I should first like to welcome the presence here today of Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whom we would also like to thank for his important statement. I should also like to thank Mr. Valentin Inzko, who has just assumed his new functions as High Re…
I would like at the outset to thank and congratulate Ambassadors Ripert, Urbina and Mayr-Harting in their capacities as Chairmen of the 1373, 1540 and 1267 Committees, briefings on which have just been presented to us.
First of all, we note with satisfaction the adoption by the 1540 Committee of it…
I wish at the outset, Sir, to offer my sincere congratulations to you and your team on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April; I assure you of our full cooperation. I wish also to congratulate Ambassador Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham and the entire delegation…
At the outset, I wish to welcome Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo. I thank them for their important contributions, and Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing.
What em…
At the outset, we would like thank the Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for the briefing that he has just given us. When the need for a debate on the humanitarian situation in the Sudan arose, we saw no objection to it, aware as we are of the difficult humanitarian…
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abadallah for his briefing on the situation in Somalia and express our appreciation for the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia. We also thank Commissioner Lamamra for his very informative statement.
Reading the Secretary-Gene…
I wish to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), for his briefing. I would also like to welcome the presence of our colleague, the Permanent Representat…
I wish at the outset, Mr. President, to welcome you as the new Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations and to thank you for having convened this meeting to consider the report of the African Union-United Nations panel on modalities for support to peacekeeping ope…
At the outset, I should like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura for the report he has just given us of the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). I also thank the Permanent Representative of Iraq for the extremely valuable information he has conveyed to us.
To begin with…
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Sir, for calling for this debate on the situation in Sierra Leone, and Mr. Michael von der Schulenberg and Ambassador Frank Majoor for their very comprehensive statements. We also welcome the presence here of our new colleague from Sierra Leone, Ambassador Sheko…
At the outset, I, too, wish to tell my friend, Ambassador Francis Butagira, now that he is leaving us, how deeply we have appreciated his effective contributions to the work of the Security Council. I wish him all the best in his future duties.
Mr. President, we would also like to thank you and the…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which is a subject of great importance and whose consideration by the Council is all the more important in light of the tragedy currently unfolding in Gaza, unfortunately demo…
My delegation welcomes the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 1860 (2009) regarding the present serious situation in the Middle East.
The Council could not remain indifferent to the tragedy under way in Gaza, especially in the light of its
mandate, but also of the serious humanitarian conse…
Mr. President, we thank you for having convened this emergency meeting, which gives the Security Council an opportunity to consider the tragic events that are currently taking place in Gaza. The presence of the Secretary-General, which we welcome, clearly attests to the importance and urgency of the…
At the outset, I would like to offer a few words of welcome to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well to welcome the presence among us today of our colleague from Rwanda.
Unfortunately, like the picture that was painted at our last meeting on …
At the outset, I welcome the participation in our debate of the ministers present with us today and the Secretary-General.
At a time when the international community is striving to reach agreement on the best way to address the political challenges and the various manifestations of armed violence t…
My delegation would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing and presiding over today’s meeting. The presence of ministers and the Secretary-General, whom we respectfully welcome, attests to its importance.
It has been said that the situation in the Middle East, in particular the Israeli-Palestinian …
I should like at the outset to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the two Tribunals for their presentations and, in particular, to congratulate Judge Robinson. I would also like to thank the delegation of Belgium for its report on the work of the Informal Working Group on international tribunal…
On behalf of my country, I would like to welcome you, Sir, and say that we are deeply honoured to see you presiding over this very important meeting, the topic of which was so wisely decided upon the Croatian delegation. Burkina Faso wished to participate at a high level in this meeting, but since i…
At the outset, allow me to thank Mr. Miroslav Lajčák for his briefing, which gave us a good overview of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also welcome the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Špirić, and we are grateful to him for his statement.
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