I would like to welcome Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. We take note of the presentation of his report (S/2013/646, annex), to which we listened with concern, given the relative lack of progress achieved in the period under review. We should like to make five obse…
We are grateful for the convening of this open debate on the working methods of the Security Council, as well as for the concept paper (S/2013/613, annex) that was
circulated to that end. We hope that our deliberations today will help renew the commitment to make progress in improving the efficienc…
Mr. President, we thank you for convening today’s ministerial briefing to discuss cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as well as the concept paper circulated by your delegation (S/2013/588). We also appreciate your presence among us here today, S…
I would like to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. His presentation was, as ever, extremely useful in its overview of the general situation in the region, the accelerated changes occurring there and the opportunities th…
Before delivering my statement, I would like to say that this morning, my delegation had requested the right to explain its vote. I would like to believe that an unintentional error caused that opportunity to be lost. Our motive was not to explain why we voted in favour of resolution 2122 (2013), bu…
I thank the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Judge Meron, and the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Judge Joensen, for their comprehensive briefings. Their briefings, along with the annual reports of the Tribunals before us (A/68/…
Once again, we would like to welcome Mr. Ján Kubiš, whom we thank for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/535). We would also like to thank Ambassador Tanin for his statement.
I have four comments. First, we hope that the year 2014 will see the holding of credible presidential e…
We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/444), which in many respects is hopeful. That should encourage us to exert even greater efforts in Kosovo. We are also grateful
for presentations given by Minis…
We are grateful to the Argentine delegation for organizing this debate on a topic of such importance to our region. We value your personal participation in the meeting, Mr. President. We also appreciate the presence of the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ambassador San…
We thank the delegation of Argentina for having convened this open debate under your presidency, partly to mark World Humanitarian Day and also to commemorate the events that took place exactly 10 years in Baghdad, when 22 members of the Secretariat made the ultimate sacrifice while pursuing the nob…
We would like to thank Mr. Robert Serry for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East.
The frequency with which we address this topic has often been questioned within the Security Council. However, the current situation in the region is so volatile and changeable, and has such enormous impli…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this open debate on the protection of journalists, media and communication professionals and associated personnel. On the basis of our commitment to the freedom of the press in general, we value the possibility of addressing the issue with specific refere…
My delegation would like to thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for his informative briefing and for the diligence that he and his team have shown since assuming the chairmanship of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I would like to draw attention to several points with regard t…
I would like to thank you for convening this meeting, Mr. President, and Under-Secretary-General Ladsous for introducing it. We are particularly grateful to the three Force Commanders for their enlightening briefings on three topics related to peacekeeping, and we warmly welcome all the Force Comman…
We welcome Mr. Ján Kubiš and thank him for his briefing on the Secretary-General’s report, contained in document S/2013/350. We also thank the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for his statement. I wish to make the following comments.
First, we take note of the recent developments discussed i…
With respect to what occurred this morning in Mogadishu, the human face of these events was dramatically described by my neighbour at this table, Rebeca Grynspan, when she noted that one of her staff members who died had left her six-year-old son an orphan. I trust that our press release shall conve…
We would like to thank the presidency of the United Kingdom for organizing this open debate. We also thank Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, Ms. Yoka Brandt and Mr. Gregory Ramm for their statements. We offer special recognition to Luxembourg for its leadership in the Informal Working Group on…
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/254) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). My thanks also go to his Special Representative for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for introducing the report and for his sustained personal endeavours to promot…
Guatemala has the honour to chair the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals. Perhaps that explains why we have the privilege of being the first to intervene in this debate, a debate that we would have liked to have been more open to other States Members of the United Nations.
I would li…
Our delegation thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, for his briefing regarding the latest developments. We also thank the Secretary-General for his recent report (S/2013/297).
We suppor…
