My delegation is grateful to you, Madam President, for having organized this public meeting on the current situation in the Middle East. We also thank Ms. Kane, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for the information she brought to our attention.
Once again, urgency compels us to con…
My delegation is pleased, Sir, to see you, as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, presiding over today’s
meeting. I congratulate the Danish presidency of the Council and thank it for having organized this debate on a subject of such great importance for the international community. My thanks g…
At the outset, I, too, should like to thank Mr. Søren Jessen- Petersen, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his presentation. His briefing, which provided the Council with useful details, and the report of the Secretary-General (S/2006/361) give us a clear picture of the situation …
This year, Timor-Leste, a State in which the United Nations is particularly invested, should be celebrating the fourth year of its independence in peace and harmony.
The assistance provided by the United Nations since 1999 — through, successively, the United Nations Mission in East Timor; the Inter…
I too wish to thank the Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and their respective Prosecutors, for their briefings to the Council.
The assessment reports (S/2006/353 and S/2006/358) before us gi…
Mr. President, my delegation is grateful to you for having included on the Security Council’s agenda this public debate on the overall situation in the Middle East at a particular point in time marked by the recent legislative elections in both Palestine and in Israel, and also by the latest develop…
It is indeed a pleasure and an honour for the Security Council to welcome to the Chamber His Excellency Mr. René Préval, President-elect of the Republic of Haiti, who has just provided us with a very informative statement on the current situation in Haiti. On behalf of the Congolese delegation, I am…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting and for providing this opportunity to discuss the third report of the Secretary-General on initiatives taken to implement the 12 recommendations on how the
Security Council could help resolve the matter of the illicit trade in sma…
It is a great pleasure and a great honour for my delegation to welcome Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia. Today, the Council has the privilege of honouring the first woman democratically elected as a head of State in Africa.
Indeed, the election of Mrs.…
Mr. President, the initiative that you have taken to include this debate on our agenda gives us an opportunity to underscore the need for urgent international assistance for restoring peace and normalcy in Afghanistan and for rebuilding that country, devastated by war and terrorist acts, which we de…
Madam President, although I am very strongly tempted to congratulate you, I will leave that honour to my head of State or Minister for Foreign Affairs, who will be
attending this meeting of the General Assembly. I am sure that it will be done eloquently.
Our debate concerns a burning issue whose t…
In his statement during the general debate {12th meeting}, L'J.e head of the Congolese delegation, Mr. Theophile Obenga, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Co-operation, laid stress on the right of every people of life, life which cannot, unfortunately, be guaranteed in a world where only a fictitious…
The obligations which are borne by each State Member of
2 See document A/I0297, annex I. 3 See docunlent A/32/310, annex I. 4 See document A/I0217 and Corr.l, annex~para. 41.
30. It is in that spirit that the delegation of the People's Republic of the Congo would like to remind the French delegati…
It is sad news we have just heard. I wish to take this. opportunity to express on behalf of the Congolese delegation our deep condolences to the delegation of Colombia on the death of Mr. Arango.
120. The position which has been expressed many times by the People's Republic of the Congo on the ques…
