Allow me to start by welcoming Ambassador Tanin’s reappointment as facilitator of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. We thank him for all his efforts to make his working paper on reform more concise and pragmatic. In that spirit, we welcome the establishment of an advisor…
I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Yemen, the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for their statements. Their joint presence in the Council shows that the method we have followed in Yemen was the right one. The United Nations ha…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing, as well as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivan Mrkić, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, Mr. Enver Hoxhaj, for their statements.
The Security Council is meeti…
Today we mark the tenth anniversary of the attack against the Canal Hotel. Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, lost his life there, as did 21 other United Nations staff. Like preceding speakers have done, I too would like to pay tribute to all of those who ha…
Madam President, I would like to thank you for convening today’s debate, and to welcome all the ministers and other representatives who spoke before me. I would also like to welcome the new Permanent Representative of the United States, even if my time here at the United Nations has been brief. Fina…
