I too am grateful to Under- Secretary-General Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to thank Ambassador Mansour and Ambassador Shalev for their respective statements.
As all of us agree, the only way to achieve durable peace in the Middle East is through sincere negotiations in g…
I would like to thank you, Mr. Minister, and Nigeria for taking the initiative of organizing today’s open debate. I am grateful to Deputy Secretary-General Migiro and Ms. Sarah Cliffe for their respective briefings. I particularly welcome the priority the World Bank attaches to the issue of the nexu…
I would like to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General, Under-Secretary- General John Holmes and High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay for their statements. I pay special tribute to John Holmes for his service to the cause of humanity at the helm of the Office for the Coordination of Hum…
I, too, would like to congratulate you, Madam, on your assumption of the
presidency, and to thank the delegation of Mexico for its excellent work in the previous month. I welcome President Boris Tadić of Serbia and to thank him for his statement. I also wish to welcome Foreign Minister Hyseni of Ko…
I, too, thank Special Representative Staffan de Mistura for his very helpful briefing this morning. Let me also take this opportunity to thank him and all those who made the Council’s mission to Afghanistan possible: the members of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA); the Go…
I should like to welcome you, Sir, as you preside over today’s debate. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to the delegation of Mexico for having taken up the very important issue of the rule of law. We are also grateful to the Deputy Secretary-General and to Ms. Patricia O’Brien, L…
This is the fourteenth 90-day report in accordance with paragraph 18 (h) of resolution 1737 (2006). The report covers the period from 5 March to 28 June 2010, during which time the Committee held no meetings but conducted its work using the silence procedure.
At the outset, I would like to recall t…
I should like to thank Judge Robinson, Judge Byron, Prosecutor Brammertz and Prosecutor Jallow for their useful briefings on the completion strategies of their respective Tribunals. I extend our appreciation to all the judges, prosecutors and staff of the Tribunals for their efforts to ensure the fa…
I too would like to extend a warm welcome to you, Madam President, and to thank you for personally presiding over this important debate. It is a great pleasure to discuss the issue of children and armed conflict under your presidency. I would like to pay special tribute to the Government of Mexico a…
I would like to thank President Mbeki, Mr. Menkerios, Mr. Gambari and Mr. Bassolé for their insightful briefings. It is a rare and valuable opportunity for the Council to be briefed by the four main players collectively working for peace in the Sudan. Today’s briefings showed clearly that each speak…
Japan voted in favour of resolution 1929 (2010). I would like to explain the reasons for Japan’s support for this important resolution.
The Iranian nuclear issue has been a source of serious concern to the international community since Iran’s extensive nuclear activities were revealed in 2002. The …
I should like to welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey at this very tragic meeting. We also thank the Deputy Secretary-General for her presence and the Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing.
The Japanese Government is shocked to learn what took …
I would like to welcome Prime Minister Hariri as he presides over today’s Council meeting and to thank him for his very insightful statement. Japan congratulates Lebanon on having organized this discussion on an important topic.
Intercultural dialogue is an essential tool for conflict prevention, c…
At the outset, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, His Excellency Mr. Haris Silajdžić, and to thank him for his statement made this morning. My appreciation also goes to High Representative Valentin Inzko for his comprehensive
briefing.…
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Ould Abdallah for his briefing and exemplary work as Special Representative of the Secretary-General. I also welcome the presence of and briefings by Mr. Abdurahman Ibrahim of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) and Commissioner Lamamra.
A firm commi…
I, too, would like to express my delegation’s congratulations to you, Mr. President, for assuming the presidency for the month of May. I am also grateful for your kind words addressed to the Japanese presidency for the month of April. I would like to join my colleagues in thanking the High Represent…
We applaud the initiative of Gabon to convene this debate on the issue of illicit arms trafficking in the Central African region. We welcome the presence of Deputy Secretary-General Migiro, Mr. Costa and Mr. Duarte. We also welcome the Secretary General of the Economic Community of Central African S…
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Alain Le Roy for his very useful briefing this morning. I am also grateful to Ambassador Tanin for his statement affirming the very strong determination of his Government to build a stable and democratic Afghanistan.
I would also like to begin by welcoming the appoin…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I add my voice to yours in thanking Ambassador Araud and the French delegation for their excellent work during the month of February.
I have the honour to present the report of the 1737 Commit…
We appreciate the effort of the Secretary-General in preparing the report (A/64/651) on this matter. We take note of the ongoing investigation of the Government of Israel and of the process that has been initiated by the Palestinian side. Japan decided to support resolution 64/254, just adopted, bec…
