I wish at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you and your delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August and to reaffirm my delegation’s intention to support you in your work. I wish also to thank the delegation of
Viet Nam for its excellent work durin…
Costa Rica views this meeting as an important occasion. We have just adopted a resolution, the text of which renews the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and the commitment of this Council to peace in that region.
We always took part in the negotiations…
I should like to begin by bidding farewell to my good friend Ambassador Gillerman, who has appeared before the Council today for the last time. I wish to tell him that we will miss him and his impassioned defence of his country’s interests, and we shall always remember him gratefully.
I also wish t…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the General Assembly for the timely convening of this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his presence and for his message last Friday.
My delegation associates itself with the statements made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hondu…
My delegation would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this debate. We also thank Ambassador Ripert, the Permanent Representative of France and Chairman of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict for the presentation of the Working Group’s annual report. We also thank his delegation for …
Allow me to begin by welcoming Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Prime Minister of Djibouti, and his Minister for Foreign Affairs, and by acknowledging the presence of the Permanent Representatives of Djibouti and Eritrea and the representatives of the League of Arab States and the African Union.
The Ho…
I was recently able to speak with the President of Côte d’Ivoire, President Gbagbo, and I told him that my country, as a nation of Latin America, did not have any strategic involvement in Africa. When we examine African realities, we try to do so in a spirit of good faith and we truly try to make a …
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, and your delegation for convening this important debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the ministers that have taken part in this debate for their presence. I would like to welcome the presence of D…
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to thank you for having convened this important meeting and thank Mr. Holmes for his valuable report on the current situation in the field and the principal challenges linked with the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
My delegation would have preferre…
Mr. President, this debate is the last public meeting of the Security Council under South Africa’s presidency as an elected member of the Security Council. I would like to start by paying tribute to your leadership and lucid conduct of the Council. You are a worthy representative of a country with h…
As you yourself have said, Sir, what we had in the consultation room was a preview. My delegation is eager that our discussion here today be set down in the official record. I would therefore beg the indulgence of delegations present to repeat and summarize what was said earlier.
I said at the outs…
I wish to begin by welcoming the Permanent Representative of Iraq. We are also grateful for the
report of the Secretary-General and the briefing by Under-Secretary-General Pascoe, and for the briefing by Ambassador Khalilzad on behalf of the multinational force.
My thanks also go to you, Mr. Presi…
I should like to begin by thanking you, Sir, as well as Ambassador Kumalo and the delegation of South Africa, for organizing this debate. We welcome the presence among us of the Secretary-General and of high representatives of friendly countries. Today’s debate is an ideal opportunity to exchange vi…
I wish to begin by thanking your delegation, Mr. President, for organizing a series of public meetings, which, we believe, is very welcome to the Council and to the Organization as a whole. I also wish to welcome the presence of the Secretary-General and to thank Mr. Pascoe for his report and the Pe…
My delegation would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. I would also like to acknowledge your willingness to organize numerous public meetings of the Security Council that are open to al…
Costa Rica would have preferred to speak after hearing the statement of the representative of Afghanistan; in our view, hearing from the country that is the subject of this morning’s debate would have been most valuable. For that reason, our statement will not include comments on or reactions to his…
My delegation understands the position of Iran with respect to the resolution that the Security Council has just
adopted, but we deeply regret the adjectives that were used by its Permanent Representative. We cannot accept that, on this case, he accuses the Security Council of being a mere tool of …
I would like to begin by thanking Under-Secretary- General Guéhenno for his briefing. Costa Rica welcomes the improvement in the state of health of President Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, as was the President of Costa Rica, a situation that was made possible by the very close friendship b…
I wish to begin by welcoming among us President Tadić and Foreign Minister Jeremić, and by reaffirming Costa Rica’s recognition of their positive leadership and their commitment to peace. Leadership like theirs — committed to peace and human rights, especially the rights of minorities — could perha…
I should like to begin by thanking you, Sir, and your country for convening this important debate. As you well know, Costa Rica shares with Panama a particular concern for children and a special love of peace, which is expressed in the shared desire of our peoples to live without a military force.
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