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Shaikh Mohamed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa

lines on the record: 60
first: 1996-09-24
most recent: 1998-09-24
sittings or episodes: 2
sources: un-general-debate

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“We believe that the optimal and most judicious course for avoiding that prospect is to respect the status quo, refrain from any claims — total or partial — and to settle any consequential differences by peaceful means acceptable to the parties to the dispute. With regard to the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, the State of Bahrain, being keen to maintain security and stability in the Gulf region, stresses the need for Iraq to meet fully the requirements of international legality and fulfil its obligations under the relevant Security Council resolutions, including the release of Kuwaiti and other prisoners of war.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“This is relevant to some particularly important regions of the world, such as the Arabian Gulf region, which is afflicted by tensions that threaten the established fundamentals of the region’s security. To insure the region’s security and stability, it is imperative that relations among all States of the region be based on the principles of good-neighbourliness, mutual respect, non-interference in the internal affairs of others and recognition of every State’s national sovereignty. The territorial and border claims that are currently being made in the Arabian Gulf region, and are aimed at changing established and traditionally accepted boundaries, upset the security and stability of the region.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“It is my conviction that the Security Council, as the sensory nerve-centre of the United Nations, in addressing the questions of world security, should be guided by certain collective security principles that could be activated in the current circumstances. Furthermore, it is possible to increase the use of practical preventive diplomacy to prevent the eruption of conflicts by containment and by speedily eliminating their causes. In view of the importance now being attached to the question of collective security, thought should be given to 18 the development of mechanisms for maintaining relations between the Security Council and regional organizations, in accordance with United Nations purposes and principles.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“The historical concept of the link between national and regional security could serve as an appropriate starting point for a comprehensive review and redefinition of the question of security in all its aspects. In spite of the importance of the administrative and financial reform of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and other organs, the influential Powers have not given the question of collective security adequate attention with a view to developing ways and means to preserve international peace and security. The international community truly must expand the scope of the principle of collective security if States are to be free from the fear of strategic threats to their national and regional security.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“It is a fact that the Allied Powers formulated their vision in the 1940s on the premise that security and stability in the regional context were basically associated with the creation of a number of international institutions, most notably the United Nations, its specialized agencies and the financial institutions that came into being as a result of agreements reached at a number of historic conferences. Despite this association and the new intellectual, political and economic trends brought about by the changes, the structural notions of the international system have not developed in tandem with the requirements of human development, as manifested by the communications revolution, the exchange of ideas, the flow of information and the technological applications that have influenced international relations in various ways.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“That is because the crisis afflicting current international political relations has been caused largely by the persistence of complex political and historical dilemmas that have continued to interact within a system of international relations based on visions formulated by the allies before the end of the Second World War. The Powers that are influential in the international arena presently appear to be reviewing the basis on which the present international system was founded, with a view to reconfiguring, rather than abolishing, current and future global imperatives. The underlying purpose of the system that emerged in the 1940s was fundamentally to address regional and international security problems in all their political and economic dimensions.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“The international community has been unable to absorb the intense impact of the major transformations of the present decade, which have relied heavily on the foundations and parameters of the current system of international relations. This means that the international community still needs some time — not necessarily a little — in which to fathom the similarities and diversities of national interests that influence the contemporary international political system. In order to be able to understand these political ramifications in their historical context, we must consider this phenomenon in the context of the flexibility and inflexibility that characterize the structure of the contemporary system of international relations.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“First, it has sought to reform and develop the United Nations system so as to enable it to fulfil its role in the light of these changes. Secondly, it has made concerted efforts by convening world conferences to deal with critical issues relating to the future of mankind, such as the environment, development, population, trade, social development, women and children. Despite these efforts, which have continued for several years, this twofold response has proved woefully inadequate to alleviate the ills that have slowed the progress and political, economic and social development of the human race. Given the way the United Nations was established and the manner in which the international system has evolved since the 1940s, this phenomenon should not come as a surprise.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for his tireless and dedicated efforts to enhance the Organization’s role and standing 17 and to further the Charter’s objectives, especially those related to the maintenance of world peace and security. I hope that he will continue to hold this important position and to do this good work. This session convenes a year after the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, which was celebrated in the middle of a decade that has, from the start, witnessed rapid changes and diverse trends arising from the remnants of the cooperation and cold-war conflict that have marked half a century. The international community has dealt with the challenges this historic burden with a twofold response.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)
“At the outset, I have the pleasure of extending to Mr. Razali Ismail and to his friendly country, Malaysia, my sincere congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session. I wish him success in conducting the proceedings of the session and assure him of my delegation’s readiness to cooperate fully with him in achieving our Organization’s objectives and purposes. I also take this opportunity to express my thanks and appreciation to his predecessor, Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral, for his sincere efforts in guiding the proceedings of the previous session. It is also my pleasure to express my country’s gratitude and appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr.”
1996-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 51 (1996)