Mr. President, my delegation also welcomes you in the Chair and wishes you all possible success during your tenure. We would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Spain for the very able and efficient manner in which he conducted the business of the Council over the past month.
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We welcome the fact that the Council has adopted resolution 1564 (2004). It addresses a situation in Darfur that was dramatic when the Council adopted resolution 1556 (2004) and is still dramatic today.
Since the end of July, we have seen some progress on the part of the Sudanese Government. It has…
We welcome the fact that, after long and difficult negotiations, the Council has adopted this resolution. Negotiations are always a process of give and take, but in the end we believe that the signal the Council is now sending to Khartoum is unambiguous. The Government of the Sudan has been given a …
Thank you, Mr. President, for your timely initiative to address this important subject. It is a particular pleasure for me to speak at this meeting, presided over by the Prime Minister of Romania, in the presence of distinguished representatives of regional and subregional organizations from all con…
We thank the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Konuzin, for his detailed and substantial report. My delegation would like to join others in congratulating him — as well as his team — on having taken up his important office.
We also welcome the presence of the new Executi…
Because of the lateness of the hour, I promise that my statement will be limited to one short remark and two short questions.
First of all, I should like to join other delegations in thanking the Presidents and Prosecutors of both ad hoc Tribunals for their comprehensive and candid presentations, w…
Permit me at the outset to thank the Philippines presidency for having convened this important meeting. We welcome your presence in the Chair, Madam President, because it shows how much importance you attach to this important subject. We would also like to warmly thank the Secretary-General, the Pre…
Permit me at the outset to pay special tribute to the tireless efforts of Lakhdar Brahimi and his team. Their idealism and their political
skills have been instrumental in the formation of the new interim Government of Iraq.
Germany welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 1546 (2004). As a r…
First of all, I would like to join other delegations in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I would also like to express my appreciation for the able and efficient way Ambassador Munir Akram conducted our business last month. Next, I would like to …
I would like to express our appreciation for the presence of our Secretary- General, at least at the beginning of this meeting, and, of course, we very much welcome the opportunity for an exchange of views on the content of the new draft resolution on Iraq with the old and new Foreign Minister, Mr. …
I too join other delegations in thanking the High Commissioner for his very comprehensive report.
I have one short remark and three short questions. My remark pertains to the relationship between peacekeeping and the return of refugees. The High Commissioner rightly said that the sustainable return…
Like other colleagues, I should first of all like to thank Mr. Holkeri for his very comprehensive briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo. I think that both today’s presentation and the Secretary-General’s excellent recent report on Kosovo clearly show that Kosovo and the United Nations Interi…
Let me first address the Russian delegation in condemning the terrorist bomb attack in Grozny and in expressing our sympathy and our condolences to the Government of the Russian Federation and to the victims and the bereaved families.
My delegation is grateful for the comprehensive briefing by the …
I should like to thank Mr. Passy for his interesting and very comprehensive briefing. We feel that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) plays an important role in the field of security and cooperation in Europe and in adjacent regions, not only as a forum for consultation, …
Mr. President, my delegation thanks you for convening this important meeting. We would also like to welcome the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Foreign Minister of Ghana, and the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS. We thank them for their very comprehensive and goo…
Germany abstained in the voting on the draft resolution at issue. The reason is that the draft resolution addresses the recent events in the Middle East in an unbalanced manner.
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU), on 23 March, unequivocally condemned the extrajudicial killi…
First of all, I would like to state that with regard to the latest development in the region, it is in my view both timely and necessary that the Security Council react vis-à-vis the situation in the Middle East. I therefore welcome the opportunity to share views in an open debate with Council membe…
My delegation, too, thanks the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Arias, for his detailed and substantial report.
The fight against terrorism within the broadest possible international coalition remains one of Germany’s most important policy objectives. Our internationall…
First of all, I would like to thank Ambassador Wang Guangya for the able and efficient way in which he guided our work last month. I would also like to welcome Ambassador De La Sablière to the presidency and to assure him of my delegation’s full cooperation. It is a great pleasure to see the High Re…
We welcome the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Jamaica and the Bahamas. We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this timely meeting of the Security Council this afternoon to consider the political impasse, the humanitarian crisis and human rights violations in Haiti.
Germany f…
