I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate of the Security Council, and congratulate you and South Africa on the leadership you have shown in guiding the work of the Council for this month. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2008/258) and the Director for her i…
Let me join other Council members in thanking Under-Secretary- General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in Iraq and his introduction of the Secretary-General’s report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for
Iraq (UNAMI) (S/2008/266). We also thank Mr. Khalilzad for his update on t…
On behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the delegation of South Africa on your effective leadership of the work of the Council this month. We highly appreciate your initiative to hold a debate on this important topic, and I am confident that, unde…
My delegation associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
In reviewing the progress made at the halfway point towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we sincerely recognize th…
I would first like to thank the Secretary-General for transmitting the report entitled “Improving global road safety” (A/62/257) to the General Assembly for consideration. I would also like to thank the World Health Organization (WHO) for preparing this report in consultation with partners of the Un…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his presence here today and for his address to the Council. Among other things, the Secretary-General has addressed a concern that we share about the continuing violence. He has also emphasized the need for continued…
Terrorism is a concern shared by the entire membership of the United Nations and the international community at large. My delegation supported your decision, Mr. President, to organize this open debate, as a result of our understanding that broad participation by United Nations Member States in this…
I join others in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate. At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/159). I wo…
As a responsible party to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Viet Nam attaches great importance to all three major pillars of the NPT: non- proliferation of nuclear weapons; respect for the rights of all parties to development, research, production and use of nuclear energy fo…
First, I would like to thank Ambassador Nelson Santos, Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste, for his statement. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing on the situation following the attacks on the President and the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, an…
Once again, the Security Council is meeting to discuss an emergency situation created by the unilateral declaration of independence by the province of Kosovo from the Republic of Serbia. I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his report on the situation. I also thank His Excellency Mr. Boris Tad…
The delegation of Viet Nam is pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this important debate of the Security Council. Your presence attests to the importance that Panama attaches to the work of this body, which is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. We look forward to co…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and wishes to highlight some issues of concern to us.
Climate change has become one of mankind’s greatest and most pressing challenges in recent decades. …
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Envoy Eliasson and Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for their informative briefings to the Council. Our thanks go also to Mrs. Ratsifandrihamanana for her presence and for her briefing to the Council this morning. I am sure that those briefings have been …
First of all, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine.
Building upon the momentum generated by the Arab Peace Initiative and the Annapolis conference, which were hailed by the international commun…
The convening of this emergency meeting of the Security Council is necessary and timely in response to the urgent humanitarian situation in the occupied Gaza Strip. I thank you, Mr. President, for the efforts undertaken in your capacity as President of the Council to make this meeting happen. I also…
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) (S/2008/19). I thank the Secretary…
First of all, on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I would like to express our warmest greetings to the President of the General Assembly. We wish him every success in his noble task of contributing to the implementation of the
Convention on the Rights of the Child and of the Declaration contain…
On behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I wish to express our high appreciation to Ambassador Badji of Senegal and Ambassador Bodini of San Marino for their dedicated efforts to the revitalization of the General Assembly.
My delegation also wants to support the statement made earlier by the represe…
First of all, my delegation would like to thank His Excellency Ambassador R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa, President of the Security Council for November, for his informative presentation on the work of the Council over the 12 months of the reporting period. We also highly appreciate the efforts to move fo…
