Let me first of all express my deep-felt condolences to the people and Government of Norway for the terrible calamity that they have suffered in recent days — a calamity that caused the deaths of so many young people striving for dialogue and mutual understanding.
I also thank you, Mr. President, f…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for initiating a review of the progress made since the adoption of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (resolution S-26/2) in 2001. I would also like to commend the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (A/65/797) on the imple…
First, I thank Special Representative De Mistura for his briefing and for his work under truly challenging circumstances. We
wish to pay tribute to the women and men working with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and all the United Nations personnel who are in Afghanistan…
Today’s adoption of resolution 1966 (2010), establishing the residual mechanism for criminal tribunals, is a very important step in the field of international criminal justice. The establishment of the residual mechanism sends a strong Security Council message against impunity. The high- level fugit…
Madame President, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to share with the Council some personal observations concerning the Committees I have had the honour to chair. More specifically today, I will speak about the Sudan Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005). I will …
Let me first of all thank you, Madame, and your delegation for your outstanding work, which led to the adoption by consensus of resolution 1960 (2010) before us today. The resolution brings significant added value to the fight against sexual violence in armed conflict. We greatly appreciate the Secr…
I should first like to thank President Mkapa for his comprehensive briefing and also Under-Secretary-General Le Roy. We are pleased by the presence of State Minister Siddiq and Mr. Amum, Secretary-General of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), and thank them for their presentations.
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Let me first of all congratulate you, Madam President, and the United States on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of December. I would also like to thank the United Kingdom for the leadership that it showed in the month of November.
At the outset, I would like to thank the Presid…
Let me thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate and for the strong interest and support your country has traditionally given to today’s topic. I would like to also thank you for bringing about a very substantive presidential statement, which has our full support.
We would like to welcom…
Again, as you requested, Mr. President, I shall abbreviate my text and read out what I consider to be the most important elements. The rest will be circulated among colleagues.
Since I last briefed the Council in May 2010 (see S/PV.6310), there have been a number of significant developments in the …
On behalf of the Chairmen of the three subsidiary bodies of the Security Council, I would like to give an update on the continued cooperation among the Committees and their expert groups, as requested by the Council in recent resolutions pertaining to the three Committees. I will also give an abbrev…
I would like to welcome Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Foreign Minister of Serbia, and Mrs. Vlora Çitaku, Acting Foreign Minister of Kosovo, and thank them for their statements. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Lamberto Zannier, for his presentation of the report before us (S…
Let me first warmly welcome High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Valentin Inzko, and thank him for the report (see S/2010/575, annex) and his work. We fully share his assessment of recent developments and the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We would like to reaffirm our full and cont…
I first wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ameerah Haq for her informative and important briefing and her excellent work at the head of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). Let me also welcome Her Excellency the Permanent Representative of Timor-Le…
Let me first join others in thanking Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco for his update on recent developments in the Middle East. I would also like to thank Ambassador Meron Reuben and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their important contributions to our discussion here today.
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My delegation is grateful to Uganda for having organized this debate, as it gives us an opportunity to continue our discussions on the two latest reports on peacebuilding. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for having presented them today. Austria warmly welcomes both reports and looks fo…
I, too, would first like to thank Special Representative De Mistura for his informative briefing and for his very challenging work at the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). I also welcome Foreign Minister Rassoul to the Security Council. We listened with great inte…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Ambassador Augustine Mahiga as the new Special Representative of the Secretary- General. We thank him for his presentation and for the commitment he has already shown under truly challenging circumstances. I would also like to say that we welcomed the presentat…
I wish at the outset to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Mr. Edmond Mulet, for his excellent briefing on the Secretary-General’s semi-annual report (S/2010/466) and for all his untiring efforts at the head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINU…
Let me first join others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his update this morning on recent developments in the Middle East. We also thank the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their presence here today and their contributions to our de…
