I am pleased to have the opportunity to make a statement for the United Kingdom. In doing so, I should like fully to echo and support the views expressed in the statement of the European Union Presidency.
The International Conference on Population and Development, held at Cairo in 1994, marked a si…
I align myself with the statement to be made shortly by the representative of the Austrian presidency of the European Union on behalf of the Union. I should like to make the following additional remarks.
Once again we are discussing events in the Middle East at a critical time. Today’s suicide bomb…
I want to begin by joining the Secretary-General in the tribute contained in his report to the work of Jean Arnault and warmly to welcome Tom Koenigs to the job. I personally, and my delegation and Government, look forward to working with him very closely.
I associate myself with the statement to b…
My delegation, too, aligns itself with the statement to be made by the Ambassador of Austria on behalf of the European Union.
Like others, I want to begin by thanking Mark Malloch Brown for his briefing. I think that this has helped the debate here in the United Nations come back to ground. It has …
Like others, I would like to begin by thanking the three Committee Chairmen for their detailed briefings, as well as the experts and staff who support the Committees.
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement to be made by Ambassador Pfanzelter of Austria on behalf of the European Un…
My delegation are grateful to the Secretary-General for his report and to his Special Representative, Mr. Jessen-Petersen, for his briefing today and for his outstanding leadership of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). The continued unflagging energy and integrity t…
My delegation is most grateful to Mr. Guterres for his presence today and also for his thoughtful and powerful statement. I should like to acknowledge in particular his comments at the end about the importance of values as we tackle the challenge of refugee flows and migration.
I want to use the op…
My delegation fully subscribes to the statement to be delivered shortly by the representative of Austria.
We are delighted to join our Council colleagues in welcoming President Gusmão and Foreign Minister Ramos-Horta to the Security Council today. Their presence provides us an opportunity to pay tr…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 25 countries of the European Union. A number of other countries have aligned themselves with this statement. They are Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Ice…
It is my pleasure, on behalf of the European Union (EU), to introduce draft resolutions A/60/L.36, which is entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian People”, and A/60/L.37, entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”.
With regard to draft resol…
I would like to make a few additional comments on this item on behalf of the European Union (EU) and a number of countries that align themselves with this statement: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukra…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and the countries that have aligned themselves with this statement: Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, U…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 25 countries of the European Union, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Iceland, Ukraine and Moldova align themselves with this statement.
The European Unio…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 25 European Union member States. Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova align themselves with this statement.
First of all,…
The end of the war in Europe 60 years ago was a turning point. It led to the construction of the General Assembly Hall and to the work that goes on within it. The war left the European continent, in the words of one historian, “a landscape with ruins”. The graveyards of Europe and war memorials in e…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and your delegation, for having organized this important debate. We are grateful also to Under-Secretary-General Abe for his briefing. I would particularly like to welcome Ms. Kawaguchi and to thank her for her thoughtful and detailed remarks.
The United Ki…
There are numerous deaths to mourn today. As you have noted, Mr. President, Lebanon has lost its former Prime Minister.
I speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States in expressing our concern at the death of President Eyadema of Togo. We extend our condolences to the family of…
I want to begin by putting on record the United Kingdom’s appreciation not only for Ambassador Denisov’s briefing, but also for the work done by him as Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), and by paying tribute to the staff of the Russian delegation, who have worked hard to support the…
I would like to begin by joining others in thanking Ambassador De La Sablière for his superb leadership of the Council’s mission. The delegation of the Netherlands has already delivered a statement on behalf of the European Union, and I associate my delegation with that statement.
I want to begin w…
The representative of the Netherlands will shortly be making a statement on behalf of the European Union in this discussion. The United Kingdom fully subscribes to that statement.
Like the two previous speakers, I should like warmly to welcome to this meeting Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa, Special Represen…
