I would like to start by congratulating you, Sir. I am very pleased at your assumption of the presidency for the month of April. Allow me to reiterate our thanks to Ambassador Traoré for the brilliant way that he guided the work of the Council during the month of March; our thanks go also to the ent…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting of the Security Council to examine the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB) (S/2003/345), which allows members to closely follow recent developments and to be kept informed on progress…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for presenting this report (S/2003/243) and saying that I am very pleased that you, Sir, have timely sounded the warning on the changing situation. I would also like to join my colleagues in offering my condolences to the Republic of Korea on…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting on a key problem for the Security Council.
The introduction of targeted financial and travel sanctions by the Security Council against individuals involves a qualitative change in the Council’s sanctions policy, which…
I should like also to join other colleagues in conveying our condolences to the Government of Afghanistan and to the Government of Pakistan on the losses that they have suffered, which we learned of this morning. Afghanistan is a country which has been at war for a very long time and has known a gre…
I wish to start by expressing our appreciation to Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei for their reports today. Their reports, I hope, will help to ease the severe tension we are facing in the world today.
The Security Council is meeting once again to discuss Iraq. The Government of Iraq has been the subject…
I would also like to join those who have expressed satisfaction for the very comprehensive briefings presented this afternoon by the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, and by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello.
These briefin…
I would like to start by welcoming the presence, at the beginning of the meeting, of the Secretary-General. I know that he had to leave to attend to other business. I welcome in particular the presence of Mr. Michael Steiner, the Special Representative, and the report that he introduced this morning…
At the outset, Sir, allow me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. This is the first public meeting of the Security Council this year, 2003, a year full of challenges which I am sure this Council will be
ready to meet. I likewise commend the outgoing presidency of…
I have the honour to address the Assembly on behalf of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), which includes Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and my own country,…
Let me begin by joining previous speakers in expressing our deepest sympathy and condolences to the Government of Indonesia and to the families of the victims of the tragic events that occurred in Bali.
The report of the Security Council that we are considering (A/57/2 and Corr.1) provides Member S…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly and express my delegation’s commitment to support him in carrying out his duties.
My delegation joins previous speakers in expressing our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his com…
First of all, I should like to convey to the Council, and to you particularly, Mr. President, our great appreciation for having convened this meeting, which was to have been a joint briefing that included a review of the Secretary- General’s report. The fact that Angola has become such an important …
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. This has indeed been a very productive month for the Council, and the manner in which you have been conducting the deliberations has been a key factor. I would also …
Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Han Seung-soo on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly and to wish him every success in his new role.
We are grateful to the Mayor of New York, Mr. Rudolph Giuliani, for the inspiring statement he made on Monday. We take this opportunity…
On behalf of the States members of the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic — Angola, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Liberia, Namibia, Nige…
