At the outset, allow me to express the gratitude of the Government of the Republic of Croatia to Mr. Antonio Cassese, President of the
Croatia has on numerous occasions expressed its support for the establishment of the international Tribunal and understands its obligations in the event that the Tr…
Madam President, allow me at the outset to join other delegations in welcoming your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and in congratulating your predecessor on the highly able manner in which he led the Council last month.
In considering the situation in Bosnia an…
Two years have passed since the pictures of emaciated prisoners from the Serb-run concentration camp in Omarska shocked the conscience of the world. The international community has since taken numerous measures, mostly of limited scope, hoping that international law and accepted norms of internation…
I take this opportunity to convey my delegation’s deep appreciation to Ambassador Samuel Insanally, who, as President of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session, led the Working Group on this item, and to the Vice-Chairmen of the Working Group, Ambassador Breitenstein and Ambassador Chew. T…
We wish to thank His Excellency, Mr. Yuliy Vorontsov, for the excellent way in which he steered the work of the Council during his presidency last month.
We also wish to commend you, Mr. President, for your wise leadership in guiding the Council’s work this month.
From the very outset of the confl…
On behalf of the sponsors, I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution, entitled "Emergency assistance to the Republic of Moldova". I am also pleased to inform members that Estonia, Hungary, Mauritius and Mongolia have joined the sponsors listed in document A/48/L.64.
Under the draft resolu…
My delegation is extremely pleased that this issue is being debated by the Security Council today. Some will argue that there have already been too many words in this regard. This is the case only because there has so far not been sufficient action in reversing Serbian aggression and its unacceptabl…
At first there were Vukovar and Dubrovnik, and after that there was Sarajevo, and after Sarajevo came Srebrenica, then Gorazde, a Maglaj or two in between; and, then again Sarajevo - and Gorazde again. This vicious circle of terror promoted by extremist Serb leaders - in the words of Vitaly Churkin,…
The bedrock of the international community’s policy towards Bosnia and Herzegovina thus far has been the aim of remedying the horrific humanitarian consequences of the war.
The Republic of Croatia, despite being hampered itself by the consequences of the Belgrade aggression, continues nevertheless …
The date 17 September 1991 was one of the great and important days in the history of the United Nations, when the new political and old historical realities in the Baltic States were finally and justly recognized by the granting of full United Nations membership to the Republics of Latvia, Lithuania…
The Republic of Croatia is speaking in this discussion by the General Assembly of agenda item 21, "Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin" for the following reasons:
The cultural property of my country was pillaged during the period of the aggression by the Federal Re…
In my country, the Republic of Croatia, we are deeply concerned and alarmed that the illicit production, trafficking and abuse of narcotics and psychotropic substances are increasing every day and that these illicit activities are claiming a growing number of victims in my country and all over the w…
I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-eighth session and to compliment you on your achievements thus far.
I should also like to commend the European Community for undertaking the valuable initiative o…
I should like to express the deepest sympathy
of my Government to the Government and people of the friendly Arab Republic of
Egypt upon the terrible earthquake that recently struck Cairo.
Croatia is proud to seize this opportunity to speak at the end of the
United Nations Decade of Disabled Pers…
In a world without peace, troubled with
post-cold-war instability and regional crises, what can be more important than
"An Agenda for Peace"? The Republic of Croatia, which is one of the
unfortunate victims of the war-troubled period that followed the collapse of
communism and the historical tra…
