My delegation welcomes Ambassador Muburi-Muita to the Security Council. We thank him for his briefing on the work of the United Nations Office to the African Union. As this is the first time that he briefs the Council in his capacity as Head of the United Nations Office to the
African Union (UNOAU)…
We wish to thank His Excellency Mr. Thabo Mbeki, Chair of the African Union (AU) High-level Implementation Panel for Sudan, for his comprehensive briefing to the Council. We would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haile Menkerios for his briefing. We welcome the pres…
We would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, for presiding over this meeting and to thank you and your delegation for organizing it. We thank the Secretary-General for his intervention, and we join other in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Raymond Tshibanda, Minister for International and Regional …
I thank you, Mr. President, for calling this meeting and for providing us with an opportunity to interact with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the situation in Libya. I also wish to thank the Prosecutor, Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, for his briefing to the Security Council. We are …
We thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting on the report (S/2011/41) of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the former Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Wittig, for his leadership of the Commission during the past year. We als…
My delegation joins others in welcoming the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Mr. Audronius Ažubalis, to the Security Council. We wish to thank him for his briefing on the work of the OSCE.
Last week, we received a briefing (see S/PV.6477) from th…
We thank the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Legal Issues related to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Mr. Jack Lang, for his briefing and his comprehensive report (S/2011/30). We also want to express our thanks
to Assistant Secretary-General Stephen Mathias for his briefing. We welcome …
Let me express my sincere appreciation to the Secretary-General for his informative report (A/65/344) on the item under discussion, which clearly spells out the enormity of the challenges that the international humanitarian community faces today.
South Africa wishes to commend the Office for the Co…
Our delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Algeria, who spoke in his capacity as coordinator of the Non-Aligned Movement’s working group on the revitalization of the General Assembly.
South Africa joins other delegations in expressing sincere gratit…
At the outset, I should like to welcome the convening of this important event, which offers us an opportunity to broaden and deepen the discussion on microcredit and microfinance, as well as inclusive financial sectors.
We are mindful of the fact that the General Assembly designated the year 2005 a…
At the outset, South Africa would like to align itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Argentina, Egypt and Kenya on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of African States, respectively. My delegation acknowledges the presence of His Exc…
