I am pleased, Sir, to see you presiding over the Security Council. We are sincerely grateful to you for initiative in convening this debate on the situation in Somalia. I also thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe and Ms. Susana Malcorra for their very thorough and authoritative briefings. I pay tribute to their re…
I am especially pleased, Mr. President, to have been invited to this debate on peacekeeping. We are grateful to all those who have participated today, especially Mr. Le Roy, Ms. Malcorra and Mr. Annabi. We fully endorse the initiative and position put forth by France and the United Kingdom in prepar…
I wish to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting on a subject that looms large among our shared concerns. I commend Mr. Jan Eliasson and Mr. Guéhenno on their exhaustive briefings, which the African Union fully endorses, being one of the pillars of the African Union- United Nations Hybrid Operat…
Through this message on behalf of the Chair of its Commission, His Excellency Mr. Alpha Oumar Konaré, the African Union welcomes the convening of this meeting. Its relevance is unanimously recognized and we appreciate the initiative. The question for consideration today has in recent years been give…
