My delegation wishes to thank the United Kingdom presidency for organizing this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We also commend the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. John Holmes, for briefing the Council.
In armed co…
Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for having come to this meeting earlier and Mr. Lynn Pascoe for briefing the Security Council on this very important subject.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later today by the Permanent Representative of Cuba on behalf o…
We, too, wish to thank Mr. Mike Smith, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), for his informative briefing on his organizational plan. It is absolutely crucial that CTED assess the manner in which it has been executing its mandate and address problem area…
We join others in congratulating Mr. Kai Eide of Norway on his appointment as the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). We are confident that under his leadership the United Nations will continue …
South Africa regrets that the sponsors of the draft resolution have persisted with the same substantive text that they had tabled before the latest report of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was even issued and hence, the draft resolution appears not to adequatel…
Let me thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s debate on the situation in Timor-Leste. We also thank His Excellency Ambassador Nelson Santos, Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste, for his informative statement on the situation in his country.
We had hoped to hear directly today from Pri…
We voted in favour of this draft resolution even though we would have preferred that the Council defer taking a decision on this matter until we have received the Secretary-General’s report, as requested in resolution 1772 (2007) and once again in a presidential statement later that same year, adopt…
My delegation wishes to welcome the President of the Republic of Serbia, His Excellency Mr. Tadić, and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Jeremić, to the Council. We thank President Tadić for his briefing to this emergency session, which we fully support. My delegation also wishes to welcome the participatio…
Let me thank the delegation of Panama for convening this open debate on children and armed conflict. My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for coming to New York to preside over this meeting as an indication of how your delegation takes this matter in all its seriousness. Allow me also to extend …
Mr. President, we thank you for conducting this meeting today. Let me welcome Mr. Jan Eliasson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Darfur, whom some of us prefer to remember fondly as President of the General Assembly. I also welcome Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peace…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening an open session today, and we also thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe, for his briefing.
My Government was represented at the Annapolis meeting last November. We had welcomed the initiative of the United Sates for conv…
My delegation commends you, Mr. President, for convening this urgent Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, based on the letter dated 21 January 2008 from the Chargé d’affaires of the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations a…
We, too, wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Iraq, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his briefing on the report before us, as well as Ambassador Khalilzad of the United States for his briefing on the activities of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I).
While we welcom…
South Africa was honoured to lead the Security Council mission to Timor-Leste, comprising six delegations, namely, China, Indonesia, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Africa and the United States of America. The mission left New York on 24 November and returned on 1 December 2007.
The purpose…
Let me thank Ambassador Holmes for briefing us this morning. I must say that the Under-Secretary-General has been very courageous in shining light on areas of the world that are facing great difficulty and we truly appreciate that.
The region that Mr. Holmes visited is the one that poses the bigges…
Let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency for the month of December, and assure you of my delegation’s support. Allow me also to thank the Ambassador of Indonesia for his sterling work in presiding over the Council during the month of November. I also wish to express my dele…
My delegation wishes to thank the Indonesian presidency for organizing this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We also thank the Secretary General for having taken time from his busy schedule to join us in this debate. We wish also to commend Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secreta…
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the Chairs of the three subsidiary bodies for their joint statement, as well as for the individual briefings relating to their mandates.
This is the second briefing of this nature to the Council this year on the important subject of anti-terrorism…
We too thank Mr. Gambari for his comprehensive briefing on his recent visit to Myanmar. His efforts on behalf of the good offices of the Secretary-General bear witness to the international community’s commitment to, and unwavering support for, peace and stability in Myanmar. South Africa fully suppo…
Once again, the Council is being asked to vote on a draft resolution that will not include any mention of human rights violations in Western Sahara. The Secretary-General, in his observations and recommendations contained his report on Western Sahara, writes:
“I would like to repeat my call (S/2006…
