The draft resolution that we introduce today provides an opportunity for the United Nations General Assembly to reaffirm its support for the Middle East peace process, a process inaugurated over four years ago in Madrid.
Since that historic beginning, we have witnessed the 13 September 1993 Declara…
The adoption of this resolution is an important step, one that can build confidence between Croatians and Serbs. It is the first time in this bloody war that land has been returned by negotiation rather than by bloodshed. The Agreement envisions a partnership, reflecting the rights of all ethnic gro…
May I join our colleagues in the Council in welcoming you, Sir, to the presidency and congratulating you on your assumption of the responsibilities.
I should also like to ask the Nigerian delegation to please convey to Ambassador Gambari on our behalf our great appreciation for the guidance and the…
The President of the Tribunal, Mr. Antonio Cassese, has honoured this body today with a thorough introduction of the report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. President Cassese and the other Tribunal judges are performing, and performing extremely well, a difficult and…
A deep sadness fills our souls — a blanket that stifles our smiles, a sadness that forces us to face very starkly the troubled world in which we live and die.
The tragic news of the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, has deeply shocked and saddened my nation. As Secretary o…
The representative of Libya has the gall to use the word “victims”. The victims that we want to remember today are in graves. We have heard a lot of words over the years. We do not need more words. We only need Libya to comply with the Security Council resolution.
At this first meeting of the Council under your leadership, Sir, let me congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the Council. We look forward to working closely with you on the important matters that will be coming before the Council in the course of this month.
Let me also take this opportun…
Today we have voted to take a major step towards stability in Burundi: we have firmly declared that the culture of impunity must be brought to an end. With this vote to
My Government is deeply concerned over the precarious instability of Burundi, and we must do all we can to prevent a replay of the…
The peoples of the Middle East deserve peace. They have longed for it, they have died for it and, in the past few years we have seen them live for it. The current generation of political leaders in the region has made the courageous choice to abandon the rhetoric and policies of conflict and to embr…
The resolution adopted by the Council today marks a historic step for the people of El Salvador and for United Nations peace-keeping. On 30 April, the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) will end, bringing to a close one of the most successful peace- keeping operat…
Mr. President, I should like to begin by expressing to you our congratulations as you assume your duties as President of Security Council for this month. We look forward to a productive month under your able and gracious guidance. I should also like to thank Ambassador Li Zhaoxing for his effective …
Six months ago, the General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution to establish the United Nations mission for the verification of human rights in Guatemala. My Government, as a friend to the Guatemalan peace process, is pleased to be a sponsor of the draft resolution extending MINUGUA’s mandate …
The United States believes that the ultimate test for our activities in the Security Council must be whether our actions serve the cause of peace. My Government doubts that Council activity on this subject at this time is likely to pass that test.
The prestige and authority of the Security Council …
Mr. President, I thank you for your kind remarks, which I shall indeed convey to my Government and to Mr. Grant’s family.
I am honoured and pleased to be able to address the General Assembly at this memorial to Jim Grant and to speak about his contributions to the international community. While we …
My country and the United Nations suffered a huge loss yesterday in the passing away of Bradford Morse. In remembering him this afternoon, we should remember his compassion and his dedication to bettering the lives of people all over the world.
Bradford Morse served the United Nations and the inter…
I should like to begin, Sir, by congratulating you on behalf of my delegation and on behalf, personally, of Ambassador Albright on the assumption of your responsibilities as President of the Security Council, and we look forward very much to working with you in the course of this month. I should als…
The United States is proud to co-sponsor the draft resolution which proclaims 1995 as World Year of Peoples’ Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War. The text calls for a special meeting of this body on 18 October next. It is fitting that the General Assembly should undertake a solemn c…
The United States affirms in the strongest possible terms its support for the continued work in Haiti of the International Civilian Mission to Haiti (MICIVIH). As a joint mission, with personnel of both the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS), MICIVIH has been the internatio…
It is a special honour to me to be among the first to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. Knowing that you will bring to bear upon our full and ever-growing agenda the wisdom of experience and your wide-ranging diplomatic skills, I am confident that we are in …
The resolution we have adopted today comes at what the Secretary-General rightly calls "a defining moment" (S/1994/614, para. 70). This resolution underscores the growing impatience of the international community with the pace of progress towards national reconciliation in Somalia which is best evid…
