First, let me thank Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for his
concise and very useful briefing. I should also like to point out that I associate myself with the statement that will be made by the Italian presidency of the European Union at a later stage in this meeting.
The series of violent…
Let me first thank you, Sir, for convening this morning’s meeting and for proposing such a timely and important topic for the Council’s discussion. This will be another highlight of the presidency you have held during the month of August in a very remarkable and impressive way. May we also wish you …
I would like to thank the representatives of the United States and the United Kingdom for the comprehensive update on the general situation in Iraq, the efforts being undertaken to restructure and reform that country and the implementation of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003), as well as for t…
We deeply deplore and condemn the ruthless killing of children in Kosovo on 13 August. We extend our sincere condolences to the families. The perpetrators of the attack have not yet been identified. Independent of their background, this is another attack in a progression of violent incidents that ha…
Germany voted in favour of resolution 1500 (2003). We believe that this decision by the Council today marks an important step. Germany has always advocated a vital role for the United Nations in Iraq, and we welcomed the recent suggestions of the Secretary-General in that regard as being of the utmo…
Let me first welcome Ambassador Sinclair and thank him very much for his very informative and complete report; we appreciated it very much. I would also like to thank the representative of Papua New Guinea for his statement. He gave us a very encouraging and positive assessment.
I am very pleased t…
First of all, I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General at this very important meeting. As this is the first time that I address you, Sir, in your new capacity as President of the Council, I would like to congratulate you and assure you that we will support your presidency as far as we can. I …
I have the feeling that everything has already been said, but not yet by everybody.
I would like to join other delegations in commending the work done by the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy, Mr. James Baker, in preparing this resolution. We welcome the fact that the Security Council has re…
Let me first join other delegations in warmly welcoming Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry, even during this temporary spell of non-permanence. We have been friends and colleagues for a long time, and we have been working together in the context of the European Union. I am also looking forward to worki…
First, Mr. President, I would like to join you and the Chinese Ambassador in
thanking Ambassador Greenstock for his cooperation in the Council and for his personal friendship. We will miss him when he is gone, and we wish him well in his new and very important job.
I wish to welcome His Excellency…
Germany remains fully committed to the fight against terrorism within the broadest possible international coalition.
We fully subscribe to the statement to be made later by the presidency of the European Union, and I will therefore limit my intervention to three specific points.
First of all, I wo…
Allow me, first of all, to welcome you, Madam, to this important meeting and to thank you for presiding over it.
I warmly welcome the presence of the Secretary- General; we are grateful for his important remarks at the beginning of the meeting and, in particular, for his recent comprehensive report…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and his team for their tireless and determined efforts to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We understand that the new Special Representative, Mr. Swing, has had a good start, and we would like to congratulate him…
Let me thank Mr. Guéhenno and Mr. Ramcharan for their reports. We strongly welcome the second public meeting of the Council with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We believe this dialogue between the Office and the Council sh…
As I did not take the floor yesterday, I would like to wish you well, Sir, in your presidency this month and also to thank Ambassador Lavrov and his whole team for the way he conducted the business of our Council last month.
I also want to associate myself with the statement that will later be made…
I think it is most appropriate that Under-Secretary-General Oshima’s last briefing to this Council should be on the issue of protection of civilians in armed conflict. No one in the United Nations system, I think, has done more to put the protection of civilians in armed conflict high on the United …
My delegation would like to thank Mr. Stephen and Ambassador Kumalo for their reports. I must say that these reports paint a very bleak picture of the situation in Guinea-Bissau. The country stands on the brink of collapse. The economic
situation is desolate. Good governance is absent. Freedom of t…
At the outset, I would also like to say how much we, my delegation and I myself, regret seeing Ambassador Wang depart, and I would like to thank him for his always friendly and professional collegiality that he has shared with everyone in this Council. I would like to wish him well in his future ver…
Germany supports the position of the European Union as expressed in the statement made by the Greek presidency earlier this morning. We agree, in particular, with the remarks pertaining to article 16 of the Rome Statute. We also share the views of the Secretary-General and the concerns expressed by …
I should like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for his comprehensive briefing.
My delegation welcomes the progress that has been achieved so far in Kosovo. However, we are also very concerned about the growing confrontational attitude in Kosovo towards the international community, a…
