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1. “Although the Security Council has decided to end the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, our attention should not be diverted from one fact: if, for whatever reason, the international community failed to prevent the massacres, the presence of the United Nations in Rwanda after the crisis was very useful. This has been proved by United Nations assistance in protecting those repatriated to Rwanda; in re-establishing the infrastructure to provide health and education services; in training the police force; and in demining. The Egyptian delegation takes this opportunity to pay tribute to the role of the United Nations and its specialized agencies in extending relief and humanitarian assistance to the people of Rwanda in their trials and tribulations.”

   1996-03-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3640 (1996) · source

2. “Mr. Awaad (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): The Security Council has just adopted a very sensitive resolution concerning the withdrawal of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) from that country, a fraternal African country that has witnessed one of the most terrible human tragedies in contemporary history. Like the wide-ranging discussion about the role the international community should play in preventing the terrible massacres and genocide we saw in Rwanda the year before last, today we have had an equally wide-ranging discussion on whether or not now is the right time for UNAMIR to withdraw. However, as members of the Security Council we must respond to the request of the Rwandan Government and withdraw the Mission. It is for the Rwandan Government to make that decision, and we must respect it.”

   1996-03-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3640 (1996) · source

3. “The Egyptian delegation supports the proposal of the Secretary-General to extend the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) until 31 May 1996. We hope that the progress report due to be submitted by the Secretary-General by the end of March 1996 will include positive developments, confirming that the Liberian factions will take positive, serious steps to implement the Abuja Agreement.”

   1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

4. “The delegation of Egypt would like to confirm that it is important that all countries, particularly Liberia's neighbours, respect the arms embargo imposed by Security Council resolution 788 (1992) and faithfully cooperate with the Committee established to monitor the resolution's implementation. The spread of weapons in Liberia today is the major threat to Liberia's stability and to the stability of countries throughout the region. What Liberia needs today is not more weapons, but humanitarian, technical and financial assistance, so that normality may be restored to the country. We welcome and support the efforts of the Secretariat, in coordination with the United Nations Development Programme, to extend assistance to Liberia so that the country may prepare for elections to take place next August, in accordance with the Abuja Agreement.”

   1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

5. “It is worth mentioning that providing protection and security for UNOMIL, as well as for all the international relief organizations, is an important responsibility that all the Liberian factions should discharge. The experience of ECOWAS in Liberia is a very good model for the role that regional and non-regional organizations may play in containing and settling conflicts. This experience has demonstrated now important it is that the United Nations, being the "mother" organization, should provide support for these organizations, most of which lack technical and financial resources, as well as equipment, to make regional endeavours a success. Thus the United Nations is directly responsible for making the experience of ECOMOG in Liberia a success, and should learn from this for the future.”

   1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

6. “In our opinion, this requires the international community to attach special importance to rehabilitation projects and the reconstruction of State facilities in order to provide further job opportunities. This, in turn, requires creating a stable and safe environment through full disarmament of the factions and pressure to bear on all parties to abide by the schedule to be agreed upon in order to engage troops in disarmament. Since its eruption in 1989, the civil war in Liberia has led to great human suffering, with 150,000 victims and the displacement of more than half the country's population. That places a great moral and humanitarian responsibility on the international community to help end the Liberian people's plight, by giving all possible assistance to the governing Council and the new Government as soon as the elections are over.”

   1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

7. “This jeopardizes the possibility of holding presidential and legislative elections on 20 August 1996, as was agreed. We also regret the latest attacks on ECOMOG in the Tubmanburg region. We extend our condolences to the families of the victims - those who were killed carrying out their duties in maintaining peace on the territory of Liberia. The peace process in Liberia is at a critical juncture. It requires the full support of all the parties in Liberia to overcome the latest setback to implementation of the provisions of the peace Agreement within the agreed schedule. Probably the most important step would be to enable the approximately 60,000 soldiers who will be demobilized, from the various factions, to be reintegrated into civilian life and to find them appropriate job opportunities.”

   1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

8. “Mr. Awaad (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): The Egyptian delegation would like at the outset to extend its thanks to you, Sir, for convening this meeting, which establishes a very good precedent, one that will definitely contribute to further transparency in the work of the Security Council. The delegation of Egypt also welcomes both the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Liberia and his statement. We should like to express our appreciation for the efforts of the Secretary-General as well as for his fifteenth progress report on the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL). We have carefully studied the report and would like to express our grave concern regarding the delay in implementing the provisions of the Abuja Agreement signed last August.”

   1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

9. “At a time when we are all trying to reach agreement about the best means of reforming the Security Council's procedures and methods of work and of increasing its membership, the improvement and development of the arrangements of consultation between the Council and the troop-contributing countries for peace-keeping operations is but an important step towards greater democratization of the work of the Council and the enhancement of the efficacy of its resolutions.”

