Benin voted in favour of the resolution that the Council has just adopted, marking a new turning point in the international community’s mobilization on behalf of the Sudanese people and in the search for a speedy resolution to the humanitarian tragedy in Darfur. Throughout the negotiations, my deleg…
Allow me to thank Ambassador Muñoz for his exhaustive and very informative briefing on the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) over the past four months.
We also note that this meeting of the Security Council is being held in the wake of the
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Benin voted in favour of resolution 1559 (2004). The initiative of the cosponsors was basically intended to help stability in Lebanon, a friendly country that is recovering from several years of civil war and has managed to restore a peaceful democracy. My country voted in favour of the draft resolu…
At the outset, I thank you, Sir, for having taken the felicitous initiative of organizing this public debate and for
ensuring the high level of representation here by presiding over it yourself. We also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the Vice- Minister for Foreign Affairs of…
We wish to express our warm appreciation to Ambassador Jones Parry for his excellent introduction of the report (S/2004/525) of the Security Council mission to West Africa, which he headed.
After all that has been said on the subject, we will be brief. Although, given the duration of the mission, t…
The protection of human dignity is the cardinal principle of the United Nations Charter. All States have committed themselves to respecting it. In actuality, we see that this principle is often flouted. The United Nations and humanitarian organizations are coping with growing difficulties in the are…
Resolution 1546 (2004), which we have just adopted unanimously, paves the way for the effective restoration of Iraqi sovereignty, as called for in the timetable for the political process. We welcome the positive developments in the negotiations that led to the adoption of the resolution, which estab…
We thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative of inviting the Council to reflect on the United Nations response to complex crises.
The past two decades have been particularly marked by a considerable development of the United Nations role in armed conflicts. The complexity of those conflicts has…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this public meeting, which will allow us to take stock of the activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), entrusted with the implementation of sanctions approved by the Council against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
On the…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for the information he has just shared with the Council on the situation in Kosovo since the unfortunate events of March. I also wish to welcome to the Council the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro.
The briefin…
I should like to begin by conveying our condolences to the Government of the Russian Federation. We condemn the terrorist attack carried out in Grozny on 9 May. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved families.
We also wish to welcome here the Minister of State of Timor-Leste, Ms. Ana Pessoa Pinto.
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Like preceding speakers, I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council.
I should also like to thank Ambassador Gunter Pleuger and his team for the excellent work done last month. I further thank Assistant Secretary-General Danilo Türk for his presentation and…
I would like to thank the States that have requested the holding of this open meeting, which makes it possible for us to open to all Member States the debate on the danger of the acquisition and use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by non-State actors. This danger relates above all to the emerge…
Benin voted in favour of the draft resolution in order to assure the Cypriot parties that the United Nations is prepared fully to assume its due responsibilities under the settlement plan, should the parties adopt it. My delegation is prepared to participate in negotiations with a view to the establ…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate on the role of business in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and post-conflict peace-building.
It is worthwhile to note that the return on investments in Africa is the highest of the last five years, amounting to approximately 25 per cent. …
I wish to thank Mr. Guéhenno for the briefing he has just given us on the developments in the situation in Kosovo.
The violence that broke out in March this year show that the situation in the province is so fragile that the slightest incident can lead to an explosion of widespread inter-communal v…
I wish to express our satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the work of the Council for the month of April and to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to Ambassador De La Sablière and his team for the remarkable work accomplished by the Council presidency in the month of March…
The subregion of West Africa has been threatened by destabilization and is at a crossroads. Three United Nations peacekeeping operations are presently deployed, which shows the extent to which the Security Council is concerned with the conflict situation in the subregion. Through managing crises in …
All States Members of the United Nations subscribe to the rules and principles of democracy and the rule of law. They are also committed to respecting international law and humanitarian law. The extrajudicial killing of Sheikh Yassin is contrary to international law and undermines the resumption of …
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to examine the tragic situation prevailing in Kosovo. My delegation expresses its full appreciation to the Secretary-General, whose presence among us at this critical moment for the future of Kosovo demonstrates his personal commitment to the in…
