I welcome His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his statement. I also welcome Ambassador Valentin Inzko, High Representative and European Union (EU) Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his…
It is a pleasure for me to report on the leg of the Security Council mission to Africa that covered the meetings at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa. It was a pleasure for me to co-lead that segment with my colleague, Ambassador John Sawers, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom.…
Uganda welcomes the comprehensive briefings by the three Chairmen of the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council. Terrorism and proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons and their means of delivery remain a danger to international peace and security. These are matters that this Co…
I would just like to say that we salute everybody for supporting the British- sponsored resolution on Somalia, as well as to say that the African Union would like to see the Council take even stronger measures against those elements who are sponsoring rebellion and terrorist activities in Somalia. A…
My delegation welcomes you, Mr. President, the Secretary-General and the Ministers present here to this debate on the Middle East. We thank you for organizing this debate at this time and at this level. It is a clear testimony to the commitment of the Security Council and of the international commun…
We welcome Ms. Karin Landgren and thank her for her briefing on the latest developments in Nepal, especially regarding the peace process. The latest events in Nepal, leading to the resignation of the Prime Minister, events which other members have mentioned, have caused a great deal of concern to my…
I want to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month and also to congratulate Ambassador Heller on the excellent work he did as President of the Council last month.
On 7 April 2009 my delegation informed the Council that we would prepare and circulate …
My delegation voted in favour of renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year. But my delegation remains concerned about a number of issues in the human rights dimension raised in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/200 an…
We thank the Foreign Minister of Mexico for coming to New York to preside over this important meeting. We welcome the
Secretary-General’s comprehensive report (S/2009/158), which covers compliance and progress towards ending the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and other grave viol…
I wish to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on the mediation and settlement of disputes. It is an important follow-up to the high-level meeting on mediation and settlement of disputes in September last year (see S/PV.5979) during the presidency of Burkina Faso, wh…
I wish to start by thanking Mr. Hédi Annabi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), for his briefing.
Members may recall that the Security Council visited Haiti from 11 to 14 March, following the Secretary-General’s …
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on the Middle East.
Uganda welcomes the briefing by Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, which we believe presents an opportunity for United Nations Members to gauge overall progress and help focus on the way for…
I wish to welcome Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, to this debate and to thank him for his statement. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-
General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for h…
I join other colleagues in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Ould Abdallah, for his briefing. I also wish to welcome the Foreign Minister of Somalia and the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Mr. Lamamra, and thank them for their bri…
I join my colleagues in thanking Mr. Khalikov for the briefing that he has given on behalf of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. It is also good that a representative of the Government of the Sudan is present to give us the Sudan’s point of view.
The humanitarian situation in …
I wish to thank Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for his comprehensive, down-to-earth and compelling briefing on the situation in Afghanistan.
It will be recalled that during his l…
I wish, Sir, to welcome you and to congratulate you upon assuming the post of Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the presidency of the Security Council. I also wish to thank you for organizing this important debate, which has given the wider United Nations membership an oppor…
I join my colleagues in welcoming the statement made by the Foreign Minister of Greece. I am happy that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has been working closely with the United Nations system and would like to see that regional organization also
working more closely w…
Uganda welcomes the holding of this open debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the briefing by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq and head of UNAMI. We also welcome the briefing by the Permanent Representative of Iraq.
Fro…
I join other speakers in thanking the Secretary-General for his statement to the Council this morning. I also wish to welcome to the Council the President of Timor-Leste and thank him for his comprehensive address.
The comments of the Secretary-General as well as those of President Ramos-Horta poin…
