Afghanistan has been engulfed in internal armed conflict for more than 17 years. Those long years have exacted a heavy toll in innocent civilian casualties and untold human suffering, and have devastated the nation’s physical infrastructure. The conflict has been made worse by clashing religious con…
We note with serious concern and deep frustration that the progress in the Angolan peace process during the last few weeks has not matched our expectations, despite the presidential statement the Security Council adopted on 30 January. We anxiously expected positive progress to take place through co…
On behalf of the Republic of Korea, the Korean delegation also expresses its profound condolences to the Government and the people of China on the passing away of their Paramount Leader, Mr. Deng Xiaoping. Mr. Deng left an indelible mark on the history of mankind, as he did so much to improve the we…
My Government warmly welcomes the signing of the Agreement on a Firm and Lasting Peace between the Guatemalan Government and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) in Guatemala City on 29 December 1996. We are pleased that the longest and most destructive armed conflict in Central Am…
By dint of the concerted and unstinting efforts of the international community, including United Nations agencies, the Implementation Force (IFOR) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), significant progress has been made during the past year towards peace and stability i…
Angola has trodden the rocky road of peacemaking for the past two years, following the signing of the Lusaka Protocol in November 1994. Although we cannot be totally satisfied with the slow pace of the peace process during this period, or with its pattern of intermittent fits and starts, we believe …
On behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Korea, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to Mr. Hans Corell, United Nations Legal Counsel, and his staff for their valuable work on the comprehensive and informative reports of the Secretary- General, as contained in documents A/51/383, A…
My delegation would like to pay tribute to the Secretary-General, the Friends of the Secretary-General for Haiti and the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH) troop-contributing countries for their untiring efforts to restore peace and consolidate democracy in Haiti. We are particularly g…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and informative report on assistance in mine clearance, as contained in document A/51/540. We also take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the courageous efforts of United Nations personnel and…
We all know that the past year has been a particularly trying time for the Middle East peace process. Although 1996 began on a promising note with the peaceful and democratic general elections held in Palestine on 20 January, a series of devastating terrorist attacks against Israel in late February …
At the outset, my delegation would like to associate itself with the statement made by Ambassador Wisnumurti, President of the Security Council, regarding the report of the Security Council now under consideration.
As he rightly pointed out in his statement, the consideration of the Council’s repor…
My delegation wishes to join previous speakers in expressing its deepest condolences to the Government and people of Honduras, in particular the victims of the recent flooding disaster there.
Efforts at United Nations reform, led by the Open- ended High-level Working Group on the Strengthening of t…
The diverse nature of the humanitarian crises that the world has witnessed in recent years, and the increasing frequency of appeals to the international community for humanitarian aid, have highlighted the urgent need to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian and …
The international community has been extremely disheartened and alarmed at the tragic developments in eastern Zaire over the last few weeks. Hundreds of thousands of displaced refugees and inhabitants are facing the danger of mass death by starvation. The creation of secure conditions for the immedi…
In this post-cold-war era of economic globalization and interdependence, the issue of development has gained increasing prominence. A new environment has emerged in which the challenge of development can best be met by a global partnership between developed and developing countries. The Korean deleg…
The Republic of Korea has, with keen interest, been actively engaged in the important deliberations of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and is pleased to join today’s debate on agenda item 47.
The mode…
North Korea has again attempted to use the Geneva Agreed Framework with the United States as an excuse for non-compliance with the Safeguards Agreement under the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). This excuse does not make sense.
The United States-DPRK Agreed Framework is a …
My delegation wishes to express its deep appreciation to Mr. Hans Blix, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for submitting the annual report of the Agency for 1995 and for the additional information he provided in his oral report yesterday. We highly commend him and hi…
The Republic of Korea is pleased to co-sponsor the draft resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union”. My delegation is convinced that it will further promote the strengthening of cooperative relations between the two organizations by creating an effectiv…
We are deeply concerned about the renewal of large-scale fighting in Afghanistan since late September 1996. The recent developments in Afghanistan have exacerbated the mass suffering among the civilian population and are jeopardizing efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to those in dire need. …
