We thank the representatives of the Secretariat, first and foremost Assistant Secretary- General Menkerios, for having presented the Secretary- General’s report on Somalia (S/2008/709). We also listened carefully to the statements made by the Secretary-General of the International Maritime
Organiza…
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the President of the Republic of Djibouti, Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh. We listened attentively to his statement. We also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Djibouti. We acknowledge the assessment, to which we listened. We also listened with at…
First of all, we would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Japan, Ambassador Takasu, for his efforts in the institutional consolidation
of the role of the Peacebuilding Commission in the United Nations system and beyond.
The experience of the Commission’s second year proves that assistan…
I should like to thank Under-Secretary- General Pascoe for his introduction of the report (S/2008/628) of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in
Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS). We listened closely to the assessment…
We are grateful to the Permanent Representative of Belgium, Mr. Grauls, for his briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) during the past three months. In that period, under the leadership of Mr. Grauls, the Committee has worked in strict compliance with th…
Mr. President, first of all, I would like to thank you and your delegation for organizing today’s Council meeting on its working methods. We believe that a dialogue on these important issues requires a balanced, professional approach, and one that does not politicize the substance of the item under …
We would like to thank Mr. Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal, for his detailed briefing about the latest developments in the situation in Nepal. In recent times, the political situation in that country has undergone some important, positive changes that we welcome.…
We too are grateful to the Special Envoys of the Secretary-General and of the African Union, Jan Eliasson and Salim Ahmed Salim, for their substantive briefings on ways to move the Darfur political process forward in order to ensure an effective settlement of the crisis there. The analysis provided …
We welcome the participation at today’s meeting of the Prime Minister of Djibouti and we are grateful to him for the evaluation he gave us. We have also listened carefully to the statement by the Permanent Representative of Eritrea.
The Russian Federation is seriously concerned over the serious ris…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his substantive briefing on the latest developments in Timor-Leste and for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) (S/2008/26). We also listened very car…
We, too, are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ould Abdallah, for his detailed briefing and to the Permanent Representative of Somalia for his evaluation.
The Russian Federation is seriously concerned by the development of the situation in Somalia, particularly in…
We are pleased to welcome the Timor-Leste delegation to today’s meeting. We have carefully read its assessment and listened to the ideas put forth by several interested delegations.
The Russian delegation participated actively in the work of the Security Council mission to Timor- Leste that took pl…
We also are happy to welcome Mr. Holmes to the Security Council meeting today. We are grateful to him for his briefing thorough, as always, on the results of his trip to Ethiopia, the Sudan, Somalia and Kenya. We see the large amount of work he and the United Nations humanitarian agencies are doing …
The Russian Federation supports the adoption by the General Assembly of the draft
resolution entitled “Peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula” (A/62/L.4). Our country has consistently called for dialogue and normalization of relations between the north and south of Korea.
As a c…
We are pleased to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Burkina Faso, Mr. Bassolé, and the Secretary of State for Cooperation and Francophony of France, Mr. Bockel. We note the detailed contributions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), chaired by Burkina …
We too thank Mr. Williams for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East peace process. We would like to join with colleagues in expressing high praise for the active and professional activities of Mr. Williams in his important post. We wish Mr. Williams every success in his new appointment, o…
We too are grateful to Under-Secretary- General Pascoe for his briefing on the situation with regard to the Middle East peace process.
In recent months, considerable noteworthy developments have taken place in the Middle East. It is important to continue to influence the local situation, taking adv…
We too are pleased to welcome Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. On the occasion of his first meeting with the Security Council we wish him every success in his important post.
As confirmed in Mr. Holmes’ briefing on his trip to the r…
My delegation is grateful to you, Mr. President, and to other colleagues for the kind words addressed to Ambassador Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, and to the Russian delegation on its presidency of the Security Council in January. We would also like to wish you success,…
We too wish to thank Mr. Egeland for his briefing, which as usual was very thorough, on the results of his last trip to Sudan and northern Uganda, and for his ongoing steps, together with his team, to manage humanitarian cooperation and to promote normalization of the humanitarian situation in those…
