With respect to what has been said by the representative of the United Kingdom on the question of the Malvinas Islands, the delegation of Argentina reiterates in full the statement that was made yesterday by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina before this A…
I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I am convinced that your talent will enable us to take useful decisions. You can count on the full cooperation of my delegation. I also thank the Secretary-General for his efforts to renew…
It is a great honour and a great responsibility to explain the position of the Rio Group with regard to the fundamental issues of financing for development.
As members are aware, the Rio Group has been both a witness and a main actor in the defence and consolidation of democracy in Latin America. I…
At the outset, may I thank Mr. Paul Volcker for introducing the report of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme.
I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his important statement early in this meeting.
The clearest indication of the good work done by…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the President and the delegation of Japan for having organized this open debate to discuss the main achievements in Afghanistan since the commencement of the Bonn process, almost four years ago, as well as to consider future prospects resulting from the el…
First of all, allow me to welcome Ambassador John Bolton. I assure him of my and my delegation’s determination to work with him and his Mission, as we have done since we became members of the Security Council.
My delegation voted in favour of the resolution submitted by the United Kingdom and the U…
At the outset, Mr. President, I should like to thank you for convening today’s open debate to discuss this important item at the request of the countries members of the League of Arab States. At the same time, I should like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Alva…
I now wish to speak briefly in my national capacity.
As is well known, Argentina is firmly committed to the fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, because terrorism is a serious threat to international peace and security and violates the most basic human right — the right to l…
I wish at the outset, Mr. President, to thank you and your delegation for the initiative of convening this meeting to discuss the progress made in the implementation of Security Council resolution 1308 (2000). I also wish to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Op…
At the outset, Mr. Minister, my delegation thanks you for convening this debate on the challenges, lessons learned and the way ahead of the Security Council in tackling humanitarian crises. We are of the view that the Security Council has the responsibility to learn from past experience in order to …
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s debate. For some time now, the Organization has been looking forward to holding a debate such as this.
First of all, it is important for us to underline the fact that the proposal submitted by the group of four is not the only proposal…
First, I convey to you, Ambassador Vassilakis, our congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. We wish you every success in presiding over the Council, and are certain of that success, knowing your abilities and talent. Secondly, we wish to tha…
I would like first of all to thank Mr. James Morris for the very detailed briefing that he gave us on the food crisis in Africa. We note that, unfortunately, that crisis is not only continuing but, in some cases, getting worse.
In that context, even though we know that we cannot completely control …
First, Mr. President, I wish to thank your delegation for having convened this discussion on the important question of protecting civilians in armed conflicts. We also wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinat…
I would like to thank the Minister of Justice of Burundi, Mr. Kiganahe, for his clear presentation today and for his comments on how to implement the recommendations in the report of the assessment mission. We also thank Mr. Zacklin for introducing the report submitted to us by the Secretary-General…
Argentina considers it an honour to have in our midst today the Presidents of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Judge Meron and Judge Møse, as well as the Prosecutors, Ms. Carla Del Ponte and Mr. Hassan Jallow, to whom we have listened with attention.
As the Council …
I should like to express our thanks to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Søren Jessen-Petersen, for the comprehensive briefing that he has just provided on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and on the events that h…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for your delegation’s initiative of convening this open debate on such a complex and important issue as that of post- conflict peacebuilding. I believe that the participation of those speakers who preceded me, and their statements, are commensurate with the …
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for having convened this debate on Timor-Leste. I also wish to thank Mr. Annabi for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2005/310) and to congratulate Mr. Hasegawa for his work as Head of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)…
I would first of all like to congratulate you publicly, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to commend you on the manner in which you are presiding over our debates. I would also like to express my delegation’s gratitude to the Chinese del…
