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first: 1996-09-27
most recent: 2000-04-19
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“The next speaker is the representative of Portugal. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the Minister for External Relations of Angola for the kind words he addressed to the Canadian delegation. The next speaker on my list is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, Mr. Youssouf Ouedraogo. I welcome him, and I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“For some countries, Canada included, it may also mean examining existing legislation and legal tools to determine whether they could be adapted to better influence the negative behaviour of actors operating in their or other jurisdictions. The Angolan war is a direct and devastating threat to the security of the Angolan population. The Council is right to remain involved. The work of the Angola sanctions Committee and the Council's commitment today will, we hope, bring a resolution of this conflict much closer. In applying the broader lessons of these efforts, it may also help the Council to protect not just Angolans, but civilians victimized by armed conflicts wherever they may occur. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. The next speaker is the Minister for External Relations of Angola, His Excellency Mr.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“This highlights the large and growing importance of non-State actors in conflicts, and as a result emphasizes the need for the Council and Governments to come to grips with this reality and to respond effectively. Addressing the implications of the new war economies for peace and security merits further reflection and will involve the development of creative responses by the Council. Finally, the Panel's findings underline that, while the Council's decisions reflect the will of the international community, their implementation depends on the action of individual Members. In applying targeted sanctions - financial or arms embargoes, for example - this means sharing know-how, experience and intelligence in dealing with other threats, such as money-laundering and the drug trade, where tactics for confronting them may be similar.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The Panel's work underscores the complexity of imposing and enforcing targeted sanctions. It nevertheless proposes practical ways of doing so. Without question, these will require the commitment of considerable will and resources. Without doubt, there is resistance in some quarters to making them work. However, if successful, these measures could serve as a template for focused action against belligerents in other conflict situations. The Panel's efforts have also highlighted the reality and the impact of the new war economies - the nexus of parties to armed violence, the exploitation of people and resources and the commercial interests that profit from them. In a growing number of conflict situations, economic agendas coexist with political and military goals in the perpetuation of violence and the victimization of people.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“This would help devise a system of controls that would allow for increased transparency and accountability in the flow of diamonds from the source to the world's diamond bourses. As elsewhere, these new measures will work only if the sanctions regime itself is linked to a wider process of negotiation. To that end, we call upon both parties, UNITA and the Angolan Government, to demonstrate leadership and to negotiate and fully implement an agreement on the basis of the Lusaka accord. After 30 years of civil conflict, the people of Angola deserve no less than lasting peace and stability. It is to be hoped that the work of the Angola sanctions Committee will contribute to reaching that goal. This ground-breaking effort has, I believe, further and wider application for the Council's activities and its efforts to promote human security.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“We will provide $100,000 to assist the independent monitoring mechanism provided for in the draft resolution to prepare its report on whether to impose additional sanctions on parties found to be in violation of the Angola sanctions. As many speakers have properly pointed out, neighbouring countries have a greater responsibility in implementing sanctions regimes. However, that is not a burden they can or should be expected to shoulder alone. To that end, we are ready to give technical and financial assistance to countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to improve the effectiveness of their efforts. Finally, Canada is prepared to sponsor the meeting of experts on the diamond trade called for in the draft resolution.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Along with the Panel, the Chairman of the sanctions Committee, Ambassador Fowler, and his very able staff also merit our appreciation - which many members have expressed - for the single-minded determination and vision with which this challenging initiative was pursued and completed. They have done their work, and now the Security Council must do its work. The draft resolution before the Council would operationalize many of the Panel's recommendations through specific action aimed at stopping the illicit trade in diamonds, petroleum and arms, while reinforcing financial and other restrictions on rebel leaders. Canada will certainly do its part to ensure that these measures are followed through.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“To be sure, that was the objective when measures to that end were adopted several years ago. But it is no secret that non-adherence to the relevant Council decisions, deliberate or otherwise, has been the rule rather than the exception. The Security Council took an unprecedented step to reverse this trend a year ago when it approved the creation of an independent Panel of Experts to collect specific information on compliance and non-compliance with the provisions of the sanctions regime, and to provide the Council with recommendations on how to make the sanctions work. The Panel, working independently of the sanctions Committee and holding itself to the most stringent of evidentiary standards, has produced a comprehensive, well-supported and practical report for which it deserves the Council's gratitude.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Thousands of Blue Berets, civilian and military, have been sent there for that cause, some paying with their lives; millions of dollars have been spent in humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts; countless negotiators have worked for days, weeks and months to obtain commitments by the parties to stop the fighting for good. However, there has been little return on this enormous investment. Lasting peace remains elusive. Yet, until peace prevails, there is no alternative but to persevere. Yesterday, the Council agreed to improve the use of sanctions as an instrument to pursue peace and advance human security. Today, we can translate that general commitment into specific action for Angola. We can give real meaning to the sanctions regime against UNITA as a way forward. Denying UNITA the means to wage war would help promote peace.