In the first months of this year we witnessed some positive developments in the peace process in Angola. The Government of Unity and National Reconciliation legalized UNITA as a political party, nominated provincial governors from UNITA and began the process of appointing ambassadors from that movem…
The most recent reports on the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia contain both reassuring and disturbing assessments of the situation. On the one hand, it is stressed that UNPREDEP has had a stabilizing role that has successfully contri…
Developments in Israel affecting the occupied Arab territories are once again being debated in the Security Council in an atmosphere of
As noted recently in an editorial published by The New York Times,
“any abrupt changes in the city’s delicate status quo, particularly in the absence of negotiati…
The situation of children affected by armed conflict is one which presents the international community and the United Nations with a serious and urgent challenge. We have reached a consensus in identifying this topic as one of grave concern. But the dire predicament of the young whose future is bein…
The draft resolution before us is a response to the recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his letter of 15 April 1998. In that document, the Secretary-General emphasizes the need for Iraq to be authorized to import equipment and spare parts that will enable it to sell the quantity of oil …
I would first of all like to recognize the presence among us of Vice-Minister of Territorial Administration of Angola, General Higino Carneiro.
The Security Council is called upon today to deal with yet another critical juncture in the tortuous Angolan peace process. To the profound disappointment …
Let me state first of all that on repeated occasions the Brazilian Government has deeply deplored the nuclear tests conducted on 11 and 13 May by India, and on 28 and 30 May by Pakistan. That expression of concern and consternation was forthright and unequivocal.
Once more, the Brazilian Government…
The genocide in Rwanda is one of the most tragic events of the last decades. There is a prevailing feeling that the international community could have done better and that steps could have been taken to avoid the massacres. Given the difficulties faced by the Rwandan judiciary system, the Internatio…
“Africa civilizes America”. These words by a Brazilian political thinker of the nineteenth century are true in more than one sense. In few places has African influence been more greatly felt than in Brazil. Our culture, our beliefs, our values — the very ways in which our creativity expresses itself…
Over the past few months we have been receiving repeated reports of persistent violence in some areas of the Great Lakes region, in particular Rwanda. In December 1997, in Mudende, a massacre of civilians, including refugees, shocked the world and showed that the cycle of violence in Rwanda was far …
Persistent signs of instability in the Central African Republic led a group of African nations to bring the situation in that country to the attention of the Security Council. A multinational force had been put together by these countries, with the participation of France, to prevent the internal tu…
Let me express to you, Mr. President, and to your Government our appreciation for organizing this open debate in a formal meeting of the Security Council. In a matter of such importance it is appropriate that we work in an open and a transparent way. Moreover, it is important that the party to a dis…
The oil-for-food mechanism established by resolution 986 (1995), and to be expanded in accordance with the recommendations of the Secretary- General through the draft resolution presented to the Security Council today, is a central piece of the work of the United Nations in Iraq.
The imposition of …
At the outset, Mr. President, I should like to say that we are greatly honoured to see you, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Gabon, presiding over the Security Council. Your presence among us ensures that our work will be conducted wisely and effectively. I also want to express my best wishes to …
First of all, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for January. Under your wise and firm guidance, the work of the Council has been conducted with great effectiveness. I should also like to pay tribute to your predecessor, Ambassador Fe…
As we prepare to wind up this round of meetings of the General Assembly, it is with a clear sense of pride that we recognize the achievements made at this session towards the goal of reforming the Organization and making it more representative of the aspirations of Member States. This result, Sir, w…
Mr. President, I would like to start by expressing my delegation's sincere appreciation for your skilful guidance in preparing the ground for today's debate. Security Council reform being one of the central issues on the United Nations agenda, it is reassuring to note that the President of the Gener…
First of all, Sir, let me commend your endurance: if commitment to reform can be measured by a capacity to sit through long debates, you are no doubt the number-one reformer of the Organization. May I also suggest that you might institute a medal for those of us who are still sitting here at this la…
First of all, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. Under your able and wise guidance the work of the Security Council has been conducted in a highly effective way. I would also take this opportunity to express my appreci…
I wish to thank the current President of the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of Chile, for having presented this year’s report (A/52/2) on the Council’s activity with his usual eloquence and brilliance. The improvements that have been introduced into the annual reports in recent years…
