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Abulhasan

lines on the record: 254
first: 1992-11-16
most recent: 2003-03-26
sittings or episodes: 25
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“We also call on the international community to continue its support and assistance to the fraternal Somali people in order to re-establish stability and normalcy in a State that has been torn asunder by savage ambition, which cares little for the dreams of children, their happiness or a people's desire to live in peace and security.”
1997-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3770 (1997) · source
“In this context, I should like to pay tribute to Egypt, Qatar and to my own country, Kuwait, for the financial and in-kind assistance they have provided towards national reconciliation, as well as for their humanitarian assistance and educational support throughout Somalia. In conclusion, I should like, on behalf of the Arab Group, to appeal to all Somali factions and to the Somali people. We would first urge them to make every effort to convince the international community that they want peace and stability. They can do this only by demonstrating unity and a positive intent towards reconciliation.”
1997-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3770 (1997) · source
“First, Somalia's sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected, in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations. Secondly, they stress the commitment of the Security Council to a lasting and comprehensive settlement in Somalia. Thirdly, they call on all Somali factions to cease hostilities forthwith and cooperate with all international and regional efforts aimed at achieving peace and national reconciliation in Somalia. Fourthly, they encourage States to contribute generously to United Nations appeals to continue emergency assistance and rehabilitation efforts in Somalia.”
1997-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3770 (1997) · source
“As a member of the League of Arab States, we are pleased that one of the positive indicators was the participation of the National Salvation Council in a special session of the Council of the League of Arab States, held from 12-14 March of this year. In this context, we must pay tribute to the efforts of the Italian mediator, Mr. Cassini, to intensify consultations among factions leaders so as to promote reconciliation in Mogadishu and reach an agreement on a speedy solution to reopen the capital's airport and port. This in turn would enhance security and stability in Mogadishu. The Arab Group emphasizes the need to make the most of all of these developments in order to bring about the necessary national reconciliation and to create stability. The Arab States, in their endeavours towards Somalia, proceed from the following principles.”
1997-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3770 (1997) · source
“In this way we, as befits a responsible international community, can defeat the merchants of war and destruction. We can foil their attempts to exploit a fertile land in a conflict whose principal victims are a people whose only fault has been not to find a serious and consistent position from the international community. The Arab Group therefore welcomes the positive developments on the political level in Somalia, which began with the Nairobi meeting, at which Hussein Aidid joined other factions. Successful Ethiopian mediation led to the meeting between 26 factions on 3 January in Addis Ababa, which culminated in the agreement forming the Somali National Salvation Council and in a pact to continue dialogue with the other Somali factions that were not parties to that agreement.”
1997-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3770 (1997) · source
“I do not believe that I need to speak at length of the grave situation in Somalia and the terrible suffering of its people, beset by a relentless civil war that has serious security and humanitarian repercussions. That civil war prompted the international community, led by the Security Council, to take steps that we had hoped would put an end to the conflict among waning factions in Somalia. The main objective was first and foremost to alleviate the suffering of the Somali people and to save them from the scourge of a conflict that from the outset had no justification. The Arab Group, of which Somalia is a member, joins its voice to those of all the States and parties that have repeatedly called for the Security Council to pay continuing attention to, and debate, the situation in Somalia.”
1997-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3770 (1997) · source
“Mr. Abulhasan (Kuwait) (interpretation from Arabic): At the outset, Sir, on behalf of the Arab Group, which I have the honour to chair this month, I should like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I should like also to pay tribute to the exceptional wisdom and ability that you have shown in presiding over the deliberations of the Council. In addition, I cannot fail to thank your predecessor, His Excellency Ambassador Wlosowicz, whose great skill in presiding over the Security Council was witnessed by all those who follow the Council's actions. We come today before the Council to debate the situation in Somalia, in particular following the developments we have witnessed there at all levels - political, security and humanitarian.”
