I wish to congratulate you, Sir, and the delegation of Pakistan on ably discharging the responsibilities of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We thank you for organizing this important debate focused on a multidimensional approach to United Nations peacekeeping. I also thank the…
Uganda joins other delegations in congratulating Mr. Jeremić on his election as President of this body. My delegation has full confidence in his ability to steer our deliberations, and he can count on our support. I also wish to commend Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser for his effective leadership dur…
On behalf of my delegation, I wish to convey Uganda’s appreciation for the efforts of His Excellency Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski, Permanent Representative of Canada and facilitator of the consultations of the third biennial review of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
Uganda contin…
I thank the President for organizing today’s debate on the important issue before us. Uganda welcomes the increasing interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union as highlighted in the report of the Secretary-General (A/66/770).
Our deliberations on …
The delegation of Uganda would have preferred that this matter be resolved through further consultations. That is why we abstained in the first vote. We would like to clarify that our voting against the proposed amendment was on the basis of the participation of those non-governmental organizations …
Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, and the delegation of the United Kingdom on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I thank you for organizing this important and timely open debate on the situation in Somalia. I also thank the Secretary- General and his Special Repre…
I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, and the delegation of South Africa on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I also thank you for organizing this important and timely briefing on Somalia.
On behalf of the Government of Uganda, I would like to th…
Uganda has been part of the decisions taken by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Union concerning the situation in Somalia and the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea. Uganda remains committed to those decisions and hopes that the Security Council will res…
Uganda joins other delegations in congratulating Mr. Al-Nasser on his election to the presidency of this body. My delegation has confidence in his ability to steer our deliberations to a successful conclusion. I wish to pay tribute to Mr. Joseph Deiss for his effective stewardship of the work of the…
I stand here on behalf of my President, His Excellency Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is unable to be here because of prior commitments.
My delegation welcomes the convening of this meeting to review the global HIV/AIDS response, including our commitment to universal access to HIV prevention, care…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his informative briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. I welcome the participation in this meeting of the Afghan Permanent Representati…
Like other Member States that have withdrawn candidatures, Uganda has sent a note to the Secretariat that we had thought would have been communicated to the General Assembly. That letter informed the Secretariat of Uganda’s withdrawal of the candidature of Mr. Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko. Neverthele…
Uganda voted for resolution 1964 (2010) and welcomes its adoption by
the Security Council. We welcome the Council’s positive response to the African Union’s request to increase the strength of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which will enhance its capacity to carry out its mandate. W…
Maybe someone else could have a different take on it, but I do not know whether it is satisfactory. Some of us in the plenary are not members of the Second Committee and we may not necessarily be familiar with what goes on in the Second Committee and its traditions. So, maybe we need somebody who is…
I think that something has been lost in translation. Mr. President, you seemed to have mentioned that the Second Committee adopted the resolution without a vote, but the English version of your notes says that “the Second Committee adopted it”. We do not know whether that was without a vote or with …
Uganda has served as Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa for the past two years. The Working Group, in accordance with its mandate, reviewed and considered issues that affect the Council’s work on conflict prevention and resolution in Africa, and that st…
I thank you, Madame President, for organizing this important debate. I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Margot Wallström, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and the Military Adv…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Le Roy and the Chairman of the Secretary-General’s Panel on the Referenda in the Sudan, His Excellency President Benjamin Mkapa, for their comprehensive briefings. I also thank the representatives of the Government of the Sudan, Mr. Mutrif Siddiq, and of the Sudan Pe…
I thank Vice President Biden for organizing and presiding over this high-level meeting. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing, as well as Foreign Minister of Iraq Hoshyar Zebari for his good statement.
The resolutions (resolutions 1956 (2010), 1957 (2010) and 1958 (2010)) that…
I thank you, Madame President, for convening this meeting, and I congratulate you and your delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December. I also thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for its outstanding work in leading the Council during the month of N…
