References to the Peace Building Commission in High-level Plenary Meeting


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Peace-Building Commission Index

High-level plenary meeting
60th Session of the UN General Assembly

The Peace-Building Commission Index includes all references to the Peace-Building Commission made
in statements delivered during the High-Level Plenary Meeting held on 14-16 September 2005.

All statements are available on the UN Website in the order in which they were delivered
Excerpts from statements are listed alphabetically below, following selected statements from the opening session including those on behalf of groups

(Note: some transcripts were not available in English. Some excerpts are therefore unofficial translations by the PeaceWomen staff.)

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Opening Session

CO-CHAIRPERSON OF THE HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY MEETING,
H.E. Mr. Göran PERSSON, Prime Minister of Sweden

Greater emphasis must be put on prevention of conflict and early action....
We also need better tools to support states in post-conflict situations, and help
them avoic renewed tension and secure a sustainable development.

Establishing a new institution, a Peace-building Commission, is of key significance in this regard.

CO-CHAIRPERSON OF THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING,
H.E. Mr. Omar BONGO ONDIMBA, President of Gabon

No Direct Reference to Peace-Building Commission

We welcome the fact that the draft declaration stresses various important aspects relating to
urgent matters of collective peace and security. Many countries, and many African countries in
particular will need this framework to help them embark on the path of peace, political stability
and economic recovery

UNITED NATIONS,
H.E. Mr. Kofi A. ANNAN, Secretary-General

You will agree to establish a Peacebuilding Commission, backed by a support office and a fund.
This will mark a new level of strategic commitment to one of the most important contributions the
United Nations makes to international peace and security.

We must get the Peacebuilding Commission... up and running....[t]hese are the tests that really matter.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
H.E. Mr. George W. BUSH, President of the United States of America

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

MEXICO,
H.E. Mr. Vicente FOX, President, Head of the Delegation of the
Host country of the International Conference on Financing for Development

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIl
H.E. General Pervez MUSHARRAF, President, The Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
Head of State of the country of the Presidency of the Economic and Social Council for 2005

WORLD BANK
Mr. Paul WOLFOWITZ, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND,
Mr. Rodrigo DE RATO Y FIGAREDO, Managing Director

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission,

JAMAICA on behalf of group of 77 and china
H.E. The Most Hon James PATTERSON, ON, PC, QC, MP, Prime Minister & Minister for Defence

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

NIGERIA,on behalf of african union
President H.E. Mr. Olusegun OBSANJO, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

UNITED KINGDOM of great britain and northern ireland, on behalf of european union
H.E. Mr. Hilary BENN, Secretary of State for International Development

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

BENIN, Coordinating Bureau of the Least Developed Countries
as Chairman - H.E. Mr. Mathieu KÉRÉKOU, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

ARGENTINA, rio group
as Chairman -H.E. Mr. Néstor Carlos KIRCHNER, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

MAURITIUS, on behalf of the Alliance of the Small Islands Developing States
H.E. The Honourable Navinchandra Ram GOOLAM, Prime Minister

ST KITTS AND NEVIS, on behalf of the Caribbean Community
H.E. The Honourable Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS, Prime Minister and Minister
for Finance, Development, Planning and National Security

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

LAO People's democratic republic, on behalf of the Landlocked Developing Countries
H.E. Mr. Somsavat LENGSAVAD, Deputy-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

NICARAGUA,on behalf of the Central American Integration System
H.E. Mr. Norman José CALDERA CARDENAL, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

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AFGHANISTAN
H.E. Mr. Ahmad Zia MASSOUD, Vice-President

We also emphasize on the need for continued, coordinated and effective international support
for achieving the development goals in countries emerging from conflict. In this context, my
Government welcomes and expresses its full support to the proposal of the High-level Panel to
establish a Peace-Building Commission and Peace Building Support Office, within the framework
of the United Nations.

ALBANIA
H.E. Mr. Alfred MOISIU, President

Supports the initiatives for the creation of the Peace-building Commission, as an
important part for reforming the UN, believing that peace-building strategies
are at the core of all national reconstruction efforts.

ALGERIA
H.E. Mr. Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA , President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

ANDORRA
H.E. Mr. Albert PINTAT SANTOLÀRIA, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

ANGOLA
H.E. Mr. Roberto de ALMEIDA, President of the National Assembly

We favor the creation of a Peace Consolidation Committee, the objective of which, as set forth
in the Final Document, is to assist Conflict Emerging Countries in their processes of economic
conversion, preservation and peace consolidation.