1997-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3770 (1997) · source
“In this way will the Middle East become a region of security and peace for all time. In conclusion, Kuwait appeals to this body to take a speedy decision to prevent Israel from implementing such a plan. We call upon the Council to shoulder its responsibilities to preserve the sacred nature of Al-Quds and urge it to uphold international legality. This Council cannot disappoint the hopes of peoples for lasting peace simply because some people do not respect international rule of law.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“This policy also represents the culmination of the new strategy of the Israeli Government to abrogate all these agreements, to shirk its commitments ' and to obviate the principle of land for peace. The policy of expansion at all costs by the Israeli Government threatens to bring the region to the brink of destruction and violence. The Arab and Muslim world, of course, can only condemn such violations and demands that the Israeli Government put an end to the violation of Arab rights under the pretext of security. We demand that the Israeli Government also try to find ways to support the peace process. We call on it to respect the principles on which the process was based in 1991 in Madrid so that it can resume on all its tracks, especially the Syrian and Lebanese tracks, and on the basis of the principle of land for peace.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“This Israeli plan is also a serious violation of the Declaration of Principles signed by the Israeli Government and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993. Today, quite obviously, the Israeli Government would like to impose more faits accomplis. It wishes to make these facts reality on the ground in order to drive out the population of the city and to create settlements within and outside the city before negotiating its final status. This only confirms that the Israeli policies are the result not of arbitrary measures or spontaneous decisions, but of a calculated plan to increase the authority of the new Israeli Government and the adoption by that Government of a policy of expansion that violates all conventions and international norms.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“The Arab and Muslim world, for its part, hasÂ» also followed Israel's illegal measures, which include the plan to create a settlement in the Ras al-Amud section within the original borders of the municipality of East Jerusalem; the continued opening of the tunnel under Haram al-Sharif, in spite of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1073 (1996); the Israeli authorities' ongoing deprival of the Palestinian inhabitants of the city of their right of residence; and the Israeli authorities' isolation of the city of East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Kuwait reaffirms here that this Israeli plan_violates the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, the Hague Rules of 1907 and all Security Council resolutions on Al-Quds.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“Security Council 3745th meeting (Resumption l) Fifty-second year 6 March 1997 My Government has followed with great concern the latest decision of the Israeli Government to build 6,500 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Jabal Abu Ghneim. This decision is part and parcel of a series of steps that compel us to call into question the very intentions of Israel with regard to Al~Quds Al-Sharif.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“Contrary to measures that we had hoped would bring us closer to peace and stability, we now find ourselves faced with regressive steps that destroy peace and shake confidence rather than consolidate it, dashing our spirits instead of raising them. Measures such as those being adopted by the Israeli Government as part of an ongoing policy are designed to thwart all the efforts now being made for peace. This Government does not realize that, in the final analysis, these policies will lead to confrontation, Violence, instability and a resumption of tension, whereas all peoples in the region want to see such tensions disappear. We believe that this cycle of violence will in fact negate the very concept of security as understood by the Israeli Government.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“Mr. Abulhasan (Kuwait) (interpretation from Arabic): First of all, on behalf of my delegation, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for this month. I am convinced that you shall lead the work of this Council to success. I would also like to thank your predecessor, the Ambassador of Kenya, for leading the work of the Council last month. I would like to commend him on the exceptional manner in which he .led the work of the Council. We are meeting here in the Council today to discuss one of the most serious measures adopted by the Israeli Government in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Al-Quds Al-Sharif.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“We appeal to the co-sponsors of the peace process not to let hope - the hope of the Conference - dissipate and to advocate the essence of the Conference, namely, land for peace.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“The only way open to the Council is to commit Israel to implement resolution 425 (1978), by withdrawing completely and unconditionally from all occupied Lebanese territory, and not to interfere in Lebanon's internal affairs, thereby giving the flowers of peace an opportunity to bloom. It should set out on the path of peace, using wisdom, reason and self-control. We support the peace process in the Middle East. This process, which was started at the Madrid Conference, will not achieve success unless peace is comprehensive and just, not limited to one track while the other is ignored; peace in which half-baked solutions are not accepted; peace of partners aiming to achieve equality, security, stability and economic development, without diktat, selectivity or the granting of favours.