Having voted against the draft resolution today, I would like to briefly share with the Council the reasons that compelled us to do so. First of all, I wish to recall and underline that the partnership State established by the 1959 London and Zurich Treaties in the shape of the Republic of Cyprus an…
Let me begin by extending a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Nicola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and thanking him for participating in our debate today. The messages he gave are clear. I would also like to extend my congratulations to Mr. Inzko on his app…
I would like to thank the three distinguished Chairmen of the Committees established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for their informative briefings and for the continued guidance of their Committees. There is no doubt that today, terrorism and the p…
Let me start by congratulating you once again, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. You have our full support and cooperation in the discharge of your duties. My warmest thanks also go to Ambassador Heller, who presided over the Security Council last month with great su…
Allow me to welcome the presence of Her Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico in the Security Council this morning. We very much appreciate her gesture and desire to attend and preside over this important meeting. It underlines the importance Mexico attaches to this issue. Allow me t…
First, I wish to thank the presidency for convening this open debate on an issue of great importance to the United Nations and the Member States. Indeed, conflict prevention and crisis management through mediation are one of the founding principles of the United Nations, and we cannot overemphasize …
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his extensive briefing. Let me also underline that Turkey also aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of the Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union.
The tragic events at the start of this year h…
Allow me to extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and His Excellency Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo. My delegation is happy to welcome both of them, as well as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, with us tod…
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing. I welcome among us the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia and thank him for sharing his views with us. My thanks go also to the Commissioner for Peace and Secur…
We thank the Secretariat for its interim briefing on the humanitarian situation in Darfur.
Like all other members of the Council and of the international community, Turkey is concerned about the humanitarian situation in that troubled region. Owing to circumstances not of their own making, millions…
I would first like to thank Special Representative Kai Eide for his interesting and comprehensive briefing. I also welcome our colleague Ambassador Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan.
We very much appreciate the leading role of the United Nations in coordinating the efforts of the inter…
I would like to begin by welcoming and congratulating Mr. Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, new Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and wishing him every success. I would be grateful, Mr. President, if you could kindly convey that message to our new colleague. I also wish to thank yo…
I would like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece for coming to the Council to present an informative and comprehensive briefing. I welcome her.
The priorities identified by Greece for its chairmanship-in-office are indeed important and pertinent. In the current security environment,…
I would first like to thank Special Representative Staffan de Mistura and the Permanent Representative of Iraq, Ambassador Al Bayati, for their extensive briefings.
I would also like to take this opportunity to express our deep appreciation for the excellent worked carried out by the United Nations…
I should first like to welcome the President of Timor-Leste, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, and to thank him for his extensive and enlightening briefing on his young nation. We are deeply honoured by his presence today. We are also delighted to see him fully recovered after the cowardly attack of 2008 on dem…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/59), introduced by his Executive Representative, Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, and our two colleagues, Ambassadors Frank Majoor and Shekou Touray, for their presentations. It is good to see Mr. Von der Schulenburg a…
Mr. President, in view of your request, I shall be extremely brief. Let me first thank you for organizing today’s debate on United Nations peacekeeping operations. I would also like to thank Mr. Alain Le Roy, Ms. Susana Malcorra and Special Representative Hédi Annabi for the extensive, thought-provo…
I first wish to thank Under- Secretary-General John Holmes for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to express my appreciation to the entire team of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for their valuable assistance in updating the aide-memoire that we expect to ad…
I wish to join previous speakers in welcoming and thanking High Commissioner António Guterres for his comprehensive and thought-provoking briefing.
I would first like to take this opportunity to express our deep appreciation to the High Commissioner and the entire staff of the Office of the United …
Turkey is deeply concerned by the proliferation of acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, which have recently spread to a much larger area.
So far, two Turkish commercial vessels have been hijacked and both are still being held hostage by the pirates. We are worried about…
