I wish first to thank the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Claude Jorda, for his clear briefing and for the useful information he provided to members of the Security Council on the important subject of the International Criminal Tribunal for th…
First, I wish to express sincere condolences on the passing of President Hafez Al-Assad of Syria. This was an immense loss not only for Syria, but also for the Arab world as a whole because Mr. Al-Assad had great personal qualities and did so much for the cause of the Middle East and the Arab cause.…
The exhaustive report which has just been presented to us by Mr. Petrov, Special Representative of the Secretary- General — whom we wish to thank, along with all the members of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT), for their efforts — marks the last of a series devoted to th…
Mr. President, I wish at the outset to thank you for convening this emergency meeting and for your speedy response to the request from the African group that the
We are sincerely grateful to the Secretary-General for his intensive efforts and for the important statement he made here this evening.
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The delegation of Tunisia takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General and of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We thank them for their efforts and for the excellent quality of the documents before us. The reports refer to signific…
I too wish to thank you, Mr. President, and the entire delegation of Canada for having organized this open briefing. I wish at the same time to thank Mr. Ingvar Carlsson for his useful statement on the report of the Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide …
Allow me once again to express our sincere thanks to you personally, Sir, the Foreign Minister of Canada, and to all the members of the Security Council, for the condolences that they have expressed to the Government and the people of Tunisia on the passing of Habib Bourguiba, the first President of…
Now that South Africa has moved towards a democratic and non-racial society, and now that there is a democratically elected executive body which reflects the concerns and hopes of the entire South African population, my country’s delegation is pleased to join all those who have expressed their pleas…