The peace process in the Middle East is at a delicate and critical juncture. There is an urgent need for practical steps to be taken on the ground towards the resumption of negotiations. Uganda voted in favour of resolution 64/254 because we are convinced that the international community should enco…
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his important statement and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, for his focused and helpful briefing.
The ho…
We join previous speakers in welcoming the Deputy Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, José Guterres, and we thank him for his statement. We welcome and congratulate Ms. Haq on her appointment as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative to Timor-Leste and Head of the United Nations Integrated Missio…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate. I would like to thank the Secretary-General, the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support for their useful statements, as well as the Special Representatives of the Secreta…
My delegation also welcomes to the Council His Excellency Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. We congratulate him on his assumption of the chairmanship of the OSCE a…
I thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
The pea…
I wish to start by welcoming His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and to thank him for his statement. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for…
Let me begin by conveying our heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the Government and people of Haiti, as well as the United Nations, on the tragic loss of life, casualties and destruction following the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Our prayers and solidarity go to the families of the victims.
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I congratulate you, Sir, and delegation of China upon your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of January and salute Ambassador Kafando and the delegation of Burkina Faso for their leadership of the Council in December. Let me also take this opportunity to welcome the new membe…
Uganda voted in favour of resolution 1907 (2009). Uganda is interested in and committed to playing a constructive role in the prevention, mediation and resolution of conflicts in Africa.
In its decision taken at the thirteenth summit held in Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, from 1 to 3 July 2009, the…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. Your presence is clear testimony to the importance you and your country, Burkina Faso, attach to the need to urgently address the threat to international peace and security associated with drug trafficking. I also thank the Sec…
We thank Mr. Moreno- Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his report and for his comprehensive briefing.
The establishment of the African Union Panel of eminent persons, headed by President Mbeki, and the submission of their report of findings and recommendations on 8 O…
I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I assure you of our full support and cooperation. In the same breath, I would like to salute Ambassador Mayr-Harting for the very able manner in which he and his country presided over the Co…
I wish to thank Ambassador Muñoz, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for presenting the report of the PBC (S/2009/444) and for his outstanding leadership of the Commission. We commend him and we commend the respective Chairs of the country-specific configurations and of the Working G…
We thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his comprehensive briefing. We also welcome His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his statement.
Uganda commends the High Representative for…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Ould Abdallah, for his briefing this morning, and I welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Somalia, Mr. Duale, in today’s Council meeting.
One of the many negative consequences of the conflict in Soma…
Thank you for organizing this joint briefing, Mr. President. We thank Ambassador Vilović, Chairman of the 1373 Committee, Ambassador Urbina, Chairman of the 1540 Committee, and you, Mr. President, in your capacity as Chairman of the 1267 Committee, for your insightful briefings.
Uganda welcomes the…
We thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate on the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict. We also thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon; the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes; and the Depu…
Uganda, as President of the Security Council for the month of July 2009, was responsible for the preparation of the introduction of the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, as you stated, Sir, in your introductory remarks. In preparing the draft introduction, we relied main…
Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate. I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for presenting the report of the Secretary- General (S/2009/470). I recognize the presence of Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra. Let me also thank the representative of th…
