I thank you, Mr. President, for allowing Member States to express their preliminary reactions to the most recent report of the Independent Inquiry Committee. I also thank the Secretary-General for his comments today. And I thank Chairman Volcker for the important work he has done over the past year.…
I would like to thank the representative of Greece for allowing me to do earlier something that I had planned to do later. It is something that, while not entirely revolutionary, may be precedential. With your indulgence, Mr. President, rather than read out my remarks, I am simply going to ask that …
I am very pleased that my first participation in the Security Council comes on the day on which the Council has unanimously adopted this resolution condemning terrorism in Iraq, vividly demonstrating broad international support for the Iraqi Government. That support is extremely important as Iraq co…
