Let me begin, Mr. President, by thanking you and your delegation for having convened this debate. I thank you also for this month’s programme of work, which includes a number of very important open meetings that will provide an opportunity for interaction between the States concerned and other Membe…
We are grateful for this morning’s briefings by Under- Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe and by Mr. Craig Boyd, as well as for the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Somalia.
My delegation would like to begin by acknowledging the intensive work of the Transitional Federal Government i…
Like other delegations, I should like to thank Mr. Eide for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/475) and to take this opportunity to congratulate him and the entire staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on the excellent work accomplished on the gro…
I would like to start by thanking Renate Winter, President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and Prosecutor Steven Rapp for their presence among us and for their briefings. This Council and the international community must be proud of the work of and the trail blazed by the Special Court for Si…
Mr. President, I would like to begin by thanking you and your delegation for organizing this debate. We believe that this is an extremely valuable opportunity to exchange points of view on the current challenges to peacekeeping operations, especially at a time when several initiatives for discussion…
Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on organizing this open debate. We would also like to thank Mr. Pascoe for having presented the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/189). The report of the Secretary-General on enhancing mediation and its support activities is an open invitation to a j…
