I wish to thank the Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Ramcharan, and Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for their briefings to the Security Council this morning on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The bloody, violent conflict in the Congo i…
Mr. President, I want to thank you for thank you for convening this Security Council wrap-up meeting on post-conflict situations, which is a good way to continue and elaborate on the discussion we have had in the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations several weeks ago. I thank the Secretary-G…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Sharma, for his report. The United States is pleased that the predicted increase in violence in Timor-Leste has not materialized. We applaud the helpful role played by Indonesia. We encourage Timor-Leste and Indonesia to finalize thei…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Hédi Annabi for his informative and very helpful briefing on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2003/421).
The situation in Kosovo — and, more generally, in the Balkans — c…
I thank the Secretary-General for his remarks. I would also like to thank Mr. Gaviria for his thoughtful presentation.
The United States is committed to its membership in the Organization of American States (OAS), and believes that there is a vital role for regional and subregional organizations to…
Mr. President, we, too, look forward to a productive month under your leadership. We join others in thanking our Guinean colleague for his leadership as Council President in March.
Eighteen months after the establishment of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), the United States joins others in pa…
I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Türk for his useful briefing.
We welcome this first-ever written report on the progress of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB). Having a regular written report is a great help to Council members in assessing UNPOB’s progress, parti…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean- Marie Guéhenno for his useful presentation.
Before I turn to the proposals we have just heard, let me say two things. First, the United States adds its voice to the condolences expressed to the Republic of Korea over the tragic drowning accident t…
The United States delegation expresses its appreciation to State Secretary Hans Dahlgren of Sweden for his concise, informative and extremely valuable briefing on the outcome of the Stockholm Process discussions in Sweden on making targeted sanctions work. The series of meetings held in Sweden in 20…
We join others in expressing our condolences to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
I have just two quick questions. The first is for Ambassador Nishimura. I wonder whether he could provide some more detailed information on his estimates for the overall funding requirements for disarmament, demobilization an…
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, for his briefing.
The ongoing violence and tensions in Ituri are reasons for grave concern. The dangerous and violent situation in the east and north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Co…
The United States thanks Special Representative Steiner for briefing us today, and we welcome the latest report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2003/113). Also, I would like to thank Mr. Steiner for inviting the Security Council last…
My delegation wants to thank the President of the Security
Council for putting this important topic on our agenda. We also thank the Secretary-General for his very useful report on children in armed conflict and for his statement this morning. We thank also the Special Representative of the Secreta…
The United States thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, for his leadership and good work.
This General Assembly celebration of the first anniversary of the Bonn Agreement is a clear reflection of the international community’s continu…
We believe that the 3 December signing of a ceasefire agreement between the Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) faction, led by Pierre Nkurunziza, and the Government of Burundi is a significant step towards achieving peace in that country. We would like to express our sincere and deep apprecia…
Our congratulations go to our Colombian President on assuming his position. I would like to thank World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Jim Morris, both for his presentation and for his good efforts over these last months to avert famine and starvation in Africa.
The situation in Southern A…
Following Papua New Guinea’s independence in 1975, large segments of the population on the island of Bougainville continued to feel separate from Port Moresby owing to historical, cultural and ethnic concerns. The development of the copper mine in the 1980s became a complicating factor. In 1989 figh…
We appreciate the progress achieved in the first six months of the mandate of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and the good work done by Ambassador Sharma and his staff. We welcome Ambassador Sharma’s assessment that the mission phase-out remains on target for June 2004.…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Klein, and High Representative Ashdown for their presentations. I have three questions to ask, but first, as the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) comes to a close, I would like especially to prais…
I want to thank the Permanent Representative of Colombia for drafting the non-paper on the subject of arms embargoes that has informed our current discussion. Ambassador Valdivieso’s chairmanship of the Sanctions Committee on Afghanistan, which deals with arms embargoes, among other things, has been…
