At the outset, I would like to congratulate China on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of June, and we wish Ambassador Li Baodong and his team much success in their work. Allow me also to thank Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for his b…
Allow me to commence by expressing our gratitude to the United States for having organized this open debate on the situation the Middle East. I take this opportunity to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Lynn Pascoe, for his briefing and the Permanent Representative of Isra…
Azerbaijan has been consistent in its support of the efforts aimed at ending the violence, overcoming the crisis in Syria and finding a solution by peaceful means and through dialogue. Like all Security Council members, we have also
expressed our full support for the Joint Special Envoy of the Unit…
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing. Azerbaijan shares the position of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on the issue, as reflected in the letter and the annexes thereto contained in document S/2012/223.
Azerbaijan shares the common concern of the i…
I thank Ambassador Néstor Osorio for his work as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and for his comprehensive briefing on the activities of that Committee.
It is essential that the Committee continue to solicit national implementation reports from Member States an…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (S/2012/133), and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Ján Kubiš, for his briefing. I would also like…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for convening this debate on the situation in the Middle East. We
welcome His Excellency Secretary of State William Hague, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the other distinguished participants in this very important meeting.
Finding a point …
At the outset, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for convening this debate on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). We also thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his report, (S/2012/128) and his Special Representative, Mr. Fernández, for his briefing.
Azerbaijan co…
At the outset, I would like to commend the United Kingdom on assuming the responsibilities of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March, as well as to congratulate Togo for its very successful presidency in February. I would also like to thank the United Kingdom for convening thi…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Togolese presidency for convening this debate on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. I would also like to express our gratitude to Mr. Pascoe, Mr. Musah, and Mrs. Ukonga for their briefings.
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for dispatching a United Nations…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Togolese presidency for convening this important open debate on women and peace and security. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Margot Wallström; the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Opera…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Legal Counsel and Under- Secretary-General, Ms. Patricia O’Brien, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. Yuri Fedotov, for their briefings and the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on specialized anti-pira…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the presence at this meeting of His Excellency Mr. José Ramos-Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and to thank him for his statement. We are also grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her b…
At the outset, I would like to thank and congratulate the Togolese presidency on convening this open debate on the impact of transnational organized crime on peace, security and stability in West Africa and the Sahel region. We welcome the presence at this very important meeting of His Excellency th…
At the outset, I should like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Eamon Gilmore, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Ireland and Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and to thank him for his statement.
Azer…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2012/72). We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of His Excell…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Mr. Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, and to thank the South African presidency for convening this very important open debate on the situation in the Middle East. We are grateful …
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this very important open debate on the promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report on the rule of law and tr…
I would point out that I made my request to the Secretariat a half-hour ago.
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I would therefore ask you, Sir, to make an exception in this case.
