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1. “It also calls for collective opposition to any attempt to extend the worsening crisis to neighbour- ing countries as a result of the continued occupation.”

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2. “The communiqué also reaffirms the importance of ending the illegal Israeli oc- cupation of Palestinian territory and establishing an in- dependent Palestinian State based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and calls on the in- ternational community to take immediate and effective steps to ensure that in accordance with international law. It urges the international community to support the resilience of the Palestinian people on their land while preventing attempts to displace them from their territory and exacerbate the problem of refugees, whose rights must be heeded in the context of a comprehensive solu- tion that addresses the final-status issues on a basis of international law, the Arab Peace Initiative and the rel- evant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Se- curity Council.”

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3. “It must prove to us that no State is above the law, even if that State is Israel. We ask the Council to send a loud, clear and direct message that emphasizes the peace that can inevitably result for all parties. In conclusion, the GCC held an emergency ministe- rial meeting yesterday in Muscat to discuss the devel- opments in the occupied Palestinian territory, issuing a communiqué that calls for Israel to immediately cease its war on the Gaza Strip, de-escalate, respect interna- tional law and protect civilians.”

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4. “We call on the Council to stand up for international law and international humanitarian law, lift the siege on Gaza, open its crossing points and protect humanitarian and United Nations workers, particularly those of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. As an international community, what are we waiting for to act without any kind of double standards and selectivity? Are we just waiting for more massacres, killing and torture? The measures we need to take will go down forever in this Chamber and in history. We would like to draw the Council’s attention to the fact that if it ignores reason and justice it will not give it credibility or enable us to ensure stability in the Middle East, quite the contrary. We call on the Council to apply international law.”

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5. “We must put an immediate end to any acts of violence or random illegal bombings of residen- tial neighbourhoods in the occupied Palestinian territory. The GCC countries categorically reject any plans for the forced transfer of civilian Palestinians, and we hold Israel, the occupying Power, fully responsible for any such plans. We call on the Council to consider that as well as the potential repercussions for international peace and security. The GCC countries stress the need for an immediate ceasefire and for enabling relief and humanitarian teams to have safe, unconditional access to the Gaza Strip. We need to take a decisive position against creating famine and cutting off water and power supplies so as to use them as weapons of war.”

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6. “If that is not a violation and a massacre perpetrated against the Palestinian people, let me then ask Council members: What constitutes a viola- tion? When will the international community take action to protect Palestinian civilians? We will hold the perpe- trators accountable. Collective punishment and starvation policies are criminal acts of a kind that were practiced by Nazis during the Second World War. They have no place in today’s world, and we reject them. The international community has put its trust in the Council to guarantee that what happened would not happen again and to protect future generations from the scourge of war. The interna- tional community and the Palestinian people are asking the Council to shoulder its responsibility. It must act re- sponsibly to maintain international peace and security and protect civilians.”

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7. “Is not killing and mutilating such an unimaginable number of human beings before the eyes of the world a criminal terrorist act in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law? Let me refer to the Euro-Med Human Rights Moni- tor, which stated that the amount of ordnance launched on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army over the past few days is the equivalent to a quarter of a nuclear bomb, while Is- rael is killing an average of 14 Palestinians every hour. It states that the cycle of violence has destroyed more than 17,000 residential buildings and nearly 87,000 residential units, in addition to the destruction of 73 schools, 61 media outlets, 18 mosques and 165 other facilities, the number of which continues to mount.”

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8. “Moreover, the cause of all of that is the double standards that have enabled Israel to repeatedly disregard the Council and its resolutions and have encouraged it to commit massacres against the Palestinian people, who had placed their trust in the international community and the Council to provide them with vital protection. The massacre at the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza, which has to date resulted in more than 500 martyrs, most of whom were women, children, elderly people and medical personnel — not to mention the hundreds of injured — represents a dangerous escalation. Is that not a violation of international law and international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949? Is Israel not the occupying State of the Palestinian territories, which has the responsibility to protect civilians in the time of war?”

