Allow me, first of all, to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting of the Council on Kosovo. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for his comprehensive briefing.
Bulgaria, an associated country of the European Union, fully supports the statement that will …
First of all, I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General for her very useful briefing. I would also like to thank the representatives of the United Nations agencies and programmes, which are doing outstanding work in Iraq. I welcome here at the Council table the President of the Internationa…
Bulgaria welcomes the adoption of resolution 1483 (2003) because it will enable the Iraqi people to regain full control of their future. The Bulgarian delegation was very happy to participate in the discussions leading to the adoption of the present resolution: a very constructive spirit reigned dur…
Allow me to express my delegation’s gratitude to this month’s Pakistani presidency of the Council for organizing this brainstorming session on such an important matter. I would also like to thank the prominent individuals who were so kind as to participate in our meeting today for their extremely in…
I want to take this opportunity to extend my delegation’s most sincere congratulations to you, Sir, and to the delegation of Pakistan on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I also thank Ambassador Adolfo Aguilar Zinser of Mexico for his dynamic presidency …
Given that the representative of Greece made a statement earlier on behalf of the European Union with which my country — as a country associated with the European Union — aligns itself, my comments will be very brief, as you wished, Mr. President.
I begin by welcoming the President of the General A…
I thank the Secretary-General for his 21 April report on the situation in Timor-Leste (S/2003/449) and thank his
Special Representative for that country, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, whom I welcome here at the Council table. I thank him for his work at the head of the United Nations Mission of Support in E…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. I would also like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his very thorough and substantive briefing, as well as the Secretary-General for his report on the United Nations Interim Administration Missio…
On behalf of the Eastern European Group of States Members of the United Nations, I would like to extend to the people and the Government of the Republic of Nauru our deepest and most sincere condolences for the demise of President Bernard Dowiyogo.
Since the beginning of his political career in 197…
Thank you, Mr. President, for the initiative of the delegation of Mexico. As Ambassador Schumacher said, it is natural for Mexico to take such an initiative, given the Organization’s history and the role that Latin American countries played in the elaboration of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the Un…
I would like briefly to make two comments and to ask Mr. Morris a question. First, I would like to thank him for his eloquent statement, which I believe will prompt us to reflect further on what actions the Security Council can take.
That leads me to my second comment. I would like to thank you in …
Allow me, Sir, to say how delighted I am to see you presiding over the work of the Council for April. I have no doubt that you will discharge your difficult tasks with your customary brilliance. I would also like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Ambassador Mamady Traoré, and the Guinean d…
Bulgaria welcomes the fact that the Council has unanimously adopted this resolution, which deals with an especially urgent matter of major importance. First, we are grateful to Ambassador Pleuger and the German delegation for the excellent work they have done in recent days. I will repeat what I sai…
I thank Mr. Danilo Türk for his very useful briefing.
Bulgaria welcomes the Action Plan for the Completion of Weapons Collection, which was adopted on 17 February, as well as the progress achieved in the implementation of the weapons disposal plan, on which the holding of an election for an autonom…
On behalf of the Bulgarian delegation, I would like to thank Mr. Hans Blix for the briefing he has just given us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for the excellent work done thus far, and this in spite of difficult circumstances and conditions. Bulgaria confirms its support for th…
Mr. President, you were right to choose the present format for this meeting on the special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) (S/2003/243) as the situation in Timor-Leste is cause for concern, as Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno has just said — an…
May I at the outset, Sir, say to you how very pleased I am to see you presiding over the work of the Council for the month of March, not just because you represent Guinea, a friendly country, but also because you personally have already made an enormous contribution to the work of our Council in the…
First of all, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open meeting on general issues relating to sanctions and on the final report of the Stockholm Process on the Implementation of Targeted Sanctions. Let me also express our gratitude to the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing this important meeting on the security situation in Afghanistan and for giving us the chance to listen to such excellent briefings by Ambassador Nishimura, Ambassador Braun and
Mr. Guéhenno. We do appreciate the work done and coordinated …
I have the privilege and the great honour of speaking on behalf of another old European country represented in this Chamber, but also on behalf of the sole new
European democracy represented on the Security Council. I must add that we are very happy to be so.
Mr. President, I would like to thank y…
