Unfortunately, indications are that Burundi is moving towards an extremely dangerous situation. The gravity of the situation has now been confirmed by the firsthand assessments of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mrs. Ogata, and by Ambassador Albright of the United States. Indeed, …
I would like to join you, Mr. President, in welcoming His Excellency Mr. Kromah, Member of the Collective Presidency of the Liberian National Transitional Government. I thank him for the informative statement he made here today. It is reassuring to hear from him that the Collective Presidency is com…
My delegation appreciates the initiative of the President of the Council for this month, Sir John Weston, in arranging this orientation debate, and believes that this and future orientation debates in formal meetings of the Council will further enhance the Council’s transparency and facilitate its d…
At the outset, I would like to extend my delegation's congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I would also like to pay tribute to your predecessor, Ambassador Lavrov of the Russian Federation, for his excellent stewardship l…
At the outset, we would like to welcome the inclusion of the item on the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development in the agenda of this anniversary session of the General Assembly. My delegation takes this opportunity to thank the Government of Denmark for successfull…
At the outset, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Ambassador Satya Nandan of Fiji for his excellent introduction of draft resolutions A/50/L.34, A/50/L.35 and A/50/L.36 and for his tireless efforts which brought about the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on Straddling Fish St…
I would like to express my thanks to Ambassador Al-Khussaiby, President of the Security Council, for his excellent presentation of the Council’s report covering the period from 16 June 1994 to 15 June 1995. My delegation welcomes the President’s personal introduction of the report as a positive deve…
The Republic of Korea, as one of the sponsors of draft resolution A/50/L.20, is very pleased to take part in today’s discussion of agenda item 150, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. My delegation firmly believes that the enhancement of such a cooper…
I wish to thank the Chairman of the Working Group, Mr. Amara Essy, and the two Vice-Chairmen, Mr. Breitenstein of Finland and Mr. Pibulsonggram of Thailand, for their outstanding contributions to the work of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in …
