We would like to add our voice to those of other colleagues in thanking Minister Nqakula for his very timely and informative briefing. We would like to commend his efforts in facilitating the Burundi peace process, as well as the efforts of other important international actors, in particular the Reg…
Allow me to join previous speakers in thanking Special Envoy Eliasson for his comprehensive briefing. My delegation is always delighted to have him among us in any of his United Nations incarnations. At the same time, we would like to thank Under-Secretary-General
Guéhenno for his valuable briefing…
First of all, I would like to express the gratitude of my delegation to the Secretary-General for his participation in this meeting, which underscores his valuable commitment to this issue. I would also like to thank Sir John Holmes for his valuable briefing.
Slovakia fully associates itself with t…
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on organizing this important debate to consider the inaugural report of the Peacebuilding Commission (S/2007/458). I would also
like to take this opportunity to congratulate Ambassador Yukio Takasu on his election as Chairman of the Organizational Co…
At the outset, allow me, like previous speakers, to thank Mr. Tom Koenigs, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, for his comprehensive briefing this morning. We also commend his dedication and efforts to accomplish the tasks entrusted to him. Our voice of appreciation exten…
Slovakia aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the representative of Portugal on behalf of the European Union.
My country in principle welcomes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as an important tool for the promotion and protection of the rights …
We thank the Congolese presidency for initiating this important and timely debate, and welcome the presence of the Secretary- General.
Earlier this month, this Council authorized the largest peacekeeping mission ever. We are in the midst of preparations to launch a multidimensional international pr…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 1757 (2007). We have supported this resolution because we believe that impunity should not be allowed and tolerated. The perpetrators of any crime have to be brought to justice. The rule of law must be respected everywhere and by everybody. The establishment of …
At the outset, allow me to join previous speakers in thanking High Representative and European Union Special Representative Mr. Schwarz-Schilling for his concluding briefing on recent developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the same time, I would like to welcome to the Council His Excellency Mr. …
At the outset, I should like to join previous speakers in thanking Under- Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing. I also extend my thanks to you, Mr. President, for organizing and chairing today’s debate. We are pleased that Minister of State Howells was able to open the debate.
Recently, we hav…
As a country producing and using nuclear energy to produce electricity,
Slovakia supports the right of every country to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes in conformity with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Based on its strict adherence to the NPT and to the statu…
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Koenigs and Mr. Costa for their briefings today and for having painted a fresh and updated picture of the current situation in Afghanistan. Allow me also to join previous speakers in welcoming the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Mr. D’…
We are concerned about the deteriorating situation in Myanmar, including the massive violations of human rights, which, if not addressed adequately, might grow into an intra-State conflict with consequences for the entire region.
We reaffirm our call on the Government of Myanmar to keep to its prom…
At the outset, I should like to join previous speakers in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Qazi, for his briefing and for introducing the current report, as well as for his valuable remarks and observations. I wish to take this opportunity to commend him in …
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and his personal engagement in this important issue. I would also like to thank the Peruvian presidency for organizing this debate on the recently released report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict (S/20…
My delegation decided to abstain in the vote on the draft resolution on the situation in the Middle East (S/2006/878) as it stands before the Security Council today.
Slovakia has expressed its deep concern at the increased violence that has recently been taking place in Gaza, and especially at the …
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Assistant Secretary-General Ms. Angela Kane for her briefing and update on the current situation in Gaza, and you, Mr. President, for organizing and chairing this meeting to discuss, in a constructive manner, recent developments in th…
At the outset, allow me to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Schwarz- Schilling for his comprehensive briefing on current developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On behalf of my delegation, I would also like to welcome Mr. Terzić, current Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Slovakia alig…
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Under-Secretary-General Gambari for his briefing.
Before I begin, we would like to align ourselves with the statement that will be delivered shortly on behalf of the European Union by the representative of Finland.
Slovakia has followed with great…
