I welcome the detailed information provided by the Permanent Representative of Romania, Ambassador Mihnea Motoc, in his capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).
Among the relevant activities accomplished by the 1540 Committee relating to…
I would like, first of all, to express thanks for the introduction
to the report on the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and for the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Søren Jessen-Petersen. I also …
Chile, in accordance with its commitment to regional peace and security, promptly joined the provisional multinational
force, helping to prevent a civil war and a humanitarian tragedy in Haiti. Aware that our support for Haiti should not be limited to the current emergency situation, we also joined…
We would like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their briefings. The assessment report provided by the President of the ICTY in accordance with resolution 1534 (2004) co…
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its thanks for the statements made by States members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), by the representative of the African Union and by the IGAD facilitator.
For my country, the establishment of a Transitional Government an…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having brought us to these meetings here in Nairobi. This is a historic day, and we trust that there will be an historic peace agreement. The Security Council is meeting in Africa to assist in solving, together with Africans and the regional organizations, this long-sta…
My delegation wishes to make a statement concerning the content of operative paragraph 66 of the draft resolution on sustainable fisheries, contained in document A/59/L.23, on which action will be taken shortly.
Chile joins the consensus on the understanding that, in keeping with the rights of sove…
I do not wish to prolong this meeting unduly, therefore I will simply confine myself to once again stating what my delegation has reiterated, which is that between
Chile and Bolivia there is no type of territorial problem.
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In the debate this afternoon, the representative of Bolivia made a statement in which he referred to my country and to the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which has governed our two countries’ relations since 1904. In presenting his perception of the Treaty he made a series of misleading statements …
I am going to make my statement in English owing to the fact that some of the countries I am going to speak about are English-speaking countries.
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I have the honour to speak on behalf of 16 States, namely: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador…
I would like to express my thanks for the presentation of the Secretary-General’s report on Timor-Leste (S/2004/888) by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, and we thank him for his work and the work of his team.
We should like to highlight the progress achiev…
Chile would like to join the condolences expressed here to the Palestinian people and the family on the occasion of the sad death of President Yasser Arafat. In Chile, about half a million citizens are of Palestinian origin, and for them, this is a particularly sad day and a tremendous loss. Preside…
I have the honour to announce to the General Assembly that, following intensive and fruitful consultations among the interested parties, we have reached a consensus on draft resolution A/59/L.5/Rev.2, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union. We wish to thank the …
I welcome the opportunity of having this debate on women, peace and security and I congratulate you for the outstanding job you are doing as President of the Security Council. I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General and his commitment, as we are fully aware, to the rights of women.
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I have the honour to introduce to the General Assembly the draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”, in document A/59/L.5.
The draft resolution enjoys broad support among many delegations from all regions of the world. I am pleased to repo…
Very briefly, I just want to support the revisions, which I have had the opportunity to discuss. I believe they significantly strengthen the draft resolution and give it an evolutionary character; in other words, the process does not end here; we also need to be aware that we must continue to give t…
The current international environment, which is characterized by instability, uncertainty and new threats, presents a bleak picture which we must address jointly and creatively, in the context of a globalization that is universal and inclusive. To seek to preserve a situation of profound social excl…
At the outset, I should like to thank Ambassador Andrey Denisov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for the detailed information he provided us in his capacity as Chairman of the Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), by relating the activities carried out by the Comm…
The President of Chile, His Excellency Mr. Ricardo Lagos Escobar, said when addressing the General Assembly, at the 4th meeting,
“If we wish to strengthen multilateralism, reform of the United Nations is becoming increasingly necessary. Its ideals and founding purposes remain valid, but ... the pow…
We are grateful to the sponsors for having introduced the draft resolution that has just been adopted by consensus at this meeting. We are also extremely grateful for the flexibility shown throughout a negotiating process that was not always easy.
My delegation voted in favour of the resolution, th…