I would like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, and the delegation of Azerbaijan on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month. I wish you great success in executing the Council’s work. I would also like to reiterate my warm thanks to Ambassador Sus…
The choice of the theme of securing borders against illicit cross- border trafficking is of great interest to Member States, especially those of us in the West Africa subregion, because that issue goes to the heart of the matter discussed by the Security Council last February with regard to our regi…
I would like to begin by thanking the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs for his briefing. I would also like to thank the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel for their statements.
The Council’s consideration today of the situation in the Middle East…
Togo, like the other members of the Security Council, welcomes the adoption of resolution 2043 (2012), which reflects the unity of action that has prevailed within the Council since we adopted resolution 2042 (2012) a week ago. By voting in favour of the resolution, Togo has reaffirmed its firm supp…
First of all, Madam President, I would like to welcome your country’s selection of the theme for this very important debate, which is directly in line with the international efforts aimed at supporting initiatives on non-proliferation, disarmament and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Following t…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting, which, given to the wide range of eminent persons participating in it, provides us with an important opportunity to consider the serious situation prevailing in Guinea-Bissau as a result of the coup d’état of 12 April. I would the…
My country welcomes the Security Council’s unanimous adoption today of resolution 2042 (2012), on Syria. This is an important event in the light of the fact that several times in the past the Council has failed to speak with one voice on the serious crisis in Syria. The adoption of this resolution c…
I would first like to associate myself with previous speakers in thanking Mr. Osorio for his excellent work at the head of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). In the past three months, the Committee, supported by its Panel of Experts, has participated furth…
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Ján Kubiš for his comprehensive briefing on the report of the Secretary- General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2012/133). I would also like to congratulate the German delegation on its crucial role in managing the Afghanistan issue and for preparing the d…
I wish to begin by thanking the United Kingdom for having organized today’s debate, which provides us with a special opportunity to consider the situation in the Middle East through the prism of the demands of the people and the changes taking place there. I should like to thank the Secretary-Genera…
I would like first of all to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mariano Fernández for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) (S/2012/128). The report, it must be said, supports and adds to the observations ma…
The situation in Somalia once again has the attention of the Security Council, which has devoted today’s debate to that issue. First of all, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate the United Kingdom on its accession to the presidency of the Council for the month of March. I also thank your dele…
Allow me to thank the Chairman of the Ministerial Committee on Syria of the League of Arab States, His Excellency the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar, as well as the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, for their briefings to the Council, as well as for the praise…
The Togolese delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his timely initiative to dispatch an assessment mission on the impact of the Libyan crisis on the Sahel region. It welcomes the report (S/2012/42) of the mission that Mr. Lynn Pascoe has just presented. The inter-agency composition of the miss…
The situation in the Middle East, at the core of which is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, retains the attention of the Security Council, which today is devoting a public
debate to the topic. I would like to congratulate the South African presidency for giving the Council, once again, the opportun…
Today’s Security Council open debate on the issue of justice and the rule of law has great significance for our delegation. Togo would like to congratulate your presidency, Sir, for having organized it, and thanks the Secretary-General for his report (S/20121/634*) and his presentation. As part of t…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate South Africa on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January, as well as to welcome you, Madam Minister, as you lead the Council in its discussions today. I also wish to thank your country for having organized this meeting…
At the outset, 1 would like at the outset to convey to the Assembly the warm and cordial sentiments of the authorities of Togo, in particular the President of the Republic, who is among the youngest Heads of State in the world.
I would also like to convey to the President of the General Assembly an…
Mr. President, it is always a great pleasure for the Togolese delegation to see you presiding over the work of the current session of the General Assembly with such skill, pragmatism and wisdom.
The Togolese delegation is pleased to participate in the debate on the agenda item before us.
The repor…
At the outset, allow me to convey the warm greetings of the Head of State, Government and people of Togo on the occasion of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I also wish to add that the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Togo, who unfortunately is absent from New York, asked me to read …
