We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate and for the personal efforts of Secretary Rice on the issue of women and peace and security, in particular in the framework of the Women Leaders’ Working Group.
We appreciate the careful preparation of today’s meeting, including the early …
When the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was established five years ago by Security Council resolution 955 (1994), the task it faced seemed almost impossible to accomplish. Not only was the Tribunal to deal with a genocide the dimensions of which will probably never be known in their enti…
Humanitarian emergencies continue to have an important place on the agenda of the United Nations. The vast majority of these disasters have struck developing countries and have contributed to further worsening already difficult circumstances in many of those countries. Providing humanitarian assista…
