We are glad to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as you preside over this meeting, at which, at your initiative, we are considering a very important and multi-faceted topic.
We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his statement and to our distinguished guests, Mr. Nabil Elaraby, Mr. Jamsheed Mar…
Like my other colleagues, I too would like to welcome Prime Minister Aznar of Spain to the Council Chamber. I also wish to thank him for his important statement. We are confident that, as chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Spain and Ambassador Arias will further implement the Committee’…
Today’s topic is very current. Unless there is a comprehensive approach to conflict resolution I do not think it is possible to hope for any possibility of restoring lasting peace in countries that have emerged from a crisis. Experience has shown that the United Nations peacekeeping operations are b…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report and to Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for introducing it. We agree with the assessments and recommendations contained in the report. Unfortunately, they paint a troubling picture of developments in the province.
We note, of course, th…
We are happy to see you in the Chair, Mr. President. We welcome Mexico’s initiative to hold this meeting, and also welcome the statement made by the Secretary-General, who has given his constant attention to forming various partnerships in order to fulfil the purposes of the Charter of the United Na…
Over the year and half of its work, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) has played a leading role in the system that has been created under the auspices of the United Nations to counter new threats and challenges. Its lead role in building up a global anti-terrorist capacity and its authority in s…
We have just unanimously adopted a resolution as a step that we were obliged to take in connection with the need to resolve the Iraqi population’s humanitarian problems caused by the military actions of the United States and the United Kingdom against Iraq. First and foremost, those problems should …
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for introducing his report (S/2002/1299), to Olara Otunnu for all the work that he is doing, and to Carol Bellamy for her contribution to today’s discussion.
Unfortunately, the suffering of children as a result of hunger, disease and violence remains a bitte…
Russia has always considered the United Nations humanitarian programme in Iraq an opportunity to satisfy the basic needs of that country’s civilian population with the assistance of the international community. Given the continuing trade embargo, it is the only way to solve Iraq’s humanitarian probl…
On behalf of the delegations of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Georgia, India, Republic of Moldova, South Africa, Ukraine and my own country, the Russian Federation, I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/57/L.6/Rev.1, entitled “Responding to globa…
At the very beginning of our work in the Council on this matter, we started with the need to ensure that international inspectors be sent to Iraq as soon as possible, responding to the clearly stated consent by Baghdad to the inspection and monitoring activities of UNMOVIC and the International Atom…
The tragic events of 11 September 2001 gave a powerful impetus to our collective efforts to combat international terrorism and, as rightly underlined by the United Nations Secretary-General in his report on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, highlighted once again the vital importance…
The situation around the Palestinian territories continues to deteriorate and is threatening to get out of control. The large-scale terrorist acts in Israel were followed by harsh action by the Israeli army against the residence of the head of the Palestinian National Authority, Yasser Arafat, in Ra…
We are pleased, Sir, to see you, the Foreign Minister of Bulgaria, in the Chair. We are grateful to your delegation for having taken the initiative to convene today’s meeting to consider the problem of Kosovo in depth. We would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for his detai…
We, too, would like to thank the Secretary- General for the statement that he made.
The Russian delegation, guided by its consistent support for the peacekeeping activity of the
international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, voted in favour of the draft resolution in order to ensure the implem…
I would like first of all to associate myself with the words of appreciation that have been expressed to the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Greenstock, and to thank him both for the comprehensive account of what has been done by the Committee that he has headed for the…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his clear and comprehensive briefing.
Two months ago, in April, there was a comprehensive consideration here of the situation in Kosovo, and as we see it, what we have just heard shows that over these past two months some practical …
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Prendergast for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. We agree with his assessment that on the whole the peace process is moving forward. The Bonn Agreement is being successfully implemented. Preparations for holding the all-Afghan Special Independe…
We welcome the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Mr. Nebojša Čović. We welcome the specific measures, outlined in his statement, that have been taken by Belgrade in order to promote the comprehensive implementation of resolution 1244 (1999). We are also grateful to Assistant Secretary…
We are pleased to see presiding over the Security Council the Foreign Minister of Norway, a State that is not only a neighbour here in the Council, but also a geographical neighbour of Russia with which we have the friendliest of relations in the political, trade, economic and other areas.
We join …