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9. “For 75 years, the Council, upon which the international community has conferred its mandate, has been unable to find a lasting, comprehensive and fair solution to this issue, based on resolutions of international legitimacy and international law, including the resolutions adopted by the Council itself, above all resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). What we see happening in the Palestinian occupied territories today is nothing new — an outcome that involves victims on both sides, a situation of instability and the complete absence of security.”

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10. “In keeping with the noble purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Council held a meet- ing two days ago (see S/PV.9439) to follow up the develop- ments concerning the situation in the Middle East, above all in the occupied Palestinian territories and the Gaza Strip, and to take action and practical and concrete meas- ures to maintain peace and security and stop the blood- bath. Unfortunately, the Council was unable to adopt any position. The result has been more killing of innocent peo- ple, destruction and collective punishment. It is not a new situation, in particular with regard to Israel.”

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11. “Mr. Al Hassan (Oman) (spoke in Arabic): I deliver this statement on behalf of the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait and my own country, the Sultanate of Oman. At the outset, I align myself with the statement made by the representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on behalf of the Group of Arab States. I would also like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your friendly country, Brazil, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you every success in leading the work of the Council for the maintenance of international peace and security and for strengthening the status of international law and the Council’s credibility.”

    2023-10-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9443 (2023) · source

12. “We hope that the Council will live up to its commitments and implement the resolutions of international legitimacy. In conclusion, I would like to say that it is high time to put an end to the occupation and to impose peace.”

    2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source

13. “My country expresses its condolences to the families of the victims and the injured, and calls on the international community once again to assume its responsibilities to ensure that justice is done, enforce the law, put an end to the occupation and achieve peace by restoring the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to establish an independent State on all the territories occupied since 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is grave and concerning. The fact that the Security Council has not been able to adopt practical and tangible measures to protect the Palestinian people encourages the Israeli occupying authorities to engage in further acts of aggression and violations.”

    2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source

14. “That is due to the unjustified and repeated Israeli acts of aggression against the Palestinian people and violations of international law, resolutions of the Security Council and other relevant United Nations resolutions. My country, the Sultanate of Oman, denounces and condemns Israel’s illegitimate, provocative practices and the incursion by the Israeli occupying forces into the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Haram Al-Sharif. We also denounce and condemn the aggression against unarmed worshippers, which is a blatant violation of international law, humanitarian values and human rights.”

    2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source

15. “My country hopes that the various parties will engage positively with the mandate entrusted to the Special Coordinator and show the cooperation required to restore calm, security and stability to all the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly Al-Quds Al-Sharif. We look forward to a more effective international role so as to put an end to the Israeli occupation of the occupied Palestinian territories, in line with the resolutions of international legitimacy, in particular resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). Various reports, including those of international organizations, have emphasized that the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is not reassuring and is heading towards further escalation.”

    2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source

16. “Mr. Al Hassan (Oman) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your friendly country, the United Kingdom, on presiding over the Security Council for this month. We thank you for convening this meeting during the critical circumstances facing the occupied Palestinian territories. In its statement, my delegation will focus on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. We would first like to welcome the briefing by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. We also welcome the statement just made by the Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.”

    2022-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9021Resumption1 (2022) · source

17. “We hope for concerted international efforts in the upcoming period so as to reach international consensus in order to put an end to many conflicts around the world, in particular the Palestinian question, since its settlement is long overdue and it has an impact on the peace and security of the Middle East region and the world. We also emphasize the need to provide further assistance to our brothers in Yemen so that differences can be resolved and humanitarian assistance can be increased in order to alleviate the human suffering of the Yemeni people.”