   1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

10. “In fact, those proposals would contribute to ensuring and enhancing the democratic and representative aspects of the Security Council's resolutions and guarantee the support of troop-contributing countries and peoples to those resolutions. In addition, the proposed measures would have to do only with fundamental changes that may be introduced to the mandate of any operation or to the termination of such operation.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

11. “Furthermore, the States the Secretariat believes to be in a position to contribute troops to any given operation could be invited to a consultation meeting with members of the Security Council. The object of such a meeting should be to acquaint such States with the expected conditions of the operation and of the probable role of their troops in the operation. The contributing States should also be afforded the opportunity of voicing their views with regard to the best means of implementing the mandate of the peace-keeping operation. The preceding proposals in no way infringe the authority or competence of the Security Council in the area of maintaining international peace and security.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

12. “In addition, before each meting, the Secretariat should provide the States concerned with the information that is available to the United Nations from the theatre of operations, as such information could have implications for the resolution the Security Council may adopt. Consultation meetings should also be held well in advance of the adoption by the Council of the relevant resolutions, so that delegations may be able to advise their Governments of the available options and to receive their Governments' instructions in that regard. There is also a need for consultations with potential troop-contributing countries before the adoption by the Council of the mandate for the operation in question.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

13. “We are well aware of the fact that the creation of a subsidiary organ of the Council would not, by itself, automatically guarantee the achievement of this goal and that there is a need for the Security Council to adopt a well-informed and clear resolution whereby it would recognize an official role for the countries contributing troops to peace-keeping operations as full partners in the decision-making process with regard to the mandate of any particular operation. In order to guarantee a positive outcome to consultation meetings, the participating troop-contributing countries should be informed of such meetings well in advance.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

14. “The resolution could also provide for the establishment of a subsidiary organ of the Security Council, in accordance with Article 29 of the Charter. The primary task of that subsidiary organ would be to conduct such consultations before the Council decides to adopt a resolution regarding the mandate of a particular peace-keeping operation. Here, we must reaffirm the importance we attach to ensuring that such consultation meetings should have an effect on the Council's resolutions. We wish to highlight also the importance we attach to ensuring that such consultation meetings should provide the effective means for the troop-contributing countries to voice their concerns and of ensuring that such concerns are taken into account by the Council when the Council makes its decisions.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

15. “We affirm that the proposals those States agreed to put forward represent a fine balance that reflects the interests of the troop-contributing countries, while taking into account the responsibilities and spheres of competence of the Security Council with regard to the maintenance of international peace and security. The first step towards reforming and developing the consultation arrangements between the Council and the troop-contributing countries is to institutionalize and formalize those consultations. We propose in this respect that the Council, on this occasion, should adopt a resolution to regularize the consultation arrangements. Such a resolution should aim in its preamble at the implementation of Article 44 of the Charter.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

16. “The troop-contributing countries have also noticed that those consultation meetings have become a mere formality that is performed as a ceremonial act that has no effect whatever on the Council's decision when the Council modifies the mandate of a peace-keeping operation. At meetings of the special committee dealing with peace-keeping operations, as well as at meetings of the General Assembly in the course of this fiftieth session, numerous States have expressed the view that the present consultation arrangements, despite their many benefits, need to be reviewed urgently by the Security Council. The statement by the Ambassador of Argentina has expressed the least common denominator in the positions of the group of States, including Egypt, that requested the convening of this meeting.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

17. “Notwithstanding, the delegation of Egypt, in statements to the General Assembly and to the Security Council, has repeatedly voiced the conviction that the consultation arrangements adopted by the Council fall far short of providing for troop-contributing countries' effective participation in the decision-making process as they lack any formal or institutional aspect and are held in a manner that lacks regularity. Practical experience has shown that most consultation meetings held in accordance with the presidential statement made on behalf of the Council have been held without allowing the troop-contributing countries enough time to communicate to their delegations in New York their views or to supply those delegations with whatever information may be available to their Governments.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

18. “The Council also decided to keep the arrangements for the exchange of information and views with troop contributors under review in order to consider further measures to enhance those arrangements in the light of experience. At the time, we welcomed those consultation arrangements adopted by the Council as they represented marked progress towards recognition of the right of the countries that contribute troops to peace-keeping operations to participate in making the decisions that affect the security and safety of such troops, in accordance with the spirit of Article 44 of the United Nations Charter.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

19. “I wish to point out also that the present initiative stemmed from the basis we laid a year ago through the initiative taken by Argentina and New Zealand, which led to the adoption by the Security Council of the presidential statement (S/PRST/1994/62) of 4 November 1994. In that presidential statement, the Council established general rules governing the procedures for consultations with troop- contributing countries which consultations are to be held through meetings between members of the Council, troop- contributing countries and the Secretariat, in good time before the Council decides to effect significant changes in the mandate of any peace-keeping operation or to terminate any particular such operation.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