However, based on our own experience, we believe the mandate of the Peace Building Commission
would not be complete if it did not include a conflict prevention component.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
H.E. The Honourable Winston Baldwin SPENCER, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

ARGENTINA
H.E. Mr. Néstor Carlos KIRCHNER, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

ARMENIA
H.E. Mr. Andranik MARGARYAN, Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

AUSTRALIA
The Honourable John HOWARD, MP,Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

AUSTRIA
H.E. Mr. Heinz FISCHER, Federal President

One of the most important results of this summit is the decision to establish a Peacebuilding Commission.
It will provide valuable support for countries emerging from conflict situations and ensure a coordinated and
coherent response from the international community.

The European Union, a major global donor with a strong record for worldwide and sustained efforts in the field
of peace-building must be able to contribute to the work in the Commission.

AZERBAIJAN
H.E. Mr. Elmar Maharram oglu MAMMADYAROV, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Azerbaijan supports strengthening the role of the United Nations in global economic governance
and its capacities to promote development. Furthermore we recognize the increasing role of the
ECOSOC in addressing economic and social dimensions of armed conflicts, including protracted ones,
through, inter alia, the proposed Peacebuilding Commission.

BAHAMAS
H.E. The Honourable Frederick MITCHELL, MP,
Minister for Foreign Affairs and The Public Service of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

The Bahamas supports efforts to reform the United Nations human rights machinery to bring
greater credibility and efficacy to this pivotal area of the UN and we have been following the
proposal to establish a Peacebuilding Commission with keen and positive interest.

We hope that the Assembly would be able to complete negotiations in order to bring these
two new bodies into being before the end of this sixtieth session.

BAHRAIN
His Highness Sheikh Salmman bin Hamd BAHRAIN AL-KHALIFA,
Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

BANGLADESH
H.E. Mr. M. Saifur RAHMAN, Minister of Finance and Planning
& Her Excellency Begum Khaleda ZIA, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

BARBADOS
H.E. The Right Honourable Owen Seymour ARTHUR, MP,
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

BELARUS
H.E. Mr. Alyaksandr LUKASHENKA, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

BELGIUM
H.E. Mr. Guy VERHOFSTADT, Prime Minister

I am convinced that the establishment of the Peace-Building Commission is crucial.

Belgium wants to contribute actively to this objective and is fully prepared to share her experience
with transition in Congo and Burundi.

BELIZE
H.E. The Honourable Said Wilbert MUSA, Prime Minister,
Minister for Finance, National Development and Public Service

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

BENIN
H.E. Mr. Mathieu KÉRÉKOU, President

The establishment of a Peace-building Commission is necessary so as to
capitalize on the known gains of supporting countries emerging from conflict or crisis. (translated)

BHUTAN
H.E. Lyonpo Khandu WANGCHUK, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

BOLIVIA
H.E. Mr. Eduardo Rodríguez VELTZÉ, President

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
H.E. Mr. Ivo Miro JOVIC, President of the Presidency

We are committed to support any and all solutions that stand a chance to get the consensus
from the majority of the member countries. That goes for the Peace Building Committee,
Human Rights Council and the enlargement of the Security Council.

botswana
H.E. Mr. Festus Gontebanye MOGAE, President

Currently a number of African countries are under Security Council consideration and
also account for a significant portion of the UN peacekeeping budget.

The resolution of these conflicts can go a long way to ensuring the economic and social
development of the wider African region, as well as the affected countries themselves.
To this end, there is need for greater cooperation between the United Nations
and the African Union to strengthen conflict prevention and peace-keeping
mechanisms.

Mr. President, another welcome initiative that Botswana supports is the establishment
of a Peace-Building Commission. We are convinced that this important post-conflict
recovery mechanism can create the opportunity for millions of people to achieve
sustainable development where before there was turmoil and despair.

BRAZIL
H.E. Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula DA SILVA, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
His Majesty Sultan Haji HASSANAL BOLKIAH MU’IZZADDIN WADDAULAH,
Sultan and Yang Di Pertuan of Negara

BULGARIA
H.E. Mr. Georgi PARVANOV, President

The new challenges imperatively impose priorities for the UN agenda such as:
non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, early prevention of crises and
conflicts, expanding the capacity of the UN to conduct a broad range of peace operations.

