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Baali

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1996-10-10

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2005-12-20

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1. “My delegation would like to express its full solidarity with the people and the Government of Angola and its firm conviction that they will be able to overcome the difficult trial facing their country. In the past few years, the United Nations has continuously made considerable efforts to foster a peaceful settlement in Angola through sustained action aimed at establishing a lasting peace, ensuring a return to stability and preserving the unity of the country, and at the same time meeting the conditions for national reconciliation in strict observance of commitments entered into and democratic principles. The great architect of these efforts undertaken on behalf of the Secretary-General is Maitre Alioune Blondin Beye, who deserves recognition for his tireless efforts and remarkable devotion in the service of peace in Angola.”

   1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source

2. “Therefore, as the Secretary-General notes in his report, the challenges now facing the peace process in Angola, essentially boil down to unkept promises on the part of UNITA concerning implementing the successive timetables for the implementation of provisions regarding political and military questions and of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council. Given the extremely slow pace of the peace process, my delegation can only express its regret and its fears at seeing the efforts made and the sacrifices offered to lay the foundations for a final political settlement called into question because of the persistence of a situation of neither war nor peace in the country, the responsibility for which can be attributed to the UNITA leaders.”

   1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source

3. “The Lusaka Protocol, signed on 20 November 1994, opened real and promising prospects for lasting peace in Angola, and, through agreed arrangements, provides an appropriate framework for the Angolan people to transcend the causes of a particularly devastating and ravaging conflict and to devote themselves finally to the immense task of national reconstruction. Today, unfortunately, it seems that the progress that has been achieved could be gravely jeopardized by continuous delays and repeated postponements in the implementation of the provisions of the Lusaka Protocol, as the Secretary-General so clearly indicated in his recent report. Suddenly, political prospects are becoming uncertain as doubts and mistrust daily emerge about the real intentions of UNITA leaders concerning their commitments under the peace accords.”

   1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source

4. “Algeria, which has always supported these efforts, firmly supports the initiative taken by the SADC member countries to bring this matter before the body responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, and endorses their assessments, proposals and recommendations aimed at ensuring a return to peace and stability in that brother country. The positive developments of the last two years have created, with the support and encouragement of the United Nations, the conditions necessary for an end to the crisis.”

   1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source

5. “This meeting of the Security Council on Angola, enhanced today by the presence and participation of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), is taking place at a crucial time in which the process of consolidating peace in that country, devastated by many years of war, requires greater mobilization from the international community to complement the praiseworthy efforts of Angola and the other countries of the region to establish a lasting peace that can open the door to national reconciliation and harmony.”

   1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source

6. “Mr. Baali (Algeria) (interpretation from French): First of all, Sir, I would like to say how delighted I am at seeing you preside over the work of this important body and to congratulate you warmly. Your great professional and personal skills strengthen my conviction that you will successfully discharge the responsibilities entrusted to you. I would also like to pay a well-deserved tribute to your predecessor, Ambassador Alfredo Lopes Cabral, Permanent Representative of Guinea-Bissau, who so brilliantly and effectively steered the work of the Council in a particularly busy month.”

   1996-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3702 (1996) · source