At the beginning of this week, at the opening of the general debate, the international community strongly condemned the heinous attacks that have once again struck Kenya. That situation should lead us to reflect on our ability to prevent, manage and settle conflicts. Kenya’s tragedy is to be situate…
It is a happy coincidence — and one that gives me great pleasure — that my fellow countryman, who is presiding at this meeting, has given me the floor.
Despite progress in the field of knowledge and forecasting, the evolution of humankind remains subject to uncertainties. In that connection, the wo…
I am honoured to take the floor from this rostrum on behalf of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso.
This past week, in this place, we took part in High-level Meetings that addressed the major concerns at the very heart of the actions of the United Nations and thos…
The Republic of the Congo is pleased to participate in the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases. We see the emergence of non-communicable diseases as an additional burden to be added to the scourge of communicable and tropical diseases…
As we open this session of the General Assembly the world is still facing problems of peace and security, crises, conflicts, inequality among States, poverty, hunger and disease. To those recurrent problems are added new challenges, such as climate change, natural disasters, terrorism, piracy, trans…
Five years from the deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the opportunity afforded by this meeting is clear: we have to evaluate what we have done during the last 10 years and to trace the broad lines of what remains to be done to accelerate implementation.
The draft resol…
My delegation welcomes your inspired election, Sir, to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session, which is being held at a particularly important moment in the life of our Organization, given the numerous challenges that we have to face. The robust messages that you yourself have issued…
As he had to leave New York earlier than scheduled owing to pressing engagements, President Denis Sassou Nguesso has asked me to address the Assembly on his behalf in order to share with other Member States the perspectives of the Congolese Government on items on the General Assembly’s agenda at thi…
My delegation thanks you, Sir, for organizing this important meeting. We also thank Mr. John Holmes for the information that he has brought to our attention and, first and foremost, for his great interest in the tragic humanitarian situations in the African regions that he has just visited. His rece…
My delegation too wishes to welcome the presence of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also thank the High Representative for his excellent work and for his recent report (S/2007/253, annex).
Since the Council’s last meeting devoted to the situation in Bosnia and…
Madam President, my delegation would like to thank you for having taken the initiative to organize this debate on a
question that constitutes one of the major challenges that humanity will be facing for some time to come.
We share the concerns expressed by the Non- Aligned Movement (NAM) and the G…
Last September, my delegation cast a negative vote with regard to the procedural decision that led to the inscription of the situation in Myanmar on the Council’s agenda. That position is in line with that of the Non-Aligned Movement and of Myanmar’s
neighbouring countries in the context of the Ass…
Allow me at the outset to welcome Mr. Solana and to express my deep appreciation for his briefing. I should like also to thank the representative of Germany, who spoke on behalf of the European Union, as well as Mr. Guéhenno and Mr. Gambari, for the very useful information that they have provided us…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate just a few days after the holding in Nairobi of the Second Summit of Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. For us, the outcome of that important event represents a turning point in the search for peace, s…
My delegation also welcomes the representative of Serbia and the Prime Minister of the Provisional Institutions in Kosovo.
In appointing Mr. Ahtisaari to lead the negotiations on the status of Kosovo, the Secretary- General, with the support of the Security Council and international community, soug…
I should like at the outset, Mr. President, to welcome your well- advised and very timely initiative to convene this
ministerial-level meeting. We welcome also the fact that this debate is taking place under the presidency of Qatar — your country — which is playing a stabilizing role in the region.…
I welcome the Security Council’s adoption today of this resolution, which supports the efforts under way for quite some time now by the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to bring peace back to Somalia. For years now, that country has felt abandoned by the intern…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Gambari for his briefing on a situation that continues to deteriorate.
The news concerning Lebanon that he announced earlier was not at all reassuring. I, too, condemn the assassination of Minister Gemayal and offer his family and the Government of Lebanon my since…
I waited to hear the outcome before asking to speak, because my delegation is not accustomed to explain its vote here, particularly when it is a positive vote. But after what has just taken place, I cannot fail to convey to the Council how troubled my delegation is and to express my deep disappointm…
Madam President, your counterpart, Minister Rodolphe Adada, was getting ready to take part in today’s debate, but he has been detained elsewhere for a meeting the contents of which concern our debate because it is a summit meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security
Council on Darfur. Therefo…
