My delegation joins other delegations in thanking the Under-Secretary- General, Mr. Guéhenno, for his informative briefing on
the elections in East Timor. Indeed, the Constitutional Assembly elections held on 30 August, with a high level of popular participation in the vote, are indeed a glowing ex…
Allow me first of all, Mr. Minister, to thank you for presiding over the work of the Security Council today. We were also very appreciative of your personal presence during the open debate on small arms and the meeting on regional approaches to conflict management in Africa. Your personal contributi…
We also thank Mr. Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, for his comprehensive briefing this morning.
Today’s meeting is taking place at a very crucial stage in the peace process. This is an opportunity for us and for other participating States to ass…
We are grateful to the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, for his very comprehensive and useful briefing this morning. We have noted the progress made by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in preparations for the elections in Kosovo and in finalizing t…
My delegation remains deeply concerned over the escalating violence in the Middle East, which has exacted a high toll of casualties and deaths, mostly among Palestinian civilians. For
almost a year now, violence has continued to ravage the occupied Palestinian territories and is becoming more inten…
Allow me first of all, Sir, to congratulate your country on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. It is indeed a pleasure for my delegation to see you, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, presiding over this open debate of the Security Council. Y…
We are most grateful to Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his very comprehensive briefing on the recent developments in Kosovo. Despite multiple political, economic and security concerns, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has made considerable progress in the imp…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open briefing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an issue to which we attach great importance. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his presence today and for his intervention. I also thank Ambassador Kamel Morjane, the Special Representat…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for the very generous and kind sentiments that you have just expressed towards me.
Today I conclude a long journey of 33 years in the foreign service of Mauritius and in the wonderful world of diplomacy. My foreign service career began with the independence of ou…
We thank you, Mr. President, for holding this important meeting at the request of Ambassador Lavrov of the Russian Federation, whom we also thank.
The Gulf War of 1990 was short-lived and ended swiftly with Iraq withdrawing its invading forces from Kuwait under overwhelming military and political p…
We consider today’s public meeting on Kosovo to be most appropriate, following last weekend’s visit of the Security Council mission to the area. We thank you, Sir, for organizing this important meeting. We also thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing this morning. As a member of the…
It is a great honour to have you, Mr. Foreign Minister, preside over our open debate today on the prevention of armed conflict, which is a subject of highest concern to all of us in the United Nations. We thank Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury for holding this open discussion on this important subject t…
I thank you very much, Sir, for convening this important meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina. My delegation also wishes to thank Mr. Jacques Paul Klein, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the lucid manner in which…
Thank you very much, Mr. President, for holding this important public meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We thank also Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for introducing the eighth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of th…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this public meeting on Afghanistan, where the situation on all fronts seems only to be getting worse on a daily basis — the latest scenario being the edict that the Taliban has issued against minority communities.
We deeply appreciate the important briefing provided…
I wish to state that I also endorse the statement made by the Ambassador of Singapore.
Sir Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom): I think that the problem is being exaggerated, actually. I think we should discuss it in informal consultations.
On behalf of my delegation, I express to Mr. Gusmão and to Mr. Ramos- Horta a warm welcome to this open meeting, and I thank Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his briefing. Let me add that it was a pleasure and a privilege to listen to the incisive inputs and ideas on this very important topic.…
In response to your appeal, Mr. President, I will try to shorten my statement and will limit myself to making some observations relating to the inter-agency report.
First, I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Assistant Secretary- General Ibrahima Fall, and the Deputy …
First of all, I would like to thank you, Sir, for your initiative to hold an open debate of the Security Council on the important subject of protection of civilians in armed conflict. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report of 30 March on this subject. We also thank the…
I should like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his very comprehensive and informative briefing on the current situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea. We appreciate it, especially in the light of the positive developments on which he has reported. We welcome the establishment of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ)…