In this context the establishment of a Peace Building Commission has turned into an urgent outstanding task.

BURKINA FASO
H.E. Mr. Youssouf OUÉDRAOGO, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

BURUNDI
H.E. Mr. Pierre NKURUNZIZA, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

CAMBODIA
H.E. Mr. Samdech HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

CAMEROON
H.E. Mr. Paul BIYA, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

CANADA
H.E. The Right Honourable Paul MARTIN, Prime Minister

I would have hoped that we could have agreed now to make the new peace-building
commission operational.

Building the peace is a huge undertaking and, to do it well, we need to bring order out of chaos.

CAPE VERDE
H.E. Mr. Pedro Verona RODRIGUES PIRES, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
H.E. Army General François BOZIZÉ

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

CHAD
H.E. Mr. Idriss DEBY, President

As well as the basic questions of the restructuring of the General Assembly, the Secretariat, the
Economic and Social Council, the Human rights Commission and the Peacebuilding Commission
which particularly concerns my continent, I must also emphasize the fundamental question of the
enlargement of the Security Council. (translation)

CHILE
H.E. Mr. Ricardo Lagos ESCOBAR, President

The creation of the Peace-building Commission and the Democracy Fund will be a signpost
showing the way that we should follow in the future. One will contribute to reconstruction and
reconciliation in post-conflict countries. The other will enhance national capacities to implement
democratic practices and principles.

CHINA
H.E. Mr. HU Jintao, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

COLOMBIA
H.E. Mr. Alvaro URIBE VÉLEZ, President

We believe the proposal to create a Peace-building Commission must focus on establishing
policies and support strategies to national development programs and initiatives for countries
emerging from conflict.

The role of States cannot be replaced by the Organization. This principle must be the starting
point in the formation of the Peace-building Commission and in this manner become a true
catalyst for development to overcome conflict.

COMOROS
H.E. Coronel Azali ASSOUMANI, President

My country also subscribes to the international convention on terrorism and strongly supports
the proposal for the establishment of a mechanism for Peace-building, one capable of giving
countries emerging from crisis the care and assistance they need. (translation)

CONGO
H.E. Mr. Denis SASSOU NGUESSO, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

COSTA RICA
Her Excellency Mrs. Lineth SABORIO, Vice-President

Spanish Translation not yet Available

COTE D IVOIRE
H.E. Laurent DONA-FOLOGO

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

CROATIA
H.E. Mr. Stjepan MESIC, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

CUBA
H.E. Mr. Ricardo Alarcón de QUESADA,
President of the National Assembly of People's Power

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

CYPRUS
H.E. Mr. Tassos PAPADOPOULOS, President

The proposed Peace-building Commission will provide the long overdue answer to the need for post conflict action.

CZECH REPUBLIC
H.E. Mr. Jiri PAROUBEK, Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
H.E. Mr. Raymond RAMAZANI BAYA, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Faced with new threats to our planet, the Democratic Republic of the Congo considers as a priority
the reinforcement of international structures for peace-building and conflict prevention (translation)

DENMARK
H.E. Mr. Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN, Prime Minister

Africa needs peace. Without peace there can be no progress. The UN cannot impose peace on Africa.
Africans themselves must prevent conflicts and manage crisis. But we must help them to maintain
fragile peace. That is why it is so important that we establish the Peace Building Commission.

DJIBOUTI
H.E. Mr. Ismail Omar GUELLEH, President

We have been looking at important proposals that include: securing a dangerous world; expanding
the Security Council, to make it more representative; creating a new Peace-building Commission to
assist countries emerging from conflict; to establish a new Human Rights Council to replace the
Human Rights Commission.

DOMINICAn republic
H.E. Mr. Leonel FERNÁDEZ REYNA, President

Spanish Translation not yet Available

ECUADOR
H.E. Mr. Alfred PALACIO, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

EGYPT
H.E. Mr. Ahmed ABOUL GHEIT, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

EL SALVADOR
H.E. Mr. Elías Antonio SACA GONZÁLEZ, President

Spanish Translation not available

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
H.E. Mr. Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President

Spanish Translation not yet Available

ERITREA
Chairman of the Delegation

ESTONIA
H.E. Mr. Arnold RÜÜTEL, President

Countries recovering from a conflict need more international attention and assistance than ever before,
in order to ensure their development and to prevent conflicts from breaking out again.

