Chad has lengthy experience in managing and protecting child soldiers, based on the deepest respect for its
national legislation and international obligations, as it has suffered the tribulations of many civil wars and wars in neighbouring countries. Various so-called “politico-military” movements …
I have the honour and privilege to speak on behalf of the presidency of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). I wish at the outset to welcome
the presence of His Excellency Mr. Nicolas Tiangaye, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. I wish to express to my congratulati…
I speak on behalf of the African Group at this solemn event of the General Assembly to pay tribute to the vivid memory of His Excellency Mr. Zillur Rahman, President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, who has just departed from us. The African Group honours the memory of a person who, with cour…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of African States. Today, as we observe the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade under the theme “Forever Free: Celebrating Emancipation”, the African Group joins other Member S…
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, and to extend our congratulations to you for having put the situation in Mali on the Council’s agenda at such short notice, thus demonstrating — as if it were necessary — that your country is committed to dealing with all matters related to the m…
I would like to convey our congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also commend you on your initiative to organize this important debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for his excellent briefing this morning on the i…
I would like to express to Minister El Othmani Chad’s warmest congratulations on his great country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month and for having chosen for its agenda the important issue of peace and security in Africa, particularly in the Sahel region. That is the…
It is a genuine pleasure for me to congratulate you, Madame, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Allow me also to welcome the presence of Mr. Mahmoud, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General.
We welcome the high-quality report of the Secretary-General (S/2…
I would like to be brief. Let me start, Mr. President, by congratulating you upon your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. Allow me also to greet the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, our brother and great friend, General Antoine …
At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of August. I should also like to welcome the presence among us of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic and to reaffirm that my country fully shares his…
I would first of all like to greet all the eminent speakers who made statements before me. I would also like to congratulate my brother from Central Africa, Ambassador Emanuel Issoze-Ngondet of the Gabonese Republic. He has not only shown competence and efficiency in presiding over the Council and t…
I take the floor to say a few brief words on the excellent report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/359) on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), which has just been introduced to us by Mr. Angelo. First of all, however, I would like to extend my congratulati…
I would like first of all, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May. I would also like to welcome the Secretariat’s report and to assure it that it has received our full attention.
I have come from Doha, where once again I was naive enough to…
First, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Council for the month of April. Allow me also to greet the Assistant Secretary-General and to stress the great interest with which the Government of Chad heard his briefing. It is also m…
Mr. President, thank you for this opportunity to contribute my Government’s observations on the contents of the report under consideration (S/2008/760).
First of all, I would like to welcome the briefing on the report of the Secretary-General given to us by the Special Representative of the Secreta…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Holmes for his complete briefing on the security and humanitarian situation in eastern Chad. I wish, however, to stress, on behalf of the Chadian Government, that overall there has been an improvement in the situation compared with a year ago. We owe that to the mobil…
At the outset, I should like to thank the Council for giving us the opportunity to express the position of our country with regard to the report under consideration and in particular to the question of extending the mandate of
the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MIN…
First and foremost, Madam President, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, permit me to convey to you our heartfelt congratulations on your outstanding election to the presidency of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly. We are certain that due to your qualities, talent and expe…
