Allow the Rwandan delegation to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. The wisdom you inspire and your experience as a seasoned diplomat give confidence to the countries whose problems are on the Council’s agenda that those problems will be speedily reso…
My delegation agrees with the statement made by the Chairman of the African Group, of which Rwanda is a member.
We thank the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Somalia. Although the report seems routine, at least it reminds us that Somalia exists and that its problems are still wi…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report of 29 February 1996 on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda. The report shows a positive evolution of the political and economic situation in Rwanda.
At the close of the United Nations peace-keeping mission in Rwanda…
Allow me, on behalf of the delegation of Rwanda, to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are convinced that your wisdom and wide experience will enable the Security Council to assume fully its responsibilities to the satisfaction of t…
My delegation supports the draft resolutions on, respectively, the situation in Burundi and special emergency assistance for the economic recovery and reconstruction of Burundi. These two draft resolution are necessary and important to support the efforts being made by the Government and people of B…
The delegation of Rwanda would like to thank and commend the countries that have helped to promote peace in the former Yugoslavia and have made it possible to put an end to four years of war. We also welcome the negotiated political settlement of the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, particularly …
My delegation does not wish to engage in polemics, since we have great respect for the French delegation.However, since we are called upon to furnish some explanation here, I should like to state the position of the Government of Rwanda in this respect.
Secondly, as for its being a multinational fo…
It is a pleasure for my delegation to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council for the month of December. We are confident that your wisdom and skill will help to expedite the Council’s work. My delegation has always thought that you have a quiet strength that can move mountains. My delegat…
Allow me first of all to express my delegation’s satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council this month. We have great confidence in your
I should like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Gambari of Nigeria for the excellent work he did during his presidency.
My d…
I wish to congratulate you, Madam President, on presiding over this meeting of the Security Council. Your country’s neutrality and your presidency provide this body with the serene atmosphere and more human feeling that it often needs. Thank you for that.
The Rwanda delegation is joining the commun…
My delegation would like to wish His Excellency Ambassador Mérimée every success in his new post in Rome. Through various contacts, we have been able to see and appreciate his outstanding human qualities and his diplomatic abilities. My delegation wishes him Godspeed.
My delegation would also like …
On behalf of my delegation, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of September. My delegation is confident that your wisdom and experience, as well as your spirit of impartiality, will guide the Council’s work in an exemplary manner. You…
My delegation does not wish to engage in polemics. It simply wants the Council to be prudent and logical when it takes its decisions. There is no logic, I believe, in establishing a commission to highlight elements of impunity in the region while some members of the Council or even countries in the …
Allow me first, Mr. President, to congratulate through you, Ambassador Terence on his appointment as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations. My delegation offers him its fullest possible cooperation.
My delegation recognizes, above all, that Burundi is part of a ne…
My delegation would like at the outset to express its condolences to the representative of Italy on the death of Italian citizens who became victims in Zaire of people they had gone to help and their hosts. My delegation has always denounced the mixing of refugees with armed groups; it has always de…
My delegation takes this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. We are convinced that the work of the Council, in working for peace and security throughout the world, will benefit from your wisdom and your wealth of…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to extend its congratulations to you and your delegation on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council
I should also like to take advantage of this opportunity to congratulate Ambassador Jean-Bernard Mérimée on his effectiveness and the competen…
My delegation would like to thank the delegation of the United States, which prepared this resolution — and the other members of the Council that worked on it — on the detention of persons found guilty of crimes against humanity, both within and outside Rwanda.
The resolution is of great importance…
My delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his report on the implementation of paragraph 5 of Security Council resolution 955 (1994). As members know, the establishment of an international tribunal was at the explicit request of the Rwandan Government, and in the interest of establishing justice…
The delegation of Rwanda wishes to pay a warm tribute to the Secretary-General for his fine report on the situation in Haiti.
Having read the various reports and recommendations, we are very pleased to learn that a secure and stable climate prevails in that Republic, the victim of so many years of …
