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Mekdad

lines on the record: 597
first: 2001-03-19
most recent: 2006-06-14
sittings or episodes: 87
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“They became Prime Ministers and other high officials in Israel. Do members remember the assassination by those gangs of Count Bernadotte, the international mediator; do members remember the carnage and the massacres of Deir Yassin and Qana; do members remember the massacres of Sabra and Shatila; do members remember the role of General Sharon, the current Israeli Prime Minister in those massacres? We marked the anniversary of these massacres just a few days ago. In combating terrorism, Syria stands side by side with all the other countries of the world. We frankly believe that this is what we should really do, that this is the correct course of action. Has not Syria cooperated with all with all the other countries of the world, including the United States in combating terrorism?”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Therefore, accusing Syria with what the Israeli representative chose to term as giving refuge to terrorist organizations is only a desperate attempt to get out of the dead-end that Israel finds itself in and, as I say, an attempt by Israel to export its internal crises beyond its borders. Nothing hurts international action against terrorism more than Israeli acts of aggression and the killing of Palestinians under the pretext of combating terrorism. Israel chooses to ignore the fact that it - and only it - was the first to introduce the concept of terrorism into our region through crimes committed by the Stern and the Haganah: gangs that were in fact the nucleus of the Israeli army. Some of their members are still wanted in Great Britain to this very day because of the acts of terror they committed.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“It is also needless to recall that the presence of those refugees was supposed to be temporary until the circumstances allowed them to go back to their country from which they were expelled by Israel and whereby they were replaced by illegitimate settlers and illegitimate settlements, things that this Council has rejected more than once. The Palestinian field leadership is in the Palestinian territories. Its just logical to say that for tactical and geographic reasons the Palestinians who reside in Syria cannot plan for operations that take place on Palestinian territories.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“We would have greatly preferred to have him tell us the reasons for the Israeli failure to implement the scores - or even more than scores - of resolutions adopted by the United Nations, including by the Security Council, with regard to Israel ever since the State of Israel was established. That representative chose to ignore the main reason behind the catastrophes and disasters which our region faces. He chose to ignore the blood-letting - by that I mean Israel's insistence on occupying Arab territories, its daily acts of aggression against the Palestinian civilians and its acts of aggression against Arab States, the last of which we have witnessed this morning. The Israeli continued occupation is the reason for the presence of hundreds of thousands, if not say millions of Palestinians in Syria and in other Arab lands.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“I will not respond to the unfounded lies perpetrated and promoted by the representative of the Israeli war Government, because the statements that were included in his statement simply deserve to be thrown into the Council's wastepaper basket. The logic promoted by the Israeli representative is the logic and the reasoning of a gang, not that of a responsible party. What is even more arrogant in what we have heard today is that he came here to preach to us about Israel's history of respecting international legitimacy, despite the fact that each and every of us here knows very well that that history is not exactly honourable.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Mr. Mekdad (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): I regret having to take the floor again. However, this afternoon the Council heard unfounded lies, through which the Israeli representative tried to divert our attention from the reason for which the Council met: the Israeli violation of the air space of Syria and Lebanon and the acts of aggression committed against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a State member of the Security Council and of the United Nations. Is there an insolence that can exceed what we have already witnessed? This Israeli style of prevarication is not new to us. We know about Israel's unfounded lies, and we know about Israeli attempts to distort facts and realities. That is the pattern we have come to expect from Israel, from 1948 to this very moment.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“I would stress that the draft resolution on the table reflects the positions usually adopted by the Security Council in the face of similar acts of aggression and threats. We are fully confident that all members of the Council will respond forthwith and stand up to this Israeli challenge in the context of their ongoing efforts to address any threat to international peace and security. Will the Council meet this new challenge? We are very hopeful that it will.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Syria has come to the very heart of the house of legality, right here in the Security Council - which represents the hopes and aspirations of millions of Syrians and Arabs and the concerns of many millions more throughout the world who uphold the principles of international law - in order to condemn this act of aggression, which has no justification whatsoever, and to demonstrate once again to the entire world and from this forum our adherence to the United Nations system and its resolutions. In this regard, Syria has officially submitted the text of a draft resolution that responds to the challenges before us, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“I wish to stress and reiterate here in the Security Council the contents of the letter addressed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Syria to this Council, in which he emphasized that Syria is not incapable of establishing a balance of resistance and deterrence that would force Israel to revise its calculations. Syria has exercised maximum self-restraint because it recognizes that Israel is creating opportune pretexts with a view to exporting its current domestic crisis to the entire region, thus exposing it to further escalation and volatility.