It is an honour and pleasure for my delegation to see you, Sir, presiding over this important meeting of the Security Council. We very much appreciate your taking the time out to come here and encourage us with your presence.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is now increasingly recognized as being more than a…
We welcome once again Mr. Carl Bildt, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Balkans. We thank him for his thorough and engaging statement. We commend his efforts and his initiatives for self-sustaining peace and stability in the Balkans. We are aware of the vastness
of the task ahead o…
We appreciate the comprehensive briefing by Judge Claude Jorda on the work of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (ICTY). We find his presentation…
I should like to thank Mr. Jacques Paul Klein, Special Representative and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his very articulate briefing and update to the report of the Secretary- General on developments there.
We had occasion to hear from Mr. Wolfgang Petritsc…
Let me begin by extending our warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. We are confident that you will bring new dynamism and vision to the Council in its discharge of its responsibilities.
Let me also pay tribute to Ambassador Wang Yingfan for steeri…
I thank you wholeheartedly, Sir, for scheduling this open briefing on East Timor. We thank Mr. Annabi for his comprehensive briefing on the latest situation in that territory. It shows clearly that, since his last briefing, we have again covered some ground, which gives us reason for satisfaction. W…
We would like to join our colleagues in paying high tribute to Ambassador Holbrooke for his leadership of the Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He brought the Council’s authority to bear with his well-known diplomatic skills, tenacity, determination and power of persu…
Speaking as the representative of Bangladesh, I should like briefly to highlight the following four points.
First, as to the security situation, its improvement in Kosovo calls for the urgent deployment of civilian police personnel in their approved strength. We also believe that a major component …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting of the Security Council at the request of the African Group. We have supported such a meeting because we believe that the grave situation in Sierra Leone demands that the wider membership of the United Nations should openly discuss the…
It is a great honour for me to present to the Security Council the report of the Council mission on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), which visited Kosovo from 27 to 29 April this year. The report is in four sections, comprising the terms of reference of the mission, its…
The thorough, engaging and very sobering presentation which has just been made by Mr. Wolfgang Petritsch forces me to set aside my prepared speech. I believe that this is a very special presentation that Mr. Petritsch has made. His thoughts are very poignant and full of implications, not only for Bo…
It is a great pleasure to see you, Sir, chairing this important meeting of the Council on the subject to which your personal commitment, your country’s proactive interest and the dedication of the Canadian delegation are well known. For some time now we have been pleased to see the Council’s engagem…
We thank Mr. Bildt for his very frank, thorough and engaging briefing on Balkan issues. It could not have been timelier, as the recent incidents in the Balkans, and in Kosovo in particular, have made us freshly focus our attention on the international efforts for peace in the region as a whole. We a…
In a few minutes the Security Council is going to adopt a landmark draft resolution. We are happy that the Council will be able to authorize the second phase of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) today. The United Nations Mission is expanded both …
Let me begin by extending a warm welcome to you, Mr. Foreign Minister, and by thanking you for presiding over this open debate on protection of United Nations, associated and humanitarian personnel.
About a year ago, in an open meeting, we expressed our position on the issue of protection of civili…
We recognize that events in Sierra Leone have been moving in the right direction since the Lomé Peace Agreement. However, since the situation in Sierra Leone is still precarious, the continued involvement of the United Nations in bringing peace to that country is of critical significance. With the i…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. We look forward to working very closely with you, and we believe that this month is going to be a very active and productive one. I should also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Am…
First of all, let me join others in paying a very special tribute to the extraordinary initiative and leadership provided by the United States during its presidency and by you, Mr. President, in your capacity as President of the Council. I believe we have achieved a lot during this presidency.
My d…
Let me begin by thanking His Excellency the Vice-Minister of External Relations of Angola for the comprehensive and forward- looking statement he made this morning. We also appreciate the report presented by Under-Secretary- General Prendergast at the outset of today’s debate.
Bangladesh welcomes t…
My delegation thanks High Commissioner Sadako Ogata for her brilliant and comprehensive briefing on refugees and internally displaced persons in Africa. We recognize the importance of the issues she has raised and the usefulness of the recommendations she has made. We commend the Office of the Unite…
