At the outset, I wish like preceding speakers to thank the Pakistani presidency, and in particular you, Sir, for your highly creative initiative of organizing at the end of your presidency of the Security Council this wrap-up meeting on “Conflicts in Africa: Security Council missions and United Nati…
As it did on 8 November 2002 at the time of the adoption of resolution 1441 (2002), Cameroon would like to begin by welcoming the presence among us of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan.
We have just unanimously adopted resolution 1483 (2003), on the post-conflict management of Iraq. Cameroon we…
My delegation expresses its empathy on the occasion of the suffering of the Algerian people, who have recently been so sorely afflicted.
My delegation welcomes the presence at this meeting of the Deputy Secretary-General, who in April 2003 and at the start of this month provided us with information…
A month ago the Security Council had a precursor debate on the subject of the Security Council and regional organizations: facing the new challenges to international peace and security. Among these challenges, there is the imbalance in international economic relations, with the worsening of poverty,…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to thank you for taking the initiative of organizing this public meeting of the Council on counter-terrorism in the presence of the Prime Minster of Spain, His Excellency Mr. José María Aznar, whom I welcome here on behalf of the delegation of Cameroon. I w…
Allow me to begin by commending the energy and effectiveness with which you, Mr. President, have led our work throughout this month, which has been a particularly testing and difficult month. Thanks to your skill, your consummate art of contact and your great sense of moderation, you have been able …
Cameroon would like to thank and congratulate the Secretary-General for his report of 21 April 2003 on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) (S/2003/449).
My delegation welcomes the presence among us of Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma and is grateful for the clear, concise and th…
My delegation thanks Mr. Hédi Annabi for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2003/421). The highly informative briefing that we have just heard updates and complements the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Kosovo during the last three months. His briefing and…
Today we are meeting to have an interactive discussion on the necessary synergy and partnerships that the Security Council and regional organizations need to establish and develop in the light of the new challenges to international peace and security. My delegation is grateful to your country, Sir, …
I would like to say how very pleased we are to have Mr. James Morris, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), here with us. He has spoken to us about an extremely difficult and relevant
issue: the food crisis in Africa, which poses a threat to international peace and security.
We hav…
First, I wish to associate myself with previous speakers in conveying to Ambassador Traoré our congratulations on the dedication, skill and tact with which he and his team conduced the Council’s work during the difficult month of March.
Secondly, I wish to convey to you, Mr. President, my delegatio…
In deciding to extend the mandate of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville to 31 December 2003, for a final time, the Security Council asked the Secretary-General to furnish it with a report on the progress achieved with regard to the strategy pertaining to the completion of the Office…
My delegation welcomes the holding of this open meeting, which bears witness to the will of the Security Council to continue to play the role conferred upon it by the Charter: the maintenance of international peace and security.
We are fully aware of the exceptional situation in which we now find o…
It is a genuine pleasure to see you, Sir, presiding over our work today. My country is proud of the spirit with which your country, Guinea, is guiding the Council’s work in the particularly sensitive international environment of March 2003 that is known to us all. Also allow me to congratulate the C…
I, too, would like to thank the Secretary- General for the excellent quality of his special report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), which has just been submitted to us.
I should like also to say how much we appreciate the clear and detailed briefing given by Under- …
The Security Council is today holding its first public meeting of the month. I would like to express my delegation’s pleasure at seeing you, Sir, preside over our deliberations, especially during this important period in the history of international relations, which could have an impact on the Counc…
First of all, I would like once again to extend to the Ambassador of China our sympathy and condolences over the earthquake in his country that has resulted in numerous victims.
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this public meeting of the Security Council on…
This morning, my delegation learned of the airplane crash that occurred in Pakistan, in which the Afghan Minister of Mines and Industry, a high official of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and other officials of the two countries died. Under these sad circumstances, my delegation would l…
My delegation welcomes the presence of the Secretary-General at today’s debate in the Council, the importance of which is obvious.
I also wish to thank Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei for their reports following their recent mission to Baghdad. My delegation believes that they have worked well and, all …
Like previous speakers, we would like to thank Mr. Guéhenno and Mr. Vieira de Mello for the very instructive briefings that they just presented on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — one on the general situation with regard to peace and security and on the activities of the Unite…
