But something happened Exxon Valdez.

I also wish to thank Ambassador Valdés for his comprehensive briefing.

I also wish to take this opportunity to tell Ambassador Valdés how much we appreciate his work on the ground.

In Prince William Sound, Port Valdez suffered a massive underwater landslide, resulting in the deaths of 30 people between the collapse of the Valdez city harbor and docks, and inside the ship that was docked there at the time.

I am also pleased to welcome the presence of Ambassador Valdés, to whom I am particularly grateful for having briefed us on the situation in Haiti.

In cold waters, however, recovery takes much longer, as the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in 1989 demonstrated.

Isabel Valdez González of McDonald wonders why the government does not take concrete steps to change this and compares its situation to its neighbor Costa Rica.

I take this opportunity to thank the Haitian authorities for their hospitality and the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Juan Gabriel Valdés, and his team for their support.

Fertilizer was added to some of the beaches in Prince William Sound in an attempt to promote the growth of these naturally occurring bacteria after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

That is why the Castro brothers dispatched the regime s number three boss, Ramiro Valdez, who has been involved in Cuban security since 1959, to keep watch on matters in Venezuela.

Mr. Lavalle Valdés (Guatemala) said that the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, of 1973 established a broad protection regime for the persons in question.

We would like also to express our appreciation to the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Juan Gabriel Valdés, for his comprehensive presentation on recent developments, and for the work he has been doing as head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

Yes, there have been the Exxon Valdezes and the Chernobyls, but mostly it's been an accumulation of bad decisions by billions of individuals, day after day and year after year.

The European Union welcomes also the report by the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Juan Gabriel Valdés, as well as the unanimous decision taken by the Security Council on 29 November 2004 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) until June 2005, with the intention of extending it for further periods.