I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on an issue of great importance. I should also like to join others in thanking Mr. Mike Smith, Executive Director of the Counter- Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), for his valuabl…
I, too, wish to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his most informative briefing this morning. I also wish to thank the United Nations
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its efforts, in particular in rebuilding the country.
We also we…
I wish to express my deep gratitude to Mr. Guéhenno for his detailed briefing on the latest developments in Timor-Leste. I also commend the efforts of the Secretary-General and thank him for the information provided in his report.
I also thank Mr. Santos, Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to …
I should like at the outset to welcome to the Security Council His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia. I also wish to welcome the presence of His Excellency the Secretary- General, Ban Ki-moon, at this meeting and to thank him for the information that he has provided to …
I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for all his efforts to strengthen the role of the United Nations in focusing on one of the most urgent matters before us: climate change.
I would also like to stress my country’s support for the statements made on behalf of the Group of Ar…
We thank you, Mr. Minister, for presiding over this important meeting of the Security Council. We wish, at the outset, to extend our sincere thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, for the valuable briefing in which she…
At the outset, allow me to echo the thanks that have been offered to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his efforts to resolve the situation in Darfur and to promote peace and security both in the province and in Africa as a whole. We should also like to welcome Mr. Jan Eliasson and thank him for his…
