We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report, and we would like to thank Mr. Kouchner for the briefing he gave us.
On 10 June, one year will have elapsed since the adoption of resolution 1244 (1999). That decision by the Security Council, prepared with the very active participation of Ru…
I wish simply to state that when I asked that we be given a rationale for the existence of the no-fly zones and the use of force there, I requested them of the United Nations Secretariat, not of any national delegation.
I do apologize for asking for the floor again, but I should like to continue this discussion that has developed and which relates to the implementation of Security Council resolutions on Iraq.
Some of my colleagues have just said in response to my statement that their use of force against Iraq — wh…
The Russian delegation voted in favour of the draft resolution, because of the need to continue the United Nations humanitarian programme in Iraq. We consider it important that the resolution establishes the level of appropriations for the rehabilitation of the oil sector in Iraq at $600 million, an…
The Russian delegation has carefully studied the report of the Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo that visited the region of this conflict from 4 to 8 May 2000. We join in the positive assessment of the work by members of the mission under the leadership of Ambassador H…
We thank Mr. Ivo Petrov, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Tajikistan and head of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT), for participating in today’s meeting and, most important, for the work he and his colleagues are carrying out in Tajikistan.
Today’s meet…
The Russian Federation shares the concern over developments in the situation in Sierra Leone.
The activities of the fighters of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) have brought the peace process in that country to the brink of collapse. Today, when the air is heavy with renewed fighting in Sierra …
I, too, would like first of all to associate myself with the words of gratitude addressed to Ambassador Chowdhury, who so skilfully and steadfastly guided our mission. Like all our colleagues participating in that mission, we concur with the findings in the report and, on the whole, we consider that…
The draft resolution on the organization of the list of speakers and the round tables for the Millennium Summit reflects to a large extent the views expressed by various delegations on procedural matters relating to the Summit.
We would, however, like to be quite clear about a number of provisions …
We are pleased, Mr. Minister, that you are with us once again directing the work of the Security Council. We are also happy to welcome to this Chamber the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Jakob Kellenberger. We thank him for his contribution to the work of the Council t…
I should like at the outset to join in conveying condolences to the delegation of Tunisia in connection with the death of President Bourguiba. We would like also to join in thanking Ambassador Chowdhury and the entire delegation of Bangladesh for the work they did in March. In addition, we are pleas…
I wish to begin by expressing our gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report and for his introduction of it today. I also wish to commend the work of the Office of the Iraq Programme and to pay tribute to all its personnel working in Iraq in very difficult conditions.
The report of the Secre…
We are grateful to Mr. Annabi for his statement. Although the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina gives no grounds for any particularly optimistic forecasts, nor should it produce a pessimistic mood. Forward movement, while slow, continues. The main thing is to make the process of a Bosnian settleme…
First of all, like my colleagues I would like to say that I am pleased by the presence at today’s meeting of the Minister for External Relations of Angola, His Excellency Mr. De Miranda. We also join in the thanks expressed here today to the Panel of Experts and its Chairman, Ambassador Möllander, f…
First of all I would like to join others in welcoming you, Mr. President, and in expressing gratitude to Bangladesh, to Ambassador Chowdhury and to the entire delegation of Bangladesh for preparing today’s meeting.
Russia regards the humanizing of international relations as one of the most importan…
First of all, I should like to welcome you, Sir, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina, as you preside over today's meeting of the Security Council. I should also like to wish you every success as head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Republic, a country with which Russia …
We will join our colleagues who have spoken about President Nelson Mandela.
Russia welcomes the designation of President Mandela as the international Facilitator in the Burundi peace talks. We hope that this will help us to get beyond the standstill in the political process. We would urge all Burun…
First, I would like to associate myself with those words of welcome that you addressed to the Vice- Minister of External Relations of Angola, and I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Prendergast
As coordinator of the troika of observer States for the implementation of the Angola peace…
Not that serious.
Like other colleagues who have spoken before me, I welcome Mrs. Ogata. I would like to thank her very much for her briefing, which was a very comprehensive confirmation of the existence of serious problems on the matter of Africa’s refugees and internally displaced persons. We hav…
