It is a great honour for us to take part in this afternoon’s meeting of the Security Council. It is also a great honour to see you, Mr. President, presiding over the meeting. Australia is a neighbour and a friendly country that has supported Timor-Leste for many years in achieving peace and stabilit…
We thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting on Timor-Leste during India’s presidency of the Security Council.
Since December 1975, the issue of Timor-Leste has been on the agenda of the Security Council. Many Security Council resolutions have been adopted on Timor-Leste and many United Nations mi…
I thank the Secretary-General for his very informative briefing.
May I, on behalf of Timor-Leste, thank you, Sir, and your country for holding this important thematic debate and for your kind invitation to us to join the Council on this very important occasion. My colleague, Minister of Finance Emi…
I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to address this Security Council meeting on Timor-Leste. For more than decade, the Security Council created various missions, from the United Nations Mission in East Timor in 1999 to the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) today. The Council…
Allow me to first congratulate you, Mr. President, and your country on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. It is a great honour for me to be back in this Chamber and to share with Council members our opinion on the current developments in Timor-Leste, as well as some of o…
On behalf of President Xanana Gusmão and Prime Minister José Ramos-Horta and on behalf of the people of Timor-Leste, allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first session. Your experience and diplomatic ability will ensure the succ…
It is a great honour to see you, my dear friend Ambassador Nana Effah- Apenteng, presiding over the Security Council for this month. I wish you and your country, Ghana, every success during these very challenging times.
Today I would like to share with the Council my Government’s views on the role …
Madam President, it is a great honour for us to see you presiding over this meeting. It is also a great honour to see the Secretary- General in this meeting, and we thank him for the efforts that he has undertaken to support East Timor. It is a great honour too to see Special Envoy Ian Martin again,…
Mr. President, Timor-Leste commends the extraordinary and tireless efforts made by you, by Member States and by the two co-Chairmen – Ambassador Kumalo of South Africa and Ambassador Arias of Panama.
However, Timor-Leste would have preferred that negotiations continue for a few more weeks so as to …
Allow me to congratulate you, Madam, and your country on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, as well as to wish you every success. We would like to thank you and the other members of the Council for the opportunity to share our thoughts on an issue of great importance to my co…
We welcome the convening of this meeting at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly to discuss issues related to the tsunami disaster that occurred in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004.
We felt shock when television screens showed the images of the tragic deaths, the destruction and the …
Allow me to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, and your country on the assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month and to thank you and the members of the Council for the opportunity to address the Council.
At the outset, let me thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan for his…
We welcome the report of the Security Council (A/59/2), introduced by this month’s Council President, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sir Emyr Jones Parry. The report highlights the challenges and successes of various United Nations peacekeep…
Thank you. As this is the first time that I have addressed the Council since your assumption of the presidency, allow me to congratulate you and wish you success in the conduct of the work of this august body. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report which outlines the activities o…
On behalf of the 56 delegations listed in document A/58/L.46 and the delegations of Slovakia, Luxembourg, South Africa, Germany, Malta, Mongolia, Sweden, Dominica, Nepal and Azerbaijan, who have joined as sponsors, I have the honour of introducing the draft resolution entitled, “Assistance for human…
First, I would like to convey to you, Sir, and to the bereaved families the condolences of my Government.
I thank you for this opportunity to address the Security Council. I wish you every success during your presidency. It is a great honour for us to welcome Ambassador Sharma, the Special Represen…
Sir, my Government congratulates you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We thank you and the other members of the Council for convening this open meeting and for the opportunity to speak today.
My delegation acknowledges the presence of the Special Representative of…
My Government congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. We would like to thank you for having convened this open meeting and for having given us the opportunity to speak here today.
Timor-Leste would like to commend the Secretary-General for his timely and compreh…
It is both an honour and a privilege for me to address this body for the first time as the first representative of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the United Nations. Allow me, therefore, to take this opportunity to convey my Government’s deep appreciation for the unwavering support of the…
