Let me, at the outset, thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his comprehensive and informative briefing. We welcome the contribution to peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina that the High Representative and his Office have made in the course of the past 16 years.
Germ…
In today’s briefing, I would like to provide an update on the activities and achievements of the Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) since my last briefing in May (see S/PV.6536).
In my briefing, I would like to focus on the following three aspects: first, refl…
Let me begin by thanking Portugal for organizing this important debate; I welcome the presence of the President of Portugal at the opening of today’s meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Pillay, as well as Assistan…
Today’s debate on Security Council reform provides a good opportunity to take stock and to further build on the momentum achieved during the preceding session of the General Assembly. In that regard, allow me to highlight the three lessons learned from last year’s experience.
First, we have made pr…
Let me join others in congratulating you and your team, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of November. We assure you of our firm support. Let me also commend and very warmly thank our colleague Ambassador Joy Ogwu for her able and wise stewardship of th…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Judy Cheng-Hopkins and Ambassador Lucas for their detailed briefings.
This is a welcome opportunity to take stock of the peacebuilding agenda and to follow up on its implementation. We share the analysis that progress has been achieved in various fields since las…
Germany voted in favour of the resolution just adopted by this Council, resolution 2017 (2011).
We appreciate the initiative of the Russian Federation for taking up this important issue. The proliferation of all arms and related material of all types from Libya to the region is an issue of utmost c…
As President of the Security Council for the month of July 2011, Germany was responsible for the preparation of the introduction of the draft annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly.
The draft report contains a comprehensive account of all meetings and activities of the Counci…
Let me thank the Nigerian presidency for putting on the agenda the issue of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. I also want very much to thank the Secretary-General and the representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Gulf of Guinea Commission for their presentations.
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At the outset, let me join others in thanking the Nigerian presidency for having organized today’s debate. I warmly welcome your presence and your leadership of this meeting, Sir, as well as the presence of Her Excellency Mrs. Preneet Kaur, Minister of State for External Affairs of India. I would al…
Let me start by warmly thanking Ambassador Nawaf Salam and his team for his wise, effective and courageous leadership of the Council in the month of September. Let me also join others in congratulating you, Madame President, as you assume the presidency of the Council for this month; you can count o…
I wish to thank Foreign Minister Rassoul for his most valuable statement and, of course, for his presence here. Minister, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to the Council today.
I am also grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General de Mistura for his briefing. I commend him, his…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mariano Fernandez Amunategui for his briefing and we are grateful to him and all the personnel of the United
Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for their dedicated work.
One and a half years after the devastating …
I wish to warmly welcome Ambassador Dabbashi and to congratulate him on today’s approval by the General Assembly of his credentials. We fully support resolution 2009 (2011), just adopted. We also highly welcome its unanimous adoption. This sends a strong message of the unity of the Council at this i…
Germany welcomed Liberia’s progress in peace consolidation and further stabilization, and at the same time supports the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the extension of its mandate for a further year. In view of the upcoming elections, UNMIL’s presence is surely still necessary. Howeve…
At the outset, I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Augustine Mahiga for his briefing.
We highly appreciate his work and continue to support him. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union Som…
Let me join my colleagues in congratulating you, Mr. President, on Lebanon’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. Our best wishes accompany you. Let me equally thank our neighbours and colleagues from India for their leadership last month. I thank Ambassador Osorio for his bri…
I should like to join my colleagues in thanking Mr. Zarif for his comprehensive briefing. I also wish to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to former Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zannier for his important work in recent years.
As highlighted in the recent report of th…
I also would like to thank President Mbeki and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Menkerios for their comprehensive briefings. I am also grateful for the statements made by the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan, in which they reiterated their commitment to a peaceful solution…
At the outset, I should like to thank you, Sir, for having organized this important debate on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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I thank the Secretary-General for his very informative and helpful briefing, and I would like to warmly welcome His Excellency the Minister for Int…
