I thank Mr. Ján Kubiš for introducing the report of the Secretary-General (S/2013/721) and for his excellent work as Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), despite the extremely harsh conditions. I also thank Ambassador Zahir Tanin for his intervention.
Afghanistan co…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Hervé Ladsous and the four Generals who briefed us this morning. Togo, like the previous speakers, welcomes the holding of this fourth consecutive interactive meeting, which gives Council members the opportunity to receive up-to-date operational information f…
Madam President, I want to thank your country, the Republic of Rwanda, for having organized today’s debate on the issue of women and peace and security, as well as to welcome your presence here among us to lead this work. I would also like to welcome the Secretary-General, whose presence indicates t…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on the question of the Security Council’s working methods, the fifth such meeting on this subject and one that the Members of the United Nations as a whole consider more and more important. I am also grateful to Ambassad…
Allow me to begin by extending my wholehearted thanks to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his attention to agenda item 13, “2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa”. I would also like to extend my warmest congratulations to Mr. Vuk Jeremić, President o…
Allow me, first of all, to thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), as well as His Excellency Ambassador Francisco Caetano José Madeira, Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union on L…
At the outset, I should like to thank Mr. Hervé Ladsous and Mr. Yuri Fedotov for their briefings, which have the Security Council a good overview of the situation. I also wish to thank the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for his statement.
On 20 March, the Council held a debate (see S/PV.67…
I would like, on behalf of the delegation of Togo, to express my gratitude to the Chairs of the three Committees, Ambassadors Peter Wittig, Hardeep Singh Puri and Baso Sangqu, for their briefings, and to the members of the panel for their very helpful work. I also take this opportunity to express ou…
