I too wish to express appreciation to Mr. Pronk for his very illuminating assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). That assessment indicates a mixed record of success and setbacks. It also shows what a United Nations mission can accomplish when the receiving State…
I wish to add a word of appreciation for Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland’s thought-provoking assessment of the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. We welcome the positive developments that he highlighted, but we are also concerned about the remaining obstac…
I wish to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Iraq, Mr. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, for his introduction of the report on United Nations activities in Iraq (S/2006/706). I also thank Ambassador Bolton for his briefing.
My delegation notes that further to the launchi…
I wish to congratulate Ambassador Joachim Rűcker on his appointment as the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General
and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and also add my word of appreciation for his briefing. As the former Deputy Special Represe…
I wish to commend you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the situation in Darfur. The Ghana delegation wishes to thank Mr. Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General, for his presence and for the statement that he delivered at this meeting. We also join other delegations in remembering the several…
My delegation wishes to thank you, Sir, for convening this open debate on children and armed conflict, which is of particularly serious concern to us in Africa. We also thank Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed…
I would like to express the appreciation of my delegation to you, Madam President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Angela Kane for her briefing on the latest developments in the Middle East.
The situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, wher…
Allow me to express my delegation's sincere thanks to Mr. Jan Egeland, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his comprehensive briefing.
In the context of its consideration of the tragic plight of civilians trapped in armed conflict, the Security Council has worked assiduously to c…
I would like to acknowledge the presence of the Prime Minister of Kosovo and of the President of the Coordination Centre of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija.
On this occasion — World Refugee Day — my delegation joins other States Member of the United Nations in expressing solidarity w…
Madam President, I wish to commend you for having convened this meeting and also to take this opportunity to express to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ian Martin, my delegation’s appreciation of his briefing on the crisis in Timor-Leste. We have taken note of the updates and assessm…
I wish, on behalf of Ghana’s delegation, to thank the Presidents and the Chief Prosecutors of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their comprehensive briefings to the Council.
The ICTY has played a vital…
Ghana is very happy to join the group assembled here. Ghana supported, and agreed to
the Abuja Declaration, as well as the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (resolution S-26/2, annex). Ghana is happy to report that, since then, it has been a beneficiary of, and collaborator in, the efforts…
I wish to begin by thanking the Chairpersons of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the 1267 Committee and the 1540 Committee — Ambassadors Ellen Margrethe Løj, César Mayoral and Peter Burian, respectively — for their comprehensive briefings.
We note with satisfaction that the Counter- Terrorism…
I should like first of all to thank the High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. António Guterres, for his comprehensive briefing.
The achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), established in December 1950, are unequalled. It is, without doubt, the biggest …
I wish first of all to welcome the President of Timor-Leste, His Excellency Mr. Xanana Gusmão. We are very grateful to him for his address to the Council. Our thanks go also to the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for his briefing.
My delegation is impressed by what has been achieve…
Madam President, my delegation would like to congratulate you on your election and to express appreciation to the Secretary- General for his incisive report on international migration and development (A/60/871).
Migration is a fundamental feature of today’s world and demands attention at the intern…
May I express my gratitude for the opportunity to address the General Assembly on behalf of the young people of Ghana. May I also congratulate the United Nations on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond and on the successes in ov…
The new concept of development embodied in the Monterrey Consensus provides both a positive framework and the right impetus for developing countries to pursue the implementation of responsible economic and social development agendas, and for developed countries to complement those efforts by support…
Ghana welcomes the presence of His Excellency Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba.
We associate ourselves with the statements delivered today by the representatives of Yemen, Egypt and Malawi on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Af…
My delegation wishes to pay its compliments to Mr. Mohammed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his continued professionalism and competence in managing the affairs of the Agency during the course of the past year. We also wish to express our gratitude t…
