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Baali

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first: 1996-10-10
most recent: 2005-12-20
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“As the intense deliberations of the Council have shown, the Secretary-General's report on Africa contains a valuable set of ideas and recommendations that will, we are convinced, contribute to a better understanding, knowledge and evaluation of the magnitude and complexity of the problems experienced today not only by Africa but also by the international community as a whole.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The machinery to ensure that the recommendations of the Secretary-General are followed up could take the form of an ad hoc committee or working group that the Secretary-General would establish in cooperation with the OAU and that would be open to representatives of these two organizations and to those of the Bretton Woods institutions, the Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank. The mandate of such a group would be to see to the implementation of agreed recommendations and to report to the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, which, because of their extensive competencies, seem to us to be in the best position to act on the report of the follow-up mechanism. Obviously, the Security Council should also be kept informed.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Such reconsideration - obviously, going beyond the framework of Africa - must, beyond the recommendations of the Secretary-General, take up all aspects of the conditions for imposing and lifting sanctions, as well as the effects of sanctions on the civilian populations of the countries involved and of neighbouring countries, and must specifically define their objectives. Finally, the decision to impose sanctions must continue to lie solely with the Security Council.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“In fact, while the embargo on the shipment of weapons to warring countries - as long as it is respected by all, which is rarely the case - can be an effective means of containing or preventing an armed conflict, economic sanctions often serve only to penalize civilian populations and can even lead to results that are diametrically opposed to those initially sought. The serious abuses and excesses experienced in connection with sanctions regimes make it absolutely necessary for this kind of measure to be re-examined by the competent bodies of the United Nations, including the Security Council.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“To be effective, however, this proposal, which may be taken up by the new Department for Disarmament Affairs, must be part of a framework of effective and objective cooperation by the international community aimed at dismantling and neutralizing the networks of logistical support and supply of armaments that fuel the terrorist groups in their work of destabilization, destruction and death. My last observation has to do with the policy of sanctions to which the Security Council has, with increasing frequency and uneven success, resorted over recent years.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“My other comment addresses the question of the proliferation of weapons. In proportion to its geographic area, Algeria is the country that devotes the smallest part of its gross domestic product to national defence; therefore, it obviously cannot fail to demonstrate its interest in the Secretary-General's recommendation to decrease expenditures for weapons and munitions to 1.5 per cent of the gross domestic product, even if that recommendation needs further clarification and refinement. In the same context, Algeria can only welcome the proposal regarding the compilation, research and publication of information on the weapons trade, which fuels large- scale international crime and terrorism.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Regarding this last point in particular - in the light of the dangerous problems to which humanitarian aid is sometimes susceptible, which the Secretary-General has clearly highlighted, and because of the ways politicians or the media exploit such forms of aid - it seems to us of the greatest importance that all precautions be taken so that when such aid has been decided upon and accepted, it does indeed reach its beneficiaries, above all the most vulnerable ones, and that it does not exceed the strictly humanitarian framework in which it belongs. It must also be perfectly clear that humanitarian assistance must not be substituted for the prevention and settlement of conflicts, nor must it be used for propaganda purposes, nor serve as an alternative to development aid, whose positive effects on populations are far more lasting.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Here, the United Nations and the OAU, through its Mechanism, must be fully involved. Hence, in this, as in any operation of preventive diplomacy or peacekeeping, the consent of the State involved, and thus its cooperation, are absolutely indispensable. This principle also applies to all situations in which the delivery of humanitarian assistance may seem necessary.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Regarding the handling of conflicts in Africa, it is absolutely essential that the United Nations cooperate in a close and ongoing manner with the OAU, which, better than any other organization, knows and understands African realities and sensibilities, and, in particular, with the Central Organ of the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution. This should not, however, mean that the international community - that is to say, the United Nations - should consider itself free from its obligations under the Charter. In this context, and while recognizing the merit of the initiative undertaken by certain countries to strengthen African peacekeeping capabilities, it is imperative that the principles of multilateralism, universalism and transparency preside over the conception and implementation of this initiative.