At the outset, I would like to join the previous speakers in extending my delegation's appreciation to Foreign Minister Rodríguez Giavarini for presiding over today's open debate. We are also highly appreciative of Argentina's initiative of taking up once again this important and urgent question bef…
Reform of the Security Council, like reform of the United Nations as a whole, is one of the top-priority tasks that the international community has been mandated to carry out during the last decade of the twentieth century. As we stand today in the twilight of the century, we cannot but express disa…
Allow me to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for your initiative of arranging today’s open debate devoted to Africa, to which my Government attaches particular importance.
We wholeheartedly welcome the Council’s renewed and sustained attention to the problems facing Africa, as demonstrated in …
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for your initiative of organizing another open debate today on one of the most important and urgent issues before the United Nations. This being our last opportunity to address the Council under your presidency this month, we wish to pay tribute …
At the outset, my delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General and the staff of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for the informative and comprehensive report entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea” (A/54/429). This annual report, covering a wide spectr…
Allow me to begin by expressing my delegation's deep appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations”. This report faithfully reflects the ongoing efforts of the international co…
As the United Nations Decade of International Law, declared 10 years ago by the General Assembly, draws to a close, it is time to take stock of the progress made during the successive phases of the Decade and to refine our efforts for the future.
Aptly enough, the culmination of the Decade coincide…
Only five months ago, in May, the long-awaited historic drama started to unfold in East Timor when the critical mass had finally been reached with the signing of the May 5 Agreement and the adoption of Security Council resolution 1236 (1999). However, at that time no one was quite sure about the pro…
My delegation has carefully examined the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly covering the period from June 1998 to June 1999. My delegation appreciates the statement by Ambassador Sergey Lavrov, President of the Security Council for this month, introducing the report.
With…
Allow me to begin by expressing my delegation’s appreciation to you, Sir, and through you to Security Council members for having decided to organize today’s open debate in a formal session on this deepening tragic crisis unfolding in East Timor. My delegation sincerely hopes that today’s meeting wil…
I would like to begin by expressing my delegation's appreciation to the Secretary-General for the achievements and progress he has made so far in his United Nations reform initiative.
Today, my delegation takes note with particular satisfaction of the fact that the waves of the reform process have …
At the outset, my delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General and the Secretariat for the comprehensive and informative reports on agenda item 38, contained in documents A/53/456 and A/53/473. These annual reports offer us an excellent basis for an in-depth and integrated …
The reform of the Security Council remains one of the top priority issues on our agenda, despite intensive deliberations among Member States for the past five years. The Republic of Korea has steadfastly supported the expansion of the Security Council and the democratic reform of its working methods…
At the outset allow me, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, to express my thanks to the Secretary-General for his thorough and comprehensive report on the issue under consideration, and also for his continued and tireless efforts to strengthen the coordination of emergency humanitarian …
Allow me to start by expressing my delegation’s appreciation to Mr. Mohammed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for his comprehensive report on the activities of the Agency for the past year. I should like also to commend staff members of the IAEA secretari…
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on the agenda item under
During this decade, Africa has made great strides towards stability, democracy and prosperity. However, armed conflicts persist in some parts of the continent, threatening regional peac…
I would like to express my delegation’s gratitude to you, Mr. President, for your initiative in organizing the Security Council’s open debate today on the important and urgent issue of protection for humanitarian assistance. My thanks go also to the Deputy Secretary-General for her important introdu…
In view of the recent international economic turmoil, today’s high-level dialogue on the theme of the social and economic impact of globalization could not be more opportune. Indeed, globalization has changed the world so profoundly that no country is immune to the events taking place in whichever r…
