My delegation welcomes this opportunity to address the Assembly as we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Twenty years ago, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was adopted. It was a sig…
On Friday, we appropriately observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Although media coverage exposes very little of the tremendous suffering of the Palestinian people in recent times, the reports of the United Nations and international organizations contain sufficien…
The sub-agenda items that we are addressing under agenda item 21 are of immense value and importance to the full achievement of the goals of the United Nations and the organizations in question. Through cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations, better understanding…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting to discuss the final report of the Monitoring Mechanism on Angola
Sanctions. I wish to acknowledge the presence of Angola’s Minister of External Relations, Mr. João Bernardo de Miranda.
I wish also to thank Ambassador Larraín and his team for …
My delegation is grateful to you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. Like others, we also welcome the presence of Senator Biden and thank him for sharing his Government’s views on the two scales of assessment. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for providing us with h…
I wish to thank Mr. Vieira de Mello for travelling to New York to brief us today. His briefing is certainly timely because of the important considerations by this Council following the recent tragic events in West Timor, his subsequent talks with the Indonesian authorities and the Council’s meeting …
I wish to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Annabi, for his comprehensive briefing today on the situation in East Timor. Despite reports of steady progress in the work of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), that body is now face…
We, too, thank Mr. Annabi for his comprehensive briefing today on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Naturally, my delegation naturally welcomes the positive developments with regard to the work of UNMIK since our last meeting. We are encouraged i…
I wish to join other delegations in thanking you, Sir, for convening this open meeting on the situation in Somalia. Let me also take this opportunity to thank Sir Kieran for the comprehensive and, indeed, useful briefing on the overall situation in that country. I would like to also thank the Perman…
I wish to join other delegations in thanking Special Representative Vieira de Mello for his interesting and comprehensive briefing on the situation in East Timor and the work of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). I also want at the outset to commend Mr. Vieira de …
We, too, would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Carl Bildt, for his informative briefing this morning. We should also like to thank and acknowledge the positive statements made by Mr. Solana and Mr. Monteiro of the European Union.
Namibia remains concerned about the uns…
May I commend you, Mr. President, and your delegation for organizing this important meeting. We would also like to welcome Ms. Carla Del Ponte and thank her for her useful briefing.
My delegation attaches great value to the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and o…
Permit me to begin by saying how glad my delegation is to be able to participate in this debate at a time when the whole world is holding its breath because of the positive signs indicating progress towards the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the question of Palestine,…