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Resolution 194 (III) on the return of Palestinian refugees has not been implemented except insofar as Israel has challenged and denied it. Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), which seek to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, are contested, misinterpreted and distorted by Israel. On this basis, it is only logical that all Member States, with the exception of Israel - which has become a symbol of defiance of the United Nations and its resolutions - should debate international legality and the implementation of Security Council resolutions. The current Government of Israel, through its continued aggression against the Palestinians and its broadening of the scope of that aggression to include Syria and Lebanon, confirms de facto that it is a Government of war and not a Government of peace.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“It is very strange indeed that the Israeli Government, after several decades of occupation, bloodshed and the flouting of international law, does not recognize that the path to peace lies in Israel's implementation of relevant Security Council resolutions on the Arab-Israeli conflict. All those resolutions remain unimplemented and unrespected by Israel. Nonetheless, it is important to place on record that Israel's past performance with regard to its respect for international law and the resolutions of the United Nations is not in the least honourable. Israel has defied the United Nations and its resolutions from 1948 to today. General Assembly resolution 181 (II) on the Palestinian State has been dead letter since its adoption.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“The UNDOF report on this incident, following an extensive investigation, found that there was no justification for the crime and that Syria had exercised maximum restraint, which averted an escalation of the situation at that point. It is strange that Israel should continue to violate international agreements and to flout the Charter of the United Nations, to the point where Arabs and many other people around the world have come to believe that Israel sees itself as above international law and as acting beyond the jurisdiction of the resolutions adopted by the Security Council.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“For us, the question that comes immediately to mind is how Israel can persuade the entire world that it is a victim at a time when it forcibly occupies the territory of others, lays siege to them, demolishes their homes, uproots their crops and murders their children rather than joining them at the negotiating table to ensure the implementation of the legitimate rights of all sides, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and the norms of international law. This flagrant Israeli aggression is no isolated incident. In fact, it was preceded by another Israeli violation, committed - without justification or provocation - on 2 January 2003 in the demilitarized zone, which resulted in the death of a Syrian soldier.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“It has become abundantly clear to the entire world that it is beyond belief that Syria - which has respected and complied with the mission of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force since 1974, as all the sponsors of the peace process and other world leaders can attest - or the powerless Palestinians - who lack weapons and who are languishing under Israeli occupation and harsh oppression - could take any action posing a threat to anyone, especially as it is common knowledge that the Palestinian people lack an army and a military arsenal anything like those possessed by Israel.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Moreover, this terrorist act of aggression provides further proof that the massacres committed by Israel on the pretext of fighting so-called terrorism reflect a big lie and an irrational, foolish claim, all used in an attempt to justify the policy of colonialism and settlement-building in violation of all the principles of peace and security on which the United Nations was founded, and running counter to the peace process that began at Madrid in 1991. The act of aggression that Israel committed against Syria this morning is part of a strategic policy adopted by the Israeli Government in order to escalate tension in the Middle East, at a time when the international community is pursuing efforts towards a comprehensive, just peace in the Middle East that would ensure peace and stability for all the peoples of the region.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“This unwarranted aggression - in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations, of international law and of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement between Syria and Israel - is a clear manifestation of an Israeli policy based on aggression and lack of respect for agreements. This Israeli aggression targeting a Syrian village is a true and precise embodiment of Israeli terrorism, while Israel falsely claims to be fighting terrorism and standing against it.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“President, to thank you for convening this emergency meeting of the Security Council, in response to the request of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, to discuss the flagrant Israeli military aggression within the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, targeting a civilian site in the village of Ein Saheb north-west of Damascus and causing physical damage. Let me also express our satisfaction at the statement issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, strongly deploring this act of aggression and expressing concern at the potential escalation of an already tense and difficult situation in the region.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“"Syria, which is at present a member of the Security Council, believes that the Council is the most appropriate forum to address, condemn and halt this dangerous development, with a View to preventing a repetition of such acts; this development poses a threat to international peace and security and exposes the already deteriorating situation in the region to dire consequences that could spiral out of control." That letter was signed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic. I shall now make my statement on the item on the Council's agenda. Permit me, Mr.