First, my country welcomes your return, Sir, and the fact that you are presiding over this public meeting of the Security Council. We congratulate China on the political process it conducted through its Party Congress.
My delegation wants to thank the Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs,…
Let me first thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his presentation of the report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET). Let me also express my Government’s appreciation to Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma and his entire team for their work at the head of…
Mexico shares solid historic, cultural and geographic links with the Central American countries and gives high priority to its bilateral relations with each of them, as well as with the region as a whole. The Government of Mexico has systematically supported the Governments and the peoples of Centra…
The Mexican delegation wishes to express its appreciation to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and to all the Agency’s staff for their excellent work throughout the year in order to accomplish the many tasks assigned to them by Member States an…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on progress towards implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, as well as for his personal commitment to combating that epidemic, which is already considered to be the worst in the history of humankind.
We also…
My delegation welcomes and appreciates the presence of the Secretary-General at this important meeting of the Security Council.
Mexico appreciates the efforts made by the members of the Security Council to reach the agreement reflected in the revised draft resolution just adopted, which was sponsor…
The delegation of Mexico wishes to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean- Marie Guéhenno, for updating the Security Council on developments in the situation in Kosovo in general and in particular with respect to the activities
of the United Nations Interim Administ…
My delegation welcomes the introduction of document A/57/280, entitled “Meeting of the General Assembly devoted to information and communication technologies for development — Summary by the President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly”.
At that meeting, my delegation noted that inf…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for the submission of his report, “Strengthening of the United Nations: an agenda for further change” (A/57/387 and Corr.1). Mexico welcomes this new effort by the Secretary-General to reform the Organization so that it can face effectively the …
My delegation expresses its gratitude to the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Gilbert Guillaume, for the very detailed report he has presented, and we pay tribute to the principal judicial organ of the United Nations for its contribution to the peaceful solution of disputes bet…
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation for the presence of the Secretary-General at this meeting. It is through his presence here that the report on women, peace and security is being brought before the Council. The report that is the basis of our work today is undoubtedly the subject upon…
My delegation wishes to express very special thanks to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Ashdown, and to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH),
Mr. Klein, for their briefings and for the o…
Over the past year, we have noted significant progress towards resolving a number of conflicts in Africa. In that context, it is important to mention the cases of Sierra Leone, Angola, Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar, a country in which it was possible to ov…
I should like at the outset to express my gratitude for the decision to convene this joint debate on two items of great interest to Members of the United Nations. As we all know, the question of Security Council reform involves more than a mere increase in membership, and is directly related to the …
Mexico welcomes the decision by the President of the Security Council to include this public debate on the subject of small arms and light weapons in the programme for October.
My Government is particularly attentive to this problem. We believe that the accumulation of small arms and light weapons …
My country wishes to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and we wish you every success in this difficult month. Our appreciation goes also to the Ambassador of Bulgaria for the manner in which he conducted the work of the Council last month.
My deleg…
We have received with interest the first annual report on the progress made by the United Nations system and Member States in the implementation of the Millennium Declaration. There is no doubt that these reports and the five-year report are essential in order to provide concise monitoring of the fu…
I agree with Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock’s statement that this has been an extraordinary year for the Security Council. There are still a few months remaining, however, during which we may confront the most important events in the life of our Council. Consequently, the submission of this report to …
Over the past few days, the efforts of the Quartet to draw up a plan of action leading finally to peace in the Middle East has borne fruit. A time frame was prepared, with a three-phase plan designed to obtain a lasting peace built on the vision of two States, Israel and Palestine, living side by si…
The holding of this plenary session is an explicit recognition of the fact that the development of Africa is a shared responsibility of the entire community of nations. It is also recognition of the fact that our efforts should focus on the priority tasks and programmes defined by the countries of A…
