I first wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Vieira de Mello, for his briefing. I am sorry that I did not hear it, but his briefings are always very useful and important.
We express our appreciation to the Security Council mission for the progress it made in its vi…
This outgoing year has been marked by a continuous growth in the number and scale of natural disasters and complex emergencies around the globe. Natural disasters have time and again wrought devastation in some of the poorest countries, leaving many people, including refugees and internally displace…
The past few days have seen a drastic escalation and broadening of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There has been a large increase in the number of casualties on both sides, including many innocent children. Casualties on the Palestinian side have been more serious, the economy of Palestine has ex…
May I begin by thanking President Jorda of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia(ICTY), President Pillay of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Chief Prosecutor for the two Tribunals, Ms. Del Ponte, for their briefings, which provide us with a useful…
First, I would like to thank you, Mr President, for presiding over this meeting. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report and the statement he just made. We appreciate the efforts made by the Netherlands to promote the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Since the Ag…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Mr. Kouchner for his briefing.
While many people are praising the municipal elections in Kosovo, we have taken note of the fact that the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia deems the election result null and void. The Serbs, Turks and other ethnic…
First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the chairmanship of the Open-ended Working Group on the reform of the Security Council. I wish also to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to your predecessor, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nami…
First, I wish to thank you, Sir, for having arranged this open debate. I want to make a few brief points. First, the issue of an exit strategy mainly concerns the connection between a peacekeeping operation and post- conflict reconstruction and the transition from one to the other. An exit strategy …
First of all, we would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his very extensive briefing.
We welcome the successful holding of elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina and appreciate the large amount of work done by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the part…
First of all, I should like to thank Ambassador Ward of Jamaica, who successfully presided over the meetings of the Working Group and made unremitting efforts to achieve consensus on the draft resolution in the Working Group. Today, on the basis of the work of the Working Group, the Security Council…
The Chinese delegation wishes to express its appreciation to you, Sir, for arranging this meeting, and we wish to express our gratitude to Mrs. Ogata for the briefing.
In the past 10 years, in her capacity as High Commissioner for Refugees, Mrs. Ogata has made positive efforts for resolving refugee…
The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS is turning into a global public health and social problem. At present a total of
34.3 million people are infected. Not only are the patients and their families suffering greatly, but the countries concerned are also shouldering heavy social burdens and grave economic co…
The Chinese delegation thanks the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa for its report, which has offered a systematic analysis of the implementation of the recommendations in the Secretary-General’s report;…
Last June the leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea decided, with statesman-like vision and wisdom, to hold a historic meeting. That meeting led to positive results
and gave fresh momentum to the process of achieving peace and stability on the Korean peninsu…
At the successful twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly, held in Geneva last June, Member States jointly reviewed the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action that was adopted five years ago, summarized their achievements and experiences in the field and p…
First of all, we thank you, Sir, for convening this open briefing on Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Our thanks also go to High Representative Petritsch for his report and updates. We found the report informative and comprehensive. The Chinese delegation supports the High Representative’s work and apprecia…
The Chinese delegation wishes at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his report on oceans and the law of the sea (A/55/61), which provides a very useful basis for our consideration of the agenda item before us.
The world’s oceans and seas are of paramount importance to the survival and de…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Goma for his introductory statement on the item on cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee (AALCC). His introduction allowed us to note with pleasure the growing relationship between the two organizations and their …
China welcomes the fact that the item entitled “The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order” is now under discussion in the General Assembly. In the world of today, the development of science and technology and the accumulation of wealth have reached unprecedented levels. Ho…
I should like at the outset, Sir, to thank you for presiding over this meeting and to express our appreciation to the delegation of Namibia for its initiative in convening it. I should like also to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and to express our deep appreciation for the statements …
