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“The terrorist attack on President Hosni Mubarak on 26 June 1995 was carried out by Egyptian nationals who had used Khartoum as a base of operations for more than two years while planning this act. It failed because of the professional response of Ethiopian and Egyptian security personnel, some of whom lost their lives. If it had succeeded, it would have undermined the peace and stability of the North African and Middle East regions. It must be condemned not only for this reason, but also in order to demonstrate the international community's condemnation of terrorism as a means to affect internal and bilateral conflicts. The attack on President Mubarak was one of the most outrageous recent acts of international terrorism. But Ethiopia and Egypt are far from the only victims of this phenomenon.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“My impression from being there is that the people are ready for the future, and the leaders must not delay in letting them have it. Only then will there be a true renaissance in Liberia. In the presence of one of the Members of Liberia's Council of State, I wish to re-emphasize the crucial role that Liberia's leaders must play in this process. Their failure to act will endanger further assistance from the international community. Their neighbours in West Africa and the entire international community have created an opportunity for peace and a return to democracy. They must seize it now. You must seize it now.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source
“During this period, my Government will monitor closely the implementation of the Abuja Agreement, which is Liberia's best chance to achieve peace and justice and the key to continued international support. We will view with special interest what the Secretary-General's interim report will say on progress in this regard. Monrovia is a city of startling contrasts. There are destroyed buildings housing thousands of displaced persons and laundry hanging from the rafters of a trashed Foreign Ministry. At the same time, busy people are trading and trying to make a living and, most impressively, non-governmental organizations programmes are providing training, for a new life, in farming, masonry or plumbing. These contrasts are as stark as the difference between the past and the future.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source
“The United States expects UNOMIL to follow through on all its responsibilities, including investigating and reporting to the Secretary-General on human rights abuses, major violations of international humanitarian law and humanitarian assistance activities. I urge UNOMIL and ECOMOG to maintain close operational contact to ensure that they can effectively accomplish their difficult missions. Adoption of this resolution extending the UNOMIL mandate is an important demonstration of the Security Council's commitment to restoring peace, stability and the basic conditions for a normal life to the Liberian people. But this commitment demands equal good will from the Liberian side.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source
“As this resolution makes clear, there must be strict implementation of disarmament and demobilization, with no delays and no deviations from the Abuja Agreement. The United States recognizes the contribution that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) is now making to bring stability to Liberia. We call on the ECOMOG commanders to deploy their forces as quickly as possible to help create the conditions necessary to promote the peace process. The United States also calls upon the Council of State to redouble its efforts to rapidly move the peace process forward. I also commend the contributions and sacrifices being made by UNOMIL personnel in Liberia.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source
“As the representative surely knows from my visit, the United States and the international community can offer a helping hand, but only Liberians can pull themselves out of the horror of war. I wish to reiterate here what I made very clear in speaking with all the parties in Liberia: the United States and the international community will not tolerate further delay. Now it is time for action. The forces of peace and reconciliation must demonstrate that they are more powerful than those that would wreak further destruction on the innocent Liberian people. Now is the time to implement the key operational provision of the Abuja Agreement: getting the fighters to give up their weapons and rejoin society, while focusing especially on the four-to-six thousand child soldiers.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source
“I am very pleased to see the Member of the Council of State here, Mr. Kromah, having seen him just a few days ago in Monrovia. The United States supports the extension of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) mandate until 31 May. This support, however, is not without reservations. During my recent visit to Monrovia, I was impressed by the progress that has been made and by the stated commitment of the Council of State to implement the Abuja Agreement. This assurance has been repeated here today in the Security Council by Member Kromah. But, unfortunately, today we have also heard the representative of Liberia offer many different - and often surprising - explanations for his country's many problems.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source
“The United States, along with other donor countries, is seeking ways to defuse tensions in that country. The United States urges the leaders of Burundi to isolate the extremists and seek a lasting peace. Ultimately, it is the people of Burundi who have it in their hands to prevent their country from falling into an abyss. It is up to the Burundians to ensure that Burundi does not commit national suicide.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3623 (1996) · source
