I wish to thank Mr. Annabi for his very factual and comprehensive briefing and to reiterate my country’s full support for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Holkeri. We again call on all parties to cooperate with him in his extremely complex and difficult task.
As a country as…
I also would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having chosen the very timely subject of peacekeeping operations as the theme of our meeting at this critical and tragic moment in the history of peacekeeping operations following the terrorist attack against the Baghdad headquarters of the United N…
Last Tuesday’s terrorist attack against the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad profoundly shocked and upset my country. On behalf of the Bulgarian Government, I should like to extend the sincerest condolences of the Bulgarian people to the families of those who were killed in the attack and our …
I wish to thank you, Sir, for having convened this meeting of the Security Council, which offers us the opportunity to speak our minds about the atrocious acts recently committed in Kosovo.
I should also like to welcome the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Covic. I only regret t…
I should like to thank you, Sir, for having organized this meeting and, in your capacity as Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), for the programme of work that has been developed under your leadership and which Bulgaria supports wholeheartedly.
As an associate member of the European U…
It is an honour and privilege, Madam President, for my delegation to participate in this meeting of the Security Council under Spain’s very effective and dynamic presidency during the month of July.
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First, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his participation in our d…
At the outset, I should like to wish a warm welcome to Mr. Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, at the Council table. As a country associated with the European Union, Bulgaria fully associates itself with his statement. On a more person…
Allow me to associate myself, Mr. President, with the remarks that you made to Ambassador Wang and to tell him how much I have benefited from his wisdom and the clarity of his analyses, in particular, as well as his
human warmth over the past months in the Council. I personally thank him wholeheart…
First of all, I would like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General for her very useful briefing. I would also like to thank the representatives of the United Nations agencies and programmes, which are doing outstanding work in Iraq. I welcome here at the Council table the President of the Internationa…
Bulgaria welcomes the adoption of resolution 1483 (2003) because it will enable the Iraqi people to regain full control of their future. The Bulgarian delegation was very happy to participate in the discussions leading to the adoption of the present resolution: a very constructive spirit reigned dur…
Allow me to express my delegation’s gratitude to this month’s Pakistani presidency of the Council for organizing this brainstorming session on such an important matter. I would also like to thank the prominent individuals who were so kind as to participate in our meeting today for their extremely in…
I want to take this opportunity to extend my delegation’s most sincere congratulations to you, Sir, and to the delegation of Pakistan on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. I also thank Ambassador Adolfo Aguilar Zinser of Mexico for his dynamic presidency …
Given that the representative of Greece made a statement earlier on behalf of the European Union with which my country — as a country associated with the European Union — aligns itself, my comments will be very brief, as you wished, Mr. President.
I begin by welcoming the President of the General A…
I thank the Secretary-General for his 21 April report on the situation in Timor-Leste (S/2003/449) and thank his
Special Representative for that country, Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, whom I welcome here at the Council table. I thank him for his work at the head of the United Nations Mission of Support in E…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting. I would also like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his very thorough and substantive briefing, as well as the Secretary-General for his report on the United Nations Interim Administration Missio…
On behalf of the Eastern European Group of States Members of the United Nations, I would like to extend to the people and the Government of the Republic of Nauru our deepest and most sincere condolences for the demise of President Bernard Dowiyogo.
Since the beginning of his political career in 197…
Thank you, Mr. President, for the initiative of the delegation of Mexico. As Ambassador Schumacher said, it is natural for Mexico to take such an initiative, given the Organization’s history and the role that Latin American countries played in the elaboration of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the Un…
I would like briefly to make two comments and to ask Mr. Morris a question. First, I would like to thank him for his eloquent statement, which I believe will prompt us to reflect further on what actions the Security Council can take.
That leads me to my second comment. I would like to thank you in …
Allow me, Sir, to say how delighted I am to see you presiding over the work of the Council for April. I have no doubt that you will discharge your difficult tasks with your customary brilliance. I would also like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Ambassador Mamady Traoré, and the Guinean d…
Bulgaria welcomes the fact that the Council has unanimously adopted this resolution, which deals with an especially urgent matter of major importance. First, we are grateful to Ambassador Pleuger and the German delegation for the excellent work they have done in recent days. I will repeat what I sai…
