I, too, would like to begin with some brief remarks about the passing of President Yasser Arafat. We know that the Palestinian people are today feeling a tremendous loss. Yasser Arafat was a significant figure in the Middle East who played an important role. He led the Palestinians to acceptance of …
I am pleased to have the opportunity to make a statement for the United Kingdom. In doing so, I associate my delegation with the statement already made by the presidency of the European Union.
As we all know, 2005 will be a landmark year. Less than 12 months from now, heads of State and Government …
I would like to ask you, Mr. President, please to convey the United Kingdom’s condolences to the Government and the people of the Russian Federation on the double air disaster that you suffered yesterday.
My delegation associates itself with the statement to be made shortly by the representative of…
I wanted to warmly thank President Meron, President Møse, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow for their reports and presentations today and to welcome them here to the Council. I will not try to cover my country’s entire approach to the two Tribunals, but will just focus on a limited number of points, if I…
Madam President, we, like other speakers, are very grateful to you for convening this important discussion and for the preparatory work that your delegation has carried out. We welcome you here, and thank you for taking the time to chair this debate. It is also most welcome that you have arranged fo…
Like the previous speaker, I associate my delegation with the European Union statement to be delivered later today by Ireland.
I thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2004/431). I particularly thank Mr. Egeland for his very compelling briefing. He and his team are doing
outstanding work in…
We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Egeland and Ambassador Rasi for their time and their insights today. I am grateful to you, Mr. President, for giving the Council the opportunity to discuss this daunting subject. Perhaps because it is so daunting, we have got very limited attendance here; t…
I would like to associate the United Kingdom with the statement to be made later by the Ambassador of Ireland on behalf of the European Union.
We very much welcome today’s public meeting and the Chairman’s oral briefing on the progress that the Committee has made since January. We are particularly …
At the outset, I should like to associate my delegation with the sadness that others have expressed at the loss of life in Grozny.
Turning to the item on our agenda, I would like particularly to welcome the presence here of Senior Minister Ana Pessoa Pinto. We look forward to hearing her views. I t…
I should like to associate my delegation with the European Union statement to be delivered later in this debate by the representative of Ireland.
This open debate marks a further stage in what has been an unprecedented effort to discuss and consult with the United Nations membership with respect to…
The United Kingdom is naturally disappointed that the Council was not able to reach consensus on our draft resolution. I nevertheless thank Council members for their efforts over the past three days to try to achieve a consensus decision.
No one is opposing the general substance of this draft resol…
The United Kingdom aligns itself with the European Union statement that Ireland will deliver later.
So-called targeted killings of the kind we have just seen are unlawful and counterproductive. The United Kingdom condemns extrajudicial killings. We recognize Israel’s right to defend itself and prot…
We are grateful to Jean-Marie Guéhenno for a trenchant presentation, with which the Council will find me substantially agreeing.
The Irish Presidency of the European Union will be making a statement later in this debate with which the United Kingdom fully associates itself, but I would nevertheless…
A welcome to you in the chair, Mr. President, and our thanks to the French delegation for their services in the presidency last month. We are also grateful to Under-Secretary- General Guéhenno for another good briefing.
Ambassador Ryan will shortly be making a statement on behalf of the European Un…
We welcome this opportunity to discuss the deeply troubling situation in Haiti with the representative of Haiti and with important regional actors, and with the participation of the Secretary-General. We recognize and understand the regional concerns about the situation.
The United Kingdom fully su…
We thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing, and we welcome Foreign Minister Ramos-Horta. We look forward to hearing what he has to say to the Council.
The Irish Presidency will later in this debate be making a statement on behalf of the European Union to which the United Kingdom ful…
I can be brief.
The United Kingdom, like its partners in the European Union, voted in favour of draft resolution A/58/L.26/Rev.1, entitled “Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine”. We did so because we support the need to find a just and peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestine conflict…
Like other speakers, I would very much like to welcome the first report of Special Representative Harri Holkeri to the Security Council.
I associate my Government with the statement to be made by Italy on behalf of the European Union. Because most of the important points have already been covered i…
I begin by associating my delegation with your remarks, Mr. President, and those of the Secretary-General, condemning the attacks that took place yesterday in Baghdad, including those against the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Such terrorist attacks will not deflect the int…
The United Kingdom fully shares the thoughts of, and the statement to be made by, Italy as the presidency of the European Union. I have just a few comments to make in my national capacity.
My first comment is to welcome and congratulate both the Government of Timor-Leste and the United Nations Miss…
