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first: 1993-04-20
most recent: 1995-12-21
sittings or episodes: 57
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“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Japan, Mozambique and Portugal 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. Simao (Mozambique) took a place at the Council table; Mr. Valle (Brazil), Mr. Karsgaard (Canada), Mr. Awaad (Egypt), Mr. Maruyama (Japan) and Mr.”
1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source
“Vereshchetin". As the Security Council and the General Assembly have agreed on the same candidate, the distinguished jurist Mr. Vladlen S. Vereshchetin of the Russian Federation has been elected a member of the International Court of Justice for a term of office expiring on 5 February 1997. I should like to congratulate Mr. Vereshchetin and to wish him every success in the high office to which he has been elected. I should also like to thank the tellers for their assistance. The Security Council has thus concluded its business for this meeting. The meeting rose at 11.55 am.”
1995-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3493 (1995) · source
“Vereshchetin has accordingly received the required majority of votes in the Security Council. I shall communicate the result of the vote to the President of the General Assembly in writing. I request the Council to remain in session while we wait for the President of the General Assembly to inform the Council of the result of the voting in the Assembly. >l<>l<>l< The President (interpretation from Spanish): I should like to inform the members of the Council that I have just received from the President of the General Assembly the following letter: "I have the honour to inform you that at the 96th plenary meeting of the General Assembly, held today for the purpose of electing one member of the International Court of Justice, the following candidate obtained an absolute majority of the votes in the General Assembly: Mr. Vladlen S.”
1995-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3493 (1995) · source
“The Council will remain in session pending the receipt of that information. >l<** The President (interpretation from Spanish): I have been informed that the ballot papers have been collected in the General Assembly. The counting of the ballots in the Security Council will now begin. The tellers will now count the ballots. As agreed in our consultations, there will be two independent countings of the ballots, one by each teller. >l<>l<>l< The President (interpretation from Spanish): The result of the voting is as follows: Number of ballot papers: 15 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 15 Required majority: 8 Number of votes obtained: Mr. Vladlen S. Vereshchetin (Russian Federation) 15 The President (interpretation from Spanish): Mr. Vladlen S.”
1995-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3493 (1995) · source
“The President (interpretation from Spanish): May I take it that the Council is now ready to proceed with the election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Nikolai Konstantinovitch Tarassov? It is so decided. I would ask the Conference Officer to distribute the ballot papers. Members of the Council should place an "X" in the box next to the name of the candidate for whom they wish to vote. The President (interpretation from Spanish): I take it that all the members of the Council have now voted, and I ask the Conference Officer to collect the ballot papers. All the ballot papers have been collected. I should like to remind the Council that, as we agreed during our consultations, the ballots will not be counted until it has been verified that the ballot papers in the General Assembly have been collected.”
1995-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3493 (1995) · source
“When a candidate has obtained the required majority, I shall notify the President of the General Assembly of the name of that candidate, and I shall request the Council to remain in session pending the receipt from the President of the General Assembly of the result of the voting in the Assembly. I shall now draw lots to select two delegations to serve as tellers. The President (interpretation from Spanish): Nigeria and the United States have been drawn. I therefore request each of them to appoint one member of its delegation to serve as teller. At the initiation of the President, Mr. Egansola (Nigeria) and Ms. Dym (United States ofArnerica) acted as tellers.”
1995-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3493 (1995) · source
“Article 15 of the Statute of the Court provides that "A member of the Court elected to replace a member whose term of office has not expired shall hold office for the remainder of his predecessor's term." Accordingly, the member elected to fill the remainder of the term left vacant by the death of Judge Nikolai Konstantinovitch Tarassov will serve until 5 February 1997. The voting will be by secret ballot. When we proceed to the vote, members of the Council will receive a ballot paper containing the names of the candidates. Members of the Council are requested to place an "X" next to the name of the candidate for whom they wish to vote. Votes may be cast only for a candidate whose name appears on the ballot paper and each elector may vote for only one candidate; otherwise the ballot will be considered invalid.”
1995-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3493 (1995) · source
“Furthermore, document S/1995/74 contains the list of candidates nominated by national groups and received by the Secretary-General after 10 January 1995. Document S/1995/35 contains the curriculum vitae of the nominated candidate. The Security Council also has before it a memorandum by the Secretary-General in document S/1995/33, describing the present composition of the Court and setting out the procedure to be followed in the conduct of the election. I should like to remind the Council that under Article 10, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, "Those candidates who obtain an absolute majority of votes in the General Assembly and in the Security Council shall be considered as elected." The required majority in the Security Council is eight votes.”
1995-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3493 (1995) · source
“I should like to recall that at its 3443rd meeting, on 21 October 1994, the Security Council adopted resolution 951 (1994), in which it decided that the election to fill the vacancy in the International Court of Justice should take place on 26 January 1995 at a meeting of the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. This morning the Security Council and the General Assembly will proceed independently with the election, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Statute of the Court, for the purpose of filling this vacancy. The list of candidates nominated by national groups and received by the Secretary-General as of 10 January 1995, the deadline for receipt of nominations, is contained in document S/ 1995/34 and Addendum 1.”
