At the outset, Sir, allow me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I should also like to commend Ambassador Churkin of the Russian Federation for his presidency in the month of May. We would also like to say how honoured we are to have among…
At the outset I wish to welcome Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and European Union Special Representative, and to thank him for his briefing. As this is the first time he is participating in a Security Council meeting since taking office, we wish him every success …
First of all, I would to thank our colleagues from Austria, France and Costa Rica who act as chairmen of the subsidiary organs of the Security Council entrusted with the fight against terrorism — namely, the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) — fo…
I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General for his presence here today and for the report he has given us on the situation in the Middle East. I would also like to thank His Excellency Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, for having convened this im…
First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the Presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that, under your guidance, the success of the Council’s work is more than guaranteed. I am also certain that you will have the cooperation of all the members…
I would like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, for his detailed briefing on the situation in the Middle East. We also welcome the statements by the Permanent Representative of
Israel and the Permanent Observer of the Palestinian Authority.
Despite the adopti…
I wish at the outset to welcome the presence here today of His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and to thank him for his statement. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-
General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for introducing the report of the Secretary-Ge…
We are grateful for the briefing by Mr. Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and the statements of Mr. Omaar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia, and Ambassador Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, who join the Council today.
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My delegation would like to thank Mr. Rashid Khalikov of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for the information he has provided this afternoon, which itself is justification for the holding of this meeting.
The decision by the Government of the Sudan to halt the operatio…
Mr. President, I would first like to thank Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, for presenting the latest report of the Secretary-General on the situation in that country (S/2009/135) and for his remarks regarding the work of the United Nations Assistance Mi…
First of all, allow me to welcome the new Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and to wish him every success during your presidency of the Council. I also welcome the presence of the Secretary- General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon; the Deputy Secretary- General, Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro; the Chair…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, for his detailed briefing today on the situation in Iraq and the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). My delegation thanks Mr. De Mistura for his work and for h…
We thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative to convene this open Security Council debate to consider the work of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor- Leste (UNMIT). There is no doubt that the progress
made in Timor-Leste constitutes a positive example that serves to encourage the Se…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to thank the delegation of France for its efforts during a very complex month for the work of the Council.
Mexico welcomes the first report of the Secretary-General on the United N…
First of all, we are very grateful to Under-Secretaries-General Alain Le Roy and Susana Malcorra and Mr. Annabi for their presence at today’s debate and for their statements. We would also like to take this opportunity to wish Ambassador Butagira every success in the future.
Without a doubt, conven…
Mr. President, first of all, I would like to echo your words today regarding this being Ambassador Khalilzad’s last meeting as the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations. I would like to highlight his contributions to the work at the Organization and the humility and res…
My delegation is grateful for the convening of this debate, which is taking place at a time when the protection of civilians in armed conflict is taking on very special proportions and demanding the urgent attention of the international community. Mexico attaches great importance to this issue and f…
Faced with the tragic developments in the Gaza Strip since December, which have caused destruction, distress and many deaths, in particular among the civilian population, the Security Council, being charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, has an obligation to act and to con…
Thank you very much, Sir, for organizing this meeting, which I believe to be particularly useful. We welcome the High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, and would like to start by congratulating him on his briefing to us today, above all on the integrated vision he gave us of the work of t…
Upon assuming its responsibilities as a member of the Security Council, Mexico would like to express its profound concern at the violence unleashed in recent days in the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in numerous victims among the Palestinian civilian population.
Mexico condemns the excessive use o…
