My delegation is very pleased to have this opportunity to hear, in open format in the Council, the views and concerns of so many delegations on this issue of such importance to us all. The Irish Government has consistently made clear its grave concern at the humanitarian situation in Iraq. When comp…
Following our mission to Kosovo under your efficient leadership, Mr. President, and the most recent report of the Secretary-General, this meeting enables us to assess developments in Kosovo and to focus on the way forward. I am grateful to Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his comprehensive intro…
Ireland is very pleased to see Foreign Minister Azad of Bangladesh presiding over this important meeting. We welcome him warmly.
May I also thank Deputy Secretary-General Fréchette for her thoughtful and comprehensive introductory statement.
Later in today’s debate, Sweden will make a statement in…
I should like to thank Special Representative Jacques Klein for what I found to be a very thought-provoking presentation, in terms of both the immediate challenges and the long-term strategic options for Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was an intervention that, I think, will bear careful re-reading.
The…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for introducing the Secretary-General’s latest report, which outlines proposals for the transition to phase III of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). I would also like to
thank the Special R…
I shall try to be brief. I would like to begin by thanking Ambassador Menkerios and the rest of the Committee of Experts for their report (S/2001/511), which was compiled in difficult circumstances and which contains many useful recommendations. I would like also to take this opportunity to recogniz…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for calling this open meeting, and to welcome our guests, Mr. Xanana Gusmão and Mr. José Ramos-Horta. We consider their participation in this meeting as a reflection of the close relationship between East Timor and the United Nations, and of the successful T…
We appreciate this important meeting, and we are grateful to Under-Secretary- General Guéhenno, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator McAskie and Assistant Secretary-General Fall for their valuable briefings.
Assistant Secretary-General Fall’s recent Inter- Agency Mission report provides an important…
May I also welcome the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Léonard She Okitundu, the Personal Envoy of the President of Rwanda, Mr. Patrick Mazimpaka, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, Mr. Amama Mbabazi, and the Minister of Finance of Burundi, Mr. Charles…
The Secretary-General’s report represents a challenge to the Security Council, to the United Nations system and to the wider international community, which requires action- focused responses. The Secretary-General presents a compelling case for a culture of protection for civilians in armed conflict…
I shall be brief. I would like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing and for the good news that he has brought today. We agree with his proposal relating to elements for the message that the Council should send out from today’s discussion.
I would like to make just one point, relating to the work …
I am pleased to inform members that, following your suggestion this morning,
Sir, and as a result of further consultations, we appear to have resolved some expressed concerns surrounding the draft resolution.
The draft reflecting the agreement is before members for their consideration. I might per…
I will try to be as brief as possible. I should like to start by thanking Mr. Guéhenno for his very informative briefing and for the thoroughness with which he has answered many of the questions that have been put to him. Sweden is going to speak in a minute on behalf of the European Union, so I wil…
Let me first welcome you, Sir, to the chair and wish the United Kingdom well for its presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to endorse your decision to bring this kind of briefing into open session.
I would like now to thank Mr. Annabi for his most informative briefing today, which w…
Ireland is deeply concerned at the apparently worsening conflict in the occupied Palestinian territories and the resultant loss of life, including the deaths of innocent children.
We have been working over the past week with other members of the Council, in particular our fellow Europeans, members …
I thank you, Mr. President, for calling this meeting. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the presence of the new Permanent Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Tunisia; we wish them welcome. I would like to thank Mr. Petritsch for his informative briefing on the
situation in Bosnia …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for calling this meeting. We would congratulate Mr. Haekkerup on his work since becoming head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and thank him for the informative briefing he has provided today.
Ireland fully subscribes t…
Ireland joins with others in welcoming Foreign Minister Kerim to the Security Council today. We, too, strongly condemn the recent violence by armed extremists along the border region between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, including the attacks on S…
I would like to express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting today, and to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his informative briefing on the situation in Kosovo. Ireland fully subscribes to the detailed statement which will be delivered by the Permanent Representa…
