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Bakuramutsa

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first: 1994-09-23
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“I thank the representative of New Zealand for the kind words he addressed to me. There are no further speakers on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 9.40 p.m.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“There were 13 votes in favour, 1 against and | abstention. The draft resolution has not been adopted owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the Council. I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of the Russian Federation for the kind words he addressed to me. I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/1994/1358. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, Djibouti, France, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America Against: Russian Federation Abstaining: China”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Croatia for the kind words he addressed to me. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Croatia, on whom I now call.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“Members of the Council have received photocopies of a letter dated 2 December 1994 from the Secretary- General addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting the report of the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia on the conclusion of an Economic Agreement between the Croatian Government and the Serb local authorities, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/1994/1375. The first speaker is the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on whom I now call.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“I should also like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following other documents: S/1994/1355, letter dated 25 November 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; S/1994/1361, letter dated 28 November 1994 from the Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Yugoslavia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; and S/1994/1364 and S/1994/1366, letters dated 30 November 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council, respectively.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to documents S/1994/1246 and S/1994/1372, which contain the texts of letters dated 2 November and 1 December 1994 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting the reports of the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, concerning the operations of the International Conference's Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“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. Members of the Council have before them document S/1994/1358, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Djibouti, Egypt, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda and Turkey.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt and Turkey, 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. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Misic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Mr. Nobilo (Croatia) took places at the Council table; Mr. Elaraby (Egypt) and Mr. Batu (Turkey) took the places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of December, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to Her Excellency Mrs. Madeleine Korbel Albright, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, for her service as President of the Security Council for the month of November 1994. I am sure I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Albright for the great diplomatic skill and unfailing courtesy with which she conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“In conclusion, my delegation voted in favour of this resolution to show the support my Government wishes to give to the work of UNAMIR. But, once again, we wish to inform the members of the Council that the national priority is national reconstruction; less and less is the priority soldiers and weapons.”
1994-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3473 (1994) · source
“Although within the international community some willingness has been shown to assist Rwanda to rebuild the country, it is highly regrettable that some countries are having recourse to other impediments at their disposal to deprive Rwanda of the massive external assistance it needs. In their blocking manoeuvres, certain countries are demanding of the Rwandese Government that it do more than it is capable of doing - that it do the impossible - as a condition for receiving that assistance. That is why my delegation wishes to ask the international community to denounce this attitude and to help Rwanda obtain urgently the major economic assistance that is so vital to the Rwandese Government and people. My delegation takes this opportunity to thank the States and organizations that have already heeded this appeal.”
1994-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3473 (1994) · source
“For all those reasons, the Rwandese Government needs more bilateral and multilateral aid to enable it to live up to the expectations of national and international opinion vis-a-vis national reconciliation, the restoration of total peace, and the reconstruction and socio-economic development of Rwanda, which has been devastated by war. Since they desire to take responsibility for the development of the country themselves, the Government and the people of Rwanda deserve this manifold assistance to revive the national economy and to rebuild all the vital sectors of the country.”
1994-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3473 (1994) · source
“Various obstacles have been placed in the path of my Government's efforts and have prevented them from achieving results. We would like to mention the lack or insufficiency of the necessary personnel and resources. Many well-trained professionals were assassinated, mutilated or forced into exile. The looting of banks by the former Government forces, the destruction of economic, administrative, educational and social infrastructures, the dire state of our communications and of our energy system, the lack of drinking water - all these seriously impede the work of the Government. All those handicaps explain why the Government is not able to implement its policy of national reconciliation and reconstruction.”
1994-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3473 (1994) · source
“The Government has established a_ territorial administration that seeks to promote national reconciliation, as shown by the fact that all prefects except one are civilians and by the reappointment of two prefects from the previous regime. The President of the Republic, the Vice-President, the Prime Minister and other Ministers constantly urge reconciliation, peace and justice at major rallies organized throughout the country. The National Assembly, which was _ recently established, includes all the political parties of the country, except one, including the parties of the army - and we note that one officer who was part of the former Rwandese Government Army is now a Member of Parliament representing the national army. I turn now to economic, administration and social aspects.”
1994-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3473 (1994) · source
“During this rather short time, with no resources, this fledgling Government has been able to achieve the following. The main task of the broad-based Government of National Unity, which was established in July 1994, was to tackle the enormous task of national reconciliation within the framework of the implementation of the Arusha Peace Agreement. At the political level, all the elements of our society have been integrated into the various national institutions, with the exception of the elements implicated in genocide and other massacres. I should also mention the incorporation of more than 2,000 soldiers of the former Rwandese governmental forces into the Rwandese Patriotic Army. I note, for the Council's information, that in 1990 the army consisted of 4,000 soldiers.”
