I would like to join the preceding speakers in expressing our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having organized the briefing and the discussion today in the present format. My remarks will be brief since time is precious.
I would like to say, first of all, that we are grateful to the Secreta…
The subject of today’s open debate is well chosen and we wish to express our particular appreciation to you, Sir, for the choice. The Security Council is increasingly involved in issues of post-conflict peace-building and also of transition from peacekeeping to post-conflict peace-building. In some …
Tonight’s meeting is a sombre occasion to reflect on a development that we had all been trying to avoid for quite some time. This year alone, the Security Council was repeatedly confronted with crises in its relations with Iraq. Laudable efforts by the Secretary- General, by the Security Council as …
My delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/1998/1109) on the situation in Afghanistan. All the relevant information, including that provided in the report, confirms that the situation in Afghanistan continues to constitute a threat to peace and security in the…
Slovenia aligns itself with the statement made at the beginning of this meeting by the Permanent Representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union and the associated countries. In addition to that, we wish to make the following points.
Three years have passed since the conclusion of the Day…
Let me first express our gratitude to you, Mr. President, for having convened this briefing in the form of an open meeting and for having given us the opportunity to listen to the very important and penetrating analysis provided by Mrs. Ogata. I would like to thank Mrs. Ogata for her excellent brief…
My delegation welcomes the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as transmitted to the General Assembly by a note by the Secretary-General contained in document A/53/286. The report represents very thorough reflection on the wide range of issues that have been the focus of the Agen…
Our delegation listened very carefully to the statement by the representative of the Syrian Arab Republic. Like other sponsors, we are aware of the political importance and sensitivity of the content of this draft resolution. On the other hand, we would recall that it was circulated last week; it wa…
On behalf of the sponsors, I have the honour to inform the members of the General
When introducing the draft resolution this morning, the sponsors were of the view that it accurately reflected the activities of the Agency in the year under review. The sponsors also believed that the content of the …
The situation in Kosovo has been giving rise to legitimate international concern for quite some time now. Serious violations of human rights have been reported for decades and the armed conflict in recent months has triggered a wave of expressions of concern from the neighbouring States and the inte…
I wish to begin by paying tribute to you, Mr. President, and to the delegation of Sweden for your efforts that made today's discussion on the protection for humanitarian assistance to refugees and others in conflict situations possible. I would also like to join the other speakers in welcoming Deput…
Allow me at the outset to extend the warmest welcome to Mr. Irakli Menagarishvili, the Foreign Minister of Georgia, to today’s meeting of the Security Council.
The last few months have brought additional problems to the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia. On several occasions since the beginning of thi…
The draft resolution submitted for action today will extend the mandate of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) and will thus represent an important contribution to the maintenance of international peace and security in the Balkans.
It is worth recalling on this occasion that U…
There is a bitter irony about the present predicament of Sierra Leone. The country began to descend into a spiral of senseless violence, power struggles, coups and counter-coups in March 1991, when a motley group of fighters calling themselves the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) entered eastern Sie…
The Security Council is meeting today to discuss the situation in the occupied Arab territories and to reaffirm its support for the continuation of the peace process on the basis of agreements reached thus far. We share the concern, frustration and disappointment of the international community over …
I wish to begin by paying tribute to you, Sir, and to the delegation of Portugal for your efforts which made today’s discussion possible. I also wish to recognize the presence of Mr. Olara Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and express our appreciation for his statement, fo…
Slovenia cosponsored the draft resolution submitted for action to the Security Council today and supports the extension of the mandates of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) and of the United Nations operations and activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In addition, we would like to take this opportunit…
The peace process in Angola could have been close to a successful ending, yet once again it is at a crossroads. On 29 April, on the occasion of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1164 (1998), Slovenia singled out as the source of its greatest worry the discrepancy between the positive polit…
Today the Security Council will take action on an important draft resolution which addresses one of the fundamental issues of international peace and security, the issue of nuclear weapons. Slovenia is a co-sponsor of the draft resolution, and we strongly deplore the nuclear tests recently conducted…
I wish to begin by expressing the support of our delegation for the statement made at the beginning of this discussion by the representative of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union and associated countries.
The Security Council has, in resolution 827 (1993), entrusted the Tribunal for…