Therefore, Estonia is in favour of the establishment of a Peacebuilding Commission which is one of the
concrete outcomes of this Summit and hopes to see products of the work of this Commission.

ETHIOPIA
H.E. Mr. Meles ZENAWI, Prime Minister

FIJI
H.E. The Honourable Laisenia QARASE, Prime Minister

Fiji acclaims the proposal for a Peace-building Commission. We will gladly share with such a Commission
our own experience of reconstructing our country, since the civil unrest which almost tore the country apart in 2000.

FINLAND
Her Excellency Ms. Tarja HALONEN, President

Finland welcomes the decision to set up a Peace building Commission. Its work should start by the
given deadline. Moreover, it is particularly important to strengthen the status of human rights issues
within the UN. Our decision to set up a Human Rights Council is excellent but all the modalities
need to be resolved as a matter of urgency. For the real progress, we must ensure that enough
women will participate in the work of these new bodies.

FRANCE
Mr. Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister

Where unity has enabled us to achieve initial success, we must persevere. New principles are needed,
such as the responsibility to protect. We also need new instruments, such as the Peace-Building Commission.

GABON
H.E. El Hadj Omar BONGO ONDIMBA, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

GAMBIA
H.E. Al Hadji Yahya JAMMEH, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

GEORGIA
H.E. Mr. Mikheil SAAKASHVILI, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

GERMANY
H.E. Mr. Joschka FISCHER, Deputy Federal Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs

Among the many innovative elements in the Draft Outcome Document a particularly
important item is the establishment of the Peace Building Commission which we fully
endorse. The Commission will be an important instrument to meet the interlinked
challenges of both, development and security.

The proposal to establish a Peace-building Commission is also of great significance.
For preserving world peace and international security is and remains the most important
undertaking for the United Nations. The Commission will fill a gap in our Organization's institutional structure.

GHANA
H.E. Mr. John Agyekum KUFUOR. President

Mr. President, through its peacekeeping operations around the world, the UN, has
brought relief and hope to victims in conflict areas. I am glad to note the contribution made
by my country Ghana to this noble UN activity.

Given the ever increasing complexities of such Operations, we welcome the proposed
establishment of a Peace building Commission to help conflict afflicted countries in the transition
from war to peace and national reconstruction.

GREECE
H.E. Mr. Kostas KARAMANLIS, Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

GRENADA
H.E. The Right Honourable Dr. Keith Claudius MITCHELL, Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

GUATEMALA
H.E. Mr. Eduardo STEIN, Vice-President

GUINEA
H.E. Mr. Cellou Dalein DIALLO, Prime Minister

My country is equally in favour of strengthening the mechanisms for the protection of human rights
and the creation of a peace-building commission charged with helping countries emerging from conflict
or those, which are gravely affected by conflict

GUINEA-BISSAU
H.E. Mr. Carlos GOMES, Jr., Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

GUYANA
H.E. Mr. Bharrat JAGDEO, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

HAITI
H.E. Mr. Gérard LATORTUE, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

HOLY SEE
His Eminence Angelo Cardinal SODANO, Secretary of State of the Holy See

The Holy See is thus in favour of a peace-building commission which could outline an ambitious
strategy and put it into practice, in order to overcome the factors of ethnic rivalries which are the
origin of conflicts and which are always capable of rekindling them. (translation)

HONDURAS
H.E. Mr. Ricardo MADURO, President

Spanish Translation not yet Available

HUNGARY
H.E. Mr. László SÓLYOM, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

ICELAND
H.E. Mr. Halldór ÁSGRIMSSON, Prime Minister

The decision to establish a Peace Building Commission will provide another tool which will help to
create a better future for individuals and nations. Iceland welcomes its foundation and believes that
if it is given the necessary institutional weight it could achieve much in establishing lasting peace following conflict.

INDIA
H.E. Mr. Manmohan SINGH, Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

INDONESIA
H.E. Mr. Susilo BamBang YUDHOYONO, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

IRAN (THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
H.E. Mr. Mahmoud AHMADINEJAD, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

IRAQ
H.E. Mr. Ibrahim AL-JAAFARI, Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

IRELAND
H.E. Mr. Bertie AHERN, Prime Minister

Where countries have, with our help, taken the first steps out of conflict, we cannot leave
them on their own. I welcome therefore our agreement to establish a Peacebuilding
Cotttmission, and to have it up and running by the end of the year.