    2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source

18. “It is therefore important to underline the need for a more balanced and more cooperative relationship between the Security Council and the General Assembly. In order for Security Council resolutions to be more credible, they should be in line with the provisions of the Charter, in particular the principle of respect for the national sovereignty of States. In conclusion, I would like to note that in the Sultanate of Oman we value the importance of the Organization and this Council. We highly value its work and that of its Secretaries-General.”

    2020-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8699Resumption1 (2020) · source

19. “From this rostrum, we call on all Member States to commit to the purposes and principles of the Charter, which are at the core of peace. Disregarding those purposes and principles, their non-implementation or their selective implementation would lead to chaos and instability and would threaten international peace and security. We also stress respect for all the Articles of the Charter, in particular those set out in Chapter VI, which establish peace diplomacy, the peaceful settlement of disputes and the non-use of force and coercive sanctions. That would save lives and reduce losses. Given the tensions and conflicts facing the world, we see an increasing responsibility to be shouldered by the United Nations.”

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20. “Mr. Al Hassan (Oman) (spoke in Arabic): Seventy- five years ago, the peoples of the world reached consensus on a noble objective — saving humankind from the scourge of war. To that end, they adopted a number of values, principles and codes of conduct aimed at maintaining peace and promoting the values of tolerance and cooperation among all countries and peoples. My delegation agrees with what was said by the Secretary-General, namely, that peace is humankind’s most precious value and that the Charter of the United Nations is the foundation of international relations, which must be based on mutual respect, non-interference in the internal affairs of States, good-neighbourliness and cooperation towards common interests as well as the mutual sharing of benefits among countries.”

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21. “In conclusion, my delegation, along with those of all peace-loving States, hopes that the Security Council will be able to put an end to narrow political thinking and live up to its responsibility to protect international peace and security. The Council's efforts must be invested in protecting the safety and security of peoples who are occupied and subjected to arbitrary behaviour.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

22. “How is he expected to put an end to acts that have been unleashed by the sense of despair felt by the Palestinian people when confronted by Israeli occupation? We call upon the international community, the Security Council, and the United States of America in particular - with all the influence it has on Israel - to bring all their influence to bear, in the interests of both the Palestinian and the Israeli peoples, in order to make the realities on the ground understood clearly, publicly and in a balanced manner. The option of peace is, and remains, the only viable path towards a settlement of the problem in the region. Political solutions must be implemented in the context of respect for international legality and existing peace processes, in particular the peace initiative announced most recently at the Arab summit in Beirut.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

23. “Arafat, who is the symbol and highest representative of the Palestinian people and their heroic struggle. That is the only way to truly implement the resolutions of international legitimacy. My country will be speaking in the name of the friendship and candour that characterize its relationship with the United States. We are worried about the United States position. The United States is not condemning Israel with the same severity with which it condemns Palestinian acts. The leaders in the United States continue to call upon Mr. Arafat to exert greater effort to condemn acts of violence and terror, whereas his freedom of movement is severely curtailed by Israel's security forces and their barbaric acts.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

24. “One thing must be made clear: Palestinian territory is being occupied and the Palestinian people are bearing the burden of occupation and must be protected by international law, including the 1949 Geneva Conventions and resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). All those international instruments and resolutions have in fact been adopted; they exist. But what is the result today? Where does a people's right to self-determination and to live in peace stand today? We appeal to the Council, and to the permanent members in particular, to discharge their responsibilities and to address a message to Israel with one voice to tell it that it is not above the law or international legality. Israel must withdraw from all occupied Palestinian towns and villages. It must immediately end its siege of the Palestinian Authority and of Mr.”

