I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General of Political Affairs, Mr. Danilo Türk, for his briefing, which has given us detailed and useful information for our understanding of the activities of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB) since 6 August 2003. My delegation welcomes t…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to congratulate you, once again, Mr. President, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December and for the initiative you have taken to organize this meeting on the important question of the protection of civilians in ar…
My delegation joins the previous speakers in welcoming the Deputy President of South Africa, His Excellency Jacob Zuma, and thanking him for his briefing on the developments in the peace process in Burundi. We also appreciated his analysis on the ways and means of consolidating what has been achieve…
Once again I would like to extend the appreciation of my delegation to the Secretary-General for having sent out the multidisciplinary assessment mission to the Central African subregion last June. I also thank him for having made the report of that mission available to us now. I thank Mr. Tuliameni…
First, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this Council meeting pursuant to paragraph 24 of resolution 1483 (2003). Cameroon welcomes the decision of the United States and the United Kingdom to report to the Council on behalf of the Coalition that is provisionally co-admin…
My delegation associates itself with the condolences expressed to Turkey and the United Kingdom for the victims who died as a result of today’s terrorist attack. We commend the Secretary-General for his statement and we welcome the presence in our midst of the Ministers of Mozambique and Tanzania an…
I should like at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative of placing the important issue of HIV/AIDS on today’s agenda. I should also like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno and Mr. Peter Piot for their detailed and instructive briefings. The presence of the Secretary-Ge…
Mr. President, I was away from New York when you assumed the Presidency of the Council, so now, even if somewhat belatedly, allow me to say how delighted we are to see you presiding over the work of the Council for the month of November. We are particularly delighted in doing this because your entir…
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for the initiative you have taken in organizing this public debate on Kosovo. Indeed, over the past four months, that province has been at the centre of intense diplomatic activity. A key event was undoubtedly the
appointment of Mr. Harri Holkeri as a new …
At the outset I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this public meeting today, which marks the third anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security. This meeting eloquently attests to the Security Council’s continuing interest in advanc…
I should like to convey Cameroon’s sincere condolences to the International Committee of the Red Cross over Monday’s attacks on its headquarters in Baghdad and on other Iraqi buildings. We extend our condolences to all the families affected by these tragic events, which are unforgivable and unequivo…
Allow me at the outset to express my delegation’s gratitude for holding this debate on agenda item 39 (a), entitled New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in the implementation and international support, and agenda item 39 (b), entitled Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable pea…
The sad memory of those who died in Baghdad on 19 August 2003, in the United States on 11 September 2001, in Bali on 12 October 2002, and more recently in Morocco and many other parts of the world is a timely reminder of how vulnerable the world still is to terrorism.
This is a new type of terroris…
My delegation is particularly pleased to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-Leste, Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma. We thank him for his exhaustive and detailed briefing, following the excellent report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in…
We are once again gathered in an open meeting — just a few days after the Quartet’s 26 September meeting and the Security Council’s own meeting of 5 October — to address the subject of the Middle East. The General Assembly also discussed this question in depth during the course of its general debate…
On behalf of the delegation of Cameroon, I would like to thank Presidents Theodor Meron and Erik Møse and the Prosecutors, Ms. Carla Del Ponte and Mr. Hassan Bubacar Jallow, for the clear and exhaustive presentation of their reports, which, together with the contents of the reports, enables the Coun…
I wish to thank you and congratulate you, Sir, for having organized this meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina. It comes on the heels of the rich, long and intense debate we had on 24 and 30 September, on justice and the rule of law and the role of the United Nations.
Today’s debate provides us with th…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council during October and to assure you of my delegation’s full cooperation. I would also like to express our appreciation to the permanent representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Emyr Jones Pa…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. You have set in motion a cycle of African presidencies of the Assembly — today, the African diaspora, tomorrow the African motherland. Your election attests…
Allow me, in turn, to thank Mr. Kalomoh and Mr. Ramos Horta, the Special Envoy of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, for their very detailed and complimentary presentations on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. Cameroon would like to reiterate its strong disapproval of the 14 September mil…