1995-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3493 (1995) · source
“There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 2.20 pm.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Egypt for his kind words addressed to me. The final speaker is the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Egypt. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Sierra Leone for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Norway. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“My country has asked that account be taken of international norms and rules, and we have called upon the organs of the United Nations, including the Security Council, to try to convince the other parties to adhere to the principles of justice and serve the interests of all parties. In conclusion, this discussion has made it possible for us to state our views in general terms. In due course, we will spell out our position on the other proposals contained in the "Supplement to An Agenda for Peace". We support the suggestion made by the Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement that the General Assembly set up an open-ended working group to study this Supplement in more detail and to submit its comments and its recommendations. The President (interpretation from Spanish): The next speaker is the representative of Sierra Leone.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“My delegation shares the Secretary-General's View that sanctions are incompatible with the achievement of development objectives. If the letter and the spirit of the Charter are observed, the situation will necessarily worsen if sanctions take the form of vengeance-seeking and punishment, particularly when it is absolutely clear that the purpose of the sanctions is to serve certain political interests, to the detriment of the Libyan people, who have committed no act endangering international peace and security. The proposals for peaceful solutions have been turned down by the countries that insisted that these sanctions be imposed. Why were they in such a hurry to invoke Chapter VII of the Charter - and in a way incompatible with international norms and rules?”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I need only cite here, as an example of the damage caused by the sanctions, the crash of a Libyan civil aircraft in 1992, when 157 persons were killed - a crash resulting from the ban on providing Libya with spare parts for its aircraft. Moreover, 1,622 people have been killed in road accidents, and 350 people - most of them children, women and handicapped persons - have died because they could not be sent abroad for treatment. Great economic damage has also been caused by these sanctions. The figure has been estimated to be more than $4.5 billion. This shows the real purpose of the sanctions imposed on Libya. It should be noted that the position of one country has made it impossible to send sick persons abroad for treatment.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“But certain countries members of the Security Council have refused to recognize this and, invoking their own interpretation of the resolution, persist in refusing to lift or even alleviate some of the sanctions imposed under resolutions 748 (1992) and 883 (1993). This policy has gone so far that my country is convinced that the purpose of the sanctions is simply to inflict the greatest possible damage on the Libyan people. We have pointed out in many forums, including this Council, the magnitude of the wrong that has been done to us. We have set forth the facts in official documents, the latest having been distributed under the symbol S/ 1994/921.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“First, we believe that the Secretary-General is entirely correct when he refers to the difficulties caused by the vagueness of the purposes of certain Security Council resolutions. We are raising this matter because my country has had practical experience with it. We have taken practical steps; we have accepted a number of initiatives; we have displayed a great deal of flexibility. We reacted positively to the clear demands contained in Security Council resolution 731 (1992). Some non-governmental organizations and a number of countries, including some members of the Security Council, have recognized that a sufficient number of measures have been taken to justify the lifting of sanctions.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“My country attaches the greatest importance to this matter because the region in which we are situated suffers from a disequilibrium in the security sphere because Israel possesses nuclear weapons and refuses to accede to the non-proliferation Treaty and to subject its nuclear installations to International Atomic Energy Agency's control and safeguards. The Supplement to An Agenda for Peace deals very frankly and objectively with a large number of issues. The fact is that the Libyan Arab J amahiriya has repeatedly drawn attention to a number of those issues. My delegation does not intend to repeat what we have already said on this subject, but we wish to comment on two questions that are important to us.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“My delegation also associates itself with the Secretary-General's desire to see the 1995 Conference of States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons crowned with success. My delegation emphasizes that the objective of the Conference must be the extension of that Treaty. This objective is linked to some other questions that must be dealt with - in the first place, the questions of providing credible security safeguards for non-nuclear countries and guaranteeing global adherence to the non-proliferation Treaty.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“We support his appeal to all Member States to accord the highest priority to this question. With regard to the other matters dealt with by the Secretary-General in this connection, we believe that the international community must focus its efforts more on nuclear weapons since they constitute the greatest danger to international peace and security. The most important requirement is the elimination of these weapons and indeed all weapons of mass destruction. Their manufacture, acquisition and use must be prohibited. We must also face the fact that one country is trying to acquire the largest possible number of nuclear weapons. My country has drawn attention to this fact in an official document, distributed by the United Nations under the symbol S/l994/l386.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“He has emphasized that the United Nations is in the best position to take a global, long-term approach in order to achieve lasting settlements of conflicts. My delegation supports his position on this, and we believe that the practical application of his approach requires that the United Nations discharge its functions under the Charter more appropriately. Moreover, certain great Powers must be prevented from exploiting the failures that have occurred in this sphere to resort to such unilateral methods as direct military intervention, as happened in Somalia, Haiti and Rwanda, which casts doubt on the real motives of such actions. The Secretary-General has raised a number of points in the sphere of disarmament. My delegation shares his concern at the tremendous arms traffic and also at the existence of various types of mines.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“It must be recognized that there has been an increase in the number of peace-keeping operations undertaken by the United Nations. This is a result of an international imbalance, and it is that imbalance that should be stressed rather than the efforts to solve armed conflicts as such. We must deal with the underlying causes of this imbalance, whether political, economic or social. It must be noted that the United Nations has scored some limited successes with its peace-keeping operations. But we must ensure more successes for these operations through the international support that is so essential and through the formulation of a clear mandate for each operation. The Secretary-General has stated his views on the ways to meet actual and potential challenges.