Allow me to begin by congratulating the President of the General Assembly and the sponsors of this initiative, the Philippines and Pakistan, for organizing this High-level Dialogue. The participation of Government representatives and prominent active members of civil society provides us with a good …
The Spanish delegation endorses the statement made by the representative of Portugal on behalf of the European Union.
As other speakers have stressed, we have reached a special moment in the debate on financing for development, and this High-level Dialogue is an excellent opportunity to take stock …
I should like, on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, to express our deepest condolences to the people and the Government of Kuwait on the passing of His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait.
The international community has lost an outs…
I would like first to express support for the statement made by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union.
I express my delegation’s sincere appreciation for the tireless efforts that you, Sir, have made as President, with the effective cooperation of the Pe…
On behalf of the Spanish delegation, I wish to support the request made by the delegation of Costa Rica regarding agenda item 160 of the present General Assembly session. Since this item could not be fully considered during the present session, we would like the opportunity to consider it during the…
The Spanish delegation is grateful, Mr. President, that
today’s open debate on Afghanistan is being held under your expert guidance. We wish you every success in the presidency of the Security Council this month.
I wish to thank Mr. Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afgh…
On behalf of the Spanish delegation, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening these plenary meetings of the General Assembly to debate the issue of Security Council reform, enabling us to carefully consider the various proposals that have been put before us thus far.
First of all, I …
As this is the first time that I have spoken before the Security Council in May, I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Madam, and Denmark on your assumption of the presidency of the Council and to wish you every success in guiding its work. I also wish to thank you for convening this publ…
Allow me at the outset, Sir, to express my pleasure at addressing the Council on behalf of Spain in this important debate under the presidency of China, a country for which we have great admiration.
I endorse the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Luxembourg on behalf of the European…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having given me the floor at this very special meeting — the last such meeting to be held during the presidency of Algeria and the last Council meeting at which the departing non-permanent members have an opportunity to speak.
The item on our agenda is …
First, on behalf of the Spanish delegation, I would like to thank the Algerian presidency, in particular the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria,
Mr. Belkhadem, for convening this meeting of the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Your presence, Mr. Minister, at t…
We believe that the Algerian presidency of the Security Council deserves praise for having organized this open meeting of the Council on the recent mission that we carried out to Central Africa, which gives us a possibility of assessing the results of the mission and to think together with other Mem…
I too would like to thank Ambassador Danforth and the entire delegation of the United States of America for the remarkable role they played in the presidency of the Council during the month of November. I would like also to say, Sir, how pleased we are to be working under your able leadership. We ca…
We, too, would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jessen-Petersen, for his interesting and comprehensive introduction to the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We would like to commend him for th…
Spain voted in favour of resolution 1576 (2004) to extend the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). However, I should like to make a few observations, because we believe that the decision that we have just taken should not be considered as merely procedural. We bel…
I particularly wish to express our thanks for the oral briefings and written reports from both Tribunals, from Judge Theodor Meron and Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and from Judge Erik Møse and Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow of the Intern…
Ten years ago, Spain was a member of the Security Council, and I myself represented Spain at the time. So I had occasion to follow closely the debates that were held, and I also shared the frustration in the Council over the tragic developments in Somalia. After ups and downs, all kinds of difficult…
In the view of my delegation, resolution 1574 (2004), which the Security Council has adopted unanimously, is both timely and appropriate, given the current circumstances in the Sudan. It is a well balanced text, and cohesively addresses itself both to the Naivasha negotiations in the framework of th…
We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, for his introduction of the Secretary-General’s comprehensive report (S/2004/888), and we thank him for his work as the head of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET). We would also …
Allow me to begin by conveying the most heartfelt condolences of the Spanish delegation to the delegation of the United Arab Emirates on the occasion of the recent death of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, head of State of the United Arab Emirates.
At the beginning of this session of…