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Indeed, without a genuine mobilization of the international financial institutions and the United Nations agencies, constructed around a real programme of support for Africa that would deal with the questions of investment and aid for development, as well as the problems of debt, commerce and trade and the negative effects of structural adjustment policies, any policy on Africa would be mere posturing. In his report, the Secretary-General has clearly and convincingly indicated the path to be followed, which we find both reasonable and realistic.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“We consider, first of all, that while the Security Council has the merit of having launched the debate on Africa, it is not, obviously, by its very mandate - which, as we know, is limited to the maintenance of international peace and security - the appropriate or sole framework for multifaceted, effective and concerted action on Africa. The General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Bretton Woods institutions, which also have before them the report of the Secretary-General, as well as the Organization of African Unity (OAU), are in fact all called upon together to make their contribution to our reflective endeavour on the means to be implemented to assist Africa in meeting the challenges that confront it.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Today, the men and women of Africa are determined to see the fulfilment of their will to establish democracy and respect for their rights throughout the continent; but they also know that these goals must be promoted at their own pace and in terms of their own specific national and local characteristics. At the same time, they are aware that if their economic and social rights - that is, their right to education, work, housing and health care - are not ensured at the same time, the concept of human rights will be no more than a hollow shell and a pious wish. Consideration of the Secretary-General's report leads us to a number of preliminary ideas that I should like to share with the Council today. Other observations, and no doubt other proposals, will in due time be formulated in other bodies of our Organization.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“But it is undeniable that today in Africa a democratic, free enterprise culture is developing and that this movement is growing daily and little by little becoming irreversible. Africa, however, needs support in the huge effort that it has undertaken, and if it is to be supported effectively our distinctive features must be better understood and our priorities better grasped. It must be clear, therefore, that the cause of democratization and development in Africa will not be furthered by exerting pressure on African countries, attempting to impose on them social or developmental patterns which have been conceived elsewhere and which are irrelevant to the realities of Africa or by sometimes brandishing the scarecrow of sanctions.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Parallel with this multilateral effort, the overwhelming majority of the countries of Africa committed themselves at the national level to a dual undertaking: the bold task of the democratization of societies and institutions, whose results can be seen today; and the no less ambitious undertaking to recover and restructure the economy, with the support of the Bretton Woods institutions, which are so far fulfilling all of their promises. This is attested to by the boost given to economic growth in numerous African countries, even if the social cost is often very high. It is true that numerous complex problems remain, and there are substantial liabilities at the political and economic levels. The young shoots of democracy are still fragile and the economic gains precarious.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Finally convinced that without true economic, social and cultural development, and that without the progressive integration of the African economies Africa would not be saved, the African countries decided at Abuja to create an African economic community at both the regional and subregional levels, with countries grouped together within political and economic units so as to better pool their efforts and utilize their complementarities.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The establishment by the OAU of it Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, whose role is now undisputed, illustrates this African awareness that there exists in Africa the political will, the means and the necessary human resources for the settlement of African problems, even if the continent will, for a long time to come, need financial and logistical support from the international community if it is to successfully complete its peace initiatives.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Today, concerted action among African countries is a true reality, evident in the regular and frequent contacts at bilateral, regional and continental levels between heads of State and other African leaders, which attests to the will of Africans to seek by themselves, working together within the continent, ways and means of living together in greater harmony, stability and shared prosperity.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Aware of the risks to future relations among the African States posed by borders that had sometimes been established contrary to common sense, our leaders decided then that, as from 1963, they would ratify the borders inherited from the colonial period, thereby demonstrating wisdom and responsibility and avoiding the danger of suddenly plunging the continent into bloody conflicts with immeasurable consequences. Furthermore, our countries committed themselves to dialogue, to cooperation and to harmonizing their positions and policies.