The General Assembly meets today to discuss the agenda item entitled “Question of Palestine” in yet another occasion to confirm the commitment of the international community to firmly supporting the Palestinian question, one that is just and in line with the purposes and principles of the Charter of…
I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for their important briefings on the latest developments in the Yemeni conflict. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent R…
First and foremost, I would like to thank the Chairs of the three subsidiary bodies of the Security Council for their briefings and commend their efforts over the past year.
As we heard in the Chairs’ briefings, terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction remain a serious threat …
On behalf of the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), concerning counter-terrorism, I have the honour to brief the Council on key aspects of the work of the Committee, supported by the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED).
The …
Despite the wide international support for the just cause of the Palestinian question and the Palestinian people’s demands for an end to Israel’s occupation of their territories and the restoration of their legitimate rights, chief among them their right to self-determination and the establishment o…
At the outset I would like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing and continuous efforts to strengthen the prospects for peace in the Middle East. We also thank the Secretary-General for his ongoing efforts to revitalize the peace process…
As this is the first briefing by Mr. Khan to the Security Council, we would like to join our colleagues in welcoming him and wish him and his team every success. I also thank him for the twenty-second report submitted pursuant to
resolution 1970 (2011). I welcome the presence of the Permanent Repre…
At the outset, it is my pleasure to once again congratulate Kenya on its successful presidency of the Security Council during the month of October. I also wish all the best to Mexico on assuming the presidency of the Council this month. I would like as well to welcome the representatives of the Euro…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the three African members of the Security Council — Kenya, the Niger and Tunisia — as well as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (A3+1).
I thank the former President of South Africa and Chair of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and wish him every success in his new tasks. We look forward to working with him to achieve comprehensive
and lasting peace in the brotherly country of Yemen. I also thank Ms. Mudawi and Ms.…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Hervé Lecoq for his valuable briefing on the developments in the situation of Bosnia Herzegovina. I also welcome the participation in this meeting of Ms. Bisera Turković, Deputy Chairperson of the Council of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosni…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her valuable briefing and her thirty-third report to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). I would also like to welcome the representative of the Sudan to today’s meeting. Since…
May I express my congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I assure you of my delegation’s complete cooperation for the success of our work. We also convey our sincere thanks to Ambassador Durrant and her entire team for the excellent work they carried out at …
I would like to welcome Mr. Kerim, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. His presence among us demonstrates the importance of the question under consideration today. Indeed, the violence on the border of Kosovo is threatening the
stability and ethnic balance…
I would like first of all to welcome the presence here of His Excellency Mr. Goran Svilanovic, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We listened with interest to his statement, and we believe it important to continue to make every effort to implement the relevant resolu…
I would like first of all to welcome Mr. Bernard Kouchner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo, to the Council and to thank him for his informative briefing on the evolution of the situation in Kosovo.
In recent weeks Kosovo has been engaged in intense activities that the …
First, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on having organized this briefing on the general elections that were held on 11 November in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I would also like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his clear and usefu…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for calling this meeting on the situation in Kosovo, and also to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his statement, which has brought us up to date regarding the latest events in the field.
I will be concentra…
I am delighted to congratulate you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to consider the situation in Kosovo. It is an opportunity for us to express our satisfaction for the results achieved by the Council mission. In fact, we find that the mission, thanks to the skill of Ambassador Chowdhury, …
