Singapore welcomes the convening of this high-level meeting, which is an opportune time for us to reflect on and examine how we can better address the systemic nature of disaster risk.
The increased frequency of disasters has had catastrophic consequences for lives and livelihoods. In 2021, disaste…
We would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his usual thorough and useful briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo.
Looking at the overall picture, it is clear that the situation on the ground in Kosovo will continue to require continued United Nations and international e…
We would like to thank the High Representative, Lord Ashdown, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Klein, for their comprehensive and useful briefings.
I would like to make two points. First, we support Lord Ashdown’s goal of preparing Bosnia and Herzegovina for statehood wi…
We are pleased and honoured to see you, Mr. President, presiding over this meeting. It confirms the importance that Bulgaria attaches to the Kosovo issue.
We would like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Annabi for his useful update on the situation in Kosovo. It is right that he highlighted adv…
First of all, we should like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Steiner, for yet another useful briefing, as well as to thank Deputy Prime Minister Čović for his important statement. I should like to make a few points of particular interest and concern to my delegatio…
We would first like to welcome Ms. Catherine Bertini, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), to the Security Council and thank her for her comprehensive briefing. We would like to pay our tribute to her for the outstanding achievements that she has made, as so eloquently described by …
At the outset, we would like to express how honoured we are to see you, Sir, in the chair for today’s public meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Your chairing of the meeting clearly shows the importance that Norway attaches to the issue.
We are also honoured by the personal participation of the Secr…
At the outset, we would like to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hans Haekkerup, and to thank him for his detailed briefing. It was a useful update of the Secretary-General’s comprehensive report, which we would like to thank the Secretary-General for.
We reiterate o…
We welcome the Secretary- General’s presence at this meeting. It shows the importance that he and the United Nations attach to East Timor. We would also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for his detailed and comprehensive briefing.
We are pleased to note that the Constituent Assembly …
I shall be very brief. First, we thank Mr. Klein for his comprehensive briefing and the Secretary-General for his excellent report.
Let me also state at the outset that Singapore supports the sterling work of Special Representative of
the Secretary-General Klein and Commissioner Coeurderoy, as wel…
My delegation would like to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hans Haekkerup, to the Security Council, and to thank him for his very first briefing to the Council. It was both informative and useful. Mr. Haekkerup has taken on a very difficult undertaking. He must be c…
