First of all, I wish to thank Mr. Harri Holkeri, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for his presence here today and also for having briefed us on the current situation and the prospects for Kosovo.
Since this is the first time that Mr. Holkeri has briefed the Security C…
We express our appreciation to the Under- Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, for his briefing, and to Ms. Amy Smythe for her briefing on her work with the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC),
which gives us a clearer idea of the resolution’s …
First, my delegation extends its condolences over the deaths and injuries caused by the recent attacks in Iraq. We condemn in the strongest terms the attack on the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Resolution 1502 (2003) described such conduct — attacks on governmental and non…
The report of the Secretary-General on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations cautions that, over the past 30 years, the natural disasters that afflict the world have tripled in frequency and that there has also been an increase in the number…
Mexico is convinced that we will be able to attain the objectives and the Goals of the Millennium Declaration only if we are able to incorporate the African continent onto the path of sustainable development; that is to say, if we achieve substantial progress in promoting the political, economic and…
At the outset, I thank Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma, Head of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), for presenting the report of the Secretary- General (S/2003/944) on progress made in the implementation of the Mission’s mandate.
The Mexican Constitution lists principles that …
On other occasions in which the Security Council discussed the issue of Israel and Palestine, my country began its statements with condemnation in the strongest terms of the terrorist attacks that claimed innocent civilian victims in Israel. At this meeting, my delegation regrets that we must begin …
I am speaking today as we meet to exchange views on the annual report on the activities of the Security Council from 1 August 2002 to 31 July 2003.
We wish first to thank Ambassador John Negroponte, the Permanent Representative of the United States, for having introduced the report in his capacity …
As the delegation of Germany has done, we too would like to express our sincere thanks to the Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda — Judges Theodor Meron and Erik Møse — for the exhaustive presentations they ha…
As other delegations have done, my delegation thanks Lord Paddy Ashdown, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, for their presence in the Chamber…
My delegation supports the statement made yesterday by the permanent representative of Peru, on behalf of the Rio Group, and therefore would simply like to add a few comments on this topic.
First, I would like to say that, as in the previous two years, my delegation shares the concerns of the Secre…
Like the Permanent Representative of Chile, I am sorry, Sir, that this should be the first Security Council meeting for the month of October, at which we express our pleasure at seeing you assume the Council presidency. Yet we express to you our confidence and support. Further, our thanks go to Amba…
Like preceding delegations, we would like to warmly thank Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Tuliameni Kalomoh and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste, Mr. José Ramos Horta, for the information that they have provided to the Council and for the perspectives they offered for the restoration …
Mexico recognizes the valuable initiative by the presidency of the Security Council to discuss and analyse the role of the concepts of justice and the rule of law in the work of the United Nations, in particular the work of the Security Council.
In its work in the United Nations, in particular in t…
Mexico’s national AIDS policy is based on the principles of prevention, comprehensive medical care, respect for human rights and the active participation of society.
Mexico has one of the lowest rates of HIV/AIDS infection on the American continent. Furthermore, we have succeeded in preventing its …
We are grateful for the holding of this open meeting and especially for the very frank analysis given to us by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the region.
It is obviously no coincidence that this new wave of acts of terrorism, provocations and reprisals characterizing this bl…
My delegation does not want to miss this opportunity to address members of the Council to express our deepest sorrow at the death of a great friend of Mexico, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Mrs. Anna Lindh. It is a deplorable loss, and we join in what other members of the Council have s…
My delegation would like at the outset to express our satisfaction that you and your delegation, Mr. President, decided to hold this wrap-up meeting
and that you chose as its theme issues related to carrying out the purposes of the United Nations by establishing missions in conflict zones in variou…
I take the floor on behalf of the six countries that, during the final phase of the negotiating process that led to the unanimous adoption of this resolution, moved the text forward and urged its consensus adoption.
Bulgaria, Germany, France, the Russian Federation, the Syrian Arab Republic and Mex…
My delegation would like to thank the Ambassadors of the United States and the United Kingdom for their briefings on the activities carried out by their countries in Iraq in their capacity as the coalition established as the authority in Iraq and in accordance with the obligations imposed upon them …
