I wish to begin by expressing our appreciation to the Secretary- General and his colleagues for the report on the reform of the United Nations that we are discussing today. I also wish to express at the outset our resolute support to the proposals submitted to us. We wish also to express our intenti…
It is a special honour for me to address this special session devoted to Africa. Despite geographical distance, Chile has been very close to the African continent since the beginning of the process of decolonization and later, in the bodies created by the United Nations for that purpose.
Equally, w…
While congratulating you, Sir, and wishing you every success
during your presidency of the Security Council this month, I would like to take this opportunity to praise the commendable work accomplished by your predecessor, Ambassador Sergey Lavrov of the Russian Federation.
My country is grateful …
Allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for your timely initiative to convene this open debate on the work of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, at a time when the international community is confounded both by the appalling violence unleashed against the population of Palestine and by the atrocity of th…
I would first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April, and to thank you for having convened this meeting to discuss a conflict whose developments and specific implications are within the purview of the entire world.…
It may be more important today than ever before in the history of this Organization to speak of humankind in terms of civilizations, because today — as has been the case during other dark periods of history — attempts are being made to justify violence as necessary for the defence of culture, and ho…
At the outset, I wish to express the gratitude of my delegation to the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Richard Ryan of Ireland, for submitting the Council’s annual report to the General Assembly, in accordance with Articles 15 and 24 of the Charter.
My country attaches particular impo…
I am pleased to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/55/L.93, the annex to which contains the outcome of the informal consultations on the improvement of the working methods of the General Assembly.
The consultation process, begun at the suggestion of President Holkeri, had as its…
The recently concluded Millennium Summit places the debate on the Secretary-General’s report on the work of the Organization at a very different level from that of previous years. We must recognize that more than 150 heads of State made statements on the main priorities to be dealt with by the inter…
I would like first of all to express to you, Sir, our warm congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. We join the earlier delegations in wishing you success in the important task of guiding our debates.
I would like to express to your predeces…
