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Address to the Jakarta International Defense Dialogue: "The United Nations and global security: collaboration and partnership

21 Mar 2012 |  Jakarta, Indonesia
    Good morning. Selamat pagi. Let me begin by thanking the organizers for bringing us together. Rarely do I have the opportunity to meet with such a distinguished group of people and prominent group of international security experts. You are important partners of the United Nations, and I welcome this chance to deepen our ties. I think we can all agree: the past year has been remarkable to all of us in the international community.

Lecture at the Indonesia Peace and Security Centre

20 Mar 2012 | Sentul, Indonesia
 

Remarks by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

21 Feb 2012
Madam Chair, Members of the Committee, 1. It is an honour to be here today, with Under-Secretary-General SusanaMalcorra, to address the Special Committee at the start of your session.

Remarks by Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Susana Malcorra to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

21 Feb 2012
Remarks of Ms. Susana Malcorra Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations 21 February 2012 Madam Chair, Distinguished Members of the Committee,

Remarks by Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Susana Malcorra to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

9 Feb 2012
Remarks of Ms. Susana Malcorra Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Overview of United Nations peacekeeping 9 February 2012 Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Advisory Committee,  1. It is a pleasure to be with you again this morning. I will take this opportunity to add to the overview of peacekeeping and the work of DPKO just offered by Hervé with some words about the work of my own Department over the past year and our goals for the upcoming financial period.

Remarks by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations to the Advisory Committee for Administrative and Budgetary Questions

9 Feb 2012
Mr. Chairman, distinguished Advisory Committee members,

Press Conference by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations

8 Feb 2012
Thank you very much Martin, and a good day to everybody, bonjour à tous. It is a pleasure to be here with you again and to say again that I do intend to have regular rendez-vous with all of you throughout the year. Today I would like perhaps to focus on a few issues that are going on this year, about some situations to which I have been recently, notably the Congo, the Sudans, possibly Somalia. Of course you are very welcome to ask any questions about any other subjectsubsequently.

Briefing by Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to the Security Council on Sudan

11 Jan 2012
Madame le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil, 1. Je suis très heureux d’être ici aujourd’hui afin de vous exposer la situation au Darfour et la mise en oeuvre du mandat de la MINUAD. Suite au rapport du Secrétaire général du 30 décembre 2011 sur la MINUAD qui se trouve devant vous, j’aimerais souligner quelques points clés relatifs à la situation politique, sécuritaire et humanitaire au Darfour.

Briefing by Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to the Security Council on South Sudan

15 Nov 2011
Mr. President, 1. Thank you for this opportunity to further brief the Security Council on recent tensions at the border between Sudan and South Sudan, and recent reports of bombings in the border areas. I will also say a few words on the report of the creation of a new military coalition between the SPLM-North and Darfur rebel groups.   Mr. President,

Briefing by Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to the Security Council on Sudan and South Sudan

11 Nov 2011
Mr. President, 1. Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situations in Sudan and South Sudan. Given the critical issues facing both countries, I paid my first field visit as Under-Secretary-General of Peacekeeping to Sudan and South Sudan from 30 October to 6 November, during which I met with senior officials from both Governments and President Mbeki of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel. Mr. President,