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Left to itself Africa, it should be recognized, resolutely shouldered its responsibilities, aware that above all it had to rely on its own means, regardless of how meagre they may have been, when faced with the enormous expectations of its peoples and the magnitude of the task to be accomplished. Within the framework of the organization that was created in the wake of independence, and whose credo of unity presupposed the liberation of the continent, Africa mobilized itself in order to dedicate itself absolutely to, in the words of the Charter of the Organization of African Unity, "the total emancipation of the African territories which are still dependent" and to "eradicate all forms of colonialism from Africa".”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“In the aftermath of independence - and up to the present - numerous African countries found themselves faced with the phenomenon of tribalism, which economic difficulties and political games have, it is true, sometimes exacerbated. From the north to the south and from the east to the west, Africa therefore had to start from scratch. Throughout Africa there was a need to meet, rapidly, with limited means and in an international environment characterized by structural inequalities and ideological rivalries, the enormous needs of the people, establish economic policies, consolidate the social fabric and create a sense of belonging to a single nation while continually coping with numerous forms of interference and with the appetites of the Powers past and present.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Our peoples inherited territories where, despite pompous speeches on the civilizing mission of colonization, illiteracy exceeded 90 per cent and epidemics were rampant, and it was necessary to build schools and clinics. Because there was no State structure aside from that which allowed the colonial administration to maintain order and to pillage the resources of the country, it was necessary to create the State. Furthermore, the former colonial Powers throughout the entire colonial period had, without regard for conscience or scruple, applied the old adage "divide and conquer", fomenting and fuelling rivalries between tribes and clans, in so doing thwarting any consolidation process for social cohesion and national sentiment.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Nor are we here to attribute all the problems of Africa to colonialization. However, it is important to recall here, for the sake of history and out of concern for objectivity, the huge responsibility borne by the former colonial Powers for the tragedies that are currently battering Africa. We must emphasize - and we should not forget this - that our peoples, in the wake of the independence that they acquired, often at the cost of great pain and blood, inherited territories where, since there was nothing, everything had to be built; where, by way of economic activity, there was only mining or the harvesting of produce; and where, therefore, there was a need to create the necessary infrastructures and open construction sites everywhere.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Africa is by no means the only region in the world confronted by serious difficulties, nor is it a continent characterized exclusively by chaos and poverty. In fact, Africa today is a continent with many enormous challenges, but one which also has unlimited potential for development, democratization and the settlement of conflicts. Numerous conflicts which are today battering the African continent undeniably stem from that dark period in its history when, dismembered by colonial appetites, it found itself torn apart and carved up, its landmarks broken and the delicate balances on which it had always depended irretrievably destroyed. It is true that we are not here today to put colonialization on trial; we would obviously need considerably more than a few meetings of the Security Council to do that.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“In submitting to our Organization a report that is as complete as it is rigorous and supported by a clear analysis that is not complacent but fully oriented towards action, the Secretary-General - to whom I should like to pay a well-deserved tribute for the quality of the work he has done and the courageous vision that underpins it - has met the enormous expectations placed on him by the international community and, above all, by the African continent, of which he is a worthy son. This report must, as the Secretary-General intended, provoke a debate that is as broad as possible and that focuses on the causes of conflicts and the means of dealing with them, given that the numerous scourges from which Africa is suffering today are also affecting other continents.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“At the same time it demonstrated its interest in Africa and its readiness to support the struggle for peace and development of the continent, which has been able to throw off colonialism without being able fully to rid itself of the difficult heritage bequeathed to it, which in many cases is the cause of the conflicts that tear it apart and of the rampant poverty.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I would also like to express my great admiration and gratitude for the work carried out by your predecessor, the Ambassador of sisterly Gambia, who, with talent and modesty, guided the work of the Council during a particularly busy month. By meeting at the level of foreign ministers precisely seven months ago to consider the timeliness of concerted international action to promote international peace and security in Africa, the Security Council clearly showed, for the first time, a proper understanding of the growing importance of our continent and of the significance of its contribution to the maintenance of international peace and security.