I wish at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, and to express my appreciation to Mr. van Walsum for his excellent leadership in November. I also wish to thank the delegation of the United Kingdom for preparing and introducing the draft resolution under consideration.
We support the text o…
We thank the delegation of South Africa for its introduction of the important draft resolution contained in document A/55/L.52. Our thanks go also to the States members of the Kimberley Process and to those that are participating in related initiatives.
It is ironic that sometimes the possession of…
First of all, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Vieira de Mello, for the full briefing he has just given us. I would also like to thank Ambassador Andjaba for his excellent and skilful leadership of the Council’s mission.
As a member of the Security Coun…
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open briefing, and I should like also to thank Ms. Carolyn McAskie for the important information
that she has shared with us, both orally and in writing, on the serious humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Th…
At the outset, the delegation of Argentina wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his reports on strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (A/55/82), safety and security of United Nations personnel (A/55/494) and the scope of legal protection und…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia, as well as Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, for their briefings to the Council and for the work they are undertaking.
Years ago, the Security Council, guided by the need to respond…
I should like first to express the gratitude of the
delegation of Argentina to the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa, Foreign Minister Gurirab of Namibia, and the two Vice-Chairmen, Amba…
The Argentine Republic was one of the countries that vigorously supported the inclusion of this item on the agenda of the General Assembly and it sponsored the draft resolution. By this simple act, we reaffirm our commitment to the process of consolidating peace and security on the Korean peninsula …
We would like to thank High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch for his presence in the Council today and for his detailed report and additional comments.
The first part of the report contained in document S/2000/999, concerning political issues, shows, in our opinion, that strengthening State instit…
The Argentine Republic will vote in favour of the draft resolution submitted for our consideration whereby the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) is extended until 15 December. We believe the extension is necessary, but we also feel tha…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this open briefing on East Timor. I should also like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hedi Annabi, for the comprehensive information he has provided us.
Precisely a year ago the people of East Timor prepared to …
We wish first of all to express our gratitude for the 9 August 2000 report of the Secretary-General on Ethiopia and Eritrea (S/2000/785), and for Mr. Miyet’s update at this formal meeting of the Security Council. As we have noted on other occasions, we believe that the format selected for this meeti…
Allow me, Mr. President, to begin by commending you for the excellent and timely initiative taken by your delegation of having us once again consider the question of the prevention of armed conflict. Allow me also, through you, to convey my delegation’s thanks for the presence of the Secretary-Gener…
My delegation would like to begin by expressing its appreciation to you, Mr. Minister, for your presence here today and for your decision to preside over this important meeting. We are also grateful for the presence of Mr. Peter Piot, the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on H…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency, and I would like to wish you the greatest success. You can count on our full cooperation. I would also like to express our gratitude and extend our warm regards to Ambassador Levitte and his entir…
Allow me first of all to express my appreciation for the format of this meeting on Somalia. Undoubtedly, the active and broad participation of the Members of our Organization will help us find a solution to the conflict.
We also wish to express our thanks for the very complete information updating …
I should like first of all to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, for the complete and useful information he has given us. I also want to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important meeting. My delegation has always emphasized the …
I should like to thank to the Secretary-General for his report and his Special Representative, Mr. Klein, for his eloquent and positive briefing.
As the Secretary-General has indicated in his report, stable peace cannot exist without appropriate mechanisms to promote the rule of law. Hence, the pr…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate, which makes it possible for the entire membership of the United Nations to participate. Their opinions will assist us in our consideration of the topic before us. We join previous speakers in thanking the …
Let me at the outset thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting in the form of an open briefing, which enhances the transparency of the work of the Security Council. This makes it possible for all of the Members of the United Nations to have access to the information provided to us.
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