I would first like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Ameerah Haq, for her briefing and, more generally, for her work. I also thank Mr. Zacarias da Costa, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, for having made the trip to take part in our debate t…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his presence and for the report that he has just presented to the Council (S/2011/682, annex). I also take this opportunity to welcome the contribution of the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to …
I would like to thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), for his briefing on the initial work of the Office and his report on the Lord’s Resistance Army-affected areas (S/2011/693). I welcome Mr. Sylvain-Goma, Secretary- General of the Economic Co…
I should like to begin by thanking Ambassadors Sangqu, Wittig and Puri for their briefings, and I associate myself with the statement to be made later by the deputy head of the delegation of the European Union.
We recently commemorated the tenth anniversary of the 11 September attacks. Even though …
The President of the General Assembly has made United Nations reform into one of the priorities of his term in office. In his inaugural speech, the focus was on the reform of the Security Council and on the need to pursue the efforts made hitherto. He is quite correct; we do need to continue move th…
I would first of all like to congratulate you, Sir, and to express our best wishes for the success of your presidency. I also wish to thank Ambassador Ogwu and her entire team for their effective presidency in the month of October. I would also like to thank Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo for his rep…
Thank you, Madam President, for holding this meeting on peacebuilding. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Cheng-Hopkins and Ambassador Lucas for their presentations. It is crucial for the Security Council, which is responsible for issues of international peacekeeping and security…
I would first of all like to welcome the holding of this debate and to thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Ambassador Lazarus Kapambwe and Ms. Orzala Ashraf Nemat for their briefings and their participation in this meeting. I should also like to associate myself with the statement to…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this debate and I welcome this momentum, begun in West Africa and beneficial to the entire continent.
Security issues are among the major challenges to the building or rebuilding of a State if it is to be sustainable and respect the rule…
I would like to thank Mr. Mariano Fernandez Amunategui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, for his presentation, and I congratulate him on his appointment at the head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). I shall limit my statement to three poin…
I, too, should like to wish you, Sir, every success in your presidency, which is just beginning, and I should like also to thank Ambassador Puri and his team for their presidency during the month of August.
I should like to start by thanking Ambassador Osorio for his 90-day report. Iran remains at …
I thank Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Mr. Enver Hoxhaj, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, for joining us today. I also welcome the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Farid Zarif, and thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2011/514)…
I would like to join previous speakers in condemning in the strongest terms the reprehensible attack just carried out against the United Nations in Abuja. We express our compassion for and solidarity with the victims and their families, to the Government of Nigeria and, through the Secretary-General…
Today the Security Council has reaffirmed its support for the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). However, the resolution that was adopted today — resolution 1994 (2011) — is profoundly different from its predecessors in its response to the very disturbing developments in the situat…
I thank Ambassador Osorio for his 90-day report. The final report that the Panel transmitted to the Council paints an alarming picture of Iran’s violations of its obligations. These violations are systematic and deliberate and cover all the categories of measures adopted by the Security Council — in…
I will speak on behalf of Ambassador Araud, who could not be with us this afternoon.
As in past years, the Security Council in May conducted a weeklong mission to Africa. From 19 to 26 May, the Security Council visited Addis Ababa; Khartoum and Juba, in the Sudan; and, finally, Nairobi, where it co…
I thank Ambassador Wittig for his excellent work as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2010 and Ambassador Gasana for the vigour with which he has taken over the role.
Today we welcome with satisfaction the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (S/2011/41). The year
2010 was important…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate Ambassador Osorio on his appointment as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and to thank him for his first quarterly report.
Once again, the report emphasizes the increasing number of violations. At its previous meeting on th…
I thank Mr. De Mistura and Ambassador Tanin for their briefings, and endorse the statement to be made by the representative of the European Union.
As we prepare to renew the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the report of the Secretary-General (S/2011/120*) re…
I wish to thank Ms. Haq, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her briefing. I also welcome the presence here of the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Mr. Gusmão. Ms. Haq underscored that the situation in Timor remains calm and continues to develop in the right direction.
I would li…
