I want to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his excellent leadership of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), and to welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/129) of 6 March 2009. I also want to extend my th…
I would like to thank the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) for its briefing this afternoon.
We have all just heard a truly troubling report: a depiction of a crisis created by one man that threatens the lives more than one and a half million men, women and children. The…
I wish to begin, Sir, by welcoming you as the new Permanent Representative of Libya and congratulating you on your assumption of the Chair as President of the Council for this month.
I also want to thank Prime Minister Prodi for his leadership and to thank the other members of the African Union-Uni…
I thank Ambassador Takasu for his report as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We are grateful for the
leadership that he has shown in the opening months of his term as Chairman.
Today marks the Security Council’s first meeting on Iran since …
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/102) and Special Representative Staffan de Mistura and his staff for their exceptional service and performance every day in Iraq.
I also want to thank Ambassador Al Bayati of Iraq for his important remarks and to congratulate his G…
I am particularly pleased that we are joined today by President José Ramos-Horta. We very much welcome his very thoughtful and comprehensive statement to the Council. We also appreciate the Secretary-General’s presence and his comprehensive statement.
We are very heartened to see the progress that …
Congratulations, Mr. President, on your assumption of the leadership of the Security Council. We would also like again to thank our colleagues from France for their very able leadership of the Council last month.
The United States welcomes the appointment of Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg as the E…
I am pleased to join the members of the Council for this important discussion tonight. It is obviously a very serious situation in Gaza. And while our goal must be the stabilization and normalization of Gaza through the implementation of a durable and fully respected ceasefire and an end to all terr…
I wish to thank President Abbas for his presence here, and also the Ministers from the Arab League States who have joined us.
The United States is, of course, deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza, which is clearly worsening. We have been working around the clock to try to end the violence t…
I thank you very much, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General and all my colleagues for participating in this very important Security Council meeting on piracy.
Obviously, we are here because the outbreak of piracy and the increasing threat to commerce, security and, perhaps most importantly, to the …
The situation today in the Middle East is very different than when President Bush came to office in 2001. At that time, the Camp David effort had collapsed. Israelis and Palestinians were in a vicious cycle of violence. Suicide bombers were murdering innocent Israelis in cafes and restaurants and at…
I come to the Council at a time when I think it will be very well understood that the United States of America, President Bush and myself personally have been very committed to the Annapolis process and to finding a lasting and permanent peace between Israelis and Palestinians, the establishment of …
First, I should like to thank the presidency of the Security Council for arranging this very important meeting on the initiative of the Arab League. Thank you very much for being here, Minister. I should also like to welcome the presence of President Abbas in this Chamber. I believe that this is a v…
I am pleased to join all here today to support this important draft resolution. We have been brought to this day by the good faith and the hard work of many in the international community. I especially want to thank you, Secretary-General Annan. I want to thank French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy f…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General, the President, my fellow ministers and the members of the Security Council for responding to the call for this gathering and for convening a special meeting of this body on such short notice.
The Darfur peace agreement, signed just days ago at Abuja, rep…
By passing resolution 1636 (2005) this morning, we in the United Nations have declared our support for the Commission’s search for truth, which is being ably led by Mr. Detlev Mehlis. We have also affirmed our just demands on the Syrian Government and made it clear that failure to comply with these …
On behalf of President Bush and all of the American people, welcome to New York City.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, my fellow citizens have experienced the compassion of the United Nations. I want to thank Secretary-General Annan for mobilizing the support of this institution. I also want …
