I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for the very generous and kind sentiments that you have just expressed towards me.
Today I conclude a long journey of 33 years in the foreign service of Mauritius and in the wonderful world of diplomacy. My foreign service career began with the independence of ou…
We thank you, Mr. President, for holding this important meeting at the request of Ambassador Lavrov of the Russian Federation, whom we also thank.
The Gulf War of 1990 was short-lived and ended swiftly with Iraq withdrawing its invading forces from Kuwait under overwhelming military and political p…
We consider today’s public meeting on Kosovo to be most appropriate, following last weekend’s visit of the Security Council mission to the area. We thank you, Sir, for organizing this important meeting. We also thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing this morning. As a member of the…
It is a great honour to have you, Mr. Foreign Minister, preside over our open debate today on the prevention of armed conflict, which is a subject of highest concern to all of us in the United Nations. We thank Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury for holding this open discussion on this important subject t…
I thank you very much, Sir, for convening this important meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina. My delegation also wishes to thank Mr. Jacques Paul Klein, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the lucid manner in which…
Thank you very much, Mr. President, for holding this important public meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We thank also Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for introducing the eighth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of th…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this public meeting on Afghanistan, where the situation on all fronts seems only to be getting worse on a daily basis — the latest scenario being the edict that the Taliban has issued against minority communities.
We deeply appreciate the important briefing provided…
I wish to state that I also endorse the statement made by the Ambassador of Singapore.
Sir Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom): I think that the problem is being exaggerated, actually. I think we should discuss it in informal consultations.
In response to your appeal, Mr. President, I will try to shorten my statement and will limit myself to making some observations relating to the inter-agency report.
First, I would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Assistant Secretary- General Ibrahima Fall, and the Deputy …
I should like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his very comprehensive and informative briefing on the current situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea. We appreciate it, especially in the light of the positive developments on which he has reported. We welcome the establishment of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ)…
I join my colleagues in extending a warm welcome to the new Permanent Representative of Tunisia.
My delegation wishes to thank Mr. Petritsch, the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the candid briefing that he has given us this morning. W…
I will try to heed your appeal, Sir, and to be brief. I shall not comment on all the points that are relevant in this case.
First, we are pleased to welcome Mr. Hans Haekkerup, the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo and the head of the United Nations Interim Administratio…
I thank you, Mr. President, for calling this important meeting of the General Assembly to discuss the draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security.
My delegation is deeply concerned over the situation in Afghanistan, and at the same time…
My delegation welcomes the Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the Security Council Chamber, and thanks him for the briefing he has given us. My delegation condemns the acts of violence in northern Macedonia by Albanian extremists. We appreciate the fact that the Governm…
I would like first of all to thank Ambassador Richard Ryan, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning Angola, for his presentation of the report of the Monitoring Mechanism on Angola Sanctions (S/2000/1225) this afternoon. We know how serious…
We appreciate the comprehensive briefing given to us by Mr. Guéhenno.
The situation in Kosovo today obviously has not undergone any significant change since the Council was last briefed a couple of weeks ago. We note with concern that violence has continued, the worst case being the events in Mitro…
First of all, I wish to thank you, Mr. Minister, for presiding over this important meeting. The delegation of Mauritius is very pleased to welcome Mr. Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, to the Security Council Chamber this morning. We thank the President for his important briefing.
In the wake of th…
First of all, allow me to thank you, Sir, for convening today’s open debate on the important subject of “Peace-building: towards a comprehensive approach”. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his opening statement today.
This meeting is indeed very timely, as over the next two days the F…
Mr. President, allow me first to congratulate you warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. We thank you for starting your presidency with this important meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and also for placing that country and Africa high on the Council’s work programm…
Mr. President, my delegation is grateful to you for having organized this important open meeting of the Council this morning.
I wish to thank Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury of Bangladesh for the important briefing he has just given us as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant…
