At the outset, we would like to express our
deep appreciation for the timely holding of this meeting and to congratulate Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session.
The special needs and problems confronting landlocked develop…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to express my country’s heartfelt congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. We are confident that your experience and wisdom will crown our work with success and will result in further progress on the ma…
I would like first of all to welcome the President of the Palestinian National Authority, His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, and the Ministers who are present at today’s meeting.
I will not conceal the fact that I always hesitate before taking the floor to address the Council when it
discusses the …
It was a great honour for us to see His Excellency Mr. Blaise Compaore, President of the Republic of Burkina Faso, presiding over our Council and managing our work, following the able leadership of our colleague Ambassador Michel Kafando. We are also honoured by the presence of our other distinguish…
I would like first to thank Mr. Ban Ki-moon for his outstanding report and the President of the Assembly for having organized this important meeting. I should also like to thank Mr. Gert Rosenthal, the Permanent Representative of Guatemala, who guided the discussions preceding this meeting. I would …
I would like to welcome the presence of Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General, among us, and thank him for his statement. I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and, through you, the group of five small countries, for choosing the timing
of this debate and its subject. At the outset, we …
Like those who took the floor earlier, I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet for their briefings.
My country wishes to state its deep concern at the escalation of violence and the very high number of civilian casualties, displaced persons and refugees,…
What we have heard at this meeting from the representatives of the Russian Federation and of Georgia clearly demonstrates the deterioration of the situation and its serious implications for international peace and security. My country wishes to express its deepest regret at the outbreak of violence …
It is my pleasure at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I assure you of our full engagement and cooperation with your work.
We also express our appreciation for the excellent work of Ambassador Le Luong Minh and the dele…
I should like to join those who spoke before me in welcoming to the Council His Excellency Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Prime Minister of the State of Djibouti. I take this opportunity to thank him for the warm welcome and generosity with which he received the Security Council mission in Djibouti ea…
At the outset, I am pleased to welcome Mr. Jan Eliasson and Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim to the Council and to thank them for their briefings. We are highly appreciative of their endeavours in discharging their complex and difficult — but noble and lofty — mandates.
It is regrettable that the security sit…
Let me convey our appreciation to Secretary of State Rice who, earlier, personally presided over this meeting. Let me also thank you, Mr. President, for your proposal to hold this open debate on such an important issue.
Libya is concerned at reports of sexual violence against women and girls in man…
We would like at the outset to welcome Mr. Hoshyar Zebari, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq. We highly appreciate his presence and we thank him for his comprehensive statement. We express our pleasure at the optimism that he has expressed.
In addition, we would like to thank you, Mr. President,…
At the outset, I would like to extend my thanks to Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for the valuable and comprehensive briefing. We highly value his efforts and endeavours in this field.
The issue under discussion in this meeting, based on the framework of a previo…
At the outset, on behalf of my country, I should like to convey my deepest condolences to the peoples of China and Myanmar on the huge human losses they have suffered.
I should also like to thank the United Kingdom for organizing this debate on an issue of great importance. We highly appreciate the…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to thank him for his valuable statement. We would like also to thank Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herz…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his report on the subject. In addition, I also wish to thank Mrs. Hannalore Hoppe, Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affa…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his report (S/2008/266). I would also like to thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, for his briefing to the Council on recent developments in Iraq. I also wish to thank the Permanent Representative of the Un…
It is indeed a great honour, Mr. Mbeki, to see you personally assume the presidency of Security Council today. It is my pleasure to convey to you the greetings and support of your brother, Colonel Al-Qaddafi.
We are also honoured to have with us heads of State or Government, ministers and heads of …
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East. We also express our appreciation for the presence of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon among us this morning and thank Mr. Pascoe for his valuable briefing.
I wish to endorse the statement m…