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Indeed, it is ironic and tragic that its very riches - mineral and petroleum wealth - have been so cruelly exploited to increase rather than diminish the suffering of the Angolan people. The renewed violence that has thwarted the prospects for peace might have been impossible if UNITA had not been able to misdirect earnings from those resources into the pursuit of violence. To its considerable credit, the United Nations has been engaged from the outset in efforts to resolve the Angolan war and to establish peace.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Previous speakers have made plain the dimensions of the threats faced by ordinary Angolans. Angola is a place where more than a million souls have perished in the violence; where a complete humanitarian collapse looms never very far, with people barely surviving from day to day; where for rural dwellers it is literally too dangerous to set foot out of the house for fear of being blown away by a landmine; where children are in greater peril than anywhere else on earth; where one in three people have been uprooted from their homes; and where, quite simply, no one has escaped undamaged by war in one way or another. Angola is a very rich land that is very poor in human security.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Ukraine for the kind remarks he addressed to the Canadian delegation. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Foreign Minister of Canada. At the outset, I join others around this table who have welcomed the Minister for External Relations of Angola. I think it is vital that he be with us as we discuss an issue so crucial to his country. We appreciate his taking the time and making the effort to join us in this debate. Tomorrow, we will be considering the role and responsibility of the Security Council in protecting civilians in armed conflict. Today we have the opportunity to take resolute Council action where the need could not be more acute. The endless and utterly senseless civil conflict in Angola has only one enduring certainty: civilians desperately need protection.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I would like to thank the representative of the United States for the kind words addressed to Ambassador Fowler and the Canadian delegation. We appreciate that.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source
“I should like to draw the attention of the Council to the following other documents: S/2000/225, letter dated 15 March 2000 from Gabon; S/2000/228, letter dated 15 March 2000 from Belgium; S/2000/230, letter dated 17 March 2000 from Portugal; S/2000/240, 267 and 315, notes verbales dated 22 and 29 March, and 13 April 2000, respectively, from Bulgaria; S/2000/249, letter dated 24 March from Burkina Faso; S/2000/252, letter dated 24 March 2000 from Uganda; S/2000/256, letter dated 24 March from Togo; and S/2000/283, letter dated 29 March 2000 from Rwanda. Members of the Council have received photocopies of a letter dated 17 April 2000 from Togo, which will be issued as document S/2000/326. I call on Mr. Robert Fowler, 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.4129 (2000) · source
“Miranda (Angola) took a seat at the Council table; Mr. Adam (Belgium), Mr. Fonseca (Brazil), Mr. Sotirov (Bulgaria), Mr. Oue'draogo (Burkina Faso), Mr. Dangue Rewaka (Gabon), Mr. Dos Santos (Mozambique), Mr. Powles (New Zealand), Mr. Monteiro (Portugal), Mr. Mutaboba (Rwanda), Mr. Arias (Spain), Mr. Kpotsra (Togo), Mr. Mwakawago (United Republic of Tanzania), and Mr. Jokonya (Zimbabwe) took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President: The Security Council will now resume its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations, which will be issued as document 8/2000/323.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Angola, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Mozambique, New Zealand, Portugal, Rwanda, Spain, Togo, United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. I welcome Mr. Joao Bernardo de Miranda, Minister for External Relations of Angola. At the invitation of the President, Mr.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Turkey for his kind words addressed to me. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. I would, however, like to thank non-members and members of the Council alike for their vigorous and imaginative participation in this debate. Your ideas and suggestions will very usefully inform the deliberations of the newly established working group that we have set up within the Council. On behalf of the members of the Council, I am grateful for such views. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 8 Il.m.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for his kind words addressed to me. The final speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Turkey. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I thank the Permanent Observer of Switzerland for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Iraq. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Cuba for his kind words addressed to me, if not to the alliance to which my country and four other members of the Council belong. In accordance with the decision taken earlier in the meeting, I invite the Permanent Observer of Switzerland to the United Nations to take a seat at the Council table.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I would therefore urge Member States to conform to this excellent suggestion by Bangladesh and to provide the Secretariat with 200 copies well in advance of their statements so that they can be quietly and effectively distributed, as in the main has been the case this afternoon. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Cuba. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“At the excellent suggestion of the former President last month - the representative of Bangladesh, who drew our collective attention to the fact that the great rush to the door to obtain copies outside significantly disrupted our deliberations in the Chamber - it was agreed and published in a note at the end of March that, as long as countries provided the Secretariat with 200 copies of their texts, the texts would be discretely and effectively distributed - as they have been, in the main, today - to Members throughout the Council Chamber and to other Members of the Organization, as you have seen done. When fewer than 200 copies are provided to the Secretariat, those copies are placed outside. Particularly because there are fewer of them, the scramble for them is even greater and the disruption all the more.