I shall try to be as brief as my colleague from Benin. First of all, I should like to congratulate the mission’s members and, at their head, Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry on the quality of the work accomplished in a relatively short period of time.
As a result of their visit to the West African subre…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement Working Group on United Nations Reform and Revitalization of the General Assembly.
The Movement welcomes the adoption by consensus of the resolution on further measures for the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, conta…
I should like to thank the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda for their excellent briefings and for the highly commendable service they render daily to international justice and to our common cause of combating impunity.
Alger…
I should like at the outset to say to you, Madam Minister, how pleased I am to see you presiding over the work of our Council. I should like to thank you for having chosen this subject, which is very topical and relevant, as its consideration coincides with yesterday’s publication of the long-awaite…
May I first of all thank the Secretary-General for his fourth report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and Mr. Egeland for his presentation.
Beyond the 18-month reference period covered by the report, this debate offers the Security Council a good opportunity to undertake a five-year…
My delegation welcomes the recent conclusion in Naivasha, Kenya, of the three protocols to agreements that, along with those reached over the past two years, now pave the way to a peaceful settlement of the conflict that has gone on too long in the southern Sudan.
While we welcome the efforts under…
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution on the question of Cyprus because it is a response to the request made by the Government of Cyprus that the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) be maintained on the island beyond 15 June 2004.
My delegation would have preferred that, as was…
I will start my statement by paying a special and well-deserved tribute to my countryman Lakhdar Brahimi, without whom no resolution on Iraq would have been contemplated, let alone adopted.
The adoption of the resolution on Iraq constitutes an historic moment for the proud Iraqi people, who after t…
I would like first of all to associate myself with those who have expressed their appreciation and admiration to Ambassador Munir Akram and his able team for the remarkable manner in which Pakistan conducted our work last month. I would like also to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the p…
Allow me at the outset to welcome Minister Zebari to this important meeting of the Security Council. I thank him for responding to the Council’s invitation to engage in a dialogue with us today and to share his views and vision regarding the future of Iraq and what, on the eve of the restoration of …
As the Council holds its final public meeting of the month, I wish, Mr. President, to extend to you and to the other members of your delegation the appreciation of my delegation for the manner in which you have guided our work, which has been praiseworthy in every respect. I wish also to thank you f…
I thank Ambassador Muñoz for his informative briefing on the work of the 1267 Committee and the Monitoring Team and on his visit to several countries from 1 to 8 May. At the outset, we should note that the adoption of resolution 1526 (2004) was a further milestone in the conceptual framework of the …
I would like to join previous speakers in thanking Mr. Lubbers for his comprehensive and exhaustive briefing on the situation of refugee populations throughout the world. I would like to say a few words about the difficulties encountered by the High Commissioner and the humanitarian community in dea…
My delegation welcomes the Security Council’s adoption of a resolution on the situation in the Palestinian territory, a resolution that unambiguously condemns the killing that openly occurred in Rafah, where dozens of unarmed civilians, including many children, have
fallen victim to the bullets and…
I would like to thank Mr. Holkeri for his excellent introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2004/348) and for his briefing on the situation in Kosovo. I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro and thank him for addressing the Council.
The clashes and ac…
I should like at the outset to express my sincere condolences and sympathy to the Russian delegation following the horrible terrorist attack that claimed the lives of the President of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation, Mr. Akhmad Kadyrov, and others.
Next, I would like to thank Ambassa…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We are confident in your talents and in your ability to lead the Council’s work. I should also like to pay a well-deserved tribute to Ambassador Gunter Pleuger and his team for an admi…
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution just adopted unanimously because it considers that, in the absence of binding international rules preventing the acquisition and use by non-State actors of weapons of mass destruction, it is the responsibility of the Security Council to act, on a…
I would like to thank the States who have called for a public debate on an issue that clearly concerns all Member States of the Organization, since it has to do with addressing the threat of the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by non-State players. It is, therefore, essential to fac…
My delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution, but we deeply regret that the Security Council was unable to preserve the unity that it has always shown on the question of Cyprus. This lack of unanimity is particularly regrettable because it is being demonstrated at such a crucial moment for …
