At the outset, Sir, allow us to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for March and to commit to you our full cooperation. We also congratulate
Ambassador Wang Guangya of China on a successful presidency last month. We thank the High Representative, Lord Ashdown, and …
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting on the question concerning Haiti, with the added impact of the presence of the Secretary-General.
Yesterday we had a briefing from the Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs about the grim situation on the ground in Haiti. This…
We, too, are grateful to the Permanent Representatives of the United States and of the United Kingdom for their comprehensive and candid briefings this morning.
I would like to speak on only two points: the United Nations role in the political process in Iraq, and international cooperation in the r…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this public meeting of the Security Council on East Timor. We also thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for his comprehensive and positive briefing on East Timor, and we welcome the Foreign Minister of East Timor, Mr. José Ramos- Horta, to our meeting.
At …
Along with other members of the Council, we congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for this month and commit our cooperation and support to you and to your presidency.
We also congratulate Ambassador Muñoz and the Chilean delegation on a successful presidency last month.
We th…
I would like to congratulate your delegation, Madam President, for organizing this debate on a very timely topic and for organizing an Arria formula debate on the same topic last week. We are again honoured by your presence and by your presiding over this meeting on the eve of your much-awaited visi…
My delegation is pleased that the Chilean presidency has included on our programme the progress report of the Secretary- General on the recommendations of the Security Council mission to West Africa (S/2003/1147). I also wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Tuliameni Kalomoh for introducing the…
We are gratified that the presidency of the Council has recognized the importance of the issue of children and armed conflict by placing it on its agenda early in the year. We are honoured that you, Madam, the Foreign Minister of Chile, are presiding over this morning’s meeting.
We would also like …
Mr. President, we thank you for having provided the Council and other Members of the United Nations this opportunity to address the important issue of small arms and light weapons, and the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs for having presented the Secretary-General’s report on the prog…
We join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We thank other delegations for their words of welcome to the new members of the Council, including the Philippines.
In addition, we thank you, Mr. President, for conven…
It is an honour to address the General Assembly on the fifty-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a landmark instrument that ushered in the universal recognition of fundamental human rights. The Philippines stands in solidarity with the international community on this occa…
As the Chairman of the Sixth Committee I wish to say that, with the consent of the Bureau and the members of the Committee, we suspended our morning meeting to hear the important report of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The Philippine delegation expresses its appreciation to Judge Shi Ji…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and the United States delegation, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. My delegation would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his latest report (S/2003/944) on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor…
I would like to congratulate the presidency of the United Kingdom for bringing to the forefront of the agenda of the Security Council the important issue of the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security. This issue represents one of the most important spokes in the hub of th…
We congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and we commend the Russian presidency for its excellent stewardship of the Council last month.
We also wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting at a time when signifi…
The terrorist attacks of 11 September were attacks on us all. We, as one indivisible human family, cannot allow the scourge of international terrorism to stand, first, because it is cowardly and deliberately indiscriminate, as it targets innocent and defenceless civilians; secondly, because it is in…