“A wave of killings has claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians each week, and the Tutsi- dominated military and its auxiliary forces have driven many Hutus out of the capital, Bujumbura. A rural Hutu insurgency is fighting back, targeting both Tutsi civilians and the military. According to the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, a smouldering civil war is spreading further and further in Burundi, giving rise to an increasingly marked genocidal trend. Aid workers fear for their lives in Burundi. Security for humanitarian workers must be increased or they will have to leave the country. The United States calls on the Government of Burundi to guarantee the safety of aid workers. The United States deplores the continuing instability and violence in Burundi.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3623 (1996) · source
“Today the Security Council sends a clear message to all the people of Burundi: the violence must stop. In a letter to the Burundian President, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, that I personally carried to Burundi for President Clinton, the American President called on all Burundians to reject extremism and resolve their differences peacefully. The United States will not support, recognize, or provide assistance to any government that comes to power by force in Burundi. Indeed, the United States would lead an effort to isolate such a regime. Escalating violence in Burundi has pitted the Tutsi minority against the Hutu majority, resulting in widespread human rights abuses.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3623 (1996) · source
“We can all be proud of their contribution in the face of adversity. But the international community needs to go one step further and consider how demobilized soldiers and other citizens can be put back to work rebuilding their country's infrastructure which, to put it bluntly, is trashed. The international community should have ready the technical assistance and other resources to help rehabilitate Liberia through technical and financial assistance for doable, targeted public works projects. Implementing the Abuja Agreement is Liberia's best chance to achieve peace and justice. The violence must end, and the hatred must subside. Liberia's leaders must find the political will, and its people the political courage, to succeed in building a new, peaceful and prosperous Liberia.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“I delivered a blunt message to the Liberian leadership in Monrovia: the era of the child soldier in Liberia must come to an end immediately. It is an outrage by any standard of civilization that children under the age of 15, numbering between 4,000 and 6,000, are toting automatic weapons, slaughtering innocent civilians and ignoring the rule of law. They have no identity other than through the weapon they carry. We believe that the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) can play a key role in rehabilitating these abused children, and I pressed that point during my discussions in Monrovia. The United States stands ready to assist UNICEF and the people of Liberia in order to save these children. Many United Nations relief agencies are actively assisting the people of Liberia. I visited with many of their administrators.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“We are studying the Secretary-General's recommendation that the UNOMIL mandate should be extended for a period of four months, until 31 May, with an interim report by the end of March. We believe that it is very important for the Council to continue to review the situation, and to continue to assess the progress of disarmament and demobilization, and of the preparations for elections, which are scheduled for August under the Abuja Agreement. There is a simplistic way of looking at Liberia: that it is a land of chaos. I do not subscribe to that View. It is true that Monrovia is a devastated city, yet I witnessed a daily life on the streets that embodies a discipline and hope that the leaders of the country must nurture and live up to.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“When I was in Monrovia, I stressed to UNOMIL officers that, in addition to monitoring the disengagement and disarmament of the combatants and assisting in their demobilization, we expect UNOMIL to follow through urgently on its other responsibilities, including investigating and reporting to the Secretary- General on human rights abuses, on any major violations of international humanitarian law and on humanitarian assistance activities. We have noted with some concern the criticism from the non-governmental organization community that UNOMIL is failing to meet these responsibilities. We have no doubt that it is a tough assignment. I told the Council of State that no party should hinder UNOMIL's important tasks.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“However, I said while in Monrovia that the United States has no intention of allowing its logistical support to be squandered by a failure of political will - by any side - to achieve the objectives of the Abuja Agreement. The United States calls upon all other Member States to provide similar assistance as quickly as possible. The assistance is needed not only for ECOMOG itself, but also to provide a more attractive demobilization package for ex-combatants. I also want to acknowledge the courageous work of the observers of UNOMIL. Their role is vital to the success of the Abuja Agreement.