georgia remain unresolved, as this situation has serious economic, social and humanitarian consequences, primarily for the peoples of Georgia, but a…
At the outset, I wish to thank today’s briefers for their comprehensive presentations.
Turkey welcomes the Council’s increased attention to protection issues, including its adoption last November of resolution 1894 (2009), which was a significant step in this area. We also attach importance to rece…
Much has been said today about the critical juncture the Sudan finds itself at and the challenges that remain. We welcome this constructive discussion.
Over the past five years the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have worked together peacefully to address their issues and take th…
Turkey aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the European Union.
I would like to take this opportunity to make some very brief additional remarks on the sanctions regime under the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999). Turkey believes that the overall rev…
I have the honour to brief the Council in my capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) on the work of the Committee since the previous briefing in May (see S/PV.6310).
As we have seen in many parts of the world in recent months, terrorists…
Allow me to extend a warm to Mr. Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Mrs. Vlora Çitaku, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo. We are pleased to see both of them, and we thank them for their statements. I would also like to welcome Mr. Lamberto Zannier and thank him for his …
Let me begin by extending a warm welcome to President Radmanović and thanking him for his statement. I would also like to congratulate him, as well as Mr. Izetbegović and Mr. Komšić, for their elections as members of the Council of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and for the successful cond…
Let me begin by expressing our appreciation for and satisfaction with the draft resolution before us (A/65/L.9). We would like to thank the Permanent Mission of Germany for its efforts as facilitator to find common ground and to reach a consensus. We are pleased to be co-sponsoring the draft resolut…
First of all, I wish to extend our gratitude to the President of the Human Rights Council for his statement today. We appreciate his able leadership of the Council. He has Turkey’s full support. Yesterday, we made a statement in the Third Committee on the report of the Human Rights Council. Therefor…
Turkey attaches great significance to the work of the Conference on Disarmament as the sole multilateral disarmament negotiating body, and we wish to see the resumption of its substantive work. For this reason, Turkey was a co-signatory to the letter that requested the convening of today’s meeting.
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At the outset, Mr. President, let me thank you for organizing this high-level open debate. I commend the efforts of the Ugandan delegation in the preparation of the presidential statement we adopted earlier today. We also welcome the presence of ministers from Austria,
the United States and Japan, …
Let me begin by extending a warm welcome to you, Sir, and by thanking you and the delegation of Uganda for convening today’s open debate. I would also like to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive analytical report on this issue (S/2010/514). I also wish to thank Am…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 65/5 on World Interfaith Harmony Week and the initiative undertaken by the delegation of Jordan. On this occasion, I would like to extend a warm welcome to His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi Bin Mohammad and to thank Jordan for introducing this noble initiative. We…
At the outset I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2010/522) and his Special Representative, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her comprehensive briefing to the Council. We support her efforts and the key coordinating role of the United Nations in Timor-Leste. We express our condolences at the…
Let me at the outset thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his useful briefing.
Last month, the international community overwhelmingly welcomed the resumption of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Cautious optimism was in the air. There was even talk of reaching a set…
