The outcome of today’s ministerial-level meeting of the Security Council demonstrates the international community’s resolve to establish the truth regarding the serious crime that resulted in the death of an outstanding Arab statesman, the Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri. From the very outse…
In no way can today’s discussion be called routine. We are faced with summing up the preliminary results of the large-scale United Nations reforms that have been launched and designating the main thrust for the work of the entire system of United Nations institutions in implementing the outcome docu…
I am addressing the Assembly today at a most difficult time for our country, when tears are still being shed by those who lost their children and loved ones during the horrific terrorist attack in the Russian city of Beslan. I would like from this rostrum to take this opportunity to express once aga…
First, I would like to thank Ambassador Arias for the information he has given us on the work of the last few months, and the proposals agreed to in the Committee on its reform.
The Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) remains an important instrument in pooling and coordinating international efforts i…
We are pleased to welcome to this Chamber the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, His Excellency Mr. Adnan Terzic, and we thank him for articulating the position of his Government.
We express appreciation to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Ashdow…
We are grateful to Ambassadors Negroponte and Jones Parry for their briefings and for the text that has been circulated.
With reference to the Iraqi situation, let me underscore at the outset that it is in the interests of all parties to achieve a rapid and lasting settlement that ensures implement…
We are delighted, Madam Minister, to see you in the Chair, presiding over the Security Council. Our thanks go to the delegation of Chile, which has been guiding our work this January with an effectiveness that we anticipate will continue throughout the month.
The item before us today is most topica…
Two years that passed since signing of the Bonn Agreement on Afghanistan represent a short period from a historical viewpoint. It is all the more impressive that significant results were achieved in such a short time. The peace process in Afghanistan
continues to unfold, the new authorities are get…
On behalf of the delegations of Australia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Georgia, Egypt, India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Thailand, Ukraine, the Republic of South Africa, Japan and the Russian Federation, it is my honour to submit for consideration by the General Assembly the d…
For more than half a century the situation in the Middle East has remained the focus of intense United Nations attention. Regrettably, during that time we have not been able to achieve a just and lasting settlement in the region. The outcome this year again continues to be ongoing tensions in the Pa…
We have joined the Security Council consensus on the establishment of a new Committee charged with drawing up a list of individuals and entities pursuant to paragraphs 19 and 23 of resolution 1483 (2003). At the same time, we would like to note that not all of our concerns were adequately addressed …
We, too, would like to thank Ambassador Negroponte and Ambassador Jones Parry for their briefings. We note that the coalition, together with the Iraqis, are making an active effort to establish normal conditions in the country and to restore the economy and infrastructure. We note that the United St…
Like our colleagues, we are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report. We are delighted to welcome Harri Holkeri, and we are grateful to him for his briefing.
The assessments in the report and those presented by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General are largely consonant with o…
We join others in expressing sympathy to the families of all those who have been killed or injured in the terrorist attacks in Iraq. It is our firm position that the methods resorted to by terrorists cannot be tolerated.
We thank Mr. Benon Sevan for his very detailed briefing. The work to wind down…
An overall appraisal of resolution 1511 (2003), which we have just adopted, is contained in the joint French-German-Russian statement distributed to members. In addition, we should like to emphasize that, from the moment that work on the draft resolution began, the Russian Federation was guided by t…
During the current session, the statements of many Member States and the Secretary-General clearly highlighted the need for urgent reform of the United Nations. The Russian Federation continues to believe that a strong and effective United Nations is a key instrument for collectively regulating inte…
The Russian leadership is seriously concerned by the course of events in the Middle East. Palestinian-Israeli relations are growing ever more tense. Recently, a real danger of the expansion of the geographic framework of confrontation has emerged, threatening to draw other countries into it. All of …
First of all, on this day when we are holding the last meeting — well, maybe the last meeting — of August, I wish to express my gratitude to the delegation of Syria for its work and to thank you personally, Mr. President, for your contribution to the work of the Security Council throughout Syria’s m…
The appraisals of what happened in Baghdad on 19 August were given by my President and my Minister for Foreign Affairs in their messages to the
Secretary-General and in their public statements. In those statements, the death of Sergio Vieira de Mello and his colleagues was viewed as an irreparable …
Resolution 1483 (2003), adopted today by the Security Council, is of particular importance for the Iraqi people and also for the future activities of the United Nations on key problems relating to the maintenance of international peace and security in new conditions.
The Russian Federation is pleas…