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“(ibid.) In recent years, the United States has provided $420 million in humanitarian assistance and $60 million in support of ECOMOG's peace-keeping activities. On 27 October, the United States pledged an additional $75 million to support peace, including $10 million to assist ECOMOG logistically. The vehicles ECOMOG desperately needs to facilitate disarmament and demobilization have begun to arrive under the $10 million pledge and we hope to provide a total of up to 100 vehicles within the near future. In fact, the deployment of ECOMOG troops in December was made possible only by using trucks leased by my Government through the assistance of the United Nations.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“We believe that ECOMOG deserves our support, both for the important role it is now playing in Liberia and because it represents an important precedent in regional peace-keeping that should be encouraged. We believe, however, that ECOMOG'S force structure should be more diversified among member States of the region if it is to constitute an authentic regional peace-keeping operation worthy of international support. We also believe that ECOMOG must enter into a status-of-forces agreement with the Liberian National Transitional Government so that ECOMOG's operations in Liberia are appropriately regulated. As the Secretary-General points out in his report, the international community "must provide the resources necessary to enable ECOMOG to fulfil its responsibilities effectively".”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“Everyone but themselves was to blame. My message to them was simple: "No more excuses." There can be no further delay in implementing the most important provisions of the Abuja Agreement, namely, those on disarmament and demobilization. As far as the United States is concerned, the word "delay" can no longer be part of the vocabulary of the Council of State. Otherwise, the fragile peace that does exist will collapse. Overall, at least for now, I found ECOMOG performing well. It seems to be playing a neutral and constructive role now, as opposed to at various times in the past. Despite ECOMOG's losses in recent weeks, I was impressed by General Inienger's resolve to move forward in the face of adversity.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“In my meeting with the Council of State, I stressed the importance of the Council's role in keeping the peace process on track so that ECOMOG deployment - temporarily interrupted by fighting and attacks on civilians in various areas by the ULIMO followers of General Johnson - can recommence. I said that, although the United States and the international community remain committed to helping Liberia, only Liberians can make the peace. I told them that the international community is losing its patience. The Abuja peace process that took so long to negotiate is now at a critical state of implementation. The moderates will have to perform better if they are to sustain the support of the international community. The members of the Council of State offered many reasons for the delay in disarmament and demobilization.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“It is also not certain that each of the main warlords can maintain control of his fighters. Some who feel left out of the process may be capable of undoing it. The conflict in Liberia is among the elites, not among the people. They are fighting not over ideology, but over personal power. That creates both risks and opportunities. The risks are that the drive for personal power, particularly among the extremists, can lead to further carnage and destruction with little interest in preserving or building society. There is opportunity in the fact that it is difficult to sustain a power struggle on personal ambition alone. Ultimately, the people want peace in the absence of any ideological goal. The people of Liberia want peace.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“42) The Secretary-General' s observations about maintaining the cease-fire, the need for more resources to help the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) to fulfil its responsibilities effectively and the need to reintegrate ex-combatants into civilian society: these are all central to finding a lasting peace in Liberia. I must admit that I am both sceptical and hopeful about the prospects for peace in Liberia. On the one hand, Liberia appears to have hit rock-bottom. On the other, members of the Council of State seem to be working well together and all claim, at least, to be committed to peace. Thus far, they are acting as though they are committed. Yet it is unclear whether their commitment will be sustained as disarmament begins and elections approach.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“The Council has convened today to examine, among a wider group of Member States, the Secretary-General's fifteenth progress report on the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) and to discuss the future of Liberia. I have just returned from a trip to Africa, including Liberia. President Clinton asked me to travel to Liberia to assess the situation there. Although I have not yet reported to President Clinton, I would like to express today some observations and reflections on the situation in Liberia. First, I share many of the views set forth in the Secretary-General's report. The peace process is indeed at a critical juncture, as he wrote, "and the full support of all concerned will be required to overcome the recent setbacks." (5/1996/47, para.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“In closing, I would like to express our appreciation for the rapid response the United Nations and the international community have made to this complex and sensitive issue. The Balkans have been the scene of far too many tragedies in recent years. Today's resolutions are two more indications that the peoples of the former Yugoslavia might be ready to embrace a future based on peace and respect for international law. The United States remains committed to the work that lies ahead and urges all like-minded States to join in that effort.”
