My delegation would like to thank you, Madam President, for scheduling this public meeting on the situation in East Timor. Let me begin by thanking Mr. Annabi for introducing the latest report of the Secretary-General and for his additional remarks.
The Secretary-General’s report covers a number of…
We would like at the outset to convey our appreciation to Ms. Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General, for her statement earlier this morning. We found Ambassador Olara Otunnu’s rich and substantive introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2000/712) to be very valuable. The statemen…
It gives us great pleasure and encouragement to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over this meeting on the role of the Security Council in conflict prevention. My delegation expresses great appreciation for the initiative taken by the Jamaican presidency of the Council to follow up the debate on the …
It is an honour and pleasure for my delegation to see you, Sir, presiding over this important meeting of the Security Council. We very much appreciate your taking the time out to come here and encourage us with your presence.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is now increasingly recognized as being more than a…
You, Madam, have the appreciation of my delegation for holding this open meeting of the Council on the situation in Kosovo.
May I also begin by thanking Mr. Hedi Annabi for updating us on the issue. While many positive developments have been taking place in Kosovo under the United Nations administr…
Let me begin by thanking you, Sir, for scheduling this open debate on the situation in Somalia. My delegation considers it timely, particularly in view of the ongoing Somalia National Peace Conference. Let me also thank the Under-Secretary-General, Sir Kieran Prendergast, and the Permanent Represent…
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for scheduling this open debate on East Timor. We are grateful to the Special Representative, Sergio Vieira de Mello, whom we heartily welcome in our midst, for the comprehensive and informative briefing on the latest developments in East Timor.
After hi…
We welcome once again Mr. Carl Bildt, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Balkans. We thank him for his thorough and engaging statement. We commend his efforts and his initiatives for self-sustaining peace and stability in the Balkans. We are aware of the vastness
of the task ahead o…
We appreciate the comprehensive briefing by Judge Claude Jorda on the work of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (ICTY). We find his presentation…
I should like to thank Mr. Jacques Paul Klein, Special Representative and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his very articulate briefing and update to the report of the Secretary- General on developments there.
We had occasion to hear from Mr. Wolfgang Petritsc…
Let me first of all extend our heartiest welcome and warmest greetings to Mr. Bernard Kouchner. It is good to see him with us again.
Let me also begin by conveying the deep regret of Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, who headed the Security Council mission to Kosovo last April, for his inability …
Let me begin by extending our warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. We are confident that you will bring new dynamism and vision to the Council in its discharge of its responsibilities.
Let me also pay tribute to Ambassador Wang Yingfan for steeri…
I thank you wholeheartedly, Sir, for scheduling this open briefing on East Timor. We thank Mr. Annabi for his comprehensive briefing on the latest situation in that territory. It shows clearly that, since his last briefing, we have again covered some ground, which gives us reason for satisfaction. W…
We would like to join our colleagues in paying high tribute to Ambassador Holbrooke for his leadership of the Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He brought the Council’s authority to bear with his well-known diplomatic skills, tenacity, determination and power of persu…
Speaking as the representative of Bangladesh, I should like briefly to highlight the following four points.
First, as to the security situation, its improvement in Kosovo calls for the urgent deployment of civilian police personnel in their approved strength. We also believe that a major component …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting of the Security Council at the request of the African Group. We have supported such a meeting because we believe that the grave situation in Sierra Leone demands that the wider membership of the United Nations should openly discuss the…
It is a great honour for me to present to the Security Council the report of the Council mission on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), which visited Kosovo from 27 to 29 April this year. The report is in four sections, comprising the terms of reference of the mission, its…
The thorough, engaging and very sobering presentation which has just been made by Mr. Wolfgang Petritsch forces me to set aside my prepared speech. I believe that this is a very special presentation that Mr. Petritsch has made. His thoughts are very poignant and full of implications, not only for Bo…
Let me begin by expressing our warm thanks to Mr. Hédi Annabi for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in East Timor, and here I would also request Mr. Annabi to convey my delegation’s sincerest appreciation and admiration to Mr. Sergio de Mello and his team for the excellent work he has done…
It is a great pleasure to see you, Sir, chairing this important meeting of the Council on the subject to which your personal commitment, your country’s proactive interest and the dedication of the Canadian delegation are well known. For some time now we have been pleased to see the Council’s engagem…
