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Aguilar Zinser

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first: 2002-01-30
most recent: 2003-11-20
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“From my country's perspective, the process of Iraq's reconstruction, which starts with this resolution, does indeed require an alert and committed attitude on the part of the Security Council. We must be careful to ensure that all the parties involved in Iraq will facilitate compliance with, or the restoration of, the rights to which reference is made in the resolution, mainly those relating to sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to the Iraqi people's right to their natural resources, particularly oil, and their inalienable right to endow themselves with their preferred form of government. This resolution does not authorize the establishment of long-term commitments that would alienate the sovereignty of the Iraqi people over its petroleum resources.”
2003-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4761 (2003) · source
“Once the Special Representative's office is set up, the United Nations will have to involve itself proactively not only in promoting humanitarian assistance but also in many other tasks, such as sustainable development, gender equality, the defence and promotion of human rights including the investigation of violations committed in recent years, and the crafting of legislation to bring the perpetrators to justice. Under the resolution, both the Secretary-General and the occupying Powers must keep the Security Council periodically informed of their activities. This should make it possible for the Council to remain vigilant to the situation in Iraq, to be attentive to circumstances in the field, and thus to modify or update the terms of the resolution as required.”
2003-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4761 (2003) · source
“On that basis, the challenge of the United Nations will be to ensure respect for the fundamental principles on which the Organization is based and vigorously to become involved in the reconstruction process, to guide and support the Iraqi people in achieving their long-term economic and social goals. Beyond the resolution itself, the United Nations role in Iraq will depend to a considerable extent, on the one hand, on the singleness of purpose, the commitment and the agility of the Security Council, and on the other, on the professional ability and capacities of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, whose post is created in this resolution.”
2003-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4761 (2003) · source
“It provides for fostering conditions that will lead to what Mexico hopes will be the prompt termination of the military occupation and the rapid establishment by the Iraqi people of an autonomous and legitimate Government, with full capacity to engage in international relations. In parallel, the resolution establishes the independent role and the tasks to be shouldered by the United Nations, as regards both the promotion and coordination of humanitarian assistance, and the creation of conditions for the establishment of a sovereign and autonomous Iraqi Government.”
2003-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4761 (2003) · source
“Consensus within the Council and the institutional commitment of its members is expressed through the agreement to lift all the sanctions - except, in part, the arms embargo - that were imposed on Iraq, and the termination within six months of the oil for food programme - all of this in order to promote the early reconstruction of Iraq. This resolution has many other angles and implications as regards the manner in which the circumstances in Iraq will be handled, but it serves as the starting point for a process, the complexity and challenges of which are still not clearly understood.”
2003-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4761 (2003) · source
“Now, in the context of the post-conflict situation, Mexico believes that the Security Council must look to the future, act effectively, and take decisions and apply measures aimed at ensuring that reconstruction brings about the longed-for well-being of the Iraqi people, within the framework of the restoration of its sovereignty and independence, in an atmosphere of stability and justice for Iraq and security and peace for the entire region. The new consensus achieved in the Council with respect to the adoption of the resolution is based precisely on the fact that, over and above our differences, we have an institutional commitment and obligation that derives from the mandate entrusted to this organ by the Charter of the United Nations.”
2003-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4761 (2003) · source
“The text of this resolution in undoubtedly a compromise text. The negotiations were fruitful. Throughout that process, changes were made and progress achieved that made possible near-unanimous agreement. During the intensive discussions that preceded the vote, the members of the Security Council had to rebuild their understanding and find new ways of reconciling their views in order to reclaim the purpose and direction of the Council as regards Iraq.”
2003-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4761 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation, too, welcomes the presence of Secretary-General Kofi Annan here today. Mexico decided to vote in favour of the resolution and thus to join the near-unanimous agreement reached in the Security Council with respect to this important instrument, which sets in motion the process of Iraq's reconstruction. The motivation behind this decision is the intention to make a contribution so that, without further delay, the parties involved can discharge their responsibilities and attend to the urgent needs of the Iraqi people. Mexico's immediate goal is to bring about a normalization of the situation in Iraq, so that the people themselves, by fully recovering and exercising their sovereignty, will be in a position, at the earliest opportunity, to dictate their own political future.”
