I would like at the outset to express my satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council. We would also like to convey our congratulations to the Ambassador of Spain and the Spanish delegation for their excellent work during the month of September.
We would like to thank you, M…
I am overwhelmed with a great sense of joy at seeing Mr. Ping preside over the General Assembly at this fifty-ninth session. My first words are thus to convey to him, on behalf of my Government and on my own behalf, the most heartfelt congratulations upon his election. Our satisfaction springs from …
I wish to welcome President Olusegun Obasanjo and thank him for having found time to come to the Security Council to share his views with its members on important issues of interest for the Council and for the African continent. We are indeed very thankful and honoured. I also welcome the presence o…
We welcome your presence, Sir, and we commend the Spanish presidency on organizing this discussion on the civilian aspects of conflict management and peace- building. We also thank them for the excellent support document that we hope will be of benefit to all United Nations Members, in particular co…
I would like to start by expressing my delegation’s appreciation for the
convening of this debate on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al Qaeda and the Taliban. I thank the Chairman of the Committee, Ambassador Muñoz, for his very comprehensive repo…
My country voted in favour of this resolution, as the concerns expressed and proposed as amendments have been taken into account — though not sufficiently. This is not a perfect resolution; it is the possible resolution. It is the hope of my delegation that by adopting resolution 1559 (2004) the Sec…
At the outset we would like to express our regrets for the air accidents yesterday in the Russian Federation. Please convey to your Government and to the relatives of the victims the condolences of the Angolan delegation.
We thank you, Sir, for convening this public meeting to consider the report o…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the situation in Timor-Leste. We also thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his comprehensive presentation of the Secretary-General’s report (S/2004/669), and we thank the Special Representat…
At the outset, we congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the Presidency of the Security Council. We extend our delegation’s full cooperation to the presidency. We also take this occasion to congratulate Ambassador Mihnea Motoc and the Romanian delegation for the excellent work accomp…
I would like to start by congratulating Ambassador Alexander Konuzin on assuming the chairmanship of the Counter- Terrorism Committee at a particularly delicate moment, when the revitalization process is under way. We also welcome and congratulate Ambassador Javier Rupérez on his appointment as Exec…
The mission was successful, and one of the main reasons is that we had very good leadership in the person of Ambassador Jones Parry. The mission was timely; we visited countries where action was needed to break deadlocks and to make peacekeeping or peace-building situations more effective. We went t…
Madam President, I wish at the outset to welcome you and to express my delegation’s appreciation to the Philippine delegation for convening this important meeting on the role of civil society in post-conflict peace-building. My delegation welcomes the participation of the Secretary- General and the …
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General Egeland for his very good briefing on the fourth report submitted by the Secretary-General to the Council on the protecti…
Angola voted in favour of the resolution and we are proud to be part of the consensus reached within the Security Council in adopting that seminal text. This was a wish that we expressed from the very beginning of our consultations. With this, we have done justice to the validity and vitality of mul…
I would like to start by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I assure you of our full support and cooperation with a view to ensuring that this month, too, will be a very successful and productive one for the Council. We have no doubt that tha…
I would like to start by expressing appreciation to you, Sir, and the Pakistani presidency for the opportunity provided to us to address this important topic once again in this Chamber. This is a burning issue in contemporary international life and I thank you very much for having chosen it as a top…
Mr. President, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation to you for having convened this debate on the work of the Al Qaeda and Taliban sanctions Committee, and we thank in particular Ambassador Muñoz for his comprehensive report on and assessment of the
Committee’s work. Let me commend …
I should like to say that we are very pleased, Sir, that you have included this important topic in your programme, since it is our belief that a briefing by the High Commissioner for Refugees is not only timely, but also necessary if the Security Council is to have a real measure of the importance o…
We welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro, Mr. Vuk Drascovic, and his participation in the current meeting of the Security Council. We thank Mr. Harri Holkeri for his briefing introducing the report of the Secretary- General (S/2004/348), and we commend the United Nations …
At the outset, I want to convey the condolences of the Angolan delegation to the Russian Government and to the families of the victims of yesterday’s terrorist bomb attack in Grozny, Chechnya.
We are grateful for the convening of this meeting on the situation in Timor-Leste. We welcome and thank Mr…
