First of all, I would like to express my thanks to Ambassador Fall, the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian people, for his comprehensive report and for his efforts and those of the Committee to protect and defend the inalienable rights of the Pales…
Let me first thank Ambassador Šimonović, President of the Economic and Social Council, for his thorough presentation of the Council’s report (A/57/3). I would also like to thank Ambassador Šimonović for his reform efforts during his presidency of the Council over the past year.
The Economic and Soc…
I should like at the outset to express my appreciation to the outgoing President of the General Assembly, Mr. Han Seung-soo, for the tireless efforts he made during his presidency of the General Assembly during the last session and during his chairmanship of the Working Group on Security Council ref…
It is a pleasure to see our friend the United Kingdom presiding over the Security Council this month. I also express our deep appreciation for Syria’s presidency of the Council last month.
The night before last, the Israeli Defence Force added yet another link to the chain of the excessive use of f…
I am delighted and honoured to have been elected President of the General Assembly for its sixty-first session. I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to all member States, in particular the Asian Group, for their endorsement of my election and for the trust they have bestowed on me. My elec…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for quickly responding to the request of the Arab Group, which I am honoured to chair this month, to convene this meeting. I wish you every success in conducting the deliberations of the Council through the current month of June. I would be remiss …
My delegation is very pleased to see your country preside over the Security Council this month, Sir, in particular when a person of your stature, long experience and expertise is presiding. At the same time, we highly
appreciate the work of your predecessor, Ambassador Ole Peter Kolby, the Permanen…
The question of Palestine is at the core of the dispute in the Middle East. Current developments in the Palestinian territories pose a threat to security, stability and vital interests in the region and beyond. The international community, and in particular the co-sponsors of the peace process, are …
Like my colleague, the Ambassador of Uganda, I extend my thanks and appreciation to Ambassador Richard Ryan, the President of the Security Council for this month, for his presentation of the report of the Council to the General Assembly.
I join my colleague, the Ambassador of Guatemala, in respondi…
As my delegation is addressing the Assembly for the first time, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President. I am confident that your diplomatic skills will reflect positively on our deliberations. I cannot fail to express our appreciation to Minister Holkeri for his presidency …
Our hopes were revived when peace agreements between the Palestinian and Israeli parties were signed in 1993 in Washington. We had hoped that the Palestinian people would finally be able to regain their territories usurped by Israel. We had hoped that they would be able to establish their independen…
I would like to thank our colleague Ambassador Andjaba, the Permanent Representative of Namibia and President of the Security Council for the month of October, for his presentation of the report of the Security Council for the period June 1999 to June 2000. It is also my pleasure to congratulate Sin…
Our delegation has examined the Secretary-General’s report on the work of the Organization. We would like to express to him our appreciation for all his efforts in assuming the enormous responsibility of managing the work of the Organization and its actions based on the resolutions of the Security C…
It is my great pleasure to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session and to wish you every success in your task. May I also assure you of my delegation’s cooperation in achieving the objectives we all desire. It is also my pleas…
The question of East Timor has proved to what extent success can be found in reaching a solution to a problem, however large, with the cooperation of the parties concerned and the assistance of the United Nations.
It is certainly true that this large operation would not have succeeded without the g…
The Security Council has voted on a draft resolution that can truly be considered one of the most important resolutions put before the Council in the past two years. My delegation, which voted in favour of the draft resolution, sincerely hopes that it will be implemented in a credible and objective …
When the Council discussed yesterday the practical and pragmatic means of confronting African issues and problems, we had hoped to have an interactive dialogue in the form of an open discussion and an exchange of views between the presidency, the members of the Council and the other
Many ideas and …
At the outset, may I express my pleasure at seeing you, Sir, preside over the work of the Security Council despite your very busy schedule. I should like to thank your country’s delegation for its excellent choice in submitting the issue before us for open debate.
The problems, troubles and questio…
Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor once again in this interesting and thought-provoking discussion of the important subject of Sierra Leone. My delegation, both in the informal consultations and in the debate in this Chamber, made a proposal regarding the establishment of a centre in …
At the outset allow me to express our thanks to Mr. Bernard Miyet for his valuable briefing on the most recent developments in Sierra Leone.
My delegation welcomes the progress made thus far in implementation of the Lomé Agreement by the return of the leaders of the Revolutionary United Front of Si…