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“"By its persistent aggression against the Palestinians and by deliberately provoking the broadening of the scope of that aggression to include Syria and Lebanon, the present Government of Israel is underscoring that it is a Government of war, not a Government of peace. "Syria is not incapable of establishing a balance of resistance and deterrence that would force Israel to reconsider its calculations. Syria has exercised maximum self-restraint, because it realizes that on many fronts Israel is provoking pretexts to export its current domestic crisis to the rest of the region, which would thus be exposed to further escalation and volatility.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“"The Government of the Syrian Arab Republic informs the Council of this flagrant violation of Lebanese and Syrian air space and of this aggression against the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic in open defiance of the United Nations Charter and the norms of international law, and constituting a serious new escalation; it requests an immediate meeting of the Security Council to consider this Israeli aggression against Syrian territory and to consider the measures that the Council must take to deter the Government of Israel from pursuing its provocative policy of aggression against Syria.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Following my reading of the letter, I shall make my official statement on the item on the agenda. "I wish to advise you that the Israeli air force, on the morning of Sunday, 5 October, violated the Lebanese and Syrian airspaces and committed an act of aggression by launching guided missiles inside the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. The target was a civilian site in the village of Him Saheb, north-west of the capital, Damascus. That act of aggression caused physical damage.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Mr. Mekdad (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to express to you, Sir, our thanks for immediately convening this meeting at the request of the Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon and the Group of Arab States. As this is the first open meeting of the month, we congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency and wish you every success in your stewardship. We also thank Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, and the members of his delegation for their leadership of the Council last month. Allow me to begin by reading out the text of the letter addressed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Security Council. The letter has not yet been officially translated.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“We would also like to note that Syria's commitment, within the United Nations, to resolve all of the problems that we are confronting today, particularly in the Middle East, remains steadfast. Our people look forward to the day when a just and comprehensive peace will reign in the Middle East, and when the occupied Palestinian lands, as well as those in Syria and Lebanon, will be returned to their rightful owners in accordance with resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), and in conformity with the Madrid terms of reference, the principle of land for peace and the resolutions adopted at the Beirut Arab Summit of 2001.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4828 (2003) · source
“Recently, Israel threatened to kill or to expel the Palestinian President. That is contrary to the principles of international law, the United Nations Charter and, in particular, the Fourth Geneva Convention. Despite the fact that the draft resolution was not adopted, during deliberations yesterday the Security Council stated that it rejected the actions and policies of Israel. Syria therefore believes that Israel bears the responsibility for its illogical policy and that Israel is also responsible for having scuttled the peace process in the Middle East, as well as for all of the consequences that flow from that policy. I would like to express our gratitude and appreciation to those States members of the Council that supported the draft resolution and voted in favour of it.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4828 (2003) · source
“International law is being threatened, and the fact that that veto did not allow the Security Council to carry out its functions with respect to an issue of international peace and security is regrettable. That will only further complicate an already complex situation in the Middle East and have a negative impact on the general situation there. We made every effort to reflect the discussions that took place, as well as the dynamic that we have observed in the international community with a View to halting Israeli actions, stopping the destruction that has been taking place in the past few years and putting an end to the deaths, which now number thousands. Israel has also tried to expel the Palestinian people from their land and to build settlements on Palestinian territory.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4828 (2003) · source
“Mr. Mekdad (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): It is regrettable that, despite all of the efforts of the Arab Group in general and of the Syrian delegation in particular, and notwithstanding the flexibility and patience that we have shown in the past few days, we have not been able to achieve the desired result. We were not able to do so in spite of the fact that the draft resolution, which was supported by the Non-Aligned Movement, was extremely balanced. We wish to emphasize in this respect that the wording used in most of the paragraphs of the draft resolution was inspired by the language of earlier resolutions that were adopted by the Security Council, given the evolution of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The fact that the delegation of the United States used its veto is greatly to be regretted.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4828 (2003) · source
