My delegation is pleased to see you, Mr. President, presiding over this public meeting of the
Security Council on the situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Norway’s contribution to conducting the Security Council’s recent mission in those countries and to its success is incalculable. Well-deserved tri…
Mr. President, Cameroon is extremely pleased to see Norway presiding over the Council this month, and we appreciate in particular your having convened this meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Today the Council is considering the report of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace A…
Cameroon would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the request of the League of Arab States.
The prevailing situation in that part of the world is a subject of …
My delegation welcomes your initiative, Sir, of convening a meeting of the Council on the humanitarian situation in Angola. This is an issue to which my country attaches the greatest importance.
We were pleased to hear the comprehensive and very instructive briefing by Mr. Kenzo Oshima on the matte…
I would like, through you, Mr. President, to thank Mr. Lubbers for his lucid and illuminating presentation. I thank him in particular, as previous speakers have, for the fact that, despite what some delegations mentioned about the “CNN effect”, he still managed to maintain the focus on Africa. It is…
This is the first time that Cameroon is participating in a wrap-up meeting of this kind. The remarks I shall be making will therefore be of a general nature.
First of all, Sir, my delegation wants to reaffirm our hearty congratulations on the extremely constructive way in which you presided over th…
My delegation would like first of all to congratulate Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor, and to thank him for his very informative statement. My delegation also welcomes the presence at this Council meeting of the Prime Minister of Australia, …
Allow me at the outset to commend the Secretary-General on his report on the situation in Kosovo. I should like also to pay tribute to the work of the Special Representative, Mr. Haekkerup. I am grateful as well for the update just provided us by Mr. Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeepin…
On 9 November 2001, the General Assembly decided to place on its agenda the consideration of the report of the Economic and Social Council for the year 2001. The Economic and Social Council welcomes that decision, which is indeed a historical one.
Contrary to what is customarily done for the other …
A little more than a year ago, in this very place, the Millennium Summit concluded with the adoption of an important Declaration. It was probably the biggest gathering of leaders from throughout the world ever organized. The Millennium Declaration committed the heads of State and Government, as well…
I should like at the outset to express the profound sympathy and condolences of Cameroon to the Government and the people of the United States of America and of the Dominican Republic for the accident involving the American Airlines Airbus on 12 November in New York.
It was also with great dismay a…
It is always a great pleasure and honour for the delegation of Cameroon to hear the traditional statement by the President of the International Court of Justice on the activities of the Court. I thank the President of the International Court of Justice for the clarity of his statement. I also take t…
First of all, I would like to convey to you, Mr. President, our sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I assure you of the full cooperation of my delegation for the successful accomplishment of your difficult task.
At its twent…
My delegation has read with great interest the report of the Secretary-General on the question of Palestine. This important document sums up the current situation, which is replete with many threats to the peace process, and also provides information on the initiatives and efforts under way to save …
I would like at the outset to say how happy my delegation is that you, Mr. President, will be presiding once again over the Open-ended Working Group responsible for studying the reform of the Security Council. Your outstanding diplomatic skills will be very useful to all in the work of the Working G…
At its forty-sixth session, the General Assembly decided to make Africa one of its priorities for the 1990s, or even its top priority. In this context, it unanimously adopted the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN- NADAF). This New Agenda, which represented a re…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to offer its most sincere condolences to the permanent missions of Singapore, Russia and Angola for the air disasters that occurred yesterday and today. We would ask them to convey our deepest sympathy to the bereaved families.
Today, the General Assembly is cons…
I begin with warm congratulations to the President of the Security Council for the month of October, His Excellency Ambassador Martin Andjaba, Permanent Representative of Namibia. We thank him for the very informative statement he made yesterday in introducing the report of the Security Council for …
Speaking for the first time during the fifty- fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, I would like immediately to express to the President my congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly, which this year is known as the Millennium Assembly.
The moment is…
The item before the General Assembly today is entitled “Culture of peace”. In the view of my delegation, it is particularly important for several reasons.
Yesterday, the General Assembly considered the causes of conflict and, particularly, conditions for sustainable development and durable peace in…
