We welcome the Secretary-General’s report, and I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Egeland for his excellent briefing this morning. It paints a disturbing picture that we know all too well.
Safeguarding civilians from the devastating effects of armed conflict is fundamental to the precept…
I would just like to draw the attention of Council members to the statement issued yesterday by the leaders of the Group of Eight, in which they warmly welcomed the 26 May signing by the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement of protocols on power-sharing, on Abyei, and o…
Recent significant developments in Cyprus, including the results of the referenda on the Secretary-General’s peace plan and the entry of Cyprus into the European Union, have fundamentally changed the situation in Cyprus and necessitate a critical examination of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force …
We deeply regret the loss of life among innocent
Palestinian civilians today in Gaza. While we believe that Israel has the right to act to defend itself and its citizens, we do not see that its operations in Gaza in the past few days serve the purposes of peace and security. They have worsened the …
One year after the unanimous adoption of resolution 1483 (2003), this will be the last joint quarterly report by the United States and the United Kingdom on its implementation.
On 30 June, the Coalition Provisional Authority and the framework of occupation recognized and established under resolutio…
I want to join others in thanking Special Representative Holkeri for joining us today and for providing us with an excellent briefing. I wish also to welcome Foreign Minister Draskovic and to thank him for his presentation this morning.
It was almost two months ago that a deplorable and unjustifiab…
I want to thank Mr. Passy for joining us today and for giving us that overview of the activities of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I want to commend him also for his effective and active chairmanship of that important, if not widely understood, organization, an organi…
The United States will vote against the draft resolution (A/58/L.61) being considered here today. The United States believes that the draft resolution before us is inappropriate and ill-timed, and that it would detract from, rather than enhance, ongoing efforts to bring about a just, comprehensive a…
In his address to the General Assembly last September, President Bush said that, because proliferators would use any route or channel open to them, we need the broadest possible cooperation to stop them. He asked the Security Council to help by adopting a resolution to counter this growing threat. T…
Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this discussion today and for giving us an opportunity to address the entire membership on this vitally important subject and on the draft resolution before the Council.
In September of last year, President Bush came to the General Assembly and said that, be…
We, too, are disappointed that one member of the Security Council was not prepared to support the Secretary-General’s request to adopt this draft resolution before the referendums in order to provide assurances to Greek Cypriots that the security structures provided for in the settlement would be in…
We are at a moment when the possibility exists for advancing the road map to a two-State solution of the Middle East conflict, including through steps by the Government of Israel to withdraw from Gaza. This should be our focus, and actions by either party that move us away from this goal are not hel…
I too thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing to the Council this morning. I want to join other Council members in saying that the recent violence in Kosovo was deplorable and should never be repeated. Such violence is a dead end for the people of Kosovo and for the people of the reg…
Let me begin by thanking the German Government and the other organizers for hosting the Berlin conference on Afghanistan. It was, obviously, as we have heard today, a very successful event and succeeded in renewing the international community’s commitment to the principles put forth in the Bonn Agre…
I, of course, join you, Mr. President, in welcoming the Secretary-General, the Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro and the Foreign Minister of Germany, to this Council meeting.
The events that have taken place in Kosovo threaten the security of Kosovo and the wider region. These are the most …
I would like to join my colleagues in extending a warm welcome to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Terzic, and to his colleagues, and in thanking High Representative Ashdown for the excellent briefing he gave us today, and, indeed, for all of his efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As w…
Let me join in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and in commending Ambassador Muñoz and his delegation on their effective work last month on our behalf.
We also extend our condolences to the Government and the people of Russia over the terrible terrorist attack today in …
First, let me join others in welcoming you back to the Council, Madame. I want to express my delegation’s appreciation that you are again leading our Council’s deliberations on a topic of such complexity and
genuine importance. Your presence adds significance to our debate today and is clear eviden…
I want to join others in thanking Under-Secretary- General Egeland for his excellent statement, and I would like to thank you, Sir, for hosting and coordinating today’s meeting on the very important subject we are discussing. Under-Secretary-General Egeland’s presentation is both daunting in the arr…
I also want to thank Deputy President Zuma for his report, which was very informative and that shows quite clearly that a lot of progress has been made in Burundi thanks to the hard work of the Deputy President, his country and many others, but obviously there still remains much to do. As Ambassador…
