Nine months have passed since the establishment of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). During that period the CTC has made much praiseworthy effort towards the implementation of the recommendations of resolution 1373 (2001). The Council meetings of 18 January 2002 and 15 April 2002 enabled us to …
The periodic consideration of the situation in Kosovo illustrates the Security Council’s commitment to finding a solution to a question that remains a matter of concern. Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno’s description of recent developments in the situation in the field contained very useful information, for …
We are very grateful to Sir Kieran for the updated information that he gave us this morning. We would also like to welcome here Ms. Ogata for her action in favour of humanitarian issues.
We all agree that the current meeting of the Security Council is taking place at a crucial time in the evolution…
We warmly welcome you to New York, Sir. My delegation is happy to see you presiding here at today’s Council meeting as East Timor accedes to full sovereignty.
The event we celebrate today is testimony to the long and heroic march of the East Timorese people towards independence. This is a time for …
This meeting of the Council is taking place at a particularly important and encouraging time in the history of East Timor. My delegation welcomes in particular the presence of Mr. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão and Mr. Mari Alkatiri — President-elect and Chief Minister, respectively, of East Timor — and tha…
My delegation would like first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting.
We would also like to thank Mr. Michael Steiner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for the valuable information that he has given us. We reaffirm our support for him.
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Mr. President, I thank your for organizing the present meeting to allow Member States to discuss, for the second time in this Chamber, the implementation of Security Council resolution 1373 (2001). This demonstrates the Council’s determination to fight terrorism effectively within a concerted and co…
My delegation is very pleased to participate in this open meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
The situation that is evolving in the field, regrettably, compels the Council to remain focused on that worrisome development. Despite t…
My delegation welcomes the holding of this emergency public meeting on the grave situation in the Middle East, which the Secretary-General described in his statement and which requires no elaboration.
The suicide attacks by certain Palestinian groups and the attack by the Israeli army against the h…
On the eve of the expiry of your country’s mandate to preside over the Security Council, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting, and to tell you once again how much we appreciate the work done by your delegation. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-Gen…
Mr. Minister, we are pleased to see you here in New York, presiding over this important Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, and I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for the serious and effective way in which your delegation has led our Council’s work this month.…
I, too, wish to express the appreciation of my delegation to Mr. Kenzo Oshima for the useful information contained in the report that he has just given us. I would also like to congratulate the Norwegian presidency on having organized this discussion on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.…
My delegation first wishes to thank you, Sir, for taking the initiative of convening this open meeting on Somalia, which comes just a few days after the meeting on the Ethiopian-Eritrean conflict. That initiative was a most eloquent demonstration of the interest that the Council, through your presid…
Your presence here today, Mr. Minister, once again reflects your country’s continued great interest in questions affecting the African continent. My delegation is very pleased to see you presiding over this meeting on the situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and even more so because your country …
My delegation welcomes your presence here today with us. We would like to thank you for organizing this meeting, just at the time that your country is taking over the presidency of our Council. I assure you of our full cooperation. Allow me to take this opportunity to extend our thanks to Mr. Adolfo…
This is the third time the Security Council has met in less than two weeks, which demonstrates that, as the Secretary- General has observed, the situation in the Middle East remains highly explosive and demands that we address it with resolve and clear-sightedness. Here, I join all preceding speaker…
Today’s meeting is most timely. My delegation welcomes the delegation from Angola led by Mr. Georges Chikoti, Vice-Minister for External Relations, and thanks Mr. Chikoti for the useful information he has provided about the situation in Angola, including its humanitarian dimensions. Our thanks go al…
My delegation wishes in its turn to thank Mr. Lubbers for his very detailed and useful briefing. My delegation welcomes his presentation and thanks Mr. Lubbers for the regularity with which he remains in touch with our Council and of his briefings since his assumption of the leadership of the Office…
My delegation would like to associate itself with the good wishes that the Council has expressed for Ambassador Shen, who is leaving us, and to say how much we have appreciated his wisdom and his contribution in the work of the Council.
I would like to say, Mr. President, how much my delegation has…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), whose success is cause for satisfaction for the international community.
I take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General…
