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“When it considered the item last Thursday, 3 November, the General Assembly unequivocally stressed in resolution A/49/10 that a continuation of aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina constitutes a threat to international peace and security and impedes the peace process. 16 The Assembly once again urged the Security Council, in fulfilling its responsibility under Article 24 of the Charter, to take all appropriate steps to uphold and fully restore the sovereignty, political independence, territorial integrity and unity of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with States Members of the United Nations and the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“Unfortunately, the tragic history of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina has shown that sanctions, however effective, will not alone be enough to reduce the hostile inclinations of the aggressor as long as the only language it seems to understand - the language of force - is not countered with determination. That is why my delegation believes that the adoption by the Security Council of the draft resolution before it could make a decisive contribution, if not to the speedy and successful conclusion of the peace process, then at least to the restoration of a balance of power which could deter the Pale Serbs in their dreams of total military conquest.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“It is particularly unacceptable, since it has been accompanied by a unilateral violation of the cease-fire agreement reached on 8 June 1994 and by an intensification, notwithstanding the relevant Security Council resolutions, of the campaign of terror against the besieged civilian populations in the safe areas. Last September the Security Council accordingly adopted resolution 942 (1994), containing a series of measures which, if implemented in a rigorous and verifiable manner, could help to increase the international isolation of the Serbs of Pale.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“It is a break with an approach which, since the outbreak of hostilities, stressed the search for and maintenance of a strange balance whereby international legitimacy and legality were on the side of the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but that military superiority had to remain on the sides of the Serbs of Pale. Therefore, convinced of the impunity of their acts and of the possibility of a military solution, the Pale Serb party has rejected all the peace proposals worked out by the international community, the latest one being the plan submitted on 6 July by the Western Contact Group. This attitude of suspicion has led to an escalation of tension.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“Mr. Cisse (Senegal) (interpretation from French): Allow me first, Madam President, to congratulate you on your assumption of the stewardship of the Security Council, and to thank you on behalf of my delegation for the efforts you have been making in conducting the business of the Council during the month of November. I should also like to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Sir David Hannay, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, on the great skill with which he conducted the business of the Council last month. 15 The draft resolution before the Security Council, submitted on the initiative of your country, Madam President, is a veritable turning-point in the United Nations handling of the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“First, the land and air boundary between Serbia and Montenegro and the territories occupied by the Serbs in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina should be closed by a force strong enough numerically and technically to carry out this delicate surveillance mission effectively. Secondly, the siege of Sarajevo should be lifted and the city should be demilitarized. Thirdly, the safe areas should be extended to cover the entire 51 per cent of territory allocated to the Croatian-Bosnian Federation.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“This is why my delegation believes that in the current circumstances any decision by the Security Council to relax the sanctions imposed on Serbia and Montenegro would be premature, inappropriate and perilous, and likely to encourage aggression that violates the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina seems to us to be sufficiently confused, precarious and dangerous for us to appeal to the Security Council to guarantee, before taking any decision to relax sanctions, that such a decision will neither reward aggression nor help to perpetuate it. Accordingly, my delegation believes that the Council should immediately ensure that the following conditions are effectively met.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“These incidents seriously call into question the credibility of the claims by the Belgrade authorities regarding the closure of their borders with the territories occupied by their Bosnian Serb allies, and raise serious doubts about the effectiveness of the international observer force deployed on the ground. It is obvious that if there is no appropriate response, along the lines of the rigorous steps contemplated by the western Contact Group when it met in Geneva on 30 July last, there is a danger that the attitude of the Bosnian Serbs will bring to naught all the efforts so far made in the search for a peaceful solution.