One of the pledges the Czech Republic made when it campaigned for a non- permanent seat on the Security Council more than two years ago was that, if elected, it would actively encourage greater transparency in the Council’s working methods. We have kept that promise.
We take part in the Open-ended …
Since this is the first time my delegation has spoken this month at a formal meeting of the Security Council, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December. I should also like to express my delegation’s deep appreciation to Ambassador Al-…
Allow me, at the outset, to join other representatives in praising the memory of Yitzhak Rabin. Mr. Rabin was a friend of my country, and his last meeting, in New York, with its President, Václav Havel, is something about which I shall talk to my grandchildren.
In September 1993, when representativ…
The report of the Security Council to the General Assembly should be of interest to the public for two reasons: on the one hand, we are interested in what the Council did; on the other hand, we are interested in how its work is captured in the report.
What the Security Council actually does is a ma…
The Czech Republic has always considered the relationship between Croats and Serbs within Croatia, as well as between Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to be a critical one for the entire region. The siege of Vukovar, the shelling of Dubrovnik, the “ethnic cleansing” of Eastern Slavoni…
We speak here today not only as a member of the Security Council but also as a participant in the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) — the only European participant and, apart from China, the only participant among Council members. Thus, we feel a special responsibility for the care…
My delegation offers its congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of our Council, and we also most warmly congratulate your predecessor, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, for having managed to get all our work done last month, the United Nations jubilee celebrations notwithstanding…
Let me join previous speakers in congratulating you, Madam President, on presiding over this very special meeting of the Security Council.
The United Nations is turning 50, but the idea behind it is much older. Our Organization was established as a consequence of the Second World War and is based o…
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), has received yet again a clean bill of health from the Co- Chairmen of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) concerning its maintaining a sealed border with the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and concerning its co…
My delegation, too, will miss our dear neighbour, Ambassador Mérimée, that paragon of diplomatic skill, unfailing courtoisie, sartorial excellence and la francophonie. We wish him all the best in Rome.
A year ago a Security Council mission visited Mozambique to see what more the Security Council co…
Since this is the first time my delegation has spoken this month, allow me first, Sir, to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September and to express our gratitude to Ambassador Nugroho Wisnumurti and his team for the way they conducted the business …
Burundi has for some time now been balancing on the edge of a precipice. With an ethnic composition very similar to that of neighbouring Rwanda and with distrust between the two
The differences between the two countries, however, are very important as well. While Hutus constitute an overwhelming ma…
One year after the end to the genocide in Rwanda, one year after the end of the civil war, Rwandan authorities and the people of Rwanda have accomplished a very great deal in reconstructing their country. For this, they deserve our admiration and congratulations.
Problems remain, of course. Of thes…
This is the first time my delegation has spoken this month, Mr. President, so let me at the outset congratulate you on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council and thank Ambassador Martínez Blanco for the job he and his delegation did last month.
The Government of Croatia has long inte…
This Council expressed itself on the situation in Srebrenica and Zepa last month, and what concerns us here today is the aftermath of the Bosnian Serbs’ overrunning of these two safe areas — if that is the right expression.
Several thousand men and boys are missing. Bosnian Serb authorities have be…
Allow me, too, to congratulate you, Sir, on your service as your country’s representative on the Security Council this year, culminating in your skilful management of the Council as its President this month. Your tenure among us has amounted to a fitting capstone to your long and distinguished diplo…
The disparity between the objectives and the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), on the one hand, and the wherewithal at its disposal, on the other has always been one of the most vexing problems bedeviling that operation. In seeking compliance with Security Council resolution…
Mr. President, first allow me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I should also like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Mérimée of France and his delegation for the excellent way in which the affairs of the Council were guided la…
First of all, I would like on behalf of my delegation to congratulate, through their respective delegations, Judges Kama, Khan and Pillay on their election. I have been in touch with Mr. Jirˇi Toman, the candidate offered by the Czech Republic, and in view of the developments in the voting he has au…
The position of my country on the current situation in Jerusalem was expressed through you, Mr. President, when you delivered the statement of the European Union during the Council’s recent meeting on this agenda item. Today I shall add just one or two remarks.
Whatever the motivations for doing so…