1996-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3619 (1996) · source
“We note that the resolution calls on the Secretary-General to submit by 15 March a report which would comment on the possibility of another international organization's assuming the task of monitoring the Prevlaka peninsula. My Government looks forward to that report, and expects that the Council will act on it as appropriate. The adoption of these resolutions culminates a period of intense diplomatic activity. Yet it is only the beginning of a process. Much essential work remains to be done. We salute those States that have offered to contribute to UNTAES. At the request of the Secretary- General, an American citizen, Jacques Klein, who is both an experienced diplomat and a general in the Air Force Reserve, is poised to assume leadership of the operation. The United States will continue to search for ways to assist the operation.”
1996-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3619 (1996) · source
“The presence just across the border in Bosnia of the implementation force (IFOR), and the presence of other powerful military forces nearby, should make it clear that the international community has the capability to punish anyone who endangers the lives of UNTAES personnel. Further, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has already decided to provide close air support if requested by UNTAES. The second resolution before us today authorizes United Nations military observers to continue to monitor the agreement on the demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula and surrounding territory. My Government has no doubt that the Prevlaka peninsula is sovereign Croatian territory. Nevertheless, we call on both sides to continue to comply with their agreement to demilitarize that strategically important area.”
1996-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3619 (1996) · source
“The resolution we are now adopting provides us with the means to reward their trust with the kind of stewardship that the region and its people deserve. In agreeing to undertake this complex responsibility, the international community will demand that both the Serb and Croat sides fully implement the 12 November Agreement. UNTAES will not be expected to implement the Agreement by force, nor will it be expected to defend the region from an armed incursion. The international community will not tolerate actions that endanger the lives of the peace-keepers we are sending to the region. Anyone contemplating such actions should think twice. The meaning of paragraph 14 of the resolution we have just adopted is clear - UNTAES will have the right to ask for assistance if its personnel are in danger.”
1996-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3619 (1996) · source
“The international community is prepared to do its part to help implement the agreement. But in the final analysis it will be up to the parties to put aside the hatreds of the past four years and together begin to build a new future. The resolution we have just adopted establishes a new peace-keeping operation that will assist in the demilitarization of the region, facilitate its return to Croatian control and help promote a return to normal life. As requested by the parties, its mandate ensures that the new operation, the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES), will be able to "govern" the region in an authoritative fashion. The parties have clearly expressed their intention to entrust the region's short-term future to our leadership.”
1996-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3619 (1996) · source
“We believe that the Basic Agreement provides an opportunity to resolve the conflict over Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium, in a manner consistent with previous resolutions of this Council and international law. It calls for the peaceful reintegration of those territories with the Republic of Croatia after a clearly defined transitional period. It also protects the human rights of all residents, including the local Serb population, while providing for the return of refugees and displaced persons. Eastern Slavonia has been the scene of horrible abuses of human rights. Strict implementation of the Agreement will lead to a peaceful solution in which human rights are respected and the people of the region are allowed to choose their leaders through free and democratic elections.”
1996-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3619 (1996) · source
“The two draft resolutions before us today will further advance the peace process in the former Yugoslavia. The United States firmly supports the resolution the Security Council has adopted on Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium. A peaceful solution in Eastern Slavonia is essential to a lasting peace in all the regions of the former Yugoslavia. In the 12 November Basic Agreement, the Croatian Government and local Serbs committed themselves to a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium. In that Agreement, the parties appealed to the international community to assist in its implementation. The resolution we have just voted on responds to that request. The United States played a facilitating role in the negotiations that led to the 12 November Agreement.”
