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Allagany

lines on the record: 43
first: 1993-04-20
most recent: 1996-04-15
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“We are looking for real, permanent peace in the Middle East, and a permanent settlement of the Arab- Israeli conflict. We appeal to the international community to adopt a unified stand against this senseless Israeli aggression against Lebanon and immediately to provide assistance to the Lebanese. We appeal to the co-sponsors of the Middle East peace process to pressure Israel to implement the agreements into which it has entered and to achieve progress on the Lebanese and Syrian tracks by implementing resolutions of international legality, so that the rights can revert to those who possess them and the land to those who own it. Then we can call it a just and lasting settlement.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“It has borne the effects of the crisis in the Middle East, and continues to be the victim of continued aggression. The peace process that began in Madrid four years ago was based on a comprehensive, just and lasting solution - meaning land for peace - and the implementation of resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 425 (1978). As long as more than one eighth of Lebanon is occupied and Israeli raids continue to blow up power stations, to interrupt daily life, to stifle the population with their aerial bombardment, killing women, children and the elderly before the eyes of the entire international community, the Security Council's equating of aggressor and victim in its approach to Lebanon's complaints will remain devoid of justice.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“It cannot be responsible for all these operations of resistance to Israeli occupation in that part of Lebanon unless the Lebanese army is allowed to enter the south to impose order and to complete Lebanon's sovereignty over all its territories. Failing that, the Lebanese Government cannot be held responsible for what happens in the south. The principle of land for peace is still awaiting the concept of land. The principle of withdrawal is still obscured by the expression "re-deployment". Israel is calling for the elimination of resistance without withdrawing from the south - without any guarantee that it will implement resolution 425 (1978) and other resolutions of international legality on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Lebanon has entered its post-civil-war recovery period, and the Government has been rebuilding its infrastructure.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“And then the official spokesman of the occupation authorities would say only that the ambulance was targeted for aerial bombardment because a Lebanese resistance element was in it. It was an ambulance - it was saving the wounded. But the Israeli authorities only keep claiming that this is an operation to pursue Lebanese resistance elements. Are the Israeli authorities saying that Lebanese civilians - specifically the children - bear full responsibility for the resistance and that they will make no effort to implement resolution 425 (1978), which calls upon them to withdraw immediately and unconditionally from Lebanese territories? Lebanon cannot be responsible for what happens in the south.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia believes that it is unreasonable and unacceptable to continue to pressure Lebanon using aerial and sea bombardment, thus claiming the lives of many innocent civilians, destroying their property and leading to their displacement. This comes in addition to the sea blockade imposed by Israel upon northern and southern Lebanon. It is unreasonable and unacceptable that the women and children of Lebanon should be the first victims of this blatant aggression. We all saw on television the ambulance which was the target of an aerial bombardment that claimed the lives of the infant named Muna, three-year-old Zena, four-year-old Leila, five-year-old Hassan, as well as their mother and father.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“The wounded and the dead number in the hundreds, and more than 600,000 Lebanese have been displaced. This blatant aggression against Lebanon - this violation of its national sovereignty - is unjustified and is in contravention of international laws and norms on the sovereignty of States. It runs counter to the letter and the spirit of resolution 425 (1978), which calls upon Israel to withdraw from the occupied Lebanese territories. Israel today warned the inhabitants of 40 Lebanese villages to leave their homes lest they see them destroyed. Homes were destroyed in the region of Beit Sahmar in the western Bekaa, where whole families were buried under rubble.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“Mr. Allagany (Saudi Arabia) (interpretation from Arabic): We meet once again today to discuss the new and painful developments in the Middle East. The Security Council is the highest international political body entrusted with the task of protecting countries from brute aggression. It is supposed to follow up its resolutions, and we believe that meetings of the Council, held as the situation warrants, to look into the Israeli aggression can only promote the peace process in the Middle East. For the fifth day in a row Israel continues by sea, air and land to wage its military campaign, known as "the grapes of wrath", against the civilians in Lebanon. The military campaign in Lebanon started in the south but moved to all the regions of the country.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3653 (1996) · source
