Mr. President, my delegation thanks your country for having organized this public debate, which allows us to reflect further on conflict prevention, following the adoption of resolution 1625 (2005) on this question at the Security Council summit held on 14 September 2005. We listened with genuine in…
We thank you, Sir, for having convened this meeting to enable us to exchange views on the publication of the final report of the Independent Inquiry Committee, established by the Secretary-General to look into allegations of embezzlement related to the oil-for-food programme.
My delegation congratu…
We would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jean Arnault, for the excellent introduction to the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (S/2005/525). We thank him for bringing us up to date on the latest developments in the country. The in-…
My delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for having convened this open meeting of the Security Council to allow us to consider developments in the situation in the Middle East, including Palestine.
We thank Mr. Alvaro de Soto, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for his excellent…
My delegation would like to thank Ambassador Løj of Denmark, Ambassador Mayoral of Argentina and Ambassador Motoc of Romania for their briefings to the Council on the activities of the committees whose work they have the heavy responsibility of conducting. I also express my great appreciation to the…
My delegation thanks you, Sir, for having organized this public information meeting, allowing us to review the implementation of resolution 1308 (2000) five years after its adoption.
We express our appreciation to Under-Secretary- General Guéhenno and to the Executive Director of the Joint United N…
I would like join with all those speakers who have thanked you personally, Mr. Minister, and your delegation, for having taken the initiative to hold this debate.
There has been encouraging progress in the search for solutions to humanitarian problems, with renewed interest in such matters in recen…
My delegation echoes the congratulations addressed to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July 2005 and the tributes paid to Ambassador De La Sablière of France for his excellent guidance of the Council’s work last month.
Our thanks go to Danilo T…
I, too, should like to thank Mr. James Morris, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), for his excellent briefing on the food crisis in southern Africa. The points he made were very telling, in that they say much about the silent suffering of people in Africa. We pay tribute to the Sec…
The high- level dialogue on financing for development gives us a chance today to take stock of the efforts made to fund development activities in the countries concerned — developing countries, which are facing tremendous structural challenges and require international cooperation and solidarity to …
We are grateful to the French presidency for having organized this discussion on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, a Council agenda item that is both critical and of high priority. This important initiative reminds us of the primary purpose for which United Nations was founded: promotio…
We welcome the Minister of Justice of Burundi to New York, as well as his delegation. We thank him for his very enlightening statement. We wish also to express our deep appreciation to Assistant Secretary-General Zacklin for his introduction of the Kalomoh report.
The presence of a ministerial dele…
I wish to welcome the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals. We thank them for their reports and for the extremely enlightening information they have given the Council in their briefings on the implementation of the Completion Strategy for their work. We note with satisf…
Mr. Minister, my delegation wishes to welcome your presence among us this morning; it lends a particular prestige to this Council meeting devoted to the final conflict ravaging the heart of Europe.
My delegation associates itself with preceding speakers in expressing its appreciation to the Secreta…
Madam President, thank you for having organized this open debate on peacebuilding, a topic of great importance with respect to the goals and purposes of the United Nations and, in particular, with respect to the Security Council’s primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and…
We, too, would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Annabi, for his outstanding briefing on the end of mandate report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), established by the Secretary-General. We are grateful for the information that he has provided with re…
I, too, wish to welcome Deputy Minister Pahad and the delegation accompanying him. He briefed us nearly a month ago on the prospects of the delicate mediation mission entrusted to President Mbeki by the African Union in the context of efforts to bring peace to Côte d’Ivoire. We are pleased to see Mr…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this public meeting, which gives us an overview of the activities of the Security Council in the fight against terrorism. It indicates the cooperation that exists among the Council Committees that are following up the Council’s resolutions regarding t…
First, we would like to express our sincere condolences to
the international Catholic community on the passing of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. We would also like to express to the Principality of Monaco our condolences on the passing of His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III.
On behalf of the l…
The vote just taken by the Security Council is a major event in the context of the tireless efforts of the international community to promote the rule of law and to protect humanity against the terrible events witnessed in recent decades. The vote was also in keeping with action by the Council to fi…