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25. “We therefore ask the Council to ensure the genuine implementation of all the resolutions that have been adopted against Israel's activities and to look into the possibility of finding concrete measures that will genuinely protect the Palestinian people from the abuses perpetrated by Israeli forces. The credibility of the Council is being tested today more than ever before. Israel must be held to the same standards as others: otherwise we are looking at a situation in which there are two completely different ways of acting - a phenomenon that is becoming habitual and which has seriously damaged the Council's credibility.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

26. “We once again appeal to the Security Council to fully shoulder its responsibilities, face up to the situation as a threat to international peace and security, take its responsibilities seriously and truly seek to implement its resolutions with the same resolve it has displayed in other situations that have given rise to other resolutions and that have led to follow-up, monitoring mechanisms and the establishment of committees. We ask the Council to heed the request of the valiant Palestinian people, who are so bravely holding off the Israeli occupier and who are the victims of brutal practices such as collective punishment and attempts to physically liquidate them.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

27. “In fact, as soon as resolution 1402 (2002) was adopted, Israel escalated its effort to reoccupy Palestinian territories and deployed even more forces to other parts of the West Bank, including Bethlehem, Qalqiliyah, Tulkarm, Nablus, Jenin and other Palestinian areas that have become battlefields in the theatre of confrontation between Israeli forces and an unarmed, besieged people whom Israel is trying to eliminate by any means at its disposal. That is Israel's response to the Council's resolutions. What is the Council going to do about the situation? What is it going to do when a State does not comply with its resolutions, when, in fact, it ignores them, flouts them and turns its back on them?”

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28. “This comes as no surprise; it is not the first, second or even the third time that the Palestinian people have had to appeal to the international community for protection from Israel's brutal practices. The Council's past inability to respond has made it necessary to hold this meeting today. Under the Charter, the Security Council is responsible for containing the current situation that has led to towns and villages being besieged, people being killed and an entire people being plunged into a state of fear and isolation. Two important resolutions have recently been adopted, 1397 (2002) and 1402 (2002). By those resolutions, the two parties concerned have been asked to refrain from violence and to return to the negotiating table. As usual, Israel has turned its back on the resolutions.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

29. “President, and the other members of the Council for heeding the request of the Arab Group and convening this emergency meeting to examine the situation in the occupied Arab territories, and in Palestine in particular. We trust that this meeting will lead to concrete results and the adoption of resolutions that will be possible to implement. It goes without saying that the holding of this meeting has not come about by chance. It is in response to the extremely dangerous situation that is developing in the occupied Arab territories. This meeting has also come about as a result of Israel's refusal to implement the recent Security Council resolutions 1397 (2002) and 1402 (2002) and to respect a ceasefire, withdraw from the occupied territories and lift the siege on President Arafat.”

    2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506Resumption1 (2002) · source

30. “Mr. Al-Hassan (Oman) (spoke in Arabic): The Permanent Representative of Oman was to have spoken, but unfortunately, he had to leave for a few minutes. He will be back soon. Allow me at the outset, and on behalf of my delegation, to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on presiding over the Council this month. We have confidence in your diplomatic skill and in the positions adopted by your friendly country, the Russian Federation, which will enable the Council to attain its intended objectives, primarily, the maintenance of international peace and security. I cannot fail to congratulate your predecessor, the Ambassador of Norway, Mr. Peter Kolby, and the members of his delegation for the exemplary manner in which they guided the work of the Council during the previous month. My delegation also thanks you, Mr.”

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31. “That is a legitimate request in line with the norms and principles of international legitimacy, and we make that request of the Security Council today. To allow these Israeli practices to continue unabated would cause the Middle East to descend into a cycle of violence and counter-violence.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

32. “We continue to believe that there is a glimmer of hope that it will be possible to return to the negotiating table. But that can take place only with manifest political will. My Government welcomes the Egyptian- Jordanian proposal as a serious, promising initiative that ought to be considered. Along with the recommendations set out in the Mitchell report calling for a freeze on illegitimate settlements, that initiative could create a propitious atmosphere and pave the way for a return to the negotiating table by the Palestinians and the Israelis. Today, the Palestinian people is in greater need of international protection than ever before, in view of its daily human suffering as a result of the ongoing Israeli military escalation.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

