I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for your very kind words, and I hope that the Council will indulge me for just a few words of my own.
Let me say what an excellent experience I have had here. It has lasted only a little over six months, but I can remember when President Bush telephoned me and as…
Today, I will provide the Security Council with an update on the situation in Iraq, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1546 (2004). This oral report will summarize the more detailed written report that we are releasing today.
First, on behalf of the multinational force, I thank the Secr…
At the outset, let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. This is a very substantial upgrade. I wish you well in the coming month and thank you for your very kind words addressed to me.
The resolution that the Security Council has adopted today is i…
I will now speak in my national capacity. The United States remains strongly committed to supporting the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and welcomes the reports provided by both Tribunals. We must all work together to ensure success of the Securi…
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States.
We welcome the Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2004/888) on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and Special Representative Hasegawa’s presentation to the Council. We support the Se…
Here is the state of the world today. Early last month, masked gunmen seized a school in Beslan, Russia. They forced over 1,000 children and their teachers into a sweltering gymnasium, with virtually no food or water. They wired the gym with explosives. They terrorized the children, shooting those w…
This subject, justice and the rule of law, is so quintessentially British that there is no wonder this month’s presidency chose it as the subject for open debate.
In the United States, first-year law students study English common law, and American concepts of law, government and individual rights, …
The Council has before it yet another draft resolution regarding the Middle East situation, and once again the draft resolution is lopsided and unbalanced. It is dangerously disingenuous because of its many material omissions. Because of that lack of balance and because of those omissions, the draft…
With great respect for my friend the representative of Algeria, the draft resolution that has been submitted to the Council is not the road map to peace. It is yet one more step on the road to nowhere.
Many speakers today have spoken about the cycle of violence, and that is exactly what it is. One …
I thank President Obasanjo for his briefing and, more important, for his excellent leadership and for the work of the African Union, especially in connection with Darfur. We have now adopted two resolutions in the Security Council on the subjection of Darfur. The most recent, resolution 1564 (2004),…
I had not intended to speak further until, unfortunately, the representative of the Sudan strayed from the point of our deliberations and launched what we would consider to be an unseemly and uncalled-for attack on the United States: an attack which was totally off the point that is now before the S…
Since he appointed me as special envoy more than three years ago, I have had numerous discussions with President Bush on the subject of the Sudan. Yesterday afternoon he phoned me to ask that I convey his strongly held views on the resolution just adopted by the Security Council. He said that Darfur…
It is the policy of the United States Government to ensure that members of the armed services of the United States of America participating in United Nations peace operations are protected from criminal prosecution or other assertion of jurisdiction by the International Criminal Court. Normally, the…
I want to thank Special Representative Qazi for his very persuasive report, and beyond that for the commendable job that he and his colleagues are doing for the people of Iraq.
I am pleased to report to the Security Council on the efforts and progress of the multinational force, pursuant to Securit…
The Security Council consistently has affirmed that it supports the full sovereignty and independence of Lebanon, free of all foreign forces. We believe Lebanon should be allowed to determine its own future and assume control of its own territory. Yet the Lebanese people are still unable to exercise…
Thank you, Mr. President. We welcome the Secretary-General’s latest report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and thank Assistant Secretary- General Annabi for his presentation. We would also like to recognize the work of the Secretary-General’s new Special Representati…
For years, a number of nations in Africa, Europe and North America have worked hard to encourage a peace process in Sudan. We hoped for a country that would be a model of ethnic reconciliation. We anticipated helping Sudan build its infrastructure, allowing it to develop its resources and agricultur…
I am sure I join with all members in thanking Ambassador Konuzin for his report to us this morning and also in congratulating him and his staff on their work since assuming the chairmanship of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) in May.
I would also like to welcome Javier Rupérez, the Executive D…
