We welcome the initiative of the Council to hold a meeting on the Sudan here in the region, and we welcome also the fact that the Council, on this very special occasion, has adopted this resolution.
The main aim of our meeting in Nairobi, as well as that of this resolution, is to support the Sudane…
My delegation is grateful for the comprehensive and instructive briefing given by Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and we welcome the detailed progress report of the Secretary- General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET).
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Allow me first to say a few words with regard to the death of President Arafat. With the passing away of President Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian people have lost their historic leader. We offer our condolences to the bereaved family and to the Palestinian people. The life of Yasser Arafat testifies…
We greatly welcome this year’s debate marking the fourth anniversary of this important resolution and thank you, Sir, for having taken this important initiative. We particularly welcome the fact that the focus is on gender-based violence and on strategies addressing that problem.
I thank Mr. Guéhen…
Like other delegations, we would like to thank the Chairman of the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Denisov, for his detailed and substantial briefing, which my delegation fully endorses. We express our appreciation to him for the able way in which he has been conducting the CTC’s work…
We are here today to talk about Africa — a continent with enormous political momentum. Developments there are impressive, and their speed is breathtaking. We need only look back at the past five years and note how much Africa has been transformed in such a short period. The most visible evidence of …
We would like to associate ourselves with the call — made by the representatives of many delegations who have spoken before us — for bold and comprehensive reform of the United Nations system. We agree that such reform should aim for the greatest possible effectiveness, credibility, legitimacy and t…
Germany welcomes the adoption of today’s resolution by consensus. It will be a major contribution to strengthening the global fight against international terrorism. This resolution comes at a particularly appropriate time when, after serious and particularly atrocious terrorist attacks in several pa…
The Secretary-General’s report on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies (S/2004/616) is, in our view, a landmark document. It represents a significant step forward in conceptualizing the rule of law and transitional justice and in explaining their relevance…
Our position with regard to the solution of the Middle East conflict is well known; I do not have to repeat it here. I just wanted to say that we tried to introduce into the draft resolution a number of amendments that were important to my delegation and to my Government. We did not succeed in getti…
Mr. President, my delegation also welcomes you in the Chair and wishes you all possible success during your tenure. We would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Spain for the very able and efficient manner in which he conducted the business of the Council over the past month.
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I would like to thank President Obasanjo for briefing us on the Abuja peace
talks and for his efforts in bringing the parties in the Darfur crisis back to the negotiating table in Abuja.
The Security Council’s most recent resolution on Sudan, resolution 1564 (2004) of 18 September, stressed the im…
Let me first of all congratulate you, President Ping, on your election and wish you every success in your responsible post, and express my sincere thanks to the outgoing President for his dedicated work.
I endorse the statement of the Netherlands European Union presidency.
At the dawn of the twent…
Sir, we welcome your initiative to hold this debate in the Security Council. In the past two years, we have seen a renaissance of multilateral conflict management. The worldwide growth of United Nations missions makes that plain. Regional organizations, such as the European Union and the African Uni…
We welcome the fact that the Council has adopted resolution 1564 (2004). It addresses a situation in Darfur that was dramatic when the Council adopted resolution 1556 (2004) and is still dramatic today.
Since the end of July, we have seen some progress on the part of the Sudanese Government. It has…
First of all, I would like to thank the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al Qaeda and the Taliban and Associated Individuals and Entities, Ambassador Muñoz, as others have already done, for his comprehensive briefing, for his person…
Let me express my delegation’s shock at the crashes involving two civilian passenger aircraft yesterday in southern Russia. The German Government would like to convey its deepest condolences to the relatives of the victims.
My delegation is very grateful for the report of the Secretary-General (S/2…
My delegation is grateful for the comprehensive briefing we have just heard from Mr. Hédi Annabi. We also commend Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa for the work he has carried out as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Timor-Leste during the last three months.
Let me begin by saying that Ger…
Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I
welcome you to New York, and I wish you and your delegation all the best for the month of August — and, naturally, for the following months as well. Let me also thank the…
We welcome the fact that, after long and difficult negotiations, the Council has adopted this resolution. Negotiations are always a process of give and take, but in the end we believe that the signal the Council is now sending to Khartoum is unambiguous. The Government of the Sudan has been given a …
