Kingdom of Belgium
Ambassador Johan Verbeke
Belgium is an elected member of the UN Security Council whose term expires on December 31, 2008. Johan Verbeke has served as Belgium’s permanent representative to the United Nations since September 16, 2004. The following is excerpted from debate during the 5,839th meeting of the UN Security Council on February 18, 2008. Today, the Security Council is considering, once again, thequestion of the status of Kosovo. In October 2005, the Council supported theSecretary-General’s proposal to initiate a political process that was toproduce a definition of Kosovo’s future status, as envisioned in Resolution1244. It was a process in which the international…