ISRAEL
H.E. Mr. Ariel SHARON, Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

ITALY
H.E. Mr. Silvio BERLUSCONI, Prime Minister

JAMAICA
H.E. The Most Honourable James PATTERSON, ON, PC, QC, MP, Prime Minister and Minister for Defence

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

JAPAN
H.E. Mr. Junichiro KOIZUMI, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

JORDAN
His Majesty King Abdullah II Bin Al HUSSEIN, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

KAZAKHSTAN
H.E. Mr. Kassymzhomart Kemelevich TOKAEV, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

KENYA
H.E. The Honourable Mwai KIBAKI, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

kiribati
H.E. Mr. Anote TONG, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

KOREA

KUWAIT
His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AL-SABAH, Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

KYRGYZSTAN
H.E. Mr. Kurmanbek BAKIEV, President

LAO People's democratic republic
H.E. Mr. Bounnhang VORACHITH, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

LATVIA
Her Excellency Mrs. Vaira VIKE-FREIBERGA, President

I am pleased that we have agreed on the necessity of establishing a
Peacebuilding Commission by the end of the year. The Commission can
fulfil a vital role in post-conflict recovery and consolidation of sustainable peace.

LEBANON
H.E. Mr. Emile LAHOUD, President

The discussion surrounding the importance of United Nations reform shows us the
urgent need to rapidly take initiatives to undertake this very important task by consensus for
the future of the entire world. In that context Lebanon welcomes the creation of a Peace-building
commission within the structure of the United Nations. (translation)

LESOTHO
H.E. The Right Honourable Pakhalitha Bethuel MOSISILI,
Prime Minister and Minister for Defence and Public Service

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

LIBERIA
H.E. Mr. Charles Gyude BRYANT,
Chairman of the National Transitional Government

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
Mr. Shukri Mohammad GHANEM,
Secretary of the General People's Committee

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

LIECHTENSTEIN
H.E. Mr. Otmar HASLER, Head of Government, Minister for General Government Affairs,
Finance, Public Construction, and Family Affairs and Equality Between Men and Women

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

LITHUANIA
H.E. Mr. Valdas ADAMKUS, President

We, the United Nations must also offer hope to people in countries emerging from conflict, by ensuring that
the vicious cycle of destruction, lawlessness, impunity, and poverty is broken with the help of the international
community. We welcome the creation of the Peacebuilding Commission as a significant building block of a
renewed United Nations and urge to make it operational before the end of this year.

LUXEMBOURG
H.E. Mr. Jean ASSELBORN, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration

The search for the continuity and coherence that must mark the action of the international community
in post-conflict situations is at the center of the new Peace-building Commission which we have so
opportunely decided to create and which we must quickly set up.

MACEDONIA
H.E. Mr. Branko CRVENKOVSKI, President

We welcome the proposal for enhancing the UN peace-building capacity by establishing the Peace
Building Commission to bridge the institutional gap between the end of conflict and resumption of
sustainable development, as well as the proposal to enhance the organization's capacity for promotion
and protection of human rights by establishing of a standing Human Rights Council

MADAGASCAR
H.E. Mr. Marc RAVALOMANANA, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

MALAWI

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

MALAYSIA
H.E. The Honourable Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad BADAWI, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

MALDIVES
H.E. Mr. Maumoon ABDUL GAYOOM, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

MALI
H.E. Mr. Amadou Toumani TOURÉ, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

MALTA
H.E. The Honourable Lawrence GONZI, Prime Minister

Enunciation of principles and adherence to values have a necessary counterpart in
the collective responsibility to undertake concrete and action-oriented measures.

Our outcome document has identified a number of such measures. Discussion on
many of them will continue through this Sixtieth Session of the General Assembly.
Among other things we are defining long-term targets and objectives for
development cooperation; we are laying the institutional foundations for two new
organs within the United Nations - the Peace building Commission and the Human
Rights Council - and we are breaking new ground in the areas of terrorism and of
collective responsibility.

I would today like to affirm Malta's readiness to engage itself with vigour and
determination in the implementation of these measures.

THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
H.E. Mr. Kessai NOTE, President

I wish to emphasize my support in the reform of: UN Secretariat; Security Council and in particular,
the inclusion of Japan for Permanent Membership; the establishment of the Peace-building Commission,
Human Rights Council, Democracy Initiatives and the UN Democracy Fund.

