We, too, join in welcoming Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and thank him for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2008/617). We also welcome the Ambassador of Afghanistan, Mr. Zahir Tanin, and thank him for h…
Let me join others in expressing gratitude to the President for convening this important debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its second session (A/63/92). South Africa aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Jamaica on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
S…
My delegation will vote in favour of draft resolution A/63/L.2. The International Court of Justice is an organ of this Organization and my delegation has full confidence that its decision will be important and inclusive of all opinions. While it may be true that 48 countries have recognized Kosovo, …
My delegation too wishes to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/628). We also thank the Permanent Representative of Brazil, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, for briefing the Council on recent developments as they relate to the activities of…
South Africa voted for the draft resolution because we also agree that the acts of piracy on the Somali coast have continued unabated, and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia has also issued a call for the international community to help in countering the problem. Because the Transitional…
My delegation wishes to associate itself with the statements made by the representative of Kenya on behalf of the African Group and by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
Also, my delegation wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his three reports on…
Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to you and your facilitators for having guided us in the very difficult task of leading us to
where we are. I also wish to pay tribute to the more than 60 delegations that were very quick and willing to sign up in support of your report.
I think today is a wond…
South Africa has followed developments in Georgia over the past few months with concern, especially because of their implications for the stability of the Caucasus region as a whole and their impact on bilateral relations between Georgia and its neighbours, in particular the Russian Federation. On n…
We too welcome the participation of the Secretary-General in our debate today. My delegation also wishes to associate itself with the statement that Cuba will make on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, a statement that goes to great lengths to point out some of the working methods that need to be c…
On behalf of South Africa, allow me to express our deep gratitude to the members of the General Assembly for unanimously approving the appointment of Judge Navanethem Pillay as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for a term of office of four years beginning 1 September 2008 and exp…
Once again, we welcome the participation of Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Foreign Minister of Serbia, to our Council deliberations. We
also welcome Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and thank him for his briefing. In addition, we welcome the participation of Mr. Skender Hyse…
We too wish to thank Mr. Pascoe, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing on the developments in the region over the past month. My delegation also aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Cuba on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Let me…
We, too, thank Mr. Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal and head of the United Nations Mission in that country, for his comprehensive briefing and for introducing the latest report (S/2008/454) on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its pe…
We too commend the delegation of Viet Nam for organizing this open thematic debate on children and armed conflict. We particularly wish to thank the Deputy Prime Minister for coming to New York to preside over our meeting today. We thank all those who have participated earlier on in this debate, but…
Earlier this morning, a joint media statement by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) facilitator, the representative of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was issued in Pretoria. The statement reads:
“The talks be…
We, too, thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mr. Kai Eide, for presenting the special report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1806 (2008) on the United Nati…
Allow me also to welcome the Prime Minister of Djibouti and thank him for visiting us in New York. We still have very fond memories of the hospitable and gracious way in which the Government of Djibouti treated us when we visited that country. We are very thankful for that. We also welcome the Minis…
Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting. Let me also welcome the Special Envoys, Mr. Jan Eliasson, whom I
choose to remember in his capacity as President of the General Assembly, and, of course, Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, who will forever be associated with the Organization of African Uni…
I shall be very brief, because I fully agree with the report that Ambassador Sawers has just given. However, there is one issue that I want to highlight. In my humble opinion, the Council needs to pay much more attention to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I was …
I have the honour to report on the portion of Security Council trip that dealt with the issues of Somalia and Sudan. As you have already stated, Mr. President, I had the honour to co-lead that segment with my colleague, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom.
To start with my own conclu…