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“Engaging in a new escalation of hostilities and adopting a defiant attitude towards the international community, the Bosnian Serbs broke off the fragile truce that had prevailed for some months in Bosnia and Herzegovina by resuming and intensifying the genocide and "ethnic cleansing" as well as the shelling and strangulation of Sarajevo. We are all the more concerned since alarming reports have reached us from various sources of continual air and land crossings by convoys of Serbian helicopters and trucks of the frontier between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and those territories occupied by the Serbs in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in flagrant violation of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“Further, along with the Croat party, whose courage and political far-sightedness we should like here to hail, it has begun to move towards a federal solution capable of consolidating the peace and reconciliation to which all the inhabitants of the region so earnestly desire. Unfortunately, this peace initiative, like preceding ones, has been shattered against the usual wall of arrogance and blindness on the Serbian side. The rejection of the peace plan confirms that that party, as well as the forces which support it, have not relinquished their plans to achieve those goals that were at the very origin of the aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“The peace plan submitted to the parties to the conflict by the Western Contact Group on 5 July this year had roused some hope that a peaceful and negotiated solution was finally within our grasp. Our optimism was particularly warranted because, in keeping with the deep commitment to the ideals of peace and justice that it has always displayed through all the critical stages of the Serbian aggression the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in an effort to arrive at a compromise and at the cost of enormous sacrifice, had agreed to the terms of the peace plan.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“Mr. Cisse (Senegal) (interpretation from French): The delegation of Senegal is happy to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council during the month of September, a task that you are performing with your usual talent and skill. I should like to extend to you our warmest congratulations. To those congratulations I should also like to add our thanks to your predecessor, Ambassador Vorontsov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for his remarkable performance as President last month. Lastly, I should like to thank all the members of the Security Council for having allowed me to participate in this important debate dealing with the tragedy that is taking place in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“For these reasons, here on the threshold of this new era that is dawning in South Africa, we reiterate the appeal made to the international community to give its generous support to the new Government of South Africa in its task of rehabilitating and relaunching the country's economy and in the human development of the majority of its population. In this respect, South Africa, its Government and its people can continue to count on the constant support of Senegal, its Head of State, its Government and all its people.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“In Senegal, where the struggle against apartheid has always been one of the major concerns of our governmental authorities and our population, this historic event has been welcomed with relief, satisfaction and hope. It has been welcomed with relief, first of all, at seeing the efforts of the international community and the sacrifices of the worthy sons and daughters of Africa finally rewarded; with satisfaction because, thanks to the political maturity of the political leaders of that great country, democracy, freedom and justice have triumphed in large part and the will of the majority has been enshrined; and, finally, with the hope that thanks to the lucidity and magnanimity of the democratic Government that has been established, South Africa will soon be playing its rightful, important role on the international scene.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“This victory is also a tribute by the people of South Africa to the man who in the eyes of the world has symbolized the rejection of injustice and discrimination, tenacity in maintaining his convictions and, today, tolerance, fraternity, reconciliation and dialogue. My delegation also wishes to express its deep satisfaction at the decisive role _ played President Frederik de Klerk in the process of dismantling apartheid and establishing democracy in South Africa. In reiterating its congratulations to the people of South Africa and its leaders, the Senegalese delegation wishes to take this opportunity to pay a well-deserved tribute to all the men and women who, in southern Africa and the world over, have actively supported the triumph of justice and law.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“Nelson Mandela to the presidency of the South African Republic truly represent the enshrinement of the ideals of justice, equality and liberty that have always guided the heroic struggle of the South African people against discrimination and racism in its most inhumane form. In the message addressed to President Mandela on 4 May 1994, his friend and brother Mr. Abdou Diouf, President of the Republic of Senegal, emphasized that the victory of the ANC "breaks the last chains of apartheid, thus reconciling South Africa with itself, with mother Africa and with the entire international community".”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“I also wish to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Colin Keating of New Zealand, for the remarkable work accomplished last month. It is a special pleasure for me to welcome the presence at this solemn meeting of Mr. Thabo Mbeki, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa. His presence among us is an honour and a source of genuine pride and great joy, because he is one of the most energetic and outstanding architects of the recent and successful evolution that has taken place in South Africa. For the entire international community, and especially for Africa, the overwhelming victory won by the African National Congress (ANC) in the first democratic elections in South Africa and the accession of Mr.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“Mr. Cisse (Senegal) (interpretation from French): The Senegalese delegation welcomes your assumption, Sir, of the presidency of the Security Council not only because of your outstanding qualities as a skilled diplomat but also because your presidency coincides with the holding of today's Council meeting. This coincidence is highly significant, especially in the light of the fact that this meeting is devoted to the celebration of the end of several decades of struggle against the apartheid system, a struggle in which your brotherly and friendly country played an active, dynamic role and through the skill with which your country's representative, Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari, has always guided the Special Committee against Apartheid.