I should like, Mr. President, to thank you and to convey our great pleasure at seeing you, the eminent representative of the Gabonese Republic, presiding over the work of the Council during the month of
March. I am convinced that, owing to your spirit of brotherly cooperation and to the diligence a…
Yesterday in the Trusteeship Council Chamber we participated in a very moving day. Together, we attended a celebration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. I do not think that we just did that out of habit, not at all. I do not think that those who were there — the man…
We all concur in recognizing that the Palestinian question is at the very heart of the conflict in the Middle East. Quite simply, no Arab country or citizen of that region of the world can feel free as long as the Palestinians, the Palestinian people, continue to suffer the torments of the illegal o…
At this late hour, I will try to be as brief as possible.
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to say that the revitalization of the General Assembly is not a slogan. First and foremost, it is the recognition that there are problems, there are difficulties, and that we need to make changes. Tha…
Year after year, an impressive number of colleagues come up to this rostrum, one after the other, to express their views on the report of the Security Council. That is a good thing, because we all understand the importance of the role of the Security Council. I think that we have heard here what we …
My delegation is pleased to see you, Sir, the Ambassador of Austria, presiding over the Security Council in November. I endorse the well-deserved praise that you addressed to your predecessor, the Ambassador of Vietnam.
At the outset I would like to very warmly thank the members of the Council for …
I should like to say with great emphasis that, without prejudice to the arguments presented by the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I was astonished to hear rule 71 be invoked. What is the matter we are discussing here? Is the representation of Madagascar on the agenda? That i…
Everyone, here and elsewhere, recognizes the historic nature of the 2005 World Summit. However, in addition to that aspect of the Summit, there is the fact that it resulted in the adoption of a very important document. We can consider that document an expression of the international community’s awar…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to take the floor today after the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Joseph Mutaboba, and the Ambassador of Brazil, who spoke in her capacity as Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission.
The Special Re…
Please, could the Secretariat just tell us if it is possible or not to satisfy the request made by the representative of Cameroon. We are all very reasonable people here. We just want to know if it is possible to satisfy his request. He has not requested, if my understanding is correct — that is my …
This matter is a serious one. It is not a joke. I apologize to any delegate here who believes otherwise. It is not joke. We are not asking for the floor or taking it just for the purpose of merely speaking. We are not here to distract or to entertain anybody.
I just want to ask a simple question: w…
I never wanted to question the sovereign decision of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to withdraw its candidate. That was not my question. But since the representative of the Secretariat has referred to, among others, Article 12, I would like to read out Article 12 of the Statute of the Internat…
Would you be kind enough, Sir, to explain to us on the basis of which article and rule you now invite us to proceed as you have suggested? I would be grateful if you could do so, because if I refer, for example, to rule 150 of the General Assembly rules of procedure, it says:
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This consideration of the report of the Peacebuilding Commission, together with the Secretary-General’s report on the Peacebuilding Fund, provides us with an opportunity to consider the very real progress achieved since the first report, which we reviewed last year.
Indeed, it is an opportunity for…
I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to address the members of the Security Council on behalf of my country, Guinea-Bissau, especially because the analysis of the situation in Guinea-Bissau contained in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/628), comes as you assume the presidency o…
I am grateful to the members of the Council for offering me this opportunity. I would first thank the Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea- Bissau for having introduced the Secretary-General’s report (S/2008/395) and also for the additional information which he brought to the Council’s …
On behalf of my delegation, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. I am grateful to the members of the Council for having agreed to my request to participate in this meeting.
My purpose today is to thank the members of…
My delegation is very pleased by the publication of the first report of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Secretary-General’s report on the Peacebuilding Fund, which has sparked a debate as interesting as it is informative. I see here the eloquent proof of our commitment to make this Commission a…
I take the floor not to explain my vote, because there is no reason to do so. I simply wish to express my delegation’s pleasure that resolutions 61/256 and 61/257 were adopted by consensus. I also take this opportunity to convey our appreciation, Madam, for your efforts to establish all the conditio…
It is a good omen that, following last week’s debate in the Security Council, the General Assembly has in turn organized a debate to provide all Member States with an opportunity to weigh in on the important issue of the Peacebuilding Commission.
We have noted during these debates that there is a c…
