We thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the situation in Somalia as well as the recommendations on actions that the international community could take to resolve the conflict, as detailed in the Secretary- General’s report (S/2008/709).
The report by the Secretary-General, co…
We reiterate our position on what we view as the regular working methods of the Security Council with regard to addressing the situation in Western Sahara. Our view is based on our experience as a non-permanent of the Security Council for the last two years. We would also like to reiterate our view …
We supported resolution 1843 (2008), which was just adopted, because we, too, feel that the situation in the eastern Congo, particularly around the city of Goma, is deteriorating very fast. The humanitarian situation is becoming more dire all the time. While we are pleased with the increase in the n…
We thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this meeting. We would like to align ourselves with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Mauritius in his capacity as Chairman of the African Group. We would also like to commend the President of the Security Council …
My delegation joins in welcoming you, Sir, to New York and thanks the delegation of Costa Rica for organizing this debate today. Your presence in New York is a clear demonstration of your commitment to the issues we are discussing today, particularly the maintenance of international peace and securi…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his briefing on the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). We also thank the representative of the United States, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, for briefing us on the acti…
I would like to thank the Chairmen of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1540 (2004) for their informative briefings. My delegation is pleased to note the improvements with regard to the coordination of the work of the three C…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Brazil, France, Indonesia, Norway, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand.
Mr. Tommo Monthe (Cameroon), Vice-President, took the Chair.
In Oslo in March 2007, the ministers for foreign affairs of the aforementioned countries drew attention to th…
May I begin by thanking Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Inés Alberdi, of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, and Ms. Sarah Taylor, of the NGO …
May I begin by associating my delegation with the statements delivered by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
On New Year’s Eve 2009, we will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the C…
South Africa would also like to congratulate the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the Agency’s annual report (see A/63/276) for 2007. The report shows that the Agency’s activities are still relevant and vital to enhancing the use of nuclear energy for economic an…
Allow me to begin by welcoming the presence of President Guelleh in the Council, together with his delegation, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Djibouti. We thank the President of Djibouti for his statement. We also appreciate having heard from our colleague, the ambassador of Eritrea.
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Allow me to express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission.
We would also like to thank the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission’s Organizational Committee, His Excellency Ambassador Yukio Takasu, representative …
We, too, join in welcoming Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and thank him for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2008/617). We also welcome the Ambassador of Afghanistan, Mr. Zahir Tanin, and thank him for h…
My delegation wishes to thank Mr. Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Mr. Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), for their statements introducing the reports of their respective Tribunals.
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Let me join others in expressing gratitude to the President for convening this important debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its second session (A/63/92). South Africa aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
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My delegation will vote in favour of draft resolution A/63/L.2. The International Court of Justice is an organ of this Organization and my delegation has full confidence that its decision will be important and inclusive of all opinions. While it may be true that 48 countries have recognized Kosovo, …
My delegation too wishes to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/628). We also thank the Permanent Representative of Brazil, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, for briefing the Council on recent developments as they relate to the activities of…
South Africa voted for the draft resolution because we also agree that the acts of piracy on the Somali coast have continued unabated, and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia has also issued a call for the international community to help in countering the problem. Because the Transitional…
My delegation and I join in expressing our congratulations to you, Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session, and we hope you have a very successful and rewarding term at the helm of this body. We express our gratitude to His E…
