I would like to commend you, Minister Davutoğlu, and the Turkish presidency for convening this important debate on terrorism. I also want to thank the Secretary-General, with whose wise ideas we agree. I am also glad to see that there is a broad commonality of views on such an important topic.
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I would like to commend President Gül and the Turkish delegation for their initiative to hold this high-level meeting.
Sixty-five years ago, the United Nations was founded to prevent another war of great proportions. For many, however, real peace has never come about. Millions still live in a world…
I wish to thank the Security Council for having promptly granted the request of the Brazilian Government for the convening of this urgent meeting.
As Council members are aware, President José Manuel Zelaya of Honduras has taken shelter, together
with family members and his closest advisers, at the…
First of all, let me express my support for the statement made by the Minister of Health of Guyana on behalf of the Rio Group. He expressed all the main points that we endorse.
The 2001 Declaration of Commitment (resolution S-26/2, annex) was a turning point in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The inter…
Brazil maintains strong historical ties with both Syria and Lebanon. We host a community of 10 million descendants of people of Lebanese and Syrian origin. President Lula has been keen to intensify our dialogue with the Arab world through initiatives such as the summit of South American and Arab cou…
I should like to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, Ambassador Jan Eliasson of Sweden, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. I should also like to express fraternal greetings to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose wisdom and commitment to m…
I would first of all like to congratulate you, my dear friend Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa, on your excellent conduct of our work and, in particular, on the initiative to convene this public meeting on Haiti. I should also like to highlight the exemplary cooperation between our delegations in the …
I feel honoured, Sir, to be here under your presidency. Although I know the Council is facing difficult times, I am glad to be here and to see so many friends in the Secretariat and in delegations with whom I worked here for many years. We worked with great dedication, although perhaps not always su…
Mr. President, let me also say, as previous speakers have done, that I very much appreciate the fact that you have organized this open briefing. I hope that this practice will become common in
I do not wish to comment at length on the contents of these reports. I am sure that we will have the oppor…
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, as others have done, for organizing this debate on a very important subject.
Indeed, as I was reflecting on the very title of the agenda item for the debate, I thought that something was lacking, namely, the word “international”. The title of th…
The Security Council is meeting this evening under the impact of a serious turn of events in the Gulf. Ever since the adoption of resolution 687 (1991) in April 1991, the Council has been grappling with the difficult task of ensuring the Iraqi regime’s cooperation with the United Nations Special Com…
The Security Council is meeting today to consider the extension of the mandate and concept of operations of the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) for another period of one year on the basis of the clear assessment of the current situation in Haiti contained in the latest repo…
Allow me to offer a few words of appreciation to you, Sir, since this is the first time that you and I have been in the General Assembly Hall together. It is important to me to convey our high esteem for your country, Uruguay. We are convinced that you are doing and will do your best to ensure that …
It is indeed a very positive initiative that we are meeting today to listen to Mrs. Ogata in an open format. I think that corresponds to the desire for transparency not only of the members of the Council, but also of the United Nations Members outside the Council. I have to commend you, Sir, for tak…
Kosovo has become the focus of the same pattern of ethnic violence that has already shattered countless lives throughout the region. Once again, outrage bred by ethnically induced aggression is fuelling radicalism. Once again, the responsibility for having allowed violence to be disseminated falls h…
It is a pleasure to see you, Sir, chairing our work. I wish to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock, for his balanced and objective presentation of this year’s report to the General Assembly. We attach great value to this practice, which was introduced in 1993 by…
In his presentation of this year’s report on the work of the Organization, Secretary- General Kofi Annan highlighted the need for the United Nations to rediscover the connection between peace and economic security by pointing out that if the poor lack development even the richest on this planet will…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Sweden for having proposed this debate, which allows us to continue to look at ways of improving protection for humanitarian assistance to refugees and others in conflict situations, carrying on from last year’s ground-breaking debate under t…
It is a common perception today — and even commonplace to say — that globalization is an inescapable process which brings both opportunities and risks. But this truism is maybe the only assertion we can easily agree on as the dramatic events of the past two years cast a shadow on the way the risks o…
Five months ago, during the open debate on the letters dated 20 and 23 December 1991, from France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, the Brazilian delegation expressed its hope that the international community, with the cooperation of the Gove…
