On behalf of the delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, I would like to express our appreciation to the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report (S/2011/514). We also welcome the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Farid Zarif, and thank him for his briefing …
On behalf of my Government, allow me to express our deep sorrow and concern in regards to the bombing of the United Nations building in Abuja. This act must certainly be strongly condemned. Allow me also to express our condolences to the Government of Nigeria, the Nigerian people, the United Nations…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing this briefing. We thank the Under-Secretary-General for his comments and the Force Commanders of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, the United Nations Mission in Liberia, the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darf…
Allow me to thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his briefing today. We also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their presence and contributions to our debate.
Bosnia and Herzegovina remains deeply c…
At the outset, allow me to thank Mr. Yury Fedotov for his briefing today and his able leadership of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Organized crime represents a threat to democracy, the rule of law, human rights, stability and social and economic development. The correlation b…
We would like to thank Ambassador Osorio for his briefing on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) during the past 90 days. We note that the 1737 Committee has done very effective work in that period, which we highly appreciate.
The role of the Pa…
Allow me to express our gratitude to Ms. Patricia O’Brien for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the modalities for the establishment of specialized Somali anti-piracy courts (S/2011/360), which we consider a good basis for creating instruments to counter piracy activities off the coa…
I thank President Mbeki, Chair of the African Union High- level Implementation Panel, and Mr. Haile Menkerios, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for their informative briefings. We welcome the participation of the representatives of the Sudan and Southern Sudan, and appreciate their i…
I would like to commend you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. We welcome the presence of the President of Nigeria, the Deputy President of South Africa and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France. Our appreciation also goes to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and to Mr. Michel Sidibé…
I wish to thank Judges Patrick L. Robinson and Khalida Rachid Khan, the respective Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), as well as the Prosecutors of the Tribunals, Mr. Brammertz and Mr. Jallow, …
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the delegation of France for initiating this important discussion. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his insightful briefing. We welcome the participation of the Minister for International and Regional Cooperation of the De…
At the outset, I wish to join other speakers in expressing our
gratitude to the Permanent Representatives of Germany, India and South Africa for their detailed briefings giving an account of their work during their first months chairing the respective Committees. Given the important place that thes…
Bosnia and Herzegovina highly appreciates this debate on civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict. We thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing. We commend the Senior Advisory Group under his leadership, which provided the Secretary-General with important advice on how to better develop, …
Thank you, Mr. President for organizing this important debate. I wish to extend my gratitude to Under- Secretary-General Amos, Under-Secretary-General Le Roy and Assistant Secretary-General Ivan Šimonović for their important, irreplaceable work and of course for their valuable briefings at today’s m…
I, too, want to thank the High Representative for his briefing. I feel the need to express my gratitude to all speakers who have expressed firm support for the process of State-building and the integration prospects of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the European Union.
However, after 15 years, instead o…
Allow me to welcome the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to today’s meeting and thank him for his extensive briefing. I also wish to thank the Prosecutor for preparing the report that has given us a further overview of and insight into the situation in the field. In no uncertain terms,…
At the outset, allow me to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for providing us with the briefing on recent developments in Syria.
Bosnia and Herzegovina expresses its deep concern with regard to the situation in Syria and its regret over the loss of life and the high number of injuries. We o…
Allow me to welcome you, President Santos Calderón. I thank you, Sir, and your Government for convening this timely and important debate. Also allow me to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, President Clinton, for their comprehensive briefings and cont…
At the outset, allow me to reiterate Bosnia and Herzegovina’s
grave concern regarding the rapidly deteriorating situation in Libya. Human lives must be protected and human rights and humanitarian law must be observed. The need for humanitarian assistance to be provided to Libyans is urgent. Therefo…
At the outset, I wish to thank His Excellency the Secretary- General for his briefing and to warmly welcome Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Prime Minister of Somalia, and Mr. Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, and to expres…