MAURITANIA
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ould EL ABED, Minister for Economic Affairs and Development

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

MAURITIUS
H.E. The Honourable Navinchandra Ram GOOLAM, Prime Minister

The Peacebuilding Commission will be an important interface between the Security Council responsible
for conflict prevention and management and the ECOSOC responsible for post conflict reconstruction
and development.

Mauritius believes that the composition of the Peace Building Commission should be open enough
to enable the participation of any country which can contribute effectively to it.

MEXICO
H.E. Mr. Vicente FOX, President

We celebrate the decision to establish the Peacebuilding Commission, an initiative that
will enable us to face post-conflict situations and a ttend to reconstruction processes.

MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)
H.E. Mr. Joseph URUSEMAL, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

MONACO
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

MONGOLIA
H.E. Mr. Nambar ENKHBAYAR, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

MOROCCO
H.E. Mr. Driss JETTOU, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

MOZAMBIQUE
H.E. Mr. Armando Emílio GUEBUZA, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

MYANMAR
H.E. Mr. Nyan WIN, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

NAMIBIA
H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye POHAMBA, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

NAURU
H.E. The Honourable Ludwig SCOTTY, MP, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

NEPAL
H.E. Mr. Ramesh Nath PANDEY, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

NETHERLANDS
H.E. Mr. Jan Peter BALKENENDE, Prime Minister (also on behalf of Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden)

We welcome the establishment of the Peace Building Commission to deal with conflicts in a
more structural way.

NEW ZEALAND
Her Excellency Ms. Rosemary BANKS, Chairperson of the Delegation

New Zealand welcomes the establishment of a Peacebuilding Commission.
Our challenge is to have it up and running by the end of the year, and able to deliver practical help.

NICARAGUA
H.E. Mr. Norman José CALDERA CARDENAL, Minister for Foreign Affairs

niger
H.E. Mr. Hama AMADOU, Prime Minister

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

NIGERIA
President H.E. Mr. Olusegun OBSANJO, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

NORWAY
H.E. Mr. Kjell Magne BONDEVIK, Prime Minister

Maintaining peace and security was, and still is, the aim of the Organisation. Preventing and ending
armed conflicts, stabilising and rebuilding failed or failing states... these are huge and complex tasks.
I believe the Peacebuilding Commission and Fund will make the UN better able to take on these challenges.
I'm happy to announce that Norway will contribute to the Fund with 15 mill USD, and the same amount to the Humanitarian Fund.

OMAN
His Highness Sayyid Haitham Bin Tariq AL-SAID,
Minister of National Heritage and Culture, Special Envoy of His Majesty the Sultan of Oman

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

PAKISTAN
H.E. General Pervez MUSHARRAF, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

PALAU
H.E. Mr. Tommy REMENGESAU, Jr., President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

PALESTINE
H.E. Mr. Nasser AL-KIDWA, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

PANAMA
H.E. Mr. Martín TORRIJOS, President

PAPUA NEW GUINEA
H.E. The Right Honourable Sir Rabbie Langanai NAMALIU, KCMG, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

PARAGUAY
H.E. Mr. Nicanor DUARTE FRUTOS, President

PERU
H.E. Mr. Alejandro TOLEDO MANRIQUE, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

PHILIPPINES
Her Excellency Mrs. Gloria MACAPAGAL- ARROYO, President

POLAND
H.E. Mr. Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

PORTUGAL
H.E. Mr. Jorge Fernando Branco de SAMPAIO, President

Only a coherent, integrated strategy can allow effective action in preventing conflicts and,
should this prove impossible, in providing the necessary support to reconstruction and
to the restoration of the capabilities of State and institutions during the post-conflict period.
This is the twofold task of the Peace-building Commission, a proposal initially presented by Portugal in 2003,
the establishment of which will surely constitute one of the landmarks of this Summit.

QATAR
His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa AL-THANI, Emir

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

REPUBLIC OF KOREA
H.E. Mr. ROH Moo-hyun, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
H.E. Mr. Vladimir VORONIN, President

The Republic of Moldova supports the adoption of necessary decisions by the Member States,
including within the framework of this meeting, which shall lead to revitalization of the General Assembly,
reform and expansion of the Security Council; increase of effectiveness of the ECOSOC and the UN Secretariat,
creation of the Council for Human Rights and Peace-building Commission.

