The representative of Greece will shortly be making a statement on behalf of the European Union; my delegation naturally endorses what he will say.
I should like to join others in thanking Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his very useful introduction to our debate today. The United Kingdom is…
Through you, Mr. President, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for his latest report on the work of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB) and Assistant Secretary-General Danilo Türk for his informative briefing. We welcome the progress that has been made since the las…
Through you, Mr. President, I should like to thank Deputy President Zuma for his extremely informative and helpful
presentation. I should like to pay tribute to him and to his country for their efforts in Burundi and elsewhere on the African continent. On behalf of my delegation, let me also welcom…
I should like, through you, Mr. President, to thank Sir Kieran Prendergast for his very useful and informative introduction to our discussion.
We start from the basis that the United Nations operation in Bougainville has been, and is, a notable success. My delegation would like to repeat the tribut…
May I, through you, Sir, thank the Foreign Minister of the Transitional National Government of Somalia for his statement this morning.
The representative of Spain will be speaking shortly on behalf of the European Union and my delegation naturally endorses everything that he will say. I just want t…
I first join others in welcoming you, Mr. President, as you preside over this meeting.
The delegation of Spain will be speaking later on behalf of the European Union. My delegation naturally endorses what it will say. I would just like to make one or two points of detail.
First, my delegation woul…
Mr. President, may I, through you, join others in thanking Mr. Lubbers for his excellent and comprehensive briefing. It is very useful for the Security Council to be given such a good overview of his work in the areas in which we are engaged.
I should like just to ask two questions, through you, Mr…
The United Kingdom fully associates itself with the statement in the debate and the explanation of vote made by the representatives of Belgium on behalf of the European Union.
The United Kingdom also fully supports the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine. My Government believes that to…
I would like to speak briefly in response to the remarks made earlier today by the representative of Argentina concerning the Falkland Islands.
We welcome the reference by the representative of Argentina in his speech to the exchange of notes earlier this year between our two Governments, in which …
My delegation is very pleased to have voted in favour of this resolution and, through you, Mr. President, we would like to thank the representatives of Mauritius and Jamaica, who put it forward as the original co- sponsors.
Through you, Sir, we would also like to congratulate the Government of Sout…
Through you, Mr. President, I thank the Secretary-General for his extremely informative report on the situation in the Central African Republic. The representative of Belgium will be speaking later on behalf of the European Union, and my delegation would like to associate itself with what he will sa…
Through you, Mr. President, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for his comprehensive report and Mr. Vieira de Mello and Mr. Ramos-Horta for their briefings at the beginning of our deliberations. Their personal observations on the current situation on the ground in East Timor and their view…
The representative of Belgium will shortly speak on behalf of the European Union, and my delegation fully endorses what he will say. As he will describe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the wider region of the Great Lakes are very high up on the Union’s agenda at the moment.
I should like …
I would like through you, Sir, to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his useful briefing on recent developments in Kosovo. The Ambassador of Sweden will address the Council later on behalf of the European Union. My delegation, naturally, endorses the comments he will make. I would like to highlight just four po…
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his latest report on the Central African Republic. We should also like to thank Mr. Sy, the Secretary-General’s Representative, for his introduction to this debate. We should also like to thank the representatives of the
United Nations Dev…
My delegation would like to thank you, Madam President, and your Mission for taking the initiative of holding this debate today. It is important not just for Guinea-Bissau, but also for demonstrating how this Council can take a holistic approach to the problems of conflict. My delegation would also …
Since the representative of France will be speaking on behalf of the European Union, I will make just a few points.
My delegation welcomed the successful and peaceful conduct of the elections in Bosnia last Saturday. They were a testament to how far its people have come since the Dayton Accords wer…
Like all other members of the Council, the United Kingdom strongly supports the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), and we want to see it deployed. One way in which we can make sure that MONUC is ready is to hold an early meeting of Council members an…
I should like briefly to reply to the remarks about the Chagos archipelago made this morning by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Mauritius.
The British Government maintains that the British Indian Ocean Territory is British and has been since 1814. It does not recognize …
I thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report, and Mr. Annabi for his introductory remarks this morning. The report is a very useful one. It contains some good news and some frustrations. It also reports a tragedy.
To start with the good news, the United Nations Transitional Administra…