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Today, in discussing the "Supplement to An Agenda for Peace" (S/l995/1), my delegation wishes to thank the Secretary- General for his preparation of this important document, which we welcome as a further contribution to strengthening United Nations efforts to overcome negative factors and devise new approaches towards creating a world in which security and stability prevail, on foundations established by all States, foundations of equality and mutual respect. Desirous of working for the maintenance of international peace and security, the Secretary-General has put forward some new ideas and proposals for strengthening the role of the United Nations in this respect. He has raised some very important issues. My delegation would like to express its view on some of these issues.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I take this opportunity, on behalf of my country, to congratulate the new members of the Security Council: Botswana, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia and Italy. The representative of Indonesia spoke yesterday on behalf of the member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement. My delegation fully endorses his statement and wishes to add the following comments. During the forty-seventh session of the General Assembly my delegation welcomed "An Agenda for Peace", drawn up by the Secretary-General.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Bulgaria for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of the Libyan Arab J amahiriya. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. Muntasser (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (interpretation from Arabic): At the outset, my delegation extends to you, Sir, its warm congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are convinced that you will accomplish this task with the greatest competence. My delegation also wishes to express its gratitude to Ambassador Manzi Bakuramutsa, the Permanent Representative of Rwanda, for his leadership of the Council last month.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Latvia for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Bulgaria. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Latvia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Ireland for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Romania. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Hungary for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Ireland. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Colombia for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Hungary. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Australia for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Colombia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Australia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Slovenia for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Sri Lanka. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of New Zealand for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Slovenia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Brazil for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of New Zealand. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in which he requests 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 that representative 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. Misie (Bosnia and Herzegovina) took the place reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. The President (interpretation from Spanish): The next speaker is the representative of Brazil.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Japan for the kind words he addressed to me. There are still 15 names on the list of speakers. In view of the lateness of the hour and with the concurrence of the members of the Council, I will suspend this meeting now. The Council will continue consideration of this item tomorrow, Thursday, 19 January, at 10 a.m. The meeting was suspended at 7.15 pm.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Canada for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Japan. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Canada. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of the Netherlands for his gracious words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Turkey. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Poland for the kind words addressed to my delegation. The next speaker is the representative of the Netherlands. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Poland. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Ukraine for the kind words he addressed to my delegation in Spanish. The next speaker is the representative of Pakistan. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Ukraine. I call on him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of India for his kind words addressed to me and to my delegation. The next speaker is the representative of Malaysia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Out of consideration for my colleagues, particularly for Ambassadors and delegations whose countries are not members of the Security Council, I should like to share my plan of work. I propose that we should not go beyond 7 o'clock this evening and that we should then resume the meeting at 10 am. tomorrow. In other words, we would plan to begin - actually begin - at 10.15 or 10.20 and, God willing, end about noon or perhaps even a little earlier. Thus we should be spared the need to meet in the afternoon. The next speaker is the representative of India. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“We shall continue to work tirelessly in the framework of the General Assembly to respond to the Secretary-General's timely initiative and to try to provide permanent and suitable solutions. As long as some Member States are still very much in arrears in their contributions, the great potential of the United Nations for peace and development will never materialize. What is worse, the international community will continue to send a negative signal vis-a-vis the United Nations, that of a lack of genuine commitment to the ideals and principles that inspired its creation half a century ago. I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Providing the United Nations with the necessary resources to deal with its responsibilities as the central institution in the conduct of international relations is the responsibility of all. The attainment of this objective will contribute significantly to the consolidation of peace in the world and will also enhance the Organization's credibility. Obvious though it may be, it must be repeated - because of the considerable sums of money still owed to the United Nations - that there can be no effective operation without Member States' proper fulfilment of their financial responsibilities, in accordance with their clear obligations under the Charter. With respect to the financial crisis affecting us, I wish to say that we should not shirk our responsibilities.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“They must be applied by the entire international community, and without exception, and with the same criteria. Furthermore, during the shortest possible period of time in which they can begin to take effect, we must be able to evaluate their results and their efficacy. It should be pointed out that the utilization of sanctions has not yet been combined with the alternative of resorting simultaneously to incentives, so that reward and punishment are intertwined in coherent policy plans intended to influence or modify behaviour that threatens international peace and security. This alternative holds great possibilities and opens up a wide field for thinking about enriching the instruments at the disposal of the international community to make its work more effective and, perhaps, its policies less onerous.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source