The delegation of the United States would like to commend the tremendous work of the outgoing Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission’s Organizational Committee, Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, and his staff at the Brazilian mission. Ambassador Patriota was instrumental in supporting post- conf…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely discussion. I also would like to thank the briefers for their participation today.
On this eleventh anniversary of the Canal Hotel bombing in Baghdad and as we mark the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the 1994 Convention on the Safety o…
Thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling today’s meeting and for initiating this very worthy mission by the Security Council. On behalf of Ambassador Power, let me thank
all Council members for contributing to a timely and constructive visit to South Sudan. Special thanks go out to Ambassador Gasan…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s sessions. I also thank Ambassadors Drobnjak and Patriota for their briefings. I would also like to thank the Permanent Mission of Croatia for its work in chairing the seventh session of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Organizational Committee.
Peac…
We would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his briefing and his leadership of the Committee. We appreciate his
efforts and those of the Committee to ensure that the Committee remains active in carrying out its important mandate.
The Council meets at a time when P5+1 talks on Iran’s nuclear prog…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for her briefing. We welcome Ms. Guebre Sellassie’s taking on of this critically important post and look forward to working with her. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report and his le…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting on the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). I would also like to thank UNODC Executive Director Fedotov for his thorough briefing and to welcome him back to the Council.
The World Drug Report 2011, rele…
I thank Mr. Zachary Muburi-Muita for his briefing this morning.
The United States recognizes the importance of and the challenges involved in forging effective partnerships to carry out peace and security missions in Africa. We thank both the United Nations and the African Union (AU) for their effo…
We join our colleagues in thanking Under-Secretary-General O’Brien for her thorough briefing this morning. The United States fully agrees with Under-Secretary- General O’Brien and Special Adviser Jack Lang that to address piracy effectively solutions must be found both on land and at sea, and that t…
Let me also thank the Government of France for hosting this important meeting on the stabilization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I also thank the Secretary-General for his insightful statement, and Minister Tshibanda for his candid remarks.
The United States is committed to working with …
The United States is honoured to participate in this important debate on Haiti. We would like to thank you personally, Mr. President, for your leadership at this meeting and for your efforts to sustain international attention to the situation in Haiti during Colombia’s presidency of the Security Cou…
I thank Ambassador Wittig for his briefing and his commitment to peacebuilding and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I also wish to thank Ambassador Gasana for his leadership this year, as well as the Chairs of the Peacebuilding Commission’s country- specific configurations, who facilitate the PBC…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this very important open debate and for seeking to bring a comprehensive perspective to the situation in Somalia. Let me also thank the Secretary-General for his informative briefing. I would also like to thank Prime Minister Mohamed of the Transitional Fede…
I thank Prime Minister Gusmão and Ambassador Haq for their briefings on Timor-Leste and the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haq for her dedicated leadership and commitment to solidifying peace in Timor-Leste.
The Uni…
