At the outset, Sir, allow me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. This is the first public meeting of the Security Council this year, 2003, a year full of challenges which I am sure this Council will be
ready to meet. I likewise commend the outgoing presidency of…
I am taking the floor to thank all Member States that kindly support Angola and are sponsoring draft resolution A/57/L.41, on economic assistance for the economic rehabilitation of the country. I should also like to take this opportunity to thank all the delegations that actively participated in the…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/57/L.30, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on behalf of SADC member countries, which include Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia…
I have the honour to address the Assembly on behalf of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), which includes Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and my own country,…
Let me begin by joining previous speakers in expressing our deepest sympathy and condolences to the Government of Indonesia and to the families of the victims of the tragic events that occurred in Bali.
The report of the Security Council that we are considering (A/57/2 and Corr.1) provides Member S…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly and express my delegation’s commitment to support him in carrying out his duties.
My delegation joins previous speakers in expressing our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his com…
Allow me, on behalf of my Government and in my own name, to salute Mr. Kavan on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. We are convinced that his knowledge and diplomatic experience will guide us to success in our activities.
As the international situation remains caught in the thro…
First of all, I should like to convey to the Council, and to you particularly, Mr. President, our great appreciation for having convened this meeting, which was to have been a joint briefing that included a review of the Secretary- General’s report. The fact that Angola has become such an important …
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. This has indeed been a very productive month for the Council, and the manner in which you have been conducting the deliberations has been a key factor. I would also …
Many questions have been brought to my attention. I would like to express my appreciation for the spirit of the statements of the members of the Council, in which they have expressed sympathy over the situation in Angola, proposed solutions and raised questions about the critical humanitarian situat…
Those are some of the images that we wanted to bring to the attention of the Council.
Faced with the intransigence of Savimbi’s UNITA, and UNITA’s failure to respond to any of the appeals for a resolution of the conflict by means of dialogue, my Government has no alternative but to implement its pe…
Allow me, in the name of my Government, to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to congratulate your predecessor on the brilliant manner in which he conducted the proceedings of the Council during his mandate.
The holding of this mee…
It is with great honour and pleasure that An participates in this special meeting of the Security Council dedicated to the situation in Africa. I would like to thank the Council for having taken time from its busy schedule to undertake this important dialogue.
May I recognize the presence here of t…
Allow me to start by congratulating you, Mr. President, on behalf of my Government and myself, on your election to the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly.
Your election is an acknowledgement of the many contributions made by the Republic of Korea to United Nations efforts to maintain…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on behalf of my Government and on my own behalf, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also send greetings to your predecessor for the dynamic and brilliant manner in which he conducted the activities of this Council durin…
It is a great honour for me to address this forum in my capacity as Chairman of the Political Committee of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement. Allow me first to commend the initiative to convene this joint meeting with the members of the Security Council. Although this has become a routine practice, it …
Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly and to wish him every success in his new role.
We are grateful to the Mayor of New York, Mr. Rudolph Giuliani, for the inspiring statement he made on Monday. We take this opportunity…
I would like to thank you once again, Mr. President, for giving me the floor. I have asked to take the floor to make a brief statement, namely, to thank all the members of the Council and those who have spoken here. I would also like to express the gratitude of my Government for the quality of the d…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on behalf of my Government, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate last month’s President, Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani.
At this meeting, convened to d…
This meeting is of particular importance because, for the first time, the General Assembly is considering the issue of conflict diamonds and the necessity of breaking the link between illicit transactions in rough diamonds and armed conflict.
This has been made possible, in the first place, because…
