Rwanda congratulates the Niger on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I thank President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their progress reports and detailed briefings. We commend them for their continued efforts in the execution of the mandate of the International Resid…
My delegation thanks you very much, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting for the consideration by the General Assembly of draft resolution A/76/L.8/Rev.1, entitled “Follow- up to the report of the Secretary-General entitled ‘Our Common Agenda’”. I have the honour to introduce the draft resol…
Rwanda congratulates the Republic of Kenya and you, Madam President, for Kenya’s presidency of the Security Council during this month and, more importantly, for organizing today’s very important Council debate on supporting the renewed commitment of the countries of the Great Lakes region in seekin…
I would like to start by thanking President Carmel Agius for his very useful briefing about the activities of the International
Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and the court’s continued efforts in the pursuit of justice for the victims of the genocide. Rwanda welcomes today’s briefing and…
I thank President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their progress reports and detailed briefings. We commend them for their continued efforts in the execution of the mandate of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. We appreciate the good cooperation existing between the Mech…
Rwanda aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Costa Rica on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect, to which Rwanda belongs.
It is fitting that we are gathered here once again to discuss the responsibility to protect and the prevention of genoci…
It is my distinct honour to introduce the pre-recorded statement by His Excellency Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, during the general debate of the seventy- fifth session of the General Assembly.
This high-level midterm review of the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014-2024 comes at an
important time. Five years into the implementation of the Programme of Action, there are just 10 years left of the decade of action and to …
Rwanda aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Tunisia on behalf of the Group of African States.
Not long after the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted, in 1989, the world witnessed one of the worst episodes in human history — the 1994 genocide agai…
First of all, I too would like to thank President Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf and his team at The Hague for their comprehensive report on the work of the International Court of Justice in the past year (A/74/4). The publication by the Court of its work is highly commendable and useful. Rwanda would also l…
I would also like to join Council members in thanking the Russian Federation for having convened this important debate on United Nations peacekeeping operations.
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his comprehensive briefing, which once again highl…
First and foremost, I congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and assure you of my delegation’s full support.
I thank Judge Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their reports (S/2019/417, annexes I and II) and briefings today. We congratulate Judge Agi…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African
States on a topic that is important to our Group. I will begin with a brief historical overview of the centrality of multilateralism and diplomacy for Africa.
We know that centuries before the colonization of Africa, dip…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States.
We align ourselves with the statement to be delivered later by the observer of the Observer State of Palestine on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The African Group congratulates the International Labour Orga…
I congratulate Equatorial Guinea on its very productive presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s open debate, which is of the utmost importance to Africa, as it should be to the Security Council. I also thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretar…
Mr. President, I thank you, Sir, and Côte d’Ivoire for organizing today’s debate. Since the beginning of Côte d’Ivoire’s presidency last week, this is the third debate you have organized and the third time I am addressing the Council this month. It is a testament both to your productive presidency a…
I would like to thank the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, the Secretary-General and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States for their briefings.
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I once again congratulate Côte d’Ivoire on its presidency of the Security Counci…
The delegation of Rwanda joins other delegations in conveying its heartfelt condolences and those of our Government to the Government and the people of the United States of America on the passing of President George H. W. Bush. His memory and exemplary qualities have been extolled here by several de…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, and Bolivia on your presidency of the Security Council this month, and I thank you for organizing today’s debate. It is not a surprise that Bolivia has chosen the theme “Promoting the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda and sustaining peace th…
Through you, Madam President, I should like very sincerely to thank Sweden for having convened this very timely and salient debate. The personal participation of His Excellency your Prime Minister in the debate on this issue places this issue at the highest political level, which is the level at whi…
