I would like to welcome back Special Representative Jessen-Petersen to the Council and thank him for his excellent briefing. I would also like to thank Mr. Covic for joining us here today and for his statement.
We have reached an important milestone in Kosovo. After six years of working with the pe…
The United States welcomes the Secretary-General’s end of mandate report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) (S/2005/310) and also thanks Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his presentation to the Council. I also wish to extend a particular welcome to Ambassador Gute…
I thank Ambassador Sardenberg for his leadership of the Security Council mission and his informative presentation. We, too, would like to salute the efforts of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti and the personnel that the United Nations has on the ground in Haiti for their hard work a…
Following your guidance, Sir, I will submit a fuller statement to be circulated as a document of the Council. I would like to highlight a few key points.
First, I would like to thank all three Chairpersons for their presentations. Each Committee is engaged in important work to fight terrorism and t…
The United States welcomes the achievement of the General Assembly in concluding its work on the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism and adopting it by consensus. By its action today, the General Assembly has shown that, when it has the political will, it can pl…
I had not intended to take the floor, but I want to reflect on what we have done here. Twelve members of the Council, including two African States, voted for this resolution, which we hope will address the situation in Darfur.
However, I have to defend the honour of the United States Congress. Many…
We would like to thank Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad for his work and for his briefing to us today. We also thank Alan Doss for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2005/186) and for his work in Côte d’Ivoire.
We welcome the Secretary-General’s latest progress report. We are revie…
I would like to thank Lord Ashdown and Minister Colak for their briefings to the Council.
We welcome the many positive developments that have occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The creation of the War Crimes Chamber is a significant step forward in strengthening the rule of law. The return of the …
I wish to thank Benin for putting this important subject on the agenda. The United States appreciates the thorough work done in the report of the Secretary-General. We recognize that this is a complicated issue, and we commend the efforts under way to address these difficult problems.
We welcome th…
I should like to welcome Special Representative Søren
Jessen-Petersen and to thank him for his instructive and thorough briefing. We commend him and his staff for bringing new life to the standards process. The United States appreciates his strong leadership and his hard work in Kosovo. We look for…
I would like to welcome the Foreign Minister of Benin, as well as to express our appreciation to his country for the leadership it has demonstrated in addressing the issue of children in armed conflict. I would also like to thank Special Representative Olara Otunnu for his statement this morning, as…
Mr. President, I would like to thank you for organizing today’s meeting on this important issue of small arms and light weapons. I would also like to thank Ambassador Oshima of Japan for his effort in drafting the presidential statement we will adopt later today and to welcome Ms. Kawaguchi. Of cour…
We would like to thank Ambassador Akram for all his work on this issue.
We are sponsoring this resolution as a statement of our strong support of the ongoing efforts of the United Nations to ensure peace and stability in Liberia and the region, and its recognition that premature lifting of sanction…
I thank Chairman Muñoz for his insightful briefing and his critical contribution to the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) on Al Qaeda and the Taliban over these past two years.
The recent terrorist attacks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, are a sharp reminder that our col…
The United States is pleased to sponsor draft resolution A/59/L.46, on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict. We have been pursuing a solution to the problem of conflict diamonds since their horrific, destructive effects became known in the late 1990s. We have worked hard with other Governments,…
I would like to welcome you, Mr. Minister, and to congratulate Algeria on its presidency. I would like also to thank Under-Secretary-General Egeland for his presentation.
The Secretary-General’s report (S/2004/431) of 28 May, concerning the protection of civilians in armed conflict, paints a distur…
I congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency, Sir, and welcome the Secretary-General to this important meeting. I would also like to congratulate the Spanish presidency on their fine stewardship last month.
On behalf of my delegation, I note with great satisfaction the unanimous passage …
Ambassador Muñoz has provided us with a very helpful, informative and specific overview of the recent work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) and the important contribution that the Monitoring Team has made in support of those efforts. Recent events, par…
First of all, I would like to express our delegation’s thanks to Minhea Motoc for the fine work that he did as President of the Council during the month of July. We
would also like to welcome the Russian presidency; we look forward to working with you, Sir.
We would like to thank Assistant Secreta…
First, let me express my delegation’s appreciation to you, Madam President, for leading the Council’s deliberations on a topic of complexity and genuine importance and for providing us with the non-paper that has formed the basis for our discussion. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, …
