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Bohayevsky

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1996-08-15
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  1. “The scope of the global problem of uncleared land-mines is so enormous and its humanitarian consequences so devastating that it is only through the concerted efforts of the concerned Member States, working in close cooperation with each other, that significant progress will be made on this issue and these seeds of death will finally be destroyed. I wish all of us success in this noble endeavour. The faster we act the more innocent lives will be saved.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  2. “Moreover, being a part of the United Nations peace-keeping forces, engineer troops from Ukraine are also engaged in demining activities in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. At the same time, Ukraine has a mine-clearance training centre that provides all the facilities necessary to train foreign specialists in this field. I would like to take this opportunity to announce that Ukraine is prepared to provide, on specific terms, special units of its military forces for demining operations conducted under the auspices of the United Nations and of other international organizations, as well as on a bilateral basis. But, obviously, all these efforts by Ukraine alone are not enough.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  3. “Moreover, we remain convinced that the declaration by all States of a comprehensive moratorium on the export of anti-personnel mines could significantly contribute to solving all the problems related to the use of these dangerous devices. Irrefutable is the fact that the destructive impact of land-mines is much greater than their short-term military benefits. Ukraine also attaches great importance to international cooperation in mine clearance. The Ukrainian bridging company participates in the peace-keeping operation in Angola, where an extremely serious situation prevails because of a large number of land-mines. Therefore, our troops, apart from fulfilling their direct duties, have to conduct mine-clearance operations.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  4. “At a time when in some regions of the world the great number of mines silently awaiting their prey exceeds the number of residents, the mobilization of scientific and material resources to create state-of-the-art demining technologies appears to be an extremely urgent problem. Our delegation's participation in the discussion of this item is far from accidental. Ukraine strongly supports the measures aimed at eliminating the threat associated with land-mines. It is for this reason that our State declared a self-imposed four-year moratorium on the export of anti- personnel land-mines of all types, effective 1 September 1995.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  5. “Careful consideration should also be accorded to the issue of establishing mine-clearance centres in countries where an armed conflict has ended, but where land-mines continue seriously to undermine efforts aimed at achieving long-lasting peace and stability. At the stage of post-conflict peace-building, such centres could function as valuable training institutions, strengthening the national capacity in the demining process. Welcoming the idea of establishing a lessons-learned unit within DPKO, we are looking forward to receiving relevant information containing a thorough analysis of the experience gained during United Nations demining operations. It is also very important to address the problem of improving the existing techniques of demining.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  6. “That is why it is appropriate to consider further the question of sending forward-line demining units to the field before the full- scale deployment of an operation. In our opinion, it is worthwhile to use more often the practices of dispatching the joint missions of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) and the Department of Peace-keeping Operations (DPKO) to the areas of conflict. They could be entrusted with the tasks of assessing the scope of the land-mine problem in each country and accordingly developing the most effective programmes of assistance in the demining of the territories.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  7. “There is no doubt that demining activities in a country can be justified and effective only if parties to the conflict are reliably prevented from acquiring land-mines. Ideally, these measures should be most actively undertaken when an armed conflict has ended and its causes are dealt with through political means. At the same time, lessons learned during the recent peace-keeping missions in heavily mined areas, such as Angola and the former Yugoslavia, prove that conducting mine detection and clearance activities in areas of operation before the actual deployment of peace-keepers is becoming an important prerequisite for the full-scale deployment of a mission, because peace-keeping forces can effectively implement their mandate only in areas known to be free of land-mines.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  8. “During the years of conflict in the former Yugoslavia alone, land-mine explosions have claimed the lives of 20 United Nations peace-keepers and more than 200 people have been injured to various degrees. Besides, millions of refugees and displaced persons are potential victims of this danger. That is why it is our deep conviction that the time has come to drastically change our approach to this very complicated problem. The Ukrainian delegation believes that the problem of demining should become an integral element of the planning and implementation of any peace-keeping operation. The questions of timing, stages and conditions of engagement of the demining capacity are yet to be answered.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  9. “Uncleared land-mines significantly complicate and slow down the process of the deployment of United Nations peace-keeping troops and make the conditions of their devoted service extremely dangerous. In the final analysis, all these factors undermine the effectiveness and efficiency of United Nations efforts aimed at the prevention and settlement of conflicts. It should also be noted that the use of land-mines, apart from being very detrimental to peace-keeping missions, has a negative impact in terms of future participation of individual countries in United Nations peace-keeping activities. The use of land-mines in areas of conflict and their negative effect on the security of both civilians and United Nations peace-keepers are a cause of special concern to Ukraine. The figures speak for themselves.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  10. “We have every reason to thank you for convening this open meeting of the Security Council devoted to the problems of demining in the context of United Nations peace-keeping. We believe that the consideration of this issue is a very timely and important step, since the problem of land-mines long ago transcended humanitarian considerations and, as indicated by recent developments in the hot spots of our globe, has figured prominently whenever United Nations peace-keeping operations are conducted. Increasingly, land-mines pose a serious problem for United Nations peace-keeping activities. The implications of the use of land-mines affect all aspects of the implementation of the Organization's mandate.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source