Allow me, Mr. President, once again to express our delegation’s pleasure at seeing you preside over this meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particulary on the fi nal report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2012/843, annex).
First, on b…
Allow me first of all to discharge a pleasant duty and to express my great pleasure at seeing you, Mr. President, preside over the Security Council. Indeed, Portugal, your country, has close and centuries-old links with the political and cultural area to which my country, the Democratic Republic of …
I would like at the outset to say how pleased I am to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council in the month of June. I am all the more pleased that it is under the presidency of a noble son of Central Africa that the Council will consider the future of the long partnership between my countr…
Allow me at the outset to express my satisfaction at seeing you, Madame, presiding over the Security Council this month. You represent a country, Brazil, with which the Democratic Republic of the Congo enjoys excellent relations based on mutual respect and esteem. I take this opportunity to join you…
I take the floor in my capacity as the Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in connection with the Assembly’s adoption today of resolution 65/263, on cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie.
In that connection, I shoul…
My delegation has taken note of the sixth annual report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the United Nations (see A/65/313), presented by the President of the Court, Judge Sang-Hyun Song.
To begin with, we would like to concur fully with the statement made yesterday by the representative…
I will be brief. Allow me at the outset to express to you, Sir, my joy at seeing you preside over the Security Council this month. Indeed, you represent a country, Turkey, with which my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, enjoys very close relations marked by mutual respect and esteem.
I…
The Security Council has just adopted resolution 1906 (2009) of 23 December 2009, which extends the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). My Government duly takes note of this adoption.
I am returning from the Copenhagen summit with every possible unde…
Permit me, Sir, to take this opportunity to reiterate the congratulations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Belgium’s election to the presidency of the European Council.
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I am taking the floor in my capacity as Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) a…
I wish to reassure you, Sir, that I will be brief. At the outset I would like to express my pleasure at seeing you, Sir, preside over the Council during this month of October. I also take the opportunity to associate myself with the unanimous congratulations addressed to the United States delegation…
Mr. President, in taking the floor for the first time here in the Council this month, allow me at the outset to discharge the pleasant duty of congratulating you on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. I would also like to join in the unanimous praise for the Chinese pr…
I would like to inform the Assembly that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has decided to withdraw Mr. Sayeman Bula-Bula’s candidature. I would like to take this opportunity to express to all the delegations that have supported us our gratitude and appreciation. I would like to call on those dele…
I wish at the outset to discharge the pleasant duty of conveying to you, Sir, the message of His Excellency, Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who is unable to attend and therefore asked me to convey to you his sincerest congratulations on your election to…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the African Group. Our Group would like to associate itself with the statement made this morning by Ms. Joanne Massiah, Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Marine Resources and Agro Industry of Antigua and Barbuda, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Afri…
Allow me at the outset to join those delegations that have spoken before me to firmly condemn, on behalf of my Government, the terrorist attacks yesterday in Algiers. My delegation expresses its profound sympathy and deep condolences to the victims of those hateful attacks and their families, and to…
My delegation wishes to express its disapproval of this latest attempt to include an additional item related to Taiwan’s representation to the United Nations. My delegation reaffirms that the Democratic Republic of the Congo recognizes the People’s Republic of China, with its capital in Beijing, as …
Allow me, first of all, to express my pleasure at seeing you, Mr. President, preside over the Security Council for the month of January, as well as to thank you for convening this important meeting of the Council devoted to the European Union-led force (EUFOR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Permit me at the outset to carry out a pleasant duty — that of saying what a pleasure it is to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council during
the month of July. I should also like to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Denmark, and to congratulate her on a successful m…
Madam President, the head of the delegation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the sixty-first session of the General Assembly will soon have the opportunity to convey to you our Republic’s warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the Assembly.
Speaking in the context of …
Two days ago, the General Assembly heard Mr. Sam Kutesa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda, describe at length his country’s view of the situation in the Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. My delegation deeply regrets the fact that Mr. Kutesa’s comments…
