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Alemen

lines on the record: 5
first: 1999-09-11
most recent: 1999-09-11
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: un-security-council

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“Secondly, the will of the people of East Timor, expressed in the popular consultation of 30 August 1999, cannot be flouted. That people's legitimate right to live as an independent and sovereign country must be respected. Ecuador values highly its friendly relations with Indonesia and therefore expects that, as a loyal Member of the United Nations, Indonesia will make the expected and necessary contribution to restoring internal peace, order and security in East Timor; to ensuring the safety of the personnel of the United Nations Mission in East Timor; to guaranteeing the unhindered return of the displaced to their homes; and to ending the long-standing and unfair suffering that has been inflicted on the people of East Timor.”
1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source
“However, the acts of violence that followed that consultation have now jeopardized the integrity of the territory as well as the peace and security of the region. To sum up, Ecuador believes, first, that the international community has an absolute duty to put an immediate stop to terror and violence in East Timor. It is necessary to protect the civilian population, facilitate the return of refugees and disarm the paramilitary groups responsible for so many heinous crimes. As the Government of Indonesia has not yet discharged its paramount responsibility, the deployment of a peacekeeping force now seems to be the most urgent step for the United Nations to take in order to put an end to the tragedy. Otherwise the credibility of the United Nations system will, justifiably, be put in serious doubt.”
1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source
“The valuable participation of the United Nations in the issue of East Timor, and the significant progress made in the dialogue and negotiations held in the past between Portugal and Indonesia, have always enjoyed the support of Ecuador, basically because our international policy is founded on a strict defence of the principles of international law, particularly those relating to the peaceful settlement of disputes, respect for agreements arrived at in good faith and without pressure and the self-determination of peoples. My country considered the holding of the popular consultation under the auspices of the United Nations a few days ago in East Timor as a negotiated, just and democratic way out of the crisis.”
1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source
“Ethics and morality cannot be selective, but must remain true to themselves and react in the same way to assassination, genocide, the forced displacement of people and the methodical destruction of property wherever such occurrences take place in the world. There can be no loftier or more noble interest than defending the dignity and freedom of the human being.”
1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source
“Mr. Alemen (Ecuador) (spoke in Spanish): Ecuador is shocked and alarmed by the distressing events taking place in East Timor. As a member of the international community, we cannot remain silent or fail to react to these indescribable acts of violence and wanton cruelty perpetrated by paramilitary groups against the defenceless people of East Timor, who have peacefully exercised their inalienable right to self-determination. Those dark acts of savagery and barbarity are an outrage to the civilized conscience of humanity and a flagrant violation of human rights as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, and such acts must be halted without further delay.”
1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source