We are very pleased to welcome President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to the Council. Slovakia would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Liberia and its people on the successful conclusion of the transitional process, and most notably on the peaceful and democratic conduct of the elections.
We a…
I would like at the outset to thank Mr. Tom Koenigs, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing and observations. We wish him all the best in his demanding mission. We would also like to thank the
Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Afghanistan …
I would like first of all to join other colleagues in thanking Under-Secretary- General Jean-Marie Guéhenno and Prince Zeid, Permanent Representative of Jordan and Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations Peacekeeping Personnel, for their valuable briefings…
At the outset, I should like to stress that Slovakia fully aligns itself with the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union. That is why I will limit my statement to just a few remarks.
First of all, I would like to join my colleagues in thankin…
We too would like to welcome President Tadic of the Republic of Serbia and to thank him for his statement. We would also like to take this opportunity to express our sincere condolences to Mr. Kosumi, Prime Minister of Kosovo, and to the people of Kosovo, on the passing away of President Rugova.
At…
At the outset, I would like to affirm that the Great Lakes region represents one of the major security challenges of the contemporary world. We think it is high time to address the problems of the region in all their complexity, and to achieve a lasting peaceful settlement that will contribute posit…
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for his briefing, which provided a valuable update on the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the conflict areas of the Sudan and the Great La…
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor- Leste, for his comprehensive briefing. I join other Council members in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Xanana Gusmão, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to our meeting…
First of all, I would like to thank Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht for his insightful and informative statement. On behalf of my delegation, I would like to wish Belgium a very successful term as Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
We welcome the p…
Especially at the beginning of twentieth century, my small country produced thousands upon thousands of migrants bound particularly for the United States of America, and I have to say that this still affects my country’s social consciousness.
Slovakia welcomes the organization of this High- level D…
The Government of Slovakia joins other members of the international community in expressing its utter abhorrence and condemnation of the multiple attacks perpetrated in Jordan’s capital, Amman. The people and Government of Slovakia are greatly shocked by that hideous act of terrorism and express dee…
Slovakia appreciates and commends the efforts of the Philippines presidency of the Security Council, which took the initiative for our thematic debate today. We feel very strongly about the role played by non- governmental organizations (NGOs) in conflict prevention and would like to add several obs…
I have the honour to present to the General Assembly the reports of the Fifth Committee during the second part of the resumed fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly. During the course of its resumed session, from 2 May to 8 June 2005, the Committee held 12 formal meetings and numerous informal …
Slovakia fully associates itself with the statement delivered by the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union. We also fully associate ourselves with the intervention made yesterday by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Estonia on behalf of the States membe…
Allow me to convey my delegation’s appreciation to the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Sir Emyr Jones Parry, President of the Security Council, for his comprehensive introduction of the Council’s report to the General Assembly. I also thank the members of the Secretariat for their efforts in prepa…
I have the honour of addressing the General Assembly on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Eduard Kukan, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic.
Slovakia as a European Union acceding country fully endorses the statement made by the Prime
Minister of Italy on behalf of the European Union. Th…
Slovakia aligns itself with the statement made earlier by the Danish presidency of the European Union on this agenda item, and we fully support its content. However, since the annual reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the General Assembly are traditionally of the highest int…
Allow me to begin by expressing our deeply felt condolences to the people and Government of Indonesia and to the families of the victims from all over the world on the devastating tragedy that took place in Bali, Indonesia.
I wish to thank the current President of the Security Council, Ambassador B…
Let me begin, Mr. President, by congratulating you on your well-deserved election. It is a great pleasure to see you, my good friend and colleague, preside over the proceedings of the General Assembly at this session. My delegation is ready to provide its full support to you. Let me also express my …
On behalf of the Group of Eastern European States, I should like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Jan Kavan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, on his election to the important post of President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. We are…
