I, too, wish to welcome Deputy Minister Pahad and the delegation accompanying him. He briefed us nearly a month ago on the prospects of the delicate mediation mission entrusted to President Mbeki by the African Union in the context of efforts to bring peace to Côte d’Ivoire. We are pleased to see Mr…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this public meeting, which gives us an overview of the activities of the Security Council in the fight against terrorism. It indicates the cooperation that exists among the Council Committees that are following up the Council’s resolutions regarding t…
The vote just taken by the Security Council is a major event in the context of the tireless efforts of the international community to promote the rule of law and to protect humanity against the terrible events witnessed in recent decades. The vote was also in keeping with action by the Council to fi…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on having taken the timely initiative of organizing this public meeting on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire.
We thank Mr. Alan Doss for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2005/186), and we welcome Mr. Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs o…
I, too, would like to thank Lord Ashdown for his presentation, which highlighted the outstanding progress made by Bosnia and Herzegovina as it moves towards admission to the Partnership for Peace programme and towards the commencement of negotiations for the conclusion of a stabilization and associa…
Let me thank Ambassador Denisov for briefing the Council on the activities of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). I should like also to take this opportunity to commend the Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), Ambassador Rupérez, for his effective work and his…
I would like to echo previous speakers in congratulating Ambassador Muñoz and all the other members of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) for their excellent work. Ambassador Muñoz’s briefing sums up the efforts of the international community in confronting the modern-day s…
We welcome you, Sir, and are honoured to see you in the Chair for our debate today. We commend your delegation for the initiative you have taken to organize this open meeting on a very important topic, given the gravity of the situations to which it refers.
The statement just made to the Security C…
I would like to thank the representative of France for the summary of the report that he has given us. I would also like to pay tribute to him for the professionalism he displayed as head of the Security Council mission during our stay in Central Africa. We fully share his analysis of the situation …
Benin sets great store by issues related to the family. We would like especially to hail the efforts made by the international community during the decade to support the family.
We would have liked to have greater support for the resolution that we have just adopted for celebrating the tenth annive…
We are indeed pleased that the situation in Somalia is on the agenda for our meeting. The process of national reconciliation in Somalia was begun under the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and has now made significant progress in the last few months. That has brought back hope for a…
Benin voted in favour of resolution 1574 (2004) because we wanted to welcome the broad consensus achieved by
the parties and because we are convinced that the situation prevailing in the Sudan requires urgent action.
The holding of this Security Council meeting in Nairobi attests to the concern of…
Cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, which is aimed at the peaceful settlement of conflicts and the maintenance of international peace and security, is more important
today than ever before. The establishment of the African Union fully conforms with the objective of Ch…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General,
Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, for the excellent briefing he has just given the Council on the report of the Secretary-General (S/2004/888) on the situation in Timor-Leste, which in general is positive. We listened with interest to his personal …
Four years ago the Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000), thereby setting the goal of establishing a benchmark for the international community that would guide the actions of States, international institutions and civil society in addressing gender-related problems in the context of effort…
In the period covered by its report, the Security Council faced major challenges calling for the adoption of bold decisions. Delegations to the Council made every effort to analyse situations involved on the basis of the highly enlightening reports submitted to them by the Secretary-General. Thus, t…
Mr. President, I thank you for organizing this public
debate on a very topical issue. Our Council dealt with this issue last year also. Today’s meeting enables us to continue our reflections so as to constantly improve the work of the international community in providing assistance to post-conflict…
We would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. We would also like to thank Ambassador Yáñez-Barnuevo for his efforts as President of the Council last month.
We are extremely disturbed by the turn of events in Palestine over the past few days. The situat…
At this stage in our discussions, we do not have any questions to ask. We would like to make a few comments.
At the outset, we would like to thank the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Obasanjo, for having kindly come to meet with the Council in his capacity as current Chairma…
I would like to express our appreciation for your initiative, Mr. President, in having organized this ministerial-level meeting of the Security Council on civilian aspects of conflict management and peace-building. It is a very topical and relevant theme, given the increasing complexity of United Na…