“They could do this by seriously and faithfully demonstrating their intention to find a comprehensive and just solution that would ensure the withdrawal of Israel from all the Palestinian and Arab- occupied lands - including Al-Quds al-Sharif - in accordance with legal international resolutions, and by understanding the meaning of peaceful coexistence based on a balance of interests between rivals, so that the Middle East can enjoy peace, prosperity and stability.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“The essence of the question of Palestine includes the return of displaced persons and refugees to their homeland; the removal from Palestinian territory of Israeli settlements - which now number 152, of which 124 are in the West Bank and 28 in the Gaza Strip; the return of East Jerusalem to Arab sovereignty; and the ability of the Palestinian people to exercise full sovereignty over its land. Our question today is whether the human conscience will be awakened and whether the leaders of Israel will learn from the wisdom of history that peace is necessary for them and for others.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“Tangible progress must be made in negotiations on the Lebanese and Syrian tracks. By increasing its representation in bilateral negotiations, and thus proving its seriousness, Syria has gone a very long way towards creating an atmosphere conducive to reaching a settlement in its dispute with Israel. As far as the Lebanese track is concerned, what we see today in the constant bombardment of Lebanese villages is a flagrant breach of Lebanese sovereignty and of Security Council resolution 425 (1978), which clearly stipulates that Israeli forces must withdraw unconditionally and immediately from Lebanese territory. The question of Palestine is not confined to the early transfer of authority from Israeli military and civil authorities to the Palestinian Authority.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“Israel should undertake not to impose any demographic change that could alter the status of Jerusalem or affect the forthcoming negotiations on its final status. Al-Quds al-Sharif is the first of the two holy qiblas and the third holy shrine for all the world's Muslims; there can be no peace until all their rights with respect to the Holy City are restored. We expect the sponsors of the peace process - the United States of America and the Russian Federation - to ensure that the Israeli Government honours its commitments, and to desist from putting obstacles in the way of peace, particularly in view of the early progress in the peace process. We cannot forget that progress in the peace process always coincides with recognition of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. Now we can see the results of ignoring those rights.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“This Israeli siege of the Palestinian people through closure and blockade is tantamount to a declaration of war on the Palestinian people, who have opted for peace. Peace today is not only a Palestinian demand; it has become an international and Arab demand as well. The question of Al-Quds al-Sharif is at the core of the Israeli-Arab conflict. Therefore, no permanent peace in the Middle East can be achieved without a just solution to this question: a solution which takes into account internationally binding resolutions, particularly Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), which stipulates the withdrawal of Israel from the territories that were occupied in 1967, and 252 (1968), relating to Al-Quds al-Sharif.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“In talking of the elements of the peace process and ensuring its success, we are inevitably led to reaffirm that the international community must commit itself to finding a permanent, just and comprehensive settlement for Palestine. The closure of the borders of the West Bank and Gaza with Jordan and Egypt, including the prohibition of the movement of people and of goods that are imported legally by Palestinian merchants, the severing of links between the Palestinian territories and the outside world, and the imposition of actual isolation on Palestine all contravene agreements that have been concluded and have nothing to do with the concept of peacemaking. Saudi Arabia, which has supported the peace process since it was launched in Madrid in 1991, is in full solidarity with its Arab brothers.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“These measures have included the confiscation of land, the expansion of settlements, the imposition of extremely harsh restrictions on movement, and a full siege and strangulation of the Palestinian people. Israel justifies all these measures by its commitment to establish safe passages between Gaza and Jericho, and between Gaza and the West Bank, during, respectively, the first and second phases of the implementation of the agreements between the two parties. The Israeli policy currently being implemented, which is unprecedented since the 1967 occupation, has made life unbearable and has paralysed daily life on absolutely every level.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“Mr. Allagany (Saudi Arabia) (interpretation from Arabic): I am pleased to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that your wisdom and efficiency will lead the Council to success. Saudi Arabia is following attentively the development of the peace process in the Middle East. We cannot fail to express our deep concern at the events the occupied Palestinian territories, including Al-Quds al-Sharif, and the Lebanese Republic are going through. In recent weeks, Israel, the occupying Power, has continued to take very harsh measures against the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territories.”
