I think there was a considerable amount of good and optimistic news in Mr. Annabi’s briefing. I, too, am grateful to him for reporting to us so early after his trip to give us a first-hand impression. There are a couple of points I want to flag and a couple of questions I want to ask.
We strongly s…
The United States cast this vote with great regret. It should not have been necessary, and this draft should not have been put to the vote. We wanted to support an action in the Council that advanced the cause of peace. For us, this is a matter of deeply held principle. But sadly, that is not what w…
We would like to extend a very warm welcome to the High Representative and thank him for his report. We would also like to welcome to the Council for the first time the new Ambassador of Tunisia, Ambassador Mejdoub. Welcome, Sir.
We have in the situation before us today, as often is the case in thi…
I want to welcome Special Representative Haekkerup to the Council for the first time. He has my Government’s full support in his difficult mission.
We are obviously quite concerned about the violence in the region and its potential to disrupt and undermine what has been achieved in the past years a…
There was a time when the annual International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) draft resolution was dealt with by this body with predictable goodwill and consensus. This was the case for many years after the IAEA was created in 1957. Perhaps it was easier to address nuclear issues then, since many of th…
It is a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Kerim to the Security Council, although I wish it were under slightly happier circumstances, but it is good to have him here and to hear his views on the situation in his country and in the border area.
I will make my remarks brief, because there is litt…
I suppose so. But I note that the list is not as broadly based as might have been anticipated. There are not very many representatives of the business sector. I
hope that, when these groups propose to be included, the second list will be approved without controversy.
General Assembly resolution 55/13 mandated in its paragraph 13 that United Nations special session on HIV/AIDS should provide for participation by a broad range of civil society, including persons living with AIDS, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the business sector, including pharmaceutic…
The United States would like to welcome Foreign Minister Miranda back to the Security Council for this important meeting.
Today the United States is pleased that Portuguese Ambassador Monteiro will speak for us in his capacity as coordinator of the troika of observer States to the Lusaka Protocol. …
In consultation with the delegation of Bolivia, agreement has been reached on a minor grammatical amendment to draft resolution A/55/L.74.
In the fourth preambular paragraph, we would propose that the words “supplement national efforts and undertake” be replaced by the words “supplement national ef…
My delegation, too, would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Guéhenno for his informative briefing, and we reiterate our support for the new Special Representative in Kosovo. We understand that Special Representative Haekkerup will be coming to New York in March, and we look forward to hearing h…
It is a pleasure to see you here, Mr. President. Your presence testifies to the importance of our discussion today.
We are pleased to welcome President Kagame back to the Council and have listened carefully to his remarks. When the Security Council met with President Kabila five days ago, I said th…
I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, for refocusing the attention of the Council on this important issue and for your concept paper, from which we can launch a substantive discussion. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for being with us today, and for his overview and his continuing ef…
Before I begin, I want publicly to recognize Tunisia’s extraordinary contribution to the cause of peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In addition to personnel of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), Tunisia has dedicated three of its fin…
On behalf of the citizens of the United States, I would like to express our deepest sympathy at the enormous losses
suffered by the people of El Salvador as a result of the earthquake of 13 January. Today’s devastating earthquake in India reminds us that no country in the world is immune from such …
Thank you very much for that very touching comment. I see there are more speakers than even I have years, so I will be very brief and merely again express my very profound thanks for the extraordinary gesture on the part of Security Council members, who — all of them out of order — applauded, which …
The United States welcomes today’s Security Council consideration of the report of the Panel of Experts on Sierra Leone Diamonds and Arms. We commend the Panel’s Chairman, Martin Chungong Ayafor, and the other Panel members for their excellent work, completed under difficult circumstances.
My deleg…
The United States delegation would like to join our colleagues here today in thanking our guests for the very useful briefings they provided and also in welcoming the Minister for the Promotion of Civic Responsibility in charge of relations with the Parliament of the Central African Republic and the…
In the event I cannot return this afternoon, I do want to express my appreciation for the remarks of all the representatives who have spoken so far — Norway,
Bangladesh, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, Jamaica and France — and I know that Colombia, Ireland, Ukraine and Mauritius are still to speak, in…
You have before you further evidence of why the United States and France have such difficult bilateral relations. I am deeply touched by this, but on instructions I would have to exercise my veto.
I am deeply touched, Jean David, by your friendship and your generosity, and, of course, by all of my …
