First of all, on behalf of my delegation, I should like to thank you, Sir, for having convened this meeting. I welcome Deputy Minister Čović and Mr. Michael Steiner to the Council, and I think that they have given us valuable input for our debate. I have to say that their statements have given us gr…
Mr. President, I wish to thank you for having organized this debate, which not only represents an opportunity to help Ms. King and her staff in drafting this report and its conclusions — and we thank her for her tireless efforts in this area — but it also allows the Council to send a strong signal c…
As a country associated with the European Union, Bulgaria aligns itself with the statement that will be made shortly by the representative of Denmark on behalf of the European Union.
The cycle of violence in the Middle East continues without respite. Last week, two terrorist attacks caused civilian…
Bulgaria would like to join you, Mr. President, in thanking Ambassador Brahimi and his team for the excellent work they are doing in Afghanistan on behalf of the United Nations and the international community.
The Loya Jirga was a great success and attests to the resolve of the Afghan people to tak…
I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his presence at the beginning of our discussion this morning. My thanks go also to Under-Secretary- General Jean-Marie Guéhenno, and to Ms. Carolyn McAskie, Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for their very complete and us…
First I would like to thank Mr. Oshima for his extremely useful briefing, which is consonant with Bulgaria’s conclusions about the humanitarian situation in Angola, which remains disturbing in spite of progress in the political process, which gives cause for optimism.
I do not want to repeat the co…
I too should like to congratulate the States of Africa on the foundation of the African Union. Bulgaria wishes the African Union every success. I should also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Canada for having taken the initiative of requesting this open debate on an issue of great timel…
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for the statement he just made. I endorse every word of it. He was right to focus his statement on Bosnia and Herzegovina — a new, fragile State in South-Eastern Europe, which has experienced very difficult times, as we all know, and which does not d…
I shall try to be brief, as I am the next to last member of the Council to take the floor, because I agree fully with the analysis made by previous speakers and also because Bulgaria fully endorses the statement to be made shortly by the representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union.
The …
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s meeting on Kosovo. The Council is right to deal regularly with the situation in Kosovo, in view of the gravity of the crisis recently. There is a need to closely follow developments in the situation, which — as we understand from Under-Secretary-Gen…
As a country associated with the European Union, Bulgaria aligns itself with the statement that will be made shortly by the Permanent Representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union.
Bulgaria is very concerned at the situation in the Middle East. Despite the international community’s expect…
I also wish to thank Sir Kieran Prendergast for his exhaustive and detailed briefing.
As an associate member of the European Union, Bulgaria aligns itself with the statement that will be made later by the representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union. I would like to make a few comments i…
On behalf of my delegation, I should like to thank you, Mr. Minister, for leading the work of the Council on this memorable day for the international community, which is witnessing the birth of a new State.
It is a great honour and a pleasure for me to convey the congratulations of the President of…
I wish at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), and Mr. Hédi Annabi for his introduction of the report.
I wish to warmly welcome the participation of President-elect Gusmão and Chief Minister Alkatiri in th…
First of all, I would like to thank you personally, Mr. President, for having organized this open debate on Kosovo. I also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his detailed and in-depth report on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and to thank Deputy Prime Minist…
Bulgaria fully endorses the statement that the Permanent Representative of Spain will make on behalf of the European Union.
Bulgaria is profoundly grateful to Sir Jeremy Greenstock for his very important work as Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee. We would also like to thank his colleagues…
As a country associated with the European Union, Bulgaria supports the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union.
Bulgaria is deeply concerned about the continuing crisis in the Middle East. We readily associate ourselves with the repeated appeals…
As an associate member of the European Union, Bulgaria fully endorses the statement to be made by the Ambassador of Spain on behalf of the Union.
Less than a month ago, the Security Council adopted resolution 1397 (2002) with near unanimity. Great hopes were born at that time, which were followed b…
I should like to start by thanking Assistant Secretary- General Annabi for his very specific and useful briefing. I should like also to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this public debate on Kosovo this month. I should like also to welcome the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Neboj…
I thank you for honouring us with your presence here today, Mr. Minister, to preside over the Security Council.
I too wish to extend to the Afghan people the condolences of the people of Bulgaria over the loss of human life caused by the earthquake in the north- eastern part of the country.
I than…