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“Kuwait condemns this aggression; expresses its full solidarity with the brotherly Lebanese people and its Government. It calls upon the Security Council to adopt all necessary measures to stop the aggression immediately and bring pressure to bear on Israel, by all the means that the Charter provides, to withdraw from occupied Lebanese territories and in implementation of resolution 425 (1978). Furthermore, it urges the Council to provide all the assistance, including political and financial support, that Lebanon needs to cope with its plight and to pay great attention to the human tragedy of forced displacement of people brought about by Israel's military might. The Council of Ministers at a meeting in Kuwait last Sunday adopted a statement to this effect, and the Government of Kuwait has extended urgent assistance to face this tragedy.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“Israel wants to maintain its occupation of the territories through brute military force, under the pretext of ensuring security for some of its territories. At the same time, it wants peace with all, but a peace that takes no account whatsoever of the legitimate rights of others, or of their political, economic or social stability. We have seen in the media pictures of the destruction wrought on Lebanon: the killing of innocent women, children and elderly people; the displacement of some 800,000 Lebanese in the south, which His Excellency the Ambassador of Lebanon described earlier; and the destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure, which was recently rebuilt by the Lebanese Government after difficult years of instability. Kuwait feels the pain of the brotherly Lebanese people and shares its feelings during this painful experience.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“This will lead to uncontrollable consequences unless the roots of the problem - Israel's continued occupation and its refusal to accept Lebanon's legitimate right to rid itself of that occupation - can be dealt with. Israel has ignored Security Council resolution 425 (1978), and all appeals made by the Council and by regional and international organizations have fallen on deaf ears. It has paid absolutely no heed to the tragedy and pain left by its aggressive and oppressive policy against the Lebanese people. It has never respected the central concept of the Madrid Peace Conference - based on the principle of land for peace - which was supposed to be a historic turning point in the Arab-Israeli conflict.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“Israel, more than any other country, should learn the lessons of the tragic experiences that it has brought upon its neighbouring countries. Having tasted their bitterness, Israel should heed those lessons and not adopt again the method of revenge, which has brought to the region only instability, destruction, misery, frustration and extremism, all at the expense of the desired peace and economic development. The path to peace has never been and never will be easy. It requires great care, effort and sacrifices. Peace will not die. It will not be made into a mirage unless military logic prevails and military power is used excessively to deal with every little incident. For the past five days Lebanon has faced blatant aggression and is still facing it. Security and peace are threatened not only in Lebanon, but in the Middle East as a whole.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“This aggression is directed against its sovereignty, its territorial integrity and its people - a people with a great history and civilization, a people that has been sincere in its efforts to achieve peace, security, prosperity and progress for itself and for the peoples of the region. The common denominator in both complaints is the approach adopted by Israel in dealing with developments in the area, an approach that knows nothing except the logic of brute force, oppression and collective punishment as a means of resolving disputes. It does not believe that peace and security are also based upon the implementation of demands of international legitimacy, foremost among which are the resolutions of the Security Council.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“Mr. Abulhasan (Kuwait) (interpretation from Arabic): It is perhaps unprecedented in the history of the deliberations of the Security Council that the Council should be convened twice in one day to debate two different subjects with the complaint being against the same party in both cases. As was discussed in the Council this morning, Israel's inhuman retaliatory measures undermine the foundations of peace in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Council is now discussing the Israeli aggression that began five days ago against Lebanon, an independent country and a Member of the United Nations.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“In conclusion, I appeal to all parties concerned to continue the peace process and to achieve progress with it, rather than taking action that makes us lose the momentum we have gained in recent years and which we hope will continue. I appeal to them also to make our dream come true: that peace may be restored to the Middle East. We appeal to the international community to continue its support to the Palestinian people to enable them to rebuild their economic infrastructure, and to donor countries to give them the continuous material support they need. We were the first country to give such support to the Palestinian people through the various international bodies and institutions. We express satisfaction at the agreements reached between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli Government as part of the peace process.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652 (1996) · source
“We also call upon Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories in Lebanon and to place them once again under the control of the Lebanese Government. Kuwait's participation in the Sharm El Sheikh Summit, which was held last month in the Arab Republic of Egypt, underscored our conviction that it is vital to give further momentum to the peace process and to make progress towards creating appropriate conditions for overcoming the obstacles to the peace which is so earnestly desired, and towards finding ways to combat terrorism, whatever its origin, and completely uprooting it from the region. What is essential now is to resume the peace process on all fronts to reach a formula that will make that peace just and comprehensive.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652 (1996) · source