20. “All of those States share a common interest, namely increasing the support of all States for the role performed by the United Nations in the area of peace-keeping, and enhancing the efficacy of that role. This is an objective that, we are sure, enjoys extensive international support. Therefore, I should like to extend thanks and appreciation to the delegation of Argentina and in particular to Ambassador Cardenas, for sponsoring this new initiative. Egypt's delegation wishes to express its full solidarity with the contents of the statement by Ambassador Cardenas in this respect.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

21. “At the outset, I wish to convey the Egyptian delegation's appreciation to the Security Council for its prompt response to the request of the group of States whose representatives signed the letter asking that this meeting be convened with the aim of considering the means whereby the effectiveness of consultations between the Council and countries contributing troops to peace-keeping operations may be consolidated and enhanced. Egypt had the honour of participating in this initiative, which was taken and sponsored by Argentina, with the participation of 36 States, from different geographic regions of the world and of various degrees of economic growth.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

22. “Mr. Awaad (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): I should like, at the outset, to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to express the appreciation of the delegation of Egypt for the important role that you have been playing in your high post - a role underscored by your high diplomatic skills. Allow me also to express our appreciation to the Permanent Representative of Oman for the outstanding work as President of the Council during the month of November 1995.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

23. “In conclusion, the delegation of Egypt regrets the fact that the question of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been mishandled from the outset: that mishandling is the reason why we are now all frustrated at the doubts expressed by many parties. That mishandling has also played into the hands of the Serbs and has encouraged them to defy the Security Council and its resolutions. If the Serbs keep this up, the international order will necessarily lose credibility and a double standard will have been established that cannot but compromise the position of the international community as a whole.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

24. “None the less, the delegation of Egypt reminds the Council and the Secretariat that Egypt has in the past offered - and is still prepared to provide - further contingents to strengthen UNPROFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina and help it accomplish the many urgent tasks assigned to it by the Council: if the United Nations and the UNPROFOR command feel that there is a need for reinforcements, Egypt would be prepared to consider the possibility. Egypt is gratified at NATO's initiative to establish a rapid reaction force that would enable UNPROFOR to defend the safe areas in particular and the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina in general; to restore the rule of international law; and to restore to the region the stability to which it aspires.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

25. “Fourthly, Egypt supports the conclusions of the Secretary-General in paragraph 67 of his report to the effect that the international mediation efforts have come to a standstill and that the Security Council should therefore reassess the situation and adopt another initiative to relaunch the peace process. Egypt is participating in UNPROFOR with military forces and also with military and police observers. We pay tribute to the courage of those forces, which are accomplishing noble, humanitarian tasks.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

26. “Those forces are there because the territories are an integral part of Bosnia and Herzegovina and were so even before the current conflict in the region began. Thirdly, the options available to the Council must be studied in the light of the detailed information contained in the report on UNPROFOR's mandate, because the four options cannot be studied in isolation from other options and possibilities. The third option would presuppose a strengthening of the mandate, but it would also mean modifying that mandate; this is not admissible because UNPROFOR's current mandate, as established by the Security Council, is sufficient. All that is needed is to ensure that there is a clear framework for the mandate and that UNPROFOR is given the operational means to accomplish its tasks.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

27. “Secondly, to call for the demilitarization of the "safe areas", in accordance with the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1979, will mean that the last remaining territories of Bosnia and Herzegovina will consist of defenceless, unarmed civilian populations subjugated under the Serb occupation. The international community must not accept this. The purpose of the "safe areas" is to provide international protection for the territories and their population, but their demilitarization will mean that they will be under the Serb forces' domination if the international forces withdraw or are unable to ensure their defence. The argument that certain Government armed forces should be included in the demilitarization process is inadmissible.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

28. “Nevertheless, we wish to point out that in order to ensure that credibility, we must first apply the provisions of the Charter and implement the resolutions of the Security Council in order to force the intransigent Serb party to respect the norms of international legality. Thus, we shall be able to put an end to the threat to international peace and security before dealing with problems of development, environment and human rights, which, as pointed out in paragraph 82 of the report, cannot be solved unless the region enjoys peace and stability.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

29. “Will the United Nations withdraw from the territory and leave the strong aggressor on an equal footing with the victim? Sixthly, will the United Nations allow itself to turn a blind eye to the policy of racial, religious and political discrimination and the policy of "ethnic cleansing"? The Egyptian delegation has studied with interest the Secretary-General's report submitted to the Council and we note that it contains a useful description of certain objective aspects of some earlier resolutions of the Council. However, the report also contains certain negative aspects on which we would like to comment, the most important of which are the following. First of all, the Egyptian delegation agrees with the Secretary-General that we must highlight the importance of the credibility of the United Nations.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

