Let me begin by commending your country, Sir, for convening this important debate, which provides us with an opportunity to exchange views on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I
believe that in the past months we have come closer to wholeheartedly embracing a progressive protection-of-…
I would like to thank you and your delegation, Mr. President, for organizing today’s important debate on conflict prevention and resolution in the Great Lakes region of Africa, and for the concept note you circulated to Member States (S/2016/223, annex). I would also like to thank the Secretary-Gene…
I would like to join others in thanking you, Sir, and your delegation for organizing this important debate. I would also like to express my appreciation to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson for his briefing, which reaffirms his unwavering
commitment to the protection of civilians agenda, especi…
Rwanda would like to join others in thanking you and your delegation, Madam President, for organizing today’s important debate.
On behalf of my Government and the people of Rwanda, I would like to offer our sincere condolences to the Government and people of France, especially the families affected…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting. I am honoured to speak on behalf of the Group of African States on the important occasion of the adoption of resolution 69/291, on the causes of conflicts and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa.
The resolutio…
Allow me, Mr. President, to thank you on behalf of the Group of African States for your exceptional leadership and achievements at the current session of the General Assembly, while at the same time congratulating His Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election as President of the Assembly at it…
I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota of Brazil, former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for his presentation of the PBC’s report on its eighth session (A/69/818). I also wish to thank him for the dedication and strong commitment he showed as h…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for having convened this important open debate and for the concise concept note shared with us to guide
our discussions (S/2015/6, annex). The presence of Her Excellency Ms. Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, is testament to the importance that Chile attaches to …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on terrorism and transnational organized crime. We commend you, Sir, for the choice of this particular topic at a time when terrorism and violent extremism continue to challenge the resolve and efforts of the international community. I thank…
First and foremost, on behalf of my country I would like to express our deepest condolences to the people and the Government of Pakistan for the barbaric terrorist attack that occurred today.
I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Minister for Foreign Affairs and African Inte…
I would like to thank Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Vagn Joensen, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Mr. Hassan Bubacar Jallow, P…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for providing me with the opportunity to share my reflections and observations as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for the past two years and as Chair of the Working Group on Peacekeeping…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Sir, for your initiative in convening this briefing on the evaluation of sanctions. Such initiative has been a hallmark of your presidency and of Australia’s tenure in the Security Council. It is also a coherent follow-up to your close engagement in the rece…
Madam President, allow me at the outset to welcome your initiative of convening this open debate on international cooperation in combating terrorism and violent extremism. The holding of this high-level debate only three months after the 24 September summit on foreign terrorist fighters (see S/PV.72…
I wish to welcome Mr. Said Djinnit, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region, and to thank him for his
briefing to the Council. I also thank Mr Martin Kobler, Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Natio…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting to consider the draft annual report of the Security Council, which will be issued as document A/69/2 and which covers the period from 1 August 2013 to 31 July 2014. I also thank you for giving Rwanda the floor as the delegation that coordinate…
I would like to start by expressing my appreciation to His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his comprehensive briefing on the recent developments in the Middle East. I also thank Ambassador Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine, and Mr. David Roet, represen…
I would like to thank the Force Commanders for their briefings — General Bosco Kazura of the United Nations Multidimensional
Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republi…
It is not a big issue; I just wanted to make a slight clarification. I want to thank you, Mr. President, and assure you that I will not take much of your time. Allow me to make just one clarification on what our good friend Minister Tshibanda N’tungamulongo has said with regard to the denial by Rwan…
Mr. President, let me begin by thanking you and the entire delegation of the United Kingdom for having convened this important debate on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region. I would also like to thank The Honourable João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, Minister of Defence of A…
