We are grateful to Mr. Guéhenno for the information he has provided, which helps us get a clearer picture of the events of recent days. Before I address some of the points made by the Under-Secretary-General, I wish to refer to the Secretary-General’s report (S/2002/1126), in which we see progress i…
I congratulate you, Sir, on assuming your new responsibilities. I also commend Ambassador Tafrov for his work last month.
I wish to convey the apologies of Ambassador Alfonso Valdivieso, the Vice-Chairman of the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC), who, for reasons beyond his control, is unable to b…
I want to say, first of all, that I was extremely struck by the comment made by my friend, Christian Maquieira of Chile, on women ministers of defense. It seems that this is a practice that is becoming fashionable in Latin America according to news reports. There are comments and suggestions that I …
We are gratified that this open debate has been convened to assess recent events in the Middle East. It is with great sorrow that we take the floor today to record our most vigorous condemnation of the indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force against civilians.
The attack perpetrated by Isr…
In the course of the open debate of 26 March, regarding today’s agenda item, we noted the need for a comprehensive assessment, possibly to take place in July, under the United Kingdom presidency. We are gratified to note that this open debate, with the presence of the Special Representative of the S…
I would like to thank you very much, Madam President, for having organized this meeting. I shall heed your appeal to be a bit more interactive by making use of an inductive thinking process to offer some very specific ideas. I will not speak specifically about the Mano river region, but will instead…
We would like to express our deep concern over the escalation of violence in the Middle East. The situation has spun out of control, as recent events demonstrate. We emphatically condemn the terrible act of terror in Netanya and other recent acts that have caused the death of an excessive number of …
I want to begin, Mr. President, by thanking you and your delegation for having included this briefing on the programme of work for this month. We want to express special gratitude to the Government of Norway for its high standing in addressing the subject of protection of civilians in armed conflict…
I should like to thank Mr. Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for the excellent presentation he has provided us with today. I should also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Lubbers and the Government of Switzerland on the success of the first meeting of the Partie…
Allow me at the outset to express thanks for this morning’s statement in this Chamber by His Excellency John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia. Australia has been at the forefront in supporting the independence process in East Timor. We all recognize this.
We also welcome Mr. José Ramos-Horta and…
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his report and Mr. Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for the information he has provided us. This update helps us to understand the scope of the new challenges prevailing in Kosovo.
We make special reference to Mr. H…
Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and I want to extend very special thanks to the delegation of Jamaica and to Ambassador Durrant for their extraordinarily professional work.
We also want to express thanks for the b…
I would like to welcome Mr. Annabi and thank him for the information he has given us at this meeting. I should also like to take this opportunity to send a message of congratulations to all of the officials of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), KFOR and the Organiza…
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). We would like also to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ngongi, for the additional information he provided. We welcome …
My delegation would like to thank General Lamine Cissé, Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA), for his statement and for being here today. We also express our gratitude for the statement made by M…
My delegation would like to welcome you very warmly, Mr. President. We are honoured that you, as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, should be presiding over this important meeting of the Security Council today. Your presence lends even greater distinction to the magnificent work that has be…
We have given careful consideration to the report of the Committee of Experts, which has made recommendations to the Security Council on how the arms embargo and the closure of terrorist training camps demanded in paragraphs 3 and 5 of resolution 1333 (2000) could be monitored. We also listened care…
We are grateful for the introduction of the Secretary- General’s report, which makes an assessment of the political and military situation and of its repercussions on the scale and structure of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).
In the debate held in January, the…
We are very grateful for the information given to us today by Mr. Guéhenno about the achievements of recent days. Those achievements demonstrate the parties’ genuine commitment to the implementation of the peace Agreement signed in December last year. We invite the parties to continue to display tha…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing and by congratulating you, Mr. President, on having consolidated this interactive format that we appreciate and value.
Since we last discussed this item in the Council almost a month ago, the situation in Kosovo and its surroundings ha…
