Only a few days ago, the Security Council adopted a resolution concerning Burundi. Today, we are debating a draft resolution on Rwanda, another country in the Great Lakes region. What unites these resolutions is their common purpose: ensuring peace and stability in this extremely volatile part of Af…
Allow me to begin, Sir, by congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of March. We are confident that with your widely known diplomatic skills, your knowledge and a great deal of optimism, you will successfully conduct the work of this body. Let me also assu…
Let me also say how impressed I am, Madam President, by your performance as the President of the Security Council, and that despite all the complex time- and energy-consuming debates you thought of us on Valentine’s Day. Thank you very much.
At the outset allow me to point out that the Polish deleg…
May I begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of February. We are confident that, with your wide experience, diplomatic skills and commitment, you will successfully lead the work of this body. Let me assure you of the full coope…
Terrorism, in whatever place or form, deserves our strongest condemnation. We believe that those who commit acts of terrorism should be held accountable and should not escape severe punishment. It is for this reason that we have studied carefully the problems connected with the extradition of the th…
I thank the Secretary- General for the report concerning the situation in Liberia contained in the document S/1996/147.
Let me also express my delegation’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, for initiating this orientation meeting on Liberia, which is providing a useful opportunity to exchange vie…
It gives me great pleasure indeed to congratulate you, Sir, on your
I would also like to ask Ambassador Lavrov to accept the assurances of my delegation's deep appreciation for the excellent manner in which he presided over the Council in December 1995.
The Polish delegation remains concerned over…
In expressing my delegation’s support for the draft resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter- Parliamentary Union”, I should like to point out that adoption of that draft resolution by the General Assembly would be particularly meaningful in the year of the fiftieth annive…
I wish to confirm that Poland is a candidate for a Security Council seat for the term 1996-1997.
I should like to emphasize that six years ago we expressed our willingness to serve on the Council during the period 1996-1997, and we started our campaign a couple of years ago. I have extensively pres…
Sport is struggle and competition. In sport, there is confrontation between individuals and nations, which identify with their representatives or competitors. However, the world would be much happier if struggles were limited to the playing fields. The objective of sport is, however, always the same…
Fifty years ago, the Second World War came to an end. It was by far the most devastating war in the world’s history. For Poland, its first victim, the war lasted the longest — five years, eight months and eight days. My country was particularly heavily afflicted by the atrocities of the war, but the…
At the outset, I should like to express warm congratulations to the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral, a distinguished statesman and eminent jurist from friendly Portugal.
We also follow with particular appreciation the actions of the Secretary-General, M…
I should like to begin my brief statement by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December. May I also express our thanks and respect to your predecessor, Ambassador Madeleine Albright, for her achievements as President of the Council…
My delegation would like to express its particular satisfaction that the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, has just
In view of the fact that Poland has made its own contribution to the work of the Ad Hoc Committee as well as the Working Group of the Sixth Committee dea…
With regard to the request for separate votes, my delegation, in accordance with rule 89 of the rules of procedure, objects to the motion for division in respect of the last preambular paragraph and operative paragraph 4 (c) of draft resolution II contained in the report of the Sixth Committee (A/49…
Let me first thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/49/558) on “Restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic, social and related fields”.
The question of the restructuring of the United Nations to adapt it to the current and anticipated requirements, and greatly exp…
At the outset, I should like to thank the Secretariat for the comprehensive documentation provided under this agenda item, and especially for the report of the Secretary-General in document A/49/177, entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Natio…
It is indeed a great pleasure for me to congratulate the Secretary-General on the preparation of his report “An Agenda for development: recommendations”. While this year’s high- level segment of the Economic and Social Council provided us with an exceptional opportunity to discuss some of the most r…
Let me first thank Mrs. Nafis Sadik, Secretary-General of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development for her very active role in the preparation process of the Conference, as well as during the Conference itself. We are convinced that Mrs. Sadik will also continue to provi…
Poland, as a sponsor of resolution 48/19 of 16 November 1993, is satisfied with the substance and pace of the process of developing cooperation between the United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). An accurate account of this process, as seen by the United Natio…
