Let me first and foremost thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, and his Personal Envoy, Mr. Baker, for the work they are doing to resolve the question of Western Sahara.
Nevertheless, the last two reports of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara — S/2000/131 of 17 February 2000 and S/2000/…
I wish to thank Mr. Annabi for his useful and informative briefing on the situation in East Timor. My delegation appreciates the continuing progress in the work of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) regarding the administration, rebuilding and rehabilitation of Eas…
Let me take this opportunity to commend my dear friend and colleague Ambassador Holbrooke for the outstanding leadership he provided to the mission. His steadfastness, firmness and ability to persuade contributed immensely to the success of the mission. I also wish to thank Ambassador Holbrooke for …
I want to thank the Secretary-General for his report and Mr. Ivo Petrov, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for the additional information.
My delegation welcomes the success achieved in the peace process in Tajikistan. We also commend the role played by the United Nations Mission of …
Let me thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting.
I wish to extend my delegation’s condolences to the Governments and those families who lost people in Sierra Leone. Our thoughts are with those being detained by the rebels.
Let me also pay special tribute to the countries who have contr…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We would like welcome the High Representative, Mr. Petritsch, to our midst, and we also thank him for his briefing. The excellent work that the High Representative and his colleagues are doing in Bosnia and Herzegovina on behalf of the interna…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation, for initiating the discussion of this very important subject. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his report and excellent
Today, civilians, especially women, children and the elderly, are deliberately targeted by combatants and ar…
Let me at the outset express my delegation’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to your Government for convening this important meeting on Angola. The fact that you are presiding over this meeting is clear testimony to your Government’s commitment to contribute to finding a lasting solution to …
My delegation welcomes you back to the Council, Mr. President, and we would like to express from the outset our appreciation for the important and, in a sense, ground-breaking role you are personally playing in promoting and developing the important issue that we are discussing today. I should also …
Mr. President, I wish to thank you and your delegation for organizing this meeting. We commend the Secretary-General’s decision to appoint an Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. I wish also to thank Prime Minister Carlsson and his team
We all…
My delegation joins you, Mr. President, and other members of the Security Council in conveying our profound sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the delegation of Tunisia on the passing away of President Bourguiba. His selfless contribution to the struggle for freedom and independence for the peopl…
Namibia wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on Guinea-Bissau. We also thank Mr. Prendergast for the update he has given us.
The situation of Guinea-Bissau was high on the agenda of the United Nations during the past year and it will continue to enjoy the attention of …
We join others in expressing our thanks and appreciation to the Secretary- General for his report. We also welcome the introductory remarks that he made this morning, which, in our view, provide food for further thought. In our view, the Secretary- General’s report on the role of United Nations peac…
We also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH). We would like also to thank Mr. Annabi for the very useful update he has given us on that situation.
My delegation notes with appreciatio…
When you, Sir, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Levitte, to the United Nations, I know that you did so on our behalf. However, Ambassador Levitte having served on the Contact Group for Namibia during those years which many members remember — a Group which has worked ve…
We too would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Tajikistan. We also thank Mr. Annabi for the introductory remarks he has made.
Tajikistan has had its first-ever multi-party elections. We believe that this in itself is a very significant and major achievement. We …
Let me first take this opportunity to thank you, Sir, for convening this important open briefing to discuss the report of the Panel of Experts on violations of the Security Council sanctions against UNITA, an issue which is of critical importance to my country and to the entire region of the Souther…
Allow me to congratulate your delegation, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to convene this open meeting on the item “Maintaining peace and security: Humanitarian aspects of issues before the Security Council”. We thank you, Sir, for presiding over this important meeting. Let me also take thi…
The Secretary-General first recommended the deployment of the 500 military observers in his report of 1 November 1999, and we thank him very much for that report. It has taken the Security Council almost 4 months to agree in this draft resolution on the deployment of the 500 observers, not to mentio…
At the outset, let me hail the men and women who, under the United Nations flag, continue today to serve in the field in a dedicated and
Let me thus add my voice to those of my colleagues who have spoken before me in expressing my delegation's appreciation to your delegation, Mr. President, for hav…