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“The criminals that planned and carried out this genocide must be answerable for their actions before international justice. This is the only way we can give meaning to the daily sacrifices of the thousands of men and women of UNPROFOR, as well as the United Nations agencies and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as they implement, with such devotion and self- abnegation, the decisions of the United Nations and the ideals that underpin them.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“This same determination is more than ever necessary today if we are to reach a just and lasting solution to the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina by taking all appropriate action to reverse the consequences of the aggression against that country. The diplomatic and economic isolation of Serbia and Montenegro must be increased and continued. The lands seized through the use of force and through ethnic cleansing must be restored. The Government and the courageous people of Bosnia and Herzegovina must be allowed to obtain the necessary weapons to guarantee their own defence and to make the Serbs pay the price of their aggression. The sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina must be restored.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“The experience of these past two weeks has shown, if further proof were indeed needed, that the quest for a just and lasting solution through credible negotiations requires, first and foremost, the establishment of a military balance to get the aggressor to accept a complete cessation of hostilities and to find a viable settlement concluded in good faith. In the past, firm determination alone enabled the international community to put an end to the crimes, arrogance and departures from the truth of leaders who, like those of the Serbian aggressors, do not hesitate to fire at markets, hospitals, schools or refugee centres.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“If it should prove to be the case that the United Nations is not able to summon the human, material and financial resources to discharge its responsibility to ensure the defence of the courageous people of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is morally unacceptable to refuse to give that Republic the means to exercise, in all dignity, its right to self-defence, under Article 51 of the Charter. My delegation believes that the Council should, as a matter of urgency, clarify the question of the applicability of resolution 713 (1991) to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and lift the arms embargo decreed against Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“What is at stake in the defence of the safe area of Gorazde is not only the survival of what remains of the innocent civilians but also, and above all, the credibility of our Organization, particularly the Security Council, in regard to its proclaimed determination to put an end to the aggression and the violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a Member State and to recourse to force as a means of expressing a national policy.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“"It is to be feared that in the absence of strong action to stop the Serb party's quest for a military victory and to get it to undertake negotiations in good faith, the international community's efforts and the enormous hopes for peace resulting from the tragic events in Sarajevo on 5 February will have been in vain." Hence, my delegation strongly supports the proposal to extend the air support by NATO and the model of the Sarajevo exclusion zone to other safe areas. Although this proposal is a step in the right direction, it unfortunately does not provide an immediate response to the human tragedy threatening the 65,000 persons who, at this very time, are left defenceless, at the mercy of the Serb aggressors - as the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina has just confirmed.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“"Such a threat is particularly necessary since the Serb forces seem at the moment to be taking advantage of the fact that the international community is focusing on Sarajevo in order to launch deadly offensives against other safe areas, especially Gorazde and in the north-western part of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the aim of 'cleansing'? them of their non-Serb populations.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“In a letter dated 9 April 1994 addressed to the Secretary-General and to the Heads of State or Government of the five permanent members of the Security Council, His Excellency President Abdou Diouf, in his capacity as Chairman of the Sixth Summit Conference of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, stated: "... the threat of credible air strikes must be extended to the whole of the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in particular to the safe areas defined in Security Council resolutions 824 (1993) and 836 (1993).”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“We are compelled to note today that the withdrawal from Sarajevo was, in the eyes of the aggressor, only a diversionary manoeuvre aimed at letting the storm pass and then continuing to carry out the Machiavellian plan conceived in Belgrade, the aim of which is quite clearly to call into question, by "ethnic cleansing" and genocide, the existence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as an independent and sovereign entity. The tragedy which, to our great regret, besets Gorazde today is the extension of a long series of acts of military aggression which, during March and April, in Srebrenica, Maglaj, Banja Luka, Prijedor and Saravejo itself, convinced 20 the Serbs of the international community's inertia and that they could carry out their actions with impunity.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“The signing of the framework agreement in Washington and the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 900 (1994) gave us some hope that finally a peaceful, negotiated solution was at hand in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that the international community's reaction to the massacre at the Sarajevo market-place would mark a decisive turning-point in this aggression against a Member State of our Organization.