Denmark is pleased to have been a sponsor of the resolution just adopted, improving the delisting procedures of all the Security Council sanctions committees. In our assessment, that is the best achievable result at this point in time, and certainly a step in the right direction.
Improving the list…
I would like to thank the representatives of the two Tribunals for their reports to the Security Council.
Denmark has always been and remains a strong supporter of the Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. This is the fourth time during our membership of the Council that we have the oppor…
Denmark abstained in the voting on the resolution on the question of Western Sahara. Every year for the past 18 years, with the exception of the year 2004, the parties have been able to arrive at a consensus text on the issue of Western Sahara. We deeply regret that a consensus was not reached this …
I, like others, would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Rücker, for his useful briefing. I would also like to thank the President of the Coordination Centre of the Republic of Serbia …
Mr. President, let me begin by thanking you for convening this important debate. Let me also thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive briefing and report.
The complexity of these issues requires that we sometimes take a step back and look at the picture from a distance. The Secretary-Gener…
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to the important issue of Security Council reform and expansion.
The 2005 World Summit clearly spelled out the need for early reform of the Security Council. We have seen progress on working methods, but when it comes to expansion we are facing a stalemate…
I, too, would like to thank the Special Representative, Ambassador Qazi, for his statement, as well as Ambassador Sanders for her statement on behalf of the Multinational Force.
While the political process in Iraq since 2003 in many ways has been successful, the current situation in Iraq presents a…
I would like first of all to thank Ambassador Oshima for his excellent leadership of the Security Council’s mission to Afghanistan last month and for his report to the Council. Denmark fully supports the report and its recommendations. I would, however, like to make a few comments and observations i…
Last year we ended the High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS with the adoption of the Political Declaration, setting out the key priorities for our continued fight against this global epidemic. Important work has taken place since then, as shown in the report of the Secretary-General. Much of that work has…
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting on children affected by armed conflicts. I would also like to express our gratitude to the Secretary-General, the Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict, the Executive Director of UNICEF and Mr. Oling Olang,…
I would like to begin by joining others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland for his comprehensive briefing. Let me take this opportunity to comment on the situation in the Sudan and the recent positive developments with regard to the situation in Northern Uganda. All the while, I would l…
We did not intend to touch upon the situation in Lebanon in our statement today, since the Council will soon revert to the matter when we take stock of the implementation of resolution 1701 (2006). However, today’s assassination of the Lebanese Minister for Industry requires that we react.
First of…
Regrettably, Denmark was not in a position to support the draft resolution (S/2006/878) just considered. The draft resolution addresses issues of great concern to my Government. If it had included a more thorough recognition of the complexities on the ground, my delegation would have liked to vote i…
Denmark aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by Finland on behalf of the European Union.
Yet again, we are called to this Chamber by the tragic loss of civilian life in Gaza. Yet again, we are called upon to consider how we can restore hope to the people of the Middle East and how we ca…
I should like to join others in welcoming the High Representative, Dr. Schwarz- Schilling, and the acting Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Adnan Terzić, to the Council. I thank both of them for their interesting statements on the developments on the ground in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
I …
Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and thereby once again directing the attention of the Security Council to the indispensable role of women in all efforts to build and maintain peace and security. Let
me also thank all four speakers for their introductions to o…
Let me start by thanking the Special Coordinator, Mr. De Soto, for his briefing to us
today. Let me also say that Denmark fully aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the Permanent Representative of Finland on behalf of the European Union. Allow me to make the following remarks.
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The global game has changed. Interdependence and globalization are occurring at an unprecedented speed. With globalization, the concept of national sovereignty has changed. The international order based on the nation State — established in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia — is being challenged. Non…
Denmark welcomes this opportunity to discuss how to address the urgent and serious situation in the Middle East. The momentum created by our common efforts to end the hostilities in Lebanon and to put in place a process leading to lasting peace must be used to revive the Middle East peace process. A…
Let me first express my gratitude to you, my colleague Dora Bakoyannis, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank Secretary- General Kofi Annan for submitting his report (S/2006/590) and in particular, for the very useful and practical recommendat…
