I wish first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his ninth report (S/2001/970) on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). I want also to thank Mr. Ngongi for introducing that report, and again to tell him and his staff how much we appreciate the…
We think this discussion is extremely important first because of the gravity of the problem of Somalia and because it is an opportunity for us to hear the views of Mr. Ali Khalif Galaydh, Prime Minister of Somalia, whom I welcome.
I would also like to thank Mr. David Stephen, Representative of the …
My delegation would like at the outset to thank the President of the Security Council for the month of October, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland, Mr. Richard Ryan, for his exhaustive presentation of the report of the Security Council, which is submitted to the General Assembly …
First, I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Hans Haekkerup, for his introduction of the Secretary-General’s report.
The organization of the elections to be held on 17 November is, for all the inhabitants of Kosovo, as well as for the international community as a whole, …
My delegation associates itself with the statement to be made by the Group of Arab States by its Chairman for the month, and would like also to make some additional observations in its national capacity.
This session of the General Assembly is considering measures to eliminate international terrori…
I wish at the outset to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his report to the General Assembly on the work of the Organization, document A/56/1. That comprehensive and complete report outlines the challenges facing the United Nations in its quest for peace, security and development. It …
First I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting and to associate myself with the words of welcome and thanks addressed to General Lamine Cissé, the Secretary-General’s Representative and Head of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Repub…
I would like to begin by warmly congratulating you on your election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I am convinced that under your
guidance the work of this second high-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partne…
Allow me first of all, on this tragic day, to express my country’s deep sympathies to the United States, an old friend of Tunisia’s for over 200 years. President Ben Ali has conveyed his condolences to President Bush and has stated Tunisia’s categorical condemnation of these acts.
We extend our com…
I would like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing on the historic developments that took place recently in East Timor.
These first elections in the history of East Timor confirm once again the will of the Timorese people to go forward in laying the foundation for a pluralistic and democratic Stat…
My delegation is extremely pleased, Sir, to see you again presiding over the work of the Council this month and also to thank you again for the initiative you are taking as part of the process of transparency that each one of us — as members of the Security Council and other Member States present he…
As all the speakers before me have done, I too wish to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for the excellent briefing he delivered. It was rich in information and full of good news on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His briefing focused in particular on recent important developments since o…
I too would like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his enlightening briefing about developments in Kosovo. My delegation pays tribute to him and to his entire team for their efforts to keep Council members informed about the
vicissitudes being encountered by this region and others.
At a time when the inte…
This meeting of the Security Council is taking place at an extremely grave and sensitive time, when the occupied
Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, are the target of the most serious Israeli practices since last year’s provocation at Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The sharp deterioration in the sit…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Sir, and your country, friendly Colombia, for having organized this open debate of the Security Council on the question of small arms. We also thank you for the very useful working document prepared by your delegation on this issue.
We also thank the Secretary-Ge…
I too would like to thank the Secretary-General for his progress report on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), and I would also like to thank Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his useful and complete briefing on th…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open briefing on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today’s meeting, which is taking place at a very crucial stage of the peace process, makes it possible for the members of the Council and for the other…
We supported the draft resolution just adopted, which incorporates a further five-month rollover of the oil-for- food programme. Our support is in line with Tunisia’s consistent position on the question of Iraq, by which we have always affirmed the need to adopt a comprehensive approach taking all a…
Mr. President, we would like to thank you and Ambassador Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation for having suggested this public debate, which has provided the Security Council with an opportunity to assess the progress made towards achieving its goals in the Gulf region and the Middle East, and to…
Allow me, Sir, first of all, to congratulate you once again for the manner in which you led the Council mission to
Kosovo and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to follow up on and assess development in the implementation of resolution 1244 (1999).
From the outset, I would like to say that this mi…