ROMANIA
H.E. Mr. Traian BASESCU, President

There is a deep connection between security, development and respect for human
rights, democratic values and good governance in everything we are attempting now
to reform our Organization. This essential linkage is more evidently reflected in the
notion of a Peace Building Commission; Romania unreservedly suppo rts it, being
aware at the same time that it will still take a great amount of continued commitment
and mobilization of resources to see it come true.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
H.E. Mr. Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN, President

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

RWANDA
H.E. Mr. Paul KAGAME, President

We support the establishment of the Peace Building Commission to mobilise resources,
advise, and propose strategies for postconflict recovery.

The success of the Commission, however, rests with the full ownership and participation of those it is meant to serve.

SAMOA
H.E. The Honourable Tuileapa Sailele MALIELEGAOI, Prime Minister,
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Finance

The proposal to establish a Peace Building Commission within the UN system to give greater
support to states emerging from post conflict situations towards recovery and re-integration,
is another positive aspect of the overall reform which we support and hope will materialize soon.

SAN MARINO
H.E. Mr. Cesare Antonio GASPERONI, Captain Regent on behalf of the Most Excellent Captains Regent

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
H.E. Mr. Fradique Bandeira Melo DE MENEZES, President

Sao Tome e Principe supports the idea of establishing a Commission for Peacewhose function
would be to help in conflict prevention.

Likewise, we suppo rt the idea of cooperation between the United Nations and regional
organizations to prevent, manage, and resolve conflicts, and to keep the peace.
In the case of Africa this reinforcement of cooperation with the specialized bodies of the
African Union will specifically allow for the training of resources in this area.

SAUDI ARABIA
His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

SENEGAL
H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye WADE, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

SERBIA and montenegra
H.E. Mr. Vuk DRA·KOVIC, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Serbia and Montenegro fully support the concept of a new collective security, ban on
WMD proliferation, production, trade and use and the establishment of a Peace-building Commission,
Human Rights Council and Natural Disaster Relief and Environment Protection Funds.

SEYCHELLES
H.E. Mr. James MICHEL, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

SIERRA LEONE
H.E. Alhaji Ahmad Tejan KABBAH, President

We welcome the agreements reached on several elements of the reform process, including the
establishment of a peace building commission and a Human rights Council as well as the conclusion
of an international instrument against terrorism.

SINGAPORE
H.E. Prof. JAYAKUMAR, Deputy Prime Minister

My delegation has an open mind on the proposal to transform the Commission on Human Rights into
Human Rights Council. But are the essential problems really only structural? The fact of the matter is
that all but a handful of what are asserted to be rights are still essentially contested concepts. Is the basic
function of the UN to enforce agreed norms or to expand the consensus on what constitutes agreed norms?
The answer of course must be both. But the penchant of some states to present their views as universal norms
inevitably provokes resistance, unnecessarily politicizes the process and is ultimately unhelpful to the cause of
human rights. Unless this deeper issue is squarely addressed, any change will be only superficial.

SLOVAKIA
H.E. Mr. Ivan GA `PAROVIC, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

SLOVENIA
H.E. Mr. Janez DRNOV·EK, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

SOLOMON ISLANDS
H.E. The Honourable Sir Allan KEMAKEZA, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

SOMALIA
H.E. M r. Abdullahi Yusuf AHMED, President of the Transitional Federal Government

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

SOUTH AFRICA
H.E. Mr. Thabo MBEKI, President

SPAIN
His Majesty Don Juan Carlos I, King of Spain

The reform of the United Nations bodies is necessary to adapt the Organisation to its new challenges.
..... creating a Peace Building Commission, capable of filling the
void that has existed until now in post-conflict situations .......are all objectives Spain shares and hopes actively to contribute to
achieve them.

SRI LANKA
Her Excellency The Honourable Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATONGA, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

ST KITTS AND NEVIS
H.E. The Honourable Dr. Denzil DOUGLAS, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance,
Development, Planning and National Security

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

st lucia
H.E. The Honourable Petrus COMPTON, Minister for External Affairs,
International Trade and Civil Aviation

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
H.E. The Honourable Ralph Everada GONSALVES, Prime Minister, Minister for Finance,
Planning Economic Development, Labour, Information, Grenadines and Legal Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

SUDAN
H.E. Dr. Mustafa Osman ISMAIL, Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Sudan inspired by its values and beliefs is committed to respect human dignity and
promote human rights. It closely follows and supports all proposals which aim to reform
human rights institutions; including the proposal to set up a human rights council.

