We, too, thank the Special Envoy, Mr. James Morris, for his briefing and for his efforts to raise global awareness of the threats facing Africa. We welcome the Special Envoy today in the firm belief that his presence here will galvanize and direct energies at the global, regional and national levels…
My delegation would like to associate itself with the statement made by the Minister of State of Jamaica on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Monterrey Conference was convened to confront the challenges of financing for development, as well as to mobilize and increase the effective use of fi…
As a country that hosts a large population of refugees, the United Republic of Tanzania is painfully conscious that violations of humanitarian law perpetrated against civilians cause mass population movements internally and across borders. We therefore believe that there is both a moral and a legal …
We, too, welcome Mr. Kiganahe, Minister of Justice of Burundi, and are thankful for his presentation here this afternoon. We are also thankful for the briefing given by Assistant Secretary-General Zacklin.
We are immensely pleased by the agreement of the parties in Burundi in support of the establi…
We join others in thanking the Presidents and Prosecutors of the two Tribunals for their oral briefings this morning. We are also thankful for the written report (S/2005/343 and Corr.1) before us.
The report on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) states that 41 cases are earmarked…
We join previous speakers in welcoming the report of the Secretary-General and in commending the Special Representative, Mr. Jessen-Petersen, for his briefing. We, too, welcome the presence of the Minister of Serbia and Montenegro here this morning.
We are encouraged by key achievements in the eigh…
The United Republic of Tanzania wishes to thank you, Sir, for organizing this open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding. We wish to recognize and appreciate your personal presence and that of Ministers Phil Goff of New Zealand and Mr. Michael Ambühl of Switzerland this morning. We also welcome the …
Thank you, Madam President, for convening this open meeting on Timor-Leste.
We would like to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi and to commend him for introducing the fine report of the Secretary-General (S/2005/310) reviewing the final activities of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)…
I, too, would like to thank Ambassador Sardenberg of Brazil for his report and for his leadership during our recent visit to Haiti. The Security Council mission to Haiti was a reaction to the deepening crisis in the
country, a product of a multitude of problems besetting Haiti and its people over a…
It is less than a month since we last had a briefing from Mr. Aziz Pahad, South African Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and representative of the mediator of the African Union peace initiative in Côte d’Ivoire. My delegation welcomes Mr. Pahad to the Security Council once again and wishes to tha…
I should like, at the outset, to pay tribute to Ambassador Andrey Denisov on the completion of his term of office as Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC). Despite the brief time that we worked with him in the CTC, we benefited greatly from his able leadership. We congratulate Ambassador…
The United Republic of Tanzania joins others in paying tribute to you, Mr. President, for having initiated these consultations. We see this process as critical to the need to reach a basic understanding in advance of the high-level summit meeting that is due to take place in five months’ time. This …
The United Republic of Tanzania voted in favour of the resolution we have just adopted with considerable reservations. The human tragedy in Darfur is a matter of serious concern to us and to Africa, as it is to the international community. In that regard, in the interest of justice and accountabilit…
The United Republic of Tanzania commends the Brazilian presidency of the Security Council for what is a most welcome and timely initiative of examining the work of the Council in Africa. During a month in which the Council has spent a significant proportion of its time on African issues covering 10 …
Tanzania regrets that the situation in Darfur compelled us to adopt today’s resolution, after months of waiting for the Abuja peace process to resume. To date, the peace process remains stalled, and there is no significant improvement on the ground with regard to the humanitarian situation. The N’dj…
I thank Mr. Alan Doss for presenting the latest report of the Secretary-General. My delegation also welcomes and appreciates the presence of Minister Aziz Pahad, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Africa, to brief the Council on President Mbeki’s mediation in Côte d’Ivoire on behal…
We thank Lord Paddy Ashdown, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his detailed report on the progress achieved in the implementation of the Peace Agreement during the period between July and December 2004. We also thank His Excellency Mr. B…
We extend our condolences to the Government of Bangladesh and the families of the peacekeepers who were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week. That tragic development should receive due attention from the Council.
We welcome the presence in the Council this morning of Mr. José Ra…
The United Republic of Tanzania welcomes the progress report of the Secretary-General on ways to combat subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa (S/2005/86). That ongoing effort makes it clear that the challenges facing West Africa are not unique to that region. We must all therefore hav…
I should express my appreciation to Mr. Søren Jessen- Petersen, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We commend the dedication of the entire United Nations Mission in Kosovo.
I join others in welcoming …
