I congratulate you, Madam President, on the initiative taken by your country to hold this debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, an issue of concern to the United Nations, in particular the Security Council. Serious violations against civilians in armed conflict persists, and hence…
I should like to start by thanking Mr. Ján Kubiš for having presented the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in the country (S/2013/350). We thank also Ambassador Tanin for his statement.
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I would like to thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for having organized this debate on the link between natural resources and conflicts, six years after this was initiated, in 2007, by Belgium. I would also like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson; the Chair of the Africa…
I thank you, Sir, for having organized this debate. I take this opportunity to thank Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Ms. Yoka Brandt, Mr. Hervé Ladsous and Mr. Gregory Ramm for their statements and the efforts of their respective entities. I welcome the presence in the Chamber of Foreign Minister Asselborn, wh…
At the outset, I would like to thank President Theodor Meron, President Vagn Joensen, Prosecutor Brammertz and Prosecutor Jallow for their briefings on the reports of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (S/2013/308) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda …
Allow me, Mr. President, to express my gratitude to your country, the United Kingdom, for having organized this briefing on Somalia as well as for the special attention that you have always paid to the reconstruction of that country. I would like to pay tribute to you, Mr. Minister, and thank you fo…
I should like at the outset to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing on the seventeenth report of her Office, pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). As we all know, it was in that resolution that the Council referred the situation in Darfur sin…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for including the issue of post-conflict peacebuilding on the agenda of the Security Council during your presidency. I would also like to thank Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Momen of Bangladesh and Ambassador Ranko Vilović of Croatia for their st…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I also thank the Permanent Representative of the State of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palest…
Allow me to thank Mr. Zarif for introducing the quarterly report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/72) on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(UNMIK). I also thank the Prime Minister of Serbia and Mr. Hashim Thaçi for their statements.
I will principally address the issues r…
I would, first of all, like to thank the Secretary-General for presenting his report on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (S/2013/133). Togo reiterates its congratulations to the Secretary-General and to the staff of the United Na…
Allow me to begin by thanking Ambassador Gary Quinlan for presenting the first report on the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), which he chairs with most able stewardship. I would like to reiterate the support of my delegation.
The Iranian nuclear issue in m…
I would like to begin by thanking Baroness Ashton for her briefing, which underscored the many and various contributions of the European Union in cooperation with the United Nations to the promotion of peace and development throughout the world.
Togo welcomes the organization of today’s briefing, i…
I shall begin by thanking your country, Sir, for including the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict on the Council’s programme of work for this month. We welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea to guide our deliberations.
I also thank the …
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Coordinator Mr. Robert Serry for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. I would also like to thank the Palestinian Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Representative of the State of Israel for thei…
At the outset, I would like to commend Pakistan for organizing this debate on the question of a multidimensional approach to United Nations peacekeeping operations. Your presence with us here in the Chamber, Secretary Jilani, to conduct today’s debate illustrates the interest that your country has a…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having made sure to include the item of post-conflict peacebuilding on the agenda of the Security Council. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Momen, f…
Allow me first to thank Mr. Abou Moussa for his detailed briefing, and to reiterate our congratulations to the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), the African Union (AU) and all United Nations missions in Central Africa for the tireless efforts they undertake every day to prom…
At the outset, let me thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for the presentation of the sixteenth report of the Office of the Prosecutor, in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005). The report has informed the Council about the ongoing judicial activities, as…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for having given us the opportunity today to debate the important question of inter-mission cooperation in peacekeeping operations.
I thank you, Sir, for the concept paper that you kindly circulated to the Council for this debate. Finally, I also thank Mr. Hervé Lads…
