My delegation is extremely concerned about the serious events that have been taking place in Georgia since yesterday. In particular we regret the harm caused to innocent civilians. We call on all parties to halt military action and declare a simultaneous, immediate and permanent cessation of hostili…
I wish to begin by welcoming His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, and His Excellency Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo. We also welcome Mr. Lamberto Zannier, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head o…
I should like to offer our greetings to the Permanent
Representative of Nepal, whose presence in the Security Council is welcomed by Costa Rica.
We listened to Mr. Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal, who updated us on the situation in Nepal and provided an analysi…
Costa Rica voted in favour of the draft resolution because we feel that the situation prevailing in Zimbabwe since March, fundamentally as concerns respect for the will of the people, represents a threat to international peace and security and obliges the Council to respond and act accordingly.
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We welcome the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan and express our gratitude for the presence of and briefings given by Mr. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief…
We are very grateful to you, Mr. President, for convening this very important meeting. We welcome the Secretary-General and would like to thank him for his presence here today and for the report (S/2008/354) he has provided to us. We would also like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, Preside…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I welcome Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, and thank him for his assessment of the situation in his country. I would also like to thank Mr. Warren Sach, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari and the Permanent Representative…
I wish to start by thanking the President for having convened this important meeting. I would like to state that we are happy to see here today Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Judge Dennis Byron, President of the Internationa…
I would like to convey Costa Rica’s condolences to the people of China and Myanmar for the catastrophes that they are living through.
I would like to thank the United Kingdom presidency for its initiative in organizing this session in order to examine challenges related to peacebuilding in the post…
Let me begin by welcoming Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina and European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As th…
Like preceding speakers, I thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Mr. Jan Eliasson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Darfur, for their briefings to the Council.
The situation in Darfur is a source of profound concern for Costa Rica. We are …
My delegation would like to express to the peoples of Algeria and Lebanon, as well as to the entire United Nations community, our profound grief at the terrorist attacks that occurred the day before yesterday. We convey our sincere condolences to the families of the victims and condemn these crimina…
Costa Rica supports the statement made by the representative of Egypt.
We supported resolution 61/255 on behalf of the Costa Rican citizens who survived the Holocaust — whose arms still bear the numbers tattooed on them in the death camps of Europe — and in memory of the families who were massacred…
