I, too, would like to thank Mr. Menkerios and President Mkapa for their statements and for their important work in the Sudan. I also thank Ambassador Osman and Mr. Deng Alor Kuol, Minister of Regional Cooperation of the Government of Southern Sudan, for their statements.
The announcement of the fin…
My delegation associates itself with previous speakers in thanking you, Madame, on convening this meeting on cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations.
Having heard the briefing of Baroness Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union…
Like previous speakers, I too would like to
thank Mr. Jack Lang, Special Adviser to the Secretary- General on Legal Issues Related to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, for his briefing. We are confident that his work will contribute to progress on this complex and sensitive question. We would also l…
at the outset, my delegation commends the initiative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to organize this debate on post-conflict peacebuilding, and more specifically on the reconstruction of institutional architecture in countries emerging form conflict. I would also like to express our gratitude to Secretar…
Allow me in turn to thank Under-Secretaries- General Mr. Le Roy and Ms. Amos, as well as the representative of Haiti, for their briefings.
My delegation remains concerned by the fact that, two and a half months after the announcement of the results of the first round of the presidential election, t…
First of all, let me begin by thanking Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
Our debate is taking place at a time when the peace process in the Middle East remains at an impasse. It should be remembered that this follows Israel’s lifting of the moratorium on J…
Allow me also to thank President Mkapa and Mr. Menkerios for their very detailed briefings on the recent consultative referendum on Southern Sudan.
I would like to comment briefly on the referendum, which took place in a peaceful atmosphere, as well as on the challenges that remain to be addressed …
Allow me in my turn to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Staffan de Mistura for the clarity and concision of his briefing on
the situation in Afghanistan. I take this opportunity to praise the courage, commitment and professionalism of Mr. De Mistura and his team in discharging …
My delegation thanks Ms. Ameerah Haq for her briefing on the activities of the United Nations Integration Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) during the period from 21 January to 20 September 2010. We are also grateful to the representative of Timor-Leste for her important statement.
My statement will p…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, for his substantial briefing on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
Unfortunately, our discussion is taking place at a time when the direct talks relaunched on 1…
I, too, thank Ambassador Mahiga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, for his introduction of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2010/447) on the latest developments in the political, security, humanitarian and human rights fields in Somalia. Permit me to also welcome the hon…
I would first like to thank your delegation, Madam President, for your initiative to convene this debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-
General, Mr. John Holmes and Ms. Pillay for their dynamic leadership on the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
The topic that bri…
I wish you every success in your presidency, Madam, and assure you of the support of my delegation. I also thank the delegation of Mexico for its successful presidency in June.
I shall be extremely brief. Allow me first to echo previous speakers in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, Presiden…
I, too, would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for the clarity of his introduction of the Secretary-General’s report
(S/2010/318) on developments in the situation in th…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to start by welcoming your presence in this debate and to congratulate your country on its initiative to allow the Security Council to again consider the issue of the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and …
At the outset, I would like to thank the
Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their respective briefings on assessing the implementation of measures taken by the Secretary- Ge…
Mr. Prime Minister, your presence at this meeting, which your country had the welcome initiative to convene and for which we express our gratitude, demonstrates once again Lebanon’s commitment to the fundamental values of dialogue, tolerance and peace. Intercultural dialogue is fundamental to the ma…
I too would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Haris Silajdžić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to thank him for his informative briefing. I would also like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the quality of the presentation of h…
Like speakers before me, I welcome the President of the Republic of Djibouti, His Excellency Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh, and thank him for his detailed briefing on the situation in the Horn of Africa, in particular the relations between his country and the neighbouring country of Eritrea. I am also gra…
In response to your appeal, Madam President, I shall try to summarize my statement; the complete text has been made available in the Council Chamber.
My country is particularly grateful to the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) not only for the b…