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of New Zealand for his kind words addressed to me. Before giving the floor to the next speaker, I would like just to say a word about the distribution of speeches within the Chamber. I think it is important that we all understand what is happening and what is not happening, and why.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Bulgaria for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of New Zealand. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Australia for her very generous remarks addressed to me and her thoughtful support of the Secretariat. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Bulgaria. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Sweden for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Australia. I invite her to take a seat at the Council table and to make her statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Sweden. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Italy. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Pakistan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Portugal for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Germany. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“Before calling on the next speaker, let me express my regret at not being able to stay for the remainder of this meeting. I shall ask Ambassador Fowler to take the Chair. The next speaker is the representative of Portugal. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. Fowler took the Chair.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I am especially encouraged to note that it will seek outside advice in its work. To that end, I was pleased to join with the Secretary-General this morning to launch a Canadian-sponsored independent study on sanctions by the International Peace Academy, authored by two very distinguished scholars - a study that expands on many of the points I have made today. We need to apply the experience of the past decade of sanctions, good and bad, to ensure that this powerful tool is used correctly, creatively and coherently so that the result does not diminish, but rather advances, human security. Sanctions are economic statecraft in action. When purposefully used and implemented to prevent or stop aggression, violence and abuse, this is statecraft clearly in the service of people. I now resume my functional as President of the Security Council.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“It could make sanctions more effective. Like the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction in disarmament matters or the creation of the International Criminal Court, it might also serve to strengthen the growing international legal framework aimed at protecting civilians. To that end, Canada will convene a conference of experts to develop such a regime to govern the use of sanctions, including standardized policy guidelines and operational principles. The creation of the working group is a promising step by the Council to improve the use of sanctions. It will have Canada's full support, both in seeking concrete ways to enhance the effectiveness of current regimes and in guiding future practice.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“And if we are serious about making sanctions work, it is a price we can ill afford not to pay. Finally, we need a framework. Our acquired experience in the use of sanctions is vast. Yet as some observers suggest, sanctions have little, or only controversial, standing in international law. They fall into a grey zone between humanitarian law and the rules of warfare. Many of the dilemmas associated with the use of sanctions could be addressed through the codification of legal standards. Perhaps the time has come to consider the development of an explicit legal regime for that purpose. In other areas of global activity, legal regimes serve to establish norms, and, by reflecting international consensus, increase the prospects that everyone will adhere to them. Clearly, this idea needs to be examined closely.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“The deployment of international monitors and the establishment of special commissions to examine adherence to sanctions have proved very useful in the past, a practice that should continue with greater institutional capacity and legal authority to investigate violations, particularly with regard to arms embargoes. The enforcement of targeted sanctions, especially financial or arms embargoes, is notoriously complex. But the know-how exists, and with sufficient commitment, it can be done. Without doubt, all of this is expensive, in both time and resources. Sanctions are far from being enforcement on the cheap. But compared to the costs of other measures, such as military intervention, or to the long-term costs in terms of human suffering of inaction, the price may not be so high.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“When considering the creation of sanctions, the Council needs to take their views into account, and members concerned should be able to fully avail themselves of Article 50. Donor- country conferences to address the needs of particular Member States adversely affected by sanctions may be one measure to address this. We must also address the issue of capacity. The efficacy of sanctions regimes is determined by the capacity to implement them. The ability of the United Nations Secretariat to properly and fully assist the Council in the implementation of sanctions needs to be significantly upgraded. Sanctions committees also need resources to function efficiently. Many Member States need help to develop enabling legislation. Others, including Canada, could do more to improve theirs.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“In the meantime, we all need to do our utmost to assist the Iraqi people. In that respect, I am pleased to announce that Canada will provide $1 million in assistance through non-governmental channels for the rehabilitation of schools and hospitals and to meet other basic human needs. A third area of concern is engagement. If sanctions depend on the will of the international community to implement them, then they must well reflect the will of the international community, not just the interests of the most powerful members. To that end, when sanctions are imposed, a more equitable sharing of the burdens of implementation and enforcement is important. This is especially the case for third-party countries or regions close to the conflict, which often suffer most but can least afford to.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“The utility and credibility of the sanctions have also been damaged by the impasse in discussions, attributable to the Iraqi leadership, over compliance with these measures. Resolution 1284 (1999) is an attempt to put the Council's objectives back on track. The Council must continue to make all further efforts to address the humanitarian impact. To do so, the Council should consider establishing a mechanism, such as a humanitarian college of commissioners in parallel to the college that now works on disarmament matters, with a limited time mandate, to lend profile and transparency to humanitarian issues, to regularly review the humanitarian provisions of resolution 1284 (1999) and to make concrete recommendations on ways to improve or adjust the humanitarian programmes as so required.