2003-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4761 (2003) · source
“We must commit the highest political levels of the Governments represented at the United Nations to carrying out a thorough review of the mechanisms at the disposal of the Organization - as well as those that it will have to build and the institutional arrangements it will have to establish - so that we may be more effective at preventing conflict and finding pacific settlements to disputes; so that States will more unequivocally commit themselves to complying with the decisions of the Security Council and to respecting the norms of international law; and so that we may realize the dream of the Organization, namely, to eliminate the use of force.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“Before I conclude my statement, my delegation would like to underscore the fact that, as regards reforming the Organization, we must carefully examine and critically review the legal instruments available to us in order to adapt them and bring them into line with current circumstances. We must work ambitiously and creatively.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“My delegation is pleased with the role played by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which we believe will be increasingly important in the pacific settlement of conflicts pertaining to the Convention on the Law of the Sea, and generally as regards ocean affairs. We would also like to highlight the growing possibilities that exist for the pacific settlement of disputes as a result of the proliferation of international courts and tribunals. This illustrates the international community's desire to have various alternative means at hand to resolve its differences in the spirit of Chapter VI of the Charter.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“We believe that the Security Council should also turn more often to the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 36 of the Charter, which states that legal disputes should as a general rule be referred by the parties to the International Court of Justice in accordance with the provisions of the Statute of the Court. To that end, it is essential that States that have not yet done so make a declaration in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 36 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice in which they recognize as compulsory the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to any other State accepting the same obligation. That invitation applies also to States that have withdrawn their declarations.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“It could also study the possibility of implementing the proposals made by the Secretary-General in his millennium report (A/54/2000) and establishing an informal ad hoc working group, a subsidiary body or an informal technical arrangement to discuss measures for the pacific settlement of disputes that could be implemented for conflicts that are already on the Council's agenda or that will soon to be added to it. It could also look into the possibility of using the Arria formula or another similar arrangement to hold informal debates outside the Council Chamber in order to exchange views on possible means to settle a dispute with those most closely involved. In that regard, my delegation welcomes today's meeting as a particularly useful exercise.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“The involvement of women has proven to be particularly useful and effective in peacekeeping operations and in promoting the pacific settlement of disputes. Women make a difference in finding and consolidating peace. My country therefore urges the Secretariat once again to achieve its gender policy goals and commitments by involving many more women in the Organization's most important tasks. The Security Council continues to focus almost exclusively on crises and emergencies after they have broken out. In order to prevent conflict, the Security Council could establish a series of practical measures, such as calling on the Secretariat to produce periodic regional or subregional reports on threats to international peace and security.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“The United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the World Food Programme - in a word, the tools available to the Organization and the operational mechanisms employed in specific situations of violence and conflict - should be the best methods, tools and recourse to peacefully resolve disputes and to prevent future conflicts. The post of Representative of the Secretary-General has also become an effective and very powerful tool in promoting the pacific settlement of disputes. In that light, my delegation would like to underscore a valuable lesson learned from the United Nations.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“Beyond the procedures and means set out in Chapter VI, the pacific settlement of disputes and the prevention of conflict are today consistent with the capacity of the Organization and of the international community as a whole to specifically address conflict situations, to go to the aid of populations affected by conflict and to contain the effects of violence. In that regard, peacekeeping operations have proven to be very useful in preventing future conflicts, addressing underlying causes, creating confidence-building mechanisms and bringing parties to the negotiating table. Even when a conflict has already broken out, the United Nations can make a significant contribution to preventing a conflict from becoming protracted.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“The will of the parties to come forward to engage in negotiations to find a pacific solution to a conflict is paramount. We nevertheless believe that both the General Assembly and the Security Council could play a far more active role in peacefully preventing and resolving conflicts. Chapter VI provides a legal framework within which the Security Council could play a much more active part. Although the Council has leeway with regard to exercising its functions, the maintenance of international peace and security would undoubtedly be strengthened if the Council and its members were to resort more often to Chapter VI of the Charter when promoting peace negotiations.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“In that regard, we would like to recall the importance and applicability of the Manila Declaration on the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, as well as of other declarations adopted by the Assembly. It should also be pointed out that the General Assembly recently adopted its resolution 57/26, concerning the prevention and peaceful settlement of disputes. