I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report. He has underscored the importance of the United Nations agenda and the work that the United Nations is committed to; and that the entire membership has a new and overarching challenge after 11 September.
My delegation would like to extend …
We, too, are very grateful for the briefings that we have received. We are encouraged that there is at least some information in the report that indicates that there are elements of the situation that have been improving — particularly the decrease in political violence and in human rights abuses.
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Given the lateness of the hour, I will be brief.
I would like to thank our two visitors for the briefings they gave us today. I think they have given us a great deal to think about as we look at how to go ahead with the international community’s continuing responsibility to support the implementati…
First, I would like to assure you, Sir, that I take every opportunity I can, here or outside the United Nations, to enjoy Colombian coffee. We are very grateful and pleased at your presence here and at the leadership of the Colombian delegation during this month. Here, we associate ourselves fully w…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting, which we see as a prelude to an important set of Security Council deliberations on the crisis in the Great Lakes region. We are glad to see that your delegation has been working with those of the next two Presidents in order to e…
I too would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his detailed briefing on the progress of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in implementing resolution 1244 (1999). We commend the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Hans Haekkerup, for addr…
I would like to thank Mr. Vieira de Mello for his briefing of the Council and in particular for the professionalism, dedication and simply good service of him and his colleagues in East Timor. I would also like to thank Mr. Ramos-Horta for his comments this morning, including the affirmations he has…
First, I would like to join colleagues in welcoming the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Okidundu, to this meeting of the Council. We would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Affairs, Mr. Guéhenno, for his report to the Council.
We are also pleas…
I would like to take this opportunity first of all to commend Ambassador Valdivieso for the critical leadership he has provided to the Council’s sanctions Committee. We rely on him for his leadership and expertise. I would also like to thank Ambassador Menkerios and congratulate him and his Committe…
We are very grateful for the briefing just provided by Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno. We would like to congratulate the Secretariat on the progress achieved in establishing the Temporary Security Zone and, in particular, on the work done by Special Representative Legwaila in dealing with the two…
The United States would like to welcome Foreign Minister Miranda back to the Security Council for this important meeting.
Today the United States is pleased that Portuguese Ambassador Monteiro will speak for us in his capacity as coordinator of the troika of observer States to the Lusaka Protocol. …
On behalf of the citizens of the United States, I would like to express our deepest sympathy at the enormous losses
suffered by the people of El Salvador as a result of the earthquake of 13 January. Today’s devastating earthquake in India reminds us that no country in the world is immune from such …
The United States is pleased to join with other members of the Security Council in support of this draft resolution, which inaugurates a new phase in United Nations involvement in Angola’s peace process. We wish the new United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) success in overseeing the acco…
One stark set of facts hangs over the otherwise credible performance of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and the peace-keeping force of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). We have witnessed the almost total absence of progress towards a political settlement of this c…
The United States welcomes the proposal to explore opportunities to make greater use of public meetings of the Security Council, including meetings at which non-members offer views on matters under consideration. This idea is a further important step in the Security Council’s efforts to reform its w…
