First of all, I wish to convey to the Assembly warm greetings from the President of the Republic of Benin, His Excellency Thomas Boni Yayi, who would have very much liked personally to participate in this world meeting on HIV/AIDS and to address the United Nations.
My delegation fully endorses the …
I would like at the outset to pay tribute to the humanitarian aid workers for their inestimable efforts to halt the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and elsewhere in Africa. In Darfur we must ensure the success of the Abuja negotiations. We must also find ways to stabilize the situation. The Security C…
I should like to express to the Secretary-General my delegation’s great appreciation for the clarity of his fifth report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2005/740). I should also like to welcome the presence among us of the Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red …
My delegation would like to join the preceding speakers in thanking the High Representative, Lord Ashdown, for the informative briefing he has just presented to the Council on the developments in implementing the peace agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It would appear obvious that the normalizat…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to convey our most earnest congratulations to you on this Security Council ministerial meeting that has been convened in order to take a decision on an issue of great importance for international peace and security.
Since it began dealing with the first repor…
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this public debate and to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his statement.
By adopting resolution 1325 (2000) five years ago, the Security Council set for itself the objective of providing the international community with a common frame of reference for guid…
We would like to thank the Ambassador of Denmark, the Ambassador of Argentina and the Ambassador of Romania for their briefings to the Council on the activities of the Committees that they chair. It is clear that the fight against terrorism remains a high priority for the international community. Ac…
Mr. President, my delegation thanks your country for having organized this public debate, which allows us to reflect further on conflict prevention, following the adoption of resolution 1625 (2005) on this question at the Security Council summit held on 14 September 2005. We listened with genuine in…
