We too are grateful to Judge Jorda, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for his useful briefing and for the report on the Tribunal. That report contains specific proposals and measures to improve the operation of the Tribunal. I would like also to thank…
Allow me, Mr. President, to congratulate you and your delegation on having organized this public meeting on Kosovo. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report. I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. …
Let me first and foremost thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, and his Personal Envoy, Mr. Baker, for the work they are doing to resolve the question of Western Sahara.
Nevertheless, the last two reports of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara — S/2000/131 of 17 February 2000 and S/2000/…
I wish to thank Mr. Annabi for his useful and informative briefing on the situation in East Timor. My delegation appreciates the continuing progress in the work of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) regarding the administration, rebuilding and rehabilitation of Eas…
Let me take this opportunity to commend my dear friend and colleague Ambassador Holbrooke for the outstanding leadership he provided to the mission. His steadfastness, firmness and ability to persuade contributed immensely to the success of the mission. I also wish to thank Ambassador Holbrooke for …
I want to thank the Secretary-General for his report and Mr. Ivo Petrov, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for the additional information.
My delegation welcomes the success achieved in the peace process in Tajikistan. We also commend the role played by the United Nations Mission of …
Let me thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting.
I wish to extend my delegation’s condolences to the Governments and those families who lost people in Sierra Leone. Our thoughts are with those being detained by the rebels.
Let me also pay special tribute to the countries who have contr…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation, for initiating the discussion of this very important subject. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his report and excellent
Today, civilians, especially women, children and the elderly, are deliberately targeted by combatants and ar…
Let me at the outset express my delegation’s appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to your Government for convening this important meeting on Angola. The fact that you are presiding over this meeting is clear testimony to your Government’s commitment to contribute to finding a lasting solution to …
My delegation welcomes you back to the Council, Mr. President, and we would like to express from the outset our appreciation for the important and, in a sense, ground-breaking role you are personally playing in promoting and developing the important issue that we are discussing today. I should also …
Mr. President, I wish to thank you and your delegation for organizing this meeting. We commend the Secretary-General’s decision to appoint an Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. I wish also to thank Prime Minister Carlsson and his team
We all…
My delegation joins you, Mr. President, and other members of the Security Council in conveying our profound sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the delegation of Tunisia on the passing away of President Bourguiba. His selfless contribution to the struggle for freedom and independence for the peopl…
Namibia wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on Guinea-Bissau. We also thank Mr. Prendergast for the update he has given us.
The situation of Guinea-Bissau was high on the agenda of the United Nations during the past year and it will continue to enjoy the attention of …
The Secretary-General first recommended the deployment of the 500 military observers in his report of 1 November 1999, and we thank him very much for that report. It has taken the Security Council almost 4 months to agree in this draft resolution on the deployment of the 500 observers, not to mentio…
At the outset, let me hail the men and women who, under the United Nations flag, continue today to serve in the field in a dedicated and
Let me thus add my voice to those of my colleagues who have spoken before me in expressing my delegation's appreciation to your delegation, Mr. President, for hav…
I wish to thank President Mandela for his briefing on his vision for the Arusha peace process. We warmly welcome his appointment as Facilitator of the Arusha peace process. We have no doubt that, under his guidance and able leadership, the negotiations will reach a successful conclusion acceptable t…
My delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for the report and updated information on recent developments in Angola. We thank Mr. Prendergast for introducing the report. Let me also welcome to the Security Council the Vice-Minister of External Relations of the Republic of Angola, Mr. Georges …
We wish to welcome Mrs. Ogata to the Council and thank her for the informative briefing. It is disheartening to know that hundreds of civilians in Africa are forced to flee their homes and become refugees or internally displaced persons, living under the most degrading and unbearable conditions.
Re…
Mr. President, I thank you for organizing this open briefing. I want to take this opportunity also to thank Mr. Annabi for the comprehensive briefing on the situation in East Timor.
My delegation is gratified by the progress being made with the establishment of the United Nations Transitional Admin…
Mr. President, let me thank your delegation, and you personally, for the efforts you have put into this exercise to complete the resolution which we have adopted today.
As I have stated an previous occasions, my delegation would have preferred a unanimous Council decision on the important, complex …
