We thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate, and we appreciate the work of the three Committees. We are grateful to Ambassador Mayoral, Ambassador Løj and Ambassador Burian for their well articulated briefings.
My delegation is pleased to see a well coordinated modus operandi and interc…
Let me at the outset, Sir, congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. During our presidency, in January, we benefited a great deal from your support and that of the other members of the Council. We have no doubt that under your able leadership…
We, too, welcome the presence in the Council of Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Timor- Leste.
We also express our thanks to Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for presenting the Secretary-General’…
The United Republic of Tanzania voted in favour of the resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. However, it is our view that the right of self- determination of the people of Western Sahara cannot be subject to any preconditions. As it is, …
We, too, thank the High Representative, Mr. Schwarz- Schilling, for his briefing on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We welcome and thank the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Adnan Terzic, for his latest report to the Council.
My delegation is encouraged by the breakthrough tha…
The United Republic of Tanzania associates itself with the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia, Ambassador Hamidon Ali, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
Tanzania is gravely concerned about the recent upsurge in violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Kalomoh, for his briefing.
At the outset, Mr. President, permit me to associate the United Republic of Tanzania with the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia, Ambassador Hamidon Ali, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Sin…
We thank the delegation of Argentina for organizing this public debate on Haiti, and we thank you, Honourable Minister, for presiding over this session. My delegation joins in welcoming the President-elect of Haiti, His Excellency Mr. René Préval, to the Security Council. We thank him for his profou…
We join in welcoming the Foreign Minister of Peru. We also thank Ms. Hoppe for presenting the report of the Secretary-General.
The United Republic of Tanzania welcomes the continuing interest of the Security Council in the challenges posed by illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. Small arm…
We welcome and congratulate Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on her election as President of the Republic of Liberia. Her assumption of the leadership of Liberia is the dawning of a new era for Africa and for Liberia after more than a decade of violent conflict.
While celebrating her victo…
I thank Mr. Tom Koenigs, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for having presented the report on the situation in Afghanistan. Let me at the outset take this opportunity to pay tribute to and thank the staff of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), the Internatio…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Guéhenno, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his latest report on sexual exploitation and abuse. We thank also His Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al- Hussein, Adviser to the Secretary-General on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations…
We, too, thank the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, Mr. Malloch Brown, for his very insightful report to the Council.
The United Republic of Tanzania associates itself with the statements to be made by the Permanent Representative of South Africa on behalf of the Group 77 and China, and by the …
I thank the chairpersons of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) for their respective comprehensive briefings on the work of the three Committees in …
We join in welcoming President Tadic of Serbia. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jessen-Petersen, for his insightful briefing, and we recognize the presence of Prime Minister Kosumi of Kosovo in his delegation.
We welcome the election of Mr. Fatmir Sejdiu, the new P…
At the outset, Madam, let me congratulate you on your election as President of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly and assure you of my delegation’s full support.
We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the Minister of Home Affairs of South Africa on behalf of the Group of 77…
It is with special regard that we welcome Ambassador Mwakawago to the Security Council and thank him for having presented the report of the Secretary-General. We are particularly pleased to receive the most recent report of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) given its significance,…
We too join in thanking Mr. Egeland for his insightful briefing this morning. We also wish to commend the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for the great work it is doing in Africa.
Millions of Africans live in countries where there is ongoing armed conflict or the imminent risk o…
We join other members in thanking the Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Erik Møse and Judge Fausto Pocar, for their briefings this morning and for their reports. We also congratulate Jud…
Mr. President, I thank your delegation for arranging this public meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I also thank Mr. Jan Egeland, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his defining statement in today’s debate. In addition, we thank Mr. Jacques Forster, Vice-Pr…
