My delegation, too, thanks the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Arias, for his detailed and substantial report.
The fight against terrorism within the broadest possible international coalition remains one of Germany’s most important policy objectives. Our internationall…
First of all, I would like to thank Ambassador Wang Guangya for the able and efficient way in which he guided our work last month. I would also like to welcome Ambassador De La Sablière to the presidency and to assure him of my delegation’s full cooperation. It is a great pleasure to see the High Re…
We welcome the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Jamaica and the Bahamas. We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely meeting of the Security Council this afternoon to consider the political impasse, the humanitarian crisis and human rights violations in Haiti.
Germany f…
I would like to thank Ambassador Negroponte and Ambassador Jones Parry for the update on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003).
As regards the political development, we welcome the most thorough evaluation and findings of the United Nations fact-finding mission led by the Se…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting and for inviting Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, whose presence we welcome. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2004/117) and to thank Under-Secretary-Gene…
I would like to join other delegations in thanking Mr. Kalomoh for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General. We would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting, because we welcome this opportunity for an in-depth discussion of the situation in the Central African su…
I should like first of all to express the deep shock of my Government at this morning’s attack on the metro in Moscow, and to extend the condolences of the German Government to the Russian people, and especially to the families that have been affected by that insidious terrorist attack.
We would li…
First of all, I should like to thank Mr. Kalomoh, Mr. Malloch Brown and Ms. McAskie for their briefings initiating today’s debate. I present my remarks in anticipation of a more comprehensive statement to be made later by the representative of Ireland on behalf of the European Union. We fully endors…
First of all, I should like to thank Mr. Kalomoh for the introduction of the Secretary-General’s report.
The Security Council mission to the West African subregion concluded that a regional approach was necessary in order effectively to address the continued existence of regional factors of instabi…
Madam President, let me first of all, like other speakers, welcome you to the chair of this discussion. It shows the importance that you attach to this issue under discussion in the Council, and we appreciate that very much.
In this debate almost exactly one year ago, I spoke about helpless outrage…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement of the European Union, which will be delivered later by the Irish Presidency.
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2003/1217), and we also welcome this debate on a subject that has quite a peculiar relationship to international peace and s…
Let me first congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council in the first month of the new year. We wish you all the best. We also welcome the new members of the Council, and my
delegation promises to cooperate fully and a very constructive way with all our new c…
I would like, Sir, to welcome your presence in the Chair, which underlines the importance that you attach to this meeting. We would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his very concise and comprehensive briefing. From what we have heard, I feel that, in the future as well, Kosovo…
First of all, I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Danilo Türk for his detailed and very comprehensive report. I would also like to highly commend the personnel of the United Nations Political Office (UNPOB) in Bougainville and its head, Mr. Noel Sinclair, for the outstanding work they …
Mr. President, I would like to begin my remarks by thanking you for having convened this open debate and by especially thanking the Under-Secretary-General Egeland for his comprehensive and detailed statement, in particular the outline of the 10 action points that build on the road map. I associate …
First of all, I would like to thank Deputy President Zuma and the President of the Economic and Social Council, Ambassador Gert Rosenthal, for their very comprehensive and encouraging statements.
Allow me to commend South Africa for its successful mediation efforts in Burundi. After the unsuccessfu…
First, I would like to thank Mr. Kalomoh for his briefing. I would also like to associate myself with the statement to be made later in this discussion by the European Union presidency.
The informative report of the Secretary-General underscores the fact that despite encouraging developments, the C…
The resolution just adopted establishes a follow-up Committee to the Committee established pursuant to resolution 661 (1990), which was terminated on 21 November, according to resolution 1483 (2003). Germany has approved this resolution because we attach great importance to continuity as regards the…
First of all, I would like to thank our colleagues from the United States and the United Kingdom for the update on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003), in particular for their assessment of the security conditions and the progress reported in the humanitarian and economic s…
At the outset, I would like to extend my delegation’s condolences to the Governments of Turkey and the United Kingdom for the tragic loss of life caused by the insidious bombing attack this morning in Istanbul.
My delegation associates itself fully with the concise statement that the representative…
