Madam President, we wish to thank you for having convened this debate, and we commend you on the way in which you have been guiding the work of the Security Council this month. Likewise, we wish to thank Mr. Jan Egeland for his briefing. I wish in this respect to mention the reference made by Mr. Eg…
I should like first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/57/430) on this item, which describes the progress made in consolidating the strategic goals and related objectives outlined in the United Nations Mine Action Strategy for 2001-2005.
“During the course of this meeting today…
Allow me at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for introducing his report. No item among those before the United Nations will be successful if we do not seek daily to strengthen the United Nations. That is why Colombia welcomes the report, which proposes a path to be followed and establishes …
The delegation of Colombia would like to begin by welcoming Mr. Nebojša Čović, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, and to thank him for the contribution he is making towards the establishment of a multi-ethnic Government and society in Kosovo. We would also like to take this opportunity…
Allow me at the outset to welcome the report submitted to us by the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), as well as the introduction provided to us by his Special Representative, Mr. Steiner, who, since assuming his duties on 14 February, has work…
We would like to begin by welcoming Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Čović and Mr. Annabi, and by thanking them for the information they have given us. That information has provided us with a more comprehensive picture of what is taking place on the ground.
Several important events have taken place i…
My delegation would like to express its thanks to the Secretary-General for the report on the situation in
Central America as well as to the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) for the report on human rights in that country.
The report on the situation in Central America sho…
The delegation of Colombia appreciates the opportunity to participate in the debate on the implementation of the recommendations that the Secretary-General presented to the Assembly three years ago in his report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of development in Africa.
We wish to expres…
My delegation wishes to convey its thanks to the Secretary- General for the detailed report that he has presented to us, in which he proposes a road map towards the implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. The objectives laid down and the strategies proposed have earned the suppo…
I would like to begin by extending special thanks to the Secretary-General for drawing up and presenting document A/56/349, which contains an extensive report on the culture of peace. Colombia supports the draft resolution submitted on this issue.
The unanimous decision of the General Assembly to p…
In the interest of consensus, Colombia supported the General Assembly’s adoption of the Firearms Protocol. Nevertheless, in accordance with what was stated by the Colombian delegation during the negotiation of the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts…
