I bring to everyone here greetings from His Excellency Al Hadji Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, President and head of State of the Republic of the Gambia.
The legitimacy of multilateralism, which lies at the core of the United Nations system, is being increasingly questioned. Yes, with the launching of the fo…
Almost 10 years ago, Pan Am flight 103 was brought down over Lockerbie, in Scotland, killing all 259 passengers and 11 other people. Since then the families of the deceased from this tragedy endured untold grief as they waited for justice to be meted out. Three years later, the Security Council came…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his detailed report on the situation in Tajikistan. My delegation pays tribute to Mr. Merrem and to Brigadier-General Boleslaw Izydorczyk for the excellent work they did in that country. We also wish to congratulate Brigadier-General Tengku Ariffin Bin…
In 1991 the former Yugoslavia witnessed one of the most horrendous offences against international humanitarian law, to which the international community, through the Security Council, responded very fittingly by establishing in 1993 the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to pr…
The events in Rwanda in 1994 represented one of the most heinous offences against international humanitarian law. The international community responded very fittingly by establishing in the same year the International Tribunal for Rwanda to prosecute the persons responsible for those crimes. The est…
Please allow me to thank the Secretary-General for his detailed report contained in document S/1998/333.
The long suffering of the people of Angola should be brought to an end as soon as possible. The United Nations and the international community have been making serious efforts in this direction.…
