Permit me, before reading out Ambassador Voto-Bernales’s statement, to welcome your presence here, Mr. Minister, as you lead the work of the Security Council. I also wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the delegation of Belgium on its excellent leadership of our work during the month of Ju…
Allow me at the outset to welcome the presence here of the President of the General Assembly, the President of the Economic and Social Council and the Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs.
As we have stated on a number of occasions, the causes of conflict can best be explained by looking …
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Holmes, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his excellent briefing, which brought home the need to recognize that much remains to be done if the United Nations, including the Security Council, is to be effective in protecting civilians who find th…
My delegation thanks the Presidents of the two Tribunals — Judge Pocar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Judge Byron of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) — and the two Prosecutors, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow, for their presentations thi…
My delegation welcomes the briefings by Ambassadors Verbeke, Arias and Burian, Chairmen of the
Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001) and 1540 (2004), respectively.
On the subject of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), we hope to continue …
At the outset, allow me to welcome your presence here with us, Madam Minister, and also to welcome your country’s initiative to organize this debate dealing with one of the most sensitive areas in the work of the Security Council.
I would also like to welcome the participation of the high-level off…
At the outset, I should like to welcome the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, and to express our appreciation for his comprehensive and candid statement. We would like also to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Atul Khare, for his briefing and to commen…
I would like to thank Mr. Ibrahima Fall, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, for his report. I would also like to thank Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, the Executive Secretary of the Great Lakes Conference Secretariat, for her briefing just a few moments ago…
I wish at the outset to thank the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his introduction of the comprehensive and detailed report on the work of the Court during the period 1 August 2005 to 1 August 2006 (A/61/217). I also wish to reaffirm Peru’s commitment to helping the ICC to ef…
My delegation is grateful for the presentations of Ambassador Løj, Ambassador Mayoral and Ambassador Burian, chairs of the subsidiary bodies established pursuant to resolutions 1373 (2001), 1267
(1999) and 1540 (2004). We congratulate them for their work in charge of their respective subsidiary bod…
