I have the honour to speak on behalf of the member States of the
Southern African Development Community (SADC): Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Seychelles, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbab…
We thank you, Sir, for allowing us to participate and share our views on the important issue of strengthening the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union (AU), at today’s open meeting. I also take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. P…
Mr. President, we thank you for allowing us to participate in today’s open meeting and to share our views on the situation in Timor-Leste. We especially welcome the presence of the President of Timor-Leste, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, at today’s debate. My delegation is also grateful to the Secretary-Gene…
We thank you, Mr. President, for holding this emergency meeting this evening. The presence of the Secretary-General at this meeting is a clear indication of how dire the situation is in the Gaza Strip. The violence over the past few days in Gaza and in southern Israel has worsened to such an extent …
Allow me to welcome the Foreign Ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium to this meeting. We also welcome the Ambassador of Rwanda, who has joined us.
We welcome the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MON…
At the outset, I should like to welcome the convening of this important event, which offers us an opportunity to broaden and deepen the discussion on microcredit and microfinance, as well as inclusive financial sectors.
We are mindful of the fact that the General Assembly designated the year 2005 a…
Two days ago, this Council, after almost five years, finally adopted a resolution on the situation between Palestine and Israel. At that meeting, my delegation acknowledged that the resolution that we adopted was not perfect because it ignored many significant issues that this Council must address. …
My delegation is indeed honoured to participate in this important debate and wishes to acknowledge the presence of the ministers who are with us in the Council Chamber today. We also welcome the presence of the Secretary- General and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia with his delegation.
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We too thank you, Sir, for organizing this ministerial meeting on the situation in the Middle East. We warmly welcome the Secretary of State of the United States, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom and the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of C…
For the past two years, I have had the honour to serve as the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia and the Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa.
Regarding the 751 Committee on Somalia, t…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to congratulate Judge Patrick Robinson on his election as President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and to thank him for his statement to the Council. I also wish to thank Judge Dennis Byron, President of the Internatio…
At the outset, we welcome the President of the Republic of Croatia and thank him for presiding over this meeting.
I would like to express South Africa’s appreciation for the convening of this important debate on terrorism. It comes at a time when we have witnessed terrorist attacks in various parts…
My delegation joins others in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and High Representative Ambassador Lajčák to the Security Council. We thank them both for their reports before the Council.
As stated on previous occasions, Sout…
South Africa would like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports under agenda item 70, “Oceans and the law of the sea”, as contained in documents A/63/63 and Add.1, as well as for the study contained in document A/63/342. We also wish to express our gratitude to the coordinator on the omnibus …
Allow me also to thank Mr. Holmes for his briefing and to welcome our colleague, the Permanent Representative of Chad, to this meeting.
I think that other speakers have made it clear that we support the humanitarian workers, who are really the face of the United Nations on the ground, and we worry …
Thank you, Mr. President, for being generous enough to give me the floor. I just wanted to make a clarification. I thank the Prosecutor, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, very much for his clarification.
The only issue I wanted to make clear is that we are the Security Council. We are not lawyers. We are not pros…
We thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting upon the request of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to discuss the incident in which the Libyan vessel Al-Marwa, which was headed for the port of Gaza, was prevented from delivering aid by naval vessels of the State of Israel. My delegation regrets that huma…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the Chair for the month of December and assuring you of my delegation’s support. Allow me also to thank the Ambassador of Costa Rica for his sterling work in presiding over the Council during November. I also wish to express th…
My delegation welcomes the comprehensive briefing made by Mr. Doss, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General. We also welcome the participation of the Foreign Minister of Belgium and the Permanent Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in this debate.
We cont…
Yesterday, the United Nations commemorated the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. It is a day that we recall the plight of a people that for more than 60 years have struggled for their inalienable rights for self-determination. On this day, we also recall the hardships expe…