“Only then will the deteriorating situation in the Middle East be reversed and will there be a return to the road to a just and comprehensive peace based on Israel's implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), the principle of "land for peace", the Madrid peace conference and the declaration adopted at the Arab summit in Beirut.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“President Al-Assad has also reaffirmed that Syria will always stand on the side of a just and comprehensive peace based on international legitimacy, which recognizes the return of all occupied Arab territories to their legitimate owners. Finally, Syria reaffirms that it is incumbent upon the international community - including the Security Council, which is responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security - to take a firm stand in the face of these illegitimate policies and actions in order to compel Israel, the occupying Power, to refrain from its continued violations of international law and to commit itself to implementing the will of international legitimacy and the provisions of international law and justice.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“In the face of all those actions by Israel, Syria, whose Golan has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, stands by the Palestinian people to achieve their rights. It stands, as it always has, on the side of achieving a comprehensive and just peace in the Middle East. We have made that a strategic objective, as all the Arab States declared at the 2002 Beirut Summit. In that regard, President Bashar Al-Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic has stressed the need for a credible unified international vision as the basis for a comprehensive and just peace in the Middle East, to be achieved through dialogue and discussions with the States of the region and through the positive involvement of the United Nations in its role of maintaining international peace and security.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“It reveals the real Israeli objective: to expel the Palestinian people from their land and homes, in contempt of international law, which prohibits Israel as the occupying Power from carrying out such acts of expulsion. If Israel carries out that threat, it would fully expose its devious intentions to all Palestinians and would end all efforts to achieve a just and comprehensive peace. We must remember the almost daily violations by Israel along the Blue Line in southern Lebanon, on land, at sea and in the air, in continued defiance of Lebanon's sovereignty over its land, waters and airspace. Israel does not stop at those provocations but continues to threaten Lebanon and deny that country's right to self-defence.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“The unarmed Palestinian people, for whom Israel has left no hope for the establishment of their own State and respect for their dignity, have every right to defend themselves with the limited means available to them. What Israel calls self-defence in order to justify its acts of terror is in fact defence of occupation, the usurpation of rights, expansion at the expense of Palestinians and other Arabs and full denial of the international will that recognizes the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. In addition to all the violations it has committed, Israel has added another threat: its intention to expel the Palestinian President or even assassinate him. That is true arrogance.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“The greatest crime that Israel continues to commit is represented by the expansion of the settlements and the construction of the racist wall of separation that once it is completed, will devour half the Palestinian territories in the West Bank. Israel has not ceased to destroy property, confiscate lands, detain thousands of Palestinian youths, close roads, build bypass roads to service the Israeli settlements, restrict movement and all the other measures that allow extremist Jews to enter al-Haram al-Sharif in East Jerusalem. That will lead only to further escalation of tension and exacerbation of this explosive situation. It is ironic that Israel uses confronting terrorism as a justification to violate international law at a time when Israel itself exercises terror in all its forms and falsely accuses others of committing it.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“It deliberately disregards all means, references and initiatives that could lead to peace. This Israeli Government is in fact a government of war and destruction that disregards international law and the will of the international community. With the persistence of Israeli war crimes and the escalation of persecution of the Palestinians, the killing of their children and the destruction of their property, the Israeli authorities continue to declare - and to repeat - their intention to proceed with the extrajudicial killings by which they wage war. The Israeli occupation forces are carrying out destructive, brutal and illegitimate acts that are witnessed by world media.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“It is worth mentioning at the outset of our statement that Israel continues to commit these crimes against humanity without guilt or impediments, within the framework of a strict plan being implemented by the Israeli Government to completely end all efforts by the international community to revert to the path of peace and to implement resolutions of international legitimacy, particularly those regarding the conflict in the Middle East. We have repeatedly reiterated in this international arena and before the international community the conviction of Syria, which has devotedly and sincerely worked for the implementation of a just and comprehensive peace in the region, that the current Israeli Government does not believe in peace and utilizes every possible opportunity to destroy the sanctity of peace and to undermine its bases.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“Mr. Mekdad (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for holding this meeting and for your positive response to our request to make it open to all Member States. We wish once again to welcome Mr. Terje Roed-Larsen, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General in the Middle East. Our meeting today is characterized by the fact that it is being held amid an irresponsible and unprecedented escalation of bloody Israeli acts that the occupied Arab territories have been experiencing and continue to experience as a result of the organized and destructive terrorist military campaign undertaken by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824 (2003) · source
“Mr. Mekdad (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): A short time ago we adopted resolution 1506 (2003), something we should have done many years ago. Syria is pleased at the lifting of sanctions against the fraternal people of Libya. It has voted in favour of the resolution because it was the result of an understanding reached between all the parties concerned. Syria, which has expressed its condolences to the families of the victims, also recognizes that the fraternal people of Libya have suffered a long time because of the siege and the unjust sanctions imposed against them. Syria believes that the Council must not impose sanctions that will adversely impact the civilian population and that will expose children, women and men to suffering under collective sanctions that are unacceptable under international law and the Charter.”
