It is with a heavy heart that we participate in this high-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership, in the light of the recent tragic events afflicting our host country and our host city. On behalf of my Government and of my delegation, I…
Allow me, Sir, to congratulate you formally on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month, and to pay tribute to Ambassador Cunningham of the United States for his able stewardship of the Council last month.
My delegation expresses its appreciation to you, Mr. President, for co…
Mr. President, I should like at the outset to extend my delegation’s heartiest congratulations to you on Singapore’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January and to express my pleasure at seeing you preside over the meeting of the Council today. We commend you an…
My delegation appreciates the convening of this meeting, which affords us another opportunity to review developments in Kosovo as well as the important work being carried out by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Kosovo Force
(KFOR) in the implementation of …
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Namibia, who spoke also in his capacity as coordinator of the non-aligned caucus.
My delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution, of which we are a sponsor, because we strongly believe that the Council…
Like other members, my delegation extends a warm welcome to United States Senator Joseph Biden and thanks him for his remarks.
We are gratified at the reiteration of the strong commitment of the United States to the United Nations and look forward to the resolution of the issue of the two scales on…
My delegation welcomes the convening of this meeting, which provides the Council with an opportunity to continue its consideration of the threat to international peace and security posed by international terrorism, which was first addressed by the Council way back in 1992. We recall that, following …
My delegation, Sir, is pleased to see you presiding over the Council and to thank your predecessor for a job well done.
My delegation will vote in favour of draft resolution S/2000/1149 because we support efforts that
will ensure the smooth and unimpeded implementation of the humanitarian programm…
Over the years, scores of resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly and the Security Council have reiterated the need for a comprehensive peace for the Middle East which would include a just and final settlement of the Palestinian question. Regrettably, such a peace remains as elusive as eve…
My delegation thanks Mr. Vieira de Mello for the candid, focused and comprehensive briefing he has given us just now.
Malaysia values greatly the progress made so far by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and congratulates the Special Representative for his leader…
My delegation would like to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, and your delegation for convening this open meeting of the Council on this important subject.
We also commend Namibia for its constructive role in highlighting this subject, particularly in the context of the Namibia Plan o…
My delegation is grateful to the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Martin Andjaba of Namibia, for his precise, objective and factual presentation of the Council’s fifty-fifth annual report to the General Assembly. The consideration of this report, pursuant to Articles 15 and 24 of the Ch…
My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October and assures you of our fullest cooperation. I should also like to pay tribute to your predecessor, Ambassador Moctar Ouane of Mali, for the admirable way in which he conducted …
Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open briefing on East Timor. We are pleased to welcome Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello back to the Council and are grateful for his extremely useful briefing. We are also pleased to see Mr. Ramos-Horta in the Council today.
Three months after the Council las…
My delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and thoughtful report on the work of the Organization (A/55/1). We commend him for raising important issues of concern to the international community, even when a number of them may be contentious. They must be seriously addres…
My delegation is thankful to you, Sir, for convening this meeting. It affords the Council another opportunity to further assess the progress made in the implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his detailed report. We are pleased to wel…
I should like to express my appreciation to you, Madam President, for convening this open meeting of the Council on this important subject. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for his detailed and comprehensive report on the implementation of resolution 1261 (1999) on children in armed…
I should like to express my delegation’s appreciation to you, Sir, and the delegation of Jamaica for convening this open meeting of the Council to revisit this enormously important subject of the prevention of armed conflict, which the Council deliberated on in November last year. I should also like…
I would like to join others in commending you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting of the Security Council to consider once again the HlV/AIDS issue, this time in the specific context of peacekeeping operations. Your personal presence here today is greatly appreciated by us all.
Let me a…
My delegation is grateful to Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for his comprehensive and extremely useful briefing. The situation in Kosovo continues to require the close attention of the Security Council, hence the importance of regular briefings given to Council members and the larger memb…
