At the outset, I should like to thank you, Sir, for having invited me to this meeting to present to the Council the report of the Senior Advisory Group on civilian capacity (S/2011/85). I should also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Malcorra and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambas…
Thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to introduce the latest 30-day report of the Secretary-General, covering the month of April, on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1769 (2007). I will begin my briefing with an update on the fighting that took place over the past weekend …
It is a pleasure and an honour for me to introduce the third report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), covering the period from 21 August 2007 to 7 January 2008.
As you know, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Atul Khare, …
The report of the Secretary-General (S/2007/759) is before the Council and is self-explanatory. My briefing today will therefore focus on the major challenges and impediments which we continue to face in our ongoing effort to deploy the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID…
We are at a crossroads in the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) deployment process. Many of the issues are familiar, and they continue to be extremely sensitive. First among them is of course the security and humanitarian situation on the ground, which remains very wor…
In the year since I briefed the Council on the efforts of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to implement resolution 1325 (2000), we witnessed the historic election in Liberia of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first woman head of State. That election has been a source of hope and i…
I thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to provide an update to the Security Council on developments in Afghanistan. I will focus mainly on the outcome of the international Conference just held in London, recent political events surrounding the formation of the parliament, and the security situation …
Eleven days from now, a landmark development in the Bonn peace process will take place: Afghans will go to the polls to elect their President for the first time in the history of Afghanistan. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to update the Council on the preparations for the president…
My briefing to the Council this morning will focus on the widespread
violence that racked Kosovo in March, the responses to that violence and the implications of those events.
As the Council is aware, the violence appears to have been directly sparked by a series of events in the days preceding th…
I am grateful to the Council for this opportunity today to brief it once again on implementation of resolution 1308 (2000) by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and to share with the Council our efforts and some of the challenges we face.
When I last reported to the Council on HIV/AIDS and p…
Today’s debate on mine action comes at a timely moment: as you, Sir, preside over the work of the Security Council. Your country, Angola, has been among the countries most affected by mines; unfortunately, the presence of mines, resulting from war, continues today to claim victims and to hamper econ…
Three years ago, the Security Council took a bold stance on the role of women in conflict by adopting resolution 1325 (2000). It recognized that women and girls bear the brunt of armed conflict and also that they are an essential part of any lasting solution. This has significant implications for ou…
When the Security Council was last briefed on the situation in Afghanistan some two months ago, the prevailing concern was the deteriorating security situation across large areas of the country.
The past few weeks are a reminder that, as the final and most important stages of the peace process
mov…
The first question asked, I believe, was posed by the representative of Cameroon, who wondered about the possibility of making Bunia a weapons-free town as a model for future disarmament operations.
I think that the example of Bunia clearly demonstrates that, in the current phase, the disarmament o…
Members of the Council will recall the words of Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Afghanistan, in his briefing to the Council on 6 May. He described the significant progress made in the Bonn process, but he also warned against the security environment in Afgha…
I welcome this opportunity to introduce to the members of the Security Council the special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) (S/2003/243).
Before presenting the report, however, I wish to formally express the Secretariat’s regret and sa…
As the focus of this meeting is the status of progress in security- sector reform in Afghanistan, I shall confine my comments to an update on recent developments since the last briefing to the Council on this item, followed by several observations on security-sector reform from the perspective of th…
The last briefing to the Security Council on this item on 15 January 2003, focused on the situation in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular, on military and humanitarian questions.
The aim of today’s briefing is to update Council members on the military situation in…
Members of the Council will recall that on 23 August, the Secretariat provided a briefing on the preparations for the elections in Timor. I am pleased to report today that the elections for the Constituent Assembly of East Timor were held on 30 August in an orderly and peaceful manner. This historic…
Let me first address the comments and questions of the representative of France. Ambassador Doutriaux asked me to comment on the unambiguous conclusion of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s Committee on Kosovo that conditions for Serb participation in the elections were “non-existent” (supra). I t…
