I would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s open debate with regard to the sixth report of the Secretary-General on Children and armed conflict (S/2006/826) and to thank you for taking the time to preside personally over this important meeting. I also wish to thank the Special Representat…
I should like to thank Mr. Egeland for his briefing on the humanitarian situation in Darfur and in northern Uganda and also for his intensive efforts, his advocacy role and his important work in the humanitarian field.
The mere fact that Mr. Egeland, the highest- ranking humanitarian United Nations…
We are very disturbed by and strongly condemn today’s assassination of Pierre Gemayel. We call on all parties to show self- restraint and to refrain from actions which could cause a deterioration in the already volatile situation in Lebanon and further destabilize the country.
I wish to express our…
Greece fully associates itself with the statement to be delivered later by the representative of Finland on behalf of the European Union. My statement will therefore be brief.
Recent tragic events in the occupied Palestinian territories made today’s meeting of the Security Council imperative. Over …
As this is the first time I am taking the floor this month, it is with great pleasure that I wish you, Sir, every success in your duties as President of the Council during the month of November. I must assure you that you have my country’s full support.
I also wish to thank Ambassador Oshima and hi…
Greece proudly co-sponsored the draft resolution on sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace. In addition, Greece continues to promote the idea of the Olympic Truce, a noble cause dating back to our antiquity.
The international community is becoming increasingly aware of…
It is with great honour and pleasure that I present today to the General Assembly the draft resolution on the “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin”, contained in document A/61/L.15, under agenda item 43.
In recent years, the international community has become incre…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this monthly meeting. I would also like to thank Mr. Alvaro de Soto for the informative, comprehensive and updated briefing that he gave us today.
Greece fully aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the Permanent Repre…
Allow me, Madam, to add my heartiest congratulations to you on being the third woman in the history of the United Nations to be elected President of the General Assembly, particularly at such a critical moment. Your election is an inspiration for women everywhere who are struggling to achieve equali…
I am taking the floor in support of the statement made by the representative of the People’s Republic of China and the position expressed therein in favour of upholding the decision taken yesterday in the General Committee not to include the items in question in the agenda of the sixty-first session…
Greece voted in favour of resolution 1706 (2006) because it believes that, given the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in Darfur, the Security Council had to shoulder its responsibilities and act swiftly. As we have argued on this and on other occasions, when the Council is faced wit…
Like other speakers, I wish to thank the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, for his thorough briefing today.
As Greece fully associates itself with the statement to be made later by the representative of Finland on behalf of the European Union, I shall be brief.
Over approximately the p…
Let me start, Mr. President, by thanking you for organizing a very pertinent meeting on Timor-Leste following the critical situation the country experienced recently and with a view to a Security Council decision on a follow-up United Nations presence there. It is a particular pleasure for me to wel…
For the past month the world has borne witness to another tragic chapter in the history of the Middle East, an unbearable addition to the pain of that long-suffering region. The images of helpless children and mothers, wounded, sick and despondent victims on either side of the conflict, untold destr…
Allow me first to welcome you, Mr. President, to New York and to the Security Council, and to thank you for coming here personally to discuss this issue. We thank you for having taken the initiative to hold today’s thematic debate, because it is truly very important to examine the situation in West …
Mr. President, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking you for having organized this timely and open debate on an issue that has drawn international attention, particularly during the last few days, in view of the escalating violence in the Middle East, which has a great impact on the liv…
At the 2005 world summit, our leaders expressed their support for an early reform and expansion of the Security Council as an essential element in the overall effort to reform the United Nations so as to reflect today’s realities.
Reform has been under discussion for the past 13 years in working gr…
I would like to join others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Gambari and Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for their briefings today.
In the last few days, we have been witnessing events in the Middle East spiralling out of control and reaching new, unacceptable levels of violence and tension uns…
I would first like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Angela Kane for today’s briefing.
Greece fully associates itself with the statement to be made shortly by the Permanent Representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union.
In the last few days, the cycle of violence in the Middle East …
We would like to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this debate on an issue which lies at the heart of the concerns of the international community. I wish also to express our appreciation to the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Jan Egeland, for his detailed presentation …
