Republic of Finland
Ambassador Kirsti Lintonen
Finland last served as an elected member of the UNSecurity Council from 1989 to 1990. Ambassador Lintonen has been Finland’spermanent representative to the UN Security Council since February 2005. Thefollowing is excerpted from debate during the 5,493rd meeting of theUN Security Council, on July 21, 2006. I have the honor to speak on behalf of the European Union.The following countries — Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Croatia, the formerYugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia,Iceland, Ukraine, and the Republic of Moldova — align themselves with thisstatement. TheEuropean Union is acutely concerned about the situation in the Middle East. In…
