We too are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Jessen-Petersen, for his comprehensive briefing. We appreciate the progress made in some areas, which Mr. Jessen-Petersen described to the Council this morning. Nevertheless, in trying to solve a problem like Koso…
We are greatly honoured today by your presence and heartened by your Government’s deep concern for the situation of children in armed conflict. On the occasion of this open debate, the Philippines joins the international community in searching for durable approaches and strategies to prevent and eli…
I wish to thank you, Sir, for organizing this important debate on small arms. Indeed, as pointed out by the representative of Tanzania, the prevention of the proliferation of those arms is a key task of the Security Council in the discharge of its mandate for the maintenance of international peace a…
I, too, would like to thank Ambassador Denisov, Chairman of the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC), for his comprehensive report on the activities of the Committee over the past three months, and its fourteenth 90-day work programme covering the period from the beginning of this month to the end of …
We are honoured that you, Sir, the Foreign Minister of Argentina, are presiding over this important meeting on Haiti. We also welcome and thank the Foreign Minister of Haiti for his statement. We are grateful to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Stabi…
My delegation welcomes this open meeting by the Chairman of the Al Qaeda
and Taliban sanctions Committee and commends Ambassador Muñoz for another comprehensive and insightful presentation of the work of the Committee. The Council is once again experiencing the personal commitment of Ambassador Muñ…
We are honoured, Mr. Minister, that you are presiding over the Security Council meeting on this important issue of the protection of civilians, and we thank your delegation for convening this open debate. I also thank the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Jan Egeland, for presen…
I also take this opportunity to thank you, Mr. President, for this open briefing and thank Ambassador Motoc as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) for its timely progress report on the activities and decisions taken so far by the Committee in imp…
On behalf of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the people of the Philippines, I thank the General Assembly most profoundly for its expression of sympathy and solidarity with the Philippine people as they slowly emerge from the tragedy of death and the destruction of property and livelihood that …
We are grateful to Ambassador Jessen-Petersen for his briefing and extend a warm welcome to him. We are also grateful to Mr. Cović for his briefing.
Kosovo is one of the more intractable conflict issues facing the Council, despite the fact that so many international actors — NATO, the United Nation…
The recent positive turn of events in Somalia merits the Council’s attention and consideration. We are grateful to the President for convening this public meeting.
Today’s meeting here in Nairobi with the main stakeholders in the Somali peace process not only serves to enlighten us about the curren…
Once again, the Council is unified in sending a message, through resolution 1574 (2004). The message is special, substantive and significant. The message is special because the Security Council crossed oceans and passed through time zones to highlight its seriousness of purpose in addressing the sit…
As this historic meeting in Nairobi draws to a close, I would like, on behalf of the members of the Council, to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation for your vision and
leadership in bringing us here to Nairobi. The seeds of your initiative have been planted today. Tomorrow, we will harves…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting to discuss the report of the Secretary General (S/2004/888) on developments in Timor-Leste. I also wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hasegawa, for his presentation of the report of the Secretary-General …
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important meeting on Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). We are also grateful for the three excellent briefings that were given this morning.
Reports and discussions on this question show that there are a number of consensus points i…
I have the honour to introduce the Philippine draft resolution entitled “Promotion of cooperation among religions” (A/59/L.15), under agenda item 35, “Culture of peace”.
The brevity of our draft resolution is in conformity with the Assembly’s decision to streamline all draft resolutions. Although t…
I would like to thank the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Denisov, for his comprehensive briefing on the activities of the Committee over the past three months and for the report of the Committee on its 13th 90-day work programme, covering from 1 October to the end of t…
The Philippines voted in favour of resolution 1564 (2004), just adopted by the Security Council. The resolution gives hope to the victims of the human catastrophe now taking place in
Darfur and challenges the conscience of the international community to come to their aid with bread and with justice…
My delegation, too, welcomes this public meeting today, which gave us the opportunity once again to listen as our colleague, Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz, Chairman of the sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al Qaeda and the Taliban, provided us with a comprehens…
We abstained in the vote on resolution 1559 (2004) because it cannot be justified as part of the role given to the Security Council in the collective security system under the United Nations Charter. There is a fine but nevertheless clear boundary that demarcates the role of the Council in the maint…
