S/2003/1217 SC
59
Session
| Draft symbol | S/2003/1217 |
|---|---|
| Sponsors (1) |
Philippines
Vote Consensus — S/PV.4896
Speeches following this vote (20)
Mr. Zhang Yishan
I would like first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for his recent report to the Security Council on small arms. In addition, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Abe, for his introductory remarks.
The issue of small arms has attracted a great…
Mr. Gaspar Martins
Allow me first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for having scheduled this important meeting this morning. I should like also to thank Under-Secretary-General Abe for having introduced the Secretary-General’s report and for his words this morning.
Preventing, combating and eradicating the uncontrolled spread and excessive accumulation of small arms and light weapons is an integral part of the …
Mr. Baali
Algeria welcomes the attention that the Security Council continues to devote to the issue of small arms, whose importance for the maintenance of international peace and security is now self-evident. I thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2003/1217) and Mr. Abe for his excellent introduction of it. I should like now to make the following observations.
First of all, we must emphasize tha…
The President
I shall now make a brief statement in my capacity as representative of Chile.
Repeatedly and with justified alarm, the specialized reports on small arms and light weapons published by various sources in recent years agree in warning that in various regions of the world there is a marked trend towards the excessive accumulation of and illicit trafficking in this type of arms, which are statistica…
Mr. Ryan
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of M…
Mr. Løvald
Norway appreciates this opportunity to discuss in the Security Council the subject of small arms and light weapons. We welcome
the Secretary-General’s report (S/2003/1217) and concur with his description of the present situation. There have been some advances in international cooperation to control the flow of small arms, but significant problems still remain. These problems call for continued a…
Mr. Aboul Gheit
The Egyptian delegation is pleased to attend this meeting under your presidency, Sir, in order to discuss a vital issue that affects every continent — although the continent of Africa, to which Egypt belongs, is the most severely affected: there, wars and conflicts are further fuelled by small arms and light weapons, which claim the lives of tens of thousands of Africans annually.
I would also l…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of the Republic of Korea, to whom I give the floor.
Mr. Kim Sam-hoon
Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting today. In the light of your request for brevity, my oral statement has been shortened from the original text, copies of which have been circulated.
We are pleased to note that the Security Council remains committed to addressing the problem of small arms and light weapons in a timely and efficient manner. In that regard, my delegatio…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of Mexico, to whom I give the floor.
Mr. Pujalte
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this public meeting on an issue of the utmost importance for my country. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report to the Security Council, contained in document S/2003/1217, on ways and means in which the Council could contribute to dealing with the question of the illicit trade in sma…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of Japan, to whom I give the floor.
Mr. Haraguchi
Mr. President, let me start by reviewing the progress that has been made since the last Security Council meeting on small arms, held in October 2002. I believe that two areas warrant special mention. The first is the holding of the First Biennial Meeting on small arms, and the second is the unanimous adoption of the General Assembly resolution entitled “The illicit trade in small arms and light w…
The President
The next speaker on my list is the representative of South Africa, to whom I give the floor.
Mr. Raubenheimer
I wish to make use of this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January and to express our appreciation for the convening of this important open debate on an issue that greatly affects us all. South Africa also wishes to thank the Secretary-General for his report on small arms (S/2003/1217), which contains numerous rec…
Mr. Giraldo
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month and on organizing this debate. For a sister country such as Colombia, it is a source of satisfaction to see Chile presiding over the United Nations organ charged with the difficult task of maintaining international peace and security.
I should like to begin my statement with some reflect…
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