I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on the outstanding manner in which you are presiding over the work of the Security Council. I also congratulate the delegation of the United States on its presidency during the month of November.
My delegation welcomes the recent Security Council missi…
My delegation is pleased to see that the General Assembly, over which you preside, Mr. President, has decided to hold this unique meeting on two inter-connected subjects so important to Africa. We would like to thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the quality of his reports, which allow us both to…
Allow me, Sir, to recognize the noteworthy achievement of the Pakistan presidency for the current month. It is the result of your great activity and personal skill. Burundi is proud of the work that you have accomplished, and will continue to accomplish, in the Council.
The Security Council devotes…
On behalf of the Group of African States, I wish to congratulate the President-elect of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly and to assure him that the African Group will work hand in hand with him to help him accomplish his noble task. The African Group is convinced that his political …
My delegation is delighted to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the Security Council. We congratulate you.
My delegation listened with genuine satisfaction to the presentation of the report of the Security Council mission by Ambassador Jean-David Levitte. His presentation was clear and compl…
The pictures of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on the fateful morning of 11 September 2001 shocked the entire human community. Barbarism and infamy found their best expression in the terrorist attacks of that day, to such an extent that television viewers around the world asked themselves i…
Representatives will have noticed that the delegation of Burundi has nominated three candidates. I would like to inform the Assembly that I have received instructions to announce that Burundi would like to retain only one candidate, namely, Mr. Léopold Ntahompagaze. The two other candidates, Mr. And…
I would like to thank you sincerely, Mr. President, for having organized this important public meeting on the Great Lakes region. I would also like to pay tribute to Ambassador Jean-David Levitte for his brilliant statement introducing the report of the Security Council mission to the Great Lakes re…
On behalf of the Burundi delegation and on my own behalf, I first congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your election to lead the work of the current session. Your
election is an honour and a sign of the great esteem in which the United Nations family holds you and your country, Finland, which maintains…
This is the first time that I have spoken from this rostrum as the new Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations. I therefore have the pleasant duty of congratulating Mr. Gurirab on his election to the presidency of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly.
It is also a grea…
It is a great honour for me to address the Security Council. Since I am doing so for the first time, please allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of this very prestigious Council, which is so important in watching over peace throughout the world. I also express my b…
