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Chtcherbak

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1996-04-23

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1996-04-23

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1. “In this context it is particularly important to take specific steps to ensure the effective implementation of the embargo on arms supplies to illegal militia forces, as well as to appeal to all countries of the region not to allow their territories to be used as bases for launching attacks on any other State. We believe that it is extremely important that the measures proposed should, as the draft resolution clearly states, be implemented in coordination with countries neighbouring Rwanda. We regard this as a means of guaranteeing the efforts of the international community to resolve this complicated problem, which could also become an important precondition for stabilizing the situation in the region, in particular by implementing the provisions of the Tunis Declaration of Heads of State of the Great Lakes Region of 18 March 1996.”

   1996-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3656 (1996) · source

2. “It is also capable of provoking a new spiral of bloody violence with all its devastating implications for the peoples of the region. On occasions in the past we have expressed our concern with regard to information reaching us about weapons shipments to the former Rwandan government forces in violation of the embargo imposed by Security Council resolutions 918 (1994) and 1011 ( 1995). In view of the seriousness of the problem, we support the work of the International Commission of Inquiry, which we believe provides a considerable deterrent against political and ethnic extremism in the region. The Russian delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution, which contains a broad range of balanced steps aimed at stabilizing the situation not only around Rwanda but in the region as a whole.”

   1996-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3656 (1996) · source

3. “Mr. Chtcherbak (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): The Russian Federation attaches great importance to the speedy normalization of the situation in the subregion of the Great Lakes in central Africa, a situation which is closely bound up with circumstances in Rwanda and the surrounding area. We believe that the tasks of restoring peace, security and stability to that country and to the region as a whole can be achieved only through a well-thought-out and comprehensive approach. An integral part of that approach must be the establishment of an impregnable barrier against the illegal dissemination of weapons, the continuing inflow of which is undermining mutual trust and preventing national reconciliation.”

   1996-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3656 (1996) · source