We thank you very much, Mr. President, for convening this timely meeting on Kosovo. We welcome particularly the presence of the Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, and the presence of the Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Joschka Fischer and of Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic…
The Security Council is meeting to consider the quarterly report covering October to December 2003, presented by the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and to assess the 90 days work of the first quarter of 2004. I would like to take this opportunity to commend in particular Ambassado…
I wish to start, Sir, by congratulating you as you begin your presidency for the month of March. I seize this opportunity also to commend the Permanent Representative of China for his brilliant presidency during the very busy month of February.
Today, we have an opportunity to assess the remarkable…
I would like first to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. We are grateful that the Secretary-General has returned so that he can be with us this afternoon. This is a unique opportunity for us to consider this matter with the full participation of the key regional partners. On behal…
We are very grateful to the permanent representatives of the United
States and the United Kingdom, Ambassadors John Negroponte and Emyr Jones Parry, for their valuable and substantial presentations to the Council this morning on the efforts of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to move forwa…
I would like to start by thanking you, Sir, for convening this morning’s meeting on the situation in Timor-Leste. The entire international community can rightly share in the successes achieved by the people of Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste is indeed one of the most recent and remarkable success stories o…
I would like to start by thanking you very much, Madam, for presiding over this important debate. This is a very important contribution by Chile, especially following the very rich Arria-formula meeting that we had last Thursday. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh for his…
Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to assess our mission to West Africa. I would also like to congratulate, and welcome the presence of, Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh, and to thank him for his report. This is an assessment tool, very important i…
It is most appropriate, and we in the Security Council are particularly honoured, that this meeting is being presided over by you, Madam Minister, which is a way of according to our deliberations the high importance that they deserve.
I should like to thank the Chilean presidency for convening this…
Allow me first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for having scheduled this important meeting this morning. I should like also to thank Under-Secretary-General Abe for having introduced the Secretary-General’s report and for his words this morning.
Preventing, combating and eradicating the uncontr…
Mr. President, I will start by joining others in expressing our warm appreciation to you for the role you have played as Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999). Your remarkable contribution regarding the implementation of Security Council
resolutions 1267 (1999), 1…
I would like to start by saying that we are very honoured that both you, Deputy Minister, and Minister Solomon Passy could come to the Council to preside over this important meeting.
This adds to the prestige of the Council, and of course, to that of the Bulgarian Presidency, and we are very, very …
First, I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely meeting on the situation in Kosovo. I also thank the Special Representative, Mr. Harri Holkeri, and commend him for his comprehensive briefing, particularly taking into account his recent appointment. It was a very thorough analysis of the…
I would like to start by commending you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, thereby illustrating your special appreciation and sensitivity to a subject that is key to the work of the Security Council. I would also like to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing. I would especially like to welcom…
I will be brief. I see that Mr. Sevan has a lot to do before he can finalize his mammoth work by 21 November and be ready to hand over authority.
I should like to begin by joining other colleagues in expressing our most strong condemnation of the acts of terrorism that we have seen, the latest of w…
The delegation of Angola would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report contained in document A/58/254, entitled “The New Partnership for Africa’s Development: first consolidated report on progress in implementation and international support”. It is our view that that report …
Mr. President, I too would like to start by joining other colleagues in thanking you for convening this meeting on Timor- Leste and in thanking our good friend Mr. Kamalesh Sharma for coming back to us with a very good report on the situation in Timor-Leste.
Angola greatly appreciates the progress …
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this Security Council meeting at the request of the Arab Group. The situation on the ground clearly justifies this meeting. The issue under consideration is certainly one of the most sensitive that the international community is called upon to…
We are pleased to reiterate to Mr. Hunte our sincere congratulations upon his election as the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session.
We extend our gratitude and appreciation to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his continuous efforts towards the implementation of the Millenni…
I would like to start by welcoming both Lord Ashdown and Judge Meron and thanking both of them for the very important and significant briefings that they gave us this morning on a situation that is evolving well.
We welcome the commitment of the international community, which has been a determining…
