On 11 October 1991, the Council adopted resolution 715 (1991). In its paragraph 7, the Council requested the Committee established under resolution 661 (1990), the Special Commission and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to jointly develop a mechanism for monitori…
Let me state at the outset that Germany supports the statement made by the representative of Italy on behalf of the European Union.
When the public order in Somalia collapsed in 1991, when the Somali people suffered from fighting and famine and when more than a million Somalis fled to neighbouring …
Germany of course supports the statement Italy made on behalf of the European Union, and I do not wish to duplicate it.
In his last report on UNAMIR the Secretary-General says:
“When Rwanda emerged from civil war and genocide with the establishment of the Government of National Unity on 19 July 19…
I want to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. Your proven skills, your realistic attitude and the down-to-earth way in which you conduct business make us look forward to working successfully under your guidance.
Let me take thi…
On behalf of my delegation, I too would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We have full confidence in your leadership, and are convinced that your great skill will serve you well in conducting our business and will …
Over the past six weeks, the Security Council has been seized with the serious matter of the attempted assassination of the President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, on 26 June last year during the Summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa. My Government has strongly condemned this t…
First of all, I welcome this opportunity to have an open debate on the situation in Liberia in general and on the role of the United Nations there. We feel that the report of the Secretary-General is a solid basis for this debate, and we are grateful for that report. A debate of this kind can give v…
Although we are already approaching the end of the first half of your presidency, Sir, it may not be too late for me to state the pleasure I derive from working in the Security Council under your able guidance. It is well in line with the kind and successful stewardship of last month’s President, th…
I hope to please you, Mr. Acting President, and my colleagues here in the Assembly Hall by being very brief.
Let me begin by saying that as a member of the European Union, Germany fully endorses the joint statement presented earlier by the representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union. Th…
Allow me at the outset to associate my delegation with what has been said today by the President of the Security Council, the permanent representative of Oman, Ambassador Al-Khussaiby. In addition to his remarks I want to say the following.
We welcome the presentation of the report of the Security …
For the third consecutive time, the General Assembly is discussing the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council. Last year, we spoke before the General Assembly and expressed our thanks to the Chairman of the informal Working Group and to both Vi…
Germany voted in favour of this resolution giving the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) an enlarged mandate. We believe that this is necessary to enable UNOMIL to play an effective role in the further peace process. We wish to stress, however, that UNOMIL can be effective only with…
On 30 October the German delegation took the initiative in the Security Council for another energetic attempt to establish the fate and the whereabouts of the missing Bosnian men from Srebrenica, Zepa and the wider Banja Luka area. We are gratified that this initiative has now led, thanks to the eff…
Most often when the Security Council meets to discuss the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina the reason for our meeting is another painful turn of events, with more human suffering and a further deterioration of the situation.
Today we meet under different circumstances. Today, as the German Forei…
Today’s debate on Croatia reflects the sad fact that once again the logic of confrontation and war has triumphed in the former Yugoslavia. Despite enormous and sustained efforts by the international community, the search for an overall negotiated settlement which would bring back peace and peaceful …
Germany took the initiative which led to the draft resolution on Srebrenica and Zepa now before the Council, because we are appalled and alarmed.
Several weeks after the fall of Srebrenica and Zepa we still do not know about the whereabouts and the fate of about 7,000 to 8,000 unfortunate male Bosn…
Allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I want also to address my delegation’s thanks to the Permanent Representative of Honduras, Ambassador Martínez Blanco, for his guidance last month. Of course, we also wish to welcome the Permanent Represent…
Germany has just voted in favour of the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH) for a further period of seven months. Since its full deployment, which began last February, considerable progress has been achieved. With the assistance of UNMIH, a secure and stable envir…
On behalf of the European Union, we wish to express our very great satisfaction that the efforts made in the consultations organized by the Secretary-General achieved a positive and very tangible result.
After four years of arduous consultations, crowned by the adoption of the present draft resolut…
