I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his latest report (S/2004/888) on the situation in Timor-Leste and to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, back to the Council.
Portugal subscribes to the statement to be made shortly by the representati…
For many years, there has been widespread agreement on the
need to adapt the United Nations and its main bodies to an international context that has evolved significantly since the end of the Second World War. Today more than ever, the international situation needs a working and effective internati…
At the outset, I would like to state that Portugal, of course, endorses the statement made here by the presidency of the European Union. Portugal wishes the United Nations to fulfil the central role it rightly deserves in the community of nations. The United Nations is an indispensable international…
Mr. President, I would like to thank you for convening this meeting and thank the Secretary-General for his latest report on the situation in Timor-Leste (S/2004/669), as well as Special Representative Hasegawa and his staff for the excellent work they have done so far, as well as Assistant Secretar…
On behalf of the States members of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) — Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste — I have the honour to speak on item 114 (f), “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as Uk…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as Ukraine, M…
Let me join other speakers in condemning the bombing in Grozny and in presenting my condolences to the families of the victims.
I thank the Secretary-General for his latest report on the situation in Timor-Leste, as well as Special Representative Kamalesh Sharma and his staff for the excellent work…
To comply with the time limit you set, Sir, I will shorten my statement.
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary- General for his latest report on the situation in Timor- Leste and Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his presentation. I would also like to welcome the presence of Foreign Minister José R…
I fully subscribe to the statement made by the representative of Italy on behalf of the European Union. It covers all the main points raised by the President of the Assembly in his non-paper, and by other delegations in the informal consultations. I think that our suggestions should be the object of…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report and Ambassador Sharma for his excellent presentation.
Portugal subscribes entirely to the statement to be made later by the representative of Italy on behalf of the European Union. I will add just a few remarks.
First of all, I would like …
Portugal fully subscribes to the statement made by the representative of Italy on behalf of the European Union on the follow-up to the Millennium Summit and the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization. In particular, we support its call for Member States to show political wil…
Mr. President, allow me to begin by saying that it is a great pleasure to see you presiding over the Security Council. I thank you for convening this open meeting to examine the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (S/2003/449), covering its activiti…
First of all, allow me to express my condolences to the Government and people of the Republic of Korea over the tragic death of five soldiers in Timor-Leste.
Thank you for convening this open meeting of the Security Council to examine the quarterly special report of the Secretary-General on the Uni…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Portuguese Foreign Minister, Antonio Martins da Cruz, Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), who wished to address this plenary on the item “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Orga…
It is for me a great honour to address the Assembly as Chairman of the Western European and other States Group, upon the admission of Timor-Leste as a State Member of the United Nations.
This meeting today is the culmination of a long and difficult process through which the Timorese people chose to…
Timor-Leste is a triumph of the human spirit. It is also proof that adversity can always be overcome and that, in the end, justice prevails. As a Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa, noted,
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“Everything is worthwhile when the soul is not small.”
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The Timorese …
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I have the honour to address the General Assembly on this historic day in my capacity as Chairman of the Group of Western European and Other States upon the admission of Switzerland to the United Nations. It is a very great pleasure to welcome a member of our regional group, and also a fellow Europe…
