For some 21 years, the issue of the expansion of the Security Council in both the permanent and the non-permanent categories has been before us. And for the last seven years, that issue has been extensively and intensively examined by the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Represe…
I wish to congratulate you most warmly, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month, during which you have already displayed your diplomatic and political acumen. May I also extend our gratitude to your predecessor, Ambassador Wang Yingfan.
Let me, at the outse…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting on the crisis in Sierra Leone. I am taking the floor in my capacity as Coordinator of the Eastern Africa subregion.
Ostensibly, we are here today to urgently consider the abrupt and shocking deterioration of the peacekeeping effort in Sier…
I wish to extend to the President the warm congratulations of my delegation on his election to preside over the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. We are on the verge of what may be a defining moment in the direction and capabilities of the Organization. His vast diplomatic experience ass…
It is with a measure of both pride and sadness that I bring to the attention of the General Assembly the revised draft resolution (A/51/L.37/Rev.1) on “Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic and social rehabilitation of Somalia”. There is pride in the simple fact that so many Members of…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/51/L.32.Rev.1, entitled “Assistance for the reconstruction and development of Djibouti”, on behalf of the following sponsors: Angola, Belize, Cameroon, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Gabon, Haiti, Honduras, Jord…
My delegation offers its warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at what will certainly be a crucial session. We have come to know you over the years, and have never failed to admire and appreciate your relentless activism, plain-speaking and v…
It is impossible for people of goodwill who are deeply committed to the cause of peace in this world, and particularly in the Middle East, to find
But the destruction of the United Nations compound in Qana, filled as it was with refugees, must go down as one of the most heinous acts of this long an…
On behalf of the delegation of Djibouti, I should like to introduce draft resolution A/50/L.33, “Assistance for the reconstruction and development of Djibouti”.
As members will note, this year’s updated draft resolution is designed to deal with the current situation in our country. Although its for…
The twin questions of the enlargement of the Security Council and equitable representation, issues which date their formal emergence as far back as the thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly, have reached a critical mass. There have been two years of detailed and extensive discussions in the …
I should like first to welcome the important initiative taken by 44 States and Governments in the francophone world, stretching from America to Asia by way of Europe and Africa, of submitting to the General Assembly a draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency f…
The United Nations has today reached a historic turning-point for at this session, we are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its founding. I am convinced that this Assembly will benefit greatly from the President’s vast experience as a distinguished jurist. On behalf of my delegation, I would l…
Mr. President, we recognize the gravity of the issue that the Arab Group is bringing before the Council at this time, and we are confident that under your experienced, wise and balanced direction, the deliberations of the Council are in steady hands. We wish to express our deep appreciation for the …
My delegation is very appreciative of the thoughtful initiative taken by the French delegation on the important issue of transparency in the work of the Security Council. In fact, it was during his statement before the General Assembly in September this year that the Foreign Minister of France, Mr. …
My delegation is very pleased to welcome to the Security Council the Minister for External Relations of Angola, Mr. Venâncio De Moura; I thank him deeply for his very important statement. Equally, we are delighted to see in our midst Maître Alouin Blondin Beye, the Special Representative of the Secr…
My delegation is very pleased to welcome you, Sir, as our current President. We are certain that with your obvious dedication and tenacity you will provide the leadership and guidance the Council needs in these controversial times.
We also wish to express our deep appreciation for the very capable …
As we are all aware, the situation in the Bihac area, designated by the United Nations as a safe area has become very grave owing to the combined attack of the Croatian Serbs across the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and with the Bosnian Serb forces.
The involvement of Croatian Serbs into Bosnia,…
My delegation is pleased to have this opportunity to congratulate you, Madam President, on your election to the presidency of the Security Council. We are certain that all members of the Council share the trust we have in you and in your experience. We also wish to pay a well-deserved tribute to the…
At the outset I congratulate you, Sir, most warmly on your assumption of the
We also wish to express deep gratitude to Ambassador Yañez-Barnuevo for successfully and capably guiding the work of the Council last month.
My delegation deeply regrets Iraq’s recent hostile and provocative intentions, w…
It is a special pleasure and honour for me to extend to my brother, Amara Essy, my delegation’s warmest congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. He is a highly esteemed and valued friend to many of us, and we can rest assured that his vast dipl…
