Kenya is delighted to see the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, His Excellency Mr. Pham Binh Minh, preside this historic session. Kenya warmly congratulates Viet Nam for three things: its election to the Security Council; its accession to t…
Kenya aligns itself with the statements delivered by the observer of the State of Palestine, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and by the Permanent Representative of Zambia, on behalf of the Group of African States. We commend the Secretary- General for his reports on the New Partnership for A…
Kenya takes this opportunity to recognize Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, President of the International Criminal Court. Over the years we have continued to encourage the International Criminal Court (ICC) to expand its activities, enhance its work and improve its efficiencies and footprint so t…
Allow me to recognize the presence earlier of the Secretary-General and that of my sister the redoubtable Executive Director of UN- Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, as well as to add the compliments of my delegation to those of other delegations for the convening this important discussion on women…
I wish to express my gratitude to Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court, for his eloquent and lucid presentation on the activities of the Court during the past year. My delegation commends him and the other officers of the Court for the coordinated and systematic manne…
The Kenya delegation joins the consensus in support of today’s draft resolution, whose aim is to reactivate the International Commission of Inquiry on illegal arms flows to Rwanda. We do this in the belief that there are justifiable grounds to do so, namely to permit the Commission to follow up its …
The Kenya delegation wishes to express its support for the draft resolution which is before us today. We express grave concern about the recent violent developments in Kosovo, and while appreciating that there has been some progress in implementing the actions outlined in the Contact Group statement…
Allow me to begin by expressing my delegation's warm appreciation for the excellent spirit of cooperation and compromise that permeated the intensive and lengthy consultations we have had on this item. The result is this draft resolution, which we believe achieves a good balance of all positions lai…
The delegation of Kenya is pleased to see you, Sir, the Foreign Minister of the Gabonese Republic, presiding over the work of the Security Council today, when the Council is discussing an issue of great importance to Africa. As an African country that has employed regional initiatives to resolve som…