1996-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3652Resumption1 (1996) · source
“The Arab and Islamic worlds expect the Security Council once again to reaffirm Arab and Islamic rights to Jerusalem. They call upon the Council to declare illegal these Israeli decisions and actions. They expect it to make Israel cease its plans and programmes for settlements in the occupied Arab territories. The Security Council has the power today to salvage the Middle East peace process. It has the power to stop Israel from persisting in these policies and practices. We hope that the Council will shoulder its responsibility to restore legitimate Arab and Islamic rights, and that the Middle East, along with other regions, will enjoy prosperity, stability and peace.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Silence by the Security Council and the international community at large on these actions would once again raise questions about the Council's credibility and about the international criteria on which values of justice, right and peace are based. One of the provisions of the Declaration of Principles signed by the PLO and Israel states that talks on Holy Jerusalem should begin no later than the third year of the interim period. The two parties agreed that four questions would be negotiated next year when the final status negotiations had begun: Jerusalem; settlements; refugees; and boundaries. It is our understanding that the Declaration of Principles commits both parties to taking no step that could impede those negotiations. We wonder whether Israel's understanding differs from ours.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Along with its sister Arab States, Saudi Arabia has supported the peace process in order to bring about its success and to enable the Palestinian self-rule authorities to consolidate their footing and move the peace process forward. The representatives of the international community, the Security Council and the co-sponsors of the peace process, the United States of America and the Russian Federation, must shoulder their responsibility to convince Israel to rescind its illegal actions with respect to the confiscation of Arab land in Holy Jerusalem and to commit itself, completely and sincerely, to the success of the peace process.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“In that connection we highlight resolution 478 (1980), in which the Council categorically decided not to recognize Israel's annexation of Jerusalem and called upon all States not to establish diplomatic missions to Israel at Holy Jerusalem. Respect for Security Council resolutions on Jerusalem is not only required by international law and international legitimacy; it is a prerequisite for the continuation and the success of the Middle East peace process, which began in Madrid. There is no room for doubt that violation of such resolutions, particularly those relating to Holy Jerusalem, will cause the untimely end of that peace process.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“We deeply regret that the Israeli authorities continue to take illegal measures to confiscate additional Palestinian land, and that it is still attempting to annex East Jerusalem and alter its legal, demographic and geographical status. These measures all clearly violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, in particular its articles 47 and 49. Since Israel took its first steps towards the annexation of Jerusalem, the Security Council and the General Assembly have adopted many resolutions denouncing these Israeli actions and declaring them all null and void. Foremost among the Security Council resolutions are resolutions 252 (1968), 271 (1969), 476 (1980), 478 (1980) and 672 (1990).”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“We hoped that all parties would sincerely implement the commitments they undertook, especially after the signing of the Declaration of Principles between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Israeli Government in Washington on 13 September 1993. We thought that would be the first step towards the establishment of a just peace between the Palestinians and Israel. With optimism and high hopes, we expected that agreement to herald peace and prosperity, and the various stages of the agreement to proceed smoothly. But the Israeli Government has taken a number of decisions that have dashed those hopes and marred the atmosphere of the peace process; these have thwarted the creative thought and thorough analysis needed to consolidate the principles of good-neighbourliness.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“In recent times - since the beginning of the Middle East peace process in Madrid in 1991 - we have entertained some hope for international unanimity on the basic principles for a comprehensive settlement in the Middle East. These principles include a full withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories, including Holy Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights, on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), and Israel's implementation of Security Council resolution 425 (1978), relating to its withdrawal from southern Lebanon. These resolutions also provide for the right of all States in the region to live in peace and security and the right of the Palestinian people to determine their future and their destiny. Over the last four years we had hoped and dreamed that this region could once again enjoy prosperity and peace.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Mr. Allagany (Saudi Arabia) (interpretation from Arabic): At the outset, allow me to express to you, Sir, our sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are confident that with your abilities and experience you will lead the Council to the desired success. I would also like to express our thanks to your predecessor, Ambassador Karel Kovanda, for his outstanding conduct of the business of the Council last month. Once again the Security Council is considering the question of Holy Jersualem, Al-Quds Al-Sharif, the first kiblah and the third holiest shrine, within its consideration of a whole set of questions affecting the Arab States and the territories occupied since 1967.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Saudi Arabia also calls on the international community to affirm the need for the implementation of the Security Council resolutions relevant to safe areas, especially resolution 836 (1993), which grants Member States the right to use air strikes to protect safe areas, including Sarajevo, and support the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the exercise of its legitimate right of self-defence, as provided for in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. The provisions of the Charter are clear, and international resolutions are forthright. Hence the Security Council must shoulder its responsibilities and put an end to the ongoing human tragedy in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which jeopardizes the credibility of this international Organization and that of the new international order in general.