30. “Thirdly, the contingents of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) were deployed to repel that aggression and ensure the protection of civilians. Have we provided them with the means to attain the noble objectives for which they were deployed? Fourthly, the Council established the concept of "safe areas" in order to protect the unoccupied territories of Bosnia. Is the Council going to honour that commitment and try to overcome the difficulties resulting from the continued Serb occupation of these territories? Fifthly, if the situation has worsened because of the Serb party's rejection of all international peace efforts and initiatives, will the international community allow the United Nations to renounce its role of putting an end to the crisis?”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

31. “In the light of the Council's earlier resolutions, the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina requires the Council to take a strong position from which it can adopt firm resolutions and provide answers to the following questions. First, have the provisions for halting the Serb aggression against the territories of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including resolutions 757 (1992), 777 (1992) and others, been implemented? Secondly, will the United Nations allow a State Member of the Organization to be annihilated through the forcible occupation of its territory by a party possessing a military arsenal enabling it to launch a military operation from which it continues to benefit through aggressive territorial expansion?”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

32. “The Security Council is today considering the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which, having entered a new phase, threatens both the prestige of the United Nations and the credibility of the Security Council as the organ responsible for the implementation of the Charter. This is because the many resolutions adopted by the Council in the framework of Chapter VII have not been implemented and the Council has closed its eyes to this fact, even though the Charter gives it the right to use force, in the framework of collective security, in order to implement resolutions of international legality and to ensure equal respect for them by all States, large and small, in all parts of the world, without distinction and on an equal footing.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

33. “Mr. Awaad (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are sure that, through your wisdom and skill, the work of the Council will be crowned with success as it considers the issues before it. I should also like to congratulate your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Merimee, on his efforts as President of the Security Council last month. Allow me also to express my support for the statement we have just heard by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

34. “That will contain his recommendations with regard to the future role that the international Organization might play at the political, humanitarian and economic levels in Mozambique. In conclusion, I should like once again to address my thanks and congratulations to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique. I wish him every success in his arduous task. We congratulate the friendly and fraternal people of Mozambique from the bottom of our hearts.”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source

35. “The Egyptian delegation would also like to reiterate the importance of the new role that it is incumbent on the United Nations to play in Mozambique - a role that is no less important than the one played by the Organization at the previous stage - particularly with respect to efforts to rehabilitate approximately 90,000 combatants of the former Government Army and the RENAMO forces, on an equal footing, and to integrate them into civilian life to take part in the process of national reconstruction and the development of Mozambique, as well as the training of approximately 450 troops in de-mining. Here, I should like to say that Egypt awaits with some interest the report to be submitted by the Secretary-General to the Security Council.”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source

36. “I refer in particular to the massive flow of refugees who are returning and need to be repatriated - about 1 million of them, in addition to about 3 million displaced persons within or outside the national frontiers. In addition, it will be necessary to create a new national army, following completion of the task of disarming both the parties, in order to stabilize the situation. It will also be necessary to carry out de-mining operations and to reinitiate the process of strengthening confidence between the political parties in Mozambique. For its part, Egypt, having participated in the United Nations Operation in Mozambique and having been an observer of the elections, commits itself to providing the Government and people of Mozambique with all possible support and assistance in their efforts to rebuild the State and its infrastructures.”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source

37. “We should like to refer in particular to the very constructive role played by Italy in the achievement of this objective. The Security Council, which is now examining the future of peace-keeping operations undertaken by this Organization, should focus on an analysis of the factors that made for the success of the operation in Mozambique, with a view to drawing on them in the future. Despite the important positive outcome of the Mozambican situation, there are still large security, economic, social and humanitarian problems. The new Government cannot deal with these problems on its own; it needs the support and assistance of the United Nations agencies and bodies to overcome the negative aftermath of the conflict.”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source

38. “The success of the United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) is a further episode to the credit of the United Nations in the field of peace-keeping. This success was not the result of chance; on the contrary, it was the natural outcome of a series of factors, the most important of which was the presence of a genuine political will on the part of both parties to the conflict and total respect for their commitments, including the efforts made by the United Nations, represented by the Secretary- General's Special Representative, Mr. Aldo Ajello, who was assisted by the positive efforts of influential States, which encouraged the parties involved to respect the principles of the peaceful settlement of disputes and national reconciliation and the wishes of the Mozambican people.”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source

39. “Mr. Awaad (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): The delegation of Egypt would like, at the outset, to thank and congratulate the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique, Mr. Leonardo Santos Simao, for his very thorough statement, during which he referred to the political developments in his country as well as his Government's efforts to initiate a new stage in the reconstruction of the country's civilian infrastructure and to restore its public utilities. Egypt has followed with interest the evolution of the situation in Mozambique since the beginning of the crisis. It is very happy that the operation culminated successfully in the peace settlement and that the free and honest elections, successfully held and observed by the international community, resulted in the Government that is now in power.”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source