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“Mr. Cisse (Senegal) (interpretation from French): I should like, first, to congratulate you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council and to thank you, on behalf of my delegation, for the efforts you have been making in guiding the work of the Security Council in April. I wish also to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Jean-Bernard Merimee, on the great competence with which he led the Council's work last month.”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“The international community must assist the parties in proceeding rapidly along the road towards a negotiated peace which they have together embarked upon - the only road which can assure a lasting peace in the region.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“The Committee calls on all concerned to do everything possible to surmount the current obstacles and to advance towards the full implementation of the agreements that have been reached. This meeting of the Security Council indicates that the continuing deterioration of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories is of major concern to the members of the Council and to the international community as a whole. The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People therefore hopes that this debate will culminate in a clear demonstration of the Council's determination to find ways and means to reestablish the necessary sense of security for the Palestinian civilian population.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“The Committee joins the vast majority of the international community in affirming support for the peace process currently under way and for the Declaration of Principle signed by the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization on 13 September 1993 in 13 Washington. It is clear, however, that the many delays in the implementation of the Declaration have eroded the credibility of the process and fuelled the atmosphere of violence and instability, which is fertile ground for extremism. The Committee believes that only rapid and consistent progress in the current negotiations leading to the disengagement of Israeli forces and self-rule for Palestinians will prevent the present situation from deteriorating even further.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“It is obvious that the process of reconciliation and the building of peace between the two peoples cannot be held hostage to the actions of armed elements and the repressive measures taken by the Israeli army, which only exacerbate the deep sense of frustration and the opposition to the occupation. The Committee, therefore, fully supports the Palestinian requests for an international presence to be established in the occupied territory and for measures aimed at disarming the settlers and limiting their presence and activities in Palestinian towns and villages. The Committee urges the Security Council to take the necessary measures in this regard.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“The Committee wishes to remind the international community that as long as Israeli forces occupy the territory of Palestine, Israel bears full responsibility for the protection of Palestinians, as the occupying Power in accordance with the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949. As members of the Council are aware, our Committee has repeatedly intervened before the Council in the past to appeal for urgent measures to restore respect for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory and to secure an international role in ensuring the safety and protection of Palestinians living under occupation. The Hebron massacre and subsequent events demonstrate once again the need for such measures.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“While noting the measures already taken by the Israeli Government, the Committee is convinced that it is imperative that steps be taken to put an end to this kind of activity on the part of the settlers and to begin the process of dismantling the settlements in accordance with international law and numerous Security Council resolutions. In the wake of this massacre, violence has spread elsewhere in the occupied Palestinian territory and clashes have been reported in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which have again been placed under curfew. The Committee is seriously concerned at reports that Israeli troops have opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators. So far, 65 people have been killed and 350 have been injured.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“This act of violence should be seen by the international community as a consequence of the illegal Israeli policy of establishing settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of authorizing the proliferation of armed militias. The establishment of settlements and the confiscation of land have continued under different governments despite the peace negotiations, creating a situation that will be increasingly difficult to resolve. In recent months, violent activities by settlers have multiplied without hindrance by the army.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“Finally, I thank the members of the Council for having given me the opportunity as Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to participate in the Council's important debate on the situation in the occupied territory of Palestine. On behalf of the Committee, I wish to express our strongest condemnation of the savage massacre that was perpetrated against innocent and unarmed Palestinian worshippers in the Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi mosque, one of the sacred places of worship of the Islamic nations. That assault, which was committed against a congregation at prayer during the holy month of Ramadan, has shocked and saddened the entire world community and jeopardized the peace process which had generated so much hope only a few months ago.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“Mr. Cisse (Senegal), Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (interpretation from French): Firstly, Sir, in offering you our warmest congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March 1994, I wish to say that we are all convinced that your great experience and your diplomatic skills will help the Council to engage in successful deliberations. I wish also to take this occasion to pay a tribute to your predecessor, Ambassador Olhaye of Djibouti, for the exemplary way in which he guided the Council's work during the month of February.