“We call upon them to respect their agreements with the Palestinians and to continue negotiations on a final agreement, which will make it possible for the Palestinian people to fully exercise their rights and will put an end to aggression and occupation, leading to the exercise of these legitimate rights, first and foremost the right to self-determination and to the establishment of their own independent State, with the holy city of Jerusalem as its capital. Kuwait welcomed the agreement between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to extend autonomy as an important step towards full implementation of all aspects of the Oslo Agreement. Kuwait reaffirms that peace can be lasting and comprehensive only if all aspects of it are carried out. Therefore, we emphasize the need to make progress on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652 (1996) · source
“In View of its solidarity with the Palestinian people and its desire successfully to continue the peace process in the Middle East, Kuwait is profoundly concerned at the inhuman practices engaged in by the Israeli authorities, and requests the Security Council to demand that Israel immediately cease these policies of collective punishment, which they have unjustifiably claimed are simply for security reasons and have resulted in the blockading of the autonomous areas.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652 (1996) · source
“They have closed the Israeli border to Palestinians and their goods from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and have prevented the entrance of Israeli goods into Palestinian territory, which has greatly harmed the Palestinian economy and caused suffering to large sectors of the population of the territory. These measures are a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and of all other agreements, instruments, and international norms. They represent a sharp reversal by Israel, which has gone back on the agreements concluded at Oslo and Cairo as part of the peace process that started at Madrid in 1991. That the Israeli authorities continue these practices damages the entire peace process and creates tension and instability throughout the region.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652 (1996) · source
“Apart from the fact that the Israeli Government has continued to pursue its policy of confiscating lands, expanding its settlements and demolishing houses, as well as other arbitrary practices, other steps have recently been taken, and they can be summarized as follows. They have imposed restrictions on freedom of movement in the Palestinian territories and have effected the closure of certain zones in order to make it impossible for people to move between Palestinian villages and towns. They have also split the Palestinian territory, preventing Palestinians from reaching the city of Jerusalem.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652 (1996) · source
“Mr. Abulhasan (Kuwait) (interpretation from Arabic): The delegation of Kuwait is very pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the Security Council for this month. Your competence and experience guarantee that the Security Council's work will be crowned with success. I should like also to express our gratitude to your predecessor, Ambassador Legwaila, the Permanent Representative of Botswana, for the outstanding manner in which he directed the work of the Council last month. The Council is meeting today to consider the critical situation in the Palestinian territories resulting from the arbitrary measures and practices and inhuman treatment that the Israeli occupying authorities have resorted to against the people of Palestine in the occupied territories.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652 (1996) · source
“The Council should furthermore call upon Israel to desist from any action that could damage the climate needed for the peace process to move towards its objectives; it should insist that, at every level, the peace process must be revitalized and not deviate from its foundation in the resolutions of the Security Council and in international law. Kuwait considers that the Security Council should not allow the Palestinian people to fall victim to frustration and lose their interest in and support for the peace process. Kuwait also believes it necessary for peace to prevail in the Middle East, and is doing its best to devote resources to the economic development of the region in the service of security and stability for its inhabitants.”
1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Jerusalem has an international, Muslim, Arab status that cannot be bargained away, involving as it does the deepest, most sensitive feelings of the Muslim and Arab worlds. The Security Council has declared that "all measures taken by Israel which purport to alter the status of Jerusalem are invalid". (resolution 267 (1969), para. 4) Kuwait therefore expects the Security Council, whose resolutions constitute the foundations upon which the peace process is built, to take specific measures, calling upon Israel to rescind its order to confiscate lands in Jerusalem for whatever purpose, and reaffirming that any unilateral Israeli action in respect of Jerusalem is invalid and in contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.”
1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Kuwait, given its well-known position in respect of the peace process and its support in both words and deeds for the basic principles of the peace agreement, which agreement it regards as a first, important, step in the peace process - for which we wish success on all tracks based on the tenets of justice, equality and international law - calls upon Israel to rescind the confiscation orders and to desist henceforth from its illegal confiscation of Arab lands, be they in Al-Quds Al-Sharif or in other occupied Arab territories. Kuwait believes that the issue of Al-Quds Al-Sharif is in fact the cornerstone of the whole peace process and the continuation thereof. Israel must not think that the legal, political and demographic status of the city has been resolved in accordance with its wishes.”
