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Aguilar Zinser

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first: 2002-01-30
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“The Secretary-General's reports fully comply with their purpose, but the Views, appraisals and comments of the personnel in daily contact with the region's problems might assist the Council in better understanding the decision-making process on the basic issues that face us. I would like to refer briefly to some of the lessons learned with respect to the sanctions applied in Sierra Leone by the Committee which I chair. First, the population must perceive the sanctions as mechanisms for contributing to peace and security and not as acts of reprisal or of political reprimand. It is very important to have the support of the population if the sanctions are to be effective. An additional effort by the United Nations is required to explain to the population the nature of the sanctions imposed.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“Guehenno 's recommendations concerning sustained efforts to reintegrate ex-combatants and the recommendations concerning the need to continue working hard to combat persistent sexual abuse, exploitation and violence, which, as we have seen, have been major features of the war in Sierra Leone. One central aspect of the lessons learned is the coordination and integration of efforts among all the agencies concerned. I would like to note that, in the particular case of Sierra Leone, we have seen quite clearly that the Security Council must pay much greater interest and attention in its communications with the personnel of United Nations agencies working in the field.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“The Security Council must proceed to a gradual and orderly withdrawal of the Mission, while at the same time ensuring that the Government of Sierra Leone is in a position to control effectively its territory and to assure its physical integrity, internal and external defence and social security. The integrated nature of efforts in Sierra Leone's political, security, humanitarian assistance and economic and social development areas are central factors in its success. The international community's support has focused not only on advances made in the political process, but also on meeting the population's basic needs, as well as on the demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants and on the humanitarian situation of refugees and internally displaced persons. Here we should definitely take into account Mr.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“In Mexico, we agree on the factors for success, as already described by Under-Secretary-General Guehenno. The factors of success to be learned from the situation in Sierra Leone are in the first place certainly the clarity of the objectives. The main objective has been dismantling the structures of violence and restoring a new constitutional political order. With regard to his goal, there has been great intensity in establishing the major commitments of the United Nations and of the international community on a scale commensurate with the objectives. The resources applied were also consonant with the scale of those objectives. The continuity of these endeavours is now the next lesson to learn in order to be certain that the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) is really a success story.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“A large national and international effort is needed to guarantee freedom of expression, freedom of the press, political parties, non-governmental organizations and the force of public opinion. In Sierra Leone we have precisely the combination of will and factors. We have the United Nations plus these factors: the United Kingdom, as a fundamental ally of Sierra Leone and the United Nations in seeking peace in the region; the neighbouring countries, some of which have made a significant contribution to achieving that peace; the international community as a whole; and, no less important, the far-reaching role of Sierra Leone society, its non-governmental organizations and civil organizations and - let us state very clearly - the women of Sierra Leone, who have been a decisive factor in making this process fruitful.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“However difficult the situation may be when it comes to building trust among the countries of the Mano River region, we would appeal for a firm commitment on the part of the three Governments to carry out the practical measures agreed at the summit meeting held under the auspices of the King of Morocco and in the subsequent technical meetings mainly devoted to security. Another key factor for the Mano River region is institutionalizing the political processes through the strengthening of democratic institutions and the creation of modes of representation to enable the various political actors to find the right channels through which to act on the political scene - particularly during elections, because this is where the power struggle should be acted out.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“Accordingly, what is needed is an international regional effort. The increasingly violent situation in Liberia demonstrates this fact. If the international community fails to give proper attention to the humanitarian situation and the violence in Liberia, then the efforts that we may make in other countries of the region, particularly in Sierra Leone, may well prove to be reversible. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guinea, much better than any of us, has described the regional dimension of the problems of peace, security, economic development, protection of the environment and social security in the Mano River region. For this reason, my country feels that the Rabat process is a key factor in fostering mutual trust among the countries of the region.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): Madam President, I am very gratified at your presence in the Security Council, and I would like to take this opportunity to express my country's congratulations and commendation to the United Kingdom for the extraordinarily generous and responsible effort that it has made in the Mano River region, and in Sierra Leone in particular. This event presents an opportunity to reflect upon lessons learned, and the very focus of this seminar is already a lesson learned. For my country, the key to the peace process in the Mano River region is the regional approach. All national efforts that we may make to promote peace must have a regional dimension. No country acting alone in the Mano River region can create the conditions necessary to guarantee peace, security, stability and development.