On the occasion of the first public meeting since you assumed the Council presidency, Sir, I would like to congratulate you and to express our appreciation for the work of the outgoing President, Ambassador Akram.
My delegation would also like to thank Chairman Bryant and Special Representative of …
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting on complex crises and the United Nations response. It presents an opportunity to tie together a number of the Council’s recent thematic debates and to step back and consider more broadly some of the interrelated issues and challenges of the Uni…
I thank Ambassador Muñoz for his very thorough briefing on the work of the 1267 Committee and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team. We also commend and thank him for his strong leadership of the Committee, and we congratulate him on his successful and productive trip earlier this mon…
We too would like to extend our condolences and our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the terrorist action in Grozny, which killed President Kadyrov and others. We look forward to working on a presidential statement on that matter.
I would like to welcome Senior Minister Ana Pessoa to New Yor…
Once again, Sir, I would like to offer you congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Türk for his briefing on the status of the political process and weapons disposal in Bougainville and on the work of the Un…
On behalf of the host country, I wish to say that we
appreciate this opportunity to pay tribute to the memory of a great leader: the late President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Boris Trajkovski.
President Trajkovski was a close friend of the United States, where he studied theolog…
I wish, Sir, to welcome you to the Security Council. It is an honour that you and Minister Akufo-Addo are here today. We would like also to thank the Secretary- General and his Special Representative, Mr. Ould- Abdallah, as well as Mr. Chambas for their presence, and, of course, the French presidenc…
The adoption today by the Security Council of a resolution to strengthen the implementation and enforcement of the arms embargo imposed under resolution 1493 (2003) represents a critical step forward in our collective effort to reduce the illegal flow of weapons into the Democratic Republic of the C…
We welcome the Foreign Minister of East Timor, Mr. José Ramos-Horta. We also thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno and Special Representative Sharma for their continued efforts to advance political and economic development in East Timor.
The United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET…
I wish to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for his report. We welcome the Secretary-General’s progress report and have read its recommendations with great interest. The report furthers the dialogue that the Council has pursued in recent months, and that we hope will continue, on the regional as…
Madam President, allow me to welcome you and to thank you for having convened this meeting today. I wish also to thank you for your leadership — and Chile’s leadership — on this issue, and also for having shown the compelling film we saw earlier in the meeting.
I should like also to thank Special R…
Ambassador Munoz, I would like to thank you for organizing this meeting today and for your effort in drafting a presidential statement on this very important issue. I also want to thank Under-Secretary-General Abe for his comments outlining the Secretary- General’s report.
The United States recogni…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having presented an instructive briefing on the overall work of the sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) on Al Qaeda and the Taliban. It has clearly been a busy year for you, Sir, and for all delegations, as well as for the Secretariat and …
