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first: 1994-12-16
most recent: 1998-09-29
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“Japan, as a member of the Security Council, as a member of the Group of Eight, which is to meet next week to address the same issue, and as a peace-loving nation in Asia gravely concerned about the wider implications of the recent nuclear tests, will spare no efforts in joining the international community in its endeavour to contain the present crisis triggered by the recent developments.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“I wish to conclude my statement by saying that the adoption of this draft resolution will be only the beginning of a long battle to consolidate the international regime of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and to secure future generations against the scourge of a nuclear tragedy. In the interests of the future of humankind we cannot afford to lose this battle. The Security Council should remain actively seized of the matter addressed in this draft resolution and be ready to consider further how best to ensure the implementation of the present draft resolution.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“It was in the light of these considerations that on 30 May Japan took the initiative to call for an emergency meeting of the Security Council to draw the attention of the Council to the grave implications of the recent nuclear testing by India and Pakistan for international peace and security, and it has since been strenuously working for a draft resolution on this critical issue, in cooperation with Costa Rica, Slovenia and Sweden. We, the sponsors, have been engaged in active and close consultations with each and every member of the Council to improve the content of the text. The draft resolution now before us is the result of such consultations. It is my firm conviction that this document represents the united voice of conscience of the international community on the existential problem that we, together, face.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“In this context, my delegation notes with satisfaction that in its preamble the draft resolution recalls the successful outcome of the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and refers to the joint communique issued by the Foreign Ministers of the five nuclear States, in which they declared themselves to be determined to fulfil their commitments relating to nuclear disarmament under Article VI of that Treaty.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“It is the considered view of Japan that in parallel with our efforts to promote the international regime for non-proliferation, steady progress for nuclear disarmament is essential for a safer world. Japan makes it an article of faith to uphold its own three non-nuclear principles - not to produce, not to possess and not to introduce nuclear weapons - and seeks to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. On this basis it has consistently appealed to the international community to aim at steady progress in nuclear disarmament through concrete and practical measures on a step-by-step basis.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“For all these reasons Japan is firmly convinced that through this draft resolution the Security Council should demonstrate in no ambiguous terms its grave concern about the challenge that the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan constitute to international efforts aimed at strengthening the global regime of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and should urge them to become parties to the NPT and the CTBT without delay and without conditions. In this connection, it should be made clear that there is no way for India and Pakistan to claim a nuclear status. The draft resolution declares that under the NPT regime India and Pakistan cannot have a nuclear-weapon-State status. Before concluding, I should like to make a brief but important reference to the question of nuclear disarmament.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“Japan has been making strenuous efforts in encouraging countries in all parts of the world to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) regimes. The international regime for nuclear non- proliferation, with the NPT and the CTBT, should be maintained at all costs, for this is the only guarantee that can prevent nuclear weapons from spreading on the globe. It is out of this conviction that Japan has lodged strong protests with both India and Pakistan and has frozen its economic assistance for new projects, which is meant for the peaceful development of the country. Their actions jeopardize the very international regime for nuclear non-proliferation, for the protection and promotion of which we have been working so tirelessly.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“Secondly, by embarking upon an attempt for the development of nuclear weapons, India and Pakistan are seriously jeopardizing the international regime of non- proliferation, which is the indispensable cornerstone for safeguarding the international community from the horrors of nuclear holocaust. Japan is particularly shocked by the recent nuclear tests of India and Pakistan, inasmuch as we the Japanese people know first-hand the unspeakable horrors of nuclear weapons and are determined not to allow nuclear tragedies such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki ever again to visit us on our globe. It is precisely for this reason that Japan has been placing supreme importance on the prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“In order to avoid any such negative effect, the Security Council must address this situation with firm determination, with a sense of urgency and with an awareness of its heavy responsibility. It is against this background that in the draft resolution before us the Security Council urges India and Pakistan to exercise the maximum restraint and to resume dialogue on all the outstanding issues in order to remove the tensions between them and to find mutually acceptable solutions that address the root causes of these tensions, including Kashmir. As a fellow Asian nation, Japan strongly hopes that India and Pakistan will move in the direction of a historical reconciliation through strenuous efforts to build mutual confidence and dialogue rather than confrontation and an arms race.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“The situation is of critical importance to the security of the entire international community and requires its urgent attention. The Council, entrusted with the primary responsibility to maintain international peace and security, is duty-bound to take action to fulfil its responsibility incumbent upon it under the Charter of the United Nations. I have to express, first of all, the grave concern of my country at the serious negative effect of the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan on peace and stability in South Asia. Furthermore, the deterioration of the relationship and the risk of nuclear confrontation between the two major countries on the sub-continent cannot fail to produce serious implications for the maintenance of international peace and security beyond that region.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“Quite recently, the Security Council issued two presidential statements in which it strongly deplored the nuclear tests carried out by India on 11 and 13 May, and then by Pakistan on 28 and 30 May. By those forceful and direct statements, the Security Council has addressed the specific acts perpetrated by the two countries concerned. On top of that, we are adopting today a draft resolution in order to address the new critical and dangerous situation triggered by the acts of the two countries. There is now a serious danger that the tensions in South Asia could heighten further and escalate to a nuclear confrontation. Yet another danger which has been created is that the nuclear non-proliferation regime itself is being threatened and that the international community could drift into an uncontrollable world of nuclear proliferation.”
