Today is a great day in the history of East Timor and in that of the United Nations as we celebrate the independence of East Timor. It is particularly significant that this meeting is taking place today under the presidency of Singapore, a country that in the Council has always shown special interes…
Let me start by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his briefing on the situation in East Timor and for introducing the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for the impo…
We join other delegations in extending a warm welcome at today’s meeting to the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Steiner. We are pleased to have him among us today to hear his assessment of the post- election situation in Kosovo and the challenges facing the province now that th…
My delegation would like to thank the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Greenstock, for his comprehensive and informative briefing on the work of the Committee. My delegation also joins others in commending him and his staff for the very good work done by the Committee. L…
Over the past few weeks, despite the international community’s appeal, military assaults against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people have continued to intensify. Security Council resolutions 1402 (2002) and 1403 (2002) continue unimplemented and ignored. Israel continues to defy the…
Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this public meeting at such short notice. I should like to acknowledge the presence of the Secretary-General and to thank him for the very good statement he made. My delegation associates itself with that statement and supports it fully.
The situation in the…
I thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for his update on the situation in Kosovo. We also welcome Mr. Čović, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, and we thank him for his statement. We are also thankful for the detailed briefing attached
to the copy of his statement, and we note with great satisfactio…
First of all, on behalf of my delegation, I express our deepest sympathy to and solidarity with the Government and people of Afghanistan for their losses suffered as a result of the devastating earthquake in the north of the country.
Let me join others in thanking the Secretary- General for the ver…
The tragic developments and grave situation in the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe, among others, remind us once again of the need for the Security Council to take comprehensive measures to address the protection of those innocent civilians who have always been the first and easiest victims, …
Let me first thank you, Sir, for organizing this public meeting to discuss the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia. I take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in our midst and to thank him for his comprehensive statement mad…
Allow me, first of all, to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your delegation on organizing today’s meeting and on giving us the opportunity to comment on the report of the Security Council mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Before going into the substantive issues, I would also like to congratulat…
Allow me, first of all, to heartily congratulate Mexico for a successful presidency during the month of February. Let me also congratulate Norway on its assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I also extend to you, Mr. President, our congratulations on presiding over this meeting…
Let me start by thanking you, Sir, for organizing this open debate on the
situation in the Middle East. We have supported the request of the Group of Arab States for convening this open debate not only because the situation in the Middle East is extremely dangerous and alarming, but more importantl…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting today. We are very grateful to Mr. Kenzo Oshima for his briefing on the humanitarian situation in Angola. We would also like very warmly to welcome to this Chamber the Vice-Minister for External Relations of Angola and to thank him…
In view of time constraints, and in response to the appeal of the President, I shall limit my intervention to just a few observations. First of all, let me thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s public meeting on the subject of refugees, which is of direct relevance to the work of the Secu…
Allow me first of all to congratulate you, Sir, and the delegation of Mali for its successful presidency of the Security Council during the month of December. We commend you, Mr. President, for your able leadership and for the practical manner in which you have conducted the work of the Security Cou…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting in order to take stock of the outcome of the mission of Ambassador Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General. My delegation also thanks Ambassador Gambari for his very comprehensive briefing this morning.
We…
First of all, let me thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important public meeting on West Africa. Allow me also to thank Mr. Ibrahima Fall, Assistant Secretary-General, for his extremely comprehensive and very useful briefing on the situation in West Africa.
The unstable and precarious sit…
I thank you very much, Sir, for convening this meeting to discuss this very important issue in the presence of the general membership. I would like to extend a very warm welcome to the ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda and the Special Adviser to the President of Rwanda, as…
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for holding this open meeting at such short notice.
Mauritius has supported the Arab Group’s request that the Security Council consider the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine, because we believe that the United Nations, esp…
