France deeply regrets the Security Council’s inability to adopt the draft resolution on Cyprus that was put to the vote this evening. We regret that the draft resolution was put to the vote in such conditions. We should have preferred to continue consultations in order to agree tonight on a briefer …
My delegation associates itself with the statement to be made by the presidency of the European Union.
France condemns the attack perpetrated on Saturday, 17 April, against the head of Hamas, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, which caused his death. The practice of extrajudicial executions is in violation of the…
It is with a great deal of interest and pleasure, Sir, that we are participating in the debate that brings us together here today, at your initiative. We thank the Secretary-General for his statement and also thank the President of the World Bank and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Siem…
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement to be made in due course by the Ambassador of Ireland on
behalf of the European Union. I would just add a few words.
First, the events of March definitely represented a serious blow to the process supported by the international community in …
I should like to begin by thanking all those who have addressed kind words to me and the French delegation.
I also wish to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing, to which we listened with great interest. My delegation associates itself with the statement to be made by the presidency of the…
I am grateful to you, Sir, for organizing today’s debate. As you know, my country, which is linked to Haiti by historical ties, is particularly concerned by the grave situation in that country.
I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jamaica, current Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARIC…
I thank Ambassador Negroponte and Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry for the briefings that they have just given the Council in compliance with paragraph 24 of resolution 1483 (2003). I also thank them for circulating their briefings in written form so that we can examine them with the care they deserv…
We wish to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his extremely specific briefing, which will be most useful in our further considerations. The representative of Ireland will shortly make a statement on behalf of the European Union, which we fully endorse.
Like other delegations, we have many reasons to…
I thank Mr. Kalomoh for his briefing and the Secretary- General for his report. In a short while Ireland will be making a statement on behalf of the member States of the European Union, and we completely support that statement.
The Security Council mission to Central Africa and the Great Lakes regi…
At the heart of the process of national reconciliation often lie — as your country, Madame, knows especially well — serious political and moral dilemmas in terms of justice. My delegation was very interested in the meeting that Ambassador Muñoz organized a few days ago with the non-governmental orga…
I, too, wish to thank Mr. Kalomoh for coming to introduce the progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Security Council mission to West Africa.
The Ambassador of Ireland will shortly speak on behalf of the European Union and I fully endorse his st…
We are happy, Madam President, that you are with us today. I am very much aware of the honour paid to us by your presence in the Chair for this important debate. I also thank Mr. Olara Otunnu and Ms. Carol Bellamy for their briefings, which have enlightened our debate. After the video that we saw at…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report, as well as Mr. Abe for his briefing. We would
also like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate today on such a crucial issue.
It is well known that conventional arms are the weapons that are responsible for the gre…
As this is the first time that I am speaking in a public meeting this month, I should like first to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to echo the sentiments that you expressed about our colleague Ambassador Tafrov, whose presidency during the mon…
First of all, I would like to tell you, Sir, how pleased we are to see you chairing the Council for this important discussion. I thank Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing which accurately described recent developments in Kosovo. We associate ourselves with the statement that will be made by the presidency…
My delegation associates itself with the statement to be made later by the representative of Italy, on behalf of the European Union.
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this very important debate. My delegation would also like to express our deep gratitude to Mr. Egeland…
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America have associated themselves with this statement. We support the nuclear- weapon-free zone established by the Treaty of Tlatelolco. We consider that the General Conference of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuc…
I would like first of all to welcome Deputy President Zuma, and to extend to the South African authorities, in particular President Mbeki, our deep appreciation and gratitude for their exceptional efforts to ensure that Burundi returns to the path of stability and peace. Those efforts round out thos…
I would like to thank the mission directed by the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Kalomoh, for the assessment contained in the report before us.
My country shares the mission’s analysis as to the regional nature of certain problems in Central Africa in a variety of areas — cross-border movements o…
France voted in favour of the resolution that created a new committee in charge of taking over from the 661 committee, which concluded last Friday, in order to ensure the follow-up of the implementation of freezes and transfers of the financial assets of the Government of Saddam Hussain in Iraq and …
