At the outset, I should like to acknowledge the presence of the Secretary-General and the representatives of Israel and Palestine and to thank them for their respective statements.
Panama would like once again to express our profound dismay at the situation to which the population of Gaza is being …
Allow me, first of all, to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the two International Tribunals for the briefings they gave us this morning.
The work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is at a crucial …
At the outset, I should like to thank the representative Israel and the observer of Palestine for their statements.
Panama understands that this meeting was convened to highlight the very serious humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip resulting from Israel’s illegal blockade of that part of the o…
More than five years after the start of the conflict in Darfur, we are in a critical situation, with significant progress being made in the political process and the deployment of the hybrid operation. Actions taken by the Sudan, the countries of the subregion and the international community will, t…
I thank the delegation of China for convening this important debate. My thanks go also to Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Ms. Inés Alberdi, Ms. Sarah Taylor and Mr. Alain Le Roy for their detailed presentations on the progress made and the challenges facing us in the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000), on…
We welcome President Guelleh and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Djibouti, as well as Ambassador Desta of Eritrea, and thank them for being with us today and for their briefings.
We view Eritrea’s presence and participation in today’s meeting, and Mr. Ping’s visit to Asmara on behalf of the Afr…
Allow me to first of all thank the Chairman of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Yokio Takasu, for his briefing. I would also like to thank each of the Vice-Chairs of the Commission for their commendable leadership.
Likewise, we would like to recognize the work done by Ms. Carolyn McAskie as…
First, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency. Of course you can count on our support throughout the month. We would also like to thank Ambassador Kafando and all the delegation of Burkina Faso for all their work last month during their presidency. Above all, we would like to th…
First of all, I would like to express my thanks for the briefings we have heard from the Secretariat today and for the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Georgia.
Throughout its history, Panama has lent its support to peoples striving for self-determination, but that should not be un…
My delegation joins in the congratulations extended to you, Sir, and to your country as you assume the presidency. We also join in the congratulations extended to Ambassador Le Luong Minh of Viet Nam, his delegation and his country for the excellent way in which he presided over the Council in July.…
I should like at the outset to welcome Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), to thank him for his briefing and to congratulate him on his appointment. We wish him every success in his ne…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mr. Rangin Dâdfar Spantâ and Mr. Shah Mehmood Qureshi respectively, for their presence and statements here today.
I also wish to express my gratitude for the briefings given by Mr. Kai Eide, Special Repres…
I would like first to welcome among us Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Assistant Secretary-General Warren Sach, who briefed us on behalf of the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB), and Under-Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari, who briefed us on the activities …
Allow me to begin by expressing my thanks to Under- Secretary-General Pascoe and the Permanent Representative of the United States for today’s briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Iraq, who is here with us today.
The delegation of Panama is aware of the extent of the challenge …
Panama regrets that we have had once again to face the decision to impose sanctions on Iran. As we stated during prior negotiations, we hold that the imposition of coercive measures reflects a failure of diplomacy on this issue. I stress that this is a failure by all parties, not only those of us se…
First of all, allow me to thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and the representative of Somalia for their statements. They have once again depicted one of the direst situations we face. Unfortunately, seemingly unlike other organs of the United Nations, …
The delegation of Panama would like to congratulate and thank the members of the Security Council and the Secretariat who took part in the mission to Timor-Leste for their management of that mission. We wish to thank the South African delegation in particular, for the detailed report the mission has…
At the outset, we wish to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of both International Tribunals for the reports they have submitted to us.
It is important to recognize that, as we enter the final stage of the lengthy work completed by the Tribunals, the balance sheet certainly appears to be positive…
Panama would like to thank all who helped us in drafting this resolution and, in particular, the United States delegation.
We are of the opinion that today’s decision to postpone the review of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate mandate is justified because of the recent appointme…
First and foremost, we would like to thank Mr. Holmes for his briefing on his visit to Ethiopia, the Sudan and Somalia. We would also like to congratulate the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for its efforts to help those that need it the most.
Mr. Holmes’s visit to the re…
