We are grateful for the introduction of the report of the Secretary-General. We also welcome the work done by the Head of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville, Ambassador Noel Sinclair, and his team. I would also like to convey my appreciation to Mr. Danilo Türk.
The conclusion of st…
I would first like to thank Mr. Egeland for his very interesting and comprehensive briefing. My delegation would also like to express its thanks to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their work in developing a culture of protection, which we feel is at the heart of the issue…
Many thanks to Deputy President Zuma for being here with us and for his briefing and also for the central role that his country and that he himself have been playing and continue to play with regard to the question on Burundi.
The signing on 8 October of the Pretoria Protocol on Political, Defence …
As regards operative paragraph 1 of the draft resolution, my delegation would like to state once again the well known position of the Government of Spain, according to which terrorism is a unique phenomenon that should not be further qualified.
As President Aznar pointed out in his statement to the…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting on the Central African region. Thanks also go to Mr. Kalomoh for presenting the interim report of the
multidisciplinary assessment mission to the Central African subregion (S/2003/1077), which took place in June.
My delegation associates it…
We are grateful to the delegations of the United States and the United Kingdom for the report they have just given Council members, pursuant to Council resolution 1483 (2003).
We express our satisfaction with the fact that the presentation of this report has taken place in an open meeting of the Co…
My delegation, too, would like express its vigorous condemnation of the recent attacks in Istanbul. We extend our sympathy to the families of the victims and to the Governments of Turkey and of the United Kingdom.
We are grateful to the Angolan presidency for having convened this open meeting on th…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to congratulate you on again including this important matter in the programme of work of the Council. As has been said by other delegations, reviewing the process of implementation of resolution 1308 (2000) is something that we have not done for over two years…
First of all, Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you and to wish you every success in the coming month. I also hail your wise initiative to bring this very important topic to the Council Chamber. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno and Ambassador Dahinden for their presenc…
As the representative of Spain and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), I am honoured to introduce draft resolution A/58/L.10 on the annual report of the IAEA. The following countries, along with Spain, are sponsors of the text: Argentina, Australia, A…
Spain would like to express appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Holkeri for his comprehensive briefing to the Security Council. Spain fully endorses the statement to be made later by the Permanent Representative of Italy on behalf of the European Union.
We believe that the priorities established by t…
I wish to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his comprehensive and informative briefing and also to underscore his personal interest in and commitment to this issue.
Let me begin by emphasizing a fact mentioned earlier by other speakers. Regrettably, recent decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the num…
I thank Mr. Sevan for his briefing, and I want to express my delegation’s appreciation for his work and for his clear, comprehensive and well-written report. Because this programme must conclude on 21 November, we also wish to congratulate the staff of the Office of the Iraq Programme and United Nat…
I wish to convey the Spanish delegation’s unreserved satisfaction that this resolution, so important for the future of Iraq, was unanimously adopted. Spain was a resolute sponsor of the draft resolution, convinced that it constituted an important step towards improving the lives of the them and rest…
I would like to express our gratitude for the Secretary- General’s report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and for Mr. Sharma’s briefing.
Spain endorses the statement to be made by the delegation of Italy on behalf of the European Union. I shall therefore limit my co…
The purpose of this meeting is to examine the seriousness and the implications of the construction by Israel of what is being called the wall.
The search for a solution to the Middle East conflict requires the creation of the requisite climate of trust between the parties, which will enable them to…
My delegation will refer jointly to two important agenda
items: the report of the Security Council and the question of Council representation.
Spain began its two-year term as a member of the Security Council on 1 January. During these almost 10 months on the Council, we have contributed to mainta…
Spain would like to thank the High Representative for his outstanding work in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and particularly for his comprehensive briefing to the Security Council. We would also like to thank Judge
Meron for his work at the helm of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (IC…
I will be speaking on behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States, which I am chairing this month.
We would like to express our gratification at the two-year extension of the mandate of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Ruud Lubbers.
Mr. Lubbers’ term of office began on 1 Januar…
Today’s meeting is taking place due to certain events of grave concern to us. The situation in the Middle East during recent weeks has obligated us to call for prudence and restraint. Any act that will unleash a spiral of violence must be rejected. In that context, we would like firmly to condemn ye…
