State of Qatar
Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
Qatar’sterm as an elected member of the UN Security Council ends in December 2007.Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser has served as Qatar’s Permanent Representative tothe UN since September 11, 1998. The following is excerpted from remarks byAmbassador Al-Nasser during the January 12, 2007, debate on the situation in Myanmar duringthe 5,619th meeting of the UN Security Council. It is a well-known fact thatthe issues with which the Security Council deals vary in their nature anddegree of sensitivity. Sometimes members of the Council can reach a consensusquickly; sometimes views diverge on other issues, such as the draft resolutionbefore us now on the…