We have just voted in favour of resolution 1787 (2007), particularly since our observations were taken into account. Naturally, we wish we had had a comprehensive resolution reflecting our comments and observations after the experience we have acquired during our almost two years of work in the Coun…
Allow me to start by warmly welcoming Mr. Gambari here to New York as the Special Adviser of the Secretary- General for Myanmar. We thank him for his positive statement, which always offers optimism. I would also like to thank him for the wisdom and foresight with which he considers the situation in…
At the outset, Mr. Minister, I have the pleasure to welcome
you to New York. I am also pleased to see you presiding over the Council. We wish your delegation every success in its presidency of the Council for this month. I should also like to thank you for choosing the role of regional and subregio…
At the outset, I would like to thank you for convening the monthly briefing this morning to discuss the item on the situation in the Middle East, and to thank Mr. Michael Williams, Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing t…
First, I wish to state how much my delegation appreciates the efforts of the president of the Council for the month of August. We wish to commend you Sir, for wisely choosing to hold this thematic debate on the role of the Security Council in conflict prevention and resolution, in particular in Afri…
Mr. President, I should like at the outset to thank you for having convened this meeting and to extend our thanks also to Judge Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Judge Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR); M…
Allow me to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for his briefing, which we believe has raised awareness and concern about the humanitarian difficulties faced by some African States. We join other States in calling for the humanitarian situation in those countries to be address…
Permit me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, and the Permanent Mission of Japan for the efforts and skill with which you have prepared for this open debate.
We congratulate ourselves and the international community on the progress made in implementing Security Council resolution 1325 (2000)…
Allow me first to thank Ambassadors Mayoral, Løj and Burian for their briefings on the work of the Security Council committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004). We hope that the Committees’ work will be successful, as it is an important component of our gl…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, for the efforts he and the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) have made to bring about the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. We commend the parties to the Agreement…
Allow me at the outset to thank Mr. Egeland for his briefing, which we followed attentively.
It is very sad to note today that the rape of women has become a spreading cancer in the society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is sad indeed that those who commit such crimes do so with impuni…
Qatar has always affirmed the importance of respect for the respective competences of the organs of the United Nations. The relevant organs, particularly the Human Rights Council, should be given priority in dealing with questions of human rights, including the question of Myanmar. It is well known …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this urgent Council meeting to debate the continuing Israeli military aggression against Lebanon and its people. I also wish to thank Mr. Guéhenno and Mr. Gambari for their briefings on the latest disturbing developments in the region.
Over the past few day…
As is well known to everyone, Qatar, in the light of its responsibilities regarding towards the question of Palestine, submitted a balanced draft resolution that reflected the views of the majority of the Council. We took into consideration the views and comments of all Council members. However, the…
At the outset, my delegation would like to associate itself with previous speakers in extending our sincere thanks to the President and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and to the President and the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for R…
At the outset, allow me to welcome Mr. Adnan Terzic, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to thank them for their briefings on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
That wounded co…
My country wishes first and foremost to support the statement made by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Arab States regarding measures to eliminate international terrorism.
The delegation of the State of Qatar has provided all information regarding efforts made during consultations in th…
