I can be quite brief, first of all because the European Union presidency, in the person of the representative of Sweden, will speak later in the debate, and secondly because I think it would perhaps be a little de trop for me to inflict on the Council, again, a catalogue of the
general concerns tha…
I shall be brief, for two reasons: first, because there has already been a chance for an initial discussion of the report of the sanctions Committee, and, secondly, because one of the
important functions of this meeting is to allow Council members to hear the views of neighbouring States before the…
Of course, the United Kingdom would like first to attach itself fully to the statement made moments ago by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union. I am now going to speak on behalf of the United Kingdom in its national capacity.
The United Kingdom would like to join with the o…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for a very useful briefing. It is particularly good to see here today Xanana Gusmão and José Ramos-Horta. For my delegation, it has been particularly useful to hear at first hand their assessment of the preparations for the elections in East Timor and for i…
Mr. Foreign Minister, it is very good to see you in the Chair again and a great honour to have you here.
Before welcoming the High Representative, I should also like to welcome the new Permanent Representatives of Tunisia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The United Kingdom delegation looks forward to wo…
It is extremely good to see you here today, Mr. President. A welcome also goes to the members of the Monitoring Mechanism, and thanks go to Ambassador Ryan for his very useful and comprehensive introduction to the debate.
It is right that the Council should be having this open debate today. The len…
I have no trouble with those amendments, but before we adopt this draft resolution, I would like it to be absolutely clear among all parties around this table that the basis for the withdrawal from Pweto — which is the subject of operative paragraph 4 of this draft resolution — the
substance of tha…
I would like through you, Sir, to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his useful briefing on recent developments in Kosovo. The Ambassador of Sweden will address the Council later on behalf of the European Union. My delegation, naturally, endorses the comments he will make. I would like to highlight just four po…
Mr. President, thank you in particular for bringing together such a galaxy of talent today — not only our distinguished briefers, to whom I am most grateful for their useful and insightful contributions, but also the public gallery. It is a great pleasure to have the public gallery with us today.
I…
Thank you, Mr. President, for arranging this meeting today, and thanks also to Ambassador Chowdhury for the impressive introduction that he has just given to our debate. It is a particular pleasure to see the members of the Panel of Experts sitting behind him today.
The report of the Panel is welco…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his latest report on the Central African Republic. We should also like to thank Mr. Sy, the Secretary-General’s Representative, for his introduction to this debate. We should also like to thank the representatives of the
United Nations Dev…
Mr. Foreign Minister, it is good to see you here again guiding our deliberations, and we look forward to your able stewardship again tomorrow. I should like also at this point to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for a very exhaustive and useful briefing.
Ambassador Schori of Sweden will speak…
My delegation is very grateful to the Legal Counsel for his briefing and for the very thorough briefing notes which he circulated previously. We commend the continuing efforts of the Organization, through the efforts of the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Secretariat, to address the t…
The United Kingdom supports the intervention made by the representative of France earlier in this debate in his
capacity as representative of the presidency of the European Union.
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My delegation would like to thank you, Madam President, and your Mission for taking the initiative of holding this debate today. It is important not just for Guinea-Bissau, but also for demonstrating how this Council can take a holistic approach to the problems of conflict. My delegation would also …
I find myself deeply relieved to be speaking after the leader of our mission to East Timor and Indonesia. I would like, though, to take a moment of our time to put on public record my appreciation as a member of the mission for
the way in which Ambassador Andjaba led the team. It was not only usefu…
It is now well after noon, and with 10 speakers still to go I will not attempt to make a comprehensive statement. But I do want to try to draw some threads together from this very important and significant meeting.
It is very welcome that the two Presidents and the Prosecutor have come to the Counc…
Since the representative of France will be speaking on behalf of the European Union, I will make just a few points.
My delegation welcomed the successful and peaceful conduct of the elections in Bosnia last Saturday. They were a testament to how far its people have come since the Dayton Accords wer…
The representative of France will shortly be making a full statement on behalf of the European Union, which the United Kingdom supports. I will therefore limit myself to a few additional points.
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the British Permanent Representative, has repeatedly said that a careful consider…
The delegation of France has already spoken on behalf of the European Union. My delegation fully endorses that statement and would like to make a few further points.
The United Kingdom welcomes the forthcoming adoption of the draft resolution; it usefully clarifies the areas in which the United Nat…