2003-09-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4820PartII (2003) · source
“"The Security Council reaffirms its readiness as stated in paragraph 2 of its resolution 1497 (2003) of 1 August 2003 to establish a follow-on United Nations stabilization force to support the transitional Government and to assist in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for Liberia." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/ZOOS/IA. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I should now like to invite Council members to a private meeting to continue our discussion of this subject. The meeting rose at 10.50 am.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“"The Security Council urges all parties to respect fully the ceasefire and to implement fully all their commitments under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in Accra on 18 August, including through full cooperation with the Economic Community of West African States' Mission in Liberia (ECOMIL), the United Nations, the International Contact Group on Liberia (ICGL), the African Union (AU), and the United States to establish a Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC), which is a critical aspect of the Liberian peace process, as required under the Accra Agreement.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“"The Security Council again stresses the need to create a secure environment that enables respect for human rights, including the well-being and rehabilitation of children especially child combatants, protects the well-being of civilians, and supports the mission of humanitarian workers. "The Security Council pays tribute to the donors that are supporting the deployment of ECOMIL, encourages all Member States to provide financial, logistical and material support to the Member States participating in the ECOWAS-led force, and calls on the donor community to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to those in need in Liberia.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“"The Security Council welcomes the Comprehensive Peace Agreement reached by Liberia's Government, rebel groups, political parties and civil society leaders in Accra, Ghana, on 18 August 2003. "The Security Council appreciates the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), particularly organization Chairman and President of Ghana John Kufuor, Executive Secretary Mohamed Ibn Chambas, and mediator General Abdulsalami Abubakar in negotiating this agreement. "The Security Council remains concerned at the situation in Liberia, particularly the continuing dire humanitarian situation of much of the population. It calls on all parties to allow full, secure and unimpeded access for humanitarian agencies and personnel.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“Following consultations among the members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council welcomes the briefing provided by representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), including Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cote d'Ivoire Mamadou Bamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea Francois Fall, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria Oluyemi Adeniji, Permanent Representative of Senegal Ambassador Papa Louis Fall, and Executive Secretary of ECOWAS Ambassador Mohamed Ibn Chambas, on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement reached in Accra, Ghana, on 18 August 2003.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States for the heartfelt condolences he extended to the United Nations and to the Security Council on the demise of Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, and members of his staff as a result of the atrocious act of aggression against the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. I now give the floor to Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of ECOWAS.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“The presence of five ministers and of the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS is in itself an event. It truly represents an exceptional and extraordinary moment in the lives of the people of Liberia, who have suffered for so long and deserve all the due attention of our Council in order to put an end to their distress and to chart the course of their development and progress. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by the current Chairman and Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, respectively. Thereafter, the Security Council will hold a private meeting with the ECOWAS delegation, at which Council members may ask questions. I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana and current Chairman of ECOWAS, Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“On behalf of the Security Council, I extend a warm welcome to him. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, and invite him to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. This meeting is indeed an extraordinary one.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“The President (spoke in Arabic): On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Mamadou Bamba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cote d'Ivoire. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Bamba (Cote d'Ivoire) took a seat at the Council table. The President (spoke in Arabic): On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Oluyemi Adeniji, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Adeniji (Nigeria) took a seat at the Council table. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Fall (Senegal) took a seat at the Council table. The President (spoke in Arabic): I wish to acknowledge the presence of our former colleague from Guinea, who is now the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guinea, His Excellency Mr. Francois Fall, at this meeting.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and with the consent of the Council, I shall take it that the Council agrees to extend invitations to the representatives of Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal to participate in the meeting without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana and current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Akufo-Addo (Ghana) took a seat at the Council table.”
2003-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4815 (2003) · source
“The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 5.20 pm.”
2003-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4814 (2003) · source
“I thank the Secretary-General for his important statement. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (8/2003/581) before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Angola, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, China, France, Germany, Guinea, Mexico, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (spoke in Arabic): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1502 (2003). I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”
2003-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4814 (2003) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2003/581, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, at this meeting, and I give him the floor.”
2003-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4814 (2003) · source
“In favour: Angola, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, China, France, Germany, Guinea, Mexico, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (spoke in Arabic): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1501 (2003). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 10.20 am.”
2003-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4813 (2003) · source