My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on the agenda item under
During this decade, Africa has made great strides towards stability, democracy and prosperity. However, armed conflicts persist in some parts of the continent, threatening regional peac…
Over the past decade, the world has witnessed the planting and the growth of democracy in many countries which had previously suffered under the weight of authoritarian and oppressive regimes. Not only has democracy broken free in many nations, but where the framework of democratic principles and in…
My delegation welcomes today’s opportunity to deliberate on the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. We consider this practice to be an important step forward in ensuring closer collaboration and coordination between the two principal United Nations organs sharing the respo…
My delegation has examined with great interest and appreciation the report of the Secretary-General contained in document A/52/871. We concur with the Secretary- General in his analysis of the fundamental causes of conflict in Africa. We also endorse his comprehensive recommendations on conflict res…
I would like to express my delegation’s gratitude to you, Mr. President, for your initiative in organizing the Security Council’s open debate today on the important and urgent issue of protection for humanitarian assistance. My thanks go also to the Deputy Secretary-General for her important introdu…
On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Korea, I sincerely congratulate Mr. Didier Opertti on his election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly. We are fully confident that the Assembly will reap fruitful results under his distinguished leadership. I would also like to pa…
In view of the recent international economic turmoil, today’s high-level dialogue on the theme of the social and economic impact of globalization could not be more opportune. Indeed, globalization has changed the world so profoundly that no country is immune to the events taking place in whichever r…
Let me express at the outset my sincere appreciation to you, Mr. President, and through you to the members of the Security Council, for allowing my delegation to participate in the debate of the Council on the agenda item before it. This being my first occasion to address the Council as the permanen…
My delegation would first of all like to express its appreciation to the Secretary- General for the reports he presented in response to General Assembly resolution 52/12 B. My delegation has carefully studied these reports, and I should like to make some preliminary comments.
We concur with the ide…
I should like to commend you, Sir, for the able and eminent leadership with which you have guided our important deliberations on the report of the Secretary-General concerning the reform of the United Nations. I would also like to thank the Friends of the President, the distinguished ambassadors of …
I wish to join previous speakers in welcoming you, Sir, to New York to preside over this important meeting. We pay tribute to you for the consistent efforts your country has been making in the interests of peace.
In assessing the overall situation, my delegation recalls the High Representative’s re…
My delegation first wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and informative report on Assistance in mine clearance [A/52/679], which covers the mine- clearance activities being undertaken by the organizations of the United Nations system and presents a direction for our future wo…
My delegation wishes to make a statement in explanation of position in connection with draft resolution A/52/L.48/Rev.1, which was just adopted by consensus.
The Republic of Korea strongly supports the humanitarian assistance activities of the United Nations to address humanitarian crises and disas…
The reform of the Security Council is an issue of vital importance which has far-reaching implications not only for the future of the Organization itself but for the health of international relations in the twenty-first century as well. Although four years of deliberations in the Open-ended Working …
The humanitarian plight of the Iraqi people has been a source of continuing concern to us. We are especially concerned by the report of the Secretary-General that serious nutritional and health problems, in particular for vulnerable groups, persist in Iraq, despite the efforts made by the internatio…
In the view of my delegation, the year 1997 will most likely be recorded as one of the years that saw the least progress in the Middle East peace process since its inception in 1991 on the basis of the “land-for-peace” principle at the Madrid Peace Conference.
At the Security Council meetings held …
Successive United Nations Missions, from the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) to the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH), have laid solid foundations for peace and stability in Haiti. They have achieved important progress,
And yet, in the light of the precarious security situ…
It was nearly 25 years ago that the General Assembly first addressed the issue of the restitution of cultural property to its countries of origin. My delegation is gratified to see today that the General Assembly is once again considering this pressing issue, which has acquired added urgency over th…
Today we live in a world that enjoys more pluralism and a greater number of democratic Governments and democratic global institutions than in all of human history. The Republic of Korea, as a country which has experienced many challenges in its own long journey to the democracy it enjoys today, know…
The inter-Tajik peace process has come a long way in recent months. The signing of the Moscow General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan last June was a turning point in the bumpy road to peace. Despite occasional incidents of hostage-taking and terrorist attac…
