I am addressing the Council with respect to the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone on behalf of its Chairman, Ambassador Mahiga.
Council members will recall that since the expiration of the diamond sanctions in June 2003, the mandate of the …
I want to begin by welcoming the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Judge Fausto Pocar, and the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Judge Erik Møse, and thanking them
for their respective reports and oral briefings. I a…
We too welcome the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Joachim Rücker, and thank him for his presentation. We also welcome the representative of Serbia, Ms. Raskovic-Ivic, and to thank her as well.
We wish to commend the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Unite…
We too want to thank the United States for joining us in sponsoring this resolution and for contributing to its support.
It is not a perfect resolution. It does not offer all the answers to the challenges facing Somalia. It is, however, a step in the right direction — a step that needed to be taken…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for his introductory remarks.
Tanzania continues to be deeply concerned by the persisting cycle of violence in the Middle East, despite repeated calls for the cessation of hostilities and a return to dialogue. We are concerned that Israeli troops have continued t…
We, too, would like to welcome the Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to thank him for his presence here. We also wish to thank the High Representative for his briefing and for his effort and dedication in advancing the peace process in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We are concerned that the pr…
We thank Mr. Pronk for his insightful briefing.
We welcome what must be a cautious optimism expressed regarding the implementation of the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). It is encouraging that the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly is meeting regularly, that 300 kilometres of roads have been…
We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for his briefing. We also wish to congratulate His Excellency Mr. José Luis Guterres on his new appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, and we welcome him to the Council.
The United Republic of Tanzania witnesse…
We join in welcoming the foreign ministers who are here today.
We would like to thank the United States and France for their tireless efforts, which made it possible for the Security Council to vote on today’s important resolution.
In a Government statement issued on 31 July, Tanzania called for a…
We wish to join the other delegations that spoke before us, Mr. President, in welcoming your presence and that of the other ministers in the Council today. We also thank your delegation for having organized this meeting and for having prepared a draft presidential statement, which we heartily suppor…
The United Republic of Tanzania voted in favour of the resolution we have just adopted. We voted thus while regretting the failure of diplomatic efforts intended to engage the Islamic Republic of Iran and to achieve a suitable outcome that would have protected the right of Iran to pursue peaceful nu…
We are grateful for the insightful presentation made by Ms. Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children Armed Conflict; Ms. Veneman, Executive Director of UNICEF; and the representatives of the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank. We are also gratef…
Mr. President, I join in expressing the sentiments already voiced regarding your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Denmark. We also join in expressing our gratitude to you for having led the Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for your remarks this morning…
Our statement will be circulated, so I should just like to make five points.
The first is to express deep regret at the recent negative developments in Timor-Leste.
The second is to commend the quick action taken by the Secretary-General not only in consulting leaders in the region and maintaining…
We join in welcoming Judge Pocar and Judge Møse, as well as Prosecutors Carla del Ponte and Hassan Jallow, and thank them for their presentations.
We are pleased to note that there is progress being made by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal T…
The United Republic of Tanzania voted in favour of the resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. However, it is our view that the right of self- determination of the people of Western Sahara cannot be subject to any preconditions. As it is, …
The United Republic of Tanzania associates itself with the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia, Ambassador Hamidon Ali, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
Tanzania is gravely concerned about the recent upsurge in violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Kalomoh, for his briefing.
At the outset, Mr. President, permit me to associate the United Republic of Tanzania with the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Malaysia, Ambassador Hamidon Ali, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Sin…
We join in welcoming the Foreign Minister of Peru. We also thank Ms. Hoppe for presenting the report of the Secretary-General.
The United Republic of Tanzania welcomes the continuing interest of the Security Council in the challenges posed by illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. Small arm…
We join in welcoming President Tadic of Serbia. We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jessen-Petersen, for his insightful briefing, and we recognize the presence of Prime Minister Kosumi of Kosovo in his delegation.
We welcome the election of Mr. Fatmir Sejdiu, the new P…
