Year after year, we gather under this universal roof to join our minds and resources in order to make the world a safer and more prosperous place — or, at least, one a little less burdened with all the troubles we have been trying to resolve for decades but have so far not succeeded in eradicating. …
I am grateful for this opportunity to exercise the right of reply. What I wish to say concerns Mr. Antonovich’s comment with regard to the resumption by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of full membership of the United Nations. The Security Council and the General Assembly have clearly declared th…
The United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) mission is about to be terminated, as envisioned two years ago, and with almost all of its objectives fully completed.
This joint success of UNTAES and the Government of Croatia can serve as an…
On behalf of my own delegation and the delegations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Slovenia, I would like to make certain clarifications with regard to the comments made earlier today by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, His Excellency Mr. Ivan Antonovich, concern…
At the outset, I would like to take this opportunity to convey my delegations’s deep appreciation to the Vice-Chairmen of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Counc…
At the outset we should like to congratulate the German delegation, which, in recognizing the urgency and concern the international community has attached to this serious problem, has presented us with some highly expedient proposals and expeditiously convened this meeting. The fact that we have gat…
At the outset, I should like to congratulate the Russian Federation on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to assure you, Sir, of my delegation’s full cooperation on the two other important regional issues that will come before the Council next week.
Likewise…
Let me take this opportunity to express once again, Mr. President, my appreciation for the fine manner in which you are guiding the work of the Security Council.
The Republic of Croatia welcomes the renewed effort of the international community to bring peace to the war-torn regions of Bosnia and H…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on Indonesia’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to assure you of my delegation’s full cooperation on the many important issues currently before the Council.
I should also like to extend my congratulations to the del…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the responsible duties of presidency of the Security Council for the month of July and to wish you success in your endeavours.
The Croatian Government is extremely worried by the latest development in the six Security Council- declared safe a…
At the outset, Mr. President, I should like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July and to assure you of my delegation’s full support and cooperation on the many important issues involving our region and other matters now before the Secu…
Mr. President, my delegation is pleased to see you presiding over the proceedings of the Security Council this month. We are confident that
I should also like to take this opportunity to pay a tribute to Ambassador Jean-Bernard Mérimée of France, under whose prudent guidance the Council deliberated…
Allow me to congratulate the delegation and the people of the Republic of China for the able manner in which the delegation has discharged its duties of presidency throughout the month on the many important issues before the Council, in particular the issue of terminating the United Nations Protecti…
Allow me, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to assure you that my delegation is fully committed to assisting you on the many important issues that will come before the
I also extend my delegation’s compliments to the Permanent R…
Let me start by expressing our appreciation to the Presidents of the two Tribunals, Judges Khalida Rachid Khan and Patrick Robinson, for their comprehensive and informative reports (see A/66/209 and A/66/210) on the actions taken and the progress made during the periods from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2…
Let me begin by welcoming the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and extending our thanks to him for presenting the thirteenth annual report.
While Croatia associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by Finland on behalf of the European Unio…
Croatia would like to take this opportunity to express to the General Assembly at this its forty-ninth session deep appreciation for its strong vote of support for Croatia and likewise for its strong vote of confidence in the Charter of the United Nations.
We are especially grateful to the 23 spons…
Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I should also like to congratulate your predecessor, the Ambassador of the United States of America, for her energetic and constructive work during the previous month.
The two-week long a…
At the outset I should like to note the great importance of United Nations humanitarian aid and disaster-relief assistance programmes throughout the world. The volume, value and scope of the programmes have significantly increased in the last decade. The present debate should contribute positively t…
My delegation is pleased by the important step taken by the Security Council in discussing the draft resolution before it and in appropriately addressing an issue that could have very serious consequences for the region.
The actions by the so-called Krajina Serb forces in Croatia can be tolerated n…