33. “Israel's persistent resort to collective punishment, blockade and killing should make one thing perfectly clear to the Council: that Israel does not care about international criticism and that it ignores all the agreements it has reached with the Palestinian side over the past decade. Israel has undermined hopes for peace in the region; therefore, the Council must no longer stand idly by as these crimes against humanity are daily committed in full view. We would ask whether Israel, as a Member of this Organization, is bound by international agreements, as other Member States are. Or is Israel exempt from such international instruments? The Sultanate of Oman has been in the forefront of countries that believe in the peace process and that view it as a natural, civilized way to settle the Middle East conflict.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

34. “That constitutes a flagrant violation of the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of international humanitarian law and of other relevant international instruments. This is all taking place following vigorous attempts by Israel to prevent Palestinian civilians from benefiting from these protections. The Security Council must therefore take immediate effective measures to provide them with such protections. Such action by the Council would surely result in the establishment of a machinery that would be binding on Israel.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

35. “After many previous attempts, the time has come for the Council to respond positively to the just demands of the Palestinian people by providing the necessary international protection to that people, which is a victim of oppression, isolation, repression and systematic assassination, all perpetrated against the elderly, women, children and other civilians, and by protecting it from the destruction of its institutions and the offices of the Palestinian Authority 4 something which the Israeli authorities had promised in 1996 that they would not do. This is not to mention the occupation of Orient House, which shows Israel's readiness to exacerbate the situation by increasing tension and by using its vast military arsenal, as everyone in the Council and in the entire international community knows.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

36. “We look forward to the time when the Council will shoulder its responsibilities under the United Nations Charter through the adoption of practical measures that would preserve peace, security and stability everywhere in the world, without discrimination, selectivity or double standards when dealing with the various issues brought before it.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

37. “Mr. Al-Hassan (Oman) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me first, Sir, to extend to you and to your friendly country, Colombia, our sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of August. We are confident that your diplomatic expertise and your knowledge of international affairs will crown the Council's work with success and will assist it in attaining the objectives we all desire, foremost of which is to preserve international peace and security. The Sultanate of Oman welcomes the holding of this emergency meeting of the Council to consider the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories.”

    2001-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4357Resumption1 (2001) · source

38. “In conclusion, we call upon Israel to understand the sensitivity of the situation with regard to Al-Quds, which is sacred to Muslims throughout the world, and to refrain from taking any action that could affect the holy places - if it wants peace in the Middle East.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

39. “Today more than ever before, the Security Council must shoulder its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, in conformity with the Charter and the principles of international law, by immediately adopting effective measures to compel Israel to cease its military offensive forthwith, to withdraw its forces from the occupied Palestinian territories, to carry out all its obligations and to respect the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. It is imperative for the Security Council to send a clear message condemning this kind of State terrorism against civilians, and to call for an end to Israeli military extremism.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

40. “The Israeli Government decision not merely to approve that provocative visit to Al-Haram Al-Sharif - which is the site of the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, which are holy to Muslims worldwide - but also to provide military protection for it was taken even though the Government knew its implications and consequences. That Israeli position inevitably makes us wonder about the Government's stand on the peace process and about its seriousness about achieving a peaceful final solution to the Middle East conflict.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

41. “What we have witnessed through the media of Palestinian youth, children and elderly caught up in the Israeli war machine must move world public opinion and drive the members of the Security Council to take a firm and responsible position against those who commit such acts. At the core of this serious crisis lies the question of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, specifically east Al-Quds and the Old City, which Israel has been forcibly occupying since 1967, along with the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories. There is no doubt that the international community, the members of the Security Council and international public opinion now realize that this massacre was triggered by the provocative visit by the leader of Israel's Likud party to Al-Haram Al-Sharif in defiance of the feelings of Muslims both within and outside the occupied territories.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

