We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report, as well as Mr. Abe for his briefing. We would
also like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate today on such a crucial issue.
It is well known that conventional arms are the weapons that are responsible for the gre…
My delegation associates itself with the statement to be made later by the representative of Italy, on behalf of the European Union.
We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this very important debate. My delegation would also like to express our deep gratitude to Mr. Egeland…
Allow me to say that we believe that the Council’s presidency has undertaken an excellent initiative in proposing this subject for our debate today. It is very useful to engage in collective soul-searching with regard to a problem that we are all aware is, on several levels, of crucial importance t…
The Special Representative has given the Security Council a briefing in which he referred to the tragic events he has witnessed since his appointment. I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate that we are unfortunately all too familiar with the language of bombs and murder utilized by terro…
We are sad to learn, Mr. President, that you will be leaving us. We seek consolation by telling ourselves that the very good cooperation between our country and you will continue in Geneva, which is one of the beautiful capitals of the French-speaking world. We will also seek consolation in the fact…
Like the entire international community, France is still in a state of shock over the terrible attack perpetrated against the United Nations in Baghdad on 19 August, which cost Sergio Vieira De Mellos and a number of his colleagues their lives and wounded dozens of others. In such painful circumstan…
Allow me, in turn, to convey to Deputy Prime Minister Covic our sincere gratitude for his presence and for his statement, although we deeply regret the circumstances that have brought him to the Council.
France condemned immediately and in the strongest terms the hateful crime committed on
Wednesd…
I would like to reaffirm our conviction that the success of the political and economic reconstruction of Iraq and, hence, its stability, require the United Nations to play a dynamic role in the post-conflict management of the country. The resolution that we have just adopted does not, and is not int…
First of all, I would like to thank Ambassador Sinclair for his detailed and clear briefing. More generally, I would like to thank the staff of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB) for the work that they have accomplished. I would also like to thank our colleague from Papua Ne…
Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, and to express our best wishes to you on your assumption of the presidency of
the Council. I should also like to thank the Spanish delegation for its endeavours during its presidency last month. I would like to welcome the presence this evening of the Secretary-Ge…
The Security Council traditionally decides by consensus on the issue of Western Sahara. This is a critically important and decisive element that endows the action of the United Nations with full force in helping the parties find a just and lasting solution to this dispute.
Following sometimes arduo…
I would like to thank Mr. Oshima for his very detailed and informative briefing. We share his assessment of most of the points he raised and, in particular, of the importance of the topic that he addressed this morning, the protection of civilians in armed conflict. He alluded
to some recent situat…
I too would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this public meeting. The fact that we have brought together here most of the players involved in Guinea- Bissau strikes me as particularly timely, given that it is clear that a comprehensive approach to the problems of the country is necess…
My delegation fully associates itself with the statement made this morning by the Greek presidency of the European Union. We also wish, in our national capacity, briefly to explain the reasons why France decided to abstain on the draft resolution submitted by the United States, to renew for one year…
First, I would like to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for his briefing. Last week, the Security Council firmly condemned the reprehensible murder that was just mentioned by Mr. Annabi. I would like to return to that today because that crime is part of a current that runs against the common efforts that we ha…
Allow me in turn to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for his briefing, which supplements the Secretary-General’s report.
Our common goal is to ensure that progress should continue towards achieving a democratic and multi-ethnic Kosovo that is a source of stability in the region. In that respect, while we supp…
Allow me in turn to convey our gratitude to Mr. Morris for his extremely interesting statement, which I believe both contained highly significant data and figures and communicated a sense of the human experience.
We, too, attach the greatest of importance to the question of the food crisis in Afric…
I wish in my turn to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his very comprehensive briefing.
I also offer our condolences to the Republic of Korea for the loss of five of its peacekeepers attached to the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET).
We have considered the Secretary-General’s report w…
Like my colleagues, I wish to thank State Secretary Hans Dalhgren for his presentation of the results of the Stockholm Process. I wish also to thank Mr. Danilo Türk for the remarks he made.
Allow me briefly to make a few comments. First, we welcome the way in which the debate on targeted sanctions …
I wish, of course, to begin by thanking Mr. Steiner for his briefing, which supplemented the comprehensive report of the Secretary-General. I also welcome the presence of the Secretary-General among us at the beginning of this meeting.
These various elements give the Council a clear picture of the …
