First all, I would like to welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belgium, who we have just heard and whose commitment to peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should be emphasized.
On behalf of my delegation, I would also like to thank all the members of the Security C…
First of all, I, too, would like to thank Mr. Serry for his briefing and the representatives of Palestine and Israel for their statements.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and would like to stress a few major points with regard to the peace process.
First, we welcome…
I wish first to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and welcome the presence — in addition to yourself, Sir — the presence of a number of ministers, including the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia. I wish to pay tribute to the commitment of Ms. Condi Rice, who took the initiative of …
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his introductory statement.
Our meeting today is, indeed, an event, as we are preparing to adopt a draft resolution on the Israeli- Palestinian question, something which has not happened since May 2004. Throughout these past four- and-a-half years of …
We would first like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia for introducing their biannual reports. May I specifically congratulate Judge Patrick Robinson on becoming President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the…
First of all, I would like to thank Special Representative Angelo for his briefing. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representatives of Chad and the Central African Republic. I believe their statements offered important positive information about the activities and the results of the United …
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the European Union regarding agenda item 11, “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict”.
The European Union, which participates as a single member in the Kimberley Process, would first like to recall the importance it attaches to the Process, which allows…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union in explanation of its position on draft resolution A/63/L.53.
First, I strongly stress that the European Union attaches the greatest importance to humanitarian assistance in the event of natural disasters. It thanks India for conducting the…
It is my pleasure, on behalf of the European Union, to introduce draft resolutions A/63/L.48, entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”, and A/63/L.50, entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”. Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav R…
This was the last quarterly report of Ambassador Grauls as chair of the 1737 Committee, and my delegation would like, first of all, to pay tribute to the remarkable skill with which he and his team discharged their difficult duties.
The last two reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IA…
At the outset, my delegation wholeheartedly thanks you, Sir, and your country for having organized this debate during the Croatian presidency of the Security Council in December. I welcome your leadership in today’s debate, as well as the presence of the Secretary- General.
I have the honour to spe…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union to explain our position on draft resolution A/63/L.44.
As it indicated in its statement of 3 November (see A/63/PV.36), the European Union welcomes the strengthening of ties between regional organizations and the United Nations, in a manner…
In addition to speaking on behalf of France, I am also speaking on behalf of the European Union and the countries that have aligned themselves with this statement: Albania, Croatia, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro and Turkey.
I should like at the outset to thank the High Representative for his …
The Libyan request for a meeting of the Security Council following the interception of a Libyan vessel raises the more general question of access, in particular humanitarian access, to Gaza.
The French position was recalled in a statement issued on 14 November by the presidency of the European Unio…
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. John Holmes for his presentation and our colleague the Permanent Representative of Chad for his statement. Those two
statements remind us of a harsh reality. The situation of the civilian population in Darfur and in the border region of Chad remains tragic, …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Moreno-Ocampo for his report, submitted pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005).
In 2005, the Security Council referred the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC), pursuant to Chapter VII of the Charter, in response to the extremely serious…
Before we conclude our consideration of agenda item 89, my delegation would like express its position with regard to resolution 63/52. France’s position was not to participate in the General Assembly’s action on the resolution. We continue to maintain our known reservations on the symbiotic nature o…
The French delegation was the only delegation that had asked for a vote when draft resolution XII was before the First Committee. My delegation does not wish to renew its request for a vote in plenary meeting, but rather will make a brief explanation of position after the adoption of the draft resol…
First of all I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his presentation of the report on the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). And I would like to reaffirm our support for him and for all the members of his Mission and of the peac…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The candidate countries Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia; and Ukra…
