We thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2009/359) and Special Representative Angelo for his briefing.
Like other members, Turkey is concerned about the negative developments that have occurred over the past three months and that have served only to aggravate an already tenuous humanitaria…
As Turkey aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union, I will keep my remarks brief.
First, I wish to thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez- Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
As international effor…
As the full text of my statement is being circulated, I will be brief in my remarks.
Adoption of the concept of the responsibility to protect (R2P) was one of the major achievements of the 2005 World Summit. The Secretary-General’s 12 January 2009 report on R2P (A/63/677) is another important step.…
We welcome the Secretary-General’s reports (S/2009/297 and S/2009/352) and thank Under-Secretary General Le Roy for his briefing. We also appreciate the presence and contribution of His Excellency Mr. Mikhail Margelov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation.
Turkey welcom…
First of all, Mr. President, let me join previous speakers in welcoming Your Excellency and commending the Ugandan presidency for organizing this timely meeting on post- conflict peacebuilding and preparing the draft presidential statement, which we fully support. I would also like to thank the Secr…
I would like to welcome Justice Renate Winter, President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and Prosecutor Stephen Rapp, as well as to thank them for their comprehensive briefings. I also wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this very timely meeting, which is taking place at a time wh…
I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General for his extensive briefing concerning his recent visit to Myanmar on 3 and 4 July 2009. This second visit of the Secretary- General in just over a year was again timely, and we hope that it will lead to concrete examples of cooperation between …
We thank Under- Secretaries-General Malcorra and Pascoe, as well as the Permanent Representative of Somalia, for their presentations.
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to convene this important and timely meeting. The Horn of Africa is once again at a critical junc…
Turkey aligns itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union. I shall therefore be brief, touching on a few additional points from my national perspective.
The High-level Meeting convened by the Secretary-General on 15 June 2008 …
Having voted against the draft resolution today, I would like to briefly share with the Council the reasons that compelled us to do so. First of all, I wish to recall and underline that the partnership State established by the 1959 London and Zurich Treaties in the shape of the Republic of Cyprus an…
Let me begin by extending a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Nicola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thanking him for participating in our debate today. The messages he gave are clear. I would also like to extend my congratulations to Mr. Inzko on his app…
I would like to thank the three distinguished Chairmen of the Committees established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for their informative briefings and for the continued guidance of their Committees. There is no doubt that today, terrorism and the p…
First, I would like to thank the Russian Federation and Minister Lavrov for convening this timely meeting, which has provided us with the opportunity to exchange views on recent developments in the Middle East. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, for his statement rega…
We believe that the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development is a timely initiative to discuss both the roots of the crisis at the United Nations level and the response of the United Nations in terms of the impact of the crisis on development. We welcome th…
Let me start by congratulating you once again, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. You have our full support and cooperation in the discharge of your duties. My warmest thanks also go to Ambassador Heller, who presided over the Security Council last month with great su…
Allow me to welcome the presence of Her Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico in the Security Council this morning. We very much appreciate her gesture and desire to attend and preside over this important meeting. It underlines the importance Mexico attaches to this issue. Allow me t…
First, I wish to thank the presidency for convening this open debate on an issue of great importance to the United Nations and the Member States. Indeed, conflict prevention and crisis management through mediation are one of the founding principles of the United Nations, and we cannot overemphasize …
I should like to start by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I also congratulate the Permanent Representative of Libya on having successfully completed the March presidency of the Council.
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his extensive briefing. Let me also underline that Turkey also aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of the Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union.
The tragic events at the start of this year h…
Allow me to extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and His Excellency Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo. My delegation is happy to welcome both of them, as well as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, with us tod…
