My delegation voted in favour of both resolutions because we believe that the Peacebuilding Commission is a necessity in the Organization and that it will play a crucial role in assisting countries emerging from conflict to restore peace and stability.
With regard specifically to the second resolut…
My delegation should like to begin, Madame, by thanking you for convening this public meeting to solemnly acknowledge the withdrawal of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL). I take this opportunity to pay a very well-deserved tribute to the Special Representative of the Secretary-Gen…
Algeria has vigorously condemned the assassination of Mr. Rafik Hariri ever since the commission of that abominable crime and has insisted that light be shed on the matter and that the perpetrators, whoever they are and wherever they might be, be brought to justice.
Those concerns prompted us to pl…
Let me at the outset, Sir, congratulate you on behalf of my delegation upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to pay tribute to Ambassador
Denisov and to the members of his delegation for their successful guidance of our work in the past month.
Let me also thank Ambassa…
The report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A/60/35) under consideration by the Assembly today describes in a lucid and impartial fashion the tragic situation in which the Palestinian people continue to live in their homeland, occupied by Israel. …
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Sir, for having organized this public meeting on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security.
I also thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Ms. Rachel Mayanja and Ms. Noeleen Heyzer for their excellent introduct…
It has become a tradition for Ambassadors Mayoral, Løj and Motoc to address the Security Council at the same meeting in order to inform it of the activities and the efforts they are making as the heads of their respective committees. I should like to thank them and congratulate them upon their excel…
I would like, first of all, to sincerely thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate, which provides us with this opportunity to exchange ideas with the representatives of regional and subregional organizations on the best way of boosting cooperation with the United Nations in the mai…
My delegation considers that the Secretary-General’s two reports provide a good basis for our deliberations on the causes of conflict in Africa (see A/60/182) and for our annual review of progress in implementation of and international support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)…
I too would like to thank Mr. Volcker for his introduction of the report of the Independent Inquiry Committee. I would also like to thank him for the excellent work he did in chairing the Committee. It would be pretentious and utterly unreasonable of me to pass judgement at this point on a document …
I would like to begin by expressing my pleasure in very warmly welcoming Ambassador John Bolton, the new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations. I would like to assure him of our full readiness to work with him as closely as possible and in an open and constructive spiri…
I wish to begin by thanking Mr. Alvaro de Soto for his briefing on the most recent events in the Middle East. I wish him every success in his complex tasks.
It is with great concern that we have recently witnessed a further deterioration of the situation and a renewed rise of tension in the Middle …
For the second time, Ambassadors Mayoral, Løj and Motoc have addressed the Security Council at the same meeting, to report to it on their activities and efforts as the heads of their respective Committees. I wish to congratulate them most sincerely for their efforts and their excellent briefings.
T…
This is the second time within a week that the General Assembly has taken up consideration of a draft resolution — this one introduced by Africa — on Security Council reform. In that regard, I fully associate myself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Nigeria on behalf of the …
At the outset, I wish to thank the Executive Director of the
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for his briefing and for his informative and exhaustive report on measures taken in the implementation of resolution 1308 (2000).
I also thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeepi…
Given the lateness of the hour, I will take far less than the 10 minutes you have given me.
The representative of Germany has lately taken an inappropriate stance with respect to Algeria’s position. He seems to be the only not to understand it, and he seems to want to create confusion in that respe…
Three weeks ago, addressing this Assembly, my delegation called for a broad debate on Security Council reform that would definitively clarify everyone’s position, enable a fully transparent discussion of the various proposals before us, and identify the outlines of the desired Council reform and res…
Peacebuilding is a question that transcends the narrow context of peacekeeping, because it is a key factor in ensuring the lasting settlement of conflicts and the return to sustainable peace and stability.
Today peacekeeping operations aim not only to separate the parties to a conflict but also to …
I, too, should like to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for his detailed briefing and for his presentation of the end of mandate report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) (S/2005/310). I also wish to pay tribute to the Special Representative of the Secreta…
First, I would like to bid welcome to Mr. Aziz Pahad and to thank him for his important briefing on the Pretoria Agreement and on the efforts of the South African mediation team to implement it.
I wish also to very warmly commend the Government of South Africa and President Mbeki for their extraord…
