At the outset, Sir, allow me to offer Morocco’s congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month. Similarly, our great appreciation goes to Ambassador Baso Sangqu and his delegation for their presidency of the Council last month.
I wish to express my delegati…
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his detailed and, as usual, very clear briefing.
This first Council debate on such a sensitive area as the Sahel is very important to the stability and security of a number of African subregions. It is very timely, given the alarming events t…
Let me begin by greeting you, Mr. President, and thanking you for being here to preside over our meeting. I wish to thank Mr. Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing, which was quite complete.
The Palestinian question has been deadlocked for a number of years now, after a great many efforts. Today, we s…
I would like, first of all, to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on a very important topic. This debate enables us to maintain momentum on this issue as we approach the high-level meeting to be held on 24 September. I also want to thank the Secretary- General for his personal comm…
Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you, Madam President, on presiding over the Security Council in this first month of 2012. I would also like to specifically thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe and my colleague and friend Mr. Ramtane Lamamra for their briefings. I also welcome the Ministers for Foreign Aff…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your choice of security sector reform as the topic of today’s thematic debate and for your stress on prospects and challenges in Africa. We trust that today’s discussion will give us a better understanding of that complex process and of the importa…
My delegation welcomes the opportunity to take part in today’s debate, which is so important for the African continent. We thank the Secretary-General for the
quality of his reports on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (A/66/202 and A/66/214).
In addition to the statement made by the re…
I have the honour to speak on behalf the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). In so doing, I would like to condemn in the strongest terms the despicable terrorist act targeting the United Nations compound in Abuja, and to convey our deepest condolences to the people and Government of Nigeria, the United Nati…
My delegation is pleased to participate in this debate on counter-terrorism, an issue that lies at the very heart of the mandates of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004).
I should like to take this opportunity to express to the Council and to t…
At the outset, my delegation would like to commend the efforts undertaken by Mr. Jorge Argüello, Permanent Representative of Argentina, and Ms. Sanja Štiglic, Permanent Representative of Slovenia, in their capacity as co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembl…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting on developments over the past few years concerning the issue of Palestine. I would also like to congratulate Ambassador Abdou Salam
Diallo, Permanent Representative of Senegal, on his election to the chairmanship of…
I would like at the outset to thank the President of the General Assembly for having organized this important meeting on the critical issue of the right to water and sanitation, which is a major challenge to the international community. It is at the heart of the realization of the economic and socia…
At the outset, I would like to express our deep appreciation to you, Mr. President, for holding this open debate. We would also like to thank the three Chairmen of the Security Council Committees for their detailed briefings. Those Committees form the
cornerstone of counter-terrorism at the global …
At the outset, allow me to voice my satisfaction to be able to speak under the presidency of Mr. Deiss.
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I would like to thank the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, for his comprehensive presentation of the annual report …
My delegation wants to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We thank the Secretary-General for his statement and thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission for his briefing. My delegation, of course, aligns itself with the statement…
It is with real interest that my delegation is participating in this important debate. We align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
The Kingdom of Morocco is fully convinced that the creation of a nuclear-weapon-free world necessar…
I should like to begin by warmly welcoming the initiative of the President of the General Assembly,
Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, to convene this meeting — crucial for the brotherly people of Pakistan. On behalf of my country, I would like to once again extend to the people of Pakistan our deepest cond…
It is a real pleasure for me, Madam, to take the floor as you preside over this meeting.
Allow me, first of all, to take this opportunity to express to the President of the General Assembly how glad we are to participate in this special high-level meeting of the General Assembly on transnational or…
At the outset I would like to express my pleasure at participating in this debate under your presidency, Madam, to discuss the work of these three Security Council Committees and their efforts to combat terrorism and to prevent non-State actors from acquiring weapons of mass destruction. At the same…
It is a great pleasure, Madam, to make our contribution as you preside over our work.
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I would first like to align myself with the statements made by the representatives of Yemen on
behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and of Equatorial Guinea on behalf of the African Group.
The…