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (interpretation from French): It is a genuine pleasure to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the Security Council at a time when it is dealing with the sources of conflicts and the means to deal with them on my continent, since your country has endeavoured to understand it and has made patient efforts for its development. I am therefore confident that, under your wise guidance, our deliberations today - and doubtless tonight as well - will serve to enrich, consolidate and refine the international community's understanding of African realities and of the considerable issues at stake, and that these deliberations will thus enable Africa to better shoulder its destiny and take its place in the world with dignity, independence and respect for its distinctiveness.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Lastly, I hope that this decision of the International Court of Justice will prompt the Council and the General Assembly to engage in a healthy, serious and fruitful debate on the very principle of sanctions - which have shown their limits and, generally speaking, have served only to penalize civilian populations - and on arrangements and conditions for lifting them.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“We welcome it, first, because this decision will, we hope, mark the start of a process that will make it possible to break the deadlock over the matter and lead to a trial of the alleged perpetrators of the horrendous Lockerbie attack under conditions of equity, the establishment of the truth and the triumph of justice. We welcome it, secondly, because the long-awaited resolution of this tragedy should pave the way for the lifting of the sanctions, which are so severely afflicting the fraternal people of Libya, with which the Algerian people is in solidarity. We welcome it, finally, because the end of the Lockerbie crisis will have the effect of reducing tensions in the region and facilitating a return to the normality and stability our Maghreb needs so much.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“What matters for the families of the victims and for the international community as a whole is that the alleged terrorists should be tried, and if their guilt is established, that they should be receive an exemplary punishment so that cowardly attacks like this do not happen again. What also matters is that at the same time the unspeakable suffering of the Libyan people should cease. By declaring that it has jurisdiction over the matter, the International Court of Justice has definitely just taken an important decision which Algeria cannot but welcome.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“Libya's proposals to this effect seem to us to be in keeping with an approach towards settling this dispute in a just, decent and honourable manner. The dispute has lasted too long already, so long that the families of the victims of this appalling attack - whose immense grief we share, as we share also the suffering of the fraternal Libyan people, with whom we feel solidarity, in the sufferings imposed on them - have almost come to despair of ever seeing it resolved. What ultimately counts in this terrible tragedy is that the truth should be established and justice done.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“Algeria most emphatically condemns terrorism whatever its form, manifestation or motivation and calls for a strengthening of international cooperation to tackle this terrible scourge of our times which threatens us all. My country has constantly stressed, in respect of the horrendous Lockerbie attack, the need to pursue and prosecute with all necessary rigour those who organized and perpetrated it and to establish the whole truth about the crime, which must not go unpunished. Thus, together with all the Arab and African countries, it could not but express its satisfaction at seeing Libya, which has been urgently requested to extradite two of its nationals suspected of organizing the attack, declare its readiness to allow those nationals to be tried in a third country.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“For many years, the brotherly Libyan people has been subjected to a very severe embargo, the grave consequences of which are reflected in the daily life of the people, as well as in their health and well-being. These consequences are known to all, particularly since they were clearly described late last year in the report of Mr. Petrovsky, the Secretary-General's special envoy to Libya. Because of the ban imposed on Libya, which also affects the rest of the world, starting with us, the neighbouring countries, and which prevents entry into or exit from Libyan territory by air, the Libyan people has found itself cut off from the rest of the world, condemned to a tragic isolation for which it neither understands the cause nor sees an end.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (interpretation from French): For the delegation of Algeria and for me personally, it is enormously gratifying to see a worthy son of Africa presiding over the Security Council's deliberations this month. Allow me to congratulate you warmly, Sir, and to wish you every possible success in your difficult but interesting task. I also wish to express my admiration for another worthy son of Africa, the Ambassador of Gabon, who so skilfully and effectively led the Council's work at a moment when the entire world, with bated breath, had turned its eyes to our Organization. I also wish to take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Muntasser, the representative of Libya, a sister State and the family members of the victims of Lockerbie, to whom we extend our sincere condolences.”
