I would like to join other colleagues in thanking Ambassador Néstor Osorio for presenting his first 90-day report on the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). We appreciate the work of the Committee and will participate actively in it under Ambassador Osorio’s chairmanship.
Iran…
I would like to place on record our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s open debate, which is very timely and gives us an opportunity to discuss the situation in Somalia comprehensively. I would also like in particular to thank the Secretary-General for setting the coordinates…
I take the floor to state that India has been following with serious concern the developments in Libya, which have resulted in the loss of numerous lives and injuries to many more. We deplore the use of force, which is totally unacceptable. We earnestly hope that calm and stability will be restored …
Thank you very much, Madame President, for convening this debate on the situation in Timor-Leste. I would like to start by welcoming His Excellency Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão and thanking him for his very comprehensive statement. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of th…
Like others, I should like to extend a warm welcome to High Representative Baroness Ashton and to thank her for her comprehensive briefing on the role of the European Union (EU) in the United Nations and its views on some contemporary issues that are on the Security Council’s agenda. Clearly, given …
I would also join others in thanking Mr. Jack Lang, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Legal Issues related to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, and Assistant- Secretary-General Stephen Mathias for their comprehensive and useful briefings on the problems of piracy off the coast of Somalia. I…
The sustained attention of the Council to peacekeeping and peacebuilding is indicative of the fact that it recognizes that the success or failure of peacekeeping and peacebuilding will determine the continuing relevance of the United Nations and of this Council to many troubled parts of the world. M…
I join other colleagues in thanking Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos for their comprehensive and useful briefings on the situation in Haiti. I would also like to thank the representative of Haiti for s…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his comprehensive briefing. I would also like to thank the Permanent Observer of Palestine for his statement, to which we listened very carefully.
The situation in the Middle East continues to be difficult. The much-awaited resumption of talks…
I would like to join other colleagues in thanking President Benjamin Mkapa, Chair of the Secretary-General’s Panel on the Referenda in the Sudan, and Mr. Menkerios, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, for their informative briefings and, more important, for the commend…
I would like to thank you, Madame President, for scheduling today’s debate on the situation in Afghanistan. We are also
grateful for the latest report (S/2010/630) of the Secretary-General and appreciate the briefing by his Special Representative Staffan de Mistura. We also thank Ambassador Zahir T…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his reports under the agenda item “Follow-up to the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade” (A/65/390 and A/65/605).
The transatlantic slave trade is one of the most shameful chapters in human …
I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of India at today’s joint debate. We believe that the issue of the revitalization of the General Assembly has assumed particular significance in recent years. My delegation
was therefore encouraged by the theme chosen by you, Mr. President, fo…
Please 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 West Asia, a region of great importance and concern to the entire international community.
Being part of our ex…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Sir, for having convened today’s debate on the situation in Afghanistan. We are grateful for the latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/493) and are appreciative of the briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General Staffan de Mistura. W…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his annual report on the work of the Organization (A/65/1).
The commitments that we undertook in 2000, enshrined in the Millennium Declaration, were renewed by our leaders two weeks ago at the High- level Plenary Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals …
My delegation joins others in welcoming the consensus that made it possible for the General Assembly to unanimously adopt resolution 64/298. India has consistently held the view that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected by all States. Therefore, the Governme…
Let me begin by thanking the President for his personal initiative in organizing these meetings and proposing resolution 64/294 for focused action by the international community on the humanitarian situation arising from the floods in Pakistan.
As we commemorated World Humanitarian Day yesterday, P…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for scheduling today’s debate on the situation in Afghanistan. We are grateful for the latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/318) and are appreciative of the briefing by his Special Representative, Staffan de Mistura. We also thank Ambassador Tanin, Permanent…
Madam President, allow me at the outset to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to thank the three Chairs of the Committees established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004) for their painstaking efforts in…
