Allow me to welcome Mr. Ould Abdallah, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, and to salute his efforts in the country in a particularly difficult context. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Somalia for his contribution to the debate.
As regards the…
Mr. President, my delegation is grateful to you for once again giving us an opportunity to take up the situation of Timor-Leste, a country friendly to Congo. We would like to thank Ambassador Kumalo and his team for the very complete report (S/2007/711) that he has given us.
My delegation would lik…
I should like to express our sincere thanks to you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on the activities of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since …
I too would like to thank Ambassador Holmes, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordination, for his accurate briefing, which brings us to the heart of the tragedy that is affecting the three countries that he visited. The futures of those countries depends, more…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assuming the presidency of the Security Council for December and, of course, to assure you of the full cooperation of my delegation. My delegation would also like to express its thanks to the Indonesian delegation and, of course,…
Allow me at the outset to welcome Minister Nqakula and to thank him for his briefing, in which he outlined the latest developments of the situation in Burundi. Above all, I commend the efforts undertaken by his country and other countries of the subregion to stabilize the situation in Burundi, which…
First of all, I would like to welcome the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator and to thank him for his very informative briefing on the exhaustive report of the Secretary- General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2007/643). We also wel…
My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting in a new format that enables us to have a comprehensive assessment of the activities carried out by the three subsidiary bodies of the Security Council: the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (200…
My delegation thanks you, Sir, for having organized this meeting on the situation in Myanmar. We also thank Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, for his most enlightening briefing.
In that briefing, he informed us that the Secretary-General’s good offices mission to Myan…
My delegation thanks you, Sir, for taking the felicitous initiative of convening this public debate on the role of regional and subregional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security.
I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General and thank him for his valuable contributi…
Allow me to first welcome His Excellency Mr. Djibrill Bassolé, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Burkina Faso and to thank him for the information he has kindly given us here on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Blaise Compaoré, current Chairman of the Conference of Heads of State …
My delegation would like to thank the President for having convened this meeting to consider the first report of the Peacebuilding Commission, a body whose establishment is clearly one of the best outcomes of the 2005 World Summit.
The comprehensive approach which, at the time, inspired the decisio…
My delegation would like to thank the President for having organized this important meeting on the most recent events on the situation in Afghanistan.
We also wish to thank Mr. Tom Koenigs, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mis…
Congo welcomes your initiative, Mr. President, in organizing today’s debate on a very important and topical theme.
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction continues to pose a threat to humankind, and the risk of their falling into the hands of terrorists remains real. Indeed, as recently a…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to thank you for having convened this meeting that allows us to continue thinking about a vital question that has to do with the United Nations image. I would also like to thank Mr. Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, whose briefing …
I am very grateful to you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting on the sensitive issue of counter-terrorism to consider the activities of three subsidiary bodies of the Council.
We listened very attentively to the statements made by the chairpersons of the Committees — Ambassador Løj, Am…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this open briefing on a topic that particularly affects Africa, our continent. I would also like to thank Mr. Guterres, the High Commissioner for Refugees, for his briefing, which made very clear the importance that he attaches to the is…
I would like to begin by welcoming His Excellency Mr. Xanana Gusmão, hero of the independence of Timor-Leste, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. I remind him that my country, through its permanent representation in New York, took part in the celebrations of the first hours of dearl…
Our head of delegation has asked me to read the following statement. I would like to commend the Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for the excellent report that he has presented, for the third consecutive year, on progress in implementation of and international support for the New Partnership for …
In taking the floor for the first time, I should like to join all previous speakers in extending my sincere congratulations to Mr. Han and to the other members of the Bureau on their election and to assure them of my delegation’s full cooperation. Mr. Han’s great experience as a diplomat and special…
