I am pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this important meeting. Your brotherly country launched this wise and timely initiative, and we are extremely thankful to you for it. We also thank the Secretary-General for introducing his valuable report (S/2009/304), and the Chairperson of the Peacebui…
I should like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and to commend his good offices efforts to promote stability and national reconciliation in Myanmar. We stress our support for his personal work and that of his Special Adviser, Mr. Gambari.
We also extend our thanks to the…
I wish to thank Under-Secretaries-General Pascoe and Malcorra for their briefings this morning. My thanks go also to the Permanent Representative of Somalia for his statement.
The Security Council is meeting once again to discuss the situation in Somalia. That situation constitutes a tragedy that h…
Mr. President, since this is the last Council meeting in which you are participating in your capacity as the Permanent Representative of your brotherly country, permit me to add my voice to the colleagues who have preceded me and commend the laudable qualities that you have demonstrated and the cons…
First, I wish to thank you, Sir, for having organized this discussion on peacekeeping operations, which my country hopes will be an important link in the chain of reform of peacekeeping operations. We wish to thank Mr. Le Roy and Ms. Malcorra for their extremely useful briefings.
Since it was estab…
I thank you, Sir, for having organized this important debate. I also thank Mr. John Holmes for his objective briefing today.
In 2005, the World Summit endorsed the principle of the responsibility of protect civilians against the carnage of war, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humani…
At the outset, I would like to say how pleased we are at seeing you, Mr. President, personally presiding over this meeting, which reflects your great interest in the situation in Iraq. We would also like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura for his extensive briefing and for all his efforts as Special Re…
I would like to welcome Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, as well as Mr. Skender Hyseni. I would also like to welcome Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and to thank him and the others for their briefings.
Despite some isolated incidents an…
We followed closely the consultations that took place over the past few days in the Group of Friends of Georgia, and we regret that these consultations were not able to lead to a formula that took into consideration the positions of all parties. This prevented the Security Council from adopting this…
Libya believes that weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, cannot constitute a source of security. They pose a threat both to the States possessing them and to other States as well. Therefore, we believe that the world will not enjoy security until we manage to eliminate all stoc…
I should like to join preceding speakers in welcoming Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone. I thank her for joining us today and for her statement to the Security Council. I would also like to thank Mr. Michael von der schulenburg, Executive Representative of the S…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. We are certain that you will conduct our work effectively. We look forward to working and cooperating with you this month.
I would also like to thank colleague…
I should like to thank my friend, the representative of France, for his second statement emphasizing the need for cooperation between the Council and regional organizations. However, I do not wish to enter into a public debate on all the issues he raised. Many of those issues made perfect sense to m…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Her Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece and to thank her for her update on the work of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and on the priorities that organization will pursue under the chairmanship of Greece. We wish…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura for his comprehensive briefing. We welcome our brother, Mr. Hamid Al Bayati, Permanent Representative of Iraq, and we thank him for his valuable contribution to our discussion today.
In our view a recent political development in Iraq is of great …
I join previous speakers in welcoming President José Ramos-Horta and in thanking him for his personal participation in our debate today with a detailed and candid presentation on the situation in his country. I wish also to thank His Excellency the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report (S/…
Since this is the first time that I am speaking in an open debate under your leadership, Mr. President, I am pleased to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I am fully confident that you will guide our work towards the best possible results.
I would l…
Mr. President, you spoke for all of us in
praising Ambassador Butagira of Uganda. I wish him every success in his future endeavours.
I take this opportunity to express our gratitude and appreciation to Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. We also thank Ms. Susan …
Mr. President, you have expressed all of our feelings for Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad with such eloquence, that I can only support what you said. I wish Ambassador Khalilzad every success in the future.
With regard to the adoption of resolution 1863 (2009), on Somalia, this is an important step for…
At the outset, I would like to echo those who have thanked Mr. António Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees, for his thorough briefing on the issues of refugees and displaced persons. We commend the efforts of the High Commissioner to meet the humanitarian needs of refugees worldwide. We are gra…
