Mr. President, I thank your delegation for arranging this public meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I also thank Mr. Jan Egeland, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his defining statement in today’s debate. In addition, we thank Mr. Jacques Forster, Vice-Pr…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month and to thank and congratulate the delegation of the Russian Federation for a very eventful presidency last month.
The Great Lakes region of Central Africa is a geographical expression with shared history…
I join in thanking Romania for convening and presiding over this ministerial meeting of the Security Council to deliberate on measures to support the International Independent Investigation Commission established by Security Council resolution 1595 (2005). I extend fraternal greetings and apologies …
At the outset, let me register Tanzania’s sincere appreciation to the delegation of Romania for organizing this open debate on Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). This debate is coming at an opportune time after world leaders adopted an outcome document last month that affirmed gender equality …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to hear joint briefings on the activities of the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee, the Counter- Terrorism Committee and the 1540 Committee. We commend the three Committees for providing us with updates every three months in a coordinated…
My delegation extends a warm welcome to the honourable minister of Romania and thanks Romania for organizing this important and timely debate. We also acknowledge the presence of regional organizations participating in this debate.
We find this debate useful because regional organizations play a vi…
I thank the Secretary-General for the third consolidated report on progress in implementation and international support on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), contained in document A/60/178. We also wish to express our appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Ibrahim Gambari for his work …
Mr. President, thank you for welcoming some of us back. Allow me to congratulate you belatedly on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of August. Let me also thank the delegation of Greece for a very successful presidency last month.
I join previous speakers in thanking the Secretar…
We too extend our gratitude to Mr. Guéhenno, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his briefing on developments in the way HIV/AIDS issues are addressed in peacekeeping operations. We also thank Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS …
We join in expressing our gratitude to you, Mr. Minister, for chairing this important meeting, which seeks to enhance the manner in which the Security Council responds to humanitarian crises in the context of the maintenance of international peace and security. This is an area of particular interest…
Mr. President, we, too, congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of July. We would like to assure you of our full cooperation and support. I should like also to commend Ambassador de La Sablière and his delegation for his energetic leadership during the mont…
Thank you, Madam President, for convening this open meeting on Timor-Leste.
We would like to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi and to commend him for introducing the fine report of the Secretary-General (S/2005/310) reviewing the final activities of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)…
I, too, would like to thank Ambassador Sardenberg of Brazil for his report and for his leadership during our recent visit to Haiti. The Security Council mission to Haiti was a reaction to the deepening crisis in the
country, a product of a multitude of problems besetting Haiti and its people over a…
It is less than a month since we last had a briefing from Mr. Aziz Pahad, South African Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and representative of the mediator of the African Union peace initiative in Côte d’Ivoire. My delegation welcomes Mr. Pahad to the Security Council once again and wishes to tha…
I should like, at the outset, to pay tribute to Ambassador Andrey Denisov on the completion of his term of office as Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). Despite the brief time that we worked with him in the CTC, we benefited greatly from his able leadership. We congratulate Ambassador…
The United Republic of Tanzania joins others in paying tribute to you, Mr. President, for having initiated these consultations. We see this process as critical to the need to reach a basic understanding in advance of the high-level summit meeting that is due to take place in five months’ time. This …
The United Republic of Tanzania voted in favour of the resolution we have just adopted with considerable reservations. The human tragedy in Darfur is a matter of serious concern to us and to Africa, as it is to the international community. In that regard, in the interest of justice and accountabilit…
The United Republic of Tanzania commends the Brazilian presidency of the Security Council for what is a most welcome and timely initiative of examining the work of the Council in Africa. During a month in which the Council has spent a significant proportion of its time on African issues covering 10 …
Tanzania regrets that the situation in Darfur compelled us to adopt today’s resolution, after months of waiting for the Abuja peace process to resume. To date, the peace process remains stalled, and there is no significant improvement on the ground with regard to the humanitarian situation. The N’dj…
I thank Mr. Alan Doss for presenting the latest report of the Secretary-General. My delegation also welcomes and appreciates the presence of Minister Aziz Pahad, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Africa, to brief the Council on President Mbeki’s mediation in Côte d’Ivoire on behal…
