I would like to thank Special Representative Ibrahima Fall for his comprehensive and thorough briefing on the Second Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. Our thanks go also to Ambassador Mulamula for her statement, along with our best wishes for success in her new job. G…
I take this opportunity to share with you some personal observations concerning the two Sanctions Committees that I have had the honour to chair for the past two years, namely, the Côte d’Ivoire Sanctions Committee and the Sudan Sanctions Committee. As Chair of the Informal Working Group on General …
Today is the last time that Greece will participate, in its capacity as a non- permanent member of the Security Council, in a meeting on an issue of the utmost importance for my country: Cyprus. I would therefore like to take this opportunity to express my country’s most heartfelt appreciation, firs…
I join others in welcoming the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Joachim Rücker, and thank him for his presentation. I welcome the presence of the President of the Coordinating Centre of the Republic of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija, Ms. Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, and I also welcome P…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s thematic debate of the Security Council on sustainable peace in the Middle East, under the leadership of the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar.
I would also like to thank and commend the Secretar…
At the 2005 World Summit, our leaders expressed their support for the early reform and expansion of the Security Council as an essential element in the overall effort to reform the United Nations in order to reflect today’s realities. To date, there has not been any substantial progress on this matt…
I wish to thank Ambassador Ashraf Qazi for his lucid and comprehensive briefing on the activities of the United Nations in Iraq and on recent developments in that country. I would also like to thank Ambassador Jackie Wolcott Sanders for her briefing on the activities of the Multinational Force in Ir…
I would like to thank Sir, for convening this very important meeting. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Egeland, for his informative briefing. I would like to take this opportunity to express to him our sincere appreciation for his dedication and hard work in addressing all…
I would like to thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s open debate with regard to the sixth report of the Secretary-General on Children and armed conflict (S/2006/826) and to thank you for taking the time to preside personally over this important meeting. I also wish to thank the Special Representat…
We are very disturbed by and strongly condemn today’s assassination of Pierre Gemayel. We call on all parties to show self- restraint and to refrain from actions which could cause a deterioration in the already volatile situation in Lebanon and further destabilize the country.
I wish to express our…
Greece fully associates itself with the statement to be delivered later by the representative of Finland on behalf of the European Union. My statement will therefore be brief.
Recent tragic events in the occupied Palestinian territories made today’s meeting of the Security Council imperative. Over …
As this is the first time I am taking the floor this month, it is with great pleasure that I wish you, Sir, every success in your duties as President of the Council during the month of November. I must assure you that you have my country’s full support.
I also wish to thank Ambassador Oshima and hi…
It is with great honour and pleasure that I present today to the General Assembly the draft resolution on the “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin”, contained in document A/61/L.15, under agenda item 43.
In recent years, the international community has become incre…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this monthly meeting. I would also like to thank Mr. Alvaro de Soto for the informative, comprehensive and updated briefing that he gave us today.
Greece fully aligns itself with the statement to be delivered later by the Permanent Repre…
Greece voted in favour of resolution 1706 (2006) because it believes that, given the deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in Darfur, the Security Council had to shoulder its responsibilities and act swiftly. As we have argued on this and on other occasions, when the Council is faced wit…
Like other speakers, I wish to thank the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, for his thorough briefing today.
As Greece fully associates itself with the statement to be made later by the representative of Finland on behalf of the European Union, I shall be brief.
Over approximately the p…
Let me start, Mr. President, by thanking you for organizing a very pertinent meeting on Timor-Leste following the critical situation the country experienced recently and with a view to a Security Council decision on a follow-up United Nations presence there. It is a particular pleasure for me to wel…
Allow me first to welcome you, Mr. President, to New York and to the Security Council, and to thank you for coming here personally to discuss this issue. We thank you for having taken the initiative to hold today’s thematic debate, because it is truly very important to examine the situation in West …
At the 2005 world summit, our leaders expressed their support for an early reform and expansion of the Security Council as an essential element in the overall effort to reform the United Nations so as to reflect today’s realities.
Reform has been under discussion for the past 13 years in working gr…
I should like to start by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Jessen-Petersen, for all the work he has done over the past two years of his service as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo…
