I would like to thank Ambassador Negroponte and Ambassador Jones Parry for the update on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003).
As regards the political development, we welcome the most thorough evaluation and findings of the United Nations fact-finding mission led by the Se…
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting and for inviting Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, whose presence we welcome. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2004/117) and to thank Under-Secretary-Gene…
I would like to join other delegations in thanking Mr. Kalomoh for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General. We would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting, because we welcome this opportunity for an in-depth discussion of the situation in the Central African su…
First of all, I should like to thank Mr. Kalomoh, Mr. Malloch Brown and Ms. McAskie for their briefings initiating today’s debate. I present my remarks in anticipation of a more comprehensive statement to be made later by the representative of Ireland on behalf of the European Union. We fully endors…
First of all, I should like to thank Mr. Kalomoh for the introduction of the Secretary-General’s report.
The Security Council mission to the West African subregion concluded that a regional approach was necessary in order effectively to address the continued existence of regional factors of instabi…
Madam President, let me first of all, like other speakers, welcome you to the chair of this discussion. It shows the importance that you attach to this issue under discussion in the Council, and we appreciate that very much.
In this debate almost exactly one year ago, I spoke about helpless outrage…
My delegation aligns itself with the statement of the European Union, which will be delivered later by the Irish Presidency.
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2003/1217), and we also welcome this debate on a subject that has quite a peculiar relationship to international peace and s…
I would like, Sir, to welcome your presence in the Chair, which underlines the importance that you attach to this meeting. We would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his very concise and comprehensive briefing. From what we have heard, I feel that, in the future as well, Kosovo…
First of all, I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Danilo Türk for his detailed and very comprehensive report. I would also like to highly commend the personnel of the United Nations Political Office (UNPOB) in Bougainville and its head, Mr. Noel Sinclair, for the outstanding work they …
First of all, I would like to thank Deputy President Zuma and the President of the Economic and Social Council, Ambassador Gert Rosenthal, for their very comprehensive and encouraging statements.
Allow me to commend South Africa for its successful mediation efforts in Burundi. After the unsuccessfu…
First, I would like to thank Mr. Kalomoh for his briefing. I would also like to associate myself with the statement to be made later in this discussion by the European Union presidency.
The informative report of the Secretary-General underscores the fact that despite encouraging developments, the C…
First of all, I would like to thank our colleagues from the United States and the United Kingdom for the update on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003), in particular for their assessment of the security conditions and the progress reported in the humanitarian and economic s…
As I have not yet had the opportunity to do so, I too, Sir, would like to welcome your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to pledge the full support of my delegation. I would also like to thank you for convening this very important meeting. Mines are truly a scourge and are kil…
First, I join other delegations in thanking Special Representative Mr. Holkeri for his very comprehensive briefing. I also commend him for his work in his first few months of duty, and assure him of our continued support for his very difficult and important work.
Secondly, I would like to state tha…
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Sevan for the very complex and comprehensive information that he provided to the Council, and I would also like to take this opportunity to thank him and his team for the very good cooperation that he has extended to the committee established pursuant to resol…
First of all, we should like to thank the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Arias, for his report and for the good work that he is producing in the CTC. The fight against terrorism within the broadest possible international coalition remains one of Germany’s most importan…
I, too, would like to welcome the presence of the Secretary-General at this meeting. We would like to make a few comments relating to our vote.
The resolution just adopted takes up important concerns of the post-war order in Iraq. It further develops the preceding resolutions 1483 (2003) and 1500 (…
I join other delegations in thanking the Secretary-General for his latest report on the situation in Timor-Leste. Our thanks also go to Mr. Kamalesh Sharma for today’s excellent and very informative briefing and to him and his team for his very important and dedicated work.
Germany fully endorses t…
Seldom has the work of the Security Council engaged world public opinion as it has during the past year. The relevance of its decisions — and, let me add, of its non-decisions — was undisputed. Yet its role and its decision-making mechanisms were the subject of fervid discussions. It has become clea…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important meeting. Given the latest developments in the region, it is my view that it is timely to have an open debate in the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East. I therefore welcome the opportunity to share views on the i…
