At the outset, Sir, I wish to congratulate you most warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are confident that your sound diplomatic skills will continue effectively to guide us. Equally, we would like to express our deep gratitude to your predecessor, Ambassado…
Today we adopted a resolution on the situation in Haiti, based upon two recent reports of the Secretary-General updating us on the ever-worsening events there and presenting the Council with clear and unmistakable options for its consideration as it strove to reach a workable decision. This is not a…
It is not easy to convey the profound feelings of joy and the sense of a job well done that accompany the return to our family of our brothers and sisters from South Africa. Gone is the hateful regime of apartheid, which symbolized that country’s official policy and attitude for so long: so stunning…
My delegation has made no effort to disguise its shock, disgust and disbelief at the
Notwithstanding the ominous foreboding in the Secretary-General’s report of 20 April 1994, the Council elected to reduce the size and mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) in the fain…
At the outset, Sir, I wish to congratulate you most warmly, on assuming the presidency the Council for this month. In view of your vast experience and abundant skills, I have no doubt that we are in good hands. I wish also to express my delegation’s deep gratitude for the exemplary manner in which
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My delegation has read with considerable interest the further report (S/1994/614) of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM), dated 24 May 1994. It seems to reflect the mood of the international community: one of anticipation and appreciation, but also of hope.
Alm…
Mr. President, my delegation wishes warmly to welcome you to the Security Council. We are honoured, indeed pleased, to have you presiding over this important meeting today. It is quite fitting that an African country so heavily involved in the challenge and demise of apartheid, most notably as Chair…
If there is a positive development in the relentless Rwandan tragedy, it is the apparently universal recognition that in some significant way the international community must now become directly involved. The approach of letting events run their course while diplomatic attempts were intensified to b…
My delegation would like to take this opportunity to welcome you warmly, Sir, and congratulate you wholeheartedly on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are certain that with your considerable experience and your rare and proven skills you will provide the leadership …
My delegation would like to take this opportunity to warmly welcome you, Sir, to our deliberations and to express our appreciation at your participation. We also wish to warmly welcome the Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Contact Group and the Secretary General of the OI…
What we are witnessing in Gorazde is the incredible spectacle of a city being brutalized and overrun with impunity, while bearing the assurances of the entire international community that it will be protected as a "safe area". As with other declared "safe areas", Gorazde’s normal population has swel…
The latest report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Rwanda, of today’s date, makes for very sobering reading. This terrible tragedy in Rwanda continues to sadden my delegation deeply. With its unacceptable loss of life and its striking physical destruction, this crisis is no doubt an outw…
I should like to congratulate you most sincerely, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Djibouti, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. I am convinced that under your leadership, thanks to your great diplomatic experience and talents, the work of the Coun…
Mr. President, my delegation has been aided immensely in its consideration of the multitude of events taking place in Bosnia and Croatia, and in the other areas of the former Yugoslavia, by the excellent, in-depth reports of the Secretary-General and his communications with you. We feel that they ha…
Sir, at the outset I wish to congratulate you most warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I have no doubt that your consummate diplomatic skills, vast experience and, of course, your congeniality, will serve the Council well during your stewardship.
My delegation…
I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Ambassador Insanally on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session. I am confident that his great experience and wisdom will guarantee the success of this session.
I wish also to pay a tribute to the President o…
I take great pleasure in congratulating, on behalf of my delegation, the President on his election to preside over this thirty-seventh session of the General Asser:nbly. We ar.: convinced that his qualities as an experienced diplomat and his deep faith in the principles and purposes of ~he Charter w…
The question of Palestine has engaged all the peace-loving forces of the international community ever since the land of Pal- estine was partitioned into a Jewish State, which has since existed as a cancerous outgrowth of an illegiti- mate birth, and a Palestinian State which never was. The Palestini…
The General As- sembly is once again debating another annual report on the question of Palestine. It is very unfortunate that this same question has been on the agenda of the General As- sembly for the past 3";' consecutive years and has not been treated in its proper perspective. This is because Is…
Allow me, Sir, on behalf of my delegation, to congratulate you most warmly on your election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth session of the General As- sembly. My delegation is pleased to see as President a representative of a brother country, the Republic of Iraq, with which my country h&s fra…
