One of the pledges the Czech Republic made when it campaigned for a non- permanent seat on the Security Council more than two years ago was that, if elected, it would actively encourage greater transparency in the Council’s working methods. We have kept that promise.
We take part in the Open-ended …
Since this is the first time my delegation has spoken this month at a formal meeting of the Security Council, let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December. I should also like to express my delegation’s deep appreciation to Ambassador Al-…
The Czech Republic has always considered the relationship between Croats and Serbs within Croatia, as well as between Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to be a critical one for the entire region. The siege of Vukovar, the shelling of Dubrovnik, the “ethnic cleansing” of Eastern Slavoni…
Mr. President, first allow me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I should also like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Mérimée of France and his delegation for the excellent way in which the affairs of the Council were guided la…
My delegation has been following closely the activities of the Multinational Force in Haiti, and is delighted both with the substantial progress that has been attained and with the way in which it has been attained — that is, largely non-violently. Indeed, it is hard to recall many other changes of …
My delegation shares the view expressed by a number of preceding speakers that some of the working methods of the Security Council are outdated and should be revised in order to enhance efficiency and achieve greater transparency in the Council’s decision-making process. We are also aware of the fai…
I should like, first, to thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative in convening this important debate. The delegation of the Czech Republic is deeply concerned about the difficult financial situation that in our view is undermining the effective functioning of the United Nations. We are fully aw…
At the outset, my delegation would like to express its sincere appreciation for the Secretary-General’s comprehensive report on an Agenda for Development. In our opinion the Agenda for Development is a realistic document that appropriately draws upon United Nations experience in the field concerned …
On behalf of the Group of Eastern European States, allow me to congratulate warmly the South Pacific Forum on the occasion of its being granted observer status in the General Assembly. We
We are sure that this is an expression of the belief of the Member States that the South Pacific Forum’s contri…
This year is of special importance in the history of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for two reasons. First, this year marks the end of the first 25 years of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and, secondly, it is the year in which the Convention on Nuclear Sa…
My Government is alarmed and deeply concerned by the continuing negative developments in Haiti. Since the day the military junta seized power there it has been nothing but a destructive force.
It has destroyed the first fragile seedlings of democracy in Haiti.
It has forced the democratically elec…
The draft resolution on Abkhazia, Georgia, which has just been adopted by the Security Council is, in the view of my delegation, one of the most important documents adopted by the Council in recent weeks. The importance of this resolution lies in
The safe, early and voluntary return of refugees and…
My delegation asked to speak in order to outline the reasons that led it, with some reluctance, to vote in favour of the resolution on the extension of the mandate of the United Nations
First of all, my delegation believes that the resolution is a purely technical one, and that as such it should ha…
Over the last weeks the world has followed with deep shock and dismay the horrific news coming out of Rwanda: the news of genocide, of systematic killings in the most barbaric and deplorable fashion of hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children. Not since the holocaust has the world w…
