After 11 years if paralysis, reforming the composition of the Security Council took on unprecedented momentum in the first half of 2005. Even the Secretary-General became involved. In his report entitled “In larger freedom” (A/59/2005), he proposed that a decision regarding the composition of the Co…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Angela Kane for the valuable information she shared with us.
My delegation regrets the escalation of armed violence between Israel and the Hamas-led Government of the Palestinian Authority. We condemn the unnecessary and provocative military operati…
At the outset, I should like to thank the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Jan Egeland, for his frank and comprehensive briefing. Mr. Egeland has told us that a peacekeeping operation will be judged according to its ability to protect, and we fully agree with that view.
One of the m…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jessen-Petersen, for his presentation of the report on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) during the first months of the year. With the announcement of his upcoming retirement from tha…
My delegation wishes to thank Ambassador Ellen Margrethe Løj, Chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador César Mayoral, Chairman of the 1267 Committee, and Ambassador Peter Burian, Chairman of the 1540 Committee, for their briefings. We would like to commend them for the work they ar…
Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on the effective manner in which your country is guiding the work of the Security Council this month.
According to information provided by the United Nations and humanitarian organizations, more than 180,000 persons have died in Darfur since October 2003 …
My delegation welcomes Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste, and thanks him for his comprehensive and frank briefing on the situation in his country. I also wish to thank Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Timor-Leste, for the imp…
My delegation would like to join in the expressions of gratitude to the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreements in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling, for his detailed briefing on the situation in that country. Peru congratulates him on his appointment…
My delegation could not have imagined that, after the last few days of last week, we would be discussing the Middle East and that we could accept such an open discussion in the Security Council. We could not have expected that we would be confronting an act of terrorism, and yet that is the case.
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I wish to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for his briefing on developments in the Middle East last month.
Regarding the statement to be made in this meeting by the Non-Aligned group, we wish to note that that statement does not reflect Peru’s position, which is the position of the Quartet con…
Peru welcomes Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia, and congratulates her on having restored democracy in her country and on her election as the first woman President of an African country.
Her election as President of Liberia is a demonstration of the progress that can be achieved when…
Along with other speakers, I too would like to thank Mr. Tom Koenigs, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his very clear briefing.
The London Conference and the adoption of the Afghanistan Compact are without doubt very positive developments, as they organize the concerted efforts…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to hold a public meeting of the Security Council on this very serious matter affecting the Organization. I would also like to express appreciation to Mr. Guéhenno for the efforts the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO…
Permit me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on bringing this matter to a public meeting of the Security Council. I also thank Mr. Mark Malloch Brown for his frank and critical briefing on the current situation. We are pleased that the Council is discussing the issue of procurement ad…
Peru firmly supports the Security Council’s efforts to promote international cooperation in the fight against terrorism. My country has zero tolerance for terrorism. We forcefully and unequivocally condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever committed. No ideolo…
I would like to thank Mr. Søren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his detailed presentation of the report on the work of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). I join others in welcoming Mr. Boris Tadic, President of Serbia. I also wi…
My country welcomes the President of Timor-Leste, Mr. Xanana Gusmão, and Foreign Minister José Ramos- Horta, and thanks President Gusmão for his comprehensive and, above all, candid briefing on the situation in his country.
We also thank Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, the Special Representative of the Secr…
The delegation of Peru congratulates you, Sir, on having convened this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We would like also to thank Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland for his introduction and to highlight the work done by his Office to promote the protection of civilian…
For obvious reasons having to do with its drafting and publication deadlines, the Secretary-General’s report (A/60/1) does not make any judgements on the outcome of the greatest summit of world nations ever convened at United Nations Headquarters. My delegation therefore believes that the Assembly i…
First, I wish to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece, Mr. Petros Molyviatis, and his delegation for having proposed an open debate on the timely and important problem of humanitarian crises.
There is no doubt that the humanitarian crises confronting the Security Council are largely due…
