I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his presentation, as well as Ambassador Khalilzad for his briefing on behalf of the Multinational Force.
Belgium welcomes the improvement in the security situation in Iraq in general, and in Baghdad in particular. However, the situation …
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his introduction at the beginning of this meeting. I would also like to express my gratitude to the Under- Secretary-General for his briefing.
Belgium associates itself with the statement to be delivered by our colleague from Slovenia in his country’s…
A few days ago, the European Union (EU) paid tribute to the memory of the victims of terrorism. Four years following the Madrid attacks, the date of 11 March has become a day of remembrance in Europe for all the victims of terrorism, whose numbers are unfortunately continuing to increase. In that re…
This is my fifth 90-day report to the Security Council, which I am delivering in accordance with paragraph 18 of resolution 1737 (2006). The report covers the period 19 December 2007 to 17 March 2008, during which the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) held no …
First of all, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing and presentation of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan.
Let me, through you, Mr. President, welcome the presence of Mr. Kai Eide and congratulate him, on behalf of Belgium…
Belgium voted in favour of resolution 1803 (2008), and we welcome its adoption by a very large majority. Belgium took note with great interest of the statement issued by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States, wit…
I would like first of all to express my gratitude to Under- Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno and to our colleague the Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste for their clear briefings.
I would also like to state that my delegation fully endorses the statement that will be made shortly by my Sl…
Allow me first to welcome the presence of the President of Serbia among us today, as well as that of the Secretary- General.
Today, the Security Council is considering, once again, the question of the status of Kosovo. In October 2005, the Council supported the Secretary-General’s proposal to initi…
I thank Mr. Jan Eliasson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, and Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for their briefings at the outset of our debate. Also, we listened carefully to the statement of our colleague, the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations.
Let me begin by s…
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
The Security Council is holding a second debate in a week on the situation in the Middle East. We spent numerous hours last week discussing a response to the latest developments in Gaza and southern Israel. W…
First of all, like others before me, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing. My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be made later by the representative of Slovenia on behalf of the European Union.
The situation in the Gaza Strip and the south of Israel…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his first briefing and for the impact he has already had on the work of the United Nations in Iraq. I also thank Ambassador Khalilzad for his briefing on behalf of the Multinational For…
This is my fourth 90- day report to the Security Council, which I am delivering in accordance with paragraph 18 of resolution 1737 (2006). The report covers the period from 20 September to 18 December this year.
During the reporting period, the Committee held no sessions of informal consultations, …
The situation in Somalia is grave. It poses a real threat to peace and security in the Horn of Africa and is causing terrible suffering among the Somali population. The situation requires an integrated approach on the part of the international community to address all the various aspects of the cris…
I should like to start by thanking our South African colleague for his briefings of last Thursday and today on the mission to Timor-Leste. I commend him on the professionalism he demonstrated in his leadership of the visit.
I also wish to affirm that my delegation fully supports the statement made …
I too would like to thank Presidents Fausto Pocar and Dennis Byron and Prosecutors Carla Del Ponte and Hassan Bubacar Jallow for their reports and statements today. Belgium would like to reiterate its ongoing support for the Tribunals in their fight against impunity, their work to restore the rule o…
I too would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. John Holmes, for his visit to East Africa and for presenting to us today a detailed report on his mission. His initiative comes at a time when the humanitarian situation in the region — especially, I think, in Somali…
First of all I wish to thank Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo for his briefing, which has moved us and cannot leave us indifferent. I wish to reiterate the importance that Belgium attributes to the key role of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in combating impunity and suppressing crimes of genocide, c…
Mr. President, let me at the outset thank Mr. Charles Nqakula for his briefing on the state of progress in the peace process in Burundi and specifically with respect to implementation of the Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement with the Forces nationales de libération (FNL). My delegation believes that…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, for his briefing on the Darfur peace talks, and also the Under- Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, for his briefing on the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID).
The p…
