At the outset, I would like to extend my thanks to Mr. Alain Le Roy and Ms. Valerie Amos for their briefings on the recent political and humanitarian developments in Haiti. On this first anniversary of the earthquake, we would like to reiterate our condolences to the Government and people of Haiti a…
First of all, I would like to thank the Presidents of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda (ICTR) and their Prosecutors for their inclusive briefings.
Lebanon appreciates the efforts made by the leaders of the International …
At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate. I also wish to thank Ms. Amos, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator; Mr. Le Roy, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; and Ms. Pillay, United Nations Hi…
Allow me at the outset to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mrs. Ameerah Haq, for her briefing and her efforts as head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) to strengthen peace, security and stability and to assist the Government and people of Timor…
At the outset, we would like to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having organized this important debate. We would like to extend our thanks to Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for his introductory remarks and to the Force Commanders of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (…
At the outset, I should like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing.
Israel’s raid on the freedom flotilla carrying humanitarian supplies to besieged Gaza on 31 May 2010 still occupies the forefront of our Organization’s attention. That aggression constituted a flagrant violation o…
Allow me to start by thanking you, Sir, for honouring us with your presence today. My delegation would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General and Ms. Cliffe for their comprehensive briefings. My delegation commends the initiative of the delegation of Nigeria to convene this open debate. This the…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Madam President, for your presence here to preside over this important debate. I also thank Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and the other speakers, Mr. Khare and Ms. Johnson, for their brie…
I wish at the outset to thank you, Sir, for having convened this meeting. We take this opportunity to welcome Ms. Margot Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and to thank her for her comprehensive briefing on the situation in the Democratic Repu…
I would like at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for your earnest efforts and your initiative to discuss and assess the implementation of the measures set out in the note by the President of the Security Council (S/2006/507) on the Council’s working methods, with a view to enhancing transpare…
First of all, I would like to thank the Co-Chairs for their efforts in this High-level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report, “Keeping the promise: a forward-looking review to promote an
agreed action agenda to ac…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. My delegation is confident that your wisdom, knowledge and diplomatic skills will enable this body to fulfil its duties. Allow me also to express …
Our delegation explained its position on the draft resolution on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) before the Fifth Committee. We did not wish to take the floor again, but we find ourselves obliged to do so in order to clarify a number of issues.
Our delegation reaffirms that the…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of April and to express my appreciation to your Government and to the Security Council for their unremitting support and close review of events in Lebanon. I would like to express our deep gratit…
I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, and your fraternal country, on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to pay tribute to your predecessor, the representative of fraternal Slovakia.
More than two years have passed since the crimina…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would like to express my appreciation to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Russia, for his able leadership of the Council last month. We also express our ap…
The Security Council is meeting today to discuss the report of the International Independent Investigation Commission on the assassination of the martyr leader Rafik Hariri and his companions. This is an occasion to reaffirm the importance of the United Nations follow- up to that fundamental and vit…
I speak in the conviction of the right of peoples to recover their occupied territories and to enjoy their full national sovereignty. The Government of Lebanon has therefore always been fully committed to all the relevant resolutions on that issue.
We believe that the settlement of the Israeli-Arab…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to thank Ms. Angela Kane for her briefing on developments in the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
As if the complete air, land …
We come to the Security Council once again to debate the report of the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) on the assassination of the martyred Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. We must renew our thanks and appreciation to the Council for having so closely followed this question sin…
