Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting of the Security Council to celebrate the independence of East Timor. I also wish to say how honoured we are at your presence here today.
The European Union Presidency has already made a statement, to which I fully subscribe. B…
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting and the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his very comprehensive and useful briefing.
The presidency of the European Union will make a statement after mine on the situation in East Timor. Allow me to add some r…
Today I will speak on behalf of the troika of observer States of the Lusaka Protocol — the Russian Federation, the United States and Portugal.
We welcome the Vice-Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Angola to this important discussion. His presence signals the strengthened engagement…
It is with great pleasure that I congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I also pay tribute to the outgoing President, Mr. Harri Holkeri. I renew my respects to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for the notable and courageous way in which he has…
The reform of the Security Council is once again on the agenda of the General Assembly, for the twenty-second consecutive year. We have before us, as a framework for the debate, the report of the Open-ended Working Group. This report, with its annexes, reflects almost a decade of intense discussion …
On behalf of the Portuguese Government, although I have said it before, I must reiterate now how deeply we feel as a result of the tragic circumstances we are living through. It is time to try to use the opportunity of this debate to reflect further on our common commitment to work towards restoring…
Belgium will be taking the floor later today on behalf of the European Union. Portugal, of course, fully subscribes to that statement.
As this is Portugal’s first formal intervention in this plenary meeting, let me start by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of this very …
Let me start by thanking you, Sir, for convening this meeting. I also want to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing on the outcome of the election for the Constituent Assembly in East Timor.
Previous interventions have already highlighted the importance of the elections…
At this stage, my delegation would like to withdraw the candidature of Mr. Almiro Simões Rodrigues for a seat on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. We are very grateful to delegations for the support given to his candidature, and we congratulate those candidates who have …
It is a pleasure to see you, Mr. President, chairing this meeting. Thank you for your kind words addressed to me and to my delegation. I would like to commend you on your work guiding the Council as it seeks to assist Africa, and I wish you every success. Thank you again for your kind words to me.
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This debate is taking place after a thorough discussion of matters concerning the reform of the Security Council in past years. It also takes place after the Millennium Summit, where our heads of State and Government expressed their commitment to intensify their efforts to achieve a comprehensive re…
It is with the greatest pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of this Millennium Assembly. I pay tribute also to the outgoing President, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, and reiterate to the Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, my praise for his vision and
for the remarkab…
Globalization is a reality; it is not an option. But there is a choice, a choice between allowing it to develop in an unregulated manner, leading to social exclusion and an
increase of injustices at the global level, or, on the other hand, placing it under control so that its potential will be at t…
At the outset, allow me to thank the Secretary-General for his excellent report on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his comprehensive briefing.
We welcome the measures that were taken with regard to reinforcing the capa…
I promise to be brief.
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I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — and the …
Permit me at the outset, Mr. President, to say how grateful I am to you and to the other members of the Security Council for having convened this public debate, making it possible for all Members of the United Nations to hear a very important briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-G…
Please permit me, Sir, to express my pleasure at seeing you presiding over the work of the Security Council this month and to congratulate you on having organized this historic debate.
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I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European c…
On behalf of the Group of Western European and Other States, I would like to convey to the people and Government of the Syrian Arab Republic sincere condolences on the passing of President Hafez Al-Assad. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the family of President Al-Assad. His passing was a loss to …
The European Union welcomes the adoption today by the General Assembly of the two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child: on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. We hope that those two legal inst…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European
As the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT) comes to an end, the European Union would like to put on record its satisfaction and appreciation at t…