1994-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3473 (1994) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): My delegation would like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his two reports on the situation in the camps and on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). My delegation also takes this opportunity to thank Mr. Kofi Annan and his team, as well as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kigali, those who are heading UNAMIR in Kigali, and the troop-contributing countries. I should like to make my comments not on the military aspects of UNAMIR but on what the Government of Rwanda has achieved, thanks, inter alia, to the presence on the ground of the UNAMIR forces. As members of the Council know, the Government of Rwanda was established barely four months ago.”
1994-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3473 (1994) · source
“My Government still believes that an international tribunal for Rwanda, taking into account Rwandese realities, is possible and feasible. Although Rwanda wants and believes in an international tribunal for Rwanda, and although the Government of Rwanda is convinced that such a tribunal could be organized taking into account the concerns of the Rwandese people without impairing its international nature and its independence, my Government decided to vote against the draft resolution.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“It therefore seems clear that the seat of the International Tribunal should be set in Rwanda; it will have to deal with Rwandese suspects, responsible for crimes committed in Rwanda against the Rwandese. Only in this way can the desired effects be achieved. Furthermore, establishing the seat of the Tribunal on Rwandese soil would promote the harmonization of international and national jurisprudence. My delegation was surprised to see that the authors of the draft still hesitate to indicate where the future seat of the Tribunal will be. The changes proposed by the Rwandese Government, with all good will, could very well have been accommodated by international law and do not run counter to the idea of international jurisdiction.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“Since it is foreseeable that the Tribunal will be dealing with suspects who devised, planned and organized the genocide, these may escape capital punishment whereas those who simply carried out their plans would be subjected to the harshness of this sentence. That situation is not conducive to national reconciliation in Rwanda. The seventh reason is that my Government called for the establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute those guilty of genocide because the international community is deeply concerned in this respect, but also and above all we requested the establishment of this Tribunal to teach the Rwandese people a lesson, to fight against the impunity to which it had become accustomed since 1959 and to promote national reconciliation.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“The fate of that draft resolution clearly shows to anyone who might have any doubts about it that there were countries in the world that 15 would be inclined to let the perpetrators of the genocide go free and there can be no doubt that it would be those very countries that would rush to have in their prisons those Rwandese that are condemned by the International Tribunal. The sixth reason is that the International Tribunal as designed in the resolution, establishes a disparity in sentences since it rules out capital punishment, which is nevertheless provided for in the Rwandese penal code.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“This is for the International Tribunal or at least for the Rwandese people to decide. My delegation would like to recall that in the month of September the United States circulated to the Security Council a draft resolution aimed at recommending and authorizing States Members of the United Nations that are harbouring known Rwandese criminals to arrest them and to place them in preventive detention. That draft resolution was nipped in the bud by those countries that did not want to see it applied.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“In these conditions, nothing could prevent the Tribunal from devoting its resources on a priority basis to prosecuting crimes of plunder, corporal punishment or the intention to commit such crimes, while relegating to a secondary level the genocide that brought about its establishment. Fourthly, certain countries, which need not be named here, took a very active part in the civil war in Rwanda. My Government hopes that everyone will understand its concern at seeing those countries propose candidates for judges and participate in their election. The fifth reason is that my delegation finds it hard to accept that the draft statute of the International Tribunal proposes that those condemned be imprisoned outside Rwanda and that those countries be given the authority to reach decisions about the detainees.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“Some information was provided this morning, but it was too little, too late. My delegation considers that the establishment of so ineffective an international tribunal would only appease the conscience of the international community rather than respond to the expectations of the Rwandese people and of the victims of genocide in particular. Thirdly, in view of all this, my delegation was surprised to see in the draft statute that the International Tribunal, instead of devoting its meagre human resources, and probably equally meagre financial ones, to trying the crime of crimes, genocide, intends to disperse its energy by prosecuting crimes that come under the jurisdiction of internal tribunals. Furthermore, nothing in the draft resolution and statute indicates the order of priority for crimes considered by the Tribunal.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“Secondly, my delegation finds that the composition and structure of the International Tribunal for Rwanda inappropriate and ineffective. The Tribunal is composed of two Trial Chambers, with three judges in each. The Appeals Chamber is shared by the Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Tribunal for Rwanda and will have only five judges. The two Tribunals will also share the same prosecutor, it being understood that for Rwanda he or she will be backed by a deputy prosecutor. Given the magnitude of the task awaiting the staff of the Tribunal and the need for speedy and exemplary action by the tribunal, my delegation asked that the number of Trial Chamber judges be increased and that the International Tribunal for Rwanda be given its own Appeals Chamber and prosecutor. No well-founded reply was given.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“Furthermore, crimes do not exist simply because one is aware of them; they exist only by the fact that they have been committed. My delegation proposed that account be taken of the period from 1 October 1990, the beginning of the war, to 17 July 1994, the end of the war. This proposal was rejected without any valid reason. An international tribunal which refuses to consider the causes of the genocide in Rwanda and its planning, and that refuses to consider the pilot projects that preceded the major genocide of April 1994, cannot be of any use to Rwanda, because it will not contribute to eradicating the culture of impunity or creating a climate conducive to national reconciliation. In this respect, there is a contradiction between articles 6 and 7 of the statute.