I want to start by congratulating you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. My delegation and I look forward to working with you to make your presidency truly successful. In an earlier incarnation, I had the opportunity to have visited your beautiful cou…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting at the request of the League of Arab States. I also take this opportunity to welcome in our midst today the Chair of the League’s Ministerial Council, the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qat…
Like others, I want to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing. I would also like to place on record our appreciation for the Secretary-General’s initiatives to depute an integrated technical assessment team to study the impact of the Libyan crisis on the Sahel region for the miss…
At the outset, I would like to welcome you, Mr. President, to the Security Council and to thank you for presiding over this meeting. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing, as well His Excellency Mr. Ron Prosor, Permanent Representative of Isr…
I would like to thank the South African delegation for organizing today’s open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2011/634*) on justice and the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict countries, as well as for his valuable statement.
As the wo…
At the outset, let me thank you, Madam President, for presiding over this important meeting. We deeply appreciate the time that you are personally devoting to this issue by presiding over the Council’s deliberations. I would also like to place on record our appreciation for the participation of Comm…
I want to start by thanking the President for having organized this High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development.
We are just four years away from the Millennium Development Goal target year. While there has been progress in several areas, it is clear that many of the targets will remain unmet.…
At the outset, I would like to join others in thanking Judge Theodor Meron and Judge Khalida Rachid Khan for their
presentations and assessments of the work of the Tribunals. We also appreciate very much the briefings by the Prosecutors of the two Tribunals.
India welcomes the progress made by the…
I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of my country at today’s joint debate. We believe that the issue of General Assembly revitalization has assumed particular significance in recent years. That was quite vividly reflected in the emphasis placed by the President of the General Ass…
The Security Council is mandated by the United Nations Charter with the primary responsibility for maintenance of international peace and security, including by coercive action. What it does and the manner in which it goes about doing its work are, however, of interest to the entire international co…
Allow me, at the outset, to express our sincere appreciation for the scheduling of this discussion on an important subject that demands our collective attention — the situation in the Middle East. Today’s debate, following the commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Farid Zarif for his briefing and for the Secretary-General’s comprehensive report on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), covering the period of July to October (S/2011/675). I would …
Allow me at the outset to express our appreciation to you, Sir, and your delegation for organizing today’s meeting.
We also offer our thanks to the Secretary- General; the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. António Guterres; the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Ms.…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and through you your delegation for organizing this meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Timor-Leste. We
note with appreciation that Foreign Minister Mr. Paulo Portas is here with us this morning. His presence and that of His E…
At the outset, I would like to express India’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, for scheduling this discussion on a subject of great significance for us, our region and the world. I also commend the German delegation for coordinating intergovernmental negotiations in an excellent manner, which ha…
I would like to join other colleagues in welcoming High Representative Valentin Inzko to the Security Council, and in thanking him for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to place on record our appreciation for the Secretary-General’s report on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (see …
Like others, I would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing this meeting to discuss the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and the threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Abou Mo…
I have had the honour to chair the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism since the beginning of this year. It has been an extremely eventful year, and today it gives me great pleasure to brief the Security Council on the work of the Committee since the…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Portuguese presidency for having organized the Council’s open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict today. I also want to warmly welcome President Cavaco Silva to the Security Council and to thank him for his statement. I would also like to …
At the outset, I would like to join others in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. I would also like to take this opportunity to assure you and, through you, your delegation of my delegation’s full cooperation in the dischar…
