We wish to welcome the presence here with us today of the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Mr. Thambwe Mwamba, and we acknowledge the participation in our work of the Foreign Minister of Belgium, His Excellency Mr. De Gucht, as well as of the Permanent Represe…
At the outset, I wish to welcome here with us today the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, His Excellency Mr. Hoshyar Zebari.
Italy voted in favour of the resolution to extend the mandates of the Development Fund for Iraq and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board for a period of 12 mon…
I would like first of all to thank Special Coordinator Serry for his very informative briefing today and to acknowledge the presence here with us of the Permanent Observer of Palestine, Ambassador Mansour, and of the Permanent Representative of Israel, Ambassador Shalev. I also wish to align my stat…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this ministerial meeting of the Security Council. I also wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his introductory remarks and to acknowledge the presence of the Deputy Secretary- General.
At the outset, I wish to express my Government’s support for the draft …
While we thank the Secretary-General for being with us today, we also acknowledge your presence, Sir — the Prime Minister of Croatia; and the Secretary of State of the United States, Dr. Rice; Foreign Minister Miliband; Foreign Minister Lavrov; the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of China, and als…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ambassador Grauls for his comprehensive
briefing and for his effective leadership of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
Unfortunately, the most recent report of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy …
First of all, I wish to welcome the Permanent Representative of Israel, Ambassador Shalev, and the Permanent Observer of Palestine, Ambassador Mansour, and to thank them for their interventions here with us in the Council.
We are convinced that the real issue and our top priority is to improve the …
I wish to thank Under- Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing and commend him on the extremely vital work he has carried out during his visit and to encourage the humanitarian community operating in such difficult circumstances, which the Council witnessed directly some months ago.
I also thank …
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to express our warmest appreciation to Ambassador Urbina of Costa Rica and his team for the excellent work done during their presidency last month.
I would like to join other members in welcoming…
At the outset, I wish to welcome the presence among us of His Excellency
Foreign Minister De Gucht and Special Representative Doss, as well as the presence of the Permanent Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
We are all well aware that the solution of the conflict i…
First of all, I wish to thank the Costa Rica presidency for organizing this comprehensive discussion on Somalia and the briefers for their inputs. The representatives of Somalia and the African Union also provided valuable perspectives and expectations of what this Council can do that must be fully …
First of all, let me express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, as well as to the other Chairs of the Security Council subsidiary bodies, Ambassador Grauls and Ambassador Jurica, for today’s briefings and for their ongoing contribution to common action against international terrorism.
Italy align…
Allow me to begin by endorsing the statement delivered by the representative of France at the 18th meeting in his country’s capacity as presidency of the European Union.
Italy wishes to thank landlocked developing countries and transit developing countries for preparing this midterm review of the i…
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Solana, High Representative of the European Union, for his biannual briefing on the European Union-led peacekeeping force (EUFOR) and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Chad for being with us this afternoon.
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Italy welcomes th…
This is a time of great and deep concern over the continued instability in and around Georgia. We are convinced that the Security Council cannot delay its action any longer. We do have in place a ceasefire agreement accepted by the parties and endorsed by the main international players, including th…
I wish first of all to reconfirm our full confidence in the impartiality and objectivity of the Secretariat and to express our thanks to Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet for their valuable briefings.
While we have clarified our position in all the previous open m…
We are extremely concerned at the escalation of violence in the region of
South Ossetia, Georgia. It is particular sad to face such a scenario while in Beijing in a few hours the Olympic Games will be declared open. Once again, all the calls for a universal Olympic Truce, issued by our world body, …
We understand that the situation on the ground has considerably worsened since our meeting last night. As indicated a few hours ago in an official statement, the Italian authorities are following with deep concern the crisis situation in the Georgian region of South Ossetia in close coordination wit…
Allow me to first congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of our work in August and to express our heartfelt thanks to the Vietnamese delegation for its excellent work and stewardship of the Council in the intense month of July.
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe; the De…
I too wish to commend the United Kingdom delegation for its endeavours during the negotiations leading to today’s outcome.
Italy welcomes the adoption of resolution 1828 (2008), on the renewal of the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I wish to take thi…
