At the outset, I should like to welcome Mr. Hans Haekkerup, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Mr. Haekerrup’s very first visit to the Council is taking place at a particularly sensitive time in the contex…
At the outset, allow me to express to you, Sir, my great satisfaction at seeing you preside over the work of the Security Council and to extend to Ambassador Saïd Ben Mustapha our gratitude and admiration for the way in which he guided the Council’s work last month.
I also wish to thank you for hav…
I am delighted to have this opportunity to make a statement in place of Ambassador Abdallah Baali, who is unable to attend this meeting.
We again have the opportunity to discuss the question of Palestine, an issue that has been on the General Assembly’s agenda since 1947. This issue has become perh…
Allow me, first of all, to pay tribute to Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab for the wise manner in which he led the work of the Open- ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and related matters.
I would also like to express our th…
Although the concept of a dialogue among civilizations emerged a long time ago, paradoxically it owes its new incarnation as much to the stimulus provided by the Iranian President, who proposed 2001 as the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, as to the dire prediction of a catastroph…
This third debate on Africa in the space of just 10 days is of particular importance, because it falls within the framework of the preliminary dialogue on preparation for the final review and evaluation of implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, wh…
First of all, I should like to say that my delegation associates itself with the statement made by the Permanent
Representative of Togo on behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).
Just one week ago, the General Assembly considered the question of peace and development in Africa on the ba…
I wish at the outset to convey the condolences of the Algerian
delegation to the delegations of Angola, the Russian Federation and Singapore on the loss of life resulting from the air disasters that took place yesterday and today.
The General Assembly’s consideration of agenda item 50, which relat…
I should like first of all, on my own behalf and that of the Algerian delegation, to convey to Mr. Holkeri heartfelt congratulations on his election to the
presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. I wish him every success in discharging his noble duties. The choice of Mr. Holk…
My delegation will be brief. We wish to take the floor following the statement made by the representative of Morocco.
My delegation spoke earlier to recall Algeria’s attachment to the Settlement Plan for the Western Sahara and to reiterate its position to encourage the international community, the …
My delegation fully endorses the statements by the representative of Mexico a few moments ago and in the Fifth Committee last week.
We believe that the resolution of the Western Sahara conflict lies in the self-determination referendum that is the cornerstone of the settlement plan. Through that re…
I would have preferred not to find myself in the difficult position of having to pay tribute to such an outstanding personality as His Excellency the late President Hafez Al-Assad. I was called by duty, after my colleagues in the Group of Arab States asked me to speak on their behalf, to pay tribute…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting to assess the developments in the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following the recent visit by the Security Council delegation to Africa. It is true that today’s meeting is being held within a particularly serious c…
First of all, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this important meeting on Sierra Leone in these particularly grave circumstances. On behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and on my own behalf, I should like to congratulate you warmly on you…
I am particularly pleased to be speaking to the Council on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity at a time when you, Mr. President, have taken up your important duties with such distinction, talent and modesty. I should like to congratulate you sincerely and also take t…
At its summit meeting in Algiers, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) declared 2000 the year of peace, security and solidarity on our continent. You yourself, Sir, chose to make the first month of the new millennium the “month of Africa”, which, in many ways, it effectively has been. In giving o…
May I at the outset express the appreciation and gratitude of my delegation to the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group on Security Council reform, and in particular to Ambassadors De Saram and Dahlgren for the skill and devotion with which they have guided the Working Group’s deliberations over t…
It is a very pleasant duty for me, Sir, to congratulate you on the unprecedented initiative you have taken today. Despite the fact that our statements have been limited to five minutes per delegation, it shows the importance that your country, and you personally, attach to Africa and its recovery.
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As the representative of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), it gives me pleasure to state the views of Algeria in today’s General Assembly debate on agenda item 46, “Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa”. I am espec…
