My delegation joins others in extending a welcome to Presidents Jorda and Pillay and to Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte. We are obliged to them for their reports on the important work being done by both ad hoc Tribunals for crimes against humanity.
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Canada believes deeply that the Tri…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, for having taken up the presidency, and I wish to welcome you to the Council once again. The Netherlands has contributed greatly to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and continues to do so. It is therefore fittin…
First of all, I should like to thank Mr. Bernard Kouchner for the briefing he has given us today.
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I will focus on four points very briefly.
First, the demonstrations in Kosovo over the past few days have highlighted the importance of proceeding with the release of Kosovar detai…
Canada would like to approach the debate on this important agenda item from a new perspective because it comes virtually at the end of our two-year mandate in the Security Council. This experience has taught us a lot about the Council, in terms of both theory and practice. Above all, it has enabled …
I should like at the outset to express our appreciation to your delegation, Mr. President, for taking this initiative to debate the issue “No exit without strategy”. This reflects the strength of your commitment to a more effective Security Council, an objective for which the Netherlands has worked …
Mrs. Ogata, my delegation welcomes this opportunity — unfortunately, for the last time — for the Security Council to engage in a substantive dialogue with you. We are grateful for your tireless and determined advocacy on behalf of refugees and other war-affected populations. You have spoken eloquent…
As Canada currently chairs the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), I am very pleased and honoured to introduce draft resolution A/55/L.21, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States”.
I am especially pleased to announce that …
First of all, we would like to congratulate you, Sir, for taking the initiative of holding a thematic debate on this important subject. Until recently, the role of women in peace and security has been virtually absent from the Council’s discussions.
I also would like to express the appreciation of …
When Canada ran for election to the Security Council, we promised that we would promote human security, strive for a more transparent Council and work towards a more effective and credible Council. In the intervening months we have worked hard to deliver on those commitments, and it is time for us t…
Canada is most concerned at the violence that has occurred in recent days in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. We appeal to both parties to do everything necessary to put an immediate end to the hostilities and to work together on specific measures to prevent the repetition of such a situation.
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I would like to begin by conveying Canada’s condolences to the families of the three staff members
of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who were slain on 6 September at Atambua, West Timor. Their murders, and the deaths of the as yet unknown number of refugees …
Let me first of all express a word of thanks to Mr. Kouchner for his extraordinary work. Let me say how pleased the Government of Canada is with everything that he has accomplished in those difficult circumstances.
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I will turn to this situation in Kosovo in a moment. I would als…
I would like to join the representative of the United Kingdom in expressing our serious concern at the arrest of two Canadians and two Britons, who have been held without consular access for nine days. Suspicions of espionage and terrorism are unfounded. If every tourist who arrived in our country, …
