I too would like to thank the two Special Envoys, Mr. Jan Eliasson and Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, for their respective statements, which have given us an overview of the current situation in Darfur, especially as regards the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I would also …
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the presence among us today of Presidents Boris Tadić and Fatmir Sejdiu. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his presence and for the report (S/2008/354) which he presented to us on the future of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo …
At the outset, I would like to thank the members of the Security Council for their valued contribution to the success of the mission which I had the honour to lead to Côte d’Ivoire on Monday, 9 June 2008.
The aim of the mission — whose terms of reference we approved together — was to determine the …
At the outset, my delegation welcomes Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, and thanks him for his assessment of recent developments in the situation in his country. We also thank Ambassador Khalilzad, who has just briefed us on behalf of the Multinational Force. Finally, our tha…
Burkina Faso is grateful to you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on a question as significant as the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We thank the Secretary-General for his commitment to find solutions commensurate with this problem. The relevant recommendations in his repo…
As members know, the conflict in Western Sahara is of the greatest concern to my country — not solely because it is an African problem, but also because of the potential danger it poses every day, after more than 30 years of attempts to reach a compromise. In that regard, Burkina Faso has maintained…
My delegation welcomes the organization of this debate of the Security Council on small arms, the first of its type since 2006, on a subject which is of such key importance and thanks you, Mr. President, for having undertaken this initiative.
This question, as we are all well aware, is at the core …
We, too, thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing on the implementation of the mandate entrusted to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) under resolution 1770 (2007). We also thank Ambassador Khalilzad for his statement on the activities of the Multinational Force in I…
We would like to begin by thanking the Secretary- General for his introduction and the Under-Secretary- General, Mr. Pascoe, for his presentation on the situation in the Middle East.
In a few days, in Damascus, a summit of Heads of State and Government of the Arab League will be convened. We hope t…
Our present debate within the framework of the renewal of the mandate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) of the Security Council. It provides my delegation with the opportunity to congratulate Mr. Mike Smith, not only on his briefing, but also on his assumption of the po…
I will be brief. First of all, I wish to thank my neighbour at the Council table and my friend, Johan Verbeke, for having presented the 90-day report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), which he has delivered in the clearest possible manner. In its capac…
We thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for having presented the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan. We would also like to welcome here Mr. Kai Eide, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan and we would like to encourage him in the new responsibil…
As members will recall, Burkina Faso, since the beginning of the Council’s consideration of this matter, has stated its reservations about considering a draft resolution before the publication of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear programme, because, as a m…
We too would like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for the very thorough and enlightening briefing he has given us on the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) (S/2008/26). We also thank our friend the Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste …
First, I wish to welcome the presence of the President of the Republic of Serbia and the Secretary-General.
Once again, we are called on to debate Kosovo. This proves the great importance and, above all, the complexity of the problem, and its urgency as well, because of the events that have been ta…
Mr. President, Burkina Faso joins other members of the Council in welcoming you, along with Mr. Charles Michel, Minister for Development Cooperation of Belgium, and Mr. Vittorio Craxi, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Italy. Your participation in this debate, Sir, shows the importance…
The briefings we have just heard from Mr. Jan Eliasson, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations — both of whom we would like to thank earnestly — provide a glimpse of developments that are not completely pessim…
We have concluded that the situation in the Middle East continues to be a source of serious threat to international peace and security. As a result, it requires the Security Council and the entire international community to exercise increased vigilance. In his very instructive briefing, Mr. Pascoe h…
We would like at the very outset to thank Mr. Pascoe for his update on the situation in Gaza.
This emergency meeting is necessary in view of the very tense and worrisome situation prevailing in Gaza, stemming, as we know, from a resumption of hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians and aggrav…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, has just presented the report of the Secretary-General on Iraq (S/2008/19), specifically on the fulfilment of the responsibilities of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), submitted pursuant to resolution …
