First, I would like to express our gratitude to your delegation, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on an issue of high priority, as well as for the concept note (S/2015/845, annex) that you have prepared, which contains valuable guidance for our deliberations today. We also wish to than…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Ambassador Sylvie Lucas and welcome her as the new Chair for the intergovernmental negotiations. We are convinced that under her leadership we will be able to make progress in reaching consensus on this important issue.
My delegation reiterates its commit…
I would like to thank the President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Meron, and the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
(ICTR), Judge Joensen, for their excellent statemen…
