On behalf of the members of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), I am pleased to introduce the report of the Commission on its fifth session (A/66/675). Supporting countries emerging from conflict on the path towards sustainable peace and development continued to be at the core of the Commission’s wo…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency for the month of December. I would like to commend Judge Theodor Meron, the new President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and, through him, the outgoing
President, Judge Patrick…
It is a great honour and a privilege for me to speak on behalf of the African States at this historic moment for the United Nations and for Africa. I congratulate the Republic of South Sudan on the proclamation of its independence on Saturday and on its admission today as the 193rd State Member of t…
Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your accession to the presidency of the Council for this month. You are the pride of Africa, Sir, and we are very honoured indeed to have you as the President of the Council for this month. Allow me also to present my deep gratitude for the …
I should like to thank the Security Council for its ever- growing interest in the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) by inviting us from time to time to contribute to the Council’s lofty undertaking, as enormous and invaluable as it is for human kind as a whole. Allow me also to formally reiterate my co…
Today’s debate represents a unique opportunity for the wider membership of the United Nations to reflect on how we can collectively respond to the plight of millions of people in countries emerging from conflict. While those people have decided to take the path towards peace, that path is usually fr…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December. I wish you every success in your task and assure you of my delegation’s support during your presidency. I also thank you for this opportunity given me …
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the two co-facilitators, the Permanent Representatives of Estonia and Tunisia, and their respective delegations for their patience and able stewardship of the process that has led to the adoption of resolution 64/289. Let me also extend our appreciation to the…
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I should like to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of June.
My delegation wishes to thank the President and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for the pres…
Rwanda welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence (A/64/313). Since the first adoption of a resolution on the subject, at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly (resoluti…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to participate in this debate, and allow me to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of December. We also congratulate Austria on the successful conclusion of its presidency.
My delegation wishes to thank the Preside…
My delegation thanks the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for the presentation of his report to the General Assembly.
The Government of the Republic of Rwanda appreciates the contribution of the international community to justice and reconciliation in Rwanda in the…
I thank the President of the General Assembly very much for convening this debate to consider the Secretary-General’s report (A/63/677) on implementing the responsibility to protect (R2P). Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his eloquent and powerful presentation of …
My delegation welcomes the adoption of resolution 63/311, entitled “System- wide coherence”, and wishes to express its sincere appreciation to the Permanent Representatives of Namibia and Spain for their excellent work in facilitating the consultations on system-wide coherence. The resolution just a…
My delegation welcomes the inclusion in the agenda of the sixty-fourth session
of the General Assembly of the item entitled “Scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction”. Let me also express my delegation’s sincere appreciation to the African Group and, in particular, to the de…
My delegation welcomes the adoption of resolution 63/308, entitled “The responsibility to protect”. Allow me to express our sincere appreciation to the delegation of Guatemala and to all sponsors of the resolution for bringing forward this item, which is of pivotal importance in preventing the four …
My Government warmly congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council during the month of November 2002, and also for the acumen that you have always shown in guiding the
work of the Council whenever you have presided over it. We wish also to congratulate your pr…
My country congratulates you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. We should also like to congratulate your predecessor, who served in April, the month when the Council decided to make a trip to visit the Great Lakes Region.
My country appreciated that initi…
It is a great honour for me, on behalf of the Rwandan delegation, to join previous speakers in extending from this rostrum of the United Nations our sincere and warm congratulations to Mr. Han Seung-soo on his election as President of the General Assembly at the fifty-sixth session. I should also li…
Rwanda would like to congratulate you, our colleague and friend, Ambassador Alfonso Valdivieso, the representative of that friendly country Colombia, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of August. We welcome the outstanding quality of the work of this body, the result o…
