Republic of the Congo
Ambassador Basile Ikouebe
Congo’sterm as an elected member of the UN Security Council ends in December 2007.Basile Ikouebe has served as Congo’sPermanent Representative to the UN since December 11, 1998. The following is excerptedfrom remarks by Ambassador Ikouebe during the January 12, 2007, debate on thesituation in Myanmarduring the 5,619th meeting of the UN Security Council. Last September, my delegationcast a negative vote with regard to the procedural decision that led to theinscription of the situation in Myanmaron the Council’s agenda. That position is in line with that of the Non-AlignedMovement and of Myanmar’sneighboring countries in the context of the Association of…