We wish in turn to begin by conveying our condolences to the Government and people of the Russian Federation for the terrorist attack committed yesterday.
We welcome the briefing provided by Ambassador Sharma and congratulate him heartily on his work as the Special Representative of the Secretary-G…
We too congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. We also thank the representative of Germany for his work as President last month. We thank Mr. Danilo Türk for his briefing. We also thank Mr. Sinclair, the Representative of the Secretary-General, and his team, and w…
Spain voted in favour of the draft resolution contained in document S/2004/313 because we fully agree with its contents. Moreover, as other speakers have said, that is true of the entire Council. The draft resolution was not adopted, but we hope it will be adopted next week in conformity with append…
We are concerned about the recent extrajudicial assassination of Mr. Al-Rantisi, following the murder of Mr. Yassin. In less than one month, that sort of action has taken place to do away with the latest leaders of Hamas. As the new Foreign Minister of Spain said yesterday, extrajudicial executions …
Preventive action and, in general, the maintenance and building of peace require a global approach that involves the international community as represented by the United Nations, regional organizations, affected Governments and their neighbouring States, as well as civil society — which must always …
Naturally, Spain also associates itself with the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Ireland on behalf of the European Union.
Very important events have taken place in Kosovo in recent weeks — the inter-ethnic violence, from 17 to 20 March, and the publication of the Standards I…
I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I should also like to congratulate France for its work last month.
We are grateful to Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing and to you, Sir, for your briefing on the outcome of the Berlin conference.
Spain fully s…
We thank the Secretariat for submitting the report of the Secretary-General on ways to combat subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa (S/2004/200). We also thank Nana Akufo-Addo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of the Economic Communit…
My delegation associates itself with the statement that the representative of Ireland will make later on behalf of the European Union.
In this and other forums, my country has repeatedly and firmly opposed extrajudicial killings. Consequently, we express our rejection and our condemnation of the ex…
We thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting of the Security Council. My delegation welcomes the presence of the Ministers of the Bahamas and Jamaica.
First, Spain expresses its profound concern at the grave situation affecting Haiti at this moment. Unfortunately, the crisis has only det…
My delegation, too, welcomes the presence here of Foreign Minister Ramos-Horta. Spain is also grateful for the excellent, detailed and comprehensive report of the Secretary-General (S/2004/117), which takes into account the conclusions of the technical assessment mission of the Secretariat that was …
My delegation associates itself with the condemnation that you, Mr. President, made on behalf of the Security Council with respect to the brutal terrorist attack in Moscow and with the condolences conveyed to the Government and the people of Russia.
We congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of t…
I would first like to thank Mr. Egeland for his very interesting and comprehensive briefing. My delegation would also like to express its thanks to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their work in developing a culture of protection, which we feel is at the heart of the issue…
Many thanks to Deputy President Zuma for being here with us and for his briefing and also for the central role that his country and that he himself have been playing and continue to play with regard to the question on Burundi.
The signing on 8 October of the Pretoria Protocol on Political, Defence …
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting on the Central African region. Thanks also go to Mr. Kalomoh for presenting the interim report of the
multidisciplinary assessment mission to the Central African subregion (S/2003/1077), which took place in June.
My delegation associates it…
We are grateful to the delegations of the United States and the United Kingdom for the report they have just given Council members, pursuant to Council resolution 1483 (2003).
We express our satisfaction with the fact that the presentation of this report has taken place in an open meeting of the Co…
My delegation, too, would like express its vigorous condemnation of the recent attacks in Istanbul. We extend our sympathy to the families of the victims and to the Governments of Turkey and of the United Kingdom.
We are grateful to the Angolan presidency for having convened this open meeting on th…
Mr. President, my delegation would like to congratulate you on again including this important matter in the programme of work of the Council. As has been said by other delegations, reviewing the process of implementation of resolution 1308 (2000) is something that we have not done for over two years…
I would like to express our gratitude for the Secretary- General’s report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and for Mr. Sharma’s briefing.
Spain endorses the statement to be made by the delegation of Italy on behalf of the European Union. I shall therefore limit my co…
Many thanks to Mr. Annabi. Italy will speak shortly on behalf of the European Union, so I shall confine myself to making three points.
First, less than a month ago, we met here and condemned the terrorist crime against Kosovo Serb children. Regrettably, we note that ethnic and political acts of vio…
