It is a pleasure for my delegation to welcome the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly (A/58/2), covering the period 1 August 2002 to 31 July 2003. I would like to express our appreciation to the President of the Council, Ambassador Negroponte, for his clear and capable introductio…
It is the pleasure of my delegation to participate in this General Assembly debate on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict. Before I proceed, I should like to express our warm gratitude to the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations in its capacity as Chair of the Kimberley Proc…
During the negotiations on the Firearms Protocol in Vienna earlier this year, my delegation expressed reservations about article 4, paragraph 2, on the scope of application of the Protocol. In my delegation’s view, the wording of paragraph 2 is too vague, and we believe that it could open up the pos…
