Three weeks ago, when the Security Council failed to adopt a resolution that would have condemned the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, and all terrorist acts against civilians, and would have called for the cessation of all acts of violence, including acts of terrorism, I warned the Council tha…
I would like, first of all, to thank the delegation of Germany for having proposed this subject for discussion. Its importance for the work of the Security Council is absolutely clear. I would also like to welcome the President of the World Bank and the President of Siemens and thank them for their …
I should like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his excellent briefing on the situation in Kosovo.
The briefing he just delivered described the grave inter-ethnic confrontation and violence that shook Kosovo in March and from which United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) …
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to tell you how pleased I am to see you presiding over the Security Council and to express our gratitude to Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sablière and his team, whose work deserves recognition by the Council. Let me also thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his clear
and comp…
I am pleased to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over the Council today. I am also pleased at the presence and the very valuable contributions of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at this meeting.
My deleg…
Four days after the horrendous assassination of Sheikh Yassin and six other Palestinians, blown up by an Israeli missile as they were leaving a mosque, the Security Council has been unable to produce either a presidential statement or a resolution condemning that extrajudicial killing and calling fo…
Israel has committed a very grave crime. It has killed an elderly sheikh — a quadriplegic who was leaving a mosque in his wheelchair — and six other Palestinians. That crime, which cannot be justified and which was perpetrated in cold blood, in the middle of the day, was the result of a decision tak…
Mr. President, I would like to thank you for having organized this emergency meeting, following the serious deterioration of the security situation in Kosovo. I would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro and to thank him for having come to New York to give u…
I would like to thank Ambassador Arias for his excellent briefing and for his efforts to enable the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC) to fully carry out its mission. I would also like to thank him, as well as the other members of the CTC, for the reports of 14 November 2003 and 19 February 2004 (S/…
I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council and to convey our gratitude to Ambassador Wang and his delegation for their effective and competent guidance of our work last month.
I wish also to thank High Representative Lord Paddy Ashdown for his comprehensive…
Let me begin by thanking the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Jamaica and of the Bahamas for their statements. They shed sobering light on the tragic situation in Haiti, which is growing in scope and gravity with every passing hour. Indeed, in recent days the situation in Haiti has sharply worsened,…
My delegation listened very attentively and with a great deal of interest to the report on the situation in Iraq submitted under Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) by the Ambassadors of the United States and the United Kingdom, who represent the Coalition Provisional Authority. Their briefings,…
May I first thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing and his analysis. We thank the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and Mr. Sharma for the excellent work accomplished. I also want to welcome the presence of Mr. Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is one of t…
I thank Mr. Kalomoh for his excellent introduction of the progress report of the Secretary-General on Central Africa (S/2004/52). When we considered the report of the Secretary-General on West Africa (see S/PV.4899), I could not help drawing a parallel with Central Africa and noting the striking sim…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to express our gratitude to
Ambassador Muñoz and his delegation for conducting our work efficiently last month. I would also like to express my deepest condolences to the Russian delegation after…
Allow me at the outset to thank the delegation of Chile for taking the initiative of organizing this debate on a question
which is clearly central to the mission of our Organization. I also thank Ambassador Muñoz for enabling our discussion of this question with the non- governmental organizations …
I should like first of all, Mr. President, to thank you for having convened this open debate on the follow-up to the report of the Security Council mission to West Africa.
I should like also to convey to the Secretary- General our deepest appreciation for his report on the implementation of the obs…
Allow me first of all, Madam, very sincerely to thank you for having convened and for presiding over the fifth debate on this extremely important topic. Algeria is gratified that the United Nations system has taken a holistic approach to combat illegality and silence and that it has mobilized to saf…
Algeria welcomes the attention that the Security Council continues to devote to the issue of small arms, whose importance for the maintenance of international peace and security is now self-evident. I thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2003/1217) and Mr. Abe for his excellent introductio…
First, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and on the praiseworthy manner in which you are leading the Council’s work. I also thank you and all members of the Council for the welcome and assistance that the Algerian delegation has received …
