First of all, I would like to express my country’s gratitude to Chile for having included this open meeting in the programme of work of the Security Council. This is a
debate that we had been hoping for since last November, to follow up on the implementation of the recommendations of the Council mi…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this public meeting on an issue of the utmost importance for my country. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report to the Security Council, contained in document S/2003/1217, on ways and m…
First, on behalf of my delegation, I warmly welcome you, Sir, to the Chamber. It is an honour for my country to take part in a Security Council meeting presided over by you. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing and for the information he has just given the Council on the si…
At the outset, Sir, I wish to express my delegation’s pleasure at seeing you preside over this meeting. We thank you for including the item of the protection of civilians in armed conflict on the Council’s agenda. Before I begin to read my country’s position on that subject, I should like to express…
The Mexican delegation wants first of all to express thanks for the information given to us by Mr. Jacob Zuma, facilitator of the peace process in Burundi, and to put on record our appreciation for the important work that he has accomplished in the process of reconciliation in that country.
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First of all, I am grateful for the inclusion in our programme of work of a meeting on the Central African region. We recognize the work and leadership of the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Kalomoh, who led the assessment mission to the region and produced the report before us today.
As the repor…
First of all, my delegation completely associates itself with the statement that was made by Peru on behalf of the Rio Group. In addition, we want to express our appreciation to the coordinators of the two draft resolutions, Ms. Elana Geddis of New Zealand and Mr. Colin McIff of the United States. W…
Mexico joined in the consensus for the adoption of resolution 1518, based on the following understandings: first, in connection with operative paragraph 2, regarding adoption of the guidelines and definitions for the implementation of the provisions of paragraphs 19 through 23 of resolution 1483 (20…
Mexico takes note of the report presented by the ambassadors of the United States and the United Kingdom, representing the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), concerning the situation in Iraq.
We are encouraged by the signature of the 15 November agreement between the CPA and the Governing Counc…
On behalf of the Government of Mexico, I express our condemnation of the cowardly terrorist act which has taken the lives of so many and has injured even more in Turkey. We express the solidarity of the people and Government of Mexico to the families of the victims and to the Governments of Turkey a…
First, I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, and Executive Director Mr. Peter Piot, of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), for their briefings on the actions taken to implement resolution 1308 (2000).
The AIDS epidemic has…
First of all, I wish to thank Mr. Harri Holkeri, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for his presence here today and also for having briefed us on the current situation and the prospects for Kosovo.
Since this is the first time that Mr. Holkeri has briefed the Security C…
First, my delegation extends its condolences over the deaths and injuries caused by the recent attacks in Iraq. We condemn in the strongest terms the attack on the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Resolution 1502 (2003) described such conduct — attacks on governmental and non…
At the outset, I thank Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma, Head of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), for presenting the report of the Secretary- General (S/2003/944) on progress made in the implementation of the Mission’s mandate.
The Mexican Constitution lists principles that …
As other delegations have done, my delegation thanks Lord Paddy Ashdown, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Judge Theodor Meron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, for their presence in the Chamber…
We welcome the presence in our midst today of Secretary- General Kofi Annan. We thank Mr. Jean-Marie
Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Mr. Amos Namanga Ngongi, former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for their…
I would first like to thank your delegation, Mr. President, for including on the Council’s agenda such an important item relating to human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno and Mr. Ramcharan for the very detailed information t…
I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I am confident that the Spanish spirit will lead our efforts to success. Similarly, I would like to thank Ambassador Lavrov and his entire team for their work in guiding the Council’s affairs in the …
Mexico wishes to thank the Russian Federation for its timely initiative of convening this public meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We also wish to express our appreciation to Mr. Oshima for the work he has accomplished in recent years in consolidating the humanitarian assista…
I would like to thank the Representative of the Secretary- General in Guinea-Bissau, Mr. David Stephen, for introducing presenting the report on the political situation in that country (S/2003/621). Mexico regrets the fact that since 5 March 2003, the date of the most recent Security Council consult…
