I wish to express my appreciation to the Secretary-General for his monthly report to the Council (S/2015/264) and to the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Baroness Valerie Amos, for her briefing to the Council on the humanitarian situation and the im…
At the outset, I would like to express my delegation’s great appreciation for the unique opportunity afforded by the participation of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II as he shared his perspective on the important and timely topic of today’s open debate. We also wish to than…
My delegation welcomes the opportunity to address the subject of the responsibility to protect (R2P). We thank the Secretary- General for the presentation, on 21 July, of his report on implementing the responsibility to protect,
contained in document A/63/677, which has given us much food for thoug…
Mr. President, let me at the outset express how pleased we are to see you preside over our meeting today, and we thank you for allowing us to participate in it.
We wish to welcome Foreign Minister Omaar here today and congratulate him on his appointment. We wish to thank Mr. Ould Abdallah, Special …
My delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the Minister of State of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
As has been widely acknowledged, despite some of the progress made in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), halfway through, we still fall short o…
Like other delegations before me, Madam President, I would like to thank you for convening these meetings and the Secretary-General for his report (A/61/836). My delegation would also like to associate itself with the statement made by the representative of Pakistan on behalf of the Non-Aligned Move…
On behalf of the Group of Asian States, I wish to extend our deep respect to the Government and the people of Turkmenistan on the sad occasion of the passing of His Excellency Mr. Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan.
The late President Niyazov will be remembered by his people for his lead…
My delegation has the honour to introduce, on behalf of the sponsors, a draft resolution entitled “Representation of the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”, as contained in document A/58/L.48 dated 15 December 2003. This draft resolution was originally sponsored by 24 delegat…
First of all, allow me, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We also wish to pay tribute to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Germany, for his excellent stewardship of t…
My delegation wishes first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to continue consideration of the extremely grave situation in Palestine.
My delegation is deeply dismayed at Israel’s absolute disregard of repeated calls by the international community to immediately withdraw…
My delegation is most grateful for the opportunity to deliberate on an issue of vital importance to the international community as a whole.
My delegation welcomes the Secretary-General’s progress report, as contained in document A/56/371. The report has outlined specific follow-up action that has b…