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“The international community, through its diplomatic representatives and international organizations in Kigali, as well as many reports by human rights organizations, was well aware of these massacres and cannot claim that it became cognizant of the situation only in the wake of the tragedy of April 1994. It had already been recognized by the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations, Mr. Ndiaye, in May 1993 and in the March 1993 report of the international commission that genocide had in fact occurred in Rwanda. The statement by the late President Habyarimana of 15 November 1992 at Ruhengeri and that made by his adviser, Dr. Leon Mugesera, on 26 November 1992 revealed as early as those dates, and unequivocally, the existence of a plan that they called the final solution, Rwandese-style.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“In fact, the genocide the world witnessed in April 1994 was the result of a long period of planning during which pilot projects for extermination were successfully tested. For example, there were the extermination of a sub- group of Tutsis, the Bahimas, in Mutara in October 1990; the extermination of another Batutsi sub-group, the Bagogwes, in the region of Gisenyi and Ruhengeri, in January and February of 1991; the massacre of over 300 Batutsi in Bugesera in March 1992; and the massacre of more than 400 other Batutsi in Gisenyi, in January 1993. We must also note the arbitrary arrests of over 8,000 Batutsi in October 1990, arrests accompanied by torture, rape and other degrading treatment. Hundreds of Batutsi died as a result.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“The Tribunal will help national reconciliation and the construction of a new society based on social justice and respect for the fundamental rights of the human person, all of which will be possible only if those responsible for the Rwandese tragedy are brought to justice. In spite of many meetings with the sponsors of the draft resolution, and despite some amendments to the initial text, my Government is still not satisfied with the resolution or with the statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda as it stands today, for the following reasons. First, my delegation regards the dates set for the ratione temporis competence of the International Tribunal for Rwanda from 1 January 1994 to 31 December 1994 as inadequate.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“First, by asking for the establishment of such a tribunal, the Rwandese Government wanted to involve the international community, which was also harmed by the genocide and by the grave and massive violations of international humanitarian law, and it wanted to enhance the exemplary nature of a justice that would be seen to be completely neutral and fair. Secondly, the Government appealed for an international presence in order to avoid any suspicion of its wanting to organize speedy, vengeful justice. Thirdly, the Rwandese Government requested and firmly supports the establishment of an international tribunal to make it easier to get at those criminals who have found refuge in foreign countries. Fourthly, the genocide committed in Rwanda is a crime against humankind and should be suppressed by the international community as a whole.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“The national reconciliation of the Rwandese can be achieved only if equitable justice is established and if the survivors are assured that what has happened will never happen again. Everyone will recall that barely a month ago His Excellency Mr. Pasteur Bizimungu, the President of Rwanda, said in his address to the General Assembly that "it is absolutely urgent that this international tribunal be established". (Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session, Plenary Meetings, 21st meeting, p. 5). He repeated this request to the Council. This shows just how much the Rwandese Government wanted an 14 international jurisdiction in order to bring to trial the perpetrators of the crime of genocide. There are a number of reasons why the Rwandese Government requested the establishment of an international tribunal.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“After rendering harmless the perpetrators of the genocide, the Rwandese endeavoured to implement the Arusha Peace Agreement, whose objective is the creation of a state of law, the establishment of a broad-based Government, the repatriation of refugees and_ the establishment of a national army. But it is impossible to build a state of law and arrive at true national reconciliation if we do not eradicate the culture of impunity which has characterized our society since 1959. The Rwandese who were taught that it was acceptable to kill as long as the victim was from a different ethnic group or from an opposition party, cannot arrive at national reconciliation unless they learn new values.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“When the genocide began, the international community, which had troops in Rwanda and could have saved hundreds of thousands of human lives by, for example, establishing humanitarian safe zones, decided instead to withdraw its troops from Rwanda and to abandon the victims to their butchers. The Rwandese Patriotic Front had to fight alone from April to July in order to stop the carnage. It is estimated that of the 7.5 million who lived in Rwanda over | million perished in the course of this genocide. On the same scale, in a country the size of the United States this would be equivalent to the loss of over 37 million Americans in under three months.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“Since 1959 Rwanda has repeatedly experienced collective massacres, which, as early as 1964, were described by Pope Paul VI and two Nobel Prize winners - Bertrand Russell and Jean-Paul Sartre - as the most atrocious acts of genocide this century after that of the Jews during the Second World War. But whenever such tragedies occurred the world kept silent and acted as though it did not understand that there was a grave problem of the violation of human rights. 13 Unfortunately, the perpetrators of these crimes were never brought to justice for their acts. The recent genocide in Rwanda, which awakened, shocked and saddened the universal conscience, is the direct result of this culture of impunity.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): My delegation wishes to express special thanks to the United States and New Zealand for the leading role they played in the elaboration of the draft resolution and the draft statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda. We also thank the United Kingdom, Spain, France and other countries for subsequently joining in the efforts of the United States and New Zealand. We also thank the Council's President for the month of October and you, Madam President, for the patience you both displayed towards the working group on the International Tribunal for Rwanda and for keeping this question on the agenda during October and November. Through you, Madam President, I thank all the members of the Security Council.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“My delegation is convinced that the only way to establish peace in the region is for Iraq to comply with the resolutions adopted by the Security Council, including resolution 833 (1993), relating to respect for the sovereignty of Kuwait, recognition of its international borders and the release of prisoners of war. My delegation hopes that additional efforts will be made to ensure that Iraq respects and implements those three provisions.”
