Mr. President, I should like to thank you for having convened this important meeting of the Security Council devoted to the role of the process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants in the context of peacekeeping and post-conflict peace- building activities, and in …
I should like first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH). We listened with interest to the briefing given my Mr. Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, and we thank him for the useful inf…
I would first of all like to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General. We thank him for the information he gave us and for making himself available to the Council.
Tunisia has taken note of the holding of the first pluralistic and democratic elections in Taj…
I should like to join other members of the Council in welcoming the presence among us of the Minister for External Relations of Angola, Mr. De Miranda, and the Minister of State, Foreign Office, of the United Kingdom.
I should also like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting of th…
My delegation is pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this important meeting of the Security Council. I should like at the outset to thank your country and delegation for their
Humanitarian issues are not new to the discussions and work of the Security Council. Indeed, in exercising its prerogat…
The delegation of Tunisia would first of all like to express to you, Mr. President, its appreciation, for all the efforts you have made throughout the consideration of the draft resolution now before us.
I also must express my delegation's appreciation to the delegation of the United States for the…
Permit me first, Sir, to welcome you warmly and to thank you for personally presiding over this very important Security Council debate. The Tunisian delegation expresses
Tunisia has participated in peacekeeping operations and will continue to do so, despite the losses it has suffered. We share the …
Let me reiterate here my congratulations to you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February, as well as our complete willingness to work with you for the success of your mission. I would also like to congratulate Ambassador Holbrooke on the success of …
Allow me at the outset to congratulate and salute President Chiluba; the Foreign Minister of Namibia, the current
I would also like at the beginning to express to you, Mr. President, our appreciation for setting up January 2000 to study African issues. There are a number of questions that we all ag…
I would like to thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his valuable statement, in which he presented his evaluation of the situation in Burundi and the means to deal with it. At the outset, let me say that we feel very fortunate to have President Nelson Mandela present among us. I wish to salute him…
First of all, I would like to welcome the presence among us today of the Vice-Minister of External Relations of Angola. I would also like to thank him for the statement he made this morning.
Allow me also to express our thanks to the Secretary- General for his valuable report on Angola (S/2000/23),…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to say how much we appreciate the fact that you have chosen Africa as the subject to be discussed in the Security Council. This reflects the importance that the international community attaches to the refugee problem in Africa, and it should encourage the i…
While associating itself with the statement made yesterday by the Algerian delegation on behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) under this agenda item, the Tunisian delegation would like to raise a few issues in connection with this item.
My delegation would first like to reiterate the p…
Once again, the General Assembly is taking up the question of Palestine, as it has done in previous years. Since the convening of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, certain developments have taken place with regard to this central issue, among which we would like to highlight the signi…
The General Assembly's annual consideration of cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) reflects the interest of the international community in the contribution that such cooperation can make to the realization of the purposes and principles of the United Nation…
The General Assembly is considering today the question of cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), a matter that has been considered by the Assembly periodically and on which resolutions are adopted annually for the promotion of such cooperation.
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The General Assembly is again taking up a report of the Security Council, submitted in accordance with Article 24, paragraph 3, and Article 15, paragraph 1, of the Charter. We would like to thank the Council and its President for this report.
During our consideration of last year’s report of the Se…
Tunisia thanks the Secretary-General for his thorough report on the work of the Organization over the past year. My delegation, which has studied the report closely, also followed with interest the statement by Mr. Kofi Annan to the General Assembly on 20 September 1999, when he presented his annual…
As we meet to assess the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development — a very important item for us — we recognize that the Summit has led to the creation of a new concept of social development. Its recommendations were a serious point of departure in our quest for new a…
Tunisia is happy to join the international community today in celebrating the International Year of Older Persons. My country welcomes the fact that 1999 — the last year of the century — is being celebrated under the banner of social solidarity to promote a society for all ages. This year is a miles…