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“The Government of Mexico considers respect for human rights and the validity of international law as an unshirkable commitment. Our signing of the Rome Statute and the constitutional process now under way in Mexico to ratify it oblige us to defend its objectives and focus our actions unequivocally on upholding its application. For those reasons, my delegation is not in a position to accept any decision that would injure the establishment and legitimacy of the International Criminal Court.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“As has been stated, this is a guarantee that the international community in no way questions the strict parameters of independence and impartiality governing the operation of the judicial systems of States, in particular of the United States. With regard to the universal commitment to the Rome Statute, today the United Nations is at an exceptional and historic crossroads. The choice depends on all its Members - an irreparable step backwards or the option that postulates the United Nations and the progressive development of international law as civilizing factors that promote international cooperation, the legitimacy of international institutions, and the strengthening of a system of justice of universal scope to punish those who commit the most grievous and far-reaching crimes against the international community.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“Its content represents a fine and delicate balance that the Council cannot and must not alter. If it were to follow the route of the initiatives of the United States, the Council would be interpreting the scope of article 16 very broadly, since the article was designed for specific situations with a limited time frame for cases in which it was justified by the need to maintain or to restore international peace and security. We are confident the United States will find a way to resolve its concerns in this framework, given that the Statute contains sufficient safeguards to protect the legitimate interests of States parties and of States not parties to the Statute. The Statute is grounded in the principle of complementarity.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“While we regret that recently the United States has clearly stated its intention not to ratify the Statute, my country wishes to state that we have full respect for that decision. In view of this, throughout these weeks of arduous work, we have listened very attentively to the concerns of the United States, and throughout this period we have maintained a receptive attitude towards its proposals and concerns. However, it still appears that we are far from finding points of convergence. While the latest proposals have shown some progress in that they invoke the Statute, it is also true that they continue to represent an interpretation that in Mexico's opinion goes beyond the letter and spirit of article 16 of the Statute. The text of article 16 was the result of intense negotiations at the Rome diplomatic conference.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“We cannot accept the need to grant a general suspension with regard to events that have not yet occurred. Even less can we accept that such a suspension might become unlimited. The action of the Security Council in fulfilling its mandate must be in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with international law. For that reason, the Council cannot, in the name of the maintenance of peace and security, set up an exemption regime that would alter the spirit of the provisions of the Rome Statute. My delegation would have liked to have seen the United States be a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, especially in virtue of its leadership and its very significant and substantial contributions in establishing and promoting other international criminal tribunals.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“Similarly, legal institutions such as the law of treaties, one of whose essential objectives is to promote peaceful cooperation among States, would be damaged if we allowed the Council to set the negative precedent of using its resolutions to amend treaties. Invoking article 16 of the Rome Statute to grant immunity from its jurisdiction to the personnel and troops of missions established and authorized by the Security Council is not acceptable to my delegation. Any decision that attempts to extract article 16 from the Rome Statute and to interpret it in isolation in a manner contrary to its original purpose undermines the implementation of the entire Statute and erodes the fundamental principle of the independence of the Court. Article 16 must have temporary validity and an exceptional application covering specific situations.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“Moreover, we - the States parties to the Rome Statute and all States signatories that have committed ourselves to not taking any action, in any circumstances, that would undermine the Courts' objective and purpose - are faced with a dangerous precedent, which, if accepted, would represent a de facto amendment to the Rome Statute. In particular, I am referring to the possibility that the ICC be instructed to suspend the investigation or prosecution of cases of genocide, war crimes or crimes against humanity involving current or former personnel of operations created or authorized by the Security Council.