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These statements are usually negotiated and require unanimity among Council members. Because they represent one of the Council's most common actions, it is important to have the texts available for scrutiny.

For presidential press statements from 2001 until present, click here

2000

Ambassador Lavrov of the Russian Federation (December 2000)

Ambassador van Walsum of the Netherlands (November 2000)

Ambassador Hasmy of Malaysia (August 2000)

Ambassador Durrant of Jamaica (July 2000)

Ambassador Levitte of France (June 2000)

Ambassador Fowler of Canada (April 2000)

Ambassador Chowdhury of Bangladesh (March 2000)

Ambassador Listre of Argentina (February 2000)

1999

Ambassador Greenstock of the United Kingdom (December 1999)

Ambassador Türk of Slovenia (November 1999)

Ambassador van Walsum of the Netherlands (September 1999)

Ambassador Robert Fowler of Canada (February 1999)
Canada's committment to relay UN information - especially of the Security Council to the public, is reflected in this site. This link gives daily updates of press statements and also gives the Security Council agenda for the month.

1998

Ambassador Hans Dahlgren of Sweden (September 1998)
This posting on the Swedish Mission site includes not only press briefings but also additional information on the work of the Council and its future program of work. Posted daily during the Swedish presidency.

Ambassador Danilo Turk of Slovenia (August 1998)
After a long pause, the Slovenian delegation took up the precedent set by the Italians 20 months earlier. These statements were posted daily, within two hours of delivery, during the Slovenian presidency.

1996

Ambassador Paolo Fulci of Italy (December 1996)
A pioneering step to post Presidential press briefings, especially significant since this was the month of the Secretary General elections. GPF called on other delegations to follow suit, but for a long time none did.

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