I thank the President and the Secretariat for preparing the draft resolution we have before us. I would like to raise just one question at this stage. Paragraph 4 of the annex states that
“Each head of State or head of Government attending the round tables may be accompanied by two advisers.”
My q…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for your initiative to hold an open debate to allow interested countries non-members of the Security Council to express their views on the situation in East Timor.
I would like also to join previous speakers in thank…
I would like to support the oral revision that you, Sir, proposed with regard to paragraph 4 (a) of annex A of the draft resolution.
My delegation believes that the paragraph as revised is in conformity with the letter and spirit of the well-established practice of the General Assembly.
At the outset, I would like to join the previous speakers in extending my delegation's appreciation to Foreign Minister Rodríguez Giavarini for presiding over today's open debate. We are also highly appreciative of Argentina's initiative of taking up once again this important and urgent question bef…
Reform of the Security Council, like reform of the United Nations as a whole, is one of the top-priority tasks that the international community has been mandated to carry out during the last decade of the twentieth century. As we stand today in the twilight of the century, we cannot but express disa…
Allow me to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for your initiative of arranging today’s open debate devoted to Africa, to which my Government attaches particular importance.
We wholeheartedly welcome the Council’s renewed and sustained attention to the problems facing Africa, as demonstrated in …
At the outset, I would like to express my delegation's appreciation to Ambassador Hadi Nejad Hosseinian of Iran for introducing draft resolution A/54/L.60 this morning, which we support wholeheartedly. I also congratulate him for taking the initiative of organizing the second panel discussion, on 22…
Allow me first to express my delegation's appreciation for the Secretary- General's report on the development of Africa and for his progress report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in his April 1998 report on Africa. My delegation notes the substantial progress made by the Gene…
The Republic of Korea is pleased to see that progress is being made in advancing the peace process in the Middle East. The signing of the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum on 4 September 1999 in Cairo by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization is another breath of fresh air in a process that had s…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for your initiative of organizing another open debate today on one of the most important and urgent issues before the United Nations. This being our last opportunity to address the Council under your presidency this month, we wish to pay tribute …
At the outset, my delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General and the staff of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for the informative and comprehensive report entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea” (A/54/429). This annual report, covering a wide spectr…
Allow me to begin by expressing my delegation's deep appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations”. This report faithfully reflects the ongoing efforts of the international co…
At the outset, allow me to extend my delegation's appreciation to the Secretary- General for his report on the University for Peace (A/54/312). I would like to express my gratitude to Mrs. Nury Vargas of Costa Rica for introducing the draft resolution before us. My thanks go also to Mr. Maurice Stro…
As the United Nations Decade of International Law, declared 10 years ago by the General Assembly, draws to a close, it is time to take stock of the progress made during the successive phases of the Decade and to refine our efforts for the future.
Aptly enough, the culmination of the Decade coincide…
Since my delegation already made clear its positions on the issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's non- compliance with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement in the First Committee, as well as in the plenary General Assembly, I will refrain from repeating t…
My delegation shares the concern already expressed by other delegations about the problem of the extraterritorial application of jurisdiction embodied in the so-called Helms-Burton Act. Such legislation has far-reaching implications for the norms and general principles of international law.
Having …
Although I am a little reluctant to take the floor, I feel an obligation to set the record straight on several inaccurate statements made by the North Korean delegation. My delegation will not, however, make a detailed counter-argument to each and every point raised by the North Korean delegation.
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Allow me to start by expressing my delegation's sincere gratitude to Mr. ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his comprehensive report and the remarkable performance he and his staff have achieved during the past year.
As we stand at the threshold of the…
At the outset, I wish, on behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Korea, to join previous speakers in extending our deepest condolences to the Government and the people of Armenia regarding today's tragic incident.
Representative democracy in particular has been the defining char…
Let me begin by expressing, on behalf of my delegation, our warmest appreciation to the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, for his lucid introduction of the report of the Court contained in document A/54/4. The report contains a comprehensive account of cases…
