I would first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Indonesia’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and to thank you for organizing this important debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We also want to thank the Secretary-General and the other…
Allow us to join other Member States in congratulating you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month, as well as for convening this important debate. I also thank all the briefers for their useful briefings.
From a Rwandan perspective, this open debate comes …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. I thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, and the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Mr. Smaїl Chergui, for their statements. Rwanda aligns itself with the African Union position on this subject matt…
Allow us to join other delegations in congratulating China on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We also thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate, which is very important to most delegations. We recall the statement made by the State Councillor and Minister for For…
Allow me to express my appreciation to Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for his leadership and commitment to the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and his efforts to implement its mandate in Kosovo.
I also thank Mr. Ivica Dač…
Allow me to express our delegation’s appreciation, Mr. President, for the excellent manner in which you have been conducting the affairs of the General Assembly.
My delegation refrained from putting its name on the list of speakers. We did so because of our desire to advance the cause of peace in t…
My delegation has worked with the sponsors of draft resolution A/53/L.47, and I recommend its adoption by consensus.
I would like to thank Ambassador Abelian of Armenia most sincerely for his tireless efforts to bring this agenda item before us for discussion.
Many delegations have spoken before m…
I am pleased and honoured to have the opportunity to extend, on behalf of the African Group, our warm congratulations to Mrs. Sadako Ogata on the extension of her mandate as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. As the Assembly knows, Africa has been and continues to be a continent with a l…
As I speak, in a place called Viara, south of Kalémié and north of Mr. Kabila’s own village — tens of thousands of Congolese have been killed; and this the second attack on them. We want to raise an urgent SOS for their rescue, protection and evacuation. The Rwandan Government will assist in this pr…
Allow me to thank you, Sir, for allowing me to exercise the right of reply of my delegation following the unacceptable accusations made this morning against the Governments of Rwanda and sisterly Uganda by the Minster for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
My delegation was no…
I am not taking the floor on a point of order, but rather putting myself in order in my voting. I pushed the wrong button; I would have voted in favour of this resolution.
Allow me to express our gratitude to all delegations to the fifty-first session of the General Assembly for making it possible to reach a consensus on draft resolution A/51/L.50/Rev.1, entitled “International assistance to Rwanda for the reintegration
We are especially grateful to the following cou…
Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your assumption of the office of President of the Security Council for the month of November. We are convinced that, under your leadership, the Council is in safe hands. We would also like to thank Ambassador Gerardo Martínez Blanco of Hon…
Permit me to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his unanimous election to preside over this session. His election is a reaffirmation by the United Nations Member States of the confidence that they have placed in him and in the Government of
The session over which Mr. Razali is presiding will be addr…
