I would like to join previous speakers in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing. I welcome among us the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia and thank him for sharing his views with us. My thanks go also to the Commissioner for Peace and Secur…
We thank the Secretariat for its interim briefing on the humanitarian situation in Darfur.
Like all other members of the Council and of the international community, Turkey is concerned about the humanitarian situation in that troubled region. Owing to circumstances not of their own making, millions…
I would first like to thank Special Representative Kai Eide for his interesting and comprehensive briefing. I also welcome our colleague Ambassador Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan.
We very much appreciate the leading role of the United Nations in coordinating the efforts of the inter…
I would like to begin by welcoming and congratulating Mr. Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, new Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and wishing him every success. I would be grateful, Mr. President, if you could kindly convey that message to our new colleague. I also wish to thank yo…
I would like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece for coming to the Council to present an informative and comprehensive briefing. I welcome her.
The priorities identified by Greece for its chairmanship-in-office are indeed important and pertinent. In the current security environment,…
I would first like to thank Special Representative Staffan de Mistura and the Permanent Representative of Iraq, Ambassador Al Bayati, for their extensive briefings.
I would also like to take this opportunity to express our deep appreciation for the excellent worked carried out by the United Nations…
I should first like to welcome the President of Timor-Leste, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, and to thank him for his extensive and enlightening briefing on his young nation. We are deeply honoured by his presence today. We are also delighted to see him fully recovered after the cowardly attack of 2008 on dem…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/59), introduced by his Executive Representative, Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, and our two colleagues, Ambassadors Frank Majoor and Shekou Touray, for their presentations. It is good to see Mr. Von der Schulenburg a…
Mr. President, in view of your request, I shall be extremely brief. Let me first thank you for organizing today’s debate on United Nations peacekeeping operations. I would also like to thank Mr. Alain Le Roy, Ms. Susana Malcorra and Special Representative Hédi Annabi for the extensive, thought-provo…
Mr. President, before coming to Turkey’s explanation of vote, I would like to join you and others in paying tribute to Ambassador Khalilzad. We knew him as the United States Ambassador to Baghdad. We worked closely with him to overcome some of the great challenges faced by Iraq at that time. We have…
I first wish to thank Under- Secretary-General John Holmes for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to express my appreciation to the entire team of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for their valuable assistance in updating the aide-memoire that we expect to ad…
After three days of negotiations, we finally managed to reach agreement on the resolution just adopted. We may not be fully satisfied with the text before us, but, after all, it is a
compromise representing the will of the Security Council. Therefore, I thank everyone who made this possible.
The c…
I wish to join previous speakers in welcoming and thanking High Commissioner António Guterres for his comprehensive and thought-provoking briefing.
I would first like to take this opportunity to express our deep appreciation to the High Commissioner and the entire staff of the Office of the United …
This is the first official Security Council meeting that Turkey is attending as a non-permanent member. I would like to pay tribute to the French presidency.
Let me also welcome President Mahmoud Abbas and the Ministers of the Arab League delegation, who are here to brief us about the current situa…
Turkey is deeply concerned by the proliferation of acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, which have recently spread to a much larger area.
So far, two Turkish commercial vessels have been hijacked and both are still being held hostage by the pirates. We are worried about…
I wish to make the following remarks about draft resolution A/63/L.27, entitled “Promoting development through the reduction and prevention of armed violence”, adopted under the same agenda item on 17 November.
The inclusion of Turkey in the list of sponsors of that draft resolution was a result of…
Turkey voted against the draft resolution contained in document A/63/L.42, entitled “Oceans and law of the sea”, under sub-item (a) of agenda item 70. I would like to stress that the reasons that have prevented Turkey from becoming party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea remain …
As Turkey aligns itself with the French statement on behalf of the European Union, I shall be brief.
Although we had a turbulent start this year in the Middle East, the ensuing developments proved, once again, the resilience of the region. We now have reasons to look ahead with optimism. The prospe…
I would like to begin by thanking the President for convening this joint meeting which provides a very timely opportunity to reflect on the activities of the Security Council as well as on the Council’s ongoing process of reform.
I would also like to express our appreciation to Ambassador Jorge Urb…
I extend my heartfelt
greetings to all. We are gathered here today to consider one of the most sensitive issues facing our world. I am greatly honoured to be able to address the Assembly from this rostrum on the interfaith dialogue initiated by my brother, His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia. It i…