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“But we doubt whether it is the proper forum in which to deal with matters relating to the International Criminal Court, particularly if what is at issue would undermine one of the essential features of any judicial body: the independent exercise of its jurisdiction. The adverse consequences of the implementation of the proposal to grant absolute immunity to the personnel of peacekeeping operations are not consistent. On the one hand there is the call for States receiving missions to cooperate fully with international tribunals, including the special tribunals. On the other hand is the exemption of the personnel and troops of those missions from their obligations under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“With regard to the Organization's capacity to deploy peacekeeping operations, my delegation holds that the Member States have collectively decided that the Security Council should act on behalf of us all in discharging its primary responsibility of maintaining international peace and security. Therefore, the legitimacy of the Council's action rests on such decisions being in conformity with the principles of the Charter and of international law. For that reason, my delegation believes that the credibility of the Council's work may be adversely affected with the approval of decisions counter to the integrity of the international legal system. The Security Council is without question the proper body in which to deal with matters relating to peacekeeping operations.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“However, despite the efforts made to renew the mandate, it has not been possible to find a solution to the underlying problem raised by the delegation of the United States. In particular, my country is concerned about proposals that would grant countries contributing troops and other personnel to missions established or authorized by the Security Council any sort of immunity vis-a-vis the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. My delegation has serious difficulties in subscribing to proposals that would establish such exemption regimes, because of their implications both for the functioning of peacekeeping operations and for the integrity of the system of international jurisdiction.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“Lastly, and fourthly, debate has arisen concerning universal commitment to the Rome Statute, which establishes the International Criminal Court. Today's debate is therefore wide in scope and goes beyond the issues of peacekeeping operations and the International Criminal Court. The Secretary- General's 3 July letter to Secretary of State Powell clearly and eloquently reflects the situation. As far as the renewal of the mandate of UNMIBH is concerned, Mexico would like to state that this renewal is essential to provide continuity and solidity to the international community's efforts to consolidate peace and stability in the Balkans, thereby enabling the European Union to assume its role in Bosnia and Herzegovina in an orderly fashion.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“While we welcome this debate, we are concerned at the course taken by attempts to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), in that it has brought together four diverse elements that we would have preferred not be mingled in a single debate. The first element at stake is the effort to maintain peace and security in the Balkans through the activities of the United Nations. Secondly, great uncertainty has developed with regard to the capacity of the United Nations to renew a mandate or to deploy new peacekeeping operations in order to fulfil its purposes. Thirdly, questions have been raised regarding the very applicability and universality of international law.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): As other delegations have done, my delegation would like to take this opportunity to welcome the establishment of the new African Union, with all the expectations to which that event gives rise. My delegation would also like to associate itself with the statement made by Costa Rica on behalf of the Rio Group. The holding of this public debate opens up new avenues for dialogue to enable us to listen to and understand the concerns of States Members of the United Nations with regard to issues that are of crucial importance to us. This occasion should also be viewed as an opportune moment to make the working methods of the Security Council patently transparent.”
2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568 (2002) · source
“Such parameters, resulting from mediation, could be taken forward to an international conference and could provide the basis for the Security Council to adopt substantive, operational and defining resolutions that go far beyond ad hoc responses ofthe moment. We are convinced that the Security Council can decisively support a proposal that contributes to breaking the cycle of violence and building lasting peace.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Government of Mexico will not recognize as viable any peace plan imposed unilaterally that draws away from the political and legal framework contained in Security Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 1397 (2002). Mexico proposes to the members of the "quartet" that they play a more active role. We would also like to suggest that they set parameters that are acceptable to the parties and that lead to the cessation of violence and the speedy establishment of a Palestinian State within the framework of the resolutions of the Security Council and the relevant agreements.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“My delegation shares the concern voiced here this afternoon by the European Union concerning the extremely preoccupying situation of the population in the Palestinian territories, and in particular about the stranglehold imposed by Israel on the population. The proposal to hold an international conference on the Middle East should energetically be explored. However, at this juncture, it is hard to see how this project could come to fruition. For a just peace process to exist, the parties to a conflict must display the political will to arrive at an agreement. That will is not visible. My delegation considers that we must strengthen legitimate international mediation for the benefit of both parties, which must be done through the "quartet" formula.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In practice, Israel has already abandoned the Oslo framework and has traveled a dangerous distance away from resolution 242 (1967). Nor does Israel seem to be accepting the peace offer contained in the Saudi peace plan. It has been undermining the Palestinian Authority, preventing it from being an effective interlocutor. Over the past few months, Israel has set about systematically destroying the economic and institutional infrastructure of the Palestinian Authority in the territories, and it has consolidated the illegal settlements, which, along with the terrorist attacks, are the immediate cause, if not the root, of the prevailing violence.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Security Council must not only demand compliance with its resolutions, but it must also, as the representative of Mauritius has pointed out, study the substance of the situation in the field and from a political perspective, in order to devise avenues for action - not reaction - that will help to create a more favourable climate for negotiations and for an eventual just and lasting peace process. The Security Council must consider these proposals and must be prepared to craft positions that will serve for the long run. Mexico is concerned by the tendency of the current Israeli Government to move away from the legal standards of the international community, which had enabled us thus far to speak of the existence of a Middle East peace process based on agreements and commitments.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“My country therefore urges the "quartet" to play an even more active role in order to unblock the situation on the ground and to create favourable conditions that might in the short term lead to the resumption of a genuine peace process and to the establishment of a Palestinian State that would coexist peacefully, within secure borders, with Israel. A very long road has already been traveled, at great expense and effort, and has produced many useful proposals and agreements, which must not be cast aside. This is not a time to turn back with proposals that could be dangerous and revive distrust and violence.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“What is happening in Palestine and Israel is a tragedy, and, unfortunately, none of the efforts of the international community, none of the resolutions of the Security Council and none of the diplomatic representations that have been made have been able to end the violence and set the peace process back on track. However, Mexico reiterates its intention to intensify mediation initiatives to try to achieve a political agreement that would lead to the resumption of a peace process based on resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) of the Security Council and on the agreements emanating from Madrid and Oslo. In this connection, Mexico believes that mediation efforts should be carried out through concrete and clear-cut activities that do not give rise to any doubts or hesitancy.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The suicidal terrorist attacks that have occurred recently in Israel - attacks that horrify us all - demonstrate something that both parties should recognize by now and accept: that terrorism one the one hand and violent, offensive and disproportionate retaliation on the other are two sides of the same coin - the currency ofinjustice and hatred. The continuation of suicide attacks shows that the attacks carried out by Israel as retaliation - acts which Israel considers to be a legitimate response to acts of terrorism - are ineffective and unwise and run counter to Israel's own security interests. Israel has every right to enjoy secure borders, but it must come to realize that if it uses these means, it will not win its war against terrorism. It is setting fire to its own house.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mexico believes in the just cause of the Palestinian people, in the rightness of its claim to a Palestinian national State and in its justified rejection of Israel's occupation of the territories where, according to Security Council resolutions, such a Palestinian State is to be established. That occupation is the root cause ofthe violence in the region. Nevertheless, my delegation does not believe that it is through violent means, much less through suicide bombings - which are unacceptable from any perspective fl that the Palestinian cause will prevail.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): The Mexican delegation, too, would like to express its profound concern not only at the continuing grave deterioration of the situation in the field but also at the dimming of prospects for an early, peaceful, just and lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East. Mexico would like to convey to the people of Israel its concern and express its sorrow for the Israeli victims who have been killed or traumatized by the merciless armed attacks that have been carried out in recent weeks, in an atrocious manner, by suicidal Palestinian extremists.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“This working meeting shows the Security Council's interest in deepening its presence in Africa with a greater sense of responsibility and purpose, which must always and above all be done with the inclusion of the points of View of the African countries and following their initiatives.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I would like to conclude by saying that among the tasks that we consider essential for the Council, we cannot ignore the importance of humanitarian action undertaken by the United Nations and the international community in Africa. A fundamental element of conflicts that so threaten peace in the area relates to refugees, human rights violations, problems of intolerance - whether interracial or inter-ethnic - and the building of mechanisms for mutual confidence. The Security Council also has at its disposal and should make maximum use of, the knowledge of international non-governmental organizations in Africa itself and outside Africa. It should rely on them for valuable information in order to make its decision- making more sound.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We should look at their resources and the commitments undertaken by the international community. The collective thinking of the Working Group on the lessons learned in the different experiences of the existing peace missions in Africa can help and make a contribution to enhancing their effectiveness. The Working Group should also examine the efficiency and the timeliness of existing sanctions and should examine the future of sanctions regimes as an instrument which could contribute to the creation of conditions of peace and security in the regions. The Working Group has an express mandate to facilitate and promote strategic interaction among organs and bodies both in the United Nations and in regional countries to reach the Council's peace and security objectives.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The ad hoc Working Group on Africa is the proper forum in which to hold consultations between the members of the Security Council and interested African countries in order to arrive at an agreement. The Security Council obviously cannot unilaterally impose a resolution to the conflict, but it can certainly further the possibility for the parties concerned to find a way out. The fourth priority which my delegation considers a fundamental task of the Council in its current agenda is to continue working for a satisfactory and definitive demarcation of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea in order to put an end to their conflict. The Working Group should serve as a forum in which to analyse the effectiveness of United Nations peace missions in Africa and their ability to discharge the tasks they have been entrusted with.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“There should be an effort to ensure that the commitments undertaken by the countries of the Mano River region become a reality and that they live within secure boundaries, in an atmosphere of mutual respect. These objectives should also be analysed very carefully and thoroughly by the Council's ad hoc Working Group on Africa. The third issue to which my country attaches high priority in the short term is the situation in the Western Sahara. The right of the Saharan people to self- determination must be guaranteed, whether through political negotiations or through the active participation of the Security Council in the search for a definitive solution to this conflict, which is one of the oldest issues addressed by the Council. We have mandatory deadlines, and we have a situation that cannot go on any further.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Whatever success we achieve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be a starting point from which to stabilize the entire region and to find a way out ofthe internal conflict in Burundi and full recovery of peace and security in Rwanda. It is from this perspective that we believe that the Working Group on Africa is responsible for continuing to focus the interest and the political will of the members of the Council on finding, in cooperation with the African countries and organizations, a quick solution to the very risky and volatile situation in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo. The second topic that we feel should have priority in the work of the Security Council is consolidating the achievements in the region of the Mano River Union, especially in Sierra Leone.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We must contribute to the success of the inter-Congolese dialogue by means ofthe instruments designed for that purpose. Mexico fully trusts the capacities of the signatories of the agreements on which the inter- Congolese dialogue is based. We are fully confident in the capacity of the Congolese to quickly arrive at an inclusive arrangement on a political solution that will guarantee the integrity of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We trust that it will also be achieved with the active participation of the Organization of African Unity and interested countries, in particular South Africa. My country greatly appreciates the efforts of South Africa in seeking peace for the Great Lakes region.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Success by the United Nations and the African community, in keeping with the promises and commitments set out in the Lusaka Agreement, is the foundation for peace, progress and development in the Great Lakes region. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, in view of its size and its wealth of resources, could become a tremendous engine for development in the whole Great Lakes area and an invaluable factor for stability. It could just as easily, however, remain a factor of instability and conflict. Therefore the Security Council must attach a high level of priority, as it has to the search for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That is what prompted the recent visit of members of the Security Council to the Great Lakes region. We must work with the Africans within the framework of existing agreements.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“From that perspective, and viewing the Working Group on Africa led by Ambassador Koonjul of Mauritius as the focus of Council action, my country considers that the Council must immediately target its activities regarding initiatives that can be considered by the Working Group on four immediate regional and subregional priorities. The first is the task of enabling peace through political arrangements that guarantee the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Any democratic transition that could result from political agreements reached through the inter-Congolese dialogue must immediately lead to the withdrawal of foreign troops from the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Security Council must support those organizations and assist them in discharging their missions. The Security Council, given its restricted powers and the way they are described in the Charter, cannot ignore the close linkage between economic and social development, and peace and security in Africa. Therefore, it is incumbent upon it to forge close links with the Economic and Social Council so that a genuine strategic association enables the two organs to work together, each within the scope of its responsibilities, to build lasting peace in the region.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The guidelines for Security Council action in Africa must be provided by the Africans themselves. The Security Council must be receptive and must apply criteria based on the understanding that the Africans themselves have of their situation and their possibilities. The effectiveness of the Security Council therefore depends on its ability to communicate its tasks and nourish its activities with the points of view that the Africans themselves bring, and also with the existence of strong and solid regional institutions. It is therefore of particular importance to my country to stress the need for the Security Council to continuously promote the participation of the African organizations as being immediately and primarily responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security in that area.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In the immediate future it must continue to be a focal point for meetings between the Security Council and African countries, regional organizations and other groups within that region. The Security Council's responsibility for Africa is one of its greatest challenges and it strains the Council's ability to discharge its Charter mandate. The perspective from which the Council should work jointly with Africans in maintaining peace and security in the region is to consider in an integrated way peace as a continuous effort that must be pursued in a well defined manner and in strategic association with the international community as a whole and in close coordination with the other organs of the United Nations. The starting point for this activity must be consultations with the African countries and with their regional organizations.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In association with the other bodies of the United Nations and with the joint support of the international community, this implies a capacity, when conflicts loom, to engage in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and above all to erect an architecture of peace that will promote development for the peoples of Africa in spite of whatever conflicts there may be in the region. It is of particular importance to the work of the Council that the ad hoc Working Group on Africa has been created, because it reflects a commitment to dedicate to African affairs the attention, priority and continuity that they deserve within the Council and the United Nations. The Working Group on Africa has enabled the Council to focus and integrate its efforts on Africa.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Aguilar Zinser (Mexico) (spoke in Spanish): My delegation welcomes the fact that you, Sir, are presiding over this meeting of the Security Council as your country's Minister for Foreign Affairs. This clearly demonstrates the importance that Singapore attaches to the work of the Security Council on African issues, and to our Organization's peacekeeping activities. The Security Council is responsible for resolving conflicts and maintaining peace and security. At the international level this task is particularly meaningful for Africa.”
2002-05-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4538Resumption1 (2002) · source
“This resolution establishes the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), which is provided with an appropriate mandate to contribute to the establishment of a representative and solid administration, to the rule of law and order and to external security. It is now the Security Council's task appropriately to follow up the implementation of the resolution and to support UNMISET and its head, Kamalesh Sharma, in the implementation of their mandate. We will closely follow the progress made in the field in order to adapt the composition and the mandate of the Mission as needed, ensuring the gradual hand-over of responsibilities and powers to the people of East Timor in all spheres.”
2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source
“The efforts of the new Government of East Timor to respond to the needs of its population in the priority areas of education, health, housing and agriculture require the sustained support of the international community. This will contribute to the country's economic and social development, will alleviate poverty and will contribute to the effective exercise of independence and self-determination by the people of East Timor. The $360 million pledge made during the donors' conference recently held in Dili augurs well for the future. The United Nations also has a responsibility to fulfil in the consolidation of the newly independent State. Cognizant of this, Mexico supported the adoption of Security Council resolution 1410 (2002) last Friday.”
2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source
“The people and the Government of East Timor have an enormous task before them: the consolidation of basic structures and of public and private social and community institutions, to respond to political, economic and social development needs. We are deeply gratified at the beginning of the work of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation, the conclusion of the phase of emergency rehabilitation in the education sector and progress in the creation of health infrastructure in the country. We are also gratified by the adoption of domestic labour legislative aimed at the implementation of relevant international standards.”
2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source
“We await the time when the Council can make the recommendation to the General Assembly to accept East Timor as a new Member State of this Organization. I wish to express my country's support for the readiness shown by the new authorities of East Timor to sign and to ratify the principal international treaties, particularly those on disarmament, the environment and human rights. We also particularly welcome the statement made in this Chamber by young Jose Cabral on the occasion of the special session on children to the effect that one of the first international instruments that the new Government of East Timor will sign will be the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including its Optional Protocols.”
2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source
“The willingness of the Government of Mexico to strengthen the relations of friendship and cooperation with East Timor was conveyed in Dili. Mexico welcomes this transcendental moment in East Timor's history, the culminating point in the struggle of a people to exercise its right to self- determination. Mexico reiterates once again its high esteem of the United Nations for its dedication to the attainment of East Timor's independence, which will remain on record as one of the successful chapters in the history of this Organization. Today we joyfully welcome the Democratic Republic of East Timor to the community of nations. The people and the authorities of East Timor have expressed their wish to participate actively and constructively in the international system.”
2002-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4537 (2002) · source