I will give a brief introduction to draft resolution A/67/L.30/Rev.2. The complete text of my statement will be distributed later.
I take the floor in my capacity as chair of the group of French-speaking ambassadors to introduce this draft resolution, which concerns the cooperation between the Unit…
My delegation welcomes the Secretary-General’s report (S/2011/772*) on the situation in Afghanistan. We acknowledge the presence here of the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and thank him for his briefing. We also thank Under-Secretary-General Ladsous and Mr. Staffan de Mistura for…
We should like to thank you, Sir, for presiding over our work and for the fresh opportunity that your country has afforded the Council to debate the issue of new challenges to international peace and security. I welcome the participation in our discussions of Their Excellencies the Ministers of Bosn…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting on the two reports of the Secretary-General on, respectively, the United Nations Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), nine months after its opening, and on the troubling threat posed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Central Af…
First of all, we welcome the fact that His Excellency Mr. Aníbal António Cavaco Silva, President of the Portuguese Republic, was able to preside over the
earlier portion of this meeting. His presence at today’s debate testifies to the importance that Portugal attaches to the issue of the protection…
We, too, would like to express our satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, preside over the work of the Council for the month of November. We also take this opportunity to heartily congratulate Ambassador Joy Ogwu for the remarkable way in which she led our efforts last month.
We thank the Prosecutor of t…
I too would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Judy Cheng-Hopkins for her briefing and Ambassador Lucas for her observations.
My delegation welcomes the progress achieved in 2011 on the recommendations resulting from the 2010 review of United Nations peacebuilding efforts. The Peacebuilding …
Madam President, my delegation welcomes your presiding over our work as the Security Council holds its annual thematic debate on women and peace and security. We commend your initiative in organizing it.
We thank the Secretary-General, Under- Secretary-General Bachelet, Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe…
I thank you, Madame, for having convened this important meeting under your presidency. Gabon wishes to echo the messages of condolence to the Government of
Turkey in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the eastern part of the country, and to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the demise of its …
Security sector reform (SSR) is crucial in many African countries that are continuing to strengthen a fragile peace. In welcoming its Minister for Foreign Affairs, I would also like to thank the delegation of Nigeria for having organized this debate. We also commend Nigeria’s efforts in presiding ov…
My country also welcomes the presence in the Council today of Minister Zalmai Rassoul and we thank him for his important statement.
We would like to also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan on the basis …
On 15 August in the Council we adopted a press statement (see SC/10360), in which we stated our support for the holding of the consultative meeting on ending the transition in Somalia. As we now hold this meeting, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on the deve…
My delegation has listened attentively to the briefing on the Secretary-General’s report (S/2011/514) on the issue under discussion, We would like to thank the Secretary-General for the report, as well as Mr. Farid Zarif, his Acting Special Representative in Kosovo. We also wish to take this opportu…
Gabon echoes the condemnations of the attack in Abuja, Nigeria. We extend our condolences to the families of the victims and to the United Nations family as a whole. We support the Secretary-General in this matter and express our solidarity with Nigeria.
I concur, Mr. President, with previous speak…
We are still following, not without unease, the first steps of the
State of South Sudan. The issue of peace in Darfur is one reason for that concern. The pursuit of peace and security in Darfur remains an ongoing concern of Gabon.
In that regard, we commend the adoption by the Peace and Security C…
We welcome you in the chair, Mr. President, for this important debate on the situation in the Middle East. We in our turn would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Robert Serry, for his briefing. He brought us up to date on the Israeli-Palestinian peace proce…
I, too, would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of July. I take this opportunity to thank all of the Permanent Representatives and their delegations for the cooperation and support they offered me during Gabon’s presidency of t…
I have the honour of taking the floor before the General Assembly as President of the Security Council in order to convey the recommendation of the Security Council concerning the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
As you have just now recalled, Mr. President, the Security …
Towards the end of 2011, important elections — elections that will be decisive for the future of the Democratic Republic of the Congo — will take place. This debate is all the more important as it affords us the opportunity to examine issues of major importance for the future of that country, in par…
While the events of 2 May 2011 marked a very important step in the fight against terrorism, the most recent events in Morocco, which my country firmly condemns, remind us that terrorist groups are resolved to continue their criminal activities. The Security Council must therefore devote greater atte…
