My delegation joins previous speakers in welcoming Ms. Carolyn McAskie and in thanking her for the comprehensive and lucid briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well the useful document that has been given to us.
We are distressed at the continued precar…
My delegation too warmly welcomes to the Council Chamber Judge Claude Jorda, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Navanethem Pillay, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and Ms. Carla Del Ponte, Prosecutor of the two…
My delegation welcomes the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Bernard Kouchner, back to the Security Council. We are certainly very grateful for his comprehensive and very useful briefing, and, like others, we also pay tribute to the members of the international community who have …
First and foremost, my delegation would like to thank Mrs. Sadako Ogata for her comprehensive, lucid and candid swan song briefing to the Council on the situation of refugees. My delegation has always benefited immensely from Mrs. Ogata’s trenchant briefings, such as the one we heard this afternoon,…
First and foremost, my delegation would like to convey its sympathies and condolences to the delegation, Government and people of Singapore on the tragic crash of the Singapore Airlines aircraft yesterday at Taipei. We would also like to convey to all the bereaved families in the other countries aff…
Our leaders pledged to place people at the centre of sustainable
development when they met in Copenhagen in 1995 at the World Summit for Social Development. They discussed the enhancement of social integration, particularly the involvement of the more disadvantaged and marginalized groups, the elev…
My delegation joins previous speakers in welcoming High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch back to the Security Council. We too are grateful for his written report and for his briefing this morning, which highlighted the continued progress in, as well as the many remaining challenges and obstacles to…
First and foremost, my delegation would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his briefing this morning and the Secretary-General for his latest lucid and comprehensive report on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), pursuant to Security Council resolu…
My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his succinct yet comprehensive report on the situation in Angola. We would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Gambari, the Secretary-General’s Adviser for Special Assignments in Africa, for introducing the report a…
My delegation would like to underline its deep regret that the Council was unable to reach consensus on the resolution we have just adopted. It is unfortunate that the sponsors of the text did not share the view that adopting a technical resolution today to extend the mandate of the United Nations M…
Like previous speakers, I would like to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for the comprehensive update on the situation in East Timor which he has provided us this afternoon.
Malaysia continues to believe that the United Nations mission in East Timor continues to be a very difficult one. We recognize the daunt…
My delegation would like to join in thanking Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, not only for presenting the report of the Security Council mission’s visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but also for his outstanding leadership of this important mission. We commend him and the other mission membe…
Let me, at the outset, extend my delegation’s warm welcome to Mr. Ivo Petrov, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan, and thank him for his very useful briefing. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General for his final report (S/2000/387) on the United Nations Mission of O…
First and foremost, my delegation would also like to express its appreciation to Mr. Annabi for the comprehensive and informative update on the developments in East Timor, particularly the improved security situation. We believe it is always important for Council members and the general United Natio…
My delegation would like to express its appreciation to you, Mr. President, for convening this open briefing today on the report of the Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The formal consideration of this first-of-its-kind document is overdu…
Like speakers before me, I too would like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Hédi Annabi for his briefing, and to express my delegation’s appreciation to the Secretary-General for his interim report, which we have before us.
We are indeed pleased with the significant progress in the peace proces…
The General Assembly’s consideration of the item on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina at this session coincides with the fourth anniversary of the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina — the Dayton/Paris Peace Agreement. The consideration of this import…
Mr. President, like those who have spoken before me, my delegation would also like to warmly welcome you to New York and to say how pleased we are to see you preside over this important meeting. Like our British colleague, I, too, have some personal affiliation with Namibia which I will always cheri…
My delegation, like the others before me, would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your country on the smooth manner in which you have conducted the work of the Council thus far. We are confident that under your able and wise leadership the work of the Council will be brought to a successf…
