At the outset, let me thank the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco for having organized this open debate. We also express our appreciation to Ms. Judy Cheng-Hopkins and Ambassador Momen for their presentations, as well as the Secretariat for the report before us (S/2012/746), concerning the progre…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2012/907). We also welcome Mr. Ján Kubiš and thank him for his valuable briefing. We are also grateful for the statement by Ambassador Zahir Tanin. We would like to highlight four issues in the report of the S…
Our delegation thanks the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, for her briefing and for presenting the sixteenth report of the Prosecutor to the Security Council in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005).
As indicated in paragraph 2 of resolution 1593 (2005), the Gove…
My delegation would like to thank Ambassador Néstor Osorio for his presentation of the 90-day report on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). Now, at the end of his mandate, I congratulate him and his team for having chaired the Committee so ably …
We thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this timely briefing to promote an exchange of views on cooperation between United Nations peacekeeping missions. We are also grateful for the concept paper that was circulated for this meeting. We note the presentations of Mr. Hervé Ladsous, Under-Se…
Allow me, at the outset, to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important meeting on the situation in the region of the Sahel. I am grateful for your personal presence in leading our discussion. I would also like to apologize on behalf of our Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Harold C…
My delegation would like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their briefings on the completion strategies of their respective Tribunals. My
delegation also wishes to p…
I join my colleagues in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency this month. I wish you the full success that you deserve, and I am certain that you will play an outstanding role in the Council. We also thank the Indian delegation for its exemplary presidency in November.
I wis…
I thank you, Sir, having convened this open debate. We all know that the original idea was to hold it precisely one month ago under the Guatemalan presidency of the Council, but Hurricane Sandy decided otherwise and everything had to be placed on hold. We are therefore gratified that the initiative …
Guatemala abstained in the voting on resolution 67/19, just adopted, despite the fact that we accept the principle of the right of peoples to self- determination and firmly support the establishment of an independent and sovereign State for the Palestinian people under the well-known formula of two …
I thank the Secretary-General for his report on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), contained in document S/2012/818. We also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for having introduced the report, and Mr. Ivan Mrkić, Minister fo…
Allow me to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the issue of the Council’s working methods. I would also like to thank you for the concept note you have circulated to inform our debate (S/2012/853, annex). We trust that our deliberations will make it possible to r…
We would first like to thank the delegation of India for its initiative in convening this timely open debate on maritime piracy, which is a major challenge for the international community. We also express our appreciation to the delegation of India for presenting a concept note on the subject (S/201…
I wish, at the outset, to thank Ambassadors Peter Wittig, Hardeep Singh Puri and Baso Sangqu for their informative briefings and the great skill and dedication with which they guide the subsidiary bodies of the Security Council under their respective leadership.
Such joint meetings as this are very…
We thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important briefing, and we welcome the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, to the Council. We are grateful for the presentation of the fourth report to the Security Council, in accordance with resolution 1970…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on India’s assumption of the presidency of the Council. I wish you every success in your work.
Our delegation voted in favour of resolution 2073 (2012) because we consider it essential for the Security Council to maintain its unanimous support for So…
I join those who have spoken before me in thanking the Permanent Representative of Colombia, Ambassador Néstor Osorio, for his briefing. We would also reiterate
our gratitude for his leadership in heading up the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and for the …
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2012/703).We would also like to welcome Mr. Ján Kubiš and thank him for his briefing and his excellent work at the helm of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Let me also recognize the presence of Minister Zalma…
Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing and presiding over this meeting, which draws our attention to the dramatic humanitarian situation in Syria. We regret the absence of our own Minister for Foreign Affairs, who had a prior commitment and is on an official mission. We thank the Ministers of Jord…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) contained in document S/2012/603. Likewise, allow me welcome and thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Farid Zarif for his briefing. We are also grateful…
