I would like to start by underscoring the condemnation of the United States of the terrorist attack on the United Nations compound in Mogadishu. Our deepest sympathies go to the injured as well as the families of the deceased and the people and Government of Somalia.
I would like to thank you, Mr. …
The United States warmly welcomes both Prime Minister Dačić and Prime Minister Thaçi back to the Council and congratulates them on reaching the landmark 19 April agreement on principles for the normalization of relations. We commend the European Union, especially High Representative Ashton, for thei…
On behalf of the United States, the host country of the United Nations, I have the honour of warmly welcoming the election of Mr. John Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty- eighth session. My Government appreciates that Ambassador Ashe is willing to take …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Moussa for his briefing.
For almost three decades, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has wreaked havoc and perpetrated mass atrocities on the people of Central Africa and the Great Lakes region. The LRA has killed, maimed and displaced thousand…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and Mr. Shehu for their briefings. Although we are focusing today on terrorism in Africa, we recall the victims of terrorist attacks everywhere, as well as their families. From Karac…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
We are witnessing a rapid deterioration in an already devastating situation in Syria, where at least 70,000 Syrians have been killed and millions displaced. The Syrian people continue to face deplorable attacks and massacres by regime forces…
I Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Interim Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Mr. Fisher, for his briefing, and Ambassador Gaspar of Haiti for joining us today. We value his engagement and partnership.
Last October (see S/PV.6842), we gat…
At the outset, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. I welcome Special Representative Kubiš back to the Security Council and ask him to please share with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) staff and the United Nations country team our deep gratitude…
I would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his first briefing as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We appreciate the focus and energy that he and his team are bringing to this Committee.
The Iranian nuclear issue remains one of the gravest threats to internati…
I thank Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan for chairing this important debate. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, High Commissioner Pillay and International Committee of the Red Cross Director Spoerri for their statements. Protecting civilians in armed conflict is a fundamental responsibility o…
I would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Robert Serry, for his briefing.
The terrorist attacks in the desert of Algeria, the threat posed by Iran and its nuclear programme and the internal challenges with which Arab societies today are grappling to make t…
Thank you, Madam, for having convened this very important meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and participation today.
I would like to express once again our deepest condolences for the horrific attacks in Pakistan last week that killed more than 100 people. The United Stat…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Special Envoy Prodi and the other speakers for their briefings.
We last gathered on the margins of the General Assembly general debate to spur international action on the deterioratin…
I thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his briefing. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for his most recent report on piracy (S/2012/783).
The international community has made sustained efforts to combat piracy, and the integrated multidimensional approach we have pursued toge…
We are grateful for the convening of this important debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and President Song and Mr. Mochochoko of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their briefings.
Strengthening the global system of accountability for the worst atrocities remains an imp…
Somalia has made significant progress in recent months. Among Somalis and the international community alike, pervasive despair has turned to cautious optimism as Somalia enters a historic new phase of national development.
First and foremost, I congratulate the Somali people and applaud their hard …
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
I will begin with Syria, where the horrifying situation is getting worse. Escalating violence driven by the Al-Assad regime has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions of Syrians. There is no clearer demonstration of the situ…
I thank Special Representative Fernández Amunátegui for his briefing. Before I begin, I would like to congratulate Guatemala on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the first time.
In February, the United States led a Security Council mission to Haiti. The mission witnessed at first …
I welcome Foreign Minister Rassoul back to the Council and thank him for his remarks. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kubiš again for all that he does and for his briefing. I want to extend, through him, our thanks again to the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission i…
I would like to thank Ambassador Osorio for his briefing today. We greatly value his efforts and his effective advocacy for the full implementation of United Nations sanctions on Iran.
Every three months, the Council takes note of the latest report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) s…
