It is most appropriate that the General Assembly discuss the question of Palestine, given the importance of the issue for the international community as a whole, especially at this crucial juncture in the peace process. The end of the Israeli moratorium on settlements in September put to the test, e…
Brazil welcomes this opportunity to discuss challenges to the full realization of the right to drinking water and sanitation, at the initiative of Bolivia. It is a pleasure to welcome His Excellency Mr. Evo Morales, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. We listened very carefully and with…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-Generals Valerie Amos and Alain Le Roy, High Commissioner Navi Pillay and the Director- General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Yves Daccord, for their briefings. I also express my appreciation to the Secretary-General for his in- depth report …
I thank the Chairmen of the Security Council Committees related to terrorism for their briefings today and commend them for their work.
Brazil has long argued, both in the General Assembly and in the Security Council, for a coordinated and multidimensional response to the challenges posed by terror…
I, too, would like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and to thank him for his statement. I also thank Special Representative Lamberto Zannier for his briefing and Mrs. Vlora Çitaku for her remarks.
The report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/562) dep…
I, too, extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Nebojša Radmanović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thank him for his important statement. I also thank
High Representative Valentin Inzko for his informative briefing and the report (see S/2010/575, annex) before us.
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I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his statement to us this morning. I would also like to extend a special greeting to Under- Secretary-General Michelle Bachelet, who joins us today for the first time in her capacity as head of UN Women. We are delighted at her appointment and pledge our full…
Mr. President, it is an honour to have you preside over the Security Council this morning. I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria and recognize the presence among us today of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia. Let me also express appreciation to the Secretary- General a…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the situation in Timor-Leste. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her briefing and I commend her for the work done in Timor-Leste. I welcome Ambassador Sofia Borges, Perma…
I too would like to thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco his comprehensive
briefing, as well as the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their remarks.
Once again, the Middle East peace process is at a very delicate juncture. The end of the construction freez…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for holding this debate. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General and to Mr. Peter Wittig, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their briefings today.
The progress report of the Secretary-General on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of con…
Revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations are essential steps towards a more secure world. The international community has repeatedly reaffirmed that the threat posed by the mere existence of nuclear arsenals must be tackled with …
I thank Mr. Edmond Mulet, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and, more important, for his dedication and able stewardship of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) under very challenging circumstances. I also thank Ambassador Léo Mérorès for his r…
The resolution that has just been adopted, as a result of the agreement reached between Serbia and the 27 countries of the European Union, is auspicious for the continuity of dialogue on the question of Kosovo. We appreciate the role of the European Union in the efforts to resolve the dispute at han…
I welcome the holding of this open debate on the situation in the Middle East. I thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing and Ambassadors Gabriela Shalev and Riyad Mansour for their remarks.
As we meet for another quarterly open debate on the Middle East, my delegation can see som…
It is an honour for me to welcome you, Mr. President, to the Security Council today. Your presence testifies to Nigeria’s commitment to the maintenance of international peace and security.
I thank Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro for her presence and her important remarks. And I am gratefu…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive statement. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Holmes and High Commissioner Navi Pillay for their briefings this morning.
Brazil would like to join you, Madam President, and previous speakers in paying special tribute to Sir John H…
I welcome His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and thank him for his statement. I thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier for his briefing, and I also appreciate the additional comments and information provided by the representative of the European Union. I thank Mr. Hyseni for hi…
I would like to join others in thanking Mr. Staffan de Mistura and Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan for their briefings, respectively, on the latest report of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan (S/2010/318) and on the Security Council mission to Afghanistan. We sincerely appreciate Ambassador Apakan’s a…
I am pleased to welcome you to the Council, Mr. President. It is a great pleasure to see you presiding over our meeting today, and I take this opportunity to congratulate the Mexican delegation on its initiative of organizing this open debate on a topic of great importance in the daily work of the S…
