I should like to thank Mr. Annabi, whose detailed and comprehensive briefing will help us in our exchange of views on the development of the situation in Kosovo.
Four years after the temporary freezing of Kosovo’s status, the record of the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mis…
My delegation welcomes the holding of this wrap-up meeting devoted principally to the issue of peacekeeping operations.
The Charter of this Organization entrusts the Security Council with primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. In this regard, the Council rem…
My delegation would like first of all to congratulate Ambassadors Negroponte of the United States and Emyr Jones Parry of the United Kingdom for the comprehensive briefings and in-depth analyses that they have just given us on the recent developments of the situation in Iraq.
It is always with unto…
I should like to thank you, Sir, for organizing this meeting, which gives us an opportunity to assess recent developments in Kosovo.
My delegation welcomes the presence among us of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Covic, and thanks Mr. Michael Steiner for his excellent work …
I wish at the outset to express my delegation’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, for organizing this open meeting. It demonstrates well the Council’s interest in the question of Bougainville.
Like other speakers, I too would like to thank Ambassador Noel Sinclair, Head of the United Nations Poli…
My delegation would like to express its satisfaction at the unanimous adoption of resolution 1495 (2003) on the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), which reaffirms, if there were need to do so, the shared
concern of the Council to preserve its unity and credibilit…
Allow me at the outset to associate myself with the previous speakers in welcoming Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry, the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, and to assure him of our sincere desire to cooperate.
I also wish to convey to Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz of Chile, Chairman of t…
As this is Ambassador Greenstock’s last Security Council meeting in his capacity as the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, I would like, before I address the issue under consideration, to convey to Ambassador Greenstock my delegation’s gratitude for his invaluable contribution to the su…
This meeting provides Member States with an opportunity once again to voice their views on the thorny issue of terrorism as a threat to international peace and security. I would like to take this opportunity to convey to the President, in his capacity as the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committ…
First of all, Madam, I should like to say how pleased my delegation is to see you presiding over this meeting. I should like also to thank the Secretary- General for agreeing to devote some of his valuable time to attending today’s meeting, as well as for his very interesting introductory statement.…
I would first of all like to welcome the presence in the Chamber of the Secretary-General. His presence here reaffirms, if indeed there was a need for
such reassurance, the great importance he attaches to our debate today.
Like previous speakers, allow me also to convey my delegation’s appreciatio…
My delegation too would like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his update on recent political developments and Mr. Ramcharan for his moving account of the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The way he described the numerous human rights violations and violations of international…
I should like at the outset to convey to you, Sir, my delegation’s congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to assure you of our full support. Allow me likewise to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Lavrov, and his team for their outstanding work during the Ru…
I wish to thank you, Sir, for having organized this meeting on a subject of extreme importance.
Allow me also to thank Mr. Kenzo Oshima for his briefing, which once again has stressed the need to protect civilians in armed conflict. At a time when he is preparing to leave his post at the head of th…
I should like at the outset to express my profound gratitude to you, Sir, for your kind words addressed to me on behalf of my colleagues, the permanent representatives on the Security Council.
As I prepare to leave my post, I wish to say that my 10-month stay in New York as the Permanent Representa…
This public meeting, which is being held on the eve of the joint mission of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council to West Africa, is most timely. The mission will provide us with the opportunity to assess the unresolved problems confronting Guinea-Bissau so as to enable a direct, …
First, I wish to thank you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation for organizing this public meeting on Afghanistan. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. …
On behalf of my delegation, Sir, I too would like to congratulate you on the national day of the Russian Federation.
A year has passed since the Council unanimously adopted resolution 1422 (2002) thanks to a compromise, which took into account the concerns expressed by some Member States on the one…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening the present meeting and to express our appreciation to Mr. Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for the valuable information he has just given us.
The periodic consideration of the situation in Kosovo reflects …
Guinea welcomes the adoption of resolution 1483 (2003), which in many respects constitutes a success for the United Nations in general and for the Security Council in particular. The Council has returned to consensus: its golden rule. This resolution is a real source of satisfaction for my delegatio…
