Mr. President, I wish to begin by expressing our appreciation to you for enabling the Security Council to consider the recent developments in East Timor in the present format. We believe that an open briefing is most suitable, since the issue of East Timor has been receiving serious attention, not j…
The delegation of Slovenia supported the preparation of and voted for the resolution adopted by the Security Council today. The resolution just adopted is a result of many months of hard work and difficult negotiations. We wish to pay tribute to you, Mr. President, and to the delegation of the Unite…
Slovenia associated itself with the statement made by the European Union on assistance in mine action. Additionally, we wish to contribute several specific points to the present discussion.
International mine action is one of the most important, most practical and most effective international proje…
Let me I assure you, Mr. President, that I will be relatively brief.
None among the many observers of the Security Council will fail to notice the historic character of the
Today we have to recall that back in 1975 and 1976, about a quarter of a century ago, the Security Council and the General As…
The authors of the Charter of the United Nations envisaged the annual reports of the Security Council, the organ with primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and security, as a centrepiece of the Council's communication with the General Assembly, the United Nations organ with the general…
Slovenia welcomes today’s consideration of the issue of terrorism in the Security Council. About a year ago, in reaction to the devastating terrorist attacks in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, the Security Council adopted its resolution 1189 (1998) and emphasized its strong commitment to the combat again…
Like other members of the Security Council, we are very grateful to His Excellency Mr. Frederick Chiluba, the President of Zambia, for the briefing today. The Council is aware of the importance of diplomacy conducted at the level of heads of State in Africa, and we have been carefully following, wit…
Let me begin by expressing our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s open debate on the situation of civilians in armed conflict. Six months have elapsed since the Security Council held its first open debate on the subject and issued a presidential statement, under the Canadian …
We would like to express our appreciation to the delegation of Namibia for preparing this open debate on the situation of children and armed conflict. We are particularly pleased that this debate is taking place under the presidency of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia. We would also like …
I would like to welcome the convening of this meeting. We believe it is important that the Security Council meets and discusses various issues in public. In particular we welcome this moving further from briefings on thematic issues to discussions of situation-specific issues. I think that the meeti…
I wish at the outset to express my delegation’s sincere condolences to the Government and the people of Morocco on the passing of King Hassan II. King Hassan II will be remembered as a great leader and statesman and as a man of peace.
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for arranging today’s brief…
I wish to begin by expressing the gratitude of my delegation to you, Sir, for assuming the presidency of the Security Council today and to the delegation of Malaysia for the initiative to consider issues of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration in an open debate of the Security Council.
The…
Slovenia was among the sponsors of the resolution just adopted, and voted in favour of its adoption. We believe that this is a timely and necessary resolution that contains all the necessary elements with which the Security Council must address the situation in Kosovo. Let me recall some of them.
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In the light of the discussion, and bearing in mind the content of the resolution just adopted, I wish to make a few observations.
The resolution is important primarily for two reasons. First, it carefully defines the priorities of humanitarian action, which require the full political support of th…
Slovenia will vote against the draft resolution submitted for action by the Security Council today. The text represents, in our opinion, an inadequate attempt to address the situation concerning Kosovo. It takes a selective political view of the situation and lacks the objectivity necessary in a res…
The situation being discussed today relates principally to Kosovo. The Security Council has been seized of the situation in Kosovo for about a year now. Throughout this entire period, the situation has been deteriorating and the extent of human suffering and humanitarian problems has been increasing…
Slovenia associates itself with the statement made yesterday by the Permanent Representative of Germany on behalf of the European Union and associated States. Additionally, we would like to make several specific points.
First, Slovenia welcomes the present General Assembly debate on the situation i…
Slovenia welcomes today’s open meeting of the Security Council, which is devoted to the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We consider that situation as one requiring the urgent attention of the Security Council and of the international community at large. Moreover, we consid…
Slovenia deeply regrets the fact that the Security Council was unable to adopt today the necessary decision to extend the mandate of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in Macedonia. It is regrettable that the Council is once again paralysed by the negative vote of a permanent …
Mr. President, I wish to begin by expressing our appreciation to you and to the delegation of Canada for the creativity and work which made the present briefing possible.
The basic aim of United Nations humanitarian action should be human security, with the key to security being physical rather tha…
