At the outset, allow me to recognize your presence here today with us, State Minister Hoyer. I thank Special Coordinator Robert Serry for his very useful briefing, and the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their contributions to today’s debate.
Portugal’…
Like you, Sir, I wish to warmly His Excellency the President of the Republic of Nauru to the Council. His presence does indeed illustrate the seriousness of the challenges facing his country and other small island developing States (SIDS).
I thank the German presidency and you yourself, Mr. Preside…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for his very comprehensive briefing as usual, as well as Ambassador Tanin for his very useful intervention.
I must begin my statement by recalling the attacks in Mazar-e-Sharif. The United Nations
Assistance Mission in Afgh…
In accordance with paragraph 24 (e) of Security Council resolution 1970 (2011), of 26 February 2011, I have the honour to report to the Council on the work of the Committee established by the same resolution. The report covers the period from 29 March to 27 June 2011.
During this period, the Commit…
I thank the presidency of the Council for convening this important meeting, and I thank Mr. Fedotov for his comprehensive and useful briefing. I fully share in his analysis and comments, and would like to reiterate
Portugal’s full support for the efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Cr…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for his comprehensive and very useful briefing. We very much appreciate seeing Ambassador Muburi-Muita here in New York. I wish to congratulate him for all the work that he has already done in the past eight months. On a more…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report
(S/2011/360) and the Legal Counsel for her presentation.
The report, in its analytical approach, reflects the difficulty of the subject that we are addressing today. Piracy off the coast of Somalia is indeed a complex issue, as the…
I thank former President Thabo Mbeki and Special Representative Haile Menkerios for their comprehensive briefings and the significant work they have been undertaking. I would like to congratulate them and the Governments of the Sudan and South Sudan on the agreement that has just been reached on Aby…
I thank and congratulate you, Mr. President, for convening this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for their participation in our discussion and for their comprehensive briefings.
The impact of the HIV/AID…
I thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda for their very useful reports (see S/2011/316 and S/2011/317) and for their briefings here today. I should like especially to convey greetings to Judge Byron, along with our thanks for…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely and important debate on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I wish to extend a most cordial welcome to Minister Raymond Tshibanda and to thank him for his statement, which we heard with great interest. It illustra…
Like others, I wish to thank Special Representative Lamberto Zannier for his very comprehensive briefing to this Council, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Vuk Jeremić, and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj for their remarks.
The report of the Secretary-General (S/2011/281) offers a factual and co…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
Dramatic events in the region are quickly changing the face of the Middle East. Like those elsewhere in the region, people in Syria are demanding
freedom, democracy and reform. The one and only way to respond to such legitimate …
First of all, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing, even if it was a particularly sombre one.
Dramatic events in the region are quickly changing the face of the Middle East, presenting its people with tremendous challenges but also with far-reachi…
Allow me to thank the Colombian presidency of the Council for having organized this very important debate, and to thank the President of the Republic of Colombia and the President of Haiti, Mr. René Préval, for their presence here today. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and President…
Thank you for organizing this important debate, Mr. President. I also wish to thank Ambassador Wittig for presenting his report and for his commitment and leadership while he was in charge of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). I also thank Ambassador Gasana for his statement and assure him of our c…
Like others, I want to thank Ambassador Néstor Osorio for the 90-day report on the activities of his very important Committee. And while wishing him all success in conducting the work of the Committee, I also want to assure him and his team of my country’s full support for the fulfilment of his mand…
Allow me to thank the Permanent Representatives of Germany and Rwanda for their contributions to our debate. I would also like to commend the Chairs of the country-specific configurations for their commitment and leadership. Portugal of course shares the positions that the Ambassador of Hungary has …
Since the outset of the Libyan popular uprising, Portugal has consistently condemned the indiscriminate violence against civilians and the gross and systematic violation of human rights and of humanitarian law perpetrated by a regime that has lost all its credibility and legitimacy vis-à-vis its own…
I wish to thank our colleague Ambassador Tanin for his very useful comments. National ownership is at the heart of peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts, an objective that Portugal shares in its fullness. Allow me also to thank the Special Representative and the personnel of the United Nations Assi…
