I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I should also like to congratulate France for its work last month.
We are grateful to Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing and to you, Sir, for your briefing on the outcome of the Berlin conference.
Spain fully s…
My delegation voted in favour of the resolution for the reasons we stated a few days ago in this Chamber, which were based on the two main ideas contained in last week’s declaration by the Council of Ministers of the European Union.
Spain opposes any terrorist acts, whatever their source and whatev…
We thank the Secretariat for submitting the report of the Secretary-General on ways to combat subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa (S/2004/200). We also thank Nana Akufo-Addo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of the Economic Communit…
My delegation associates itself with the statement that the representative of Ireland will make later on behalf of the European Union.
In this and other forums, my country has repeatedly and firmly opposed extrajudicial killings. Consequently, we express our rejection and our condemnation of the ex…
I wish to express my gratitude for the presence in our midst of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Germany and of Serbia and Montenegro, as well as that of the Secretary-General.
My delegation fully endorses the statement to be made later by the European Union presidency.
We vigorously condemn t…
My country fully supports the report of the Counter- Terrorism Committee, presented by the Chairman. I will refer very briefly to the important need to revitalize the Committee.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee has carried out praiseworthy work that may nonetheless prove to be sorely inadequate in t…
We are glad to welcome the presence here of the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Adnan Terzic. I also wish to thank the High Representative for his outstanding work in Bosnia and Herzegovina since he took up his tasks, and in particular for the full report on what was achieved in the la…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting of the Security Council. My delegation welcomes the presence of the Ministers of the Bahamas and Jamaica.
First, Spain expresses its profound concern at the grave situation affecting Haiti at this moment. Unfortunately, the crisis has only det…
I want to thank the delegations of the United States and the United Kingdom for the valuable information that they have provided to us. We listened attentively to the account of the major efforts they are making in the face of considerable difficulties — areas of shadow — to which Ambassador Negropo…
My delegation, too, welcomes the presence here of Foreign Minister Ramos-Horta. Spain is also grateful for the excellent, detailed and comprehensive report of the Secretary-General (S/2004/117), which takes into account the conclusions of the technical assessment mission of the Secretariat that was …
We are grateful to Mr. Kalomoh for having introduced this very interesting report from the Secretary-General (S/2004/52), on which I would like to make a few brief comments.
Regarding the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the progress made in the peace process since the Security Co…
I wish to begin by expressing my profound appreciation to you, Mr. President, for the very gracious gesture of wishing to pay tribute to the memory of my colleague and compatriot, Ambassador Jaime de Piniés.
I met Ambassador De Piniés — probably the most popular and best-known Spanish diplomat of t…
My delegation associates itself with the condemnation that you, Mr. President, made on behalf of the Security Council with respect to the brutal terrorist attack in Moscow and with the condolences conveyed to the Government and the people of Russia.
We congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of t…
I wish to thank the Chilean delegation for organizing this debate, which gives us the opportunity to delve more deeply into a subject of great importance.
We endorse the statement to be made by the representative of Ireland on behalf of the European Union.
Despite more than half a century of exper…
My delegation believes, first, that the added value of missions to the work of the Council largely depends on good follow-up to the recommendations made in the ensuing reports. We feel in particular that, in the course of such missions, when concrete undertakings have been made by the authorities of…
It is a pleasure for me, Madam, to see you presiding over the Council today. The fact that you chose this day to do so is clear evidence of your personal commitment, and that of your country, to ending the tragedy of children in armed conflict.
My country wishes to associate itself with the stateme…
Our thanks to the Department for Disarmament Affairs for this excellent report (S/2003/1217) on how the Council can contribute to dealing with the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. The recommendations of the report have Spain’s firm support and the conclusions that can
be drawn from it…
I am most grateful for the complete and detailed briefing you have given us, Sir, on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999). As the representative of Ireland will speak on behalf of the European Union, I shall confine my statement to a few brief comments.
The fight…
Spain endorses the content of the draft resolution on the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. However, we would like to clarify our position on operative paragraph 4 of the draft, which relates to the need to continue developing and expanding partnerships between the Institute and ot…
I am pleased to see such an important presence in the
delegation of Bulgaria here, with the Minister for Foreign Affairs presiding over this important meeting. We would also like to welcome and express our thanks to Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing.
Spain fully endorses the statement that will be mad…
