Federal Republic of Germany
Ambassador Gunter Pleuger
Germany is serving as an elected member of the UN Security Council from 2003 to 2004. Gunter Pleuger has served as Germany’s Permanent Representative to the UN since November 2002. The following is excerpted from the 4,929 th meeting of the Security Council on March 23, 2004, and the 4,935 th meeting of the Security Council on March 25, 2004, in New York.My government is gravely concerned about the recent escalation of violence in the Middle East, especially with regard to the consequences of the targeted killing of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and six other Palestinians in Gaza yesterday….