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that Chapter VI is the fundamental instrument provided by the Charter of the United Nations for the pacific settlement of disputes. Fundamentally, the responsibility to resolve conflicts and disputes rests, first and foremost, with the parties. As provided for in Chapter VI of the Charter, the responsibilities of the General Assembly and the Security Council in that regard are subsidiary in nature.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“The obligation to rely on the peaceful settlement of disputes is an essential prerequisite to coexistence, friendship and cooperation among nations. The basis of this obligation is, quite simply, the observance of and respect for international law. In this context, Mexico has always preferred to exhaust all possible means of avoiding the use of force. Exhausting all possible peaceful solutions is, from our perspective, not only a legal obligation but also a moral one as regards international relations. It is also incumbent upon the General Assembly to act, as it has, through declarations and resolutions that contribute to reaffirming the fundamental nature of the general obligation of all States to settle their disputes in a peaceful way.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“Article 2, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations establishes that the Members of the Organization shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered. This is not only an obligation enshrined in the Charter, but also a general obligation that arises from customary international law. Additionally, Article 2, paragraph 4, of the Charter asks the Members to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force. This is a binding standard in international law. It states also that the use of force is restricted to the situations described in Chapter VII. The International Court of Justice is an instrument on which the parties must rely when a dispute has a legal dimension or context.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to congratulate you and your delegation for having taken the initiative of holding this meeting on the peaceful settlement of disputes. Allow me also to tell you how gratified my delegation is to see you, in your capacity as Foreign Minister of Pakistan, presiding over our debate this morning. I should like to start by saying that the principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes is enshrined in Mexico's Constitution, and that it is one of the focal points guiding our foreign policy. The peaceful settlement of disputes is, indeed, the main principle on which the United Nations is built.”
2003-05-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4753 (2003) · source
“Mexico is well aware of the values of Spain and its people, as well as of the commitment of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar to fighting terrorism. Mexico knows what the Spanish people have suffered at the hands of terrorism. Terrorism does not recognize values, respect life or believe in dialogue. Terrorism respects no one. Our responsibility is to combat it together.”
2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source
“That is why Mexico, within the General Assembly and, recently, in the Commission on Human Rights, has promoted resolutions emphasizing the need to protect human rights in the struggle against terrorism. It has also noted the role of the Counter-Terrorism Committee in that important matter. Similarly, I would recall that, at the 20 January ministerial meeting on terrorism, the Council adopted resolution 1456 (2003), in which States were requested fully to respect human rights in all their anti-terrorism measures. Mexico will continue to cooperate in this global effort, convinced that, in the combat against terrorism, international law should be seen not as an impediment, but as a valuable arm. Spain is a vital ally of this Council in the fight against terrorism.”
2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source
“Mexico reaffirms the priority role of the United Nations as the forum that the community of nations has created to do its work in meeting global challenges. My country is convinced that we will be more effective in combating terrorism to the extent that the will of States is expressed in the context of multilateral agreements, activities and endeavours, undertaken under international law, as opposed to unilateral actions of force. Combating terrorism is also, in essence, a battle for freedom and the preservation of the values of human coexistence. The worst possible effect of terrorism is the destruction of legal order and the regime of democratic liberties.”
2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source
“Treaties between Mexico and Spain on extradition and mutual legal assistance are the bases of our understanding, but we recognize the magnitude of the challenge. We are aware of the resources available to the terrorists and our institutional and legal mechanisms are therefore constantly evolving. Bilateral cooperation between Mexico and Spain is carried out in this sphere in tandem with the collective efforts of the international community. This process is sustained in a series of instruments, agreements and treaties of the United Nations. One such instrument, perhaps the most useful and the most important, is the Counter-Terrorism Committee, currently chaired by Spain, in compliance with resolution 1373 (2001).”
2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source
“Mexico reiterates its condemnation of any act or manifestation of terrorism and its rejection of any argument aimed at justifying it. My country's delegation is also pleased to have the opportunity today to celebrate the bonds of deep friendship between our peoples and Governments, as well as the close ties that have united us throughout history. The excellent cooperation that has characterized our relations also extends to the campaign against terrorism. Special circumstances have committed us on that path. In recent times, Mexico and Spain have strengthened their cooperation in this sphere. We have the necessary political will to be effective. We share purposes and objectives. Our communication is fluid. We exchange information on a daily basis and there is complete trust and respect between us.”
