Mr. President, I would like to welcome you and the other Foreign Ministers who are taking part in today’s debate, and to thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his briefing. I would like to commend the thought- provoking briefings we have had from Mr. Christophe Deloire and Ms. Mariane Pearl, p…
On behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ), I thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, for her excellent report on the work of the Court over the past year.
CANZ continues strongly to support the Court in its role as the principal judicial organ o…
New Zealand was delighted to join in the consensus adoption of the
In August 1993, in response to the presidential statement of 31 March 1993, adopted under New Zealand’s presidency of the Security Council, the Secretary-General produced a comprehensive report on the security of United Nations oper…
We thank the Minister for External Relations of Angola for his important statement. We also value the presence here today of Ambassador Blondin Beye, the Secretary- General’s Special Representative.
For well over a year the two parties in Angola have been coaxed and cajoled by the Council, and more…
This year’s debate on the agenda item on the law of the sea is properly an occasion for celebration. This year — some 12 years after the adoption of the draft convention on the law of the sea, itself some 14 years in the making — we can celebrate at last the Convention’s entry into force. Even more
…
On behalf of the New Zealand delegation, I wish first to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency. We know from experience the wisdom and judgement you bring to the position. We also congratulate Ambassador Al-Khussaiby of Oman for the wise manner in which he conducted t…
