I thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing on the situation in Kosovo.
It has been about a month since the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) assumed his responsibilities. His predecesso…
At the outset, Bangladesh would like to express its great pleasure at seeing you, Sir, preside over our deliberations. Your presence attests to the importance of today’s meeting.
It is a special privilege for the Council to have His Excellency President Paul Kagame with us this morning. We are grat…
It is a great pleasure for me and my delegation to take part in this debate on “Peace-building: towards a comprehensive approach”. We commend you, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to organize this debate and also for circulating the background paper (S/2001/82), which we find very useful. We…
We convey very warm greetings to you, Sir, as you assume the presidency of the Council for the month of February. We are very pleased that you are leading the Council this month.
This is a special opportunity for the Security Council to welcome His Excellency President Joseph Kabila soon after his …
Before I begin my statement, let me, like you, Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and the people of Bangladesh, express deep condolences to our neighbours, India and Pakistan, for the loss of life and property suffered in today’s devastating earthquake.
This morning, we listened with keen i…
We thank the Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA), Cheikh Tidiane Sy; World Bank Vice-President Mats Karlsson; and the Acting Deputy Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa of the United Natio…
Just over a year ago, last January, during the United States presidency of the Security Council, the issue of HIV/AIDS was first introduced into the Council’s agenda. Ambassador Holbrooke pioneered a significant and far-reaching initiative in establishing the need for discussing, in this forum, non-…
I thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for his elaborate briefing on the situation in Kosovo.
Last week Mr. Kouchner handed over his charge as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. That concluded his 18-month-long responsibility in one of the most difficult areas where the United …
Mr. President, we welcome amongst us the presence of Mr. Svilanovic, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We believe his presence in the Council contributes to the involvement of the new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Government in support of the Council’s efforts to achieve an ea…
Yesterday The New York Times carried a front-page story on the horrors of the war in Sierra Leone. The civil conflict in Sierra Leone has consumed the lives of tens of thousands of innocent people — women, men and children — and has created more refugees than there are currently from any other Afric…
Yesterday the United Nations and the international community observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people. It is befitting that the General Assembly commenced the debate on the question of Palestine under agenda item 41 to coincide with that.
With your permission, Mr. Pr…
I have the pleasure to introduce, on behalf of the co-sponsors, draft resolution A/55/L.43/Rev.1, entitled “International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)”.
Since the publication of document A/55/L.43/Rev.1, four additional co-sponsors have j…
It is a special pleasure for Bangladesh to see you, Madam President, presiding over the Council’s meeting this morning. I agree with the Secretary-General that we should have women presidents more often.
The presence in the Council today of the Vice- Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Mr. Faustino Im…
We thank you, Mr. President, for scheduling this meeting on the situation in East Timor. I welcome once again in our midst Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Representative of the Secretary General. We very much appreciate his focused, informative and useful briefing
on the latest developments in …
We are grateful to you, Mr. President, for scheduling this briefing by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This follows the logic of the meeting we had in March on the humanitarian situation in Iraq. Today’s meeting…
We are considering this important item against the backdrop of humanitarian emergencies which have exceeded by far our worst expectations. We are all aware of the natural and man-made disasters and emergencies of the past year. The Secretary-General’s report (A/55/82) lists some of these major tragi…
Since I am the lone speaker on this item in this meeting, I should like to mention that agenda item 39, “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies”, is one which is very close to the heart of the Bangladesh delegation. W…
Violence, violence and more violence. This is the only news we are getting out of the Middle East for nearly two months. Given the alarming deteriorating situation in the area, this meeting could not have been more timely.
Permit me at this point to offer my delegation’s sincere thanks to you, Mr. …
We welcome the presence of Judge Claude Jorda, Judge Navanethem Pillay and Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte in the
Council and thank them for updating us on the work and overall situation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal…
I warmly welcome Mr. Bernard Kouchner’s coming to brief us in the Council. Some major developments have taken place in the region since he last briefed us in September. His update and views are therefore timely for the Council. His briefing this morning was very thorough, well balanced and with a st…
