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Arias

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1999-09-11
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  1. “We consider that there is an urgent need now for both those directly responsible for the events and the international community to take whatever measures are required to lessen tension and violence. To that end, in this very dangerous time, what is important, more important than ever, is to ensure strictest compliance with the international legal framework and international humanitarian law. It is also essential to ensure observance of the agreements between the parties aimed at ending the violence and to have the presence of the armed forces reduced to a minimum. It is also very important to have self-control and prudence on the part of all. Similarly, Spain considers that the establishment of an international commission to objectively investigate what happened could serve to reduce tension considerably.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

  2. “Mr. Arias (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): Mr. President, I wish to offer you our best wishes for success in your work and to state that Spain endorses the statements made by the representative of France on behalf of the European Union. Spain views what is happening in the occupied territories with the deepest concern. These events clearly show how easy it is for one obviously unacceptable and destabilizing act of provocation to spark a vortex of violence with tragic consequences which as yet cannot be calculated. In these circumstances, the disproportionate response of the security forces merely serves the interests of those who want the situation to get completely out of hand.”

    2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source

  3. “He has given decisive impetus to this issue, demonstrating yet again his professionalism, effectiveness and diplomatic know-how. Furthermore, my country welcomes the report of the Panel of Experts established by the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1237 (1999). We believe that the report's contents and imaginative and bold recommendations represent a qualitative step forward with regard to sanctions and an indispensable contribution to a peaceful solution to the situation in Angola. In this context, we congratulate Ambassador Mollander, the Chairman of the Panel of Experts. We are convinced that all Member States must cooperate to implement these sanctions and remain vigilant in order to ensure their enforcement. The Security Council must be in a position to respond appropriately to sanctions busting.”

    2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source

  4. “Mr. Arias (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): I am gratified above all that, given the importance of the topic under consideration, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada has presided over this meeting. I am also pleased to see the Minister of External Affairs of Angola here with us today. My delegation associates itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Portugal on behalf of the European Union. Spain is convinced of the necessity, usefulness and effectiveness of the sanctions regime imposed by the Security Council on UNITA. We believe that the sanctions are working and we wish to stress the remarkable and indispensable role that has been played in this respect by Ambassador Robert Fowler, the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola.”

    2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source

  5. “If they do not, they must accept the international offer being made to them, and they must do so immediately. My Government will lend its support. Peace and security in the area, the reputation of Indonesia, whose stability and integrity are exceedingly important to us, and the dignity of the United Nations are all at stake. It is for the Indonesian authorities, and for them alone, to make the next move. I should like to conclude by expressing the gratitude of my Government to the personnel of the United Nations Mission in East Timor for their courage and self-sacrifice.”

    1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

  6. “The answer can be provided by the Government of Indonesia: ending the violence and the accumulation of acts of vandalism depends upon it, and on it depends the restoration of the prestige of Indonesia, which we desire. The restoration of credibility to the United Nations also depends upon it. It is not mere rhetoric to say that in East Timor part of the future of this Organization is at stake. There can be no delay. Many of the principles underlying our Organization are being rudely trampled underfoot in East Timor today. The argument that gangs of uncontrolled militia are responsible is untenable. It is macabre and ironic to claim that "the situation is under control". The Indonesian authorities have an obligation resolutely to impose law and order, and to do it now.”

    1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

  7. “Mr. Arias (Spain) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to endorse the statement made on behalf of the European Union on this matter. World public opinion is appalled and horrified by the barbarity unfolding in East Timor and, rejecting it, is continually asking the question: how is it possible that the international community and the United Nations, on the threshold of the twenty-first century, can allow these atrocities to take place and permit the derailing of a process in which they are actively involved? How can the international community or the United Nations - the terms are synonymous - have lost control of events in East Timor, with such barbarous and lamentable results?”

    1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source