I wish to thank you, Sir, for having organized this meeting on a subject of extreme importance.
Allow me also to thank Mr. Kenzo Oshima for his briefing, which once again has stressed the need to protect civilians in armed conflict. At a time when he is preparing to leave his post at the head of th…
I should like at the outset to express my profound gratitude to you, Sir, for your kind words addressed to me on behalf of my colleagues, the permanent representatives on the Security Council.
As I prepare to leave my post, I wish to say that my 10-month stay in New York as the Permanent Representa…
First, I wish to thank you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation for organizing this public meeting on Afghanistan. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Mr. …
On behalf of my delegation, Sir, I too would like to congratulate you on the national day of the Russian Federation.
A year has passed since the Council unanimously adopted resolution 1422 (2002) thanks to a compromise, which took into account the concerns expressed by some Member States on the one…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening the present meeting and to express our appreciation to Mr. Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for the valuable information he has just given us.
The periodic consideration of the situation in Kosovo reflects …
Guinea welcomes the adoption of resolution 1483 (2003), which in many respects constitutes a success for the United Nations in general and for the Security Council in particular. The Council has returned to consensus: its golden rule. This resolution is a real source of satisfaction for my delegatio…
At the outset, I should like to express to you, Mr. President, and to the delegation of Pakistan my delegation’s gratitude for the organization of this meeting on the role of the Security Council in the pacific settlement of disputes. Despite your busy calendar, you have found the time to preside. T…
Mr. President, I wish to welcome you once again to the Council. I would like at the outset to thank the Mexican delegation for having convened this open meeting at a time when we really needed it. Secondly, I wish to thank the representatives of the various regional and subregional organizations for…
Allow me, Sir, to extend once again the congratulations of my delegation on your assumption to the presidency of the Council during the month of April and to assure you of our full cooperation.
As I have already said, I know that the legacy that I have left you to take up is a heavy responsibility.…
My delegation would like at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this public meeting on general questions relating to sanctions. We would like also to welcome the presence here of Mr. Hans Dahlgren, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, and to thank him for his import…
Like preceding speakers, I should like to extend to the representatives of Pakistan and Afghanistan the sincere condolences of my delegation on the air crash that took the life of the Afghan Minister for Mines and Industry and a number of Pakistani officials.
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-G…
My delegation is pleased that this additional Security Council meeting on the Iraqi question is open to all Members of the Organization. This welcome initiative offers the international community an opportunity to be directly associated with recent developments in the Iraqi situation, which is so wo…
My delegation welcomes the convening of this meeting on Kosovo and thanks the Secretary-General for his very detailed report (S/2003/113) and Mr. Steiner, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing.
Concerned to ensure effective monitoring of the implementation of resolution …
At the outset, Mr. President, I should like to convey to you the apologies of your Guinean colleague, Foreign Minister François Fall, who, for reasons beyond his control, was unable to take part in this important meeting. I should also like, on behalf of the Government and the people of Guinea, to r…
Sir, allow me to reiterate my delegation’s congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for January. We assure you of our full cooperation. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General for his introductory statement, as well as his Special Representative, Mr. Olara…
I should like to welcome you, Madam, and to express my delegation’s satisfaction at seeing you preside over this meeting. I should like also to welcome the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway. My delegation
would like also to thank the Secretary-General for his introductory statement and …
I would like to warmly welcome Deputy President Zuma and to thank him for his important statement. I would also like, on behalf of my country, to thank the South African Government for the very commendable efforts that they have been making to restore peace and
stability to the Great Lakes region, …
I would like to take the opportunity of this public meeting to convey heartfelt congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of our Council for the month of December. We assure you also of our full support. On behalf of my delegation, I would convey to your predecessor heartfelt…
I should like to join previous speakers in thanking you, Mr. President, for having organized this public meeting on Bougainville. I should also like to express my delegation’s appreciation to Sir Kieran Prendergast for his very useful briefing.
The Bougainville Peace Agreement, signed on 30 August …
May I first of all thank the Secretary-General for his first report on Timor-Leste. On behalf of my delegation, I should like also to welcome to the Council Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor, and to express our appreciation for the useful informa…