1996-01-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3619 (1996) · source
“That is why measures to protect human rights are a central part of the Dayton Agreement. My Government takes those measures very seriously and we expect the parties to meet, in full, their obligation to assist in the implementation process. We remind the parties that there will be consequences if they fail to do so. The draft resolution we approve today should strengthen our resolve to do everything within our power to assist the parties in building a durable peace so that the events in Srebrenica and elsewhere are not replicated. And it should strengthen as well our determination to enhance the prospects for peace by seeing that the full truth about these events is known, and that those responsible are held accountable for their crimes.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“The truth is that, although the Bosnian Serbs have promised access to the area, they have not yet lived up to their word, either with respect to the press or with respect to the war crimes Tribunal. This draft resolution also condemns the burning and looting of houses and territory which, under the Dayton Agreement, are to be returned to Bosnian Serb control. Although the nature and extent of these violations of human rights cannot be equated to, or "balanced against", those committed by the Bosnian Serbs, my Government deplores them and joins the Council in urging an end to all such practices. If peace is to last, the parties must concentrate on actions that will build peace, not make it more difficult to achieve. For four years, this Council has been confronted by massive violations of law and human dignity in the former Yugoslavia.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“The war crimes Tribunal has since charged Radovan Karadzie and Ratko Mladie with genocide for the killings. The Secretary-General's report underlines the importance of support for the work of the Tribunal, and the necessity for parties to the Peace Agreement to meet their obligation to cooperate with the Tribunal in every way. The Tribunal's investigators must have full and unfettered access to information, witnesses and evidence, including suspected grave sites, throughout the region. In this connection, I note that the Bosnian Serbs have claimed that reporters had free access to investigate the Srebrenica atrocities. That is plainly untrue. The American journalist David Rohde was taken captive by the Pale authorities when he returned to the area of the mass graves in October.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“As the Secretary-General's report makes clear, the responsibility for the atrocities committed in eastern Bosnia this past summer is not in doubt. It rests with the Bosnian Serbs. According to United Nations estimates, between 3,500 and 5,500 Muslim men forced to flee Srebrenica remain unaccounted for. Reports of survivors and of United Nations peace- keepers agree that the missing men were captured, held in fields or small buildings, summarily executed, and buried in mass graves. Photographs provided to the war crimes Tribunal by the United States show two locations where there was an empty field one day, then hundreds of men apparently under guard shortly after Srebrenica was seized, and, a few days later, nearby fields scarred by mounds of disturbed earth.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“The killings that occurred in Srebrenica, Zepa, Sanski Most, Banja Luka and other locations occupied by the Bosnian Serbs this past summer will prove to be - we hope - the last horrific chapters in a brutal and savage war. But, as we focus our aspirations and efforts on building peace, we cannot excuse, minimize or accept a distorted version of what happened in these places. The recent letter received by this Council from Mr. Jovanovie, in which it is claimed that the Bosnian Serbs are innocent of killing unarmed men from Srebrenica, is an insult to the intelligence of every member here. It is not only a "big" lie, it is a profoundly insulting lie. And it is a remarkably peculiar document coming from a Government that is seeking to regain the respect and acceptance of the international community.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“In the past few weeks we have been able to stress the positive in the former Yugoslavia. After the initialling of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council unanimously passed resolutions suspending sanctions and beginning a phased lifting of the arms embargo. Just last week, we authorized a military force led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that will help implement the Peace Agreement. We expect soon to consider steps to assist in implementing the Agreement in Eastern Slavonia. We are all hopeful that, with the good will and firm commitment of the parties, an enduring peace in the former Yugoslavia can be established. The draft resolution we are considering today serves as a reminder of the urgency and necessity of that peace.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“Our hope, as this holiday season approaches, is that Bosnians of all ethnic and religious backgrounds will seize that opportunity. Our prayer is that, through our combined efforts, the dark Balkan winter will finally give way to an enduring and bountiful spring.