Thank you, Madam President, for having convened this timely and necessary debate.
Chile believes in Africa, its culture and its people. A large part of our participation in the Security Council over the past two years has been devoted to envisaging ways to help in solving the conflicts in this regi…
It is with particular pleasure that I extend to you, Mr. President, my sincerest congratulations, and those of my Government, on your election as President of the General Assembly. Your election will ensure that the business of the General Assembly will be conducted skilfully, impartially and very e…
The most recent report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Angola, which we considered last week, brings rather discouraging news regarding the prospects for peace in that country. Indeed, according to that report, during the last two and a half months there have been setbacks in different …
Today’s meeting has been convened to consider the results of the activities of the multinational protection force for Albania, the establishment of which was authorized by the Security Council.
Responding to a request by the Governments of Albania and Italy, the Council considered the situation and…
As we have stated on various occasions, Chile gives priority to regional action in order to deal with regional issues. In the case of Africa, together with reiterating that it is essential to know the position of the Organization of African Unity on a given conflict, we have supported the processes …
I take this opportunity to reiterate my delegation’s pleasure that the Council has been able to agree on the formula recommended by the Secretary-General in his report of 19 July to ensure the United Nations presence in Haiti.
The United Nations presence in Haiti dates to 1990, since when it has co…
We are most gratified at the important progress achieved in the peace process, including the establishment of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation, the return of UNITA legislators to the National Assembly and the publication of the law on the special status of the leader of the main o…
At the outset I wish to congratulate you warmly, Sir, and to say that we are honoured by your presence here today for this important Security Council debate. I congratulate you also on this great initiative to devote an open meeting of the Security Council to this item. As members know, the delegati…
There has been an empty seat in the General Assembly for several years, the seat of Somalia. The people of Somalia is not represented and cannot make its voice heard in the United Nations system due to the failure of its leaders to agree. This is also the reason why it is not present at this debate.…
The inauguration of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation in Angola is an historic milestone that the Government of Chile welcomes, together with the entire international community.
We must recognize that on those occasions when the parties did not take the necessary steps called for …
We would like today to express our appreciation and full support for the active work carried out in recent months by the Head of the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan, Mr. Norbert Holl, and by his entire team representing the Secretary-General. They have the difficult and complex task of…
I would like to welcome to the Security Council Ambassador Bull of Liberia, who is here under circumstances that are much more positive than those that existed in the past.
After much tragedy in its terrible history of the past seven years this is a time of hope for Liberia. The peace process is en…
The Chilean delegation pays tribute to Mr. Deng Xiaoping, an outstanding statesman and the highly regarded leader of the People’s Republic of China. The death of a man who was a great promoter of reform and the architect of China’s opening to the international community leaves a vacuum on the world …
We are at a crucial moment in the struggle for peace in Guatemala. Even at the risk of being repetitive, we cannot fail to say that we are witnessing the end of a civil war that has gone on for more than 35 years and has taken a toll of more than 100,000 victims.
The United Nations has played an im…
The delegation of Chile, on the occasion of the General Assembly’s consideration of agenda item 34, “Oceans and the law of the sea”, would like to state its position concerning the resolution just adopted under agenda item 34 (b), entitled “Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing, unauthorized fishing…
A year has elapsed since the signature in Paris in December 1995 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The various bodies involved in the peace process have had a chance to take stock of what has been achieved and to draw some basic conclusions to help guide the act…
The international community is very interested in seeing real progress in the political process in Angola, recognizing the fact that Angola is working for the social and economic development of its population, which has suffered the ravages of war.
To this end, Government and UNITA leaders must con…
Only a few years ago Haiti was engulfed in one of its worst crises. In an extremely short period of time in terms of the history of a country, very significant changes have occurred that have put an end to a difficult period and have allowed the Haitian people to hope once again for a better future.…
My country views with great interest the establishment of firm and lasting peace in Central America, together with the growing consolidation of a democratic system in each of the countries of the region. In this context, we value the steps that Central American leaders and Governments have taken to …
First of all, I wish to welcome the representatives of Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi to the Council as it considers an item that affects their national realities so directly in a debate that I am sure they would all have preferred to be unnecessary.
Faced with a humanitarian tragedy like the one unfold…
