The importance of cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in the implementation of the principles and the fulfilment of the purposes of the United Nations Charter as well as in the promotion of the social and economic development of peoples can never be overemphasized. The …
Sir, as you assume the presidency of the Council for the month of December, let me convey to you our best wishes for a very successful presidency and pledge to you my delegation’s full support and cooperation.
I also wish to echo the sentiments you have expressed to Ambassador Patricia Durrant of J…
Let me start by warmly congratulating you, Madam President, and your formidable team on a most successful presidency of the Security Council during the month of November. The agenda of the Security Council under the Jamaican presidency has been most diverse in its range of issues and has given us th…
My delegation is pleased to participate in the debate on agenda item 41,
entitled “Question of Palestine”, in the General Assembly today, coinciding with the commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. On this very important day, I wish to reiterate the continu…
Let me also thank Mr. Oshima for his briefing and commend him for the work which he and his team are doing in his
department. We are very pleased to note that he is organizing some very important workshops on the various issues relating to the protection of civilians in armed conflict, in anticipat…
Let me first thank you, Madam President, for convening this public meeting, which gives both the Security Council members and the general membership the opportunity to discuss the overall situation in Angola. My delegation is grateful to His Excellency Mr. João Bernardo de Miranda, Minister of Exter…
Let me join my colleagues in congratulating you, Madam, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council, and in thanking your predecessor, the representative of Ireland, for the successful way in which he led the work of the Council last month. My delegation wishes also to acknowledge the presen…
My delegation would like to join you, Mr. President, and previous speakers in extending a very warm welcome to His Excellency
Mr. Galaydh, Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia, and to the other members of his delegation. We sincerely hope that today’s meeting will…
First of all, allow me to thank the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Richard Ryan, for introducing the report of the Security Council to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session (A/56/2). Let me also say that my delegation fully subscribes to the statements made by the representa…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for the very detailed report he has submitted on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We also want to thank Special Representative Hans Haekkerup for his very comprehensive and useful briefing. We are particular…
We are thankful to the Mayor of the city of New York, Mr Giuliani, for his inspiring statement on Monday morning. We take this opportunity to reiterate to him and to the people of New York our deepest sympathy following the tragedy of 11 September. We commend the people of the United States for the …
My delegation is very grateful to General Cissé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his comprehensive briefing and for presenting the report of the Secretary-General on the Central African Republic. We are also thankful to Mr. Calderisi, Country Director of the World Bank, for his …
My delegation is profoundly shocked by yesterday’s traumatic events, the impact and magnitude of which are yet to be felt and fully assessed. On behalf of the Government of Mauritius and its people, I wish to convey our deepest sympathies and condolences to the Government and people of the United St…
Allow me first of all, Mr. Minister, to thank you for presiding over the work of the Security Council today. We were also very appreciative of your personal presence during the open debate on small arms and the meeting on regional approaches to conflict management in Africa. Your personal contributi…
We also thank Mr. Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, for his comprehensive briefing this morning.
Today’s meeting is taking place at a very crucial stage in the peace process. This is an opportunity for us and for other participating States to ass…
We are grateful to the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, for his very comprehensive and useful briefing this morning. We have noted the progress made by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in preparations for the elections in Kosovo and in finalizing t…
My delegation remains deeply concerned over the escalating violence in the Middle East, which has exacted a high toll of casualties and deaths, mostly among Palestinian civilians. For
almost a year now, violence has continued to ravage the occupied Palestinian territories and is becoming more inten…
Allow me first of all, Sir, to congratulate your country on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. It is indeed a pleasure for my delegation to see you, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, presiding over this open debate of the Security Council. Y…
We are most grateful to Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his very comprehensive briefing on the recent developments in Kosovo. Despite multiple political, economic and security concerns, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has made considerable progress in the imp…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open briefing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an issue to which we attach great importance. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for his presence today and for his intervention. I also thank Ambassador Kamel Morjane, the Special Representat…
