We have had a bitter briefing on the work programme for Iraq, presented to us by the inspectors. One can read only with sorrow what might have been when what might have been was peace. Everyone in this Chamber knows that Chile hoped that this inspections programme would be carried out. Our Governmen…
Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on the outstanding manner in which you have been guiding our work this month. I should like also to thank you, on behalf of the delegation of Chile, for having convened this meeting to consider the report of the Secretary- General dated 3 March on the…
I too would like to start by congratulating Guinea on its assumption of the presidency for this month, at a time when very important decisions are going to be made. I would also like to congratulate Germany on its brilliant handling of our affairs last month.
Chile is attending this Council meeting…
I would like to begin by joining in the condolences that have been extended to the representative of the People’s Republic of China on the recent earthquake in the country. Earthquakes are a phenomenon well known to Chile, and we know their devastating effects.
Allow me also to express my thanks fo…
First, I wish to join in the condolences that are being conveyed to the Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan on the recent air crash. I also wish to thank of Mr. Guéhenno, Ambassador Nishimura and Ambassador Braun for their presence at this meeting. They have given us comprehensive information ab…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei for the detailed and careful reports that they presented to the Council this morning on the progress of the inspection teams of the United Nations
Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Ener…
I would like first of all to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations,
and High Commissioner Sergio Vieira de Mello for their detailed briefings on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
My delegation wishes first of all to exp…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on convening this open debate of the Security Council on the situation in Kosovo. In the face of the great challenges ahead in 2003 and one year after the start of the gradual transfer of executive and legislative authority to the Kosovars, it seems hi…
Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. At the same time, may I express our appreciation to France for the work accomplished in the presidency in January. I am also grateful for the timely convening of…
First, I wish to convey the best wishes of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile, Soledad Alvear Valenzuela, who for reasons beyond her control was unable to participate in this meeting.
I thank the French presidency for convening this important ministerial-level meeting. I thank the Secretary-…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I also wish to thank you for having called this meeting to debate this painful subject.
Since this body began to focus special attention on this subject, just a few months ago, t…
Since we have been meeting in this Hall to consider this item, we have witnessed an unprecedented spiral of violence and aggression in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel. The violence has taken an irreparable toll on innocent human lives, mainly civilians o…
Draft resolution A/57/L.38 has been the subject of informal consultations involving many delegations. The upshot of these consultations are reflected in the text that has been circulated regarding which I will now proceed to offer a number of oral amendments.
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Paragraph 3 should …
I have the honour to introduce to the General Assembly the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, contained in document A/57/L.38. I should like to add the following countries to the list of sponsors: Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bos…
First of all, I should like to express to you, Sir, our congratulations on your wise leadership of the Security Council during this difficult period. The Chilean delegation also wishes to thank you for the convening of this open debate, an opportunity that enables us to express our own views on an i…
The draft resolution before the General Assembly today, entitled “South American zone of peace and cooperation”, is directly and closely related to the fundamental concepts underlying the very existence and reason for being of the United Nations.
The Preamble to the Charter of the Organization stat…
Several years ago, Luc Montaigner, the scientist who discovered the agent that causes AIDS, said that no disease in modern times had raised so many questions about our identity, values and sense of tolerance and responsibility. This disease indeed raises questions in every one of our countries and s…
I wish to begin by expressing our appreciation to the Secretary- General and his colleagues for the report on the reform of the United Nations that we are discussing today. I also wish to express at the outset our resolute support to the proposals submitted to us. We wish also to express our intenti…
I wish to begin Chile’s statement by expressing my delegation’s appreciation to the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Martin Belinga-Eboutou of Cameroon, for his introduction of the annual report of the Council to the General Assembly, pursuant to Articles 15 and 24 of the Charter.
I al…
It is a special honour for me to address this special session devoted to Africa. Despite geographical distance, Chile has been very close to the African continent since the beginning of the process of decolonization and later, in the bodies created by the United Nations for that purpose.
Equally, w…
