I would like to join previous speakers in thanking the Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, for his informative briefing, and the Secretary-General for his report. My delegation also deeply appreciates the important statement by the Permanent Representative …
At the outset, allow me to join others in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of Serbia, and in thanking him for his important statement. We also wish to warmly acknowledge the participation of the Secretary- General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
The latest development in Kosovo…
I should like to preface our statement by expressing our profound appreciation at seeing you, Sir, preside over our deliberations today. We wish also to warmly acknowledge the participation of Mr. Bernard Kouchner, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France; Mr. Charles Michel, Minister for Development …
Let me begin by joining previous speakers in welcoming and expressing appreciation to the Special Envoy, Mr. Jan Eliasson, for
his briefing on the political process in Darfur and to the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, for his update on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Opera…
Let me begin by joining the previous speakers in thanking Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe, for his briefing on the current situation in the Middle East. This monthly consideration by the Security Council of the Middle East issue is taking place against developments th…
The Security Council’s consideration of the present grave situation in the Gaza Strip is timely and pertinent. That situation has seized the attention of the international community at large. We acknowledge, in particular, the efforts of
the League of Arab States to deal with the crisis in the Gaza…
First of all, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Iraq, for his comprehensive briefing. My delegation also thanks the Permanent Representative of the United States for his statement on behalf of the Multinati…
I would like to join others in thanking the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. John Holmes, for his briefing on his recent mission to Ethiopia, the Sudan and Somalia.
The humanitarian situation in those regions today requires our utmost attention and priority. Inhabitants and refugee populations are forc…
Allow me, first, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December and to assure you of my delegation’s full support in the conduct of your work. I should also like to thank you for the kind words addressed to Indonesia as Pres…
Indonesia is pleased to participate in this debate, which comes on the heels of the just-concluded international peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland. The conference of Annapolis offers the promise of re-energizing the peace process in the Middle East, which had been stalled for seven years.
We …
It is most significant indeed that we are holding this debate today in the midst of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the tremendous efforts by various quarters to bring peace to the Palestinians and to all nations of the Middle East region. The International Day of…
Mr. President, we thank you for convening this debate on the orientation of the entity that best represents the aspirations of the global community of nations. We also express our gratitude to the Permanent Representatives of Senegal and San Marino for their important work as Facilitators on revital…
On behalf of all members of the Security Council, I would like to congratulate you on your election as President of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly. We are hopeful that under your able stewardship, we will be able to enlarge the cooperation between the Security Council and the Gener…
As a country with close ties to both the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea, Indonesia has constantly supported the process of inter-Korean dialogue, reconciliation and reunification. As a South- East Asian nation, Indonesia consistently recognizes the tremendous contrib…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Djibrill Bassolé, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, who is with us today as representative of the Facilitator, President Compaore, for his statement on the development of the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire. We also wish to thank the Principal Deputy Spe…
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe, for his comprehensive briefing.
My delegation also thanks the representative of the United States, who spoke on behalf of the Multinational Force.
Ongoing violence in Iraq continues t…
I thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the 2006 IAEA report. I commend him very warmly for his commitment and dedication to the mandate of this important Agency and for its continuing work in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
My delegation expresses its…
Let me first express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate on the first report of the Peacebuilding Commission (S/2007/458). We would also like to thank the Peacebuilding Commission for the presentation of its report, as well as its Chairperson, Ambassador Yukio Ta…
Allow me to join other speakers in expressing our appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Tom Koenigs, for his briefing on the latest developments in Afghanistan.
Since the launch of the Bonn Agreement in 2001, peace and stability have been taking root in Afghanista…
Let me first express our gratitude to the President for convening this important joint debate on the report (A/62/137) of the Peacebuilding Commission and the report of the Peacebuilding Fund (A/62/138). We are thankful to the Secretary-General for the presentation of his report on the Peacebuilding…
