I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important debate on combating drug trafficking in the Sahel and West Africa. We appreciate Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s personal engagement on this issue. We also thank Executive Director Fedotov and Special
Representative of the Secr…
I would like to thank Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his briefing and to extend our full support for the dedicated work the Special Representative and his team are carrying out. I would also like to thank Ambassador Tanin for his important statement.
My delegation would like to express our de…
I wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, Mr. Romano Prodi; the President of the World Bank, Mr. Jim Yong Kim; and other representatives for their participation in and presentations at today’s meeting.
The Sahel region continues to face…
I would like to express our condolences on the sad demise of South Africa’s great leader, Mr. Nelson Mandela.
At this meeting, my delegation is grateful to the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the For…
I am privileged to report to the Security Council as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the members of the Security Council and the Secretariat for the support extended to the 154…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abou Moussa, for his briefing.
Thanks to renewed military operations by the Regional Task Force of the African Union (AU) and the support of the international community, the territory controlled by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing. I would also like to welcome Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi at this Council meeting. Today I wish to make three points on the situation in Kosovo.
First, the Republic o…
Since the issue of the Kenyan cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC) was brought to the attention of the Council, my delegation has had thorough deliberations on the issue in consultation with other Council members. Throughout the process, my delegation has been greatly benefitted by the cl…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her briefing on the recent developments regarding Libya. We agree with her that Libya has come a long way, despite all the challenges it faces, by working closely with the international community, including the Int…
I thank High Representative Valentin Inzko for his excellent briefing today.
We welcome the successful holding of the first post-war census in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and note improvements in its economic performance, including its export and industrial production growth. As the High Representative…
I would like to express our appreciation to you, Sir, as President of the General Assembly, for convening this meeting. I also thank Ambassador Liu Jieyi of China for introducing the annual report of the Security Council (A/68/2) on behalf of the Council.
During the reporting period, the Council’s …
I would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing today as well as for his tireless efforts to promote the women, peace and security agenda. My delegation also thanks the Executive Director of UN Women, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rig…
My delegation appreciates the common efforts of the Afghan Government and the international community to achieve peace and development in Afghanistan. Indeed, after the successful completion of the Bonn process last year, Afghanistan has been making steady progress towards peace and reconstruction.
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My delegation thanks Mr. ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his comprehensive report on the Agency’s activities. In addition, we commend the Director General and his staff for their dedication to fulfilling their responsibilities with integrity and prof…
I would first like to express my delegation’s appreciation to the President for convening this plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the issue of Security Council reform.
The Republic of Korea fully recognizes the importance of Security Council reform in the overall reform of the United Nation…
At the outset, my delegation congratulates the Government and the people of Afghanistan on the successful holding of parliamentary and provincial elections in September, which demonstrated their firm determination to achieve democracy, reconciliation and unity. We look forward to the establishment o…
At the outset, let me join previous speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the situation in Afghanistan. We would like to congratulate Japan on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August.
I would also like to express my deleg…
