We are encouraged that this meeting provides a forum for us to jointly reaffirm our commitment to the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We reiterate that the primary responsibility for protecting civilians lies with the parties to an armed conflict, and that international efforts should com…
Mr. President, our delegation wishes to express its appreciation for your continued leadership as the Chairman of the Security Council’s 1737 Sanctions Committee and for your report to the Council today. Your efforts were essential in the Committee’s establishment of its guidelines on 30 May 2007, a…
I would first like to address the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). We welcome Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Registrar Adama Dieng and, especially, newly elected President Dennis Byron and thank them for their continued contributions to the Tribunal. We also wish to thank the hu…
On behalf of the United States, I would like to join others in welcoming the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Justice George Gelaga King, Chief Prosecutor Stephen Rapp, and Acting Registrar Herman von Hebel to New York and to the Security Council. Their briefings today come at a crit…
I, too, should like to thank Under-Secretary- General Holmes for his informative briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic. It is particularly helpful to hear his first-hand observations, and we are grateful that Mr. Holmes decided to focus his first …
The United States delegation welcomes Minister Dlamini Zuma, Minister Adada, Ambassador Imron Cotan and Commissioner Djinnit to New York and to the Security Council.
I would like to thank the South African delegation for having raised this important topic for debate in the Security Council. The iss…
The United States would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for their reports on the situation in Afghanistan. We share those assessments of the many challenges facing the Afghan …
I join others in thanking Under-Secretary- General Tanaka, Director-General Pfirter, Mr. Zlauvinen and Mr. Schmitz for their briefings today. The activities of the international organizations they represent contribute greatly to States’ implementation of resolutions 1540 (2004) and 1673 (2006), and …
First, the United States would like to commend Ambassador Burian for his superb leadership in setting up and chairing the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006). Ambassador Burian provided steady guidance to members in the Committee’s first weeks and conducted his duties with great…
As requested by the Security Council in resolutions 1546 (2004), 1637 (2005) and 1723 (2006), I am pleased to report to the Security Council, on
behalf of the 25 countries making up the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I), on the Force’s progress towards fulfilling its mandate.
There have been a n…
We wish at the outset to thank Mr. Egeland for his report.
In April this year, the Council adopted a resolution recognizing the threats faced by civilians in armed conflict and condemning all acts of violence and human rights abuses committed against unarmed and vulnerable populations. Many of the …
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting today. I wish also to thank the Secretary-General and Special Representative Coomaraswamy, as well as UNICEF Executive Director Ann Venamen and the non- governmental organization representative for their statements this morning and…
I too want to thank Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland for his briefing on some of the continuing critical humanitarian challenges in Africa. We are grateful for his firsthand report on the initiative mediated by the Government of Southern Sudan to bring an end to the mayhem perpetrated by the Lord…
The United States condemns the assassination this morning of Lebanese Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel. This assassination is a clear act of terrorism that shows why it is critical that the Security Council support democracy and accountability in Lebanon and, in that vein, support as quickly as p…
I would like to thank all three chairmen for their briefings and for their leadership in the efforts of the Security Council to counter the dual threats of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The recently adopted United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (General A…
The United States welcomes new Special Representative Rücker to the Council. We are pleased that Mr. Rücker has been appointed by the Secretary-General to lead the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) at this critical time. Mr. Rücker has done an admirable job as the Head …
We thank Mr. Martin for his presentation and would like to express our appreciation for his efforts to bring about reconciliation in Timor-Leste. We also welcome Foreign Minister Gutteres to today’s proceedings.
The recommendations of the Secretary-General take a comprehensive and detailed approach…
We thank Special Envoy Ian Martin for his excellent report on the situation in East Timor and the Permanent Representative of East Timor for his detailed presentation from Foreign Minister Ramos- Horta. We also thank the representatives of Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Portugal for their repo…
I would like to thank all three chairmen for their briefings. Terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction are the pre-eminent threats to international peace and security, and the Council has a critical responsibility to counter those threats. Ambassadors Løj, Mayoral and Burian sh…
On 12 June 2006, the United States formally recognized the Republic of Montenegro as a sovereign and independent State, consistent with the request of its Government and the will of the people of Montenegro. The United States now welcomes Montenegro’s admission as a Member of the United Nations and …
