Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Madam President, on the outstanding manner in which you have presided over Security Council deliberations on a number of extremely important issues during this month. My delegation listened with great attention to the introductory interventions of the Pres…
Let me begin by congratulating Mr. Han Seung-soo on his election as President of the General Assembly. Your sterling credentials, Sir, and vast experience are a firm guarantee that our proceedings will run smoothly and bear fruit.
I would also like to congratulate the United Nations and the Secreta…
Allow me to begin by expressing the appreciation of my delegation to the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Ryan, Permanent Representative of Ireland, for his introduction of the report of the Security Council. I would also like to use this opportunity to pay tribute to the outgoing Counc…
It is a great pleasure for me to see you, Sir, presiding over Security Council deliberations, and I wish you every success in carrying out your important tasks.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report, which we examined with immense interest. I would also like to thank the Specia…
As this is the first time that I address the General Assembly during this session, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency, and to wish you every success in your work.
My delegation joins all previous speakers in unconditional condemnation of the heinous …
Before I address the issues that are the subject of our debate today, let me express my satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council deliberations for this month. I also take this opportunity to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his, as usual, very interesting and in-depth briefing and …
I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his comprehensive briefing.
Since the last consideration in the Security Council, last month, of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, the autonomous province of the Yugoslav
constituent Republic of Serbia — the priority issues have b…
The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has studied the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
on the prevention of armed conflict (A/55/985). In our opinion, the report provides a very good basis for consideration of this important issue. For the first time, the mandate…
I would like to thank you, personally, Mr. President, and all members of the Council for your efforts to bring about the mission whose results we are discussing today. I am also grateful to Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his analysis and presentation.
We view the discussions that the mission …
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to thank you for the opportunity to participate in this debate under your able presidency. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Klein, for his
comprehensive, inspiring and in-depth briefing and analysis.
Let me focus today…
Since this is my first statement in the Security Council this month, allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency for the month of April. I also want to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his detailed and very interesting and informative bri…
As another newcomer here today, I should like to assure you, your Excellency, and other members of the Security Council that I am looking forward to our future cooperation.
I should like, first of all, to thank Mr. Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his very inf…
I would like to thank Mr. Hans Haekkerup, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), for his very informative statement. I would also like to welcome the latest report of the Secretary- General on the United Na…
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is seriously concerned at the escalation of ethnic Albanian terrorism, which has now spread to Macedonia, threatening the security of the broader region. The consistent efforts of the countries of the region and the international community to stabilize conditions a…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing.
The situation in Kosovo and Metohija, the autonomous province of the Yugoslav constituent Republic of Serbia, continues to be unsatisfactory. This is due primari…
On behalf of the members of the Group of Eastern European States, I have the honour to make a statement on the draft resolution entitled “Assistance to El Salvador as a result of the earthquake of 13 January 2001”, contained in document A/55/L.72 under agenda item 20 (b).
I wish to convey the deep …
At the outset, I would like to wish you, Mr. President, and your country, as well as the other new non-permanent members of the Security Council, a successful and productive tenure. I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for his very useful briefing.
The situation in and around Kos…
In addressing the Security Council for the first time, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and to express my conviction that, under your able stewardship, it will continue to conduct its affairs fruitfully and constructively. I would a…
I, too, would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Bernard Kouchner for his briefing.
The issue of Kosovo and Metohija is of the greatest State importance for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In fact, it is more than that. It is one of the issues that concerns the fate …
I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Guéhenno for his briefing on the elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Soon it will be five years since the signing of the Dayton/Paris Peace Agreement, the key document for the maintenance of peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It reflects a delicate bala…