My delegation would also like to welcome the distinguished Member of the Collective Presidency of the Liberian National Transitional Government, Alhaji G. V. Kromah, and to thank him for sharing with us his views on the situation in Liberia.
Germany voted in favour of extending the mandate of the U…
First of all, I welcome this opportunity to have an open debate on the situation in Liberia in general and on the role of the United Nations there. We feel that the report of the Secretary-General is a solid basis for this debate, and we are grateful for that report. A debate of this kind can give v…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, upon your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I am sure that the experience you bring to this task will be of great help in our work
Let me briefly comment at the outset on a development which, until now, has been discussed only in our informal cons…
The report of the Secretary- General on violations of international humanitarian law committed by Bosnian Serbs in the areas of Srebrenica, Zepa, Banja Luka and Sanski Most is a sad and particularly worrying summary of the current state of information on the key issues of missing persons, executions…
Germany took an active part in the discussions that preceded this meeting, under the able and energetic chairmanship of Argentina and with very helpful contributions from New Zealand. We fully subscribe to the Statement made by Ambassador Cárdenas summarizing the outcome of these talks. Before brief…
Germany is pleased to introduce the draft resolution whose two parts are entitled “Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan” and “The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security”.
The draft resolutio…
Although we are already approaching the end of the first half of your presidency, Sir, it may not be too late for me to state the pleasure I derive from working in the Security Council under your able guidance. It is well in line with the kind and successful stewardship of last month’s President, th…
As this is the first time this month we have spoken in this Chamber, I, too, should like, on behalf of my delegation, to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. Your skills, your eloquence and your ability to persuade will certai…
I hope to please you, Mr. Acting President, and my colleagues here in the Assembly Hall by being very brief.
Let me begin by saying that as a member of the European Union, Germany fully endorses the joint statement presented earlier by the representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union. Th…
Allow me at the outset to associate my delegation with what has been said today by the President of the Security Council, the permanent representative of Oman, Ambassador Al-Khussaiby. In addition to his remarks I want to say the following.
We welcome the presentation of the report of the Security …
Our purpose today is to welcome and thus to strengthen and consolidate the Basic Agreement on Eastern Slavonia which was signed on 12 November in Erdut between the Croatian Government and the local Serb representatives.
This Agreement and the understanding on it reached by President Tudjman and Pre…
For the third consecutive time, the General Assembly is discussing the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council. Last year, we spoke before the General Assembly and expressed our thanks to the Chairman of the informal Working Group and to both Vi…
Germany voted in favour of this resolution giving the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) an enlarged mandate. We believe that this is necessary to enable UNOMIL to play an effective role in the further peace process. We wish to stress, however, that UNOMIL can be effective only with…
On 30 October the German delegation took the initiative in the Security Council for another energetic attempt to establish the fate and the whereabouts of the missing Bosnian men from Srebrenica, Zepa and the wider Banja Luka area. We are gratified that this initiative has now led, thanks to the eff…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Austria and Liechtenstein as well as of my own country. Unlike many preceding speakers, I do not have the privilege of expressing myself in my own language, but I am, of course, happy to use one of the working languages of the United Nations.
Germany, Austria…
Please accept my warm congratulations, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fiftieth session. At the same time, I wish to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Essy, for his successful work.
The United Nations 50 years on — that makes this session of the General Assembly a…
Madam President, I too would like to express our pleasure at the fact that you, as the Foreign Minister of Italy, and as a woman, have assumed the office of President of the Security Council.
This special session today manifests our resolve to take stock after fifty years and jointly to look to the…
Germany is a sponsor of the draft before the Council. We welcome the fact that recent developments have made it possible to suspend certain sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), not for 75 or 100, but for 180 days.
The latest report of the Mission of the International Conferen…
Most often when the Security Council meets to discuss the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina the reason for our meeting is another painful turn of events, with more human suffering and a further deterioration of the situation.
Today we meet under different circumstances. Today, as the German Forei…
I should like first to extend to you, Sir, my delegation’s congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of September. My delegation is ready to work closely with you during your period in office. I would also like to express the thanks and appreciation of my dele…