1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source
“In the face of the grave risks and dangers that the latest Israeli security Lolll'lClI swam meeting \KCSumleOn A) Fifty-second year 6 March 1997 measures pose for the peace process and for security and stability in the region as a whole, our Council must today fully discharge its responsibilities and react immediately and in a practical manner to bring pressure to bear on the Israeli authorities so that they rescind their decision. This would reaffirm the credibility of the Council in the area of the maintenance of international peace and security and in restoring justice and the rule of law.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“Algeria reaffirms its dedication to a just and comprehensive peace as a strategic choice of the Arab nation -- a peace based on internationally binding resolutions and on the principle of land for peace. Algeria therefore vigorously condemns this latest Israeli measure and demands that it be rescinded. The Israeli authorities have been pursuing a policy of provocation and of fail accompli vis-a-vis the international community and internationally binding resolutions, including Security Council resolution 1073 (1996), which has not yet been implemented.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“Apart from the fact that this decision by Israel represents a flagrant violation of international law and of the Fourth Geneva Convention, we are even more concerned at the fact that the proposed Israeli settlement is intended to house 35,000 Jews from all different areas. It is part of a broader project that began in 1967, under which more than 39,000 housing units have been built in East Jerusalem. This project would open up Jerusalem to tens of thousands of Jewish settlers. It is designed radically to change the demographic nature of the Holy City, thereby serving the purposes of the Israeli authorities: to use this new status as a means for manoeuvres and pressure during the upcoming negotiations on the future of the city.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“This policy is also quite clearly a violation of the relevant United Nations resolutions, including Security Council resolutions, which have consistently Stated that the measures and steps taken by the Israeli authorities, including the expropriation of land and property, are null and void. In this connection, we should like to refer to an important resolution adopted by the Council. Resolution 476 (1980) forbids any alteration of the geographic or demographic nature of the city of Jerusalem. Consequently, this latest Israeli measure is null and void and can receive no international recognition.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“It is part of the considered, calculated plan followed by the Israeli authorities since the occupation of Jerusalem and the other Arab territories -- a plan designed to continue the settlement policy, whatever the cost, whatever the international reaction and whatever the grave dangers involved for peace. Everyone -- including the Israeli authorities - knows that the settlements policy flagrantly contravenes the basic tenets of the peace process. This policy is contrary to the spirit and the letter of the Israeli~ Palestinian peace accords and the American guarantees submitted to the Arab parties at the Madrid Peace Conference.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“At a time when hopes were being raised that the peace process was once again slowly moving in the right direction ~-~ in spite of all the obstacles created by the Israeli authorities, which had almost brought the process to a standstill -- these authorities decided to build a major settlement within East Jerusalem. It appears as if the goal of this serious step is to undermine the peace process as a whole and to provoke the international community, and in particular the Council, which has repeatedly condemned the settlements policy. Indeed, this policy cannot be taken in isolation.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (interpretation fromArabic): First of all, Sir, I should like to convey to you my most sincere congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Iam firmly convinced that your well-known wisdom and experience and your knowledge of world affairs will ensure the successful completion of the Council's work. I also take pleasure in extending my thanks and paying tribute to my dear brother, the Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations, for his competence in leading this body during a period when its activity was on the increase.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“Events have shown that the UNITA leadership seems to be gambling on wearing down the international community to make it disengage, either to shatter the dynamic for peace in the country or to obtain extravagant advantages with regard to arrangements already concluded. At this crucial time for peace in Angola, the international community and the Security Council are called on to demonstrate, on the one hand, their solidarity with the people of Angola, and, on the other, a firm attitude towards UNITA. The international community cannot and must not become discouraged. Peace must be given another chance, because the future of the Angolan people is at stake, and, indeed, the security and peace of the continent of Africa.”