1998-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3890 (1998) · source
“There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. 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 1.35 pm.”
1998-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3877 (1998) · source
“In conclusion, I should like to express the ardent hope of my delegation that with the addition of a third Trial Chamber the International Tribunal for Rwanda will be able to function more effectively in such a way that the expectations of the international community will be met to the full. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/1998/353. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Bahrain, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, France, Gabon, Gambia, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1165 (1998).”
1998-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3877 (1998) · source
“While I understand that there are many difficulties in the environment in which the Tribunal has had to operate, and while I also note that some serious efforts are being made in order to overcome its inefficiencies, I am of the View that the Tribunal itself must make further sincere efforts to remedy the present situation. Simply creating the third Trial Chamber will not be enough to cure the Tribunal of its present deficiencies and to restore its full potential. It is with this consideration in mind that Japan strongly feels that the letter from the President of the Security Council to the President of the Tribunal pointing to the need to facilitate the efficient functioning of the Tribunal should be part and parcel of the decision of the Security Council to authorize the expansion of the Tribunal.”
1998-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3877 (1998) · source
“Recognizing these significant roles and functions expected of the International Tribunal for Rwanda, Japan is going to vote in favour of the draft resolution before us. My delegation hopes that the adoption of this draft resolution will help the Tribunal fulfil those tasks by enhancing the capacity of the Tribunal. We must frankly admit that during the three and a half years of its existence the Tribunal has not always been successful in performing the functions expected of it in an exemplary manner. There are problems of an administrative and managerial nature that have been adversely affecting its effective functioning.”
1998-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3877 (1998) · source
“The International Tribunal for Rwanda was created to function primarily as a judicial mechanism. However, in the opinion of my delegation, the significance of the Tribunal goes beyond its being just a judicial mechanism. Through its examples, the Tribunal can show how a judicial system should function under the rule of law, assuring due process even to those accused of committing the most heinous of crimes. Through its own practice, the Tribunal can demonstrate to the Rwandan people that emotional acts of revenge and retribution will only feed further destructive enmities. Peace can persevere only if it is accompanied by justice, based on the rule of law and the respect for the human rights of all.”
1998-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3877 (1998) · source
“The Council's primary goal in doing so was to put an end to the acts of genocide and other violations of international humanitarian law that had been committed in Rwanda and to take effective measures to bring to justice the persons responsible for them. Thus, the establishment of the International Tribunal was meant to contribute to the restoration of peace in Rwanda and to the process of national reconciliation in that country. My delegation believes that the motives and goals which underlay the Council's action in 1994 remain unchanged to this day. Concerned by reports that standard judicial procedures have not necessarily been observed in Rwanda, we in the Council today feel more strongly than ever that the Tribunal must provide a model mechanism for bringing criminals to justice.”
1998-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3877 (1998) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of Japan. The international community has been drawing many lessons from the human tragedies that took place in Rwanda in 1994. One of those lessons was that, in order to achieve national reconciliation, it was essential to deal with the root causes of the problem by addressing the issue of social justice through the pursuit of socio- economic development, on the one hand, and through the establishment of the primacy of justice based on the principle of the rule of law, on the other. I believe that, for this very reason, the International Tribunal for Rwanda was established by the Security Council. With this recognition clearly in mind, the Security Council decided four years ago to establish the International Tribunal for Rwanda.”
1998-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3877 (1998) · source
“It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
1998-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3877 (1998) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/1998/353, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by Costa Rica, France, the Gambia, Kenya, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/1997/812, which contains the text of a letter dated 15 October 1997 from the Secretary- General addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting the letter dated 1 August 1997 from the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda addressed to the Secretary-General.”
