I, too, would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his useful report (A/64/818), and the facilitator, Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Momen, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, and his co- facilitator, our colleague Mr. Muhammad Rafiuddin Shah of Pakistan, whose tireless and well-appreciat…
I wish at the outset to join previous speakers in thanking the Chairmen of the three Security Council Committees and in expressing appreciation not only for their extensive briefings but also for the efforts that they have made along with their fellow members of the Committees and their subsidiary b…
I join previous speakers in expressing our appreciation to Justice Renate Winter, President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and to Mr. Stephen Rapp, Prosecutor of the Special Court. I also welcome the presence among us of the representative of Sierra Leone.
We thank the Special Court for Sie…
Let me assure you, Mr. President, of our delegation’s full support for your leadership of our work in the Council this month. We would also like to pay tribute to the efforts to the Russian presidency of the Council last month.
At the outset, allow me to welcome the presence among us today of the t…
Allow me at the outset, through you, Sir, to thank the Chairmen of the three counter-terrorism sanctions Committees. We express our deep appreciation for their efforts.
The briefings we have heard demonstrate how far the work of the Committees has come and give us a sense of future plans and many o…
Allow me to extend my sincere thanks to Mr. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his comprehensive briefing on the Secretary-General’s report on enhancing mediation and its support activities (S/2009/189). I would also like to extend a warm welcome to all participants in t…
We welcome the presence of the two Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunals, Judges Patrick Robinson and Dennis Byron, and the two Prosecutors, Mr. Serge Brammertz and Mr. Hassan Jallow. We thank them not only for their comprehensive briefings but also for the exceptionally excellent work …
I would like to welcome the presence among us today of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica and the new Permanent Representative of Belgium. I should also like to join speakers who have preceded me in welcoming Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), as wel…
At the outset, I should like to welcome and thank the Presidents of the two Tribunals, Judges Pocar and Byron, and the Prosecutors, Mr. Brammertz and
Mr. Jallow, not only for their comprehensive briefings to us but also for the outstanding work they and their staff have carried out.
We know very w…
