Like preceding speakers, I thank you for your delegation’s welcome initiative to include the item which brings us here today in the Council’s agenda: the problem of the massive illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons.
Today, the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons is a real thre…
I, in turn, on behalf of Gabon, would like to thank President Frederick Chiluba for the important statement he has just made to the Council and for his unrelenting efforts to promote a negotiated settlement to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the same time I would like to tha…
On 5 May 1999 in New York, an overall Agreement was reached that, inter alia, called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations to organize a popular consultation in East Timor. In signing that Agreement, the Indonesian and
The consultation was held on 30 August 1999 and gave the East Timorese …
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the welcome initiative of organizing this meeting. The delegation of Gabon supports the efforts made by Ambassador Fowler, the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993), of 15 September 1993, to rende…
Before I begin my statement on the issue before us today, I would like to extend to the royal family, the Government and the people of Morocco our sincere and profound condolences over the sudden death of King Hassan II. We will forever remember his great work to bring peoples together and to seek p…
Mr. President, your presence today demonstrates the commitment of your country, Malaysia, to the maintenance of world peace. We thank your delegation for having included this item on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants on the Security Council’s agenda.
The upheavals in th…
It will be recalled that before 24 March 1999, the Security Council, the Contact Group - consisting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Germany, the United States of America, the Russian Federation, France, Italy and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - and the Permanent Co…
The delegation of Gabon has always supported the efforts made by the Contact Group to lead the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to grant greater autonomy to its Kosovo province.
Like the members of the Contact Group, we have condemned the acts of terrorism committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army. We …
The ongoing crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is of grave concern in that it has inflicted untold suffering on the Congolese people, is thwarting the efforts of the Government to reconstruct the country and threatens peace and stability in the region.
The destabilization of the Democra…
Allow me, first of all, on behalf of the delegation of Gabon and on my own behalf, to say what a great loss the sudden passing of His Highness Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, Amir of the State of Bahrain, is for the States of the Arabian Gulf and for the world at large. Through his great wisdom, e…
Your presence, Mr. President, which we warmly welcome, attests to the importance that your country, Canada, attaches to the protection and promotion of human rights, particularly the protection of civilians in armed conflict — the issue being addressed at our meeting today. In this connection, we wo…
My delegation wishes to join those that have already spoken in thanking you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting, whose significance is clear to all. We paid close attention to the important statement just made by Under-Secretary-General Vieira de Mello on the problems related to securit…
I, too, wish to thank the Secretariat, in particular Mr. Miyet, for the very extensive report that, as always, has been submitted to us. We are also grateful to Ambassador Dahlgren of Sweden for his initiative in visiting Sierra Leone and Liberia in his capacity as Chairman of the Sierra Leone sanct…
In my turn, I would like to express my delegation’s regret over the turn that events have taken since this morning, despite the numerous diplomatic efforts that have been made at all levels.
Unfortunately, we must conclude that the new state of mind and the hope that emerged on numerous occasions h…
The Council is meeting today to discuss the essential subject of the maintenance of peace and security and post- conflict peace-building.
This debate, if it needs to be recalled, is inspired by one of the relevant questions addressed in the important report of the Secretary-General on the causes of…
My delegation would like at the outset to associate itself with the statement made yesterday evening by the representative of Burkina Faso on behalf of the States members of the Organization of African Unity.
Through its adoption of instruments on the promotion and protection of human rights, the U…
Mr. President, we too welcome your felicitous initiative in convening this meeting on a very important issue that is of concern to the international community: the question of refugees and others in conflict situations. We pay tribute to Mrs. Sadako Ogata and to her staff for their tireless efforts …
The duty of solidarity urged on us by the United Nations Charter implies, especially with regard to situations in which human lives are at risk, that our global Organization is able to act promptly in order to contain threats or to extend the necessary assistance when such threats cannot be containe…
It is well known that the Security Council, of which Gabon is currently a member, has held two formal meetings on the Secretary-General’s report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa to consider the recommendations that fall within its pur…
I wish first to convey to Mr. Didier Opertti the warm,
To the President of the General Assembly at the fifty- second session, Mr. Hennadiy Y. Udovenko, who spared no effort in carrying out his responsibilities, I convey our satisfaction and our deep gratitude.
The present times are characterized b…
