At the outset, I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco for his detailed and comprehensive briefing, his first before the Council.
Over the past six months the situation in the Middle East has remained worrisome. Almost no progress has been made on the implementation of S…
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Le Roy for his comprehensive briefing. I welcome the presence and participation of Mr. Mikhail Margelov, Special Representative of the Russian President, in the Council’s meeting today.
More than a year and a half have elapsed since the i…
Viet Nam consistently supports resolving conflicts and disputes by means of peaceful negotiations, in accordance with international law. As we desire a realistic solution based upon consideration of the legitimate interests of all of the parties concerned, the draft technical extension resolution, a…
As a party to all major multilateral treaties on nuclear disarmament, including and especially the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Viet Nam is faithful to the objective of non-proliferation of nuclear
weapons, considering it t…
I begin by welcoming the participation of Her Excellency Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone, in today’s Council meeting, and thanking her for her statement. I also thank Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, head of the United Nations Integrated
Peacebuilding Office i…
First of all, on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, and the Turkish delegation on your assumption this month of Turkey’s first presidency of the Council. In discharging your important task, you and your delegation can rely on the fullest cooperation of the…
I should like to start by thanking Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Ambassador Jorge Urbina for their very comprehensive briefings on the work of the 1267 Committee, the 1373 Committee and the 1540 Committee over the past six months and for their continued cooperation. We …
On behalf of the Government of Viet Nam, I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, and the Government of the Russian Federation for taking the initiative of organizing this important debate of the Council. We welcome the presence of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and thank him for his sta…
The Vietnamese delegation thanks you, Sir, and the Mexican presidency for taking the initiative of holding this debate of the Council on the important topic of mediation and the settlement of disputes. I thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing.
We align ourselves wi…
Allow me first of all, Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, to extend to you and the Mexican delegation our congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month. You can rest assured of my delegation’s full cooperation. I also wish to extend warm congratulations to Am…
I join others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing. I welcome and thank the delegations of Palestine and Israel for their participation in this debate of the Council. We align ourselves with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Cuba on beha…
I thank the Secretary-General for his two reports (S/2009/132 and S/2009/146) which focus respectively on the security and piracy situations in Somalia. I also thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah for his detailed briefing. I welcome the participation of His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Minist…
We thank Mr. Rashid Khalikov of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for his briefing.
We are concerned about the worsening humanitarian situation and rising security threats in Darfur, in the Sudan. In conflict areas, civilians become the most vulnerable group, whether in Afghan…
Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to extend to you my most heartfelt congratulations on your appointment as the new head of the Libyan delegation. I thank the Libyan presidency for convening this important debate of the Security Council. I welcome the participation of Secretary-General Ban …
On behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I would like to thank the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Iraq and the work of the United Nations in that country (S/2009/102). I wel…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this debate of the Council on Timor- Leste. I welcome President José Ramos Horta of Timor-Leste to the Council and thank him for his very important statement. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his presence and for his report (S/2009/72), which cover…
As this is the first open meeting of the Council in February, I join others in extending to you, Sir, and the Japanese delegation our congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month.
I would also like to extend to Ambassador Ripert and the French delegation our si…
I join other speakers in thanking you, Sir, for convening this important meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary- General John Holmes for his informative briefing and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for its efforts in preparing the updated aide- memoire on the protection…
My delegation would like to have seen a resolution with more clear- cut language, providing for an immediate ceasefire and an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, which we consider essential for putting an early end to the current crisis and relieving the innocent Palestinian people of …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important and timely meeting of the Security Council and for personally presiding over it. I also wish to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his statement, as well as President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority and the foreign mi…
