At the outset I should like to thank Mr. Jessen-Petersen for his briefing and for his steady commitment to the stabilization and development of Kosovo, as demonstrated by the considerable progress that we have seen today. I wish to join my voice to all those who today have paid a well-deserved tribu…
First, I would like to say to our colleague, Ambassador Jones Parry, how greatly I appreciate the way in which he led our mission: intelligently, skilfully and effectively. I was pleased to work with him in jointly leading the mission in Chad.
I think it was important that we went to Chad. From the…
I too would like to thank the Chairpersons of the three Committees for their reports. The usefulness of these public debates, in which we hear briefings, as well as comments from Council members and non-members, goes without saying.
I fully endorse the statement to be made by the presidency of the …
I am pleased to welcome Mr. Ramos-Horta to the Council Chamber. We listened attentively to his statement, and we thank him for it. Our thanks go also to Mr. Hasegawa for his most interesting and thorough briefing.
I wish at the outset to convey my condolences to Mr. Ramos-Horta and to the Timorese …
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 1671 (2006), which attests to the commitment of the international community, particularly the United Nations and the European Union, to the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The force whose deployment the Council has just authorized wil…
I wish at the outset to welcome once again Mr. Schwarz- Schilling, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Special Representative of the European Union, and to thank him for his briefing,
which we followed with great interest. I should also like to warmly welcome the presence today of Mr…
My delegation wishes fully to associate itself with the statement to be made shortly by the Ambassador of Austria on behalf of the European Union.
France is deeply preoccupied by the recent upsurge in violence in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territories, which has left in its wake numerou…
As I stated here in the presence of the President of Liberia, France is determined to support the great efforts made by the Liberian authorities, and to fully support the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), whose role has been and continues to be critical for the recovery of that battered cou…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Kalomoh for his briefing. My delegation agrees with its main conclusions.
I fully associate myself with the statement to be made shortly by the representative of Austria on behalf of the European Union.
This week, the Middle East experienced two major developments…
It is a pleasure for me to welcome Mr. René Préval, the new President of Haiti, and to congratulate him on his election, which reflects an undisputed choice of the Haitian people. We listened to his statement attentively, and we wish him every success in his new duties. We assure him of our full sup…
It is an honour for the Security Council to welcome Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf today. The presence of the Liberian President is the focal point of our meeting and highlights its importance.
In various ways, she embodies hope reborn — first, because she is the first woman to be elected head of State…
At the outset, I would like to say that I am pleased that the President has taken the initiative to hold this public debate on the issue of sexual abuse and exploitation on the part of peacekeeping forces.
I should first like to reaffirm my country’s full support for the steps taken by the Secretar…
I would like to thank Mark Malloch Brown for his briefing.
The meeting that you have convened today, Mr. President, is clearly an important one. It gives us an opportunity to have a useful — indeed, a necessary — discussion about the actual conditions under which peacekeeping operations, for which …
At the outset, I, too, should like to thank the Chairmen of the three Committees for their reports. It is truly most useful to be able to address all the Council’s counter-terrorism activities in a single meeting. It allows us to ensure due understanding of and coordination in the Committees’ work.
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I too should like at the outset to thank Mr. Jessen- Petersen, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his briefing and for his resolute leadership of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. I would also like to welcome the presence of Mr. Tadic, President of Serbi…
I, too, would first wish to welcome the President of Timor-Leste, without whom none of the spectacular progress we are witnessing today in Timor-Leste would have been possible.
The Permanent Representative of Austria will soon be making a statement on behalf of the presidency of the European Union,…
I, too, wish to thank Mr. Mwakawago for his briefing and for his efforts at the head of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL).
We recall that five years of war in Sierra Leone cost the lives of some 50,000 people and led to the enlistment of 10,000 child soldiers. Today, six year’s a…
I would like at the outset to thank Mr. Egeland and to tell him how thankful we are for his commitment to the humanitarian cause and to the African continent. His regular reports on the humanitarian situation in Africa are important. The Security Council correctly devotes considerable time and effor…
Three weeks following the return to New York of the mission to Central Africa that it was my honour to lead, I am pleased to welcome the holding of this further meeting, which provides an opportunity for representatives of the countries we visited to address the Council. I should first like once aga…
I should like to begin by thanking Lord Ashdown for his briefing. I would also like to pay tribute to the outstanding job he has done throughout his term in office. The progress we are witnessing today owes a great deal to his tireless dedication. I think we can state assuredly without mistake, that…