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“Thank you for opening the door to the future for the children of my country, because everything that happened to them was a historical injustice. "This century started with a war in Sarajevo; let it end with peace in Sarajevo. "Once again, in the name of the children who have suffered, thank you, and we will not forget." [Signed] Zlata Filipovic, age 11. Three weeks ago, in Dayton, and yesterday in Paris, one era ended and another began. The test of this new era will be whether the vows of peace will be matched by the symptoms of peace, by children playing, parents working and families gathering without cause for fear in city parks, village squares and busy markets. Our task, set out in this resolution, is to give confidence to the people of Bosnia so that those prepared to work for peace will find its reality within their grasp.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“The disparity between those words and the awful reality devalued language itself as a means for conveying truth. For as we listened, we also saw the shattered bodies of little children, the anguished faces of grandparents forced from their homes, the tears of young women brutalized and raped and the grisly evidence of newly upturned earth. In the light of that painful history, let me share with this Council part of a letter written to President Clinton by a young girl whose moving account of life in Sarajevo made such an impact on civilized people everywhere. "Dear Mr. President: "I would like, in the name of the children of Sarajevo, my home town, to thank you most sincerely. "Thank you for helping the civilization not to die, because ordinary people and children truly do not deserve it.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“As the United States made clear during the Peace Implementation Conference in London last weekend, we will cooperate fully with the new High Representative, Mr. Carl Bildt, in ensuring a well-coordinated and multifaceted effort on the civilian side. Special attention must be given to holding democratic elections, ensuring respect for human rights, planning for the safe return of refugees and displaced persons, creating a professional police force and initiating a comprehensive programme of economic reconstruction. As the Secretary- General's report illustrates, United Nations agencies will be deeply involved in many of these activities. Over the past four years, a great deal has been said in this Council about the killing and destruction in Bosnia.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“Let me recall here today the important statement in the document approved at the London Conference, which underlined the relationship between the parties' fulfilment of their obligations in this area and the readiness of the international community to commit financial resources for reconstruction. It is a simple proposition, but a critical one. The benefits of economic and financial assistance should not go to those who thwart the will of this Council's requirement to cooperate with the war crimes Tribunal. The resolution before us also stresses the importance of implementing the civilian aspects of the Peace Agreement. The success of this effort will be just as important as the success of IFOR. For if the civilian challenges are not met, IFOR's military success will quickly fade, and Bosnia's hopes for peace will remain unfulfilled.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“The North Atlantic Council can now underscore this obligation by explicitly authorizing IFOR to transfer indicted persons it comes across to the Tribunal and to detain such persons for that purpose. My Government again stresses the importance of every country's obligation to cooperate with the Tribunal and to comply with its orders. Unless they comply with their obligations, the parties to the conflict cannot expect to reap the benefits of peace, ensure the permanent easing of economic sanctions or hope to rejoin fully the community of civilized nations, including as a Member of the United Nations.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“That is a promise, and that promise will be kept whether the forces that are attacked are American or any other nationality. The resolution we have adopted recognizes that the parties shall cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. The resolution further recognizes that IFOR has the authority to take actions, including the use of necessary force, to ensure compliance with Annex l-A of the Peace Agreement. This is a welcome supplement to the duties and authorities stemming from resolution 827 (1993). Let me emphasize that Annex 1-A of the Dayton Agreement obligates the parties to cooperate fully with the International Tribunal.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“So we remind ourselves that the Agreement is important not because it was easy to achieve, but because it was so hard, because the wounds it seeks to bind are so deep, and because the violence it is designed to end was so intolerable. As President Clinton said yesterday in Paris, the mission of the Implementation Force is to allow the Bosnian people to emerge from a nightmare of fear into a new day of security, under terms that the parties themselves have approved. IFOR's purpose is to make peace work, not to fight a war or to occupy a hostile country. It will treat all Bosnians with respect, and it will deal with contentious issues fairly and in accordance with its mandate. But let no one doubt that if there are those in Bosnia foolish enough to attack or threaten these forces, they will regret doing so.