I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Kai Eide, for his briefing. We welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, Mr. Rangin Dâdfar Spantâ, and thank him for his statement.
We commend the central role that the United Nations Assistance Mission …
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/323). We would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kai Eide for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan.
We commend the central role that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNA…
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate on United Nations peacekeeping operations, bringing together troop- and police-contributing countries. Interactions such as this between troop- and police- contributing countries will further enhance our understanding of the d…
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General and the briefing by Mr. Holmes, the humanitarian coordinator.
We would like to thank you for organizing this debate, Mr. President. This report of the Secretary- General comes on the tenth anniversary of the first consideration by the Security Council …
I welcome you, Sir, and salute the fact that you are presiding over this meeting personally. The fact that you have come to chair the meeting shows the significance which the presidency attaches to this very meeting. My delegation thanks Mr. De Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-Genera…
From the outset Uganda has underscored the importance of the Security Council speaking with one voice on events in the Korean peninsula following the launch of a rocket by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea last March. We therefore welcome the unanimity of the Council on this matter.
Uganda …
I welcome His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his statement. I also welcome Ambassador Valentin Inzko, High Representative and European Union (EU) Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his…
It is a pleasure for me to report on the leg of the Security Council mission to Africa that covered the meetings at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa. It was a pleasure for me to co-lead that segment with my colleague, Ambassador John Sawers, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom.…
Uganda welcomes the comprehensive briefings by the three Chairmen of the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council. Terrorism and proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons and their means of delivery remain a danger to international peace and security. These are matters that this Co…
I would just like to say that we salute everybody for supporting the British- sponsored resolution on Somalia, as well as to say that the African Union would like to see the Council take even stronger measures against those elements who are sponsoring rebellion and terrorist activities in Somalia. A…
We welcome Ms. Karin Landgren and thank her for her briefing on the latest developments in Nepal, especially regarding the peace process. The latest events in Nepal, leading to the resignation of the Prime Minister, events which other members have mentioned, have caused a great deal of concern to my…
I want to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month and also to congratulate Ambassador Heller on the excellent work he did as President of the Council last month.
On 7 April 2009 my delegation informed the Council that we would prepare and circulate …
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on the Middle East.
Uganda welcomes the briefing by Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, which we believe presents an opportunity for United Nations Members to gauge overall progress and help focus on the way for…
I wish to welcome Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, to this debate and to thank him for his statement. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-
General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for h…
I join other colleagues in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Mr. Ould Abdallah, for his briefing. I also wish to welcome the Foreign Minister of Somalia and the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Mr. Lamamra, and thank them for their bri…
I join my colleagues in thanking Mr. Khalikov for the briefing that he has given on behalf of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. It is also good that a representative of the Government of the Sudan is present to give us the Sudan’s point of view.
The humanitarian situation in …
I wish to thank Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for his comprehensive, down-to-earth and compelling briefing on the situation in Afghanistan.
It will be recalled that during his l…
I wish, Sir, to welcome you and to congratulate you upon assuming the post of Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the presidency of the Security Council. I also wish to thank you for organizing this important debate, which has given the wider United Nations membership an oppor…
I join my colleagues in welcoming the statement made by the Foreign Minister of Greece. I am happy that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has been working closely with the United Nations system and would like to see that regional organization also
working more closely w…
Uganda welcomes the holding of this open debate on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the briefing by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq and head of UNAMI. We also welcome the briefing by the Permanent Representative of Iraq.
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