At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, for the way in which you are conducting the work of the Security Council and to thank you for including in the agenda of the Council this open debate on the occasion of the termination of the mandate of the multinational protection force in…
Allow me first to thank you, Sir, for your competent guidance of the proceedings of the Security Council during this month and to congratulate your predecessor, His Excellency Ambassador Park of the Republic of Korea, on his presidency last month.
On behalf of the Albanian Government, I should like…
The General Assembly is considering agenda item 38 just a few days after the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Lisbon Summit in early December. The documents that were adopted, such as the Summit Declaration, the decisions and in particular the valuable results achieved by O…
The delegation of the Republic of Albania abstained during the vote which has just been taken. We express the most sincere sympathy to the Government and people of Lebanon over the loss of a great number of innocent civilian lives, and our deepest condolences to the bereaved families who lost their …
May I first congratulate the Secretary-General on his very detailed report, which offers Member States new perspectives on the effectiveness of public administration and the role of the Organization in this regard.
For four years now Albania has been on the path of democracy, and dynamic changes ha…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Group of Eastern European States for the current month, I have the honour to inform the General Assembly that the Group has four candidates for the three vacancies on the Economic and Social Council. These candidates are: the Czech Republic, Romania, the Russian Fed…
I have the honour to introduce the candidature of the Republic of Albania for the non- permanent seat on the Security Council allocated to the Eastern European Group for the term 1996-1997.
The Charter of the United Nations stipulates that, in electing non-permanent members of the Security Council,…
In my capacity as Chairman of the Eastern European Group for the current month, I have the honour to inform the General Assembly that the Group has not been in a position to endorse one candidate from the Group for the non-permanent Security Council seat allocated to it for the term 1996-1997.
On behalf of the members of the Group of Eastern European States, I want to express deep sorrow at the perfidious assassination of the Prime Minister of Israel, the late Yitzhak Rabin. At the same time, I wish to express our most sincere condolences to his family and to the Israeli people and Govern…
The installation of democracy in many countries of the world has provided fresh prospects for nations in their efforts to build the future. Nevertheless, it is becoming increasingly clear that many of the old and new challenges that face us can be tackled properly only by joint efforts to safeguard …
I would first like to emphasize that the international community has never had any doubt regarding the origin of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina or that we must speed up our joint efforts to find a solution. The conflict involves questions of the application — or non-application — of basic no…
Allow me at the outset to extend to you, Mr. President, my warm congratulations on your masterly conduct of the work of the Security Council this month. At the same time, I should like to express our appreciation to your predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Vorontsov, for the excellent manner in which he…
I wish first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on the able and successful way in which you have guided the work of the Security Council this month. I also congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Mérimée, who led the work of the Council last month with such professionalism. I wish also to thank the …
