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“"The Security Council reiterates its belief that the holding of free and fair elections as scheduled is of critical importance to Sierra Leone's transition to democratic constitutional rule. Any delay in the elections or interruption in this process is likely to erode international donor support for Sierra Leone. It is also likely to greatly increase the potential for further instability and violence, with devastating consequences for the people of Sierra Leone. "The Security Council cautions all groups and individuals in Sierra Leone not to attempt to disrupt through violence or intimidation the electoral process which the great majority of the people of Sierra Leone support. The Council calls upon the Government to fulfil its undertaking to ensure a safe and free environment for the elections.”
1996-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3632 (1996) · source
“Following consultations among the members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council welcomes the results of the meeting of the National Consultative Conference on 12 February 1996 that overwhelmingly supported the decision to maintain 26 February 1996 as the date of the elections. The Council also welcomes the renewed promise of the Government of Sierra Leone, through the Chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council, to abide by the will of the people expressed through the Conference to hold the elections as scheduled. The Council notes that the Chairman of the Interim National Electoral Commission has confirmed that all the necessary technical arrangements are in place for elections to proceed.”
1996-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3632 (1996) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Sierra Leone in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Bangara (Sierra Leone) took a seat at the Council table. The President: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
1996-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3632 (1996) · source
“"The Security Council will remain actively seized of the situation in Afghanistan." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/ 1996/6. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 4.30 p.m.”
1996-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3631 (1996) · source
“It also calls on all States to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and to prevent the flow to the Afghan parties of weapons and other supplies that can fuel the fighting. "The Security Council urges the captors of the members of the crew of the Russian aircraft in Kandahar to release them immediately and without any preconditions. "The Security Council reaffirms its commitment to the full sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Afghanistan. It reaffirms its readiness to assist the Afghan people in their efforts to return peace and normalcy to their country, and it encourages all States, as well as the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Non-Aligned Movement and others, to support the efforts of the United Nations Special Mission to the same end.”
1996-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3631 (1996) · source
“It calls on the leaders of the Afghan parties to put aside their differences and to halt such activities. "The Security Council reaffirms its full support for the efforts of the United Nations Special Mission in Afghanistan to bring about a peaceful solution to the conflict through the establishment of a fully representative, broad-based, authoritative council acceptable to all Afghans. It calls upon all Afghans to cooperate fully with the Special Mission as it works towards this goal. "The Security Council calls on all States in a position to do so to take steps to promote peace and stability in Afghanistan, in particular by urging the parties to the conflict to cooperate fully with the United Nations Special Mission.”
1996-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3631 (1996) · source
“"The Security Council calls on the parties involved to end the hostilities forthwith and not to obstruct the delivery of humanitarian aid and other needed supplies to the innocent civilians of the city. In this regard, the Council commends the efforts of the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies in Afghanistan, which are working under the most trying circumstances, and the airlift of food supplies from Peshawar to Kabul, and urges the international community to continue its support of those life- saving efforts. "The Security Council is deeply concerned that the continued conflict in Afghanistan provides fertile ground for terrorism, arms transfers and drug trafficking, which destabilize the whole region and beyond.”
1996-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3631 (1996) · source
“Following consultations among the members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council deeply deplores the continuation of armed hostilities in Afghanistan, which have brought death and destruction to the people and property of the country and threaten the peace and security of the region. "The Security Council is particularly concerned about the recent intensification of shelling and air attacks in and around the capital city of Kabul and the blockade of the city, which has prevented the delivery of foodstuffs, fuel and other humanitarian items to its population.”
1996-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3631 (1996) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Afghanistan in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Farhadi (Afghanistan) took a seat at the Council table. The President: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
1996-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3631 (1996) · source
“There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Botswana, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1046 (1996). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 12.35 pm.”
1996-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3630 (1996) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1027 (1995), document S/1996/65*, and the letter dated 6 February 1996 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, document S/1996/94. Members of the Council also have before them document S/1996/96, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (8/1996/96) before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now.”
1996-02-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3630 (1996) · source
“It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (S/1996/86) before it, as orally revised, in its provisional form. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Botswana, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution, as orally revised, in its provisional form, has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1045 (1996). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
1996-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3629 (1996) · source
“I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following revisions to be made to the text of the draft resolution contained in document S/ 1996/ 86 in its provisional form. The names of the three cities after the word "police" in the third line of operative paragraph 5 should be deleted; also, delete the words "completion of" in the fifth line of the same paragraph. Operative paragraph 13 should now read as follows: "Reminds the Government of Angola and UNITA of their obligation to cease the dissemination of hostile propaganda". In the first line of operative paragraph 21, replace "21 March 1996" with "7 March 1996" and insert "4 April 1996" before the words "and 1 May 1996"; also insert the words "so that the Council may respond appropriately" in the last line of the same paragraph, after the word "ground".”
