I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Ján Kubiš, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. Fedotov, for their briefings.
Mr. Kubiš’s absence from New York today is a telling testament to the importance of follo…
Allow me, first of all, to thank the Ambassadors of Australia and Lithuania and you, Mr. President, for your briefings and leadership as the Chairs of the respective committees.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement that will be made by the Head of the Delegation of the European Union.
Te…
Allow me first to thank Mr. Toyberg-Frandzen, Executive Representative of the Secretary-General, for his presentation. I also commend the intervention of Mr. Guillermo Rishchynski, Chair of the Sierra Leone configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I of course welcome the presence among u…
I thank Ambassador Quinlan and his team for the quarterly activity report that has just been presented to us.
For over 10 years now, the Iranian nuclear programme and the uncertainties about its exclusively peaceful purposes have been a matter of concern to the international community and a threat …
I welcome the presence of Special Representative of the Secretary- General Ján Kubiš in the Chamber and I thank him for his briefing and his work at the head of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Through the Special Representative, I would like to commend the efforts of the in…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kubiš, and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Mr. Tanin, for their statements.
I align myself with the statement that will be made by the observer of the European Union.
On 18 June, Afghanistan entered the final phase of …
At the outset, I would like to join others, Mr. President, in wishing you every success in your presidency of the Security Council and thank you for the quarterly
report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), which you have just presented. The report shows…
I thank Ambassador Quinlan for the 90-day report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) that he just presented. I also thank the Panel of Experts for its outstanding work, without which the Committee’s work would not be possible.
In that connection, we welc…
We welcome these now regular exchanges between peacekeeping representatives and the Security Council, one of the chief results of the Franco-British initiative of 2009. We thank the Force Commanders of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the…
Mr. President and Minister, I welcome your participation in today’s debate. I welcome also the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and I thank the Deputy Secretary- General for his briefing.
For over a year, undeniable progress has been made in…
I thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), for coming to New York and for his briefing today. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2012/923) on the activities of UNOCA and on the …
I thank you, Sir, for the initiative of organizing this debate. I also thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support for their analyses.
Peacekeeping operations are an emblematic activity of the United Nations and we must work contin…
First of all, I would like to express France’s gratitude to the Chairs of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) , as well as to you, Mr. President, and to the representatives of South Africa and Germany. All three of you, Sir, have s…
I would like to thank Mr. Reske-Nielsen for his presentation
and to welcome the presence and the statement of Mr. José Luís Guterres, Minister of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste.
My country aligns itself with the statement that will be made by the observer of …