SURINAME
H.E. Mr. Runaldo Ronald VENETIAAN, President

The Government of Suriname can generally accept the creation of Human Rights Council.
We support the view that the open-ended working group, which will be set up, should embark
on an elaborate discussion on modalities, mandate, review process and composition of such a Council.

SWAZILAND
His Majesty King MSWATI III, Head of State

SWEDEN
H.E. Mr. Göran PERSSON, Prime Minister

Tomorrow night, we will agree a common agenda. It has many strengths ….
It paves the way for important concrete measures, such as the establishment of a peace-building
commission, the creation of a human rights council and the conclusion of a convention on terrorism.

SWITZERLAND
H.E. Mr. Samuel SCHMID, President

My country expresses its satisfaction with regard to the creation of the Human Rights Council.
In establishing this Council, we should succeed in adapting the UN's architecture in order to make
human rights as much a priority as development, peace, and security. In Switzerland's view, this
new body will have to be both more legitimate and more efficient, hold a higher place in the United
Nations' hierarchy than the current Human Rights Commission, and should hold its sessions in Geneva.

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

TAJIKISTAN
H.E. Mr. Emomali RAKHMONOV, President

We are convinced that multifaceted regional cooperation must fully embrace Afghanistan within
the concept of "Greater Central Asia", united by a common vision.

This theme could also become one of the items to be considered by the future
UN Commission on peace building, whose setting up we totally support.

THAILAND
H.E. Mr. Thaksin SHINAWATRA, Prime Minister

The revitalization of the General Assembly, the strengthening of the Economic and Social
Council to play a more assertive role in development, as well as the establishment of the
Peace-building Commission, the Human Rights Council and the Democracy Fund may be
acceptable key reform proposals, but reform of this magnitude must be accompanied by
a major overhaul of the management system.

TIMOR-LESTE
H.E. Mari Bin Almude ALKATIRI, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

TOGO
H.E. Mr. Faure Essozimna GNASSINGBÉ, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

TONGA
H.E. The Honourable Siosiua ‘UTOIKAMANU, Minister of Finance

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
H.E. The Honourable Knowlson GIFT, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

TUNISIA
H.E. Mr. Abdelwaheb ABDALLAH, Minister for Foreign Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

TURKEY
H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN, Prime Minister

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

TURKMENISTAN
H.E. Mr. Rashid MEREDOV, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

TUVALU
H.E. The Honourable Maatia TOAFA, Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

UGANDA
Mr. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

UKRAINE
H.E. Mr. Viktor YUSHCHENKO, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed AL NAHYAN, Minister of Information and Culture, Personal Representative of the President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

UNITED KINGDOM of great britain and northern ireland
H.E. The Right Honourable Tony BLAIR, Prime Minister

The United Nations Peace-building Commission must become the means of
renewing nations, where war and the collapse of proper systems of government
have left them ravaged and their people desolate.

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
H.E. Mr. Benjamin William MKAPA, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Mr. Andrew NATSIOS, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

URUGUAY
H.E. Mr. Tabaré VÁZQUEZ, President

Spanish Translation not yet Available

UZBEKISTAN
H.E. Mr. Elyor GANIEV, Minister for Foreign Affairs

We do not see a need for transformation of the UN Commission on Human Rights into a Council,
which might be used for selective purposes of certain influential powers and groups as a tool to advance
the interests of certain countries at the expense of the others.

VANUATU
H.E. The Honourable Sato KILMAN, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

VENEZUELA (THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF )
H.E. Mr. Hugo CHÁVEZ FRÍAS, President, H.E. Mr. Ali RODRIGUEZ ARAQUE, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Spanish Translation not yet Available

VIET NAM
Her Excellency Ms. Truong My Hoa, Vice-President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission

YEMEN
H.E. Mr. Abubakr AL-QIRBI, Minister for Foreign Affairs

ZAMBIA
H.E. Mr. Levy Patrick MWANAWASA, President and Minister for Defense

No specific reference to Peacebuilding Commission

ZIMBABWE
H.E. Mr. Robert Gabriel MUGABE, President

No Specific Reference to Peace-Building Commission