1996-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3629 (1996) · source
“In accordance with the decision taken at the 3628th meeting, I invite the representative of Angola to take a seat at the Council table. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Carneiro (Angola) took a seat at the Council table. The President: The Security Council began its consideration of the item at its 3628th meeting on Tuesday, 6 February 1996. The Council will now resume its consideration of the item. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III), document S/1996/75. Members of the Council also have before them document S/1996/86, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations.”
1996-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3629 (1996) · source
“There are no further speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 4.35 pm.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of New Zealand for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Zambia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of Tunisia for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of New Zealand. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of South Africa for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Tunisia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of Portugal for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of South Africa. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Portugal. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I now resume my role as President of the Security Council. The next speaker is the representative of Lesotho. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement now.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“had sent transport for UNITA troops, but when the transport arrived the UNITA troops were not at the appointed location. This, by the way, was a point raised yesterday at the troop contributors' meeting; I asked him about it, and he agreed that there had been a lack of communication from the UNITA troops on this point. I told him that it was my sense that this public meeting of the Security Council was a sign that the international community was following developments very closely. He closed by saying to me that he was aware of his commitment and felt personally responsible for ensuring that it was fulfilled. We have another telephone call scheduled for Thursday. I think that it is important for him to know that we care deeply about the numbers and that we are following them very closely.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“He claimed that there would be 5,000 each in Vila Nova and Lunduimbale by Thursday. He also said that there would be 4,000 troops quartered in Negage and 1,500 in Quibaxe by Thursday, 8 February. If completed, this would mean that 14,500 troops would be quartered by Thursday. The remaining balance of 2,000 troops would be quartered by Saturday, 10 February, he said. He claimed that the northern quartering sites presented certain difficulties due to great distances. I also reminded Mr. Savimbi that the troops were required to bring their weapons. We had reports that troops were arriving without weapons. Mr. Savimbi replied that the UNITA troops were bringing their weapons. He also confirmed that there has been at least one instance in which UNAVEM.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“Savimbi my nation's concern that the quartering process was seriously behind schedule and that UNITA would not be able to honour its commitment to quarter 16,500 troops by 8 February. I told him that we were in the middle of a public meeting on the subject of Angola and that the speakers that had already spoken had mentioned the importance of the process's going forward and had used the 16,500 number. Mr. Savimbi acknowledged that the quartering was behind schedule, but stated that he was working around the clock to fulfil his commitment. He provided the following figures on soldiers quartered as of today. These are Mr. Savimbi's figures and we will probably have to verify them through United Nations sources. In the south, at Vila Nova, 3,902 have been quartered; at Lunduimbale, 2,139; in the north, at Negage, 843; and at Quibaxe, 250.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of Brazil for the kind words he addressed to me. There are a number of speakers remaining. In view of the lateness of the hour, and with the concurrence of the members of the Security Council, I intend to suspend the meeting now. The Council will resume its consideration of the item on its agenda at 3.30 this afternoon. The meeting was suspended at 1.25 pm. and resumed at 3.45 pm. The President: With the permission of Council members, I should like to make the following information known. This morning, speaking in my national capacity, I announced that I would be speaking with Mr. Savimbi by telephone today. I spoke to him at around 2 pm. this afternoon, and I wanted to brief members of the Council and other representatives here on that conversation. I expressed to Mr.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of Zimbabwe for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Brazil. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of Norway for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Zimbabwe. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“As President of the Security Council, I will report to him on today's discussion and the expectations that the international community holds for Angola. Let us hope that during the next few weeks the Lusaka Protocol will be firmly back on track, that UNAVEM. III will be able to fulfil its mandate, and that the people of Angola can, after decades of destructive war, finally realize the quiet miracle of a normal life. I resume my function as President of the Security Council. The next speaker is the representative of Norway. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“Demining alone will take decades to accomplish, and even then Angolan children will continue to lose their limbs to an unseen and ageless enemy. The Security Council will bear witness to the conduct of both the Government of Angola and UNITA in the weeks ahead. The Council anticipates that if the Secretary- General reports insufficient progress towards implementing the Lusaka Protocol, then our Governments will re-evaluate the merit of continuing UNAVEM. III's mandate to February 1997. The United States will not allow a sound peace- keeping operation, which spends nearly $1 million per day, to be slowly undermined by the failure of leaders to fulfil their promises. This afternoon I plan to speak with Mr. Savimbi by phone again.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“Both leaders must make their promises of peace stick. They must seize the opportunity for peace that the international community is offering them. There is no purpose to renewed war in Angola. All acknowledge that. The people of Angola want peace. If the leaders of Angola do not take a risk for peace now, then this beautiful country, which possesses enormous economic potential for its people, will be plunged back into a pointless but devastating war that will destabilize southern Africa once again. I have seen what Angolans are capable of doing to each other, and nobody in his right mind can possibly wish it upon his own people. The humanitarian challenge in Angola, as the Secretary-General describes in his report, is daunting.