As Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), I would like to brief the Security Council on the progress made by the Committee since the last joint briefing to the Security Council on 28 September 2006 and to outline some of its forthcoming activities in 2007 in promot…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing on the humanitarian situation in Somalia and northern Uganda. We commend his efforts and courage in undertaking the mission to Somalia to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground. We share his concerns about the severity an…
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking the head of the Council mission, Ambassador Verbeke, and his team for all their hard work and for their skilful leadership of the mission, as well as for the excellent manner in which they handled the preparation of the report (S/2007/356).
My dele…
I too would like to thank Mr. Holmes for his sobering briefing and his observations on his recent trip to the Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic, in the face of enormous challenges to civilian protection, owing to the continuing conflict in Darfur and its spillover effects, which are causi…
We are pleased to see you, Madam Minister, presiding over this important
meeting. We commend the initiative of the South African presidency to organize a thematic debate on the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of…
At the outset, I would like to join the previous speakers in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Qazi, for his briefing and for introducing the current report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI). I wish to take this…
We thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Fall for his briefing, and would like to join other Council members in congratulating him and other members of his team on their commendable work carried out during his term in office, including the preparation and organization of the Second I…
Slovakia fully aligns itself with the statement that will be delivered shortly by the Permanent Representative of Germany on behalf of the European Union. I shall therefore limit my statement to a few additional comments.
At the outset, Mr. President, I wish to commend your initiative to convene th…
I have the honour to brief the Security Council on the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006), of 14 October 2006, concerning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, for the period 14 October 2006 to 11 January 2007, in accordance with operative paragraph 12 (g…
At the outset, I would like to commend the Russian presidency for its initiative in organizing today’s timely and highly relevant debate.
Let me also join previous speakers in welcoming Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the first time to the Security Council this morning and thank him for his openi…
Allow me also to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Rücker for his
briefing today. On behalf of my delegation, I would also like to thank Madam Raskovic-Ivic, President of the Coordination Centre of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija for her statement. We too welcome the presence at…
First, I would like to join my colleagues in expressing the gratitude of my delegation to Mr. Jan Egeland, for his valuable briefing. I would also like to commend his role and active engagement in promoting and defending the rights and freedoms of civilians in armed conflict throughout his tenure as…
We too would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Egeland for his important briefing.
We are deeply concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Darfur and the increasing number of internally displaced persons (IDP) and refugees without humanitarian access due to new attacks and the…
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Under- Secretary-General Gambari for his monthly briefing and for his update on the current situation in the Middle East.
Slovakia aligns itself with the statement that will be delivered shortly by the Permanent Representative of Fin…
First of all, I would like to thank all four briefers for their presentations and the Japanese presidency for having convened this important debate.
Slovakia fully associates itself with the statement to be delivered shortly by the Permanent Representative of Finland on behalf of the European Union…
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Alvaro de Soto for his truly excellent briefing and his valuable observations.
I wish to emphasize that Slovakia fully aligns itself with the statement to be made shortly by the representative of Finland on behalf of the European…
We would like to thank Mr. Pronk for his update today on the progress that has been made in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in the Sudan and on the situation in Darfur. My delegation commends the efforts of Mr. Pronk, as well as those of all United Nations staff in the Sudan, wh…
We too would like to thank Mr. Egeland for his very powerful briefing and very sobering description of the situation developing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Uganda. At the same time, we note encouraging signs of progress in the developments in those two countries.
As we hear…
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Qazi for his briefing and for introducing the current report of the Secretary-General (S/2006/706). I wish to take this opportunity to commend him in person, and to commend all United Nations staff and United Nations Assistance Mi…
At the outset, allow me to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Rücker for his briefing. We wish him every success in his responsible mission. On behalf of my delegation, I would also like to welcome the participation of Ms. Raskovic-Ivic, President of the Coordination Centre of the Republic of Se…
