We are pleased to welcome the Prime Minister of Romania, who is presiding over the Security Council. His presence in this Chamber, as well as the participation in today’s meeting of the Secretary- General, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the high-level representatives of a number of l…
We welcome the outcome of the Security Council mission to West Africa, which we view as an important signal to parties to conflict that they must abide by the commitments they have undertaken. We stress that, in the light of the cross-border nature of many problems in West Africa, the consideration …
Allow me to thank the President of the
Economic and Social Council for his very informative presentation of the Council’s report (A/63/3). I would also like to convey our gratitude to the Secretariat for ensuring the Council’s ability to work effectively during the course of this year.
The Russian…
First of all, the Russian delegation would like to thank the President of the Economic and Social Council for the very detailed and informative presentation of the Council’s report (A/62/3), and would also like to express some words of thanks to the Secretariat for their selfless work in supporting …
I would like to thank the Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council for presenting the Council’s report (A/66/3). I would also like to express my gratitude to the Secretariat for supporting the Council’s work this year.
Russia attaches great importance to the work of the Council because it …
My delegation thanks our colleagues, Ambassadors Jones Parry, De La Sablière and Gaspar Martins, for their briefing on the Security Council mission to West Africa. I am sure that the visit was a useful one. This year, unfortunately, my delegation was unable to participate in the mission. Therefore, …
I should like to express our gratitude to the Presidents and Prosecutors of the two Tribunals for their thorough briefings to the Security Council and for their assessments on prospects for the implementation of the completion strategies of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslav…
Madam Minister, we are very happy to see you presiding over this meeting of the Security Council and leading the Philippine delegation, which has been
providing a very effective presidency for the current month.
The Security Council’s consideration of the various conflict situations on its agenda …
Over the past five years, issues relating to the protection of civilians in armed conflict have been a constant focus for the United Nations and for the Security Council. Despite the existence of a whole arsenal of international human rights instruments and international humanitarian law, completely…
Today, the Security Council has adopted a new resolution on Iraq that will become an important milestone in that country’s history. The Russian Federation supported the adoption of this resolution in the light of our commitment to a prompt political settlement of the situation in Iraq under United N…
First of all, I would like to say how pleased we are to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council for this month. We are ready to cooperate closely with your delegation. We greatly appreciate the work done by the representative of Pakistan during the month of May, and express our gratitude t…
We are grateful to Mr. Zebari for his statement.
On 1 June, the Iraqi interim Government was formed and the temporary Governing Council dissolved. Earlier, the Secretary-General briefed us on the results of the mission to Iraq of his special envoy, Mr. Brahimi. We look forward to the report of Mr. …
We are pleased to see participating in today’s meeting of the Security Council, Ms. Marjatta Rasi, President of the Economic and Social Council, and Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. Their participation is further testimony to the cooperation of the major organs of t…
We are grateful to Ambassador Muñoz for his briefing. During the first half of this year, the
sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) continued to pursue an active and robust policy in ensuring the effectiveness of the restrictive measures that the Security Council has im…
The Security Council has just adopted a resolution on the latest developments regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Guided by its fundamental principles, the Russian Federation supported the resolution.
Russia expresses serious concern about the most recent spiral of violence in the confronta…
We thank the Secretary-General for his report on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2004/348), and we thank the Head of the Mission, Mr. Harri Holkeri, for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the province. We welcome the participation …
We are grateful to you, Sir, for expressing solidarity with Russia on behalf of the Security Council in connection with the terrorist attack on my country. I shall convey your words of sympathy to the Russian Federation and all the victims of the tragedy.
Our Organization was established immediatel…
I too am glad to welcome Mr. Passy to this Council meeting. In Russia we value highly the close cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). From the Council agenda alone, we could refer to Tajikistan; Abkhazia, Georgia; Macedonia; and Bo…
We would like to welcome and congratulate you, Sir, on Pakistan’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We also thank Ambassador Pleuger and the German delegation for their successful handling of the Council’s work in April.
We are grateful to Assistant Secretary-General Türk for th…
The text of the draft resolution before us does not conflict with international legal instruments regarding the final settlement of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. The basis for such a settlement, recently reaffirmed at the ministerial meeting of the Quartet of international mediator…