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“Unfortunately, as of this morning only 5,150 soldiers, many of them unarmed, had arrived in the quartering sites. Approximately another 2,000 are reportedly moving towards the quartering sites. Every UNITA soldier who enters a quartering site makes a courageous decision - for himself, his family and his country. It will take comparable courage on the part of Mr. Savimbi and the other UNITA leaders to see this process through to the end. But Mr. Savimbi's pledge to me at Bailundo is not enough. Even if 16,500 UNITA soldiers are quartered, the opportunity for peace in Angola will be lost unless UNIT A follows through on schedule with the quartering of the rest of its soldiers, and the opportunity for peace will be lost unless the Government of Angola integrates UNITA soldiers into the new army, the Government and civilian life.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“In the months ahead it must continue to integrate fully UNITA into the political and military institutions of the country and to help UNITA soldiers make the transition into either civilian life or a reconstituted Angolan army. There can be no reconciliation in Angola unless this is accomplished. UNITA's poor performance under the Lusaka Protocol has jeopardized the peace process and undermined the viability of UNAVEM. 111. When I visited UNITA headquarters in Bailundo last month, Mr. Savimbi promised me - a promise he repeated publicly to the media - that by Thursday, 8 February, 16,500 UNITA soldiers would be quartered in four sites administered by UNAVEM. III. Last Friday he reiterated this pledge to me by telephone, saying that he would not rest until he fulfilled this commitment.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“But in the final analysis the future of Angola rests not with the men and women of UNAVEM. III, but with the Government of Angola and with UNITA. When I met with President dos Santos and Mr. Savimbi in January and delivered the letters to them approved by the Security Council, I found the two men who professed to want peace and who professed to be willing to take the necessary steps to make peace, as spelled out in the Lusaka Protocol. I challenged them, as the Council must challenge them today, to match deeds with words. To a large extent, the Government of Angola has been moving in the right direction over the last several weeks.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of Chile for his kind words addressed to me. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United States. The United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III) is now the largest United Nations peace- keeping operation deployed anywhere in the world. It has some 6,500 soldiers from over 30 countries prepared to perform the mandates set forth by this Council. Having personally toured UNAVEM. III's operations a few weeks ago, I can confirm that the United Nations peace-keepers are critical to the peace process launched by the Lusaka Protocol, as is the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Mr. Maitre Beye. The brave men and women of UNAVEM. III deserve our support at this important juncture on the road to peace in Angola.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“We are firmly convinced that the success of a political settlement hinges first and foremost on the concrete actions of the Angolan parties. We call on them to take decisive steps to make the peace process irreversible. For its part, the international community is rendering them great assistance and support. Our country, as a member of the troika and as a troop contributor to UNAVEM. III, is making a significant contribution to the Angolan peace settlement. In the framework of these efforts, on 4 February the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr. Kolokolov, went to Angola and gave the leaders of both Angolan parties personal messages from the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Boris Yeltsin, and is continuing active contacts with them to accelerate the peace process in Angola.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“We believe that the UNITA leadership can have no justification for further procrastination in the release of all prisoners, in providing the United Nations with information on military questions and in ensuring freedom of movement for people and goods throughout the territory of the country. The UNITA leadership must finally recognize that the time has come to reaffirm through concrete action the promises it has made and to cooperate honestly and fully with UNAVEM. III; otherwise, it is likely to lose once and for all the confidence of the entire international community. At the same time, we note with satisfaction the constructive steps taken by the Government of Angola in recent weeks to strengthen the peace process. These actions, in our View, deserve full encouragement from the international community.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“In the view of the Russian delegation, it is now important to focus on forcing the leadership of UNITA to comply unswervingly with its commitments under the Lusaka Protocol, in particular regarding the quartering and disarmament of troops. We agree with the idea contained in the report of the United Nations Secretary-General on Angola (S/1996/75) that this process must not be a rushed, last-minute operation but must be implemented dynamically, on a large scale and with appropriate verification by UNAVEM. III. It is extremely important that at the UNITA quartering points there be real soldiers, with real weapons, and not unarmed youths, as was the case on several earlier occasions and, unfortunately, continues to be the case now.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“All of this has substantially complicated the situation in the country and has brought the peace process to the point of breakdown. We believe it is time for the international community to draw the appropriate lessons from this bitter experience and to stop accepting UNITA's inconsistency and endless manoeuvring vis-a-vis the resolution of a set of military issues. This is particularly important in the light of the fact that the present policy of UNITA's leadership recalls to a great extent its actions at the end of 1992, when it provoked the breakdown of the Bicesse agreements and the resumption of a bitter civil war.