We too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abou Moussa, for his briefing and his valuable work and leadership as Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA).
The subregion of Central Africa continues to face numerous interlinked and…
I would like to thank Mr. Farid Zarif for his briefing. We have taken note of the report (S/2013/72) of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
We welcome His Excellency Mr. Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of Serbia, and His Excellency Mr. Hashim Th…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for arranging today’s debate and we commend the Moroccan delegation for ably facilitating negotiations on the draft presidential statement, which we support. We also thank the Secretary-General and the Peacebuilding Commission Chairperson, Ambassador Abulkalam …
In our capacity as one of the two main sponsors of the draft resolution under discussion (A/67/L.44), it is my privilege to make this statement following the introduction by my colleague, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippines, of the text contained in document A/67/L.44, entitled “P…
I thank the President for convening today’s debate. We also thank the Secretary-
General for his report on civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict (A/67/312). The delegation of Pakistan aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Tunisia on behalf of the Non-Aligned Moveme…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate. Let me begin by congratulating the Kingdom of Morocco on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for December. We commend the able manner in which India discharged its responsibilities as Council President for the previous month. We a…
I would like to thank the President for having convened this important debate, which provides the General Assembly an annual opportunity to review the progress made towards peace, stability and development in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan needs the continued and active engagement of the United Nations a…
My delegation thanks Mr. Farid Zarif for his briefing. We have taken note of the Secretary-General’s report on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2012/818). We thank His Excellency Mr. Ivan Mrkić and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj for their statements.
Pakistan believes that U…
We join others in felicitating you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate. We also appreciate the concept note prepared by the delegations of Portugal and India (S/2012/853, annex).
Pakistan associates itself with the statement to be delivered by the representative of Iran on behalf of the No…
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2075 (2012). Pakistan supports the peaceful resolution of all outstanding issues between the Sudan and South Sudan. We commend the decisions taken by the political leadership of both countries, resulting in the signing of several agreements on a number of conten…
We welcome the Minister of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste to the Security Council. We thank the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) for his briefing. We are also gratefu…
Lest repetition create the illusion of veracity, I would just like to draw the attention of the Assembly to the exchanges we have had with the Indian delegation previously on this subject during the ongoing sixty-seventh session of the Assembly, which would bring out the truth of the matter. Again, …
With reference to what we have heard just now, I think “gratuitous” is a rather favoured word with the Indian delegation and it is something that we hear every time Kashmir is mentioned. Suffice it to say that vocabulary cannot be a substitute for truth. If that were the case, Noah Webster would be …
As we start our work for this session, we are guided by our leaders who, in the general debate, shared their perspectives on the global challenges that we face, the opportunities that we must seize and the collective action that we must mobilize for our common good, peace and prosperity. They clearl…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Justice Shireen Avis Fisher, and the Prosecutor, Ms. Brenda Hollis, for their briefings. We also thank Her Excellency Mrs. Ebun Jusu, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone, for her statement. We w…
I speak in response to remarks made earlier by the representative of India. The disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir is established by Security Council resolutions and agreed upon by both Pakistan and India. A characterization of Jammu and Kashmir or any part of its territory as part of India is the…
The delegation of Pakistan would like to exercise its right of reply with regard to remarks made by India’s Minister for External Affairs this morning (see A/67/PV.19).
Let me begin by emphasizing that the reference to the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in the statement by the President of Pakistan (see…
Pakistan welcomes this opportunity to have a frank discussion on the subject. We thank all the briefers for their presentations.
We welcome the appointment of the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, who brings with her a wealth o…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his report (A/66/889). Let me reiterate our congratulations to Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi on his appointment as Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Ara…
We thank Deputy Secretary- General Jan Eliasson and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres for their briefings, and we also thank France for convening today’s debate. We are also grateful to all the Ministers who have joined us this afternoon.
The large number of people disp…
