Allow me to express on behalf of my delegation our thanks to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his report entitled “United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations”, and also his Personal Representative Mr. Picco and the Group of Eminent Persons for their efforts in preparing the docume…
I wish first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his ninth report (S/2001/970) on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). I want also to thank Mr. Ngongi for introducing that report, and again to tell him and his staff how much we appreciate the…
We think this discussion is extremely important first because of the gravity of the problem of Somalia and because it is an opportunity for us to hear the views of Mr. Ali Khalif Galaydh, Prime Minister of Somalia, whom I welcome.
I would also like to thank Mr. David Stephen, Representative of the …
I would like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing on the historic developments that took place recently in East Timor.
These first elections in the history of East Timor confirm once again the will of the Timorese people to go forward in laying the foundation for a pluralistic and democratic Stat…
My delegation is extremely pleased, Sir, to see you again presiding over the work of the Council this month and also to thank you again for the initiative you are taking as part of the process of transparency that each one of us — as members of the Security Council and other Member States present he…
I too would like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his enlightening briefing about developments in Kosovo. My delegation pays tribute to him and to his entire team for their efforts to keep Council members informed about the
vicissitudes being encountered by this region and others.
At a time when the inte…
This meeting of the Security Council is taking place at an extremely grave and sensitive time, when the occupied
Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, are the target of the most serious Israeli practices since last year’s provocation at Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The sharp deterioration in the sit…
My delegation is honoured to see you, Mr. Minister, presiding over this open meeting of the Security Council. This confirms once again Bangladesh’s unswerving commitment to peace and prevention of armed conflict. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for the high-quality report he has pr…
I join in thanking Mr. Guéhenno, Mr. Fall and Ms. McAskie for their important briefings.
The situation in West Africa, as described in this morning’s briefings and in the excellent report of the Inter-Agency Mission to West Africa (S/2001/434), is most alarming. It threatens to grow beyond control …
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his very important briefing to us and, above all, for the good news he has just announced, in particular regarding the signing by the two parties yesterday of the agreement establishing the Temporary Security Zone.
We believe that, as the two parties hav…
I would also like to welcome Senator Biden here among us, and I want to welcome Mr. Jacques Paul Klein, the Special Representative and Coordinator of the United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to thank him for his detailed and enlightening presentation. We are gratified that the re…
I also wish to thank Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello for his visit to New York and for the briefing he just gave us on the progress made and on his future plans. I also wish to thank Ambassador Andjaba, the leader of our mission, for the manner in which he managed the Security Council mission and led dis…
Allow me at the outset to express to the Secretary-General, on behalf of the Tunisian delegation, our gratitude and appreciation for his valuable report on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), and for his efforts to promote this cooperation.
Ever since…
My delegation, too, would like to thank Mr. Vieira de Mello for his comprehensive briefing. We are all aware of the high quality of the work undertaken and the commendable efforts made by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) — which has made progress and obtained con…
The culture of peace is an issue that is at the very heart of the objectives and concerns of the United Nations, whose every action, achievement and effort is ultimately aimed at serving peace.
The consideration of this question at the fifty- fifth session is of particular importance, coming as it …
I should like at the outset to commend you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have listened with great interest to the very comprehensive briefing by Mr. Miyet, and we thank him for the information he has provided the Council on the situation.
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Let me at the outset thank you, Madam President, for giving us this opportunity once again to consider the question of children affected by armed conflict, in particular in the light of the report of the Secretary-General, which is replete with useful information and relevant recommendations.
I wis…
I too would like to thank you, Madam President, for having convened this open meeting and to thank Mr. Annabi for the exhaustive statement he has just made to us.
Not long ago, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), the Counc…
We join other members of the Security Council in thanking Mr. Vieira de Mello for his comprehensive and clear statement on the development of the situation in East Timor since his last visit, on 2 February. We are pleased to note that, thanks to the efforts of Mr. Vieira de Mello and his team, the s…
I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on having convened this meeting to consider the situation in the Balkan region. I also wish to address thanks to Mr. Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Balkans, for his full and informative briefing. I wish to express to Mr. Solana m…
