At the outset, allow me, on behalf of the Government of Oman, to welcome you, Sir, to the Council. We are particularly pleased to see you presiding over this formal meeting of the Security Council, and we express our appreciation to your country for the very able manner in which its delegation has s…
The Security Council meets today to consider a humanitarian problem that, for a long time, has been in the hearts and minds of the international community. In his report to the Security Council in 1991 (S/23006, Annex I), Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, then Executive Delegate of the Secretary-General fo…
Mr. President, I am delighted to begin by congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. I assure you of my delegation’s cooperation at all times. Allow me also to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank your predecessor, Ambassador Li…
On behalf of my delegation and of my country, the Sultanate of Oman, I extend our sincere congratulations to the representative of China on his assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. I wish also to thank the representative of Botswana, Ambassador Legwaila, for t…
At the outset it gives me great pleasure to welcome His Excellency Mr. Leonardo Simão, the Foreign Minister of Mozambique, and to thank him for his important statement.
The Security Council meets today on a happy occasion to mark the official closure of the United Nations Observer Mission in Mozamb…
At the outset, Mr. President, and on behalf of my country, allow me to convey to you and to your friendly country, Argentina, my sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this first month of the year. My delegation would like to take this opportunity to…
If we study and analyse the statements made by many delegations of Members of the international Organization in the context of the plenary meetings of the current session of the General Assembly or in the discussions that took place within the Open-Ended Working Group entrusted with the task of stud…
I believe that my delegation has already conveyed to you, Sir, its congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I wish, however, to assure you of our fullest cooperation with you and your delegation.
Similarly, I wish to convey our appreciation to the represen…
At the outset, allow me to bid a warm welcome on behalf of my delegation, through you, Mr. President, to His Excellency the Minister for External Relations of Angola and to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. It is an honour to have them here with us today.
There has been an import…
I should like, at the outset, to express the sincere congratulations of the delegation of the Sultanate of Oman to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month. We wish you every success. We are convinced that, thanks to your well-known wisdom, ability…
The tragic events that befell Rwanda early this year truly shocked and horrified
Three months ago my delegation voted in favour of Security Council resolution 935 (1994) by which the Council established a Commission of Experts to examine and analyse the information pertaining to the serious violati…
For nearly three years the Security Council has expended time and efforts to discuss the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to render its support to the relevant resolutions adopted by this body and to encourage the concerned parties to genuinely implement them.
My Government i…
At the outset, allow me to convey my sincere thanks to the Permanent Mission of Argentina and to the Permanent Mission of New Zealand for their initiative and efforts in finalizing together consensus on this sensitive and pivotal issue, which resulted in the issuance of the presidential statement th…
Allow me to begin by conveying to you, Madam President, my sincere congratulations on your assumption of the Council’s presidency for this month. I would also like to avail myself of this opportunity to express my country’s readiness to cooperate with you and your delegation during this month.
Thro…
At the outset allow me, on behalf of the delegation of Oman, to extend heartfelt thanks to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali for his report on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to agenda item 39, which is under discussion today.
At a time when the…
At the outset I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. We are confident that with your wisdom and vast experience you will lead our work successfully. My delegation assures you of our fullest cooperation at all times.
The Security Council, having re…
I should like, at the outset, to thank the Secretary-General through you for his report on the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II). My delegation has studied this report carefully and with great interest. My delegation has also followed the verbal reports that the Security Council has be…
Mr. President, please allow me at the outset to congratulate you on your assumption of the Presidency of the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. Your unanimous election to this high office attests to the respect accorded by the international community to your friendly country, Côte d’Ivoire…
At the outset, allow me, on behalf of my delegation, to express to you personally, Sir, and to your friendly country, Spain, sincerest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month of September. We are confident that your knowledge of international affai…
On 3 July 1993, the Governors Island Agreement was signed under the aegis of the United Nations and the Organization of American
One year after the signing of that Agreement, the illegal de facto regime and military authorities in Haiti continue to drag their feet on the implementation of its relev…
