I wish to welcome Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma and express our gratitude to him for his presentation of the report (S/2002/1223) on the activities of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET). Through him, I also wish to congratulate the members of his team; the very important star…
It is my honour to express the appreciation of my delegation to the Secretary-General for the presentation of the report on the situation in Central America, as well as the thirteenth report on human rights of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala
(MINUGUA). The contribution made by …
I wish briefly to note some of the reasons for which Colombia voted in favour of the resolution.
From the outset of the negotiations, Colombia stressed the legal and political need for a resolution acknowledging the new facts and circumstances surrounding the item on Iraq since 12 September. Such a…
We are grateful to Mr. Guéhenno for the information he has provided, which helps us get a clearer picture of the events of recent days. Before I address some of the points made by the Under-Secretary-General, I wish to refer to the Secretary-General’s report (S/2002/1126), in which we see progress i…
Allow me at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for introducing his report. No item among those before the United Nations will be successful if we do not seek daily to strengthen the United Nations. That is why Colombia welcomes the report, which proposes a path to be followed and establishes …
Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to the delegation of Cameroon for convening this open meeting and to the Secretary-General for personally introducing his report.
Likewise, I wish to thank the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women for preparing the report…
I wish to thank Lord Ashdown for his detailed and clear presentation. I also wish to thank Mr. Klein for everything that he did during his mandate while carrying out his responsibilities. We all know his great skill, great energy and the effective way he has carried out his task.
Taking advantage o…
The delegation of Colombia is pleased to participate in this debate of the General Assembly dedicated, in essence, to the special needs of the economic development of Africa, the achievement of lasting peace in the continent and the ways in which the United Nations should respond to these objectives…
On behalf of my country, I would like to begin by expressing our solidarity with the Government and people of Indonesia and with the family members of the victims of the terrorist act that took place this past weekend. This was an event of great seriousness that will likely attract the attention of …
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report to the Security Council under this agenda item. We would also like to convey our special gratitude for the useful presentation made by Mr. Dhanapala, the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs.
I would like to begin my statement b…
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his detailed presentation of the two reports that are before us at this meeting.
A clear appeal for multilateralism is the common denominator found in the report of the Secretary- General on the work of the Organization. Never before has that ap…
I congratulate you, Sir, on assuming your new responsibilities. I also commend Ambassador Tafrov for his work last month.
I wish to convey the apologies of Ambassador Alfonso Valdivieso, the Vice-Chairman of the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC), who, for reasons beyond his control, is unable to b…
I speak with great pleasure today, as we consider the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly in its new format. Colombia found it very satisfactory to participate in the initiatives aimed at proposing and reaching agreement on a new format, a process in which the delegation of Singap…
We are meeting in this Chamber once again to lament and reject the recent escalation of violence in the Middle East. Following a few weeks of relative calm, the enemies of peace have once again achieved their aim. There has been new bloodshed and renewed terrorist acts, leading to scenes of horror. …
The delegation of Colombia welcomes the holding of this plenary meeting of the General Assembly as part of the process of assessing and guiding the efforts of the United Nations with regard to Africa’s development.
Ensuring that Africa enjoys the benefits of peace, independence and development is a…
I greet you, Your Excellency Mr. Jan Kavan of the Czech Republic, President of the General Assembly, which I address for the first time.
A short distance from here, on the fateful day 11 September, 2,801 citizens of the world died. In Colombia, violence claims the same number of victims every month…
I too, Mr. Minister, wish to begin by welcoming you to this meeting of the Security Council, especially as we are today addressing a subject of great significance to your region. In that connection, let me say that we appreciate the ongoing interest that Ambassador Tafrov and the rest of his delegat…
The delegation of Colombia would like to begin by welcoming Mr. Nebojša Čović, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, and to thank him for the contribution he is making towards the establishment of a multi-ethnic Government and society in Kosovo. We would also like to take this opportunity…
I want to say, first of all, that I was extremely struck by the comment made by my friend, Christian Maquieira of Chile, on women ministers of defense. It seems that this is a practice that is becoming fashionable in Latin America according to news reports. There are comments and suggestions that I …
We are gratified that this open debate has been convened to assess recent events in the Middle East. It is with great sorrow that we take the floor today to record our most vigorous condemnation of the indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force against civilians.
The attack perpetrated by Isr…
