At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia for having called for this meeting and President Deiss for rallying to the very just cause of the fundamental right to water and sanitation.
Access to drinking water and sanitation is today a basic human right…
At the outset, may I, on behalf of my delegation, congratulate Mr. Joseph Deiss sincerely and warmly on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this sixty-fifth session. I assure him of our support to ensure a successful session. May I also extend my deepest gratitude to his predec…
I would like once again to commend your leadership, Mr. President, as well as to thank you for organizing this very important debate to consider the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on the work of its third session (S/2009/444). I would also like to thank Ambassador Muñoz, Chairman of the Peac…
I thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and European Union Special Representative, for his comprehensive briefing. We are grateful also to His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his statement. Once agai…
I thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/590) on piracy in the context of our consideration of the situation in Somalia. Having examined the report and paid close attention to the additional information that has just been presented to us, we shoul…
I would like to thank Ambassadors Vilović, Urbina and Mayr-Harting for their informative briefings in their capacity as the Chairs of the three Security Council Committees entrusted with combating international terrorism.
With regard to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolut…
Since the Alpbach retreat, Mr. President, we have been aware of how meticulously you have prepared today’s discussion on an issue that is central to the responsibilities of the international community and, in particular, the Security Council. We wish to commend you for that, in the belief that we wi…
I would like to thank the Council for organizing this debate to consider the Secretary-General’s report (S/2009/470) assessing the recommendations of the African Union-United Nations panel on the modalities for support to peacekeeping operations authorized by the United Nations and led by regional o…
We are grateful to the delegation of Viet Nam for having organized this debate on the Secretary- General’s report (S/2009/504) on the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). We also wish to thank Mr. Atul Khare, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his presentation.…
I should like at the outset to thank you, Madam, for organizing this important debate. I welcome the participation of President Clinton, the Secretary- General’s Special Envoy, and thank him above all for his commitment and efforts since he assumed his post towards the return of peace and stability …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative to convene this meeting on the situation in Darfur. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General Alain Le Roy for his briefing. We welcome the participation in this debate of His Excellency Mr. Mikhail Margelov, Special Representat…
I would like to welcome your presence among us today, Mr. President, as well as to thank you for providing us an opportunity once again to express ourselves on the important issue of peacebuilding, which is the subject of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/304). Before moving to the issue b…
Let me thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe and Ms. Susana Malcorra for the briefings they just gave us. I would also commend the participation in this debate of our colleague from Somalia.
Burkina Faso is very concerned over the current situation in Somalia, which is marked by a very serious deterioration in ter…
As you conclude your duties as Permanent Representative of your country to the United Nations, on behalf of my delegation I, too, should like to pay tribute to you, Sir, above all for the excellence with which you presided over the Security Council for the month of June, as well as for the quality o…
At the outset, I thank you, Sir, for choosing the topic of United Nations peacekeeping operations as the subject of our discussion today. I should also like to thank Mr. Le Roy and Ms. Malcorra for their briefings.
The maintenance of peace is one of the principal responsibilities of the United Nati…
We thank you, Sir, for having convened this debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Given that the Council is once again taking up this question in the
course of six months, the importance of the issue is evident. We also thank Under-Secretary-General John Holmes for his briefing o…
I would like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura for his presentation of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2009/284) on the situation in Iraq and, as he is completing his post as the Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), to pay tribute to him for his valuable contribution to th…
At the outset, allow me to welcome the presence at this meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, and of Kosovo, Mr. Skender Hyseni. I also duly thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his briefing.
It is with …
I wish to thank the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) and the Chairman of the Sierra Leone configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission for their very instructive briefings. I also welcome the presence …
Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of your country and to take this opportunity to congratulate you on Turkey’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also wish to commend Ambassador Churkin and his team for their effect…
