I just wanted to thank you once again, Sir, for organizing this morning’s meeting.
I want briefly to support what has been said by the representatives of Singapore and Chile on the role of the Chairpersons of the four round tables. It would indeed be useful for them to play an active part, so that …
I wanted to thank you, Sir, for your extremely vigorous efforts to help us arrive at a consensus on this draft resolution.
I just had a minor comment that concerns the intergovernmental organizations that are mentioned in paragraph 11 of the annex to the draft resolution. France, on behalf of the E…
Allow me, too, to congratulate you, Madam President, regarding this
month of July. While I realize that it has not yet ended — the weekend and Monday remain — we have already had a very active and productive month, for which the French delegation thanks you. I would also like to thank Mr. Annabi fo…
I have the honour today to speak on behalf of the European Union. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — and the associated countries Cyprus, Malta and Turkey …
Thank you, Sir, for having organized this debate and thank you also for having honoured us by your presence.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, La…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern countries associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — and the associated countries Cyprus, Malta and Turkey align themselves with t…
I wish, at the outset, to thank you, Madam President, because this meeting devoted to Kosovo is taking place in a setting that makes it possible for States not members of the Council to hear firsthand, at an open meeting, information furnished by the Secretariat. It is our wish that this type of fre…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for your very generous words addressed to me. I would like to express the warmest and most confident wishes for the complete success of our work under your elegant and able guidance.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central …
My delegation would like to associate itself with the two preceding speakers in thanking Mr. Annabi and also in pointing out that we are quite aware of the magnitude and the difficulty of the tasks the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) is facing, as well as of the und…
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom has voiced my feelings very accurately. Our mission worked as a team without any differences of view among our seven members. That, to a large extent, is the result of the
personal efforts made by Ambassador Holbrooke, whom I wish to thank here.
The Security Co…
It is very good that the Security Council has held this open meeting, upon the request of the African Group, to express strongly the feeling and the solidarity of the entire international community vis-à-vis the crisis in Sierra Leone. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his analysis of …
I, too, would like to thank Ambassador Chowdhury for
At the outset, I would like to raise a procedural point that is of great importance to France. As with the 9 May meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina, today's meeting is also being held without either the European Union States that are not members o…
The French delegation thanks the High Representative, Mr. Petritsch, for his briefing this morning.
Once again, we regret that States not members of the Council that are directly involved in the search for a settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in particular the presidency of the European Unio…
Allow me, like previous speakers, to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for the briefing he has given us on the situation in East Timor. I should like to thank the Secretariat and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Vieira de Mello, for the significant amount of work done since last Septembe…
I would first like to thank the Secretary-General for his excellent introduction to our debate and to welcome the presence among us of Ms. Fréchette.
I would also like to welcome the presence at the Council table of Mr. Jakob Kellenberger, the new President of the International Committee of the Red…
At the outset, I should like warmly to welcome to the Council table the Minister for External Relations of Angola, Mr. Miranda.
The draft resolution that we will be adopting today reaffirms the Security Council’s determination to ensure effective implementation of the sanctions against UNITA. Today…
I wish first of all to thank Mr. Kieran Prendergast for his very precise and specific statement; it constituted the best introduction to our discussion.
It is good that the issue of sanctions is today the subject of public debate in the Security Council. Our debate is an extension of the recommenda…
I too wish to welcome Mr. Carlsson and to thank him for the report before the Council today, which describes the horror of the genocide committed between April and July 1994:
“Rwandans killed Rwandans, brutally decimating the Tutsi population of the country, but also targetting moderate Hutus. Appa…
I should like to join you, Mr. President, in paying tribute to former President Bourguiba of Tunisia. By attending the funeral tomorrow, President Chirac will express the sentiments and solidarity of all of the people of France, who are united with the people of Tunisia in their grief.
I, too, shou…
I wish to join my colleagues in thanking the Secretariat, in particular Mr. Prendergast, for the introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau.
France appreciates the energetic activities in that country of the Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea…