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“Even when the mission is to save lives, we must always bear in mind the lives we put at risk and the worry we will cause to families whose loved ones are so far away from home. The forces we send will be well equipped, well trained and well endowed with courage and skill. We hope and expect that they will be able to accomplish their mission in approximately one year. But we are deeply conscious of the sacrifices already made there by troops serving under the command of the United Nations. We are mindful of the terrible carnage inflicted during the war, and we are aware of - but not deterred by - the dissatisfaction with which some in Bosnia have responded to the Peace Agreement.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“It calls upon all Members, including those in the region, to cooperate with that force, and it recognizes the right of that force to take all necessary measures to defend itself from attack or threat of attack. My Government welcomes the decision of more than two dozen countries to contribute troops to the Bosnia peace implementation force. Let me express my Government's pleasure that the Russian Federation will participate in this path-breaking operation. We recognize as well the vital contribution being made by Belgium and others who we hope will help implement the Peace Agreement in Eastern Slavonia. The decision to send troops to Bosnia was difficult for my Government, as it was for others. The men and women of our armed forces are our most precious resource.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“We have helped Bosnia to negotiate a peace agreement, we are authorizing a powerful military force to implement that peace, and we will enable Bosnia to ensure that peace when we leave. The Agreement forged in Dayton and signed yesterday in Paris is a historic achievement. It is the product partly of diplomatic skill, partly of courage and sacrifice and partly of simple exhaustion with the war. Our task now, and our responsibility, is to transform the Agreement's vision of a united and democratic Bosnia into an enduring reality. This resolution authorizes the Member States to establish a multinational force, under unified command and control, to implement aspects of the Peace Agreement. It notes that the deployment of this force, called IFOR, was requested by the signatories.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“For four years, we have assembled in this Chamber to condemn violence, penalize aggression, authorize humanitarian relief and urge an end to the killing in former Yugoslavia. While much of our work has borne fruit, often our resolutions and statements have promised much but accomplished little. On many of those occasions I have sat in this Chamber in anguish as I looked over at the representative of Bosnia, whose country was the victim of such brutal aggression. For often the Council's message to the people of Bosnia was a tragic one: We cannot defend you and we will not let you defend yourselves. Today, our message is a new one. Today, I am happy to say to the representative of Bosnia: We can talk about what we have done and will do to make peace in your country.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“She said the agreement in Dayton "means a rebirth." She said, "I have been crying ever since I found out. We all just want peace and to be allowed out of the house to fetch our groceries without worrying about being shot." (In Weary Bosnian Capital, Joy, and Tears for the Dead, The New York Times, 22 November 1995, p. A10) Yesterday's agreement in Dayton marked the end of one era in the Balkans, and the beginning of a new one. Let us do all we can to define this new era within a framework of law and justice - not as abstract principles, but as realities in the day-to-day lives of people throughout the region. Let us do all we can to see that after years of fear and deprivation, Serb, Croat and Bosnian families - Serb, Croat and Bosnian children - are finally able to know the quiet miracle of a normal life.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“We do not believe any asset should be considered releasable until it has been examined in these contexts. The time has come for the voices of reason and simple human decency in the former Yugoslavia to prevail over the still-present apostles of intolerance and hate. We cannot underestimate the difficulties. Member States must do everything within their power to accelerate the momentum towards lasting peace, to discourage further outbreaks of aggression and to give those who want to live as neighbours, not enemies, the confidence to do so. The lesson of the past four years is that war in this region produces no victors - only victims. This morning's newspaper quotes a 67-year-old woman in Sarajevo whose husband was killed by a shell while sitting on the balcony of their apartment two years ago.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“My Government believes there should be an orderly and equitable distribution of real and financial property of the former Yugoslavia between the successor States. To achieve this goal, successor States must be provided with sufficient notice of assets under consideration for release, to allow them an opportunity to submit claims before a decision is made with respect to the disposition of those assets. This could be accomplished through a registration, a census or some other orderly process whereby all parties are given an opportunity to claim ownership. To this end, the United States does not intend to release any assets itself until all assets are examined against possible claims by the successor States and against outstanding commercial or private claims.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source