At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I welcome Mr. Vuk Jeremić and Mr. Skender Hyseni, Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo, respectively, and thank them for their statements.
My d…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Pascoe and Mr. Boyd for their briefings. We also welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Somalia.
Burkina Faso remains very concerned by the security situation in Somalia, which is marked by continued clashes between illegal armed groups a…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, a subject to which we attach great importance.
We also thank Mr. Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for hi…
I should like at the outset to thank Justice Renate Winter and Mr. Stephen Rapp, President and Prosecutor, respectively, of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, for the very useful information that they have shared with us on the Court’s judicial activities and its completion strategy. We also welcom…
We should like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing following his visit to Myanmar, the second of its kind within a year, to better see first-hand the development of the socio-political and humanitarian situation on the ground and to jump- start the reconciliation and democr…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I assure you of the close cooperation of my delegation. I wish also to pay tribute to Ambassador Heller and the Mexican delegation for the excellent manner in whic…
At the outset, let me warmly welcome His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica. I also warmly welcome His Excellency the new Permanent Representative of Belgium, who has just joined us. I wish him every success in his new functions.
Let me also welcome Mr. Moreno-Ocampo and than…
The delegation of Burkina Faso would like to join its voice to those who have preceded us to warmly and sincerely congratulate you, Mr. President, on your brilliant election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. As you are an accomplished diplomat who is concerned ab…
