I, too, warmly welcome the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mr. Ali Khalif Galaydh, whom we again had the pleasure of hearing in the Security Council. His last visit to New York, in January, gave us the opportunity to have a very constructive meeting.
The Transitional National Government (TNG) resulting …
I thank Hans Haekkerup for his briefing. Our heartfelt encouragement goes with him in the successful conduct of his mission.
The position of the European Union will be stated later by the Permanent Representative of Belgium. I wish to complement it with a few national comments.
The preparation for…
My delegation fully aligns itself with the remarks made this morning by the Permanent Representative of Belgium on behalf of the member States of the European Union and the associated Central and Eastern European countries.
I would like, however, to briefly recall the French position on some essent…
This morning, in the presence of the Secretary-General, we are experiencing a moment of genuine emotion. The Ambassador of Belgium will soon express the views and the hopes of the entire European Union, but I should like to make a few comments in my national capacity.
First, I wish to express the r…
is pleased that a public debate in the Security Council open to all Members of the United Nations is being devoted to the question of Iraq. This is a useful first on an issue that has occupied the attention of the Council for 11 years now.
Maintaining the current status quo is not satisfactory. It …
It is an honour and a pleasure to see you, Mr. Foreign Minister, presiding today over this very important debate that has brought us together.
France welcomes the important report that the Secretary-General has transmitted to us. We also welcome the initiative taken last July by Jamaica. Given the …
France unreservedly supports the statement to be made later on by the Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union. I should like simply to add a few more specific observations from my national perspective.
First, I should like to thank the Special Representative of the Secret…
It is a pleasure to welcome the presence in this Chamber of Mr. Shé Okitundu, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
My first words will be to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno and Mr. Olara Otunnu for their brilliant presentations on the sit…
The conclusions and recommendations drawn up by the 12 Ambassadors who were part of the Security Council mission are available in English, prior to being available in all the official languages.
I will address four points in my presentation. First I will make general comments about our mission; sec…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting on a subject of particular importance. France’s best wishes go out to the United States presidency of our Council this month.
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his lengthy presence among us this morning. I would also like to welc…
Thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate. Mary Robinson has expressed brilliantly what we are all thinking. I fully subscribe to what has been said by previous speakers.
The Ambassador of Sweden, speaking on behalf of the European Union, will make the general comments called for b…
The Ambassador of Sweden, Pierre Schori, will shortly express the views of the European Union. I would like to respond to the excellent statement made by Jean- Marie Guéhenno while developing a few points, which I hope will in no way contradict the perspective he has defined so well.
My first comme…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having made this meeting rather livelier than those in the past. There is still a great deal to be done, but you have definitely set the course.
I would like to thank Hédi Annabi for the information on the positive developments. It seems that things are…
For several very long days, the 15 members of the Security Council have worked in a particularly constructive spirit on the most difficult issue on its agenda: the conflict in the Middle East. They have done so by maintaining a positive and constant contact with the parties concerned.
All of the me…
I should like, in my national capacity, to add a few comments to the statement that the Permanent Representative of Sweden will make on behalf of the European Union.
I wish at the outset to welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hans Haekkerup, who is on his first visit to…
I should like to welcome Minister Kerim to the Council Chamber.
In addition to the statement which will be made in a few moments by the Ambassador of Sweden on behalf of the European Union, I should like to make a few comments in my national capacity.
The Council, as the Minister has emphasized, i…
At the outset, I would like to welcome here the Minister for External Relations of Angola, Mr. João Bernardo de Miranda, as well as the members of the Mechanism to monitor sanctions against UNITA, in particular its Chairman, Ambassador Juan Larraín. May I also pay tribute to the new Chairman of the …
I would like to thank most warmly Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his clear and precise briefing. The position of the European Union, which France entirely endorses, will be put forward by the representative of Sweden. I would just like to make a few comments to complete and supplement what Ambassador S…
It is an honour and a great pleasure to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council meeting today.
We are glad for the opportunity to hear President Kagame today, and we welcome the good proposals he has shared with us to settle the conflict. We have also noted with great interest the meeting…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized
this debate on a subject that is not at all theoretical. What is at stake is the success of actions carried out under the authority of the Security Council.
I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for attending this meeting to…