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“Where comprehensive sanctions exist, the need for extreme vigilance with regard to the humanitarian impact must be a priority. Humanitarian assessments before such measures are imposed, along with streamlining humanitarian exemption requests, ongoing monitoring and flexibility are all very important. The Iraq sanctions regime is among the most comprehensive and complex ever imposed. The objectives were and remain clear - to coerce the Iraqi leadership to rid itself of weapons of mass destruction and to desist from pursuing weapons of mass destruction programmes. However, the unintended humanitarian impact of these measures has been borne by Iraqi civilians, rather than by the Baghdad regime.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“It also means improving the use of "smarter" sanctions against them, such as financial and other restrictions. The effective use of arms embargoes demands particular attention by this Council. More rigorously drafted texts, more closely monitored implementation and greater Council support for other efforts, such as the development of a convention on arms trafficking, would go some way towards better addressing the very destructive flow of small arms to conflicts. Targeted sanctions should be combined creatively with targeted incentives. Foreign assistance, concessionary loans and credits, debt relief, technology transfers, trade benefits and security assurances are all carrots that might complement the stick of sanctions in directly influencing behaviour or encouraging those most likely to support change.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“Sanctions are likely to succeed only if they are integrated into a broader Council strategy of conflict prevention and resolution. This means ensuring that all the terms of sanctions regimes not only are clear, but are clearly linked to a process of negotiation. Secondly, we have to look at our targets. The aim of sanctions should be to change the behaviour of wrongdoers, to deprive them of the wherewithal to wage war and to brutalize the innocent and, in the process, to avoid harming the very people the sanctions are aimed to help. In today's conflicts this means more targeted sanctions, not only against abusive national decision-makers, but also against terrorists, rebel movements, modern-day warlords and other non-State actors that perpetuate or profit from human suffering.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“Our meeting today is a recognition that Security Council members, indeed the majority of Member States, understand the need to address this fundamental challenge: maximizing the effectiveness of sanctions while minimizing the harm to civilians. Sanctions have worked where the clear political will and resources existed to make them work. This in turn depended on applying the right sanctions with the most appropriate mixture of punitive and deterrent measures, incentives for compliance and the highest humanitarian concern. In our View, there are five considerations to getting these sanctions right. I concur with many who have spoken today that we should use this as an opportunity to help set some framework and reference for the work of the group that has been established by this Council. First, there has to be a strategy.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“Too often they have suffered from hasty or ambiguous design, a loose commitment to implementation, inadequate monitoring and lax enforcement. Most importantly, as so many have pointed out today in their statements, the costs in human terms are sometimes too high. While the harmful impact of sanctions, particularly comprehensive measures, on innocent civilians may be unintended, they are no less real or damaging for those who feel their effects. In these cases, sanctions can hurt, rather than help, people. As a result, the risk is real that the legitimacy, credibility and utility of this important tool of Security Council action will be increasingly questioned in the eyes of the international community, and that would be wrong. But there is little doubt that in some instances this is already happening.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I think that as we have had discussions today it has been quite clear that there is a consensus that sanctions are a very potent means to promote peace. They are an effective way to prevent or stop violence against civilians. They are a method to curb those who systematically violate the rights of others. They are a means to save human lives in the face of brutality and destruction. They are, in short, a very vital tool for this Council to protect and advance the safety of people. However, after a decade of unprecedented recourse to this instrument, the record is decidedly mixed. Successes are well known. Alas, so are the shortcomings. Sometimes sanctions have served as an inappropriate default in the face of an immediate crisis and in the absence of the political will for stronger measures.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of the Russian Federation for his kind words addressed to me. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada. I will begin by once again thanking the Under- Secretary-General and the Secretariat for their very comprehensive and serious briefing. I would also like to express a real debt of gratitude to the many countries that have sponsored serious reviews and assessments of sanctions work in the month preceding this meeting. I would also, if I could, take the opportunity to acknowledge with us in the Council chamber today a number of my colleagues from the Canadian House of Commons who are here to be part of the United Nations investigation and whose own work on the question of sanctions in Iraq has been very seminal in helping to influence our thinking.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“I wish to welcome the Secretary- General to the Council Chamber. It is good to have him join us for this very important debate.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source
“The President: Unless I hear any objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs. There being no objection, it is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. I should like to draw attention to document S/2000/3l9, which contains the text of a note by the President of the Security Council concerning general sanctions issues, by which the members of the Council decided to establish on a temporary basis an informal working group of the Council to develop general recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of United Nations sanctions.”
2000-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4128 (2000) · source