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“My country has already announced its support for the resolutions and recommendations of the recent London Conference, the United Nations and the Geneva negotiations.7 In this position, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia based itself on strict adherence to international legitimacy and respect for the principles of international law. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia calls upon the international community promptly to take all the actions provided for by the Charter of the United Nations to implement the Security Council resolutions adopted under Chapter VII, which allow the use of force to compel the intransigent Serbian party into observing the rules of international legitimacy.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“We also hope that the international community will take into serious and rational consideration the demands of Bosnia and Herzegovina, affirming that Bosnia and Herzegovina will never again be the object of policies of6 aggression and "ethnic cleansing", and responding to the demands of this fledgling State for an outlet to the sea and for the right to self-defence provided for by the Charter. From the very outset, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its people and its Government have stood by the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina aS a position of principle.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“It is high time for the Council to review the situation and decide what specific actions it will now take in order to reach the necessary settlement, taking into account that as long as there are hostilities in any part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as long as there is an aggressor and a victim of aggression, any possible negotiated settlement will not be just and therefore will not be lasting. We hope that the history of European wars will not repeat itself, and that the solution currently proposed will not give rise to future conflicts and wars.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“Today, we call on the NATO States - especially the European ones - to undertake a new reading of the new Situation. We interpret the recent NATO decision as an ultimatum to the Serb forces to halt their aggression, and an affirmation that negotiations are the only way to achieve a peaceful settlement. The war of aggression raging in Bosnia and Herzegovina today is taking place on European land. History clearly shows that European wars have never been limited wars and that any spark in Europe can cause an unlimited conflagration. The Security Council has adopted more than 40 resolutions regarding the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“This indecision resulted from the position of the European States, which thwarted the full implementation of the London Conference resolutions and the Vance-Owen plan. We are, however, surprised that when Croatia was the object of Serb aggression the European States immediately stood by it and assisted it militarily, which contributed to the success of international endeavours to reach a peaceful settlement there.5 The statement that what is happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a civil war is an attempt to mislead world public opinion and to project the Serbs as parties to an internal dispute. What is happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a blatant act of aggression supported by evil forces which have inherited their way of thinking from the Nazis of Europe.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“The continuation of the genocide unleashed against the people of this fledgling republic at the hands of the Serb forces, supported by Serbia and Montenegro, threatens the international community with dire consequences and constitutes a very sensitive present and future problem in international relations. This ongoing tragedy, which has claimed the lives of thousands of innocent persons and displaced large numbers of peaceful citizens in that country, would not have taken place but for the inaction of the international community, which allowed the forces of aggression to reap the fruits of their aggression and to pursue their abominable policy of "ethnic cleansing" with impunity.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“The Serb forces4 have exploited the fact that world attention is focused on Sarajevo to attack other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to pursue there the policy of "ethnic cleansing" and genocide. Most of the regions under attack are covered by Security Council resolutions 824 (1993) and 836 (1993). The term "genocide" is a modern term for an ancient crime. It means the elimination and destruction of an entire ethnic, religious, racial or national group. In the twentieth century, we have witnessed the practices of the Nazis, and today we are witnessing the practices of the Serb forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“Boutros Boutros-Ghali, to seek the authorization, under paragraphs 5, 9 and 10 of Security Council resolution 836 (1993), to prepare for the rapid use of air strikes with a view to deterring further attacks. To some extent, NATO has responded, but we are still surprised that the Serb forces have for the last three days been waging a vicious campaign against the city of Bihac, one of the regions declared a "safe area" by Security Council resolution 824 (1993). Moreover, that city has been under siege for 22 months, and the Bosnian defence lines are gravely threatened by the great military advantage enjoyed by the Serbs because of the arms embargo against the Muslims imposed on Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“Hence it is incumbent upon us today to develop the role of the United Nations from that of crisis-management peace-keeping to positive and effective participation in peacemaking. The international community was horrified, shocked and deeply saddened by the news of the shelling of the central market-place in Sarajevo, which took the lives of a large number of people, mainly elderly women and children. This carnage has been followed by other attack against cities declared "safe areas" in a Security Council resolution. These heinous acts, which in and of themselves constitute an affront to the conscience of the world, prompted the Secretary-General, Mr.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“In particular, there are at stake the justice of the contemporary international order, which is supposed to seek international legitimacy, and the commitment of the entire international2 community to use the collective security measures provided for by this international Organization's Charter to protect weaker States, which are the object of liquidation and aggression.3 We have been profoundly saddened by the failure of this system so far to stand up to the aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina, a Member State of our Organization. