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1994-04-27
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1994-05-25
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  1. “Economic and financial sanctions and the oil embargo were removed by the General Assembly last year, at its forty-eighth session. We welcome the Security Council's proposed decision today to now remove the arms embargo. This will be in accordance with the wishes of President Mandela expressed in his letter to the Security Council President in document S/1994/606. With the Council's decision today, all sanctions against South Africa would be lifted. We welcome the opportunity it provides for a new South Africa to play its deserved and natural role in this Organization and in the conduct of international relations.”

    1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source

  2. “The Security Council played a significant role in hastening the pace of change in South Africa. The arms embargo was symbolic of the Council's abhorrence of apartheid as well as other crimes perpetrated against the black majority in South Africa. The Security Council Committee for monitoring the implementation of the arms embargo, over which India had the privilege of presiding, kept a watchful eye on the situation and brought violations to light promptly. Today, the Council can take pride in the fact that it has contributed substantially to the elimination of apartheid. 14 With the establishment of the Government of National Unity, it is appropriate that the sanctions earlier imposed by the United Nations should be removed immediately.”

    1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source

  3. “Narasimha Rao said in his statement on the occasion of the inauguration of the Government of National Unity in South Africa on 10 May 1994: "The South African struggle has shown that the strength of the human spirit, the strength of values of moral conviction, and the strength of uncompromising struggle against domination and exploitation are indeed formidable forces for change." (S/1994/577, p. 2) The United Nations has made its contribution to the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. The Organization actively supported the anti-apartheid movement and contributed to the mobilization of international opinion against the system of apartheid. Sanctions imposed by the Organization, such as economic and financial sanctions and an oil embargo through General Assembly resolutions, played a useful role.”

    1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source

  4. “Many, many years ago, India, as a fledgling independent State, took the bold initiative to crystallize world opinion against the injustice and inhumanity of the apartheid system and advocated forcefully that the United Nations should be an important instrument in effecting peaceful change and in dismantling apartheid. We did that because we felt that it was our cause and not just the cause of a distant neighbour. Our commitment to this cause never flagged or faltered. The establishment of the non-racial and democratic Government in South Africa represents a victory for universal human values. As the Prime Minister of India, Mr.”

    1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source

  5. “Permit me to congratulate you, Sir, for assuming personally the presidency of the Council on this historic occasion. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the First Executive Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki. His presence here today in the Security Council befits the occasion. The inauguration of the Government of National Unity in South Africa on 10 May 1994 was a very special occasion for South Africa, for the whole world and for 13 the people of India. A new Government elected on the basis of the first-ever multi-racial elections in South Africa assumed office on that day. The restoration of equality amongst all races in South Africa is a matter of immense and direct satisfaction to the people and the Government of India.”

    1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source

  6. “Before concluding, let me say that my delegation noted with regret the unwarranted reference to my country by one delegation this afternoon.”

    1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source

  7. “Any future settlement has to be patently reasonable and acceptable to all the three communities involved. This is the only practical way of ensuring a peace that will endure on the ground. It is urgent and imperative to ensure that the process of dialogue and negotiation aimed at arriving at a political settlement acceptable to all parties be resumed forthwith. Such a political dialogue could be held under any auspices, including those of the International Conference, which may be given a new lease of life in the light of recent suggestions made by President Yeltsin and President Mitterrand, and by the European Union. We welcome all proposals that could facilitate the resumption of an irreversible political process in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source

  8. “The conflict is continuing as a result of the consistent violation of Security Council decisions and the breach of agreements arrived at between the warring parties through the good offices of mediators, various countries and regional and international organizations, including the United Nations. Lack of good faith in implementing these decisions and agreements has been demonstrated time and again, and has nullified the continuous efforts of the international community over a three-year period to end the bloodshed and violence. We reiterate that the pursuit of military solutions is futile and self-defeating. Gains made by aggression must not be allowed to stand. A political settlement acceptable to all parties must be arrived at through the process of negotiation.”

    1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source

  9. “Permit me, Sir, to begin by congratulating you on having personally assumed the presidential Chair for this very important meeting. The Government of India is gravely concerned at the continuation of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The massacres of innocent civilians, the systematic use of rape and the practice of "ethnic cleansing" are reprehensible and unacceptable. They are abhorrent to the entire international community, and we condemn them unequivocally, regardless of which community is responsible. We are especially concerned over the armed aggression, genocide and "ethnic cleansing" directed against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Particularly reprehensible is the violation of the sanctity of the safe areas under the protection of the United Nations.”

    1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source