The delegation of Cameroon would like to express to Mr. Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, its great appreciation for his up-to-date and highly informative briefing on the situation in Kosovo. We followed his presentation with the greatest attention.
Speaking at t…
The delegation of Cameroon welcomes Deputy Prime Minister Čović and Mr. Steiner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. We wish to convey to Mr. Steiner our full appreciation for his detailed briefing on the situation in Kosovo. We followed his briefing with great attention, as we did …
Mr. President, let me in turn commend you for have
placed on the agenda of this Security Council meeting the item entitled “Women, peace and security”.
I should like also to thank the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Ms. King, as well as the Executive Director of the Unit…
At the end of our 18 July 2002 meeting, the Council unanimously decided, inter alia, to condemn violence in the Middle East, including in Palestine, after the
Emmanuel suicide bombing and its consequences. We hoped then that the appeal of the international community calling for reason and restraint…
My delegation would like to thank Ambassador Brahimi for his excellent, comprehensive and clear report. I should like to pay a glowing tribute to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan. He has left his mark on the remarkable progress made in that country since the signing…
Madam President, Cameroon would like to join previous speakers in commending your Government’s timely initiative to convene this important and useful workshop. The Mano River Basin is, regrettably, one of the most unstable subregions on our continent. As Africans, we in Cameroon welcome and deeply a…
I will be brief. I, too, wish to thank Mr. Oshima for his detailed briefing and the very useful information he has just given us on the situation in Angola. The signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Angola and UNITA turns a new page in the history of this country, whic…
The representative of Singapore has warned us: Sir Jeremy Greenstock will bend today under the weight of the congratulations extended to him. Allow me at the outset to express our admiration to Sir Jeremy for the tactful and effective way in which he has conducted the work of the Counter-Terrorism C…
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing, which provided us with a clear sense of the situation in Kosovo, especially with regard to progress achieved since our last meeting. The management of the situation in Kosovo by the international community in general and the Unite…
Cameroon in turn wishes to congratulate Sir Kieran on his very useful and complete briefing made at the beginning of this meeting. His briefing gave us a wealth of information that was particularly valuable at a time when the Bonn process is being established. The information has opened up to us pro…
I am especially happy to take the floor today on this solemn meeting of the Council to welcome the new, independent State of East Timor. First of all, let me join preceding delegations in wishing you, Sir, welcome in New York and in telling you how joyful we are to see you preside over our work on t…
At the outset, I should like to welcome the presence here today of Mr. Xanana Gusmão, President- elect of East Timor. I am pleased to extend our congratulations to him. In a few weeks, he will be sworn in as the President of East Timor. I am sure that he will continue to embody the lines of Horace: …
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank you, Sir, for the initiative of convening this meeting.
It will be recalled that we said last month that this meeting would provide us with an occasion to make a sort of mini-assessment of the action of the United Nations in Kosovo. We felt it would …
I would first like to extend my congratulations and gratitude to Sir Jeremy Greenstock for the detailed, current and enlightening information he has just given us with regard to the work of the Committee whose chairmanship he has assumed with such competency, commitment and skill. I must say that we…
Mr. President, my delegation is grateful to you for convening this meeting of the Council at the request of the Arab Group. Four days ago, the Council, following a meeting in which 58 delegations participated, called upon the parties to comply with resolution 1402 (2002) without delay. That resoluti…
Cameroon would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on having convened this meeting of the Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine, at the request of the League of Arab States. We welcome the Secretary-General here today and once again commend his tireles…
My delegation wishes in turn to thank you, Sir, for convening this third meeting of the year on Kosovo.
My delegation wishes to express its support for the very relevant points made by the Ambassador of Singapore regarding the need in due course for a comprehensive survey of the situation.
We welc…
I would like to begin by expressing Cameroon’s most sincere condolences to the Afghan people on the earthquake that has devastated the country, claiming numerous victims.
My country also welcomes your presence among us, Mr. Minister, which clearly illustrates the importance that your country and th…
I too would like to thank Mr. Kenzo Oshima for his very useful briefing, which was highly instructive and which has given us a better understanding of the developments on issues that arise daily in the work undertaken to reduce the suffering of civilians trapped in conflicts. I would also like to we…
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to organize a public debate in the Security Council on the situation in Somalia. Like earlier speakers, I would like to welcome His Excellency
Mr. Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Transitional National Gov…
