I join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and also in congratulating Ambassador Gunter Pleuger and the German delegation for their excellent work during their presidency of the Council during the very busy month of April.
I sho…
At the outset, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for the convening of this open debate on the draft resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and on the threat it poses to international peace and security. The participation of the entire United Nations members…
The people of Cyprus and its constituent communities will, on 24 April, experience a moment of challenge and faith. They are called to decide on the foundation of a new State, the end of a decades-long conflict, the establishment of new relations between the two communities and the international pos…
The Security Council is again holding an emergency session, for the second time in less than a month, to consider the critical situation in Palestine.
Again, we meet in circumstances of pain and sorrow, with blind terror and violence taking the upper hand and the attempts to move forward with a mea…
I would like first of all to express my delegation’s full appreciation for the very timely convening of this meeting to discuss the role of business in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and post-conflict peace-building.
I welcome the open statement by the Secretary- General. It contains a number of…
We are very pleased to participate in this important debate on agenda item 21, entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict”. We congratulate Canada on its election as Chair of the Kimberley Process for 2004. We also congratulate South Africa on the excellent job it did and the excellent cont…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting to assess the progress achieved in the implementation of the strategy of standards for Kosovo. We also thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General, for his briefing on the implementation of the Plan. We commend the De…
I would like to start by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and by reiterating our full confidence in the leadership you will continue to provide to our Council during the month of April. I would also like to commend Ambassador De La Sablière for the very able manner in wh…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and particularly for coming personally to New York to participate in it. That is a very good illustration of the importance France reserves for the problems of Africa, especially African problems of peace and security and particula…
Once again the Security Council is meeting to consider the critical situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Once again the circumstances in which we are meeting are those of pain and sorrow, with blind terror and violence taking the upper hand and jeopardizing all attempts …
We thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening this timely meeting on Kosovo. We welcome particularly the presence of the Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, and the presence of the Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Joschka Fischer and of Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic…
The Security Council is meeting to consider the quarterly report covering October to December 2003, presented by the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and to assess the 90 days work of the first quarter of 2004. I would like to take this opportunity to commend in particular Ambassado…
I wish to start, Sir, by congratulating you as you begin your presidency for the month of March. I seize this opportunity also to commend the Permanent Representative of China for his brilliant presidency during the very busy month of February.
Today, we have an opportunity to assess the remarkable…
I would like first to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We are grateful that the Secretary-General has returned so that he can be with us this afternoon. This is a unique opportunity for us to consider this matter with the full participation of the key regional partners. On behal…
We are very grateful to the permanent representatives of the United
States and the United Kingdom, Ambassadors John Negroponte and Emyr Jones Parry, for their valuable and substantial presentations to the Council this morning on the efforts of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to move forwa…
I would like to start by thanking you, Sir, for convening this morning’s meeting on the situation in Timor-Leste. The entire international community can rightly share in the successes achieved by the people of Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste is indeed one of the most recent and remarkable success stories o…
We too thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s meeting on Central Africa. We also thank Mr. Kalomoh for the briefing he has just given the Council. We believe that this meeting is being held at a crucial time and that we should seize the opportunity offered by the hope for peace in Central …
Please accept our congratulations, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. You can be assured of our full cooperation. We take this opportunity to congratulate the Chilean delegation on its successful stewardship of the Council during the month of January.
We join previou…
I would like to start by thanking you very much, Madam, for presiding over this important debate. This is a very important contribution by Chile, especially following the very rich Arria-formula meeting that we had last Thursday. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh for his…
Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to assess our mission to West Africa. I would also like to congratulate, and welcome the presence of, Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh, and to thank him for his report. This is an assessment tool, very important i…
