The situation being discussed today relates principally to Kosovo. The Security Council has been seized of the situation in Kosovo for about a year now. Throughout this entire period, the situation has been deteriorating and the extent of human suffering and humanitarian problems has been increasing…
Slovenia associates itself with the statement made yesterday by the Permanent Representative of Germany on behalf of the European Union and associated States. Additionally, we would like to make several specific points.
First, Slovenia welcomes the present General Assembly debate on the situation i…
Slovenia welcomes today’s open meeting of the Security Council, which is devoted to the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We consider that situation as one requiring the urgent attention of the Security Council and of the international community at large. Moreover, we consid…
Allow me to say first a word of condolence at the passing of His Highness Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, the Amir of Bahrain. Shaikh Isa Khalifa was a pillar of peace in his region and commanded wide respect internationally. He will be missed by the international community as a whole. My delegati…
Slovenia deeply regrets the fact that the Security Council was unable to adopt today the necessary decision to extend the mandate of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in Macedonia. It is regrettable that the Council is once again paralysed by the negative vote of a permanent …
Mr. President, I wish to begin by expressing our appreciation to you and to the delegation of Canada for the creativity and work which made the present briefing possible.
The basic aim of United Nations humanitarian action should be human security, with the key to security being physical rather tha…
I would like to join the preceding speakers in expressing our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having organized the briefing and the discussion today in the present format. My remarks will be brief since time is precious.
I would like to say, first of all, that we are grateful to the Secreta…
The subject of today’s open debate is well chosen and we wish to express our particular appreciation to you, Sir, for the choice. The Security Council is increasingly involved in issues of post-conflict peace-building and also of transition from peacekeeping to post-conflict peace-building. In some …
Tonight’s meeting is a sombre occasion to reflect on a development that we had all been trying to avoid for quite some time. This year alone, the Security Council was repeatedly confronted with crises in its relations with Iraq. Laudable efforts by the Secretary- General, by the Security Council as …
My delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/1998/1109) on the situation in Afghanistan. All the relevant information, including that provided in the report, confirms that the situation in Afghanistan continues to constitute a threat to peace and security in the…
Slovenia aligns itself with the statement made at the beginning of this meeting by the Permanent Representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union and the associated countries. In addition to that, we wish to make the following points.
Three years have passed since the conclusion of the Day…
Let me first express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for having convened this briefing in the form of an open meeting and for having given us the opportunity to listen to the very important and penetrating analysis provided by Mrs. Ogata. I would like to thank Mrs. Ogata for her excellent brief…
My delegation welcomes the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as transmitted to the General Assembly by a note by the Secretary-General contained in document A/53/286. The report represents very thorough reflection on the wide range of issues that have been the focus of the Agen…
Our delegation listened very carefully to the statement by the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic. Like other sponsors, we are aware of the political importance and sensitivity of the content of this draft resolution. On the other hand, we would recall that it was circulated last week; it wa…
On behalf of the sponsors, I have the honour to inform the members of the General
When introducing the draft resolution this morning, the sponsors were of the view that it accurately reflected the activities of the Agency in the year under review. The sponsors also believed that the content of the …
The situation in Kosovo has been giving rise to legitimate international concern for quite some time now. Serious violations of human rights have been reported for decades and the armed conflict in recent months has triggered a wave of expressions of concern from the neighbouring States and the inte…
Let me take this opportunity to congratulate the President and his country, Uruguay, on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. I am convinced that his experience and skills will help the General Assembly fulfil its important tasks.
I would also like to th…
I wish to begin by paying tribute to you, Mr. President, and to the delegation of Sweden for your efforts that made today's discussion on the protection for humanitarian assistance to refugees and others in conflict situations possible. I would also like to join the other speakers in welcoming Deput…
Slovenia welcomes the opportunity to discuss the situation in Africa in the Security Council at the ministerial level under the excellent leadership of the Swedish Presidency. One of the turning
Africa is a vast and varied continent, characterized by intense contradictions. On the positive side, Af…
Allow me at the outset to extend the warmest welcome to Mr. Irakli Menagarishvili, the Foreign Minister of Georgia, to today’s meeting of the Security Council.
The last few months have brought additional problems to the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia. On several occasions since the beginning of thi…
