I would first of all like to express our gratitude to the Foreign Minister for being with us today. I also wish to express my gratitude for the holding of this meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Kosovo and Serbia and Montenegro. We would also like to thank
Under-Secretary-General J…
Very briefly, I wish first to thank the Deputy President of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zuma, for his briefing today and for his important work on behalf of Burundi in his capacity as Facilitator. We also thank the Government of South Africa for its commitment to this process.
We believe that the brief…
We are very grateful for the report of the multidisciplinary assessment mission to the Central African subregion, headed by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Kalomoh, and we are also grateful for his briefing today.
Briefly, it seems to us that, in the light of the report, …
I would like to welcome the Secretary-General to our meeting today and to thank him for his statement.
Chile voted in favour of the resolution for the following reasons. Its adoption opened a new stage in the political, economic and social reconstruction of Iraq. This resolution should be analysed,…
We are grateful to Ambassador Inocencio Arias for his exhaustive and useful presentation of the programme of work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee for the next 90 days and also, in more general terms, for his efficient and effective guidance of the work of the CTC.
I should like first of all to s…
I do not know if I can make my presentation more pithy, but I will try to make it shorter.
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First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over our work and on convening this very important meeting on Timor-Leste. We are grateful for the comprehensive…
The Security Council has been convened to analyse the problem of the construction of the separation wall by the Israelis in Palestinian territory. This is part and parcel of the broader situation in the Middle East, which recently began a new stage with the road map, which seemed to be a means for m…
I would first like to express my gratitude for the briefing given to us by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Terje Roed-Larsen, who has provided us with a detailed and sobering description of the situation in the region.
Following the official presentation by the Quartet of i…
Like previous speakers, I shall be brief. At the outset, I thank Mr. Annabi for his briefing, which informed us of Mr. Holkeri’s activities in Kosovo. At our last meeting on this item we expressed our satisfaction at the assignment of Mr. Holkeri, who had an outstanding term as President of the Gene…
Mr. President, I should like to thank you for having convened this meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro. I also welcome the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro here today, although we regret the events that have …
At the outset, my delegation wishes to express thanks for the useful and detailed briefing of Mr. Javier Solana, High Representative of the European Union (EU), as well as for the information provided by the Under-Secretary- General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhen…
The resolution that has just been adopted, with the support of Chile, contains important provisions concerning the political process in Iraq, the role of the United Nations,
with specific instructions for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and for the supervision of the Development…
I would like to begin by joining in the condolences that have been extended to the representative of the People’s Republic of China on the recent earthquake in the country. Earthquakes are a phenomenon well known to Chile, and we know their devastating effects.
Allow me also to express my thanks fo…
First, I wish to join in the condolences that are being conveyed to the Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan on the recent air crash. I also wish to thank of Mr. Guéhenno, Ambassador Nishimura and Ambassador Braun for their presence at this meeting. They have given us comprehensive information ab…
Since we have been meeting in this Hall to consider this item, we have witnessed an unprecedented spiral of violence and aggression in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel. The violence has taken an irreparable toll on innocent human lives, mainly civilians o…
Mr. President, I thank you for convening this public debate on an important topic that cuts across all aspects of human well-being — namely, the maintenance of peace.
I would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General Guéhenno, Assistant Secretary-General Angela King, and Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, the E…
I wish to commend you, Sir, for your brilliant conduct of the presidency of the Security Council this month and to express my thanks for your initiative of holding this open debate on a conflict whose developments and implications cannot, as we see it, allow any indifference.
The Government of Chil…
My delegation is participating in this important debate on Africa, which gives us the opportunity us to comment on the work and recommendations of the General Assembly’s group of experts.
Allow me to congratulate the Working Group, which has been entrusted with overseeing the implementation of the …
As in previous years, my delegation wishes to reiterate that Chile’s position on the situation in the Middle East is one of strict respect for the principles of international law.
Chile wishes to reiterate what was stated in the declaration on the crisis in the Middle East that the Ministers for Fo…
It is an honour for the delegation of Chile to contribute to the development of a subject of special relevance, the prevention of armed conflict, in the light of the report submitted by the Secretary-General, which we appreciate greatly because of its content and timeliness. It makes an invaluable c…
