It is most appropriate, and we in the Security Council are particularly honoured, that this meeting is being presided over by you, Madam Minister, which is a way of according to our deliberations the high importance that they deserve.
I should like to thank the Chilean presidency for convening this…
Allow me first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for having scheduled this important meeting this morning. I should like also to thank Under-Secretary-General Abe for having introduced the Secretary-General’s report and for his words this morning.
Preventing, combating and eradicating the uncontr…
Mr. President, I will start by joining others in expressing our warm appreciation to you for the role you have played as Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999). Your remarkable contribution regarding the implementation of Security Council
resolutions 1267 (1999), 1…
I would like to start by saying that we are very honoured that both you, Deputy Minister, and Minister Solomon Passy could come to the Council to preside over this important meeting.
This adds to the prestige of the Council, and of course, to that of the Bulgarian Presidency, and we are very, very …
Mr. President, we thank you for convening this meeting on the situation in Bougainville. We extend our thanks to Assistant Secretary-General Danilo Türk for his briefing on the recent developments on the island. We share his analysis and conclusions.
We cannot but express satisfaction for the progr…
We welcome the important debate that the Security Council is holding today. We thank Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland for his comprehensive briefing on an issue of the utmost importance in contemporary life, characterized by the increasing number of asymmetrical wars, in which civilians are the m…
We welcome the presence among us of the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zuma. We thank him for his briefing on the current situation in Burundi, prospects for peace in that country and the efforts deployed by the African countries with a view to bringing peace to Burundi.…
First, I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely meeting on the situation in Kosovo. I also thank the Special Representative, Mr. Harri Holkeri, and commend him for his comprehensive briefing, particularly taking into account his recent appointment. It was a very thorough analysis of the…
I would like to start by commending you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, thereby illustrating your special appreciation and sensitivity to a subject that is key to the work of the Security Council. I would also like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing. I would especially like to welcom…
I will be brief. I see that Mr. Sevan has a lot to do before he can finalize his mammoth work by 21 November and be ready to hand over authority.
I should like to begin by joining other colleagues in expressing our most strong condemnation of the acts of terrorism that we have seen, the latest of w…
The delegation of Angola would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report contained in document A/58/254, entitled “The New Partnership for Africa’s Development: first consolidated report on progress in implementation and international support”. It is our view that that report …
Mr. President, I too would like to start by joining other colleagues in thanking you for convening this meeting on Timor- Leste and in thanking our good friend Mr. Kamalesh Sharma for coming back to us with a very good report on the situation in Timor-Leste.
Angola greatly appreciates the progress …
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this Security Council meeting at the request of the Arab Group. The situation on the ground clearly justifies this meeting. The issue under consideration is certainly one of the most sensitive that the international community is called upon to…
We are pleased to reiterate to Mr. Hunte our sincere congratulations upon his election as the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session.
We extend our gratitude and appreciation to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his continuous efforts towards the implementation of the Millenni…
I would like to start by welcoming both Lord Ashdown and Judge Meron and thanking both of them for the very important and significant briefings that they gave us this morning on a situation that is evolving well.
We welcome the commitment of the international community, which has been a determining…
Permit me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for the month of October. It is regrettable that this should be the first meeting of your presidency, but the matter before us is a situation of which the Council had to be seized and on which it must adopt a position. I …
I would like first of all to commend Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh for his very comprehensive briefing to the Council this morning. I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting in such a timely manner.
I would like to say right at the outset that I welcome t…
I would like to start by congratulating Mr. Julian Hunte on his
election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eight session. We wish him great success in the fulfilment of this difficult and lofty task.
The current session is taking place at one of the most troubled times in our …
I would like to start by thanking you, Sir, and your British presidency for organizing this special meeting of the Council this morning.
I also would like to say that, having listened to the very pertinent proposals this morning, contained in the Secretary-General’s statement, and to his contributi…
I would like, on behalf of the Government of Angola and on my own behalf, to welcome the holding of this high- level meeting of the General Assembly devoted to assessing the progress achieved in the fight against HIV/AIDS since the adoption of the Declaration of Commitment by the special session of …
