S/Agenda/2257 SC
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Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.2257
Speeches following this vote (11)
The President
I now kcall on the Secretary- General, who wishes to make a statement.
The agenda was adopted.
The situation in Cyprus: Report by the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cyprus (S/l4275 and Add.1)
The Secretary-General
I have noted the action just taken by the Council in extending the mandate of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for another six months. The Force will therefore continue to carry out its indispensable function of helping to maintain calm in the island and creating the conditions in which the search for a peaceful settlement can best be pursued. As previously indicated, I …
The President
I should like to inform the members of the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the agenda. In accordance with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, without the right t…
The President
The first speaker is the representative of Cyprus, on whom I now call.
Mr. Mavrommatis
I should like at the outset to extend to you, Mr. President, the heartfelt congratulations of my delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December. Your well-known diplomatic skills and qualities have won the respect of all delegations and we have no doubt that the Council, under your able guidance, will discharge its very important functions successfully.
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Mr. Katapodis
I should like to begin my statement by offering you, Mr. President, my sincerest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of December. Our congratulations also go to the retiring President, Sir Anthony Parsons. Finally, I should like to thank you and through you the other members of the Council, for giving me the opportunity to participate in the present d…
The President
The next speaker on my list is Mr. Nail Atalay, to whom the Council has extended an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.
39. Mr. ATALAY: Mr. President, I should like to thank you, and each member of this body, for giving me the opportunity of addressing the Council.
40. On behalf of my Govern…
The President
The next speaker is the representative of Turkey, on whom I now call.
Mr. Kirca
Mr. President, may I first of all express to you the gratitude of the Turkish delegation for the discretion and objectivity which you have demonstrated during the consultations you have conducted on the question under discussion.
50. I should have preferred to be in a position not to have to ask to be allowed to speak today, because I think that, for all those interested, silence would have been…
The President
I see that the representative of Cyprus wishes to speak and I now call on him.
Mr. Mavrommatis
I shall be : extremely brief, Sir, in making very short replies on two points raised by the representative of Turkey.
64. The first refers to the third preambular paragraph of the resolution just adopted. My short reply is, first, reference to the record and to the statements we made in connection therewith in the past; secondly, my very presence here in the capacity in which I am acting.
65. A…
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