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“During the last few months, the peace process has gone through a period of terrible crisis, requiring the most energetic efforts of the Secretary-General, his Special Representative, the troika of observer States, the Security Council and other interested parties in order to overcome it. The major reason for the crisis is the obstruction of the peace process by UNITA, whose leadership, under various pretences, is continuing to evade implementation of the priority provisions of the Lusaka Protocol, first and foremost the previously agreed timetable for the quartering and disarmament of troops, thus hindering the normal activity of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III), against which it has even launched a propaganda campaign.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of the Republic of Korea for his kind words addressed to me. Mr. Ordzhonikidze (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): Since this is the first statement by a representative of the Russian Federation at a meeting of the Security Council in February 1996, I should like to congratulate you, Madam, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I should like also to express our gratitude to the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom for his successful leadership of the work of the Council last month. The Russian Federation, which is a member of the troika of observer States to the Angolan settlement, is deeply concerned by the woefully slow pace of the peace process in Angola and the continued drastic delays in the implementation of the Lusaka Protocol.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of China for his kind words addressed to me. I should like to inform the Council that I have just received a letter from the representative of Malawi in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Matupa (Malawi) took the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III), document S/ 1996/75. The first speaker is the representative of Angola, on whom I now call.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“In accordance with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Van Dunem "Mbinda" (Angola) took a seat at the Council table; Mr. Amorim (Brazil), Mr. Mangoaela (Lesotho), Mr. Keating (New Zealand), Mr. Andreassen (Norway), Mr. Catarino (Portugal), Mr. Jele (South Africa), Mr. Abdellah (Tunisia), Mr. Kasanda (Zambia) and Mr. Sengwe (Zimbabwe) took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“I am sure I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Weston for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation in Angola Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III) (S/1996/75) The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Angola, Brazil, Lesotho, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“On behalf of the Security Council, I should like to express deep sympathy to the Government and people of China for the great loss of life and property suffered as a result of the recent earthquake. Expression of thanks to the retiring President The President: As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of February, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Sir John Weston, KCMG, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of January 1996.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“Indeed, the obligation to extradite dangerous criminals - and especially terrorists - is among the minimum obligations of States that wish to live in peace with their neighbours. We believe that it is within the power of the Government of the Sudan to comply immediately and fully with these requirements. We sincerely hope that the Secretary-General will be able to report to us within 60 days that the Sudan has extradited the suspects - for the sake of the war on terrorism we all must commit to fight, for the sake of improving relations between the Sudan and all of its neighbours and for the peace and stability of the region.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“I was struck by the Ethiopian Ambassador's description of the efforts of his Government, since it was established, to build friendly bilateral relations with Khartoum. The United States, too, shares with the Sudanese Government the wish for good relations between our two countries. But positive bilateral relations are not built upon declarations. They are built upon concrete action. The Council's demands in this resolution are simple and straightforward: the Government of the Sudan must, first, immediately extradite the terrorists it is sheltering, and secondly, stop its assistance and support for terrorism. We support this resolution because, like the OAU decisions on which it is based, its requirements are logical and justified.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“It has made a transparently insincere offer to allow an OAU team to come join in the search, as if the OAU, or any other organization, had the capability to find three well-trained terrorists in a country of 2.5 million square kilometres, when the security forces of that country do not want them found. Contrary to what the Government of the Sudan has been claiming, this resolution is not the product of a conspiracy. It stems from that Government's failure to observe the most basic norms of international relations, and the unanimous vote that adopted it is a measure not only of the balanced approach of those non-aligned members who drafted it, but also of the international isolation in which the Sudanese Government chooses to live.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“Today's resolution repeats the constant message that must be delivered to terrorists and their sponsors: "You can run, but you cannot hide." The United States finds the evidence gathered by Ethiopia on the perpetrators of this crime to be compelling and convincing: we know who the terrorists were, we know from where they planned their crime, and we know to where they fled, or attempted to flee, afterwards. The Government of the Sudan, which must bear responsibility for the acts it allows its guests to perform, also has the responsibility to extradite those guests to face justice. Instead, it failed to give any serious response to the Organization of African Unity (OAU) mission that visited Khartoum in November and could not provide proof that it had made any effort to arrest the three individuals wanted.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“Terrorism, much of it externally sponsored, is a recurring fact of life, not just for the people of those two countries, but also in places stretching from Eritrea to Israel to Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In this city, New York, terrorists have executed attacks and planned many more, against the United States and the United Nations, including the very building in which we are sitting. But not all facts of life have to be tolerated. With the growth of worldwide information links in the government and financial sectors, the web of money, weapons and communications that sustain terrorists is ever more transparent. With the stronger international consensus against dealing with terrorists and the States that support them, the number of places where terrorists can find refuge is ever smaller.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source