We too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for presenting the report on the work of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) (S/2011/32). We welcome the Prime Minister of the country, Mr. Xanana Gusmão, and we listened attenti…
We, too, are grateful to the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Ambassador Nishida, for his briefing on the work of the Committee over the past three months. We deeply appreciate his efforts in chairing the Committee, which has done a great deal of work in that ti…
We are grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ameerah Haq for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) (S/2010/522).
We thank Mrs. Sofia Borges, Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste, for …
Of course, I was not planning to take the floor again, and I certainly do not wish now to become involved in a debate on the foundations of the divergent assessments of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, or on the differing assessments of the factors hindering agreement among the Bosnian parti…
We have listened carefully to the assessment of the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Mr. Haris Silajdžić, Chairman of the Presidency of that country. Unfortunately, that assessment was unilateral and unconstructive.
We thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herze…
We, too, welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the President of Djibouti, Mr. Guelleh, and thank him for his assessments.
Unfortunately, there has still been no progress in the settlement of the Djibouti-Eritrea border conflict. Unlike Djibouti, Eritrea has ignored resolutions 1862 (2009)…
Resolution 1920 (2010), extending by a further 12 months the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, is the result of prolonged and complex discussions, first within the Group of Friends and then within the Security Council. Working on the resolution, the Russian …
We too, of course, are grateful to Under- Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for his comprehensive analysis of the situation in Afghanistan, as well as his presentation of the report on the situation there (S/2010/127). We have listened attentively to the comprehensive statement of the Permanent Represe…
We too are grateful to Mr. Atul Khare, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) (S/2009/504) and for his analysis of the situation in the country. We al…
We are grateful to the Under-Secretary- General Mr. Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing on the situation and peace process in the Middle East. We welcome the participation in the present meeting of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Palestine, Mr. Riyad Al-Malki.
The question of a solution in th…
We, too, are grateful to Under-Secretary- General Pascoe and Mr. Boyd for their briefings.
We are seriously concerned by the acuteness of the armed confrontation in Somalia and the general security situation. The death on 17 September of 21 peacekeepers of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMIS…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, for his briefing on the situation in Somalia. While we understand his hopes for positive developments in that situation, the overall picture is extremely alarming. We listened closely to the statements made by A…
We too would like to thank Mr. Angelo, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and for introducing the report on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) (S/2009/359).
Unfortunately, the security situation remains complex. Activities b…
I hope that you, Mr. President, will allow me to begin my statement not by exclusively addressing
the important Afghan issue. I would like to join my colleagues in expressing our gratitude to you not only for convening today’s meeting, but also, above all, for your eminently effective and productiv…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, and to the Turkish delegation for organizing today’s meeting on the topical issue of peacekeeping operations. We have listened with great interest to the statements by Under-Secretaries-General Le Roy and Ms. Malcorra.
The increase in the number of peacekeepin…
We too welcome Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone. We listened very carefully to her assessment of the situation in her country. We are grateful also to Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, Executive Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing on the act…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing on the Middle East peace process. We agree with the main assessments that he presented to us. We were interested to hear the statements of the Permanent Observer of Palestine and of the Permanent Representative of Israel.
Today,…
We are also grateful to the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. von der Schulenburg, for his assessment of the work of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) and on the situation in Sierra Leone. We are also grateful for the briefings by the C…
The Russian Federation is carefully and with great concern following the developments with regard to the civilian ship Al-Marwa, which had a cargo of humanitarian assistance destined for the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip. We are convinced that the tension that has arisen as a result of th…
Like our colleagues, we would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Holmes for his comprehensive briefing on the humanitarian situation in Chad and the Sudan subsequent to his recent trip. We listened with interest to the statements made by the Permanent Representative of Chad, too. We support the a…
