Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to express to you personally and to all the other members of the Council our thanks for your prompt response to the request submitted by the Arab Group for holding this emergency meeting to discuss the tragic and deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestin…
I should like at the outset to tell you once again, Mr. President, how much my delegation appreciates your wisdom and skills in guiding our discussion during this fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly, which we are sure will achieve the positive results to which we all aspire.
The situation i…
As we approach the new millennium, the world feels optimistic despite the challenges we shall face both because of national, regional and international developments that will arise in the coming century and because of the huge pending challenges that will persist into the twenty-first century.
One …
Since this is the first time I have addressed the Council under your presidency, Sir, allow me, on behalf of my delegation, to extend sincerest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. There can be no doubt that your diplomatic skills and knowledge of the i…
The Security Council is meeting today to consider a very important matter, the situation in Burundi, and to establish an international commission there.
The history of Burundi since independence has been one of a power struggle between the two main ethnic groups there. This struggle has led to the …
At the outset, Sir, I should like, on behalf of my delegation, to extend to you our congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We are convinced that your diplomatic experience and skills augur well for the success of the work of the Council. I should like also to p…
On behalf of my delegation and of my country, the Sultanate of Oman, I extend our sincere congratulations to the representative of China on his assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. I wish also to thank the representative of Botswana, Ambassador Legwaila, for t…
I should like, at the outset, to express the sincere congratulations of the delegation of the Sultanate of Oman to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month. We wish you every success. We are convinced that, thanks to your well-known wisdom, ability…
At the outset, allow me to convey my sincere thanks to the Permanent Mission of Argentina and to the Permanent Mission of New Zealand for their initiative and efforts in finalizing together consensus on this sensitive and pivotal issue, which resulted in the issuance of the presidential statement th…
At the outset allow me, on behalf of the delegation of Oman, to extend heartfelt thanks to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali for his report on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to agenda item 39, which is under discussion today.
At a time when the…
I should like, at the outset, to thank the Secretary-General through you for his report on the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II). My delegation has studied this report carefully and with great interest. My delegation has also followed the verbal reports that the Security Council has be…
Allow me at the outset to convey to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation, sincere thanks and congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council at this meeting to discuss the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are confident that your renowned diplomatic skills and
We would als…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on behalf of my delegation on your assumption of the Presidency of the Council for the month of April. We are confident that your well-known competence and diplomatic skills will enable our deliberations to reach a successful and meaningful conclusion…
I am grateful to you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to speak on the question of Georgia.
My delegation would like to explain its vote before the voting on the draft resolution before us. We attach the greatest importance to the need for a settlement of the situation in Georgia and of the confl…
It is an honour
and a great pleasure for me, as Chairman of the Group of Arab States for the
current month, to speak today, in the context of agenda item 29, "Cooperation
between the United Nations and the League of Arab States", and introduce the
draft resolution contained in document A/47/L.12…
