I wish to thank Mr. Jan Eliasson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Darfur, and Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for the detailed, precise and frank reports that they presented to the Council today.
In principle, we believe that true progress o…
I would also like to join others in thanking Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his in-depth but disturbing briefing that we have heard.
While Croatia associates itself with the European Union statement to be delivered later today, I would like to make a few additional remarks. Croatia has joi…
Let me join others in welcoming the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, and in thanking him for his briefing to the Council.
We also thank Ambassador Khalilzad for his statement on the activities of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I).
Mr. De Mistura’s …
Let me begin by welcoming the presence among us of the Presidents of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Judges Pocar and Byron, as well as the Tribunals’ respective prosecutors, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow…
Croatia has aligned itself with the statement made by the representative of Portugal on behalf of the European Union. I shall therefore limit my remarks to a few issues of particular interest to my country.
At the outset, let me stress that, following last year’s election to the Board of Governors …
Allow me to start by saying that it has been an honour for my country to serve as a member of the Peacebuilding Commission at its first session. Right from the beginning, Croatia took a leading role, along with other friends of the initiative, in advocating the case for the establishment of the Comm…
At the outset, let me say that peacebuilding is a multidimensional, cross- cutting and multilayered process. I would therefore like to thank Ms. Al-Khalifa for having convened this meeting of the General Assembly as well as the countries of the Non-Aligned Movement that encouraged the holding of thi…
On the occasion of today’s meeting, I have the special honour of speaking on behalf of the Eastern European Group to bid farewell to His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan. We honour Mr. Annan for his efforts and his tireless dedication to the work of the United Nations. As the first Secretary- General to be…
It is our great pleasure to welcome to the General Assembly Judge Philippe Kirsch, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and to thank him for presenting the Court’s annual report (A/61/217).
Today, it may seem almost natural that our debate on work of the International Criminal Court…
Allow me, Mr. President, to thank Judge Fausto Pocar, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte for their assessments pursuant to Security Council resolution 1534 (2004), of the work of the Tribunal. I also take this oppor…
Let me begin by welcoming the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and extending our thanks to him for presenting the thirteenth annual report.
While Croatia associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by Finland on behalf of the European Unio…
