We join colleagues in extending our deepest condolences to you, Sir, your Government and the families of the victims of the two aeroplane crashes that occurred in southern Russia.
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this public meeting at this crucial juncture of the peace process in Afghani…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this public meeting to discuss the progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) (S/2004/669) under Security Council resolution 1543 (2004). It is important and timely to have more open discussions at…
We voted in favour of resolution 1556 (2004) in response to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Whether what is happening there is genocide or ethnic cleansing should not be the priority question at the moment. The fact is, people are dying, and women are being raped and homes and property destroyed.…
We are honoured, Mr. Prime Minister by your presence here today presiding over this meeting. This underscores the importance of the theme of our debate.
As a member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines aligns itself with the statement made by Laos on behalf of the…
I should first like to extend our congratulations to Ambassador Konuzin for chairing the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and to Ambassador Rupérez on his appointment as Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). I wish also to thank Ambassador Konuzin for h…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting on complex crises and the United Nations response. We are also grateful to the President of the Economic and Social Council and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for their insightful statements on the subje…
We too thank Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz for his comprehensive briefing on the recent initiatives of the 1267 Committee pursuant to its strengthened mandate under resolution 1526 (2004). We also congratulate him on his successful leadership of the Committee, noting particularly his dialogue with Member…
We too wish to thank His Excellency the Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro, who has joined us this morning for a discussion on the situation in Kosovo. We also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Harri Holkeri, for introducing the recent report of the Sec…
We join colleagues in expressing our condolences and sympathy to the Russian Government and to the victims of the terrible act of terrorism in Grozny.
We thank Mr. Kamalesh Sharma for his comprehensive briefing.
This is a crucial period for Timor-Leste. Much has been achieved by the people in buil…
Let me reiterate, Sir, in this first open meeting of the Council for this month, our congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency for this month, as well as to the German presidency for its excellent stewardship of the Council last month.
My delegation is also grateful to Assistant S…
We sponsored the resolution just adopted in recognition of the clear and present danger of weapons of mass destruction that could be used for terrorist activities falling into the hands of non-State actors.
There is a serious gap in existing regimes in terms of addressing this threat to internation…
Mr. President, thank you for convening this open meeting on the draft resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). We accept and respect your technical veto on statements exceeding four minutes, and we will adhere to it.
It is fortuitous that your first speaker on the subje…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. What we have in this afternoon’s meeting is a reprise of what we had three weeks ago. Therefore, it bears repeating what we stated in the Security Council’s public meeting at that time: that the Philippine Government condemns any and all extra…
We congratulate you, Sir, on your presidency and thank our four honoured guests for enriching our debate. As the thirteenth Council member to speak on this item, almost all that should be said has already been said. Allow me, therefore, to recall the parable of the greatest man.
A very religious an…
We thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for briefing us on the situation in Kosovo and for presenting the Standards Implementation Plan. The Plan comes to us a few weeks after Kosovo was convulsed by the worst outbreak of inter-ethnic violence since the international community stepped in to resto…
We join other members of the Council in congratulating you, Mr. President, and Germany on your assumption of the presidency this month, and Ambassador De La Sablière and France on its highly successful presidency last month. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary Guéhenno and you, Mr. President, for b…
We wish to thank the French presidency for convening this important meeting on ways to combat subregional and cross- border problems in West Africa. We welcome the comprehensive briefings by the current Chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Foreign Minister of Ghana, a…
The policy of the Philippine Government is to condemn unequivocally all extrajudicial executions committed by any party. Such actions are a despicable violation of human rights and contrary to international law. We are deeply disturbed by the recent escalation of violence in the Middle East which ha…
Mr. President, we thank you for having convened this afternoon’s meeting on Kosovo and the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and informative briefing. We are honoured also by the presence in our midst of the Foreign Ministers of Germany and of Serbia and Montenegro.
Yesterday Kosovo once agai…
Mr. President, I would like to thank you and your delegation for having organized this important debate on the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC). This meeting is taking place at a critical juncture for the Security Council and aims to take stock of the continuing threat of international terrorism a…
