I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ján Kubiš for his briefing on the latest situation in Afghanistan, as well as Ambassador Zahir Tanin for his comprehensive statement.
We highly appreciate the efforts of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in promoting…
At the outset, let me join others in condemning the recent terrorist attack in Mogadishu and express our condolences to the families of victims of that heinous act.
I would like to start by expressing our gratitude to the presidency of the Security Council for having
convened today’s open debate o…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for convening today’s debate on children and armed conflict and to welcome Mr. Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, to today’s meeting. I also wish to thank all briefers for their extensive state…
At the outset, I would like to thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for the briefing and for presenting her seventeenth report to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005).
Azerbaijan is not a signatory to the Rome Statute of the Internationa…
At the outset, I would like to extend to your delegation, Mr. President, our gratitude for having organized this meeting. We welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Riad Malki, at today’s meeting. We would like express our thanks for the statements made by Mr. Malki, Special Coo…
It is with great pleasure that I take the floor to exercise my second right of reply to the remarks made by the representative of Armenia.
Actually, his approach and remarks represent yet another piece of evidence testifying to Armenia’s apparent disregard of its obligations under the Charter of th…
I take the floor to exercise our right of reply to the statement made by the representative of Armenia.
As I already noted in my statement after the adoption of the decision, Armenia is in reality very far from the principles pertaining to the peaceful uses of outer space. Armenia’s stance testifie…
Azerbaijan disassociates itself from the consensus on the decision entitled “Increase in the membership of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space”. Our position was clearly voiced during the First Committee meeting on the issue. I would like to provide the following clarifications in that…
At the outset, I wish to thank the President for convening today’s
meeting. We are also grateful to the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their useful briefings and comprehensiv…
I should like at the outset to thank the presidency for having convened
this very important debate. We also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abou Moussa, and the African Union (AU) Special Envoy, Mr. Madeira, for their comprehensive briefings.
We welcome the positive …
