It is an honour and a great pleasure for me to participate in this Security Council meeting on the situation in my country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). …
At the outset, it is my honour to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October, andhow honoured we are to see France presiding over the deliberations of the Council today. I would also like to thank you sincerely for taking the
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(spoke in French): I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month of August 2017, and to welcome, through you, the friendly country of Egypt, with which the Democratic Republic of the Congo has enjoyed excellent relations for many …
First, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. My delegation is particularly honoured to see the United Kingdom — a friend — steering the Council’s deliberations. I would like to thank the Council for this opportunity to spea…
Allow me, first of all, to do the pleasant part of my job, namely, to thank you on behalf of my delegation, Mr. President, for your excellent initiative to convene this public meeting of the Security Council to debate the matter of the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wea…
First of all, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having placed on the Council’s agenda a sensitive and crucial item: peace and security in Central Africa. Through you, I thank the entire Council for the interest that they have always shown in the evolution of the geopolitical and securit…
Mr. President, we wish to associate ourselves with earlier speakers in offering you our warmest congratulations and in saying how gratified our delegation is to see you presiding over the Security Council in this month of August 2002. We believe that your intellectual skills and your diplomatic tale…
Mr. President, at a time when your presidency of the Security Council is coming to an end, allow me to say how proud and deeply satisfied my delegation has been to have the Council guided during January by Mauritius, a fraternal country and, like mine, a member of the Southern African Development Co…
Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor once again. I should like also to thank the Secretary-General, who found the time to participate in today’s discussions. Let me also thank all Council members for their contributions to the discussion on the report of the Secretary-General, and I als…
I should like first of all to undertake the pleasant task of congratulating you, Mr. President, on your skill and knowledge in guiding the work of the Security Council for this month of October.
My delegation would like to join in the unanimous tribute to the French delegation for its work in presi…
At the outset, on behalf of Major-General Joseph Kabila, President of our Republic, and of my Government and people, as well as on my own personal behalf, I extend our deepest condolences to you, Sir, to the families of the victims, to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and to the …
At a time when the Security Council is about to adopt an important draft resolution on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), I first have the pleasure, on behalf of the delegation accompanying me and on my own behalf, o…
I wish to take this opportunity to express my pleasure at seeing you, Sir, presiding today over the Security Council. Your presidency is for me a source of pride, because China has excellent relations with my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I feel duty-bound to thank you for allowing …