1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source
“The accusations are, firstly, that Israel is altering the status of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, whereas it had been agreed that Israel would not prejudice the city's demographic or political status and that the final status of the city should be dealt with within the framework provided for in the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles; secondly, that there has been a resumption in establishing Israeli settlements, whereas establishing such settlements is considered by the Security Council and the General Assembly as illegal, as undermining peace and security and as Violating Palestinian territorial, demographic and political rights; and, thirdly, that the forcible confiscation of land has been conducted in order to make political gain, affect the future status of the city and change its demographic composition.”
1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source
“This meeting of the Council to discuss the confiscation by Israel of land in Al-Quds Al-Sharif is very significant in this respect, because the question at issue in our deliberations here carries within itself very serious accusations directed at Israel in respect of its forcible measures, its lack of respect for Muslim and Arab feelings and its lack of respect for the Declaration of Principles agreed upon with the Palestinian side.”
1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Many unprecedented and courageous steps have been taken to promote and entrench this process and not derail it by deviating from its main elements: the principle of land for peace: the relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973); and the principle that comprehensive progress must be made on all tracks. To take anyone of these elements without the others must be considered a setback for the process in that to do so weakens all the results achieved on the other tracks. The duties and responsibilities of the parties towards and in the peace process are mutual, integral and equal. No party to this process should be allowed to take steps under any pretext that would undermine the agreement at its foundations or in its essence.”
1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Mr. Abulhasan (Kuwait) (interpretation from Arabic): On behalf of the delegation of Kuwait, I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. You have shown that great efficiency and ability are permanent characteristics of your work, and we are confident that the Council will achieve success under your effective leadership. I should also like to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Kovanda of the Czech Republic, for his presidency of the Council last month. The countries of the Middle East, indeed the whole world, had great hopes when the peace process that was launched in Madrid began to bear fruit, in the form of the Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Jordanian agreements. The Arab countries were keen to give this long-awaited process every chance of success.”
1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source
“We should devote strenuous efforts to the benefit of mankind, the most gracious of God's creatures. We should promote his value and role in establishing a region in which peace, security and stability prevail. Our last prayer is that we thank God, the Creator of all worlds.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“It does this under pretexts which are not commensurate with logic or with the responsibilities of the Iraqi State, while accepting the same procedures in respect of other aspects of its obligations. We call upon the Iraqi regime to follow the right and clear way, by which it might be able to ensure the easing of the sanctions in order to show mercy to its people, safeguard the security of its neighbours and guarantee stability in this important region of the world. We have wasted a great deal of our most precious human and material resources, bestowed upon us by God, and devoted it to withstanding expansionist and aggressive acts launched against us. It is time for us to devote these human and material resources to achieving what is good for our nation and for its security, progress and peace.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“The Iraqi regime, which has shaken whatever remaining confidence the international community, and particularly the Security Council may have had in it, has to prove in practice that it has changed its approach and adopted peaceful intentions. Kuwait and the other States of the Persian Gulf region are pained by the suffering of the Iraqi people. We have all expressed in words and deeds our feelings in that respect. We have indicated the most correct and direct way to end that suffering, which is caused by the Iraqi regime itself because of its refusal to implement its political and legal obligations and its rejection of the authorization given to it by the Security Council to purchase its basic needs under resolutions 706 (1991) and 712 (1991).”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“The renewed threats by Iraq against Kuwait and the States of the region in the manner that we have all witnessed over the past 10 days, and the results arising 17 from such threats, make it imperative that the Council, in addition to resolution 949 (1994), adopted on 15 October last, should gauge the implementation by Iraq of its obligations in the light of this painful experience, the results of which we are living through today. It is also imperative that the Security Council should develop controls and procedures to prevent the Iraqi regime from reneging on its commitments regarding implementation.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“It is important that the aggressor should not be rewarded; Six, Iraq should not be allowed to implement its obligations selectively or to refer those remaining for bilateral solution or to frameworks outside the Security Council. Seven, the need to make sure, through agreed controls, of the good intentions of Iraq in order to avoid shaking the foundations of peace and security in the Persian Gulf region in the way we have been witnessing since 6 October last.