2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation warmly welcomes the head of the Government of Spain, His Excellency Mr. Jose Maria Aznar. His visit is proof of his country's commitment in the fight against terrorism, and the message that he has brought us reaffirms Spain's leadership in this task - leadership that is now shown in Spain's assumption of the chairmanship of the Counter- Terrorism Committee (CTC). Ambassador Innocencio Arias's task is shared by us all. His vitality is yet further proof of Spain's capacity to join in the efforts of the Security Council to combat terrorism. Today, it is more than ever evident that there is an urgent need to strengthen the efforts of the international community to combat and eradicate that scourge and to keep it from endangering peaceful coexistence among nations.”
2003-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4752 (2003) · source
“The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 1.55 p.m.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“Post-conflict reconstruction is bound up with them all. The relevance and future of this Organization largely depend on the decisions and consensuses on those purposes that we reach at this time. I should like to thank the members of the Council for the support they have offered the delegation of Mexico as it discharged its functions and strove to reach understandings and to promote the initiatives under discussion by the Council in the course of this month. I wish also to thank the Secretary-General and the entire Secretariat team that serves us in the Council for their tremendous support. I particularly thank the interpreters, who often have to speak even faster than we do. I wish the delegation of Pakistan every success as it assumes the presidency of the Security Council tomorrow. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“Of particular importance at this time is compliance with the conventions relative to humanitarian protection, in particular the Fourth Geneva Convention. In conformity with that Convention, the immediate needs of the Iraqis must be met. Above and beyond that obligation on the occupying Powers, the United Nations should organize and coordinate international humanitarian assistance in Iraq. If we agree on the principles, we must also agree on the tasks and responsibilities to be shared. Mexico is convinced that the United Nations is today the best instrument for finding multilateral solutions to the challenges of peace-building and for fostering international cooperation in solving economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems. The Organization can dispense with none of these purposes without losing its raison d'etre.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“Likewise, the United Nations should help to safeguard the territorial integrity of the country and, above all, give guarantees that the natural resources of the Iraqis will be used by them and for them. The United Nations role in Iraq also deeply involves the promotion of the human, political, civil, economic and social rights of the Iraqi people through the promotion of development and the protection of the environment. This Organization must also help to maintain and safeguard the religious and cultural identity of that country and to preserve its archaeological and cultural heritage. However imperfect the international order may be, we have normative instruments to which all States involved should subscribe.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“This unity of purpose will have to be based on the definitions that the Secretary-General himself has delineated this morning. The key to reconstruction must be the inalienable right of Iraqis to decide their own future, defining for themselves the new political and institutional arrangements through which they will try to achieve their national aspirations. The United Nations is an Organization based on principles. Without principles, its existence and mission would have no meaning. In this regard, the future of the Iraqi people should lie in their own hands. The people of Iraq must recover full exercise of their sovereignty, with the support of the United Nations.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“Kofi Annan, emphasized the importance of this unity of principle and purpose. In the case of Iraq, the divisions in the Security Council have been deep-seated and fundamental. They have to do with a way of understanding and applying the principles and norms that govern the authorization of the use of force, pursuant to the San Francisco Charter. Given the events that have taken place, these differences will not be resolved in discussions or in mere statements. However, we are in duty bound to overcome them effectively for the benefit of this Organization. We cannot ignore or underestimate the elements that have divided us. We must overcome them. This will be achieved only if we work on the basis of unity of purpose with respect to the role that the United Nations should play in the reconstruction of Iraq.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“Similarly, the United Nations has had to understand and draw upon the work of organizations of civil society and non-governmental organizations. The Security Council's obligation is to pursue these tasks on the basis of clear mandates backed up by resources that will make it possible to perform such tasks successfully. To that end, the lines of communication between the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council, and between the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly, need to be more flexible. My delegation is grateful for the attendance and participation of the Presidents of the Economic and Social Council and of the General Assembly at this meeting. This underscores the shared purposes that should exist throughout our Organization. The Secretary-General, Mr.