I would like to thank Special Representative Pronk for his briefing here today and to thank the Secretary-General for his report dated 12 September 2006 (S/2006/728). That report shows that the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and the wider United Nations system have played a key role in …
I want to thank Under-Secretary-General Egeland for his informative briefing on the current state of humanitarian affairs across the African continent, and
particularly on his recent trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda and southern Sudan. We are grateful to Mr. Egeland for…
In order that the record is clear on what we are doing here, I would just briefly like to make a few remarks, starting with the reading of the letters that we have sent to you, Mr. President, in your capacity as President of the Security Council, and that bring us to this important vote today.
The …
As requested by the Security Council in resolutions 1546 (2004) and 1637 (2005), I am pleased to report on behalf of the 29 countries making up the Multinational Forces-Iraq
(MNF-I) on the Force’s progress towards fulfilling its mandate.
This most recent reporting period coincides with the first 9…
The United States welcomes new Special Representative Rücker to the Council. We are pleased that Mr. Rücker has been appointed by the Secretary-General to lead the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) at this critical time. Mr. Rücker has done an admirable job as the Head …
The United States, as host country, wishes to express its deepest regrets at the passing of Tongan King Taufa’ahaù Tupou IV. The United States conveys its condolences to King George Tupou V, who has succeeded his father, and to Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho, other members of the royal family, and the peo…
The Russian Federation, France and the United States of America, as the co-Chair countries of the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), remain committed to promoting a peaceful, negotiated resolution of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict. In that capacity, we take…
We are pleased that the Security Council has taken this important step in adopting resolution 1706 (2006). It is imperative that we move immediately to implement it fully to stop the tragic events unfolding in Darfur. Every day we delay only adds to the suffering of the Sudanese people and extends t…
I, too would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Gambari for his briefing.
It has been 11 days since the passage of resolution 1701 (2006). We believe this resolution is an important step forward and, when fully implemented, that it will help lay the foundation for lasting peace in the region. Th…
We thank Mr. Martin for his presentation and would like to express our appreciation for his efforts to bring about reconciliation in Timor-Leste. We also welcome Foreign Minister Gutteres to today’s proceedings.
The recommendations of the Secretary-General take a comprehensive and detailed approach…
I am pleased to join all here today to support this important draft resolution. We have been brought to this day by the good faith and the hard work of many in the international community. I especially want to thank you, Secretary-General Annan. I want to thank French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy f…
My delegation warmly welcomes you, Sir, and the other ministers here to New York and to the United States. I join others in commending you on this useful initiative
of exchanging ideas in the Council on the topic of peace consolidation in West Africa.
I also wish to add my thanks to Special Repres…
Four months have passed since the Security Council called upon Iran to fully and verifiably suspend its nuclear programmes, and nearly two months have passed since the European Union three (EU-3) plus three made its generous offer, inviting Iran to enter into negotiations and avoid further Security …
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting today and for your leadership on this issue. I wish also to thank the Secretary-General; the Special Representative on children and armed conflict, Ms. Coomaraswamy; and UNICEF head Ann Veneman for the energy they have devoted to a…
Mr. President, I wish to thank you for having convened this important meeting. This month’s meeting takes on far greater salience in the light of the rapidly unfolding events in the Middle East.
The United States remains unequivocal in its commitment to working with others to build a foundation for…
I wish to thank the President for the opportunity to speak to the important issue of Security Council reform and expansion.
The United States supports expansion of the Security Council, but change must be far more than simply change for its own sake. Changes should be designed to increase the effec…
In recent days and weeks, we have seen an outbreak of violence in the Middle East, sparked by attacks and kidnappings which Hamas and Hizbollah carried out against Israel. Events continue to develop even as we speak. Hizbollah’s incursions across the Blue line on 12 July were a deliberate and premed…
We are all aware of the delicate situation in the Middle East, where new and major developments are unfolding as we speak.
In the light of the fluid and volatile nature of events on the ground, the United States believes that this draft resolution was not only untimely but already outmoded. We have…
We have before us a document that authorizes implementation of a number of proposed measures recommended by the Secretary-General in his detailed report on investing in the United Nations (A/60/692). These changes, while long overdue, represent positive first steps towards the achievement of the typ…
Thank you, Mr. President, for the tremendous effort that you and your colleagues made on behalf of all of us over the last several weeks.
As the Assembly knows, my delegation dissociated itself from consensus on this matter in the Fifth Committee. We do so again here tonight, and our remarks can be…