1997-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3743 (1997) · source
“The Security Council in particular must not allow the peace process to become hostage to the delaying tactics of the UNITA leadership. It is clear that, rather than merely sending a political message to the UNITA leaders, the Council must shoulder its responsibilities by taking the necessary steps to make them adopt a more constructive attitude and honour the commitments they undertook in the framework of the Lusaka accords and the arrangements that they concluded with the Angolan Government, with the assistance and backing of UNAVEM. In renewing the mandate of UNAVEM. III for a final period, the Security Council is counting on the sincerity, political will and good faith of UNITA.”
1997-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3743 (1997) · source
“The obstructionist attitude and the delaying tactics of the UNITA leadership have clearly prevented the peace process from making new progress towards national reconciliation, in particular with regard to the establishment of a Government of National Unity and Reconciliation and the conclusion of an arrangement relating to the status of the leader of UNITA in keeping with the conclusions of the Lusaka accords. I should like here to welcome the positive attitude, open-mindedness and spirit of national understanding of the Angolan Government, which have made possible the progress that we have seen to date. Recent developments in the peace process in Angola require the international community to treat the matter with a greater sense of urgency.”
1997-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3743 (1997) · source
“The Secretary-General in his latest report to the Security Council, and the Security Council in its presidential statement of 30 January, clearly identify UNITA and its leadership as being responsible for the difficulties encountered in the process to implement all aspects of the Lusaka accords. The UNITA leadership is, without question, responsible before history, before the international community and before the Angolan people, for sabotaging the peace process, in which the international community has invested considerable effort, and for which it has made enormous sacrifices. In this context I should like to pay sincere tribute to the work and devotion of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III), in which my country has the honour to participate.”
1997-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3743 (1997) · source
“Encouraging progress in the implementation of the military aspects of the Lusaka accords, rather than clearing the way for irreversible progress towards national reconciliation, has, unfortunately, been somewhat eroded, as is shown by the ever-increasing number of UNITA soldiers deserting the quartering areas. This is a disquieting phenomenon, and a source of serious concern for the international community and for the Angolan people, who have a legitimate aspiration to live in peace and stability and to devote their energy to the tasks of development and nation-building.”
1997-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3743 (1997) · source
“At the same time I would like to convey to the Chinese delegation all our sympathy, our deep feelings and our solidarity in the wake of the passing of Mr. Deng Xiaoping, who has left his mark on the history of China and of all the world's peoples. Finally, I should like to bid welcome to Vice-Minister Carneiro of Angola and to tell him how much we appreciated the important statement he made this morning. The peace process in Angola is once again deadlocked. The indications provided by the Secretary- General in his recent report on the situation in Angola do not, unfortunately, inspire optimism, because of the great uncertainty for the future for peace in that brotherly country.”
1997-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3743 (1997) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (interpretation from French): Allow me first, Sir, to convey the warm fraternal congratulations of my delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I am especially pleased that a worthy son of Africa has the honour of guiding the work of the Security Council at a time when, more than ever before, it is seized with questions of great importance for our continent. I am convinced that the Council will benefit greatly from your experience and from your wise and enlightened guidance. Might I also express the gratitude of my delegation to the Permanent Representative of Japan, who led the Council with competence and wisdom last month.”
1997-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3743 (1997) · source
“I must recall that national reconstruction, an essential element of the peace process, requires the mobilization of considerable financial and other resources, which the international community should provide to Angola for the greater good of that country, the region, and world peace and security.”
1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source
“I wish also to pay tribute to UNAVEM III, in which my country participates, which discharges its lofty mission for peace under often difficult conditions. The signing of the Lusaka Protocol marked the end of a long, laborious and delicate process aimed at establishing peace in Angola and consolidating stability and security throughout the entire region. The Security Council must therefore act with diligence and determination in considering pending issues and take the measures which are required by the gravity of the situation and which Angola and the other SADC member countries would like to see it adopt.”
1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source