At the outset, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting as a follow-up to developments in Libya. I would also like to thank Ambassador Moraes Cabral for his work and his response to Libya’s concerns with regard to many issues under the conside…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting so that we can follow the developing situation in Libya. I would like to welcome Mr. Ian Martin and to thank him for his efforts in Libya. I can say that he has been able to build a strong relationship with the parties concerned. Every time …
Allow me, at the outset, to express our gratitude to you, Madame President, for calling this meeting on the situation in my country and the events unfolding there. I would also like to commend the Secretary-General for his concern about the situation in my country.
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At the outset I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening these meetings. Libya was among the first to call for this.
We wish to convey our sympathy and full solidarity to the Government and the people of Pakistan as they face the largest natural disaster in the histor…
On behalf of the Libyan people and the members of the Permanent Mission of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations, I would like to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude for the sentiments and condolences addressed to the Libyan people over the tragic accident th…
This meeting is especially important because it is the first held to consider this item since the adoption on 5 November 2009 of General Assembly resolution 64/10 on the report of the Fact- Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict. That document, the Goldstone Report, called for an impartial and indepen…
After two years as a member of the Security Council, I wish to take the floor at today’s meeting, as it is the last on the Palestinian question that my delegation will be participating in as a member. I wish to assess the way in which the Security Council has dealt with this issue.
We have particip…
Permit me to take this opportunity to share with the Council some observations relating to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) on Liberia and the relevant sanctions regime. Libya has had the honour to chair the Committee over the past two years.
We are all …
I would first like to express my gratitude to you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting — the first Security Council debate of its kind — on the effects of illegal drug trafficking on international security, and for personally presiding over this important meeting. On behalf of the Libyan dele…
I should like at the outset to express our
appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I should like to extend my thanks to the Commission for its third annual report (S/2009/444). We also extend our thanks to His Excellency Ambassador…
At the outset, I would like to associate ourselves with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone on behalf of the African Group. I would like to add some observations which Libya believes are important for Security Council reform.
There is no doubt that the Security Counci…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this emergency meeting of the Security Council in accordance with the understanding reached within the Council.
I thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his briefing. We also welcome our brother, Riad Al-Malki, Minister for Foreign Aff…
At the outset, I wish to welcome you, Mr. President, among us and express our appreciation to you for conducting our work in this important meeting. We thank the delegation of Viet Nam for
organizing this important meeting. I would also like to thank the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advance…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Madam, and to convey our appreciation for your initiative. I also greet Ambassador Susan Rice and thank her for her efforts and wise leadership of the Security Council during the month of September, as well as for the initiatives and projects she has launched. I w…
At the outset, allow me to express the appreciation of the Libyan delegation for the Council’s initiative in holding this summit and for the United States delegation’s preparation of the draft resolution we just voted upon (resolution 1887 (2009)).
My country undertook an historic initiative when i…
At the outset, I wish to welcome Her Excellency Mrs. Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, Prime Minister of Haiti, and former President Clinton, who has just left the Council Chamber. We wish him every success as United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti and thank him for his briefing. Allow me to also thank…
Allow me at the outset to express my appreciation to Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing, which clearly shows the extent of the deteriorating situation and the danger posed to the occupied Palestinian territories and to security and stability in the region.
Despite the fact that more than …
At the outset, I would like to welcome and thank Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing, and we wish him success in his duties.
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Mr. President, at the outset, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your initiative to hold this meeting of the Security Council at the level of Ministers for Foreign Affairs to discuss the situation in the Middle East. I also thank the Secretary-General for his presence among us and for h…
I should like to join preceding speakers in
congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. You can be assured of the cooperation of my delegation. I also wish to commend Ambassador Heller of Mexico and the entire Mexican delegation for th…
