We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report.
As much as I very much like Ambassador Churkin, it is an honour to have you, Foreign Minister Lavrov, in the Chair today. We thank you for convening this important meeting of the Security Council, and we welcome especially Russia’s initiative…
From the outset of our work together on the Conference and on a modalities draft resolution for it, the United States has been very clear about the importance that we attach to the Conference as a way to hear the voices of developing countries on how the financial crisis is impacting their developme…
I want to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Council and to underscore our eagerness to work closely with you in the month ahead. I also want to thank Ambassador Heller for his truly exceptional leadership of the Council last month during a challenging period. We are very grate…
The United States fully supports the Secretary-General and Ambassador Christopher Ross in their efforts to find a peaceful, sustainable and mutually agreed solution to the Western Sahara conflict. This conflict has gone on for too long. These ongoing strains, as well as poor relations between Morocc…
We are very pleased that the Council has unanimously adopted the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS). The Council’s vote reflects its unwavering support for the work of the United Nations in Southern Sudan. It also reflects the Council’s continued belief that th…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and Foreign Minister Espinosa for your leadership in hosting today’s very important debate. I want to begin by also thanking the Foreign Minister for her very timely comments on Mexico’s handling of the swine flu crisis. Here in the
United States our hearts are w…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this
important debate. It will serve as a useful follow-up to a related meeting organized by the delegation of Burkina Faso last September (see S/PV.5979). I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/189) and for h…
I want to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his excellent leadership of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and to welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/129) of 6 March 2009. I also want to extend my th…
My delegation would like to comment on the reports of the Internal Justice Council concerning the appointment of the three ad litem judges to the United Nations Dispute Tribunal. We are concerned that the appointment of those judges, as recommended by the Internal Justice Council, has been unnecessa…
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing and by welcoming the Permanent Representative of Israel and the representative of the Palestinian Authority.
The Under-Secretary-General has given us much to consider, and at the outset I would like to discuss the humanit…
I, too, would like to welcome back to the Council President Tadić and Foreign Minister Hyseni, as well as to thank them for sharing their perspectives on the region with us today. I would also like to welcome Special Representative Zannier and to express our support for his ongoing work to reconfigu…
I, too, would like to welcome Foreign Minister Omaar to the Council and to thank him for his comments. My Government congratulates him and other members of the unity Government and assures them of our cooperation and support. I would also like to welcome Special Representative Ould Abdallah and to t…
I would like to thank the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) for its briefing this afternoon.
We have all just heard a truly troubling report: a depiction of a crisis created by one man that threatens the lives more than one and a half million men, women and children. The…
I would like to join others in welcoming Special Representative Eide to the Council today and to thank him for his briefing. My Government would like to express its deep gratitude to him for his efforts to help stabilize Afghanistan. His leadership and commitment remain critical to the implementatio…
I wish to begin, Sir, by welcoming you as the new Permanent Representative of Libya and congratulating you on your assumption of the Chair as President of the Council for this month.
I also want to thank Prime Minister Prodi for his leadership and to thank the other members of the African Union-Uni…
I thank Ambassador Takasu for his report as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We are grateful for the
leadership that he has shown in the opening months of his term as Chairman.
Today marks the Security Council’s first meeting on Iran since …
I, too, would like to welcome Minister Dora Bakoyannis, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to the Council today. I would like to thank her for her overview of the priorities of the OSCE under Greece’s leadership. As a member of the OSCE, the Unit…
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/102) and Special Representative Staffan de Mistura and his staff for their exceptional service and performance every day in Iraq.
I also want to thank Ambassador Al Bayati of Iraq for his important remarks and to congratulate his G…
I am particularly pleased that we are joined today by President José Ramos-Horta. We very much welcome his very thoughtful and comprehensive statement to the Council. We also appreciate the Secretary-General’s presence and his comprehensive statement.
We are very heartened to see the progress that …
Congratulations, Mr. President, on your assumption of the leadership of the Security Council. We would also like again to thank our colleagues from France for their very able leadership of the Council last month.
The United States welcomes the appointment of Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg as the E…
