I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your excellent leadership and the strong commitment that you have shown as the President of the Security Council this month. The Albanian Government highly appreciates the two missions of the Security Council to Kosovo headed by you, which have been successf…
First of all, Mr. President, let me thank you for the excellent work that the Security Council has undertaken under your leadership and for the commitment that your country has shown in the issues of the Balkan region.
My delegation warmly welcomes the participation in this meeting of the Special R…
Mr. President, it is a great pleasure for me to see you back in this Chamber, and I wish you every success in your new responsibilities.
My delegation welcomes the participation of the Foreign Minister of Macedonia, Mr. Srgjan Kerim, and has listened with great interest to his statement.
I should …
Today’s debate is focused on an issue that is very important for all Member States and for the future of the United Nations itself: the reform of the Security Council. The number of speakers in this debate testifies to the interest of Member States in the reform of the Security Council and to the im…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your excellent work during this month’s deliberations of the Security Council. Today’s Council debate is being held against the backdrop of a new and optimistic situation that better reflects the excellent achievements of the United Nations Interim Adm…
I should like to welcome the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the United Nations. The Serbian people and the new democratic leadership have expressed the will to join the family of the United Nations and to respect the basic principles of the United Nations Charter.
This admission is the result of…
First, I would like to extend our greetings to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his comprehensive report on the work of the Organization and to express the deep appreciation of my Government for the activities undertaken by the United Nations since the previous session of the General Assem…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly, and to express my strong conviction that, under your guidance, the work of this session will be conducted successfully. I would also like to take this opportunity to express my great appreciation for the work c…
Albania strongly supports the resolution before the Security Council today. We would like to express special thanks to the delegations of Bahrain and
Albanians take a great interest in this resolution, as we greatly appreciate all the efforts of the international community to stop a humanitarian ca…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your convening of this meeting of the Security Council.
We are present here at this emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss the damage caused to the Chinese Embassy as a result of bombardments in Belgrade against criminal and brutal regim…
The moment that we are going through is a historic moment for the future of the Balkans, as the international community is intervening in order to stop the humanitarian catastrophe and the tragedy of a nation whose people have been tortured, killed and buried in common graves, a nation that is justl…
Allow me first, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I am sure that
At the same time, I would like to express my appreciation to your predecessor, Mr. Udovenko, for his excellent leadership during the fifty-second session. It is …
I am honoured to speak today at this formal meeting of Security Council on the renewal of the mandate of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) and the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH). On this occasion, I would like to congratulate the Portuguese presidency and you, Mr. President, …
First of all I would like to commend Ambassador Abdoulie Momodou Sallah of Gambia for his excellent job conducting the work of the Security Council during this month.
The Republic of Albania hails and supports every initiative or action offered by the Contact Group, the Organization for Security an…
The Albanian delegation is very pleased at the presence today of Mr. Giancarlo Aragona, Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Albania values highly the importance of the cooperation between the United Nations and the regional organizations and arrangem…
Let me first join all the distinguished personalities who have spoken before me from this rostrum in congratulating Mr. Udovenko on his election as President of the General Assembly for the current session and wishing him all possible success in this lofty post. I would also like to convey my high a…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, for the way in which you are conducting the work of the Security Council and to thank you for including in the agenda of the Council this open debate on the occasion of the termination of the mandate of the multinational protection force in…
Allow me first to thank you, Sir, for your competent guidance of the proceedings of the Security Council during this month and to congratulate your predecessor, His Excellency Ambassador Park of the Republic of Korea, on his presidency last month.
On behalf of the Albanian Government, I should like…
The General Assembly is considering agenda item 38 just a few days after the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Lisbon Summit in early December. The documents that were adopted, such as the Summit Declaration, the decisions and in particular the valuable results achieved by O…
Let me begin by expressing my warmest congratulations to Mr. Razali Ismail on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly as well as my best wishes for his success. I am pleased also to take this occasion to convey my sincere appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral for …
