I join other Council members in thanking the Secretary-General for his report (S/2009/135) and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kai Eide, for his important updated briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. I also welcome Ambassador Tanin to the Council.
More than seven years…
I, too, thank the French presidency for convening this meeting, which, we believe, serves as a good preparatory step to contribute to the open debate of the Security Council planned for next week on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts. I welcome High Commissioner Guterres to the Council a…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this urgent meeting. We also thank the Secretary-General for his presence and for his statement.
My delegation is following with grave concern and great regret the current dire situation in the Gaza Strip, where unjustifiable violence and attacks against b…
I join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Robert Serry for his informative and detailed briefing.
As the Council is reviewing a month that saw a wide array of developments across the region, my delegation recognizes the commitment of Palestine and Israel to carrying forward bilateral negotiations in…
My delegation thanks Mr. Lajčák, the High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the thirty-fourth report submitted to the Secretary-General and for his briefing on the situation on the ground. We also welcome to the Council Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairma…
As it has clearly stated on many occasions, Viet Nam is deeply concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, where more than 1.5 million Palestinians continue to suffer from a lack of food and medicine, the suspension of electricity and fuel supplies, the halting of services in h…
First of all, on behalf of the Vietnamese delegation, I would like to thank you for convening this meeting to discuss one of the most important items on the General Assembly agenda. I would also like to thank Ambassador Eladio Loizaga of Paraguay and Ambassador Andrzej Towpik of Poland for their lea…
I wish to thank General Assembly President Kerim for convening this important meeting on the food and energy crisis.
Let me also join other speakers in commending the practical steps that the United Nations has taken to address the food crisis issue, particularly the Secretary- General’s initiative…
I wish, first of all, to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on a very important topic. I take this opportunity to express my delegation’s appreciation to Under-Secretary-General Holmes for his comprehensive briefing. We are convinced that periodic briefings on this issue consti…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening two days of plenary meetings and an informal panel discussion on human security as a follow-up to the commitment we collectively made at the 2005 World Summit. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report contained in document A/64/701…
First of all, my delegation wishes to thank Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his report on the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina (S/2008/300, annex, enclosure) and for his briefing to the Council. We welcome His Excellency Mr. Nik…
Let me join other Council members in thanking Under-Secretary- General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing on the situation in Iraq and his introduction of the Secretary-General’s report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for
Iraq (UNAMI) (S/2008/266). We also thank Mr. Khalilzad for his update on t…
My delegation associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
In reviewing the progress made at the halfway point towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we sincerely recognize th…
I would first like to thank the Secretary-General for transmitting the report entitled “Improving global road safety” (A/62/257) to the General Assembly for consideration. I would also like to thank the World Health Organization (WHO) for preparing this report in consultation with partners of the Un…
