We are honoured by the presence of His Excellency the President of the Togolese Republic. We thank him for presiding over this important debate and for his opening statement.
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I thank the Togolese presidency for taking this initiative and for making possible a reflection on how t…
I thank Mr. Edmond Mulet for his comprehensive and very useful briefing and for having introduced the Secretary-General’s report (S/2012/72). I welcome the presence of Mr. Farid Zarif via video teleconference. I would also like to welcome Foreign Ministers Vuk Jeremić and Enver Hoxhaj and thank them…
This is indeed a sad day for the Security Council. Once again, it was unable to act to send a forceful and united message to the Syrian authorities to stop killing and torturing their people, even though in the recent hours hundreds more have been killed.
How long will this Council allow the Syrian…
Allow me to join others in welcoming you, Mr. Minister, to the Council and to thank you for chairing our debate. I also thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his very thorough briefing, as well as the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements. Po…
Let me thank South Africa for bringing forward this important matter under its presidency and for holding this debate open to the participation of the wider membership. The focus of this debate is on the rule of law in the context of conflict and post-conflict situations, which is clearly a crucial …
Somalia is experiencing important changes at several levels. We fully subscribe to the Secretary-General’s assessment that it is time to take advantage of the existing window of opportunity in three different but interlinked dimensions: the security, humanitarian and political dimensions.
I should …
I thank Under- Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous for his comprehensive briefing today and thank Ambassador Staffan de Mistura for his participation in today’s meeting and for his outstanding work as Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I wish him well in his new and im…
First of all, I wish to thank the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their very comprehensive and useful briefings. Allow me a special word to congratulate Judge Meron on his rece…
Thank you, Madam President, for convening this open debate on an issue to which Portugal attaches great importance. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe and Ms. Orzala Ashraf Nemat for their very useful statements.
The theme of this y…
Allow me to present our sincere condolences and solidarity to the people of Turkey after the terrible earthquake that struck their country, and to Saudi Arabia on the passing of the Crown Prince.
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his very useful briefing, as well as the Permanent Repr…
Let me acknowledge your presence here today, Mr. President, as you chair our meeting. I wish to congratulate Nigeria for taking the initiative to promote a debate on such an important element of post-conflict peacebuilding. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous for his presentation.
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Allow me, first of all, to congratulate you, Madame President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, as well as to wish you every success. I also wish to thank Ambassador Nawaf Salam and his team for the very efficient and wise way in which they conducted the Council’s work d…
Like others, I too wish to welcome Minister Rassoul to our meeting today and to thank him for his very important statement. I would like to say a special word of thanks to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Staffan de Mistura for his very comprehensive and, as
usual, very lucid briefin…
First of all, I would like to welcome Mr. Jibril to the Council’s meeting today.
In accordance with paragraph 24 of resolution 1970 (2011), of 26 February, I have the honour to report to the Security Council on the work of the Committee established pursuant to that resolution. The report covers the…
I thank the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Mariano Fernandez Amunategui, and wish him every success in the performance of his duties. I thank him for his excellent briefing. I also offer a special word of thanks to Mr. Edmond Mulet for everything that he has accomplished. I…
Allow me to welcome our Libyan colleague to the Council and especially to underline the General Assembly’s vote this morning, which allowed for the full reintegration of Libya into our community of nations. Let me also underline the unanimity of the Council in adopting the very important resolution …
Today’s resolution reaffirms the strong commitment of the international community to pursue its assistance to Liberia in its remarkable efforts towards peace and democracy. The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has played and will continue to play a central role in the process of addressing …
Let me, too, thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/549) and Special Representative Augustine Mahiga for his very useful briefing, and commend him and his team for their constant efforts. Allow me also to welcome the presence of His Excellency the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mr. Abdiweli …
Like others, let me start by thanking Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri and his team for the very competent way they conducted the work of the Council last month, and by wishing you, Mr. President, every success in your efforts during Lebanon’s presidency of the Council and assuring you of our constant …
Like others, we believe that peacekeeping and peacebuilding are truly at the crux of the United Nations today. All members know how deeply my country is committed to these tasks. We have been active in several missions during the past 30 years. We therefore thank you, Mr. President, for organizing t…