1998-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3877 (1998) · source
“Alioune Blondin Beye, and to all the personnel of MONUA, as well as to the three observer States for their valuable efforts on behalf of the peace and stability of Angola. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/1998/349. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Bahrain, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, France, Gabon, Gambia, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1164 (1998). 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.”
1998-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3876 (1998) · source
“Given the critical stage of the peace process in Angola, and in View of the crucial role that MONUA is playing at this juncture, I wish to call upon UNITA to refrain from any acts of violence against MONUA, as well as against the Angolan police and the civilian population, and to call upon the Government of Angola to refrain from an excessive use of force. It is incumbent upon both parties to focus their efforts on the full implementation of the Lusaka Protocol and to cooperate in good faith for national peace and reconciliation. For all these reasons that I have outlined, my delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution before us. In closing, I wish to express the abiding appreciation of my delegation to the Secretary-General, to his Special Representative, Mr.”
1998-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3876 (1998) · source
“Only when these two parties translate their declared political will into action can we be certain that the conflict has been overcome once and for all. The fact that the draft resolution before us would extend the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) for a two-month period, instead of the usual three-month period, is a clear indication of the Council's understanding that the peace process in Angola is entering its final phase. It is also a reflection of the Council's determination to consolidate the peace process once and for all. I should like to call upon the GURN and especially UNITA to endeavour with renewed resolve to finalize the process of reconciliation, for the responsibility of building and consolidating peace and stability in the country after MONUA has completed its mission will be theirs.”
1998-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3876 (1998) · source
“The next step that the United Nations will take is going to be critical to the consolidation of durable peace in Angola, as it will be the capstone of the nine previous years of United Nations effort. But before the international community can finally declare that national reconciliation and lasting peace have been achieved in Angola, there remain a number of political issues that must be resolved. It is essential that Mr. Savimbi move his headquarters to Luanda and that he and President Dos Santos pledge their cooperation for a new nation-building endeavour through a face-to-face meeting. The Government and UNITA must work together to build a new environment of mutual confidence and cooperation in order to promote genuine national reconciliation.”
1998-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3876 (1998) · source
“Having said that, looking at the situation from this broad perspective, Japan cannot help entertaining serious concern about the recent reports of repeated attacks against several towns and villages in Angola by well-organized and well-equipped militias. We in the Council strongly condemn these attacks. They could destroy the confidence that has been so painstakingly created through the efforts of GURN and UNITA, and, if left unchecked, they could lead to a resumption of the conflict. Such acts of violence are also a challenge to the efforts of the international community to secure peace throughout the country and to lay the foundation for a brighter future for the Angolan people. In the View of the Government of Japan, the Angolan peace process has now reached its final, crucial stage.”
1998-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3876 (1998) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Japan. For nearly a decade, the United Nations has been engaged in the establishment of peace in Angola, a country which was afflicted with conflict in the context of the cold-war confrontation. The United Nations launched its first peacekeeping operation in Angola, the United Nations Angola Verification Mission, in 1989. Since then, we have witnessed many vicissitudes in the process of consolidating peace and stability in that country. More recently, however, the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation (GURN) and the Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA) have been pursuing the path towards national reconciliation under the Lusaka Protocol to our satisfaction, on the whole.”
1998-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3876 (1998) · source
“It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution 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. I shall first call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
1998-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3876 (1998) · source
“The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA), document S/1998/333. Members of the Council also have before them document S/ 1998/349, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. The first speaker on my list is the Vice-Minister of Territorial Administration of Angola, General Higino Carneiro, to whom I give the floor.”
