I thank Mr. Sharma for presenting the report of the Secretary- General (S/2003/449).
The progress made by Timor-Leste with the support of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) during its first year is immense and encouraging. The foundations have been laid for the developmen…
We wish to thank Mr. Annabi for his presentation of the Secretary- General’s report. Given the fact that the representative of Greece will make a statement on behalf of the European Union, I shall limit myself to making a few comments.
Kosovo has a huge challenge before it. Its institutions have ye…
We are very honoured by your presence, Mr. Minister, and we wish to thank you and Mexico for the initiative you have taken. At this crucial time that initiative could not have been more timely. It opens a new stage in a continued process the purpose of which is to tackle current challenges to intern…
I should like to thank you first of all, Sir, for having organized this interesting meeting, which we deem to
be very important. I should also like to thank Mr. Morris for his very interesting briefing, which was concise but very instructive. Mr. Morris gave us information that was very graphic and…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I wish you every success. I am certain that your intelligence, impartiality and clear-sightedness will be of great assistance to us all.
We wish also to congratulate Guinea on its presidency last mo…
I offer sincere congratulations to the German Ambassador and his team for their untiring and generous efforts, sensitivity, perseverance and their great elegance in leading this ship to a good port. I would like to reiterate the gratitude and appreciation of my delegation to the German Ambassador an…
We are thankful for the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB) and for the work accomplished by the Representative of the Secretary-General, Noel Sinclair. Disarmament remains the key to progress in the peace process in the context of the Bouga…
We have heard the briefings of Mr. Blix of UNMOVIC, and Mr. Zlauvinen, representative of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on their respective work programmes established under resolution 1284 (1999). Once again, my Government wishes to thank the heads of both inspection teams for their…
We thank the Guinean presidency of the Security Council for organizing this open debate on two key issues in the complex scenario of threats to international peace and security in West Africa, and we congratulate the presidency on this initiative, which is very timely.
We welcome the broad particip…
At the outset, we express our condolences to the Government and people of the Republic of Korea on the loss of the lives of citizens of their country who served in the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UMMISET).
We are thankful for the special report of the Secretary-General (S/2003/…
Allow me to begin by joining those who have expressed their gratification, Sir, at seeing your country, Guinea — and with Guinea, Africa — presiding over the Council at this crucial time for peace and security in the world. On behalf of Spain, I wish you a successful and effective conduct of our act…
I would like to convey my sincere condolences to the delegation of China for the catastrophe that has struck their country. I wish to thank the State Secretary of Sweden, Mr. Dahlgren, and Assistant Secretary- General Türk for their briefings on the outcome of the Stockholm Process.
Sanctions are n…
The question I was going to ask has already been put forward by the representative of the Russian Federation. I would like, however, to express my sincere condolences to the delegations of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Like hundreds of millions of citizens the world over, I have been following the words of the inspectors, of Mr. Blix and of Mr. ElBaradei with great care and attention and with an eagerness to hear just one sentence — an affirmation of active, immediate and complete cooperation by Saddam Hussain’s r…
We thank Mr. Guéhenno and Mr. Vieira de Mello for today’s briefings on the question of grave human rights violations, which my delegation, like previous speakers, considers deserving of condemnation. We hope that the facts will be investigated and that those who are guilty will be brought to justice…
I shall be very brief, because Greece will shortly make a statement on behalf of the European Union that, of course, it will also be making on behalf of the Spanish delegation. I should like to make only three brief comments.
We thank Mr. Steiner for his comprehensive briefing. Resolution 1244 (199…
Allow me to join those who have spoken before me in congratulating Germany on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, another European presidency at a moment of whose importance for the future of the Council and for the international community as a whole we are all aware.
I would …
Terrorism is today an urgent threat to the peace of our community of nations, which wants to be governed by the rule of law. We are confronted by a major challenge of the twenty-first century. Even minor complacency towards terrorism would be a crime; inaction would be a mistake of unimaginable cons…
I would like to commend you, Mr. President, for having convened this open meeting on an issue as grave and shocking as that of the tragic situation of children in armed conflict. I would also like to pay tribute to the very lucid and courageous statement made by the Special Representative of the Sec…
My delegation has taken the floor to speak in explanation of vote after the adoption of resolution 57/144, entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit”.
Spain thanks the Secretary-General for the report contained in document A/57/270. At the same time, however, we have certain conce…
