Angola has voted in favour of resolution 1556 (2004) and we did so with a sense of having accomplished a duty.
Terrorism is a common threat to peace and security and a common challenge to the international community as a whole. Therefore it is only logical that the Council has unanimously voted for…
Your presence here, as you preside over this session, Sir, proves the importance and relevance of the theme under consideration today by the Security Council. In fact, the issue of justice and the rule of law is at the core of the United Nations activities and focuses the objectives of the internati…
I wish to welcome President Olusegun Obasanjo and thank him for having found time to come to the Security Council to share his views with its members on important issues of interest for the Council and for the African continent. We are indeed very thankful and honoured. I also welcome the presence o…
I would like to start by expressing my delegation’s appreciation for the
convening of this debate on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al Qaeda and the Taliban. I thank the Chairman of the Committee, Ambassador Muñoz, for his very comprehensive repo…
My country voted in favour of this resolution, as the concerns expressed and proposed as amendments have been taken into account — though not sufficiently. This is not a perfect resolution; it is the possible resolution. It is the hope of my delegation that by adopting resolution 1559 (2004) the Sec…
I would like to start by congratulating Ambassador Alexander Konuzin on assuming the chairmanship of the Counter- Terrorism Committee at a particularly delicate moment, when the revitalization process is under way. We also welcome and congratulate Ambassador Javier Rupérez on his appointment as Exec…
The mission was successful, and one of the main reasons is that we had very good leadership in the person of Ambassador Jones Parry. The mission was timely; we visited countries where action was needed to break deadlocks and to make peacekeeping or peace-building situations more effective. We went t…
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General Egeland for his very good briefing on the fourth report submitted by the Secretary-General to the Council on the protecti…
Angola voted in favour of the resolution and we are proud to be part of the consensus reached within the Security Council in adopting that seminal text. This was a wish that we expressed from the very beginning of our consultations. With this, we have done justice to the validity and vitality of mul…
I would like to start by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I assure you of our full support and cooperation with a view to ensuring that this month, too, will be a very successful and productive one for the Council. We have no doubt that tha…
I would like to start by expressing appreciation to you, Sir, and the Pakistani presidency for the opportunity provided to us to address this important topic once again in this Chamber. This is a burning issue in contemporary international life and I thank you very much for having chosen it as a top…
Mr. President, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation to you for having convened this debate on the work of the Al Qaeda and Taliban sanctions Committee, and we thank in particular Ambassador Muñoz for his comprehensive report on and assessment of the
Committee’s work. Let me commend …
I should like to say that we are very pleased, Sir, that you have included this important topic in your programme, since it is our belief that a briefing by the High Commissioner for Refugees is not only timely, but also necessary if the Security Council is to have a real measure of the importance o…
I join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and also in congratulating Ambassador Gunter Pleuger and the German delegation for their excellent work during their presidency of the Council during the very busy month of April.
I sho…
At the outset, I would like to express my delegation’s appreciation for the convening of this open debate on the draft resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and on the threat it poses to international peace and security. The participation of the entire United Nations members…
I would like first of all to express my delegation’s full appreciation for the very timely convening of this meeting to discuss the role of business in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and post-conflict peace-building.
I welcome the open statement by the Secretary- General. It contains a number of…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting to assess the progress achieved in the implementation of the strategy of standards for Kosovo. We also thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General, for his briefing on the implementation of the Plan. We commend the De…
I would like to start by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and by reiterating our full confidence in the leadership you will continue to provide to our Council during the month of April. I would also like to commend Ambassador De La Sablière for the very able manner in wh…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and particularly for coming personally to New York to participate in it. That is a very good illustration of the importance France reserves for the problems of Africa, especially African problems of peace and security and particula…
Once again the Security Council is meeting to consider the critical situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Once again the circumstances in which we are meeting are those of pain and sorrow, with blind terror and violence taking the upper hand and jeopardizing all attempts …
