Mr. President, allow me to convey our appreciation to you for having convened this timely debate on the working methods of the Security Council. We also appreciate the precise concept paper (S/2011/726) circulated by your delegation in advance of this discussion.
Reforming the working methods of th…
I am grateful to you, Mr. President, and to the Portuguese delegation for convening this timely meeting of the Security Council on Timor-Leste. I would also like to thank Mr. Da
Costa, the Timorese Minister for Foreign Affairs, for his pertinent contributions to today’s discussion. I also thank Ms.…
Allow me to convey our gratitude to Mr. Mariano Fernandez Amunategui for his effective work as Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) during a very difficult and challenging period for Haiti. We wish him tremendous success in his new assignment and thank him for his ins…
Nigeria voted in favour of resolution 2003 (2011) because we believe in the indispensable role of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in the efforts to bring lasting peace and stability to Darfur and overall peace to the Sudan. We remain resolute in our conviction th…
On behalf of the Nigerian delegation, I warmly welcome you to the Security Council, Mr. President. Let me also thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Serry, for his comprehensive briefing.
The Middle East peace process remains deadlocked, in spite of concerted efforts on the part of the international c…
I join others in thanking Ambassador Néstor Osorio for his succinct briefing on the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We appreciate the valuable work done by the Committee during the reporting period. In particular, we note the efforts made …
I join others in thanking the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their very useful briefings on the work of the Tribunals.
Nigeria welcomes the further progress made by the ICTY and …
Allow me to convey Nigeria’s appreciation to the French presidency for convening this timely discussion on the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the country enters the critical stabilization phase. I join other delegations in thanking the Secretary-General for his informative briefing. My delegati…
I join others in thanking His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Foreign Minister of Serbia, and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj for their statements. I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Lamberto
Zannier for his informative update on the situation in Kosovo.
Nigeria welcomes the r…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate. The briefings we have received from Under- Secretaries-General Amos and Le Roy and Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović add an important practical focus to our discussion of this important matter of principle, and we thank them.
Altho…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting to consider the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in relation to the situation in Libya. We are also indebted to Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the ICC, for his insightful briefing.
The fight for jus…
I, too, would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his comprehensive and insightful briefing on the situation in Syria.
Nigeria shares the concerns of most delegations on the widespread violence that has engulfed Syria since late March and led to hundreds of deaths and injuries. We call…
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe, for his comprehensive briefing.
For more than two decades, the Middle East peace process has been mediated diligently by the international community. Undoubtedly, the process has been characterized by rigorous…
I would first of all like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin for his insightful statement. We share the sentiments he expressed on national ownership during the new dispensation and in the transitional phase. I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General de Mistura for his compreh…
Allow me to convey Nigeria’s appreciation to the Chinese delegation for convening this important and timely meeting on Somalia.
I warmly welcome Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed to the Council and thank him for sharing his Government’s strategic vision with us. Let me also thank the Secreta…
Let me also join others in thanking His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, for his very useful statement this afternoon. We would also like to thank Mrs. Vlora Çitaku for her statement and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier for his compr…
We welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Foreign Minister of Serbia, and his insightful statement. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for his comprehensive briefing in the context of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2010/169) pursu…
