First, I want to thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his comprehensive briefing, as always; I thank him for his efforts. We also thank the Executive Director of UNICEF for her comprehensive briefing. I thank the honourable Minister for Foreign Affairs of Angola for his comprehensive briefing, and I al…
Allow me to join the previous speakers in thanking the President of the court for her always useful and detailed briefing to the General Assembly. I would like also to thank those who spoke before me for their useful insights on the work of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals…
We thank you, Mr. President, for conveying today’s debate, and we align ourselves with the statement delivered on behalf of the Group of African States.
Rwanda reaffirms its unwavering commitment to Africa’s transformative vision and the 2063 Agenda. As we reflect on these strides made, we must als…
Mr. President, before I proceed, allow me to congratulate you and your delegation for assuming the presidency of the Security Council. We wish you the very best in your remaining time as President. I would like to join others, first and foremost, in thanking the President of the International Residu…
I want to join the speakers who spoke before me in thanking the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and all the principals of the court for their tireless efforts in seeking justice for the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. In particular, we also wa…
Allow me also to join others in thanking the briefers and especially the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region of Africa.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. Yet w…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for this opportunity to take the floor today. Allow me to also commend the Chair of
the Peacebuilding Commission for his contribution to the work of peacebuilding and sustaining peace.
Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provided us …
Allow me, first of all, to thank the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, Mr. George Okoth- Obbo, for his briefing (see A/77/PV.83). I also thank those representatives of Member States who delivered statements before us.
We align ourselves with the statement de…
Allow me to join previous speakers in thanking both principals of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Santana and Prosecutor Brammertz, for their usual useful briefings.
Rwanda welcomes the work done by the court and the Office of the Prosecutor in executing their man…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States as we commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea — a landmark Convention and a testament to the power of international cooperation, multilateral nego…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor to contribute to this meeting. I join others in thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region for his briefing. Rwanda commends the Special Envoy’s dedication to peace, development and security in our subregion.
Rw…
I join colleagues who have spoken before in warmly welcoming and congratulating President Gatti Santana on her assumption of her new responsibilities and duties. She can count on Rwanda’s full support.
In relation to today’s briefing, we want to thank President Gatti Santana for the regular briefin…
First of all, Madam President, allow me to wish you, your delegation and the members of the Security Council a Happy New Year 2022, which we hope will be a better one. We also thank you for this debate, as well as the briefers. We appreciate their contributions to this debate.
The past couple of de…
Allow me to join others in thanking the President of the Human Rights Council for presenting (see A/76/PV.24) its annual report (A/76/53 and A/76/53/Add.1). We believe that such reports provide useful updates on the current human rights situation in the world and give us an overview of the work of t…
I will be very brief. We thank you, Mr. President, for circulating the draft oral decision and for your commitment to the process itself. We also thank the co-Chairs for their tireless efforts during the intergovernmental negotiations process.
I align my comments with the statements delivered by th…
At the outset, allow me to associate Rwanda with the statement delivered on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (see A/75/PV.19). Allow me also to thank Justice Yusuf for presenting the annual report of the International Court of Justice to the General Assembly. We commend his leadership…
Allow me to join the speakers who spoke before me in thanking President Carmel Agius for his always useful briefings and continued efforts in the pursuit of justice for the victims of genocide.
Rwanda welcomes the appointment of Mr. Abubacarr Tambadou as the new Register of the International Residu…
I thank you, Sir, for giving us the opportunity to speak. I also join others in thanking Judge Agius for the statement that he has made today.
Allow me to thank the principals and staff of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for their continued efforts in pursuit of
justice…
At the outset, we wish to join other speakers in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the Security Council presidency this month. We also thank you for convening this important debate.
We agree with most speakers that triangular cooperation remains key to the success of peacekee…
At the outset, I wish to align myself with the statement delivered by the representative of Denmark on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Responsibility to Protect.
We wish also to thank Ms. Karen Smith and Mr. Adama Dieng for their tireless efforts to prevent atrocities and to protect the peopl…
