I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having invited my delegation to the Council table and for allowing me to take the floor. I also congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of June and to wish you successful deliberations.
Allow me to recognize Mr. Modi…
His Excellency Mr. José Mario Vaz, President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, has honoured me with the task of conveying his congratulations to Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its historic seventieth session and wishes him great success. We would al…
Allow me, on behalf of the President of the Republic of Guinea- Bissau, Mr. José Mário Vaz — who, unfortunately, is not able to be present here as we adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development because of his personal engagement to ensure that a new, stable Government is put in place as soon a…
I thank you, Madam President, for inviting my delegation to the Security Council. I wish to congratulate you on Nigeria’s presidency of the Council for the month of August and to wish the Council successful deliberations. It is an honour to see you presiding at this important meeting on the situatio…
On behalf of the African Group, I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly for organizing this annual commemorative event on a matter close to the heart of Africa, the continent most affected by this scourge. Slavery and the transatlantic slave trade mark one of the darkest chapters…
I welcome the presence among us of the Deputy Secretary-General and thank him for his statement on behalf of the Secretary-General and himself.
We align ourselves with the statement to be made by the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
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First of all, I would I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on behalf of my country, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for this month and assure you of my country’s full cooperation and support. I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary…
Through you, Mr. President, my delegation wants to thank all members of the Security Council for keeping the situation in my country, Guinea-Bissau, on its agenda.
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I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for th…
Allow me, first of all, to express my sincere thanks for the honour that you grant me, Mr. President, by giving me the floor before Council members, whom we would like to thank for their commitment to and understanding of the situation in our country. We would also like to commend Mr. Joseph Mutabob…
I would first of all like to express my gratitude to Ambassador Eugène-Richard Gasana, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations, for his leadership and remarkable work at the head of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) in 2011 and to thank him for his presentation of the report of the…
Since this is the first time that I take the floor in the Security Council in my capacity as Permanent Representative of Guinea-Bissau to the United Nations, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of November. I would also like to…
Allow me first and foremost to congratulate you, Sir, on serving as President of the Security Council for the month of March. And I would like to say on behalf of my country, Guinea-Bissau, how gratified we are to see you chairing our deliberations. I would like to call to mind the excellent bonds o…
When the Security Council, in resolutions 918 (1994), 997 (1995) and 1011 (1995), imposed an embargo on the sale or delivery of weapons and related matèriel to Rwanda, under Chapter VII of the Charter, it was for the purpose, inter alia, of putting an end to the conflict that had caused incalculable…
