Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting of the Security Council to celebrate the independence of East Timor. I also wish to say how honoured we are at your presence here today.
The European Union Presidency has already made a statement, to which I fully subscribe. B…
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting and the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Hédi Annabi, for his very comprehensive and useful briefing.
The presidency of the European Union will make a statement after mine on the situation in East Timor. Allow me to add some r…
Today I will speak on behalf of the troika of observer States of the Lusaka Protocol — the Russian Federation, the United States and Portugal.
We welcome the Vice-Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Angola to this important discussion. His presence signals the strengthened engagement…
The reform of the Security Council is once again on the agenda of the General Assembly, for the twenty-second consecutive year. We have before us, as a framework for the debate, the report of the Open-ended Working Group. This report, with its annexes, reflects almost a decade of intense discussion …
On behalf of the Portuguese Government, although I have said it before, I must reiterate now how deeply we feel as a result of the tragic circumstances we are living through. It is time to try to use the opportunity of this debate to reflect further on our common commitment to work towards restoring…
Belgium will be taking the floor later today on behalf of the European Union. Portugal, of course, fully subscribes to that statement.
As this is Portugal’s first formal intervention in this plenary meeting, let me start by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of this very …
Let me start by thanking you, Sir, for convening this meeting. I also want to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing on the outcome of the election for the Constituent Assembly in East Timor.
Previous interventions have already highlighted the importance of the elections…
