On behalf of the Mrican group of States I should like to express a few ideas in connexion with the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
46. Many human achievements have been inspired and elaborated from a single idea and in special circumstances. Ne…
During every era and nearly everywhere, natural resources have been connected with war and violence. They have
inspired pirates and conquistadors in the search for gold.
Today’s debate on the maintenance of international peace and security: natural resources and conflict, also offers us the opport…
Armed conflicts that in the past involved only military personnel are now involving civilians on a routine basis. In today’s debate — which you were kind enough to convene, Mr. President, and we wish to thank you for that — conflicts we are discussing involve men and women of all ages, and the only …
The delegation of the Congo would like to express its gratitude to the Presidents of the two International Tribunals, Mr. Pocar and Mr. Byron, as well as to the Prosecutors, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow, for their briefings, which have given us the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to internati…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for the report (S/2007/330) he has submitted for consideration by members of the Council, which pertains to the fulfilment of the responsibilities entrusted to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). In that conn…
My delegation commends once again the quality of the work undertaken by the three Committees chaired respectively by Ambassadors Arias, Verbeke and Burian. We congratulate them most warmly and stress that theirs is a major contribution to the struggle being waged globally against the scourge of terr…
Allow me to explain the vote that my delegation will cast shortly in connection with the very sensitive issue of compliance with the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
Since it began its term on the Council, Congo has understood that the unity of the Security Council is essential to give the necessa…
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important briefing on Afghanistan, which gives the Security Council an opportunity to review the most recent developments in the country.
In this regard, we would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretar…
As my country is one of the 11 that make up the Great Lakes region in the larger sense that Mr. Ibrahima Fall mentioned, it is on behalf of all those countries — my own, of course, but also those represented in the Chamber, including those whose representatives are seated at the side of the Council …
I, too, should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important debate on Timor-Leste at a time when that country is approaching a historic milestone: the holding of important elections in April. I should also like, on behalf of my delegation, to welcome Prime Minister José Ramo…
The delegation of the Congo thanks you, Sir, for allowing the Council today to make an initial assessment of the work of the Peacebuilding Commission, which held its first meeting on 23 June 2006. We welcome the participation in this important debate of the President of the Economic and Social Counc…
Mr. President, your personal presence here as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru to guide the Security Council’s deliberations bears witness to the importance
that your country attaches to the topic that brings us here today: children and armed conflict. We can thus only thank you for having come…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to convene a meeting on this agenda item, at a time when the humanitarian situation has deteriorated in an unprecedented fashion across a good part of Africa, due to armed conflicts which are often …
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on the situation in the Middle East — a situation that has seriously deteriorated in recent days, as has been rightly pointed out by the countries and organizations that formally requested the holding of this meet…
My delegation would like to thank Mr. Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the briefing he has given us setting out the progress made in the implementation of the goals contained in his previous report, as well as regardi…
My delegation thanks you, Sir, for having organized this debate on the situation in the Middle East, nearly two months after the end of the hostilities in Lebanon.
We offer special thanks to Mr. Alvaro de Soto, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the…
My delegation listened closely to the presentation of the quarterly reports by the Chairmen of the three counter- terrorism Committees: the Ambassadors of Argentina, Denmark and Slovakia. We wish to warmly commend them for the quality of their work.
The relevance of the reports submitted for our co…
On behalf of the Congolese delegation, I should like to say, Mr. President, delighted we are to see you in the presidential seat, and to congratulate you not only as a seasoned diplomat, but also as the head of a dynamic team — that of Greece, with which we have always had the great pleasure of coop…
Mr. President, I am grateful to you for giving the Council once again an opportunity to examine the situation in the Middle East, 11 days after the adoption of resolution 1701 (2006).
A review of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006) for the period 11 t…
My delegation thanks Mr. Ian Martin for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2006/628); his briefing was illuminating for Council members in the context of this debate. We take this opportunity also to welcome Mr. José Luis Guterres, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste, who is …
