We thank you, Mr. President, for holding this emergency meeting this evening. The presence of the Secretary-General at this meeting is a clear indication of how dire the situation is in the Gaza Strip. The violence over the past few days in Gaza and in southern Israel has worsened to such an extent …
Allow me to welcome the Foreign Ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium to this meeting. We also welcome the Ambassador of Rwanda, who has joined us.
We welcome the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MON…
Two days ago, this Council, after almost five years, finally adopted a resolution on the situation between Palestine and Israel. At that meeting, my delegation acknowledged that the resolution that we adopted was not perfect because it ignored many significant issues that this Council must address. …
My delegation is indeed honoured to participate in this important debate and wishes to acknowledge the presence of the ministers who are with us in the Council Chamber today. We also welcome the presence of the Secretary- General and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia with his delegation.
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We too thank you, Sir, for organizing this ministerial meeting on the situation in the Middle East. We warmly welcome the Secretary of State of the United States, the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom and the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of C…
For the past two years, I have had the honour to serve as the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia and the Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa.
Regarding the 751 Committee on Somalia, t…
My delegation joins others in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and High Representative Ambassador Lajčák to the Security Council. We thank them both for their reports before the Council.
As stated on previous occasions, Sout…
Allow me also to thank Mr. Holmes for his briefing and to welcome our colleague, the Permanent Representative of Chad, to this meeting.
I think that other speakers have made it clear that we support the humanitarian workers, who are really the face of the United Nations on the ground, and we worry …
Thank you, Mr. President, for being generous enough to give me the floor. I just wanted to make a clarification. I thank the Prosecutor, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, very much for his clarification.
The only issue I wanted to make clear is that we are the Security Council. We are not lawyers. We are not pros…
We thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting upon the request of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to discuss the incident in which the Libyan vessel Al-Marwa, which was headed for the port of Gaza, was prevented from delivering aid by naval vessels of the State of Israel. My delegation regrets that huma…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the Chair for the month of December and assuring you of my delegation’s support. Allow me also to thank the Ambassador of Costa Rica for his sterling work in presiding over the Council during November. I also wish to express th…
We thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the situation in Somalia as well as the recommendations on actions that the international community could take to resolve the conflict, as detailed in the Secretary- General’s report (S/2008/709).
The report by the Secretary-General, co…
We supported resolution 1843 (2008), which was just adopted, because we, too, feel that the situation in the eastern Congo, particularly around the city of Goma, is deteriorating very fast. The humanitarian situation is becoming more dire all the time. While we are pleased with the increase in the n…
My delegation joins in welcoming you, Sir, to New York and thanks the delegation of Costa Rica for organizing this debate today. Your presence in New York is a clear demonstration of your commitment to the issues we are discussing today, particularly the maintenance of international peace and securi…
I would like to thank the Chairmen of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1540 (2004) for their informative briefings. My delegation is pleased to note the improvements with regard to the coordination of the work of the three C…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Brazil, France, Indonesia, Norway, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand.
Mr. Tommo Monthe (Cameroon), Vice-President, took the Chair.
In Oslo in March 2007, the ministers for foreign affairs of the aforementioned countries drew attention to th…
May I begin by thanking Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Inés Alberdi, of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, and Ms. Sarah Taylor, of the NGO …
May I begin by associating my delegation with the statements delivered by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
On New Year’s Eve 2009, we will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the C…
Allow me to begin by welcoming the presence of President Guelleh in the Council, together with his delegation, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Djibouti. We thank the President of Djibouti for his statement. We also appreciate having heard from our colleague, the ambassador of Eritrea.
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Allow me to express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission.
We would also like to thank the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission’s Organizational Committee, His Excellency Ambassador Yukio Takasu, representative …
