The urgent convening of this meeting bears witness to the great importance of the question of the Middle East, which is at the heart of the Security Council’s concerns.
The incident that occurred with respect to the Libyan ship prevented from delivering humanitarian aid to the Palestinian populatio…
I too would like to thank Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, for his introduction of the eighth report on the activities of his Office with respect to the Darfur conflict. We take note of the report.
It is now a truism to say that the situation in the Sudan cont…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Alan Doss for his summary of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/728). I would also like to congratulate him, as well as the entire personnel of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) on their commitment a…
I would like to tell you, Mr. President, how happy our delegation is to see you personally chairing this important debate on the strengthening of collective security through the reduction of armaments and general regulation, which is a pressing subject and goes right to the heart of the Security Cou…
My delegation greatly appreciates the briefing given by Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for which we thank him. We also thank Ambassador Khalilzad for his briefing on the activities of the Multinational Force. We also thank our colleague the Permanent Representative of Iraq for the very useful information t…
On behalf of my delegation, I should like to welcome His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, and his delegation, who honour us by apprising us of developments in the conflict between his country and Eritrea. We especially thank him for the important statement he ha…
I should like at the outset to convey my gratitude to the Chinese delegation for having taken the welcome initiative of organizing a Security Council debate on the important topic of the Peacebuilding Commission, just a few days after the General Assembly held a debate on the subject. My delegation …
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, for his briefing and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for the valuable information he has provided.
It is concerning to note that the situation in Afghanistan remains one of the mos…
At the outset, let me congratulate you once again, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. For reasons that I need not enumerate here, we are sure that your presidency will have an important impact on our work this month.
I would also like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-…
I should like to express my delegation’s satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over this high-level meeting on the midterm review of the Almaty Programme of Action. My delegation would also like to thank the Secretary-General for the excellent organization of this debate and the interest he has…
I would like to begin by congratulating and thanking your delegation, Mr. President, for the initiative to hold this debate on such an important matter as that of the working methods of the Security Council. My delegation, of course, very much appreciated the presence of the Secretary-General at our…
First of all, my delegation would like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe and Mr. Edmond Mulet for the information they have kindly provided us on the situation in Georgia.
This is the third time that the Security Council has met in a very short period of time to try and find a diplomatic solution to this gr…
I should like to thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for its tireless efforts in the context of the negotiations on the resolution just adopted, which renews the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I must tell Ambassador Sawers and the delegation o…
We should like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Mr. Skender Hyseni of Kosovo, and to thank them for kindly enlightening us on the current situation in Kosovo. We also wish to thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-Gen…
We thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for having briefed us on the situation in the Middle East within the framework of the regular consideration of this item by the Security Council. We also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representatives of Palestine and Israel, and we take due note of their respective s…
Let me begin by thanking Mr. Ian Martin for his valuable briefing on the situation in Nepal. I wish also to welcome the presence at today’s meeting of the Permanent Representative of Nepal.
We note that, following the election of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal on 10 April, the peace process seem…
My first words will be simply to warmly welcome you, Sir. Allow me also to thank you for having proposed this debate on an issue that, although it has been discussed recently, nonetheless remains an urgent and timely topic.
The regular consideration of this issue bears witness to the vigilance and …
History, and in particular Africa’s history, has accustomed us to situations in which a small spark has led to a great conflagration. History also teaches us that the most absurd and atrocious of wars are often born of events that we thought were easy to control. Let us therefore not deceive ourselv…
My delegation wishes at the outset to welcome Their Excellencies the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and of Pakistan and to thank them for their statements. We wish also to thank Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and Mr. John Holmes, Under-Se…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to welcome the Prime Minister of the Republic of Djibouti, who has been kind enough to meet with us this afternoon, illustrating his belief in the importance of the matter we are addressing today.
Before I begin my statement, I should like to thank Mr. Honwa…
