I can subscribe to just about everything that Ambassador Holbrooke said, especially his comments that it is not a question of whether we support peacekeeping, but when and how. That is precisely the position of the Netherlands, too.
Just for the record, I would like to add two observations. First, …
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Miyet and Ambassador Holbrooke for their statements. I wish to join Ambassador Holbrooke in reserving the right to intervene again later in the debate, in conformity with the interactive format that the British presidency has so fortunately introduced.
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It is good to see the British presidency devote an open Council meeting to Africa. When we planned a similar meeting for our presidency in September we were not at all sure it would be a success. After all, non-permanent members, who get to chair the Security Council once or twice in a generation, a…
The Secretary- General's first report on United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and Under-Secretary-General Miyet's supplementary briefing contain some positive elements but also give cause for deep concern. It is probably a coincidence that Mr. Miyet gave us all the good news in English a…
I am sorry to take the floor again, but I wanted to point out that non- participation in the voting is extremely rare and that few non-permanent members have ever resorted to this extraordinary measure.
Under normal circumstances we, too, would have been glad to support a regular roll-over for a new phase of 180 days. However, we believe that the circumstances are not normal.
The Netherlands was a sponsor of one of the three draft resolutions that were informally submitted after the panel’s exerci…
The Netherlands warmly welcomes the initiative of the Slovenian presidency to devote an open debate to the role of the Security Council in the prevention of armed conflicts. We regard conflict prevention as the core of the duties the Security Council is called upon to carry out on behalf of the Unit…
The Amorim panel issued its report on 30 March, and soon after that my delegation, together with that of the United Kingdom, introduced a draft resolution on this matter. Since then, counter-proposals have been made.
We have been happy to go along with the roll-over for two weeks, but for two weeks…
The United Nations Decade of International Law is officially drawing to a close. At the same time, we are concluding the celebration of the centennial of the first International Peace Conference. I speak to the Assembly today not only as a representative of the Netherlands Government, but first and …
Mr. President, We join other delegations in thanking you and your delegation for having taken the initiative to convene this important meeting.
We also welcome the New York Declaration, which Members of the Joint Presidency have issued on the occasion of their appearance before the Security Council…
Mr. President, the Netherlands joins you and other members of the Council in welcoming Ms. Del Ponte and thanking her for her informative briefing. It really goes without saying that we support her, as we strongly support both the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Int…
The Netherlands welcomes the People’s Consultative Assembly’s decision to revoke its earlier decree incorporating East Timor into Indonesia. We join other delegations in expressing our admiration for the sense of responsibility and realism that the People’s Consultative Assembly of Indonesia has dis…
I would like, first of all, to thank Mr. Otunnu for his valuable and, at the same time, very disturbing briefing this morning.
The Netherlands welcomes the draft resolution before the Council, which will establish the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL). In doing so, the Security Counc…
Like other delegations that have spoken before us, the Netherlands welcomes this opportunity to discuss the threat to international peace and security posed by international terrorism.
Terrorism is one of the most pressing concerns of the international community. It is neither new nor limited to an…
The Netherlands fully supports the statement made by the European Union (EU) Presidency. Allow me to make a national statement as a complement to that statement.
On the eve of the twenty-first century, great changes are taking place throughout the world. Globalization, technological advances and an…
Speaking to the Assembly one year ago, I demonstrated that the Kingdom of the Netherlands qualified for membership on the Security
Most of today's armed conflicts are in Africa. From Sierra Leone to Eritrea and from the Sudan to the Congo and Angola, Africans are fighting Africans. Fighting accompa…
The Netherlands has noted with great concern that the most recent “six plus two” meeting in Tashkent has not led to a resumption of the inter-Afghan dialogue. It is disconcerting that, even as the Tashkent talks were taking place, the Taliban were already preparing for another major offensive.
In o…
I join other speakers, Sir, in congratulating you and the other members of your delegation on Namibia’s very effective presidency, two thirds of which have already passed in the seclusion of our consultations room, but which has now entered its visible stage. I understand that for a large part of th…
I would like to thank Ambassador Fowler for his very informative briefing. We highly appreciate and very much admire his proactive approach as Chairman of the Angola sanctions Committee. In both of his briefings, Ambassador Fowler touched on an essential point at the heart of the problems associated…
Thank you for expressing, on our behalf, the Council’s profound regret and sorrow at the passing of His Majesty King Hassan II of Morocco.
My delegation is grateful to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for her briefing. We are glad that Mrs. Ogata concentrated her briefing mainly on…
