To begin, I would like to convey our appreciation and esteem for the efforts made by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and in particular those of its Executive Director, Ms. Thoraya Obaid, in seeking to implement the commitments made at the Cairo Conference. The tenth anniversary of that C…
Tunisia is pleased to participate in the important debate that brings us together today and to make its contribution to international efforts to enhance United Nations action and its performance in the context of the noble principles upon which it is based. We welcome the personal commitment of the …
The Tunisian delegation would first like to associate itself with the statement made by the representative of Morocco on behalf of the Group of 77 and China and to acknowledge our colleague Abdellah Benmellouk, who presented that statement.
My country welcomes the discussion today on the integrated…
My delegation wishes to contribute to the debate that brings us together today, which we feel is of particular importance. Our debate falls within the framework of the efforts of the international community to end the flow of rough diamonds that rebels and certain armed groups use to finance armed c…
First of all, I should like to express our satisfaction at the holding of this debate, which is of the utmost
importance for Africa and which shows the international community’s increased interest in the development and stability of that continent, which for decades has endured the horrors of armed…
I too would like to thank the Secretary-General for his progress report on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), and I would also like to thank Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his useful and complete briefing on th…
I would like to welcome Mrs. Ogata, the High Commissioner for Refugees, and thank her for her exhaustive and instructive statement on the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). I hope that the presence here of Mrs. Ogata, who has admirably served the r…
I wish to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2000/738). My thanks go also to Mr. Hédi Annabi for his introductory remarks.
I join other delegations in offering our condolences to the people of New Zealand and to the family of the peacekeeper who was killed while…