42. “The Security Council is meeting today to continue a discussion of the utmost importance, on a serious matter threatening security and stability in the Middle East - the latest massacre of Palestinian civilians committed by the occupying Israeli security forces in Al-Haram Al-Sharif and the other occupied Palestinian territories. My country expresses its profound sorrow and condolences to the bereaved families of the innocent people of the occupied territories that were victims of these bloody events. We condemn this military campaign launched by Israeli forces as a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, which guarantees the protection of civilians in time of war and which has applied to the occupied territories since 1967.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

43. “Mr. Al-Hassan (Oman) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to express to you, Sir, on behalf of my Government, our warmest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Undoubtedly, your diplomatic experience and skills are conducive to our deliberations' achieving the desired results. At the same time, we express our appreciation to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Mali, for the excellent and distinguished manner in which he steered the Council's work during September.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

44. “We should like, however, to stress our position that the lifting of sanctions must be subject to a trial period in order for us to gauge the peaceful intentions of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). Should there be no concrete progress acceptable to the international community and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the measures called for in the resolution would become null and void and the situation would revert to its earlier status. In conclusion, my delegation wishes to say that the next few days will be the best test of intentions and of the measures adopted by the Security Council today.”

    1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source

45. “My delegation wishes in this context to state that we have voted for this resolution which runs counter to the positions of both the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Non-Aligned Group to both of which organizations we belong, and which advocate that submitting such a resolution at this stage is premature because it runs counter to the highest interests of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina - indeed, that one of the parties may use that resolution to attain ambitions which may not serve the chances of peace. However, in deference to the wishes of the majority of member States of the Security Council and in the hope that this resolution will help in resolving the problem in Bosnia and Herzegovina, my delegation voted in favour of the resolution.”

    1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source

46. “While we welcome the good offices of the international Contact Group as well as those of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, we, for our part, trust the ideas put forth and advocated by the Contact Group, namely that this resolution is likely to promote the possibility of reaching a speedy and full settlement while at the same time increasing the pressure by the international community on the Bosnian Serbs for the achievement of this objective. We also trust that it will not in any way contradict the legitimate demands of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source

47. “Among those basic commitments are the following: first, recognition of the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina; secondly, an end to all military and political practices of aggression which place any doubt in the legitimacy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and endanger its peace and territorial integrity; thirdly, the promotion of all possibilities of peaceful coexistence between all the States and peoples of the region in accordance with the principles and objectives of the United Nations Charter; fourthly, cooperation with the United Nations and the International Tribunal in their efforts to punish the perpetrators of war crimes in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and, last, full implementation of all relevant United Nations resolutions.”

    1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source

48. “My delegation, while welcoming the positive step on the part of the leadership in Belgrade, namely the closing and monitoring of borders in order to stop supplies reaching Bosnian Serbs through the territory of Serbia and Montenegro, believes that resolution 943 (1994) just adopted by the Council is unbalanced because the resolution does not consider the many commitments which must be implemented by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) before the Security Council can look into lifting the sanctions imposed by resolutions 757 (1992) and 820 (1993).”

    1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source

49. “As for resolution 942 (1994), also just adopted by the Security Council concerning the tightening of sanctions against the Bosnian Serbs, my delegation wishes to state that we have voted for the resolution because we believe in the norms, steps and the full support in the resolution by the Security Council against the Bosnian Serbs until and unless they undertake positive and concrete steps by renouncing their policy of aggression and by opting for the peaceful options available to them. Such options, were they implemented, would provide a good basis for peace and stability in the region as a whole and in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular.”

    1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source

50. “My delegation voted in favour of draft resolution 941 (1994) which the Council has just adopted. The Security Council unanimously expressed its grave concern regarding the deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the continuing violation of human rights in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly in Banja Luka, Bijeljina and Prejedor under Bosnian Serb control. While my delegation joins the Security Council in condemning those Serbian practices, we call on the leadership of that party to immediately desist from such practices, to renounce the policy of "ethnic cleansing", to allow international peace-keeping forces to enter those areas and to implement fully all commitments enshrined in the resolution.”

    1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source