S/PV.6200 Security Council

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2009/530, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Turkey, Uganda, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Uruguay and Viet Nam. I wish to draw the attention of participants to document S/2009/439, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided.

There were fifteen votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1892 (2009). I now give the floor to the representative of Haiti.

My delegation has asked for the floor simply to congratulate you, Sir, and to thank the Secretary- General for his report on the situation in Haiti (S/2009/530) and the Council for the resolution it has just adopted. The adoption of this resolution confirms once again the sustained commitment of the Security Council and the international community to my country. On this occasion, we should like to reiterate the heartfelt sorrow of the people and Government of Haiti and of its Permanent Mission to the United Nations following the terrible plane crash of Friday, 9 October 2009, that claimed the lives of 11 valorous, talented and dedicated peacemakers from Uruguay and Jordan. They laid down their lives in the line of duty in Haiti under the auspices of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. We bow humbly before their remains and offer our prayers and words of comfort to their Government, family members, parents, friends, loved ones and colleagues in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The loss of these soldiers of peace will not have been in vain. They carried out a just and righteous fight, and earned a place in our collective memory.

The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter.