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1998-12-23
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1998-12-23
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  1. “Although it is an internal crisis, it has the potential to threaten the peace and security of the ECOWAS subregion. Timely response to this request, therefore, will help nip this incipient crisis in the bud. We are more aware today of the risks associated with dispatching operations with inadequate resources. We have also learned that inaction in the face of a threat to international peace and security anywhere in the world is unacceptable.”

    1998-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954Resumption1 (1998) · source

  2. “In this regard, I wish to draw the Council's attention to relevant presidential statements and to resolution 1216 (1998), adopted only two days ago, on the implementation of the Abuja Accord with regard to the crisis in Guinea-Bissau, signed by President Joao Bernardo Vieira and the Commander of the Self-Proclaimed Military Junta, General Ansumane Mane. Although the ceasefire is holding, the situation is tense and could erupt at any time. Rapid deployment of ECOMOG interposition forces is critical to the restoration and consolidation of peace in that country. However, ECOWAS member States lack the means to do this. This explains the appeal to the international community to enable ECOMOG to undertake an operation of that magnitude.”

    1998-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954Resumption1 (1998) · source

  3. “In Sierra Leone and Liberia, the United Nations and the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) are deeply involved in post-conflict peace-building activities. They monitor human rights violations and help the Governments to implement their disarmament and demobilization tasks. This kind of cooperation between the Security Council and a regional organization, already envisaged in the Charter, deserves recognition and support. Finally, my delegation hereby requests the Security Council not to relent in its efforts to provide ECOMOG with the logistic, financial and technical assistance that it sorely requires to execute its mandate in our subregion.”

    1998-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954Resumption1 (1998) · source

  4. “As a long-term conflict-prevention strategy, post-conflict peace-building must be vigorously promoted, bearing in mind the specific circumstances of each case. Economic reconstruction, the rehabilitation of basic health and education facilities, and the safety of lives and property should help to ensure that the cessation of violence is real; these elements will contribute to the consolidation of peace, which is a prerequisite for sustainable growth and development. Peace and prosperity are mutually reinforcing. The participation of donor Governments, non-govemmental organizations and host Governments in this process has been critical to the successes witnessed in many regions, especially in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) subregion.”

    1998-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954Resumption1 (1998) · source

  5. “My delegation agrees with the Secretary-General that post-conflict peace-building must involve coordinated and integrated activities that address the root causes of violence, with a View to laying the foundations for a lasting peace. This comprehensive approach, which links peace, security, good governance, respect for human rights and sustainable development, represents a major paradigm shift in the activities of the United Nations. This innovation is quite unique. Nigeria firmly supports all United Nations efforts to strengthen its conflict-prevention and crisis-management capacity, and has always welcomed the initiatives of the Secretary-General in this field. My delegation believes that development is a prerequisite for creating a stable, secure and prosperous society.”

    1998-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954Resumption1 (1998) · source

  6. “These conflicts have greatly impeded the socio-economic development of the continent, reduced the population to abject poverty and deprivation, created swarms of refugees and internally displaced persons, and generated serious apprehension on the part of the international community about the continent's future. My delegation too is disturbed by this trend of events. We are, however, pleased that the United Nations system is giving special consideration to the root causes of these conflicts, with a view to designing strategies for their resolution. The short-, medium- and long-term consequences of conflicts require a holistic approach that includes the full range of humanitarian and development assistance.”

    1998-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954Resumption1 (1998) · source

  7. “When, in October of this year, my delegation addressed the General Assembly on the report of the Security Council, we stressed the great importance which we attach to activities the Council undertakes in the discharge of its primary responsibility on matters that directly affect our region. In the past year, the Council devoted about 60 per cent of its activities to conflicts in the continent of Africa. Today the international community has to deal with an ever increasing number of new conflicts which must be promptly contained. True enough, there has been no large- scale regional conflict; yet many local wars have continued, and Africa has had more than its fair share.”

    1998-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954Resumption1 (1998) · source

  8. “Please allow me at the outset to join those who have spoken before me in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Knowing your country' s particular interest in and concrete contributions to the subject of today's debate, my delegation is confident that the deliberations of the Council will be conducted with skill and wisdom, and in a manner that will enhance the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter. Maintaining and restoring international peace and security is a fundamental purpose of the United Nations.”

    1998-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954Resumption1 (1998) · source