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“In Sierra Leone, one of the key tasks on which its future will depend is achieving disarmament, demobilization and the full and fair reintegration of former combatants and mercenaries, many of them children, along with the effective banning of small arms and light weapons as means to achieve shared prosperity in that country. In Timor-Leste, the efforts of the United Nations have focused on the creation of a national entity that will be the expression of the aspirations of a country that must leave behind segregation and violence. In each of these places, the United Nations has understood that the key is taking a comprehensive approach, as well as working jointly and in consultation with all component bodies and with all countries interested in promoting reconstruction.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“In Timor-Leste, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, the conditions of the conflict are different, but the objectives for the United Nations are alike: rebuilding communities; supporting them in their efforts to find settlements and viable ways of ensuring political life; supporting them in the creation of institutions; and giving them the means to address the most serious humanitarian situations, while safeguarding human rights. Every situation presents special challenges. In Kosovo, success has to be measured in terms of the extent to which multi-ethnicity is achieved, not through forced measures but as an expression of plurality and shared wealth. In Afghanistan, the measure of success, among other things, will be the degree to which women are fully incorporated into the economic, political and social life of that country.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“However, in the many and, indeed, contrasting experiences of the United Nations in post-conflict periods, we are finding a way towards genuine peace. As each conflict breaks out, we can find, in the violence and the hatred and resentment that erupt in every war, the seeds of another conflict and another war. There are regions such as the Middle East where this chain appears to be endless. For that reason, United Nations post-conflict peace-building operations must be the best possible instrument to break this vicious circle.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“We owe a great deal to the United Nations in terms of the preservation and improvement of the quality of our lives. To the United Nations, to a large extent, we owe the little or much that has been achieved in the banning of weapons of mass destruction, controlling environmental degradation, combating endemic diseases, achieving equality for women and protecting children in conflict situations. The United Nations is multidimensional and multifaceted. Among the characteristics that best reflect the multiple dimensions of the United Nations are its diversity and its capabilities. In the context of the role that it recently played in the reconstruction of communities devastated by war, these capabilities have been seen in action. Peace is still a goal that escapes us.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“In this Chamber we have repeatedly addressed the limitations of the United Nations, the persistent failure to ensure compliance with some of its resolutions, and the vital need to reform it. However, to date the United Nations has been the best creation of the international community. As we see it, it is the only option for curbing war and minimizing the use of force in international relations. To date we have not always found the way to prevent conflicts. Experience teaches us that, as long as the original causes remain that gave rise to conflicts, then those conflicts will probably re-emerge sooner of later in one form or another. For that reason, we need to find a way to strengthen the role of the United Nations in reconstruction tasks. This must be the focus of immediate and future discussions of its component bodies.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of Mexico. The United Nations is the source of, and the forum in which, the main arrangements and agreements have been achieved that govern modern international relations. The United Nations sets out principles and norms and undertakes commitments that are basis for coexistence between countries. We must recognize, however, that the vision of the United Nations is still, to a large extent, an ideal that remains to be achieved. But it is a valid ideal, to which political, intellectual and social leaders aspire to all around the world. The United Nations is founded on a tremendous collective force - humanity's aspirations to peace. In every crisis the United Nations is reborn, and its purposes and principles are confirmed and renewed.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Canada. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Indonesia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Egypt. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Georgia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Japan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of South Africa. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Brazil. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“In accordance with the agreed format for this meeting, I now call on the representative of Greece. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“I thank the Secretary-General for his statement, for his vision, for his views and for the challenges he has presented to us for our consideration this morning. Before proceeding, I should like to welcome the presence among us in the Chamber of a delegation of Senators from the Mexican Congress. With us are Senator Silvia Hernandez of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Senator Eduardo Ovando of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and Senator Fernando Margain of the National Action Party. I now call on His Excellency Mr. Ian Kavan, President of the General Assembly.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source
“The recent successful United Nations experiences in the work of rebuilding, in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Timor-Leste, show us the importance that the international community attaches to working in its various components on the basis of cooperation. Here, in their capacities for complementarity and planning, United Nations bodies should demonstrate their ability to cooperate and to work together. I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, and invite him to take the floor.”
2003-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4748 (2003) · source