I would like at the outset to express my gratitude to the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Mr. Jan Eliasson, for his valuable efforts during the peace discussions in Sirte, Libya. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his report to the Council (S/2007/653) and my gratitude to Under…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, which forms part of the ongoing effort of the international community and the Council to promote the protection of civilians in conflict areas, in particular the protection of vulnera…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate and to thank my colleagues Ambassadors Johan Verbeke, Ricardo Alberto Arias and Peter Burian for their informative briefings on the work of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (200…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for your presence at this important meeting and to extend to the permanent mission of Ghana to the United Nations my sincere thanks for its thorough preparations for this open debate.
I would also like to extend my thanks to Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-S…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. Allow me, through you, to thank Mr. Djibrill Bassolé, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso and the
Special Representative of the Facilitator of the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire, President Blaise Compaoré, for his good offices and for…
We thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank the representative of the United States for his presentation of the quarterly oral report of the multinational force and the Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs for his comprehensive briefing on the United Nations A…
Thank you for holding this important meeting, in the form of an open debate, to consider the first annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission. This constitutes an important opportunity to review the activities of the Commission and to discuss the best ways to support it. I would also like to welc…
Allow me to begin by welcoming Mr. Tom Koenigs, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and thanking him for his briefing to the Council. In this regard, my delegation would like to pay tribute to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and to its co…
At the outset, allow me to express our thanks to the Secretary- General for his statement. Allow me also to thank Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General, for his important briefing to the Security Council on his recent visit to Myanmar. My delegation strongly supports the effo…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session and to wish him success in his mission. I also wish to welcome the convening of this important dialogue as it represents a reactivation of the purposes and …
At the outset, I should like to welcome the Secretary-General and to thank him for his statement.
My delegation voted in favour of the present resolution, convinced that there must be convergence of all international efforts if stability is to be achieved in Iraq for the benefit of its people, who …
On this, the last day of your presidency of the Security Council, Sir, my delegation wishes to express its sincere appreciation to you. Over the past month, we have been seized of matters of extreme importance for humankind and the maintenance of international peace and security. We hope that we hav…
It gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the delegation of the State of Qatar, to extend to Mr. Srgjan Kerim my sincere congratulations on the manner in which he is chairing the Commemorative High-level Plenary Meeting Devoted to the Follow-up to the Outcome of the Special Session on Children. This …
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on the Special Court for Sierra Leone. It gives us an opportunity to be briefed on the latest developments relating to the Special Court and on the difficulties facing its President, Justice George Gelaga King. I welcome Justice King to the Securit…
I feel it incumbent upon me first and foremost to affirm our firm, established position of advocating the need to establish justice and oppose impunity, in line with the objective set out in the United Nations Charter of creating conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising…
At the outset, Mr. President, allow me to thank, through you, Ambassadors Johan Verbeke, Ricardo Alberto Arias and Peter Burian for their briefings on the work of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004), respectively.
These three committees con…
Allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I too would like to welcome Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who is participating in our meeting today. I should also like to thank Mr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative…
Allow me to begin by welcoming you, Mr. President, as the Permanent Representative of the United States of America. We are pleased to see you presiding over the work of the Security Council for the first time. I wish you every success. We are confident that, thanks to your wisdom and diplomatic expe…
Madam President, it gives me pleasure to participate in this important meeting dedicated to the discussion of one of the most important current topics on the United Nations agenda, namely the relationship between energy, security and the climate, which will no doubt be extensively debated during the…
It gives me great pleasure to participate in this High-level Dialogue held in the framework of the follow-up to the progress made in the outcome of the decisions of the
International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002.
As the Assembly is aware, the Conferen…
