India is privileged to participate in today’s global launch of the International Year of Quinoa 2013. We are equally privileged and honoured by the presence among us of His Excellency Mr. Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, who has been the guiding spirit behind the in…
At the outset, let me thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on the important subject of peacekeeping and its crucial role in building peace in post-conflict situations.
India is proud to have been associated with United Nations peacekeeping from its very inception. As a country that …
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s open debate on a subject that is of vital importance for the work of the Security Council. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and for his report on peacebuilding in the aftermath of conflict (S/2012/7…
I join others in thanking you, Mr. President, for scheduling today’s debate on the situation in Afghanistan. I thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for his statement. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his most recent report (S/2012/907), and we ar…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting to discuss the activities of the United Nations Regional Office in Central Africa (UNOCA) in the implementation of its mandate. I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Abou Moussa …
The Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea is the oldest Sanctions Committee among the Council’s subsidiary bodies and has completed two decades of existence. The Committee is unique in that it is mandated to cover two countries in the Horn of Afr…
Let me, at the outset, thank Judge Meron and Judge Joensen for their briefings and assessments of the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. We also…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, and your delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. I wish you great success in your stewardship of the Council and assure you of my delegation’s full support and cooperation. I wish also to thank…
At the outset, please allow me to express our appreciation to the President for convening this discussion on the question of Palestine in the General Assembly. I also would like to thank the President of Palestine, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, for his statement yesterday (see A/67/PV.44).
I would like to con…
I take the floor to speak on the report of the Secretary-General contained in document A/67/201. At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and to compliment him
for his extremely informative and well analysed report on strengthening the institutional arrangements for the support of…
At the outset, I would like to express India’s appreciation to the President for scheduling this discussion. I also avail myself of this opportunity to commend the German delegation for coordinating the intergovernmental negotiations in an excellent manner, which has brought us the annual draft reso…
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their valuable statements.
The Arab world has been undergoing unprecedented transformation d…
I would like to start by joining others in thanking you, Mr. President, for having scheduled today’s debate on the situation in Afghanistan. I would like also to very warmly welcome Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, to the Security Council and thank him for his stateme…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to discuss the Secretary-General’s report (A/66/889) submitted in compliance with resolution 66/253 B, adopted on 3 August. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Jo…
Let me, at the outset, thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I would also like to thank His Excellency Prime Minister Ivica Dačić of Serbia and Mr. Hashim Thaçi for their st…
Since the 99th meeting of the General Assembly — the last meeting before today in which we discussed the agenda item before us — the situation in Syria has steadily deteriorated. Neither side has fulfilled its obligations under the six-point plan of Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan, which was endors…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Coordinator Robert Serry for
his comprehensive briefing on the status of the Middle East peace process and the situation in the region. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their valua…
Let me begin by conveying our sincere condolences to the Government and people of Syria on the terrorist attack in Damascus yesterday, which caused the death of a number of high officials, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Daoud Rajha. We strongly condemn that mindless and cow…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting to discuss the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), particularly in the context of the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). I would also like to thank the Special…
I join others in thanking you, Mr. President, for scheduling today’s debate on the situation in Afghanistan. I would also like in particular to thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for his statement. We also thank the Secretary-General for his latest report (S/2012/…
