When Canada ran for election to the Security Council, we promised that we would promote human security, strive for a more transparent Council and work towards a more effective and credible Council. In the intervening months we have worked hard to deliver on those commitments, and it is time for us t…
Over the last few months, calls to turn words into deeds on behalf of children have been intensifying, and I am happy to say that Canada has been taking up this challenge.
In September, Canada hosted the International Conference on War-affected Children, where representatives of Governments, the Un…
Canada remains greatly concerned over the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and in particular over the difficult path to implementation of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement.
Today marks the third time that the Security Council has met to renew the mandate of the United Nations Organiz…
Canada is most concerned at the violence that has occurred in recent days in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. We appeal to both parties to do everything necessary to put an immediate end to the hostilities and to work together on specific measures to prevent the repetition of such a situation.
Israe…
I would like to begin by conveying Canada’s condolences to the families of the three staff members
of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who were slain on 6 September at Atambua, West Timor. Their murders, and the deaths of the as yet unknown number of refugees …
Let me first of all express a word of thanks to Mr. Kouchner for his extraordinary work. Let me say how pleased the Government of Canada is with everything that he has accomplished in those difficult circumstances.
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I will turn to this situation in Kosovo in a moment. I would als…
I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. Your experience and wisdom will doubtless guide us in carrying out the important work ahead.
As we all know, that work is to immediately and resolutely transform the high hopes of the Millennium…
I will begin by expressing Canada’ s outrage at the murder of innocent, unarmed humanitarian personnel in West Timor. Those who attack United Nations staff attack this Organization and undermine the purposes and principles we have all come here to reaffirm. It is incumbent on the Indonesian Governme…
I will begin by expressing Canada’s outrage at the murder of innocent, unarmed humanitarian personnel in West Timor. Those who attack United Nations staff attack this Organization and undermine the purposes and principles we have all come here to reaffirm. It is incumbent on the Indonesian Governmen…
Mr. President, I, too, would like first of all to thank you for having organized this open meeting on the question of East Timor which takes place more than on an anniversary but actually at a very critical time for the development of the security climate in that area. I should also like to thank th…
I would like to join the representative of the United Kingdom in expressing our serious concern at the arrest of two Canadians and two Britons, who have been held without consular access for nine days. Suspicions of espionage and terrorism are unfounded. If every tourist who arrived in our country, …
My delegation joins others who have spoken in thanking Under-Secretary-General Miyet for his very informative briefing. My own comments will be very brief.
Canada supports High Representative Petritsch’s decision to amend the law on filling a vacant position of a Member of the Presidency of Bosnia …
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Miyet for introducing the Secretary-General’s report and to express Canada’s support for the recommendations contained in the report concerning the mandate and expanded structure of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).
We believe that …
Canada also expresses thanks to the Secretary-General for his report and to Mr. Annabi for his briefing this morning.
We join other members of the Council in expressing our condolences to the family of Private Manning and to the people of New Zealand for their loss. Until fairly recently Canadian s…
First of all, I would like to very warmly thank your delegation, Madam President, for having organized this meeting and to particularly thank Under-Secretary-General Gambari for another of his extremely insightful briefings on the political and humanitarian situation in Angola.
This meeting of the …
Let me first congratulate you, Madam President, for having taken the initiative to hold a thematic debate on this important and tragic subject.
I wish to express my appreciation to the Secretary-General for having produced a broad-ranging report on war-affected children which faithfully reflects th…
The Council’s first thematic consideration of conflict prevention in November 1999 was an important initial step towards creating the culture of prevention called for by the Secretary-General in his address to the General Assembly last fall and repeated in his Millennium Report. We welcome the initi…
We also welcome Dr. Piot.
Over the past two weeks information about the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic — some very encouraging but most very
disturbing — has made headlines around the world. That information has reached us as up to 10,000 representatives from Government, scient…
I wish to thank Mr. Annabi for his very comprehensive briefing. We would like to add only a few brief remarks to what has already been said by others.
Special Representative Kouchner’s issuance of the municipal election law for Kosovo, which Mr. Annabi has spoken of, is an important further step to…
We should like to thank the delegation of the United Kingdom, and Ambassador Greenstock in particular, for their tireless work in preparing the resolution we have just adopted. It is a constructive expression of the Security Council’s dedication to peace and stability in Sierra Leone. We believe tha…
