My delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for his important statement this morning. We would also like to welcome his Special Representative, Ambassador Morjane, as he takes part in this meeting of the Security Council, and to thank him for the detailed briefing on the situation in the Demo…
Mr. President, I have prepared quite a long statement addressing various aspects of our work under your leadership this month. But, conscious of the time constraints, I will try to brief, and will touch on only a few of the most important issues.
It has in fact been a remarkable month in many respe…
First of all, my delegation would like to express its profound gratitude and appreciation to you and to the delegation of the Russian Federation for convening this important open meeting of the Security Council in a timely manner.
The humanitarian situation in Iraq remains one of the most critical …
Let me start with words of gratitude to the Bangladesh presidency and to Ambassador Chowdhury personally for the fruitful efforts in leading the Security Council mission to Kosovo and Belgrade. I am also grateful to Under- Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his comprehensive and very informat…
At the outset, Mr. Azad, I would like to welcome you back to this Chamber. It is our honour and our pleasure to have you presiding over today’s important meeting. I wish to express our appreciation to the Bangladesh presidency for convening this meeting on an issue that constitutes one of the main t…
I would also like to thank Mr. Klein for his very comprehensive briefing and to welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) over the past six months.
As described in the Secretary-General’s report and in Mr. Klein’s …
First of all, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General, which reflects the developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the last two months. I would also like to welcome the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Re…
My delegation would also like to thank the Committee of Experts for preparing this excellent report pursuant to the Security Council’s resolution. We note with appreciation that the members of the Committee, who worked very intensively, have fulfilled the Committee’s mandate
and provided us with a …
I thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling this meeting of the Security Council on East Timor. Our thanks also go to Mr. Annabi for his briefing. We welcome Mr. Gusmão, President of the National Council of Timorese Resistance, and Mr. Ramos-Horta, a member of the transitional Cabinet, and thank them…
I would like to join the other delegations in thanking Mr. Guéhenno, Ms. McAskie and Mr. Fall for their valuable briefings, which cover various aspects of the situation in the region and give us a comprehensive analysis of the crisis in West Africa.
We have given careful consideration to the report…
I would like to start my statement by expressing our deep concern at and our condemnation of the cowardly murder of six staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross in an ambush in Orientale Province on 26 April. My Government conveys its sincere condolences to the Governments of th…
Let me first of all thank you, Mr. President, for the effective organization of today’s open meeting and for your consistent efforts to focus the discussions on practical questions related to the issue of the protection of civilians.
I should like also to thank the Deputy Secretary- General for int…
We would like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his very informative and comprehensive briefing.
We welcome the fact that yesterday the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) officially established a Temporary Security Zone along the countries’ common border. This represents a milestone in …
I would like to join others in expressing our thanks to Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his comprehensive and interesting briefing. I would also like to thank him for his answers to the questions that have been asked by previous speakers, which resulted in substantially shortening my remarks.
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First of all, Sir, I want to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. Please be assured of the full support and cooperation of my delegation. I want also to thank you for the kind words addressed to my delegation expressing high appreciati…
Ukraine would like to support the statement made by Sweden on behalf of the European Union. As a traditional co-sponsor of the draft resolution on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), my delegation regrets that during the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly it was not…
Ukraine aligns itself with the statement made by the Ambassador of Sweden
on behalf of the European Union and associated countries earlier this morning.
In this connection, we once again affirm our resolute condemnation of the edict issued by the Taliban leadership, ordering the destruction of non…
My delegation welcomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Angola as he participates in the Security Council’s meeting. We also would like to thank Ambassador Ryan, Chairman of the sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993), for the important statement he made earlier today. T…
I am thankful to Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his very comprehensive briefing on the latest events in Kosovo and on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) during the period under review.
Since my country’s position and assessment of different a…
It is a great pleasure to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over our meeting. We would also like to join previous speakers in welcoming President Paul Kagame to this Chamber and thanking him for his very important, comprehensive and constructive briefing.
As is known, and as has been clearly confirm…
