The importance of cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in the implementation of the principles and the fulfilment of the purposes of the United Nations Charter as well as in the promotion of the social and economic development of peoples can never be overemphasized. The …
Sir, as you assume the presidency of the Council for the month of December, let me convey to you our best wishes for a very successful presidency and pledge to you my delegation’s full support and cooperation.
I also wish to echo the sentiments you have expressed to Ambassador Patricia Durrant of J…
Let me start by warmly congratulating you, Madam President, and your formidable team on a most successful presidency of the Security Council during the month of November. The agenda of the Security Council under the Jamaican presidency has been most diverse in its range of issues and has given us th…
My delegation is pleased to participate in the debate on agenda item 41,
entitled “Question of Palestine”, in the General Assembly today, coinciding with the commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On this very important day, I wish to reiterate the continu…
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Judge Jorda, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Pillay, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte to the Security Council Chamber today. I th…
I join all the delegations in thanking Mr. Hédi Annabi for his very useful
briefing. We have noted with satisfaction the large turnout of voters for the elections and the efficient manner in which the whole process was conducted. My delegation pays tribute Mr. Hans Haekkerup for his excellent coord…
Let me also thank Mr. Oshima for his briefing and commend him for the work which he and his team are doing in his
department. We are very pleased to note that he is organizing some very important workshops on the various issues relating to the protection of civilians in armed conflict, in anticipat…
Let me first thank you, Madam President, for convening this public meeting, which gives both the Security Council members and the general membership the opportunity to discuss the overall situation in Angola. My delegation is grateful to His Excellency Mr. João Bernardo de Miranda, Minister of Exter…
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for convening this very important meeting on Afghanistan. Allow me also to thank His Excellency Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi for his very comprehensive briefing, and we commend him for the very arduous and strenuous task that he has undertaken. We would also like to tha…
May I, on behalf of my country, be allowed to convey our deepest sympathy to the families and relatives of all those persons who lost their lives this morning in the air crash in Queens.
Let me also extend my congratulations to you, Sir, on the manner in which you are presiding over this meeting of…
Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to address this Assembly under your able and distinguished leadership. May I, on behalf of my delegation, take this opportunity to extend to you our warmest congratulations on your election as
President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. Yo…
Let me join my colleagues in congratulating you, Madam, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council, and in thanking your predecessor, the representative of Ireland, for the successful way in which he led the work of the Council last month. My delegation wishes also to acknowledge the presen…
My delegation is pleased to see you presiding over this meeting today, Mr. President. We are also pleased to welcome to the Security Council the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Vieira de Mello, and Chief Minister Alkatiri. We thank them for their comprehensive briefings. We also…
We extend a warm welcome to Mr. She Okitundu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and thank him for his important statement.
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, which gives the Council and the general membership an opportunity to discuss the nex…
My delegation would like to join you, Mr. President, and previous speakers in extending a very warm welcome to His Excellency
Mr. Galaydh, Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia, and to the other members of his delegation. We sincerely hope that today’s meeting will…
First of all, allow me to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Richard Ryan, for introducing the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session (A/56/2). Let me also say that my delegation fully subscribes to the statements made by the representa…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for the very detailed report he has submitted on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also want to thank Special Representative Hans Haekkerup for his very comprehensive and useful briefing. We are particular…
We are thankful to the Mayor of the city of New York, Mr Giuliani, for his inspiring statement on Monday morning. We take this opportunity to reiterate to him and to the people of New York our deepest sympathy following the tragedy of 11 September. We commend the people of the United States for the …
My delegation is very grateful to General Cissé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing and for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the Central African Republic. We are also thankful to Mr. Calderisi, Country Director of the World Bank, for his …
My delegation is profoundly shocked by yesterday’s traumatic events, the impact and magnitude of which are yet to be felt and fully assessed. On behalf of the Government of Mauritius and its people, I wish to convey our deepest sympathies and condolences to the Government and people of the United St…
