First of all, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I thank Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Ms. Susana Malcorra, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, for their presentations and introduction of some preliminary find…
On 14 January, in this Chamber, the Security Council held an open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Fewer than six months have passed since then. Our presence here today to discuss the same topic for the second time within such a short span is clear evidence of the importance …
I wish to join others in welcoming you to the Council once again, Mr. President, as well as to thank you for personally chairing today’s meeting. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Staffan de Mistura for his briefing on the situation in Iraq and the work of the United Natio…
At the outset, I would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, to today’s meeting of the Security Council, and thank him for sharing his perspectives on the situation in Kosovo with us. I acknowledge the presence of Mr. Skender Hyseni a…
At the outset, I wish to reconfirm the commitment and determination of the Government of Viet Nam to implement the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. I also thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting and the Secretary-General and the …
Viet Nam consistently supports resolving conflicts and disputes by means of peaceful negotiations, in accordance with international law. As we desire a realistic solution based upon consideration of the legitimate interests of all of the parties concerned, the draft technical extension resolution, a…
As a party to all major multilateral treaties on nuclear disarmament, including and especially the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Viet Nam is faithful to the objective of non-proliferation of nuclear
weapons, considering it t…
I begin by welcoming the participation of Her Excellency Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone, in today’s Council meeting, and thanking her for her statement. I also thank Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, head of the United Nations Integrated
Peacebuilding Office i…
First of all, on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, and the Turkish delegation on your assumption this month of Turkey’s first presidency of the Council. In discharging your important task, you and your delegation can rely on the fullest cooperation of the…
I would like to start by congratulating Mr. Valentin Inzko for his assumption of his position as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and wishing him every success in his important work. We thank him for his comprehensive report (see S/2009/246) and insightful briefing before the Council t…
I should like to start by thanking Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Ambassador Jorge Urbina for their very comprehensive briefings on the work of the 1267 Committee, the 1373 Committee and the 1540 Committee over the past six months and for their continued cooperation. We …
On behalf of the Government of Viet Nam, I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, and the Government of the Russian Federation for taking the initiative of organizing this important debate of the Council. We welcome the presence of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and thank him for his sta…
Let me join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for the month of May. You may rest assured, as always, of our full support and cooperation. We wish also to congratulate Ambassador Claude Heller and the Mexican delegation and to thank them for their exce…
Let me join other speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on a very important topic. I also wish to thank France for its successful chairmanship of the Working Group on Children and
Armed Conflict and congratulate Mexico on its assumption of the chairmanship of that …
The Vietnamese delegation thanks you, Sir, and the Mexican presidency for taking the initiative of holding this debate of the Council on the important topic of mediation and the settlement of disputes. I thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing.
We align ourselves wi…
Allow me first of all, Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, to extend to you and the Mexican delegation our congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. You can rest assured of my delegation’s full cooperation. I also wish to extend warm congratulations to Am…
I join others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing. I welcome and thank the delegations of Palestine and Israel for their participation in this debate of the Council. We align ourselves with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Cuba on beha…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) over the past four months. I also thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his important briefing in that connectio…
I thank the Secretary-General for his two reports (S/2009/132 and S/2009/146) which focus respectively on the security and piracy situations in Somalia. I also thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah for his detailed briefing. I welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Minist…
We thank Mr. Rashid Khalikov of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for his briefing.
We are concerned about the worsening humanitarian situation and rising security threats in Darfur, in the Sudan. In conflict areas, civilians become the most vulnerable group, whether in Afghan…
