Madam President, I wish to thank you for convening this public meeting on Timor-Leste, a neighbour in the region, at a time when that country is once again at an important juncture in its process of establishing a democratic, secure and viable State. I also wish to thank Assistant Secretary- General…
We join other members in congratulating you, Madam, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. We also congratulate Ambassador Wang Guangya and the rest of the Chinese delegation on their successful presidency during the month of April. In addition, we would l…
My delegation thanks the Chinese presidency for having convened this important public meeting. We welcome back to the Council Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad and thank him for his briefing.
We take this opportunity to acknowledge the unstinting efforts of President Mbeki in trying to find a way to mo…
My delegation welcomes this initiative to hold a joint open briefing by the Chairpersons of the three Committees of the Security Council dealing with the issue of counter-terrorism, and we thank them for their informative briefings.
We share the view that global counter-terrorism efforts will be mo…
This is the third resolution — the third child born of the Security Council’s consideration of the situation in the Sudan, in particular Darfur. At this late hour — in the twilight of the Brazilian presidency — we cannot but recall a story that originated in Wales, the home of the sponsor of resolut…
Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your delegation for ably steering the presidency of the Council in an excellent fashion. We also commend the Brazilian presidency for convening this wrap-up meeting on the African dimension of the Council’s work for March. The focus on Africa reflects…
We wish to thank the Brazilian presidency for convening this important meeting to discuss the situation in Côte d’Ivoire. The presence this afternoon of the Secretary-General himself underscores the importance of the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire. We welcome the comprehensive briefing made by Deputy Forei…
My delegation joins other delegations in thanking Lord Paddy Ashdown for his comprehensive briefing on the developments relating to the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also welcome the presence this morning of the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Security of …
We thank you, Sir, for convening this public meeting on Timor-Leste. We also join the members of the Council in extending condolences to the Government and people of Bangladesh over the tragic deaths of their peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
We acknowledge the presence of the M…
We are again honoured by your presence, Mr. Minister. We congratulate you, and we thank you and your delegation for convening this important meeting to discuss ways and means to address cross-border issues in West Africa.
We also welcome the comprehensive briefings by the Special Representative of …
We too are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Jessen-Petersen, for his comprehensive briefing. We appreciate the progress made in some areas, which Mr. Jessen-Petersen described to the Council this morning. Nevertheless, in trying to solve a problem like Koso…
We are greatly honoured today by your presence and heartened by your Government’s deep concern for the situation of children in armed conflict. On the occasion of this open debate, the Philippines joins the international community in searching for durable approaches and strategies to prevent and eli…
I wish to thank you, Sir, for organizing this important debate on small arms. Indeed, as pointed out by the representative of Tanzania, the prevention of the proliferation of those arms is a key task of the Security Council in the discharge of its mandate for the maintenance of international peace a…
I, too, would like to thank Ambassador Denisov, Chairman of the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC), for his comprehensive report on the activities of the Committee over the past three months, and its fourteenth 90-day work programme covering the period from the beginning of this month to the end of …
We are honoured that you, Sir, the Foreign Minister of Argentina, are presiding over this important meeting on Haiti. We also welcome and thank the Foreign Minister of Haiti for his statement. We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Stabi…
My delegation welcomes this open meeting by the Chairman of the Al Qaeda
and Taliban sanctions Committee and commends Ambassador Muñoz for another comprehensive and insightful presentation of the work of the Committee. The Council is once again experiencing the personal commitment of Ambassador Muñ…
We are honoured, Mr. Minister, that you are presiding over the Security Council meeting on this important issue of the protection of civilians, and we thank your delegation for convening this open debate. I also thank the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Jan Egeland, for presen…
I also take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. President, for this open briefing and thank Ambassador Motoc as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) for its timely progress report on the activities and decisions taken so far by the Committee in imp…
Allow me to begin by taking this opportunity to express our congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. We would also like to commend Ambassador Danforth and other members of the United States delegation on their successful pre…
On behalf of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the people of the Philippines, I thank the General Assembly most profoundly for its expression of sympathy and solidarity with the Philippine people as they slowly emerge from the tragedy of death and the destruction of property and livelihood that …
