I would like first of all to thank Mr. James Morris for the very detailed briefing that he gave us on the food crisis in Africa. We note that, unfortunately, that crisis is not only continuing but, in some cases, getting worse.
In that context, even though we know that we cannot completely control …
Argentina considers it an honour to have in our midst today the Presidents of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Judge Meron and Judge Møse, as well as the Prosecutors, Ms. Carla Del Ponte and Mr. Hassan Jallow, to whom we have listened with attention.
As the Council …
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for your delegation’s initiative of convening this open debate on such a complex and important issue as that of post- conflict peacebuilding. I believe that the participation of those speakers who preceded me, and their statements, are commensurate with the …
I wish to thank you, Madam President, for having convened this debate on Timor-Leste. I also wish to thank Mr. Annabi for presenting the report of the Secretary-General (S/2005/310) and to congratulate Mr. Hasegawa for his work as Head of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET)…
I would first of all like to congratulate you publicly, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I would also like to commend you on the manner in which you are presiding over our debates. I would also like to express my delegation’s gratitude to the Chinese del…
I would like first of all to thank Mr. Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa, for his briefing on the Agreement reached in Pretoria on 6 April among the parties to the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire.
We are gratified by the results of the mediation carried out by President Mbek…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 19 States members of the Rio Group: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Thes…
The Argentine Republic voted in favour of this resolution on the basis of the report submitted to the Security Council by the High Commissioner for Human Rights, which stated clearly that serious violations of human rights and crimes against humanity had been committed and verified in Darfur.
The r…
To begin, the Argentine delegation would like to congratulate the delegation of Brazil and to thank it for proposing today’s topic. We believe that selecting the topic of the African dimension in the work of the Security Council was extremely appropriate, considering the number and importance of Afr…
At the outset, we want to thank you, Mr. President, for
having organized this meeting regarding a country that is experiencing a unique situation, as described by Mr. Alan Doss, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Côte d’Ivoire, whom we thank for presenting the Secr…
Like previous speakers, I am pleased to congratulate the Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Barisa Colak, for his statement and to thank Lord Paddy Ashdown, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his comprehensive report on t…
First of all, I should like to express our solidarity and our condolences to the people and the Government of Bangladesh and to the families of the soldiers who died recently in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
I wish also to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor-…
I wish first to thank the presidency of Benin and you, Sir, for convening this important meeting. Argentina welcomes and is gratified by your presence at this meeting of the Security Council. We also welcome the presence of the Secretary-General and extend our thanks to his Special Representative an…
At the outset, I would like to join previous speakers in thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Søren Jessen-Petersen, for his thorough briefing on activities carried out by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), in accordance with Security C…
My delegation would like at the outset to thank the Government of Benin for having taken the initiative to convene this open debate on children and armed conflict. I am very pleased to see also that the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Benin is presiding over our work, and we are sure that this will …
Permit me at the outset, Mr. President, to express my appreciation for your country’s interest in holding this open debate on the issue of small arms, which affect the daily lives of millions of persons. Permit me also to thank, through you, Mr. Nobuyasu Abe, Under- Secretary-General for Disarmament…
I have the pleasure of speaking on behalf of the delegations of Argentina and Brazil on agenda item 36, entitled “The situation in the Middle East”, and agenda item 37, entitled “Question of Palestine”. Our delegations would like to avail themselves of this opportunity to express once again the sorr…
I would like at the outset to thank the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry, for his introduction of the annual report of the Security Council for our consideration.
The annual discussion of the report of the Security Council in plenary meeting is, we bel…
At the outset, the Argentinian delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the work of the Organization (A/59/1), which serves as a basis for our current deliberations.
My country would like to reiterate the fact that it values the work that the Organization has been doin…
At the outset, let me commend you, Mr. President, for
convening today’s meeting. My country welcomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jamaica, The Honourable K. D. Knight, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bahamas, who have expressed their concern with respect to the problem of Haiti, …