1994-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3438 (1994) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): The movement of Iraqi troops towards the Kuwaiti border was a cause of concern to my country, especially since we still remember Iraq's invasion of Kuwait a little more than three years ago. Rwanda has just emerged from a war and other terrible atrocities, and my Government is particularly sensitive to what is happening and what could happen in Kuwait. My delegation agreed to join in sponsoring the draft resolution before the Council as a sign that it condemns Iraq's conduct, which continues to jeopardize peace and stability in Kuwait and throughout the region.”
1994-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3438 (1994) · source
“That is why my delegation appeals to the countries of the region, which have just safeguarded democracy in Haiti, to replace military cooperation with lasting economic cooperation. My delegation is convinced that this is the only way the people of Haiti and its Government will be able to enjoy democracy and lasting peace. I shall vote for this draft resolution, considering it as fostering the beginning of new development for Haiti.”
1994-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3437 (1994) · source
“My delegation wishes peace and democracy to reign and become rooted in Haiti, and wishes the Haitians and their descendants to enjoy their benefits for a long time to come. To this end we think that other steps should be taken so that Haiti will be able to reach the point of no return in peace and democracy. As is well known, there is neither peace nor democracy without development. Haiti, while it belongs to the Northern Hemisphere, has a population that is facing an economic situation which cannot be compared to that of the other countries of the region. Peace in poverty, democracy with a subjugated population: that is difficult for any Government, even the most democratic one, to deal with.”
1994-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3437 (1994) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): My delegation wishes to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I should like to take this opportunity also to thank the Ambassador of Spain for the competence and wisdom with which he conducted the Council's affairs last month. The Rwandese delegation wishes to join with others in expressing joy at the return of President Aristide to his country and, hence, at the restoration of democracy in Haiti. We take this opportunity to congratulate the coalition of countries of the region, and other friends of Haiti, that have cooperated in the achievement of this objective.”
1994-10-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3437 (1994) · source
“In voting for the draft resolution, my delegation therefore wished to encourage a search for solutions to the Somali situation involving African regional and subregional organizations in the implementation of the four action points contained in the resolution.”
1994-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3432 (1994) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): It is true that the question of Somalia primarily concerns the Somalis themselves. But it is equally true that it is an African question, and more specifically a question for the subregion known as the Horn of Africa. No resolution could properly address this question without taking into account these three elements: the Somali parties involved in the situation, the surrounding countries and Africa as a whole. The failure of previous resolutions should not make us stop looking for more appropriate solutions than those adopted so far. My delegation would like to ask the Security Council and the Secretary-General to avoid another Rwanda, from which no one has yet recovered.”
1994-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3432 (1994) · source
“As to the draft resolution in document S/1994/1085, submitted by the Contact Group, following consultation with my Government my delegation should like to inform the Council that it presents many advantages and equitable elements for both groups concerned. Accordingly, my delegation has no quarrel with the contents of the draft. Nevertheless, since the information available to us suggests that developments on the ground in Bosnia and Herzegovina clash with the current policy of the Rwandan Government with regard to the universal principles of human rights on which our young Government would rebuild our country, and since previous Security Council resolutions have not been implemented - when the Council itself has urged that they be implemented- my delegation believes that the adoption of this draft resolution would not be opportune.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): My delegation takes this opportunity to congratulate and thank you, Sir, for assuming the presidency of the Security Council at the moment when Rwanda resumed its seat in the Council. The delegation of Rwanda has reviewed all the resolutions adopted by the Security Council on Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the various presidential statements made on this subject. It is in this light that my delegation participated in and supported the drafting of the draft resolution contained in document S/1994/1083, submitted by the non-aligned caucus. It is also in that context that my delegation supports the Contact Group in the draft resolution it has submitted in document S/1994/1084; we fully subscribe to that draft resolution.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source