In 1998, when we gathered at the twentieth special session of the General Assembly to adopt the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction (see resolution S-20/3) and measures to enhance international cooperation to counter the world drug problem (see resolution S-20/4), we did so in order to decla…
We too are happy to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Honourable Mr. Goran Svilanovic, to this meeting and to thank him warmly for his clear and informative statement. I would also like to acknowledge Mr. Annabi and to thank him for his update on the…
Let me begin by thank you, Mr. President, for once again holding a meeting on the subject of international terrorism as a follow-up to Security Council resolution 1269 of October 1999, adopted under your presidency. This resolution condemns all acts, methods and practices of terrorism as criminal an…
The South African representative will soon make a statement in his capacity as the Chairman of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), and my delegation would like to associate itself with that
statement. We also support the statement made by the Coordinator of the NAM Caucus for…
I, too, would like to take this opportunity to welcome Judge Jorda, Judge Pillay and Prosecutor Del Ponte to our midst,
and to thank them for their comprehensive and useful briefings.
My delegation has been paying special attention to the work of the Tribunals in The Hague and in Arusha, and in th…
My delegation, too, would like to acknowledge the presence of the Special Representative, Mr. Kouchner, in our midst today and to thank him for his comprehensive briefing on, among other things, the elections in Kosovo.
It is indeed reasonable to say that, despite the non-participation of some ethn…
You hail, Sir, from a country with a long and outstanding record of contribution to United Nations peacekeeping and peace-building activities. It is therefore no surprise to my delegation that your presidency saw fit to arrange a public meeting on a theme of such importance.
Let me also thank you f…
I would like to thank Mrs. Ogata for her briefing. For 10 years, she and her staff have done magnificent work on behalf of millions of women, children and men who have lost their identities and are now known merely as refugees or internally displaced persons. We have witnessed an increase in the num…
On 5 September this year, the President of the Republic of Namibia, speaking on behalf of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) at the launching of the corporate strategies in the fight against HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, had this to say:
“this scourge knows no borders, and does not discrim…
I will make a very brief comment. I know that it is almost lunchtime. I promise I will not be long.
I want to thank you very much, Mr. Acting President, for the manner in which you have conducted our meeting, and I also want to thank all delegations
very much for the cooperation and flexibility th…
During our last meeting, we took a number of decisions on the organizational issues regarding the Millennium Summit, which are today reflected in the draft resolution before us. At that very same meeting, at the very last minute, a proposal was made for today’s meeting to be convened so that we coul…
We join others in expressing our thanks and appreciation to the Secretary- General for his report. We also welcome the introductory remarks that he made this morning, which, in our view, provide food for further thought. In our view, the Secretary- General’s report on the role of United Nations peac…
We also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH). We would like also to thank Mr. Annabi for the very useful update he has given us on that situation.
My delegation notes with appreciatio…
When you, Sir, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Levitte, to the United Nations, I know that you did so on our behalf. However, Ambassador Levitte having served on the Contact Group for Namibia during those years which many members remember — a Group which has worked ve…
We too would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Tajikistan. We also thank Mr. Annabi for the introductory remarks he has made.
Tajikistan has had its first-ever multi-party elections. We believe that this in itself is a very significant and major achievement. We …
Let me first take this opportunity to thank you, Sir, for convening this important open briefing to discuss the report of the Panel of Experts on violations of the Security Council sanctions against UNITA, an issue which is of critical importance to my country and to the entire region of the Souther…
Allow me to congratulate your delegation, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to convene this open meeting on the item “Maintaining peace and security: Humanitarian aspects of issues before the Security Council”. We thank you, Sir, for presiding over this important meeting. Let me also take thi…
We, too, would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report, and we appreciate the additional information presented by Mr. Miyet.
Since the signing of the Lomé Agreement, human rights violations by rebel groups continue to characterize the political landscape of Sierra Leone. Recent fighting …
Let me at the outset express my delegation's appreciation to the Secretary- General for his report outlining the work of the Organization for the past 12 months. It enables us, among other things, to establish the areas where we have attained our goals as well as those where our stated goals have no…