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has already warned that if this crisis is not dealt with in conformity with the basic principles and objectives of the new world order, that order will be robbed of its credibility and effectiveness.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“Mr. ALLAGANY (Saudi Arabia) (interpretation from Arabic): Allow me at the outset, Sir, to extend to you sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month. I would also like to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Karel Kovanda, the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic, for his efforts during his presidency of the Council last month. Once again the Security Council is taking up the deteriorating, tragic situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this time in the light of new, grave developments. In the Security Council's handling of this question today, in the light of these developments, the credibility of the Security Council is at stake.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“We also support the people and Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and demand that Serbia and Montenegro pay them adequate and fair compensation for their human and material losses. We hope that the international community will prepare the foundations of a just peace based on legitimacy in accordance with our Islamic religion.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Time is of the essence for the innocent civilians in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Security Council must take inmmediate measures to lift the arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to enable the Muslims there to exercise their right to self-defence. The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia calls upon the international community to guarantee the withdrawal of the regular and irregular Serbian forces from the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to help the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina in every way possible to exercise its right to self-defence. That assistance, whether material, military or moral, is well deserved. We demand that the perpetrators of serious violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention be brought to trial in accordance with the principles and provisions of international law.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“We are therefore convinced that resolution 820 (1993) will be effective against Serbia and Montenegro. The complete economic, financial and commercial isolation of Serbia and Montenegro from the rest of the world may convince the Serbian leaders to come to their senses. They are confusing myth with history. They believe that they are invincible, that no one can touch them. Thus, in our opinion, resolution 820 (1993) was adopted in order to bring more pressure to bear so that peace could be achieved. It should be noted that if the Security Council does not act to impose effective, realistic international control over shipments of heavy weapons, which are possessed only by the Serbs, not much can be achieved through economic sanctions. It would take a long time for economic sanctions to come into effect.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“More than three weeks have passed since the Bosnian Muslim party and the Croatian party signed the peace agreement known as the Vance-Owen peace plan, A few days ago, the Security Council adopted resolution 820 (1993), which gave the Serbs nine days to sign the peace plan, and provided that if they did not do so, strengthened sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro would come into effect. The Security Council has once again acknowledged that the intransigence of the leadership of Serbia and Montenegro is the main obstacle to the implementation of the peace agreement. We believe that were it not for the military assistance, including manpower, given by Serbia and Montenegro, the Serbs in Bosnia would have signed the Vance-Owen plan, thereby enabling it to be implemented.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“It has been clear from the very outset that Serbia and Montenegro has supported the Serbs, causing great material and human loss to the people of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and to their heritage. A few days ago, the Security Council adopted two major resolutions - 819 (1993) and 820 (1993). The declaration of Srebenica and its surroundings as safe areas is an important step towards preventing that city's fall to the Serbian forces. The withdrawal of Serbian paramilitary units from Srebenica and its surroundings should be guaranteed. So should the provision of foodstuffs and medical assistance to the civilians there.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“From the pictures we see of the Serbian practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina and from the reports of the group of experts that was sent by the European Community to investigate the rape of Muslim women, we learn that hundreds of thousands of Muslim women have been raped as part of a delilberate and continuing policy designed to achieve "ethnic cleansing". The rapists have killed a large number of Muslim women, including many who were actually only children, Furthermore, Serbian paramilitary units continue to destroy mosques and other religious and cultural places with a view to exterminating the cultural features of the Islamic cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are also preventing the delivery of United Nations humanitarian assistance to the civilians.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“But it appears that the international community has not fully understood the implications that the barbaric acts committed by the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina against civilians and other innocent persons could have for the future, The policy of "ethnic cleansing" practised by the Serbian leaders has gone as far as the practices of what the Nazis called the "final solution". The destruction of cities, the slaughter of civilians, the intimidation of children, the rape of women and children, the killing of old people: all these are not acts of military courage; rather, they demonstrate a degree of barbarism and a set of moral values that will establish another record in the history of mankind.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Mr. ALLAGANY (Saudi Arabia) (interpretation from Arabic): At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that you will conduct the Council's business with your well-known knowledge and expertise. I wish also to thank Ambassador Terence Christopher O'Brien for the effective way in which he conducted the Security Council's business during his presidency last month. My Government took the initiative, along with the other members of the Contact Group of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, of requesting the convening of the Security Council to discuss the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The world has been witnessing with horror the continuation of Serbian aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source