On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Burundi, which it is my honour to represent here, I should like first to congratulate France on its presidency of the Security Council this month and to thank the its predecessor, Denmark, for its excellent work in May.
After two years of intense negot…
I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on the outstanding manner in which you are presiding over the work of the Security Council. I also congratulate the delegation of the United States on its presidency during the month of November.
My delegation welcomes the recent Security Council missi…
Indeed, in the context of the political resolution of the peace process in Burundi, a decision was taken and a law was adopted to provide political amnesty to some leaders. This decision was political only in scope: the law clearly states that crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity are not w…
It is a real pleasure for me to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council during the month of February. China, which you represent, is indeed a sincere friend to Burundi and to all of Africa. The brief time you have spent in the presidency suffices to confirm your unfailing devotion to the c…
My delegation is pleased to see that the General Assembly, over which you preside, Mr. President, has decided to hold this unique meeting on two inter-connected subjects so important to Africa. We would like to thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the quality of his reports, which allow us both to…
The HIV/AIDS pandemic, which emerged at the start of the 1980s, has now become not only a public health problem but also a major challenge to all sustainable human development. This scourge has seriously jeopardized the achievements of humanity in terms of social and economic development. This situa…
Allow me, Sir, to recognize the noteworthy achievement of the Pakistan presidency for the current month. It is the result of your great activity and personal skill. Burundi is proud of the work that you have accomplished, and will continue to accomplish, in the Council.
The Security Council devotes…
On behalf of the Group of African States, I wish to congratulate the President-elect of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly and to assure him that the African Group will work hand in hand with him to help him accomplish his noble task. The African Group is convinced that his political …
My delegation is delighted to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the Security Council. We congratulate you.
My delegation listened with genuine satisfaction to the presentation of the report of the Security Council mission by Ambassador Jean-David Levitte. His presentation was clear and compl…
It is for me a signal honour to take the floor today before the Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. On behalf of my delegation, I wish at the outset to express my sincere congratulations to Mr. Han Seung-soo of the Republic of Korea on his well-deserved election to the presidency of this body of th…
The pictures of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on the fateful morning of 11 September 2001 shocked the entire human community. Barbarism and infamy found their best expression in the terrorist attacks of that day, to such an extent that television viewers around the world asked themselves i…
My delegation would like to congratulate those who were elected this morning. In order to speed the process, we wish to withdraw our candidate from the ballot. We express our sincere gratitude to all the delegations that voted for our candidate.
Representatives will have noticed that the delegation of Burundi has nominated three candidates. I would like to inform the Assembly that I have received instructions to announce that Burundi would like to retain only one candidate, namely, Mr. Léopold Ntahompagaze. The two other candidates, Mr. And…
I would like to thank you sincerely, Mr. President, for having organized this important public meeting on the Great Lakes region. I would also like to pay tribute to Ambassador Jean-David Levitte for his brilliant statement introducing the report of the Security Council mission to the Great Lakes re…
Allow me at the outset to perform the pleasant duty of
congratulating you, Sir, and, through you, the Government of the United States on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. We are convinced that your presidency will allow the work of the Council to progre…
I wish to inform the Assembly that, upon instructions from my Government, my delegation wishes to withdraw the candidacy of Mr. Leopold Ntahompagaze for the post of judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. I take this opportunity to thank all delegations that supported…
On behalf of the Burundi delegation and on my own behalf, I first congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your election to lead the work of the current session. Your
election is an honour and a sign of the great esteem in which the United Nations family holds you and your country, Finland, which maintains…
It is a privilege for me to take the floor at this solemn Millennium Summit, on behalf of the people and the Government of Burundi and the delegation accompanying me, and on my own behalf.
Since our allotted time is short, I wish to limit myself to informing the General Assembly on the development …
The Government of Burundi welcomes this special meeting of the Security Council and hopes that it that in its wake there will be even greater understanding on the part of the
I have the honour to speak before the Council in order to present my Government’s views on security, the peace process and t…
This is the first time that I have spoken from this rostrum as the new Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations. I therefore have the pleasant duty of congratulating Mr. Gurirab on his election to the presidency of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly.
It is also a grea…
