This debate is taking place at a critical moment for the Organization. Confidence in the capacity of the United Nations to resolve the most serious global problems has been weakened and damaged.
The international community is facing a number of difficult issues regarding the future of the multilate…
The events of the past year call into question the commitment made in the Millennium Declaration to share responsibility in tackling the threats against international peace and security by recourse to the multilateral tool embodied by this Organization.
That has led to deep division within the inte…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency. I would also like to extend my congratulations in connection with the national day of the Russian Federation, a country for which I have particular affection, nourished during the years when I had the honour of representing…
I am grateful to the League of Arab States and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries for requesting this open debate at a moment of such importance and seriousness, and to you, Mr. President, for convening the meeting without delay.
The position of my country has been clearly stated in three previo…
First of all, I want to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate. I also wish to thank the delegation of South Africa for having requested this meeting.
I believe we should ask ourselves why we are gathered here once again today to deal with the question of Iraq. The answer is simp…
First, I believe we must thank you, Sir, for the efforts that you have made in the attempt to find a solution to this troublesome and disagreeable situation in which we find ourselves, and of which you, Sir, the General Assembly and all Member States are the victims.
I think we are at a point at wh…
I should like to endorse what has been said by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda, the Chairman of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States.
Speaking on behalf of my own delegation, let me point out that I do not believe that I have said at any time that I was challenging the decisio…
Allow me at the outset to express to you, in your capacity as President, my sympathy, appreciation and respect, in the context of the unfortunate situation facing the General Assembly, the Member States and you yourself, for reasons beyond your control.
We are in a situation in which a nullificatio…
Firstly, I wish to express condolences to the Government and people of Indonesia for the savage terrorist attack that took place in Bali on 2 October, which we condemn most vigorously.
This year we have decided to have a joint debate of the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assem…
The presentation that the Secretary-General made on 12 September, on his report on the work of the Organization (A/57/1) and his report on implementing the Millennium Declaration (A/57/270) shared the common denominator of reaffirming multilateralism as a fundamental diplomatic tool for ensuring pea…
Ten years ago, in October 1991, the delegations participating in the Madrid Peace Conference undertook to work on the quest for a peaceful and negotiated solution to the conflict in the Middle East.
In subsequent negotiations, Israel and the Palestinian Authority recognized their mutual political r…
It is a great pleasure for me to introduce, on behalf of the member countries of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic, draft resolution A/56/L.12. I would like to begin by stating that, since the issuance of the draft resolution, Angola and Cameroon have become co-sponsors.
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The reform of the Security Council is one of the most complex and politically sensitive issues facing the Organization. Its outcome will without any doubt affect
the system of collective security. That is why the solution we arrive at must be acceptable to all — that is to say, it must be reached b…
I am very pleased indeed to be speaking at a meeting presided over by the Permanent Representative of Guatemala, Vice-President of the Assembly, who has shown great ability in the work he has done in this Organization.
I am speaking today at a time when the international community is faced with the…
I wish first to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the work of the Organization contained in document A/56/1. The reference in that report to an international panorama characterized by strong contrasts between encouraging events and dangerous threats was unfortunately confirmed two weeks …
Allow me to begin by congratulating the President on being elected to preside over our discussions, since this is the first time I have spoken at this session, and to say that you can count on the cooperation of my delegation to help ensure the success of your tenure.
I would also like to take this…
On September 7 last year, the heads of State of the members of the Security Council met to exchange views on mechanisms to strengthen the collective security system, and they raised several concerns that were reflected in resolution 1318 (2000). As President De la Rúa stated at that time, if the Sec…
I wish to express my delegation’s pleasure at seeing you, Sir, presiding over this debate. I congratulate your country for having raised this subject for discussion by the Security Council. I also take this opportunity to commend my friends, representatives in this Council, with whom I had the privi…
My delegation supported the ideas presented by France here in the Council regarding the establishment of an
observer force in the West Bank and Gaza that would have three objectives. First, that force would monitor in the field the development of the tragic events that have been taking place withou…
I thank Mr. Hans Corell for his briefing. I wish also to thank the Russian Federation for its proposal to devote today’s meeting to consideration of the implementation of resolution 1269 (1999), adopted more than a year ago. That resolution unequivocally condemned all acts, methods and practices of …