1998-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3876 (1998) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Angola, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion, 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. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Carneiro (Angola) took a seat at the Council table. The President: On behalf of the Council, I welcome the Vice-Minister of Territorial Administration of Angola, General Higino Carneiro. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
1998-04-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3876 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Cameroon for his kind words addressed to me and to my predecessor. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 10.20 p.m.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of the Comoros for his kind words addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Cameroon. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“In conclusion, we call for activating the role of the United Nations and its organs and specialized agencies, in addition to that of the international development institutions, in cooperation with the African States so as to help such States solve their existing political, economic and social problems. This would enable them to meet the requirements of decent standards of living and prosperity for their people and enable them to build a future in which peace, stability and development can prevail. The President: I thank the representative of the United Arab Emirates for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of the Comoros. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Through the directives of His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, the President of the State, we, in our general policies, are paying particular attention to providing assistance and various forms of support to African States, whether humanitarian, through the humanitarian Zayed Institution, the Red Crescent or other organizations; or developmental, thorough the Abu Dhabi development fund. The latter has contributed to the implementation of many joint development projects and concessional funds, which exceeded $3 billion. Similarly, we are writing off debts and the interest on them for a number of African States, particularly the poorest.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Fifthly, joint development investment programmes and financial and technical assistance to Africa should be enhanced, whether they come from States acting unilaterally, from the World Bank, or from other financial and economic institutions and funds. This would enable countries to implement necessary reforms and changes in their economic and social institutions and deal with their heavy foreign debts and help them gain access to world markets as real partners in achieving the goals of international development. The United Arab Emirates has been keen to develop its relations with African States on the basis of our historical and political relations as well as of our joint interests and goals.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Double standards should be avoided, particularly with regard to the use of sanctions regimes, whose objectives must be improved in accordance with what the Secretary-General has indicated in his report. Sanctions should be confined to weapons only and should not include economic sanctions, which have proven their inefficiency and their adverse impact on people's lives. The United Arab Emirates would like to take this opportunity to urge the Security Council to lift the economic sanctions imposed on Libya. This is particularly important given the two decisions taken by the International Court of Justice.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“This would be in addition to the expansion of the participation of and partnership among States that are contiguous to areas of conflict and other States which are interested in containing such situations peacefully and contributing to implementing relief and reconstruction programmes, as well as to rebuilding the infrastructures of institutions that have been destroyed. The capacities and freedom of action of the international and humanitarian agencies and organizations, which perform a distinctive role in achieving these noble goals, must be supported. Fourthly, the working methods and procedures of the Security Council should be reviewed.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Secondly, there should be a rapid political response to contain conflicts, taking into account the elements peculiar to each individual situation through the adoption of more developed early-warning mechanisms. This would help maintain peace and prevent crises from breaking out by sending more effective peacemaking missions, promoting initiatives for negotiation, mediation, good offices and fact- finding missions and resorting to legal settlements and arbitration in cases of intractable conflicts. T hirdly, cooperation and coordination between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity, as well as other relevant organizations, should be enhanced.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Yet at the same time we see the necessity of mobilizing regional and international capacities aiming at enhancing Africa's resources and human capabilities so as to enable Africa to undertake required reforms and to play its roles effectively in the global economy and trade as a significant component of international cooperation. This, in our view, requires the adoption of five basic steps. First, the African States and the international community need to manifest the political will to implement a joint comprehensive strategy that ensures the containment of existing conflicts through peaceful means of negotiation in accordance with the principles of the Charter, the provisions of international law and the international rules of human rights.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The series of bitter conflicts and tragedies that some African States have witnessed are saddening manifestations of this reality, which has caused staggering material, human and environmental losses which in turn have worsened complex situations and impeded the processes of integration into global economic development and changes. The delegation of the United Arab Emirates supports the conclusions and proposals in the report of the Secretary- General, since they constitute new modes of thinking and means of enhancing activities in Africa whether in the fields of peacekeeping or of humanitarian assistance and post-conflict peace-building.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Although there have been positive developments in some political and economic spheres over the course of the past decade, these improvements have yet to affect many areas of Africa. These areas are still threatened with regional, ethnic and civil conflicts. Past experiences have proven that issues of peace, security and stability and problems of social and economic development are interdependent and complementary concerns. They are mutually reinforcing. Consequently, increasing or containing any of them cannot be achieved without influencing the others.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of the United Arab Emirates. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. Samhan Al-Nuaimi (United Arab Emirates) (interpretation from Arabic): On behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, I am honoured to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you every success. By the same token I would like to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the Gambia, for his fine work in conducting the deliberations of the Council during the past month. My delegation carefully studied the report of the Secretary-General on Africa. It clearly reflects an objective and comprehensive analysis of the current situation in this continent.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Guyana for his kind words addressed to me and my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Belgium. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Guyana. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Uganda for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of the Netherlands. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Cyprus for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Uganda. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of the Philippines for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Cyprus. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Cuba for his statement and for his kind words addressed to my predecessor and me. The next speaker is the representative of the Philippines. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Cuba. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Italy. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Lebanon for his kind words addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the Most Reverend Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran. In accordance with the decision taken earlier in the meeting, I welcome the Most Reverend Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See and invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source