I should like to begin by welcoming Mr. Kerim, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and expressing the support of my country for the quest for a solution to the problems that have brought us together today.
Colombia condemns all forms of violence; we cannot acc…
I would like to welcome your decision, Mr. President, to include this open debate on the Council’s programme of work. I would also like to join other delegations in welcoming the Minister for External Relations of Angola, Mr. João Bernardo de Miranda. I would also like to thank Ambassador Richard Ry…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping
Operations, Mr. Guéhenno, for updating the Council on the situation in the field. We would ask him to convey to all the personnel of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) our expression…
At the outset, I wish to convey our pleasure at seeing you, Sir, preside over this meeting. I also thank your delegation for having made the arrangements for us to meet today with the President of Rwanda.
My delegation welcomes President Kagame warmly and thanks him for coming here to have this dia…
I would like to thank the President of the Council for having taken the excellent initiative of convening this open debate to address an item of concern to all Members of the United Nations. This provides us with an opportunity to highlight the growing importance of multidimensional approaches to th…
Mr. President, I would like to say how pleased my delegation is at your assumption of the presidency of the Council, and I would like to reiterate to you our readiness to contribute to the successful fulfilment of your functions.
On this solemn occasion, I also wish to extend a cordial welcome to t…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/55/L.72 on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States and of the following other sponsors of the draft resolution: Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egy…
My delegation would like to express its thanks to you, Sir, for having made this an open debate in which all the Member States might participate. The relationship between diamonds and weapons is a topic of interest to many States, as was shown by the debate held by the recent General Assembly on the…
First of all, I would like to thank the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Sy, and the representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank for their presentations regarding the situation in the Central African Republic. I would like in parti…
At the outset, I offer special thanks to the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Guéhenno, for the information he has provided us. It is an important basis for the statement that we are about to make.
We also take this opportunity to congratulate all the members of the United …
I wish to thank the Secretary-General for the report contained in document A/55/465, and other reports, which together provide a comprehensive report on the situation in Central America.
In paragraph 11 of resolution 54/118 of 15 December 1999, the General Assembly referred to the “new stage of con…
At the outset of this new century, we must face the prospect of an increasing number of humanitarian emergencies in various parts of the world.
In the 1990s 4 million people lost their lives in conflicts, and every year 150,000 perish in natural disasters. It therefore falls to the international co…
The Millennium Summit allowed us to
“reaffirm our faith in the Organization and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world”. (resolution 55/2, para. 1)
The challenge to the Member States is thus to make the United Nations a more effective tool for the at…
My delegation wishes to participate in the discussion on this item in order to support the work and recommendations submitted to the Assembly by the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa.
We should like to …
I have the honour of taking the floor on behalf of the
Latin American and Caribbean countries members of the Rio Group to speak on agenda item 37, entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the special session of the General Assembly in this regard”.
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Ten years after the holding of the World Summit for Children and the achievement of the most-ratified human rights instrument in history for the protection of children, we are finding that many of the promises made in that framework have not been kept.
Nonetheless, during the special session of the…
I take this opportunity to thank Member States for the support they showed by electing Colombia as a non- permanent member of the Security Council for the period 2001-2002. Colombia assumes that challenge with a great sense of responsibility, and will maintain positions that conform strictly to the …
I would like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for preparing and presenting his report on the work of the Organization, contained in document A/55/1. At the fifty-fourth session, my delegation expressed its positions and participated in the debate and consideration of many of the issues a…
The unanimous decision taken at the fifty-second session of the General Assembly to declare the year 2000 the International Year for the Culture of Peace charted the course for the beginning of this new century, a century in which the culture of war and the solving of conflicts through violent means…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at the current session. I am confident that under your able guidance our deliberations will yield success. I also wish to thank your predecessor for his leadership and for the his exemplary work as President of …
