My delegation is grateful to you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. Like others, we also welcome the presence of Senator Biden and thank him for sharing his Government’s views on the two scales of assessment. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for providing us with h…
Let me begin by thank you, Mr. President, for once again holding a meeting on the subject of international terrorism as a follow-up to Security Council resolution 1269 of October 1999, adopted under your presidency. This resolution condemns all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal an…
I would like to join other speakers in expressing our gratitude to the President, for holding this important debate on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict, especially as regards the specific action that the General Assembly can take
to contribute to the prevention and settlement of conflicts …
My delegation is a member of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and in that capacity we wholly subscribe to the report introduced yesterday by the Chairman of the Committee, my brother, Ambassador Ibra Deguène Ka of Senegal.
The Committee has once aga…
I will be very brief in order not to delay the departure of Ms. McAskie.
I thought this afternoon’s discussion and briefing were very useful. I wish once again to thank Ms. McAskie for that, and for providing additional information in response to the questions and comments of members of the Council…
My delegation thanks the acting Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Carolyn McAskie, for her briefing on the deplorable humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most mineral-rich country in Africa, yet it has the worst humanitarian sit…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, for being with the Council today to discuss with us the work of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). I also wish to thank him for the useful briefing he has given us, as…
The South African representative will soon make a statement in his capacity as the Chairman of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), and my delegation would like to associate itself with that
statement. We also support the statement made by the Coordinator of the NAM Caucus for…
I, too, would like to take this opportunity to welcome Judge Jorda, Judge Pillay and Prosecutor Del Ponte to our midst,
and to thank them for their comprehensive and useful briefings.
My delegation has been paying special attention to the work of the Tribunals in The Hague and in Arusha, and in th…
My delegation, too, would like to acknowledge the presence of the Special Representative, Mr. Kouchner, in our midst today and to thank him for his comprehensive briefing on, among other things, the elections in Kosovo.
It is indeed reasonable to say that, despite the non-participation of some ethn…
You hail, Sir, from a country with a long and outstanding record of contribution to United Nations peacekeeping and peace-building activities. It is therefore no surprise to my delegation that your presidency saw fit to arrange a public meeting on a theme of such importance.
Let me also thank you f…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank Mr. Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his useful briefing on the elections held on 11 November in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
When we look at what has been achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovin…
My delegation commends Ambassador Ward of Jamaica for his leadership of the Working Group, which led to the adoption of today’s resolution in the Security Council.
At the Summit of the Security Council, the President of Namibia, Mr. Sam Nujoma, commended the report of the Panel on United Nations Pe…
I would like to thank Mrs. Ogata for her briefing. For 10 years, she and her staff have done magnificent work on behalf of millions of women, children and men who have lost their identities and are now known merely as refugees or internally displaced persons. We have witnessed an increase in the num…
Allow me first of all to associate my delegation with the statement made by the representative of Togo on behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). I would also like to express my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on cooperation between the United Nations and…
Before I make my statement, allow me to join others in paying our heartfelt condolences to the Governments and people of Singapore and Angola on the tragic plane crashes that occurred yesterday. We would also like to convey our deepest sympathy to the families of those who perished in the tragic acc…
It is with great pleasure that I introduce the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, in document A/55/2, covering the period from 16 June 1999 to 15 June 2000.
The report clearly shows the intensity of the Security Council’s working agenda during the reporting period. Durin…
I wish to thank Mr. Vieira de Mello for travelling to New York to brief us today. His briefing is certainly timely because of the important considerations by this Council following the recent tragic events in West Timor, his subsequent talks with the Indonesian authorities and the Council’s meeting …
My delegation wishes to express its gratitude to the Secretary-General for his thoughtful report on the work of the Organization, which we are considering today. The report covers a comprehensive range of issues. We are pleased with the broad coverage and careful treatment of many critical issues in…
I would like to thank the President for convening this important meeting. May I also thank the Secretary-General for his report, and Special Representative Kouchner for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
My delegation notes with appreciation the p…
