Together with the other European Union countries present on the Council, Italy has proposed some amendments to the original text of the draft resolution in order to achieve a more balanced resolution that we think will not hinder, but rather, stimulate progress in the peace process in the Middle Eas…
Italy welcomes the adoption of today’s resolution on Croatia, which it joined in sponsoring and in the drafting of which it participated. In our opinion, the Security Council had the duty to take this initiative to deal with a situation that we continue to consider unsatisfactory and dangerous. Whil…
My delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG).
The negotiations are still beset by difficulties. The conditions set by resolution 971 (1995) for an extended presence of UNOMIG in Georgia have been only parti…
The resolution we have just adopted concludes one of the most detailed and complex peace-keeping operations of the United Nations. Over a four-year period, our Organization’s direct involvement has made a fundamental contribution to the transition in El Salvador from a society plagued by violence an…
Allow me to begin, Sir, by addressing to you a warm welcome from my delegation and our best wishes on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council today. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank your Government for having sent to the United Nations such a fine and able diplom…
The recent cowardly murder of two French UNPROFOR soldiers in Sarajevo is for us, also, a source of profound sorrow and strong indignation. These feelings were expressed personally by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Agnelli, in her statement here in New York yesterday at the NPT Review…
Italy will vote in favour of the draft resolution that is before the Council this morning. We shall vote in favour on the basis of one conviction — that while sanctions are, and remain, one of the most effective tools provided by the Charter of the United Nations to enforce compliance with internati…
Since this is the first time that I have spoken in the Council under your presidency, Sir, allow me first to congratulate you warmly on your assumption of such an important duty, which we are sure you will be able to discharge with your usual, well-known efficiency and effectiveness, and also with y…
At the outset, Sir, allow me, through you, to congratulate Ambassador Li Zhaoxing on the wise and skilful way in which he has guided the work of the Council during the month of March. Our appreciation and thanks go also to his predecessor, Ambassador Legwaila.
Italy welcomes the consideration today…
Allow me first to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February.
Italy shares and endorses the views that will be expressed by France later on in its capacity as President of the European Union. My delegatio…
The resolution just adopted on Haiti is another building-block in the beginning of a new phase
The first step was the intervention of the Multinational Force, which liberated the Haitian people from the military regime and made possible the return of their constitutional leader, President Aristide.…
I wish to join you, Mr. President, and the speakers who preceded me in extending a warm welcome to the Foreign Minister of Mozambique, His Excellency Mr. Leonardo Simão. His presence at this table today symbolizes the return of his country to peace, unity, stability and progress. Henceforth Mozambiq…
Italy will vote in favour of the draft resolution. We now view the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) for three months as being of considerable advantage.
On one hand, three months is long enough to allow verification of whether or not the Liberian f…
Mr. President, let me begin by offering my most sincere compliments on the dynamic and authoritative way in which you are presiding over the work of the Security Council in the month of January.
For me it is a special honour and a source of deep satisfaction to deliver my country’s first statement …
Italy’s support for the resolution renewing the mandate of the Observer Mission in Georgia has been based on three main considerations: the usefulness of this resolution to a relaunching of the political negotiations, the need to consolidate the mechanism that has enabled the cease-fire to be compli…
On behalf of the Italian delegation, we wish to thank you, Sir, for convening this timely meeting to adopt a draft resolution on emergency humanitarian assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama in the aftermath …
Since this is the first time I am addressing the Security Council under your presidency, Sir, I wish first of all to express my country’s great and sincere appreciation for your balance and wisdom as you guide the Council’s work during the month of December.
We read with interest the French aide-mé…
Italy fully endorses the statement that was made by Germany in its capacity as President of the European Union and wishes to express its appreciation for the Secretary-General’s report (A/49/487) on international assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Nicaragua.
In recent years the…
I am honoured to speak on behalf of Italy and of the Chairman-in-Office of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), and to introduce the draft resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to the list of whose spons…
The General Assembly is called upon today to take a decision on the inclusion in its agenda of an additional item entitled “Capital punishment”. The request for such inclusion was signed by 34 countries, including Italy.
On 7 November 1994, the General Committee decided to recommend to the General …
