My delegation congratulates Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her six-monthly briefing on the activities of the Court in the cases relating to the situation in Libya. Côte d’Ivoire, a State party to the Rome Statute, reaffirms its full support for the ICC’…
I thank the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the welcome initiative to convene this high-level debate on collective action to improve United Nations peacekeeping operations.
I wish to convey the gratitude of the President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, His Excellence Mr. Alassane Ouattara, to the …
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your outstanding election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. Your personal qualities, your in- depth knowledge of our Organization and your great experience in internatio…
First, Madam, I should like to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Your election is proof of the high esteem in which the international community holds your country, Bahrain, and also yourself, whose wealth of diplomatic experience …
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your initiative to hold this open debate in the Security Council — of which your country, Ghana, holds the presidency for the month of August — on a subject that I believe is most timely: peace consolidation in West Africa. I thank you for invitin…
I should like, first of all, to thank you, Mr. President, and members of the Council, for having invited me to participate in this Security Council meeting. It is a great honour and a privilege, which I greatly appreciate. I would also like to convey the greetings of the people, the head of State an…
