I am here today to warmly welcome the adoption by the General Assembly of this historic resolution on the prevention of armed conflict. In adopting this resolution, the membership is responding to the report of the Secretary-General of 2001.
The Secretary-General has taken conflict prevention as on…
I would like to begin by expressing our sorrow over the heavy loss of life, injuries and destruction caused by the powerful earthquake that struck Algeria yesterday. We extend our condolences to the families of the deceased and to the Government of Algeria.
The United Nations is prepared to assist …
Many of the meetings that take place in this Chamber concern conflict and tragedy. Today, we meet to celebrate a day of joy for a country that has overcome the conflicts and tragedies of the past.
Shortly after midnight in Dili, the United Nations flag was lowered and the flag of an independent Eas…
I am pleased to be able to address the Security Council on the question of Afghanistan this morning. But it is sad to have to do so on a day when there is yet more bad news from that unhappy country. You have just referred, Sir, to the severe earthquake in the north of the country, which has caused …
We have gathered to pay tribute to an unforgettable member of our United Nations family. Ismat Kittani was a friend, colleague, mentor and inspiration to countless people. He was loved by those who knew him, and respected by all who came in contact with him. For several decades our Organization bene…
I am honoured to join the Assembly at the opening of the high-level dialogue on strengthening international economic cooperation for development through partnership.
The Assembly’s decision to convene this meeting in spite of the tragic events of last week is a clear indication of the importance th…
Recent debates in this Assembly — most notably during the Millennium Summit last September — have shown wide agreement on the need to make conflict prevention a central pillar of our collective security system in the twenty-first century. Indeed, there is a broad consensus that the most promising ap…
On behalf of the Secretary-General and of all the members of the Secretariat, I join you, Sir, in expressing my sincere condolences on the death of His Excellency Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury. Our thoughts today go to his family and to the Government and people of Bangladesh.
Mr. Choudhury was not…
Recent debates, including those at the Millennium Summit and the Security Council summit last September, have shown wide agreement on the need to make conflict prevention a central pillar of our collective security system in the twenty-first century. I therefore welcome this opportunity to present t…
The Council is meeting today to continue the debate on a subject of vital importance: the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Civilians account for an estimated 75 per cent of war victims. The ongoing human suffering inflicted by conflicts, from Afghanistan to Angola and from the Middle East …
Before I begin my address I would like to inform all present that we are trying to lower the temperature in this house. I think it is going to make our meetings much less pleasant if we do not manage to solve that problem. So we are working on it.
We meet today to address an issue of central import…
Let me first thank you, Madam President, for convening this open debate of the Security Council on children and armed conflict.
The problem which brings us here today is one of the most disturbing human security issues facing the international community. It is also a great challenge to the United N…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, and your country, once again, for the truly historic start you have given to the Council’s activity in the new millennium. Seldom, if ever, can this Chamber have been graced in the space of one month by so many heads of State or Government and by su…
Let me start, Mr. President, by joining you in paying homage to Julius Nyerere, the founder and first President of the United Republic of Tanzania, an architect of the Organization of African Unity and one of the giants of the twentieth- century African liberation movement. He was Mwalimu, or Teache…
I am pleased to be here today to share some thoughts on the role that disarmament, demobilization and reintegration play in United Nations peacekeeping.
The conflicts with which the Security Council is grappling today have given these tasks particular urgency. Those conflicts are more often than no…
I am very pleased to join members today to launch Africa Industrialization Day 1998. I would wish first to offer greetings and best wishes to the members of the Industrial Development Board of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). As you mentioned in your statement, Mr. Pre…
I am pleased to present to the Security Council the Secretary-General’s report on the protection of humanitarian assistance to refugees and others in conflict situations. This report, which the Council requested, sets out the challenges and obstacles which confront humanitarian agencies operating in…
We have gathered this evening to mourn irreplaceable colleagues. Maître Alioune Blondin Beye and seven members of his team paid the highest price possible for peace in Angola. We are here to remember them all: Maître Beye, Koffi Adjoyi, Beadengar Dessande, Amadou Moctar Gueye, Ibikunle Williams, Alv…
It is an honour for me to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Secretary-General on this day, which marks the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening for signature of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, commonly referred to as the constitution of the oceans. It is also a p…
I congratulate His Excellency Mr. Joseph Deiss on his election as President of the General Assembly for its sixty-fifth session. I bring with me warm greetings from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who, as members may know, is currently in South Africa attending the opening of the World Cup — a truly …
