I have the honour to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
It is with sadness that we learned about the untimely passing away of His Excellency Mr. John William Ashe, President of the General Assembly at its sixty- eighth session. On behalf of the members of the Group of…
It is my privilege to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States and to extend my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Peter Thomson of Fiji on his election as President of the General Assembly for its seventy-first session.
Ambassador Thomson’s extensiv…
Bulgaria aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union (see A/70/PV.99). I would like to add a few remarks in my national capacity.
Bulgaria welcomes the report of the Secretary- General entitled “On the fast track to ending the AIDS epidemic” (A/70/811) and firmly supp…
My delegation associates itself with the statement of the European Union delivered earlier by the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights. I would like to add some remarks in my national capacity, echoing some of the sentiments expressed earlier in the ideas of the Secretary-General a…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
Every year on this day, the United Nations honours and remembers the millions of people who suffered and died in slavery. But on this day, we also need to make a pledge to intensify our efforts to eliminate the remnants o…
I would first of all like to thank all previous speakers for their moving words about Nelson Mandela. He is a shining example of human dignity for millions of people across the world and, if I may say, my personal hero.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States. W…
Allow me to first convey the profound gratitude of the Government of Bulgaria for this tribute to the memory of the late President of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session and former Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Stoyan Ganev. I thank Assembly members for …
At the outset, I should like to express, on behalf of my delegation, our most sincere condolences to the Mission of the Holy See and the Mission of Poland on the passing of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, one of the most important figures of the twentieth century and the first Slavic pope in the his…
I should like at the outset to thank Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry, President of the Security Council, for his comprehensive presentation of the report of the Security Council (A/59/2) to the General Assembly. We must note that the Council has accomplished work
whose volume, intensity and political s…
I welcome the presence in the Security Council of Mr. Holkeri and to express Bulgaria’s gratitude to him for his work to date in an extremely important and delicate mission and often in difficult circumstances. I also assure him of Bulgaria’s full support in his tasks.
As an associate country of th…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this important meeting, which enables us to assess the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). I should also like to thank the countries — particularly Germany and the Netherlands — that had the good will to be represented at the ministerial level a…
I, too, should like to thank Mr. Sevan for his extremely detailed and in-depth briefing and for the extraordinary work that he has contributed to concluding the oil-for- food programme. The conclusion of a programme of
that scale and complexity in the space of six months is an extremely difficult t…
I welcome the Secretary-General to the Council and thank him for his introductory remarks, as well as for his important contribution to the discussions that preceded the adoption of this resolution.
Bulgaria has just voted in favour of resolution 1511 (2003). My delegation is extremely gratified at…
At the outset, I should like, like previous speakers, warmly to thank the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, Ambassador Inocencio Arias, for his presentation of the Committee’s programme of work, as well as for the outstanding work he and his team in the Spanish Mission are doing in the co…
Before beginning my statement, I would like to extend the condolences of my delegation and my country on the killing of three United States diplomats in the Gaza Strip. Bulgaria categorically condemns this heinous terrorist act.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report of 6 Octobe…
Like other preceding speakers, my delegation is extremely disturbed by the extremely serious situation in the Middle East. Bulgaria agrees with the analysis of the situation, contained in recent documents by the European Union.
We have said here and elsewhere that our country strongly condemns suic…
As a country associated with the European Union, Bulgaria associates itself with the statement to be made shortly by the Permanent Representative of Italy on behalf of the Union.
I believe that Bulgaria, as a Balkan country, has a special role to play in this debate. I shall make a few preliminary …
I should like to extend my delegation’s congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to assure you of our full cooperation.
I should also like to thank Ambassador Jones Parry for his skilful presidency last month.
Bulgaria categorically condemns the…
Bulgaria abstained in the voting on the draft resolution, as it does whenever there is no unanimity on the
Council or, worse yet — like today, regrettably — there is an impasse.
Given the extremely grave situation in the Middle East, the Council should have made an extra effort to find consensus. …
I would like to thank Terje Roed-Larsen for his very thorough analysis and very useful suggestions.
As a country associated with the European Union, Bulgaria fully supports the statement that will be made shortly by the representative of Italy on behalf of the European Union.
Bulgaria deeply regre…
