I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to introduce the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (S/2013/377). I will begin by announcing that Ms. Aïchatou Mindaoudou took up her responsibilities as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General…
I promise to be very brief.
As the Council knows, this week gives us the chance to gather all of the military component Force Commanders of the Missions. All of the Generals are therefore present here today. In keeping with tradition, we thought it would be useful for them to meet with the Security…
I thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to address the Security Council at this undoubtedly decisive juncture in our collective involvement in Mali. Indeed, if the Council decides today that the security situation prevailing in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mi…
Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to brief the
Security Council on how peacekeeping operations have been implementing the Council’s mandates on ensuring the protection of children in conflict situations. The report before us (S/2013/245) is a stark reminder that the situation…
I thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to update the Council on the situation in Darfur. Council members have before them the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/225) on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), dated 10 April 2013. I would like to focus on the most r…
Thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the matter of inter-mission cooperation. I personally thank you, Sir, for taking the initiative of addressing the subject.
First, allow me to emphasize that there is no official, agreed definition of inter-mission coope…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to present the latest report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan (S/2012/820). As the Council knows, the report, published 8 November, covers the period from June to 23 October and looks at all the major developments during that peri…
I would like to begin by thanking the Government of Germany for inviting us to participate in this open debate. Speaking to you personally, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you on your leadership and achievements as the Chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict.
I would a…
Important developments have taken place in and affecting Afghanistan since the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Kubiš, briefed the Security Council in March (see S/PV.6735).
Significant progress was made during two international conferences in Kabul and in Chicago — with a …
I should like to thank you, Sir, for giving Council members this opportunity to engage in an interactive dialogue with all our Force Commanders. They have been meeting throughout this week, as in previous years — indeed, they have met 10 times this year — for the annual conference of leaders of the…
I am grateful for this opportunity to discuss the critical issue of women and peace and security. My purpose today is to provide an update on security, protection and equal participation of women in countries where our peacekeepers are operating.
For more than 10 years, resolution 1325 (2000) has g…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Government of Togo for convening this important debate today. It provides me with an opportunity to inform members of the Security Council of our joint efforts and the challenges that we encounter as we implement this extremely significant mandate.
The manda…
I would like to thank the members of the Security Council for giving me this opportunity to brief them on the current situation in Darfur and on the implementation of the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
Members will have seen the Secretary-General’s …
It is a pleasure for me to have this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. It so happens that I recently visited Afghanistan for a week and I would like to share my impressions with the Council.
My foremost impression, based on visits to Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif…
I wish at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this opportunity to outline for the Council the situation in the Abyei Area.
The report of the Secretary-General (S/2011/741), which was submitted to the Council on 27 November, provides a detailed account of the evolving situation ove…
Thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situations in the Sudan and South Sudan. Given the critical issues facing both countries and the significance of the peacekeeping operations there, I decided to conduct my first field visit to the Sudan and South Sud…
I am pleased to be here today to brief the Council on the situation in Darfur and on the implementation of the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General dated 12 October 2011 (S/2011/6…
It is with great pleasure that I shall make the following observations on behalf of the Secretary-General, who is currently travelling.
First, I should like to thank the Government of Nigeria and you, Sir, its Minister for Foreign Affairs, for having taken the initiative of convening this debate on…
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for your kind words addressed to me. I am pleased to be here today for this first Security Council briefing in my capacity as Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations.
This briefing will focus on the situation in the Abyei Area. The Council has befo…
Several delegations have mentioned the question of nuclear tests and one of them did so in particularly unacceptable and even disagreeable terms. Such statements require the French delegation to recall the facts and to place this last series of tests conducted by France in the proper context of the …
