The members of the United Nations have gathered in this General Assembly Hall to review their efforts to reform the Security Council to adjust this important body to contemporary political realities and to make it respond better to the challenges it is already facing, as well as those to emerge in y…
The Security Council is about to adopt a draft resolution extending the relevant provisions of resolutions 986 (1995) and 1111 (1997) for a further period of six months to ensure the continuity of the oil-for-food programme instituted by this Council as a temporary and subsidiary measure to alleviat…
We are here today to take an important decision concerning further United Nations support for the peace process in Tajikistan. Five years of civil war brought enormous human suffering to that country, but now, after the signature of the General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Ac…
It is with a great deal of regret that we have had to meet today to consider yet another draft resolution concerning Angola. We regret it
It must be admitted that the international community committed itself to helping Angola out of its difficult situation. Here the Security Council has played a mo…
At the beginning, let me express our delegation's dismay at the recent course of events in Angola, which forced the members of the Security Council and many other delegations to come to this Chamber to debate the imposition of additional measures against UNITA. This should not have happened. By now …
We welcome today’s debate. This is the second time in a few days that the Security Council, at a formal meeting, has reflected on regional involvement in situations which pose a threat to international peace and security. Last week we discussed the regional efforts aimed at the maintenance of peace …
It is not the first time during Poland’s term in the Security Council that the Council is looking into active regional involvement in a situation which creates a threat to international peace and security. It has to be noted that the theme of regional initiative is becoming more and more popular. Th…
The progress in the peace process in Angola is indeed significant. When the Security Council last convened in its chamber to discuss the situation in that country, my delegation, like others, expressed satisfaction that the parties had finally undertaken the long-overdue measures to make good their …
Allow me at the outset, Sir, warmly to welcome you and to express my delegation’s deep appreciation for the timely manner in which you arranged this open debate. My country has always been very sensitive to the fate of all those who fall victim to circumstances beyond their control and have to rely …
I wish to inform the Assembly that we have decided to withdraw the candidature of Poland. I should like to point out, however, that ours was the only candidate from the Group of Eastern European States and thus the only one from the region for which the Tribunal was established. We find it not quite…
We wish to thank you, Sir, for your initiative to convene an open debate on Somalia. We are of the view that matters like the one before us today deserve our constant attention and thorough examination. May I add, however, that the
During our last open debate on Somalia, my delegation stated that o…
My delegation wholeheartedly welcomes the final agreement signed on 29 December 1996 between the Government of Guatemala and the Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) and the fact that the two parties are united at long last in their willingness to secure peaceful and stable life for th…
I have the great honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Kofi Annan on the occasion of his appointment as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations — the one who will lead our Organization into the twenty-first century.
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One year ago, the successful conclusion of the London and Paris
In the course of one year the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has changed immeasurably. The end of the bloody war, and the recognition by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a sov…
When my delegation took the floor on 28 June 1996 on the occasion of the adoption of the Security Council resolution setting up the United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH), it expressed its firm belief that the international community has an obligation to assist the Government and the peopl…
Allow me to begin by expressing appreciation to the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Wisnumurti of Indonesia, for having introduced the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. This report covers the one-year period from 16 June 1995, half of which runs concurrentl…
The international community today seems to have no doubt as to the need to reform the Security Council. There is widespread agreement that this reform should be instituted in order to respond adequately to the dramatic changes in international relations. Its principal aim should be to enhance the ab…
First of all, let me extend to you, Sir, my congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. We are confident that your presidency will ensure a successful outcome of the Council’s work.
I also wish to thank the President of the Security Council…
Let me begin by indicating that we associate ourselves with the statement made by Italy on behalf of the European Union.
The draft resolution before the Security Council today, which, if adopted, will extend the mandate of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in its present con…
The Polish delegation would like to express its satisfaction that the Security Council has convened this open debate on the situation in Liberia to explore the international community's options with regard to the bloody conflict in that country. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his …