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“In view of the developments we witnessed 10 days ago and of today's episode, I should like to explain Kuwait's view concerning the manner in which these questions should be addressed and resolved: First, I emphasize Iraq's obligation to implement unconditionally all relevant Security Council resolutions; Second, we should not accept any expression of any intent to implement as a substitute for actual implementation; Third, I emphasize the need to reject any formula that could be interpreted as making Iraq's compliance with these demands contingent upon its receiving a promise from the Security Council to implement counter- obligations; Fourth, Iraq should not be allowed to negotiate with the Security Council or with any other party or parties concerning resolutions adopted by the Council or the means of implementing them; Fifth, we must reject the notion that blackmail and the threat or use of force could result in the securing of rights by those who engage in such activities or could be used as a reason for shrugging off responsibilities.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“The fact that all these attempts have been frustrated and rejected is due to the serious and united stand of the Security Council and to Kuwait's persistence, as well as its political and diplomatic activity, supported by the active and unified policy of our brethren in the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf, the countries of the Damascus declaration, the League of Arab States, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Movement of Non-aligned Countries and the rest of the world.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“Over the years that followed the liberation of Kuwait, the Iraqi regime tried to circumvent some of these demands while claiming that it was implementing them in the belief that it can deceive the international community and the members of the Security Council, as well as Kuwait. The most salient issues disregarded by the Iraqi regime have been the independence, sovereignty and borders of Kuwait, the question of prisoners and detainees and the matter of persons missing from Kuwait and other countries.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“It should observe the principles of good-neighbourliness with the countries of the region by renouncing its ambitions, its policy of blackmail and intimidation and its interference in the internal affairs of the other countries of the region; by refraining from terrorism and from supporting terrorism; and by relinquishing the aggressive tendency that characterizes the Iraqi regime; Twelve, there must be respect for the rights of Iraq's people, whether in the north or in the south, under Security Council resolution 688 (1991), and Iraq must refrain from pursuing a policy of suppressing or violating human rights, so that neighbouring countries will not be subjected to an influx of refugees, resulting in the undermining of their peace and security; Thirteen, Iraq must honour its obligations concerning the payment of compensation under part E of Security Council resolution 687 (1991).”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“This was published as an official document; Ten, Iraq's responsibility with regard to property belonging to the private sector must be discharged. This property was stolen, as is documented in official Iraqi instruments, which indicate which Iraqi Government body was responsible for the theft, as well as the location to which the property was sent. All this information is included in documents under our hand, some of which were communicated to the United Nations; Eleven, we need practical measures that prove in concrete terms the good intentions of Iraq. Iraq should act at the regional level in a manner that does not threaten security and stability in the region.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“This is a problem that the Iraqi regime has been exploiting as a political card to reap special gains; Seven, all Iraq's weapons of mass destruction must be destroyed; Eight, a sufficiently long period must be allowed to elapse to reassure all members that the monitoring machinery established by the Special Commission is functioning efficiently and, in this connection, that Iraq will in future cooperate unconditionally and completely with the Special Commission; Nine, the remaining property that was stolen from the Government sector in Kuwait must be returned. There is a great deal of such property, and it belongs to various Government Departments. Last week, we sent an inventory of some of the items to the Secretary-General.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“Iraq's signature is necessary for the proper completion of the formalities of these records; Fifth, the Iraqi authorities should allow the farmers of their country who are affected to receive their compensation, as estimated by the United Nations. Kuwait has already deposited the funds with the United Nations pending their receipt by the Iraqi farmers under Security Council resolution 899 (1994); Six, there must be serious cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross with a view to securing the release of all prisoners and detainees and receiving information about the fate of missing persons who are nationals of Kuwait or of other countries. Iraq should demonstrate the necessary seriousness that is needed for this humanitarian problem to be resolved.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“16 We in Kuwait have repeatedly stated and continue to state the obligations that have not yet been discharged: First, official recognition of Kuwait's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity; Second, recognition of Kuwait's international borders as laid down by Security Council resolution 833 (1993); Third, these two recognitions should be fully documented through JIraq's constitution channels, published in Iraq's Official Gazette and deposited with the United Nations, as is provided for in Security Council resolution 949 (1994); Fourth, Iraq's representative on the United Nations Iraq/Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission should sign all the relevant records and the official border map, which were signed by Kuwait's representative on the Commission, the independent experts who are members of the Commission and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 20 May 1993.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source
“Members of the Council who spoke on the occasion of the adoption of that resolution explained, and they have just done so again, what is required of Iraq if it wishes to have the sanctions relaxed or lifted.”
1994-10-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3439 (1994) · source