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Ben Ali

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2000-09-07
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2000-09-07
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  1. “Accordingly, Tunisia today reaffirms its determination to continue to shoulder its responsibility in furtherance of peace, solidarity and development in the world.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  2. “Since its election as member of the Security Council, Tunisia has sought to reconcile points of View; to press for the adoption of resolutions based on broad consensus; to settle disputes through peaceful means; to apply the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter; and to respect international law. International peacekeeping operations are still in need of considerable efforts to ensure that Member States are able to organize, prepare, deploy, finance and participate in them. Tunisia, which since its independence in the 1960s began to contribute to peace and security contingents in many parts of the world, believes that our States are called upon to assume their role in maintaining international peace and security, regardless of their size or ability.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  3. “For this body to shoulder its huge responsibilities in a fair and equitable manner, I renew our call today for the support of the position expressed by the Group of Non-Aligned countries and by the African Group regarding developing the Council's functions and working methods and expanding its structure. The aim of this proposal is to ensure that the Security Council becomes more representative, that it is able to keep pace with the different developments on the world scene, and that its resolutions assume greater effectiveness and credibility, while avoiding any form of double standards. While noting with deep satisfaction the decline in the use of the right of veto and the effort to seek consensus in most cases, we hope that this trend is adopted permanently for the sake of carrying out consultations before taking decisions.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  4. “In this context, I should like to recall the efforts we have made since 1994 within the framework of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to improve the capabilities of our continent in this field through the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution. However, the success of our regional initiatives continues to depend on the complementary efforts of the international community, since the responsibility for maintaining international peace and security remains essentially one of the functions of the Security Council.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  5. “This state of affairs requires that the international community formulate a joint, objective vision of certain concepts such as solidarity, intervention for humanitarian purposes, the protection of human rights and how to address development issues. This should also lead to ensuring that areas of collective action can be defined so that cooperation among our States and our peoples may become an inexorable bond to which we exhort one another by our deeds and by which we refute the voices of pessimism that allege that the clash of cultures, civilizations and societies is inevitable. The increasing gravity of conflicts and wars, particularly on the African continent, calls for combined efforts on the part of the international community to eliminate the causes of tension and to find appropriate peaceful, just and lasting solutions to them.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  6. “At the start of my address to this historic summit of the Security Council, I am pleased to extend my sincere wishes for the success of its proceedings, which focus on an issue of critical importance to the future of all mankind: international peace and security, especially on the African continent. Our summit is convening at a time when the need for a qualitative change in international relations has become more pressing than ever. Notwithstanding the scientific and technological achievements that have changed the face of the world in such a short span of time, a large portion of mankind in many parts of the world, and on our African continent in particular, is still suffering from the scourges of war, overpopulation, poverty, famine, disease and marginalization.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source