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“The events in Sarajevo and the ongoing attacks in Bihac are clear proof - if proof were still needed - of the need to bring to justice all those responsible for the atrocities committed since the beginning of the tragic conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including those who, under orders from Belgrade, are carrying out the most ghastly acts of genocide. In that connection, the activities of the Commission of Inquiry should continue, and further efforts should be made to name a new prosecutor determined to bring before the International Tribunal all war criminals who have committed clearly identified acts on the territory of the former Yugoslavia.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“So long as there is no just and lasting peace, as long as the policy of contributing to the death throes of Bosnia and Herzegovina prevails in Belgrade, that isolation will have to be maintained or even strengthened.4 If NATO's military threat paves the way for serious peace negotiations, we think it very important that, unlike previous talks, these should not stray from the settlement framework described by the Security Council and the General Assembly in their resolutions on the subject. To that end, negotiations should be moved to New York and placed under the direct supervision of the Security Council.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“We believe that those countries should discharge their international responsibilities and use their influence with their Serb allies to make them understand that the3 acquisition of territory by force and through "ethnic cleansing" cannot be condoned or rewarded. The time has now passed for mouthing good intentions; it is time now for action to restore peace to Bosnia and Herzegovina and to restore its people's rights. This is our point of view, and we therefore call upon the international community to continue to show vigilance and firmness in order to scotch all the campaigns aimed at breaching the diplomatic and economic isolation of Serbia and Montenegro.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“The Senegalese delegation, which firmly supports that position, believes that the Security Council ought to make it clear that the arms embargo imposed under resolution 713 (1991) does not apply to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that countries, either bilaterally or multilaterally, can provide assistance to a State Member of our Organization that is being attacked, and that such assistance can include providing defensive weapons. Those who today are busily seeking to impede the implementation of NATO's decisions should demonstrate their credibility by proving to the international community that they are truly desirous of and committed to finding a negotiated and peaceful solution to the conflict.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“In the communique released on 7 February, the Contact Group of the member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) reaffirmed the OIC's determination, should the international community fail in its moral, political and legal responsibilities to use air strikes against the aggressors, to launch a vigorous campaign to ensure that the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina can exercise its inherent right to self-defence, in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“As we hold this debate in this Chamber, and while the world's attention is fixed on the situation in Sarajevo, in Srebrenica, Gorazde, Tuzla, Zepa and Bihac and their environs - and although those towns have been declared "safe areas" - the civilian population is suffering, far from the eyes of the television cameras, the same encirclement and the same relentless attacks. The situation is particularly critical in Bihac, where the Bosnian defence lines may well collapse at any moment under2 increased pressure from the Serbs, whose intention it is to occupy the town and exterminate its populace. We believe that the threat of the use of force in Sarajevo should be extended to cover the entire territory, and particularly the five other "safe areas", where the civilian population continues to suffer repugnant acts of Serb terrorism.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“We are convinced that the leaders of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who have on many occasions in the past demonstrated their good will and their commitment to peace, are of a mind to continue negotiations and to try to find a solution to the conflict that is in accordance with the principles set out in the Charter of the United Nations and in the relevant Security Council resolutions. However, as far as the Serb party is concerned, even if it does continue to talk about negotiations, we can conclude only that it is doing so merely in order to gain time and carry through its policy of "ethnic cleansing" and territorial conquest.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“We believe that if peace is to be given a real chance the aggressors must understand that the international community is determined to stand in their way and will no longer tolerate any violation of the norms set out in the Charter of our Organization1 and in the relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions on the issue. The attitude of the aggressor in the light of NATO's firmness and determination strengthens our conviction that the wording of the 9 February communique was the only one capable of helping establish favourable conditions for finding a negotiated solution that is acceptable to all the parties to the conflict. However, words alone are not enough; experience, unfortunately, pretty much proves this, and tragically, too: what we need to do is act, and act fast.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“The Head of State of Senegal, in that respect, welcomed "the courageous steps approved by NATO and, above all, the ultimatum which that organization has issued to the Bosnian Serbs to lift the siege of Sarajevo." The Senegalese delegation therefore welcomes the ultimatum that has been issued to the forces of aggression, and urges the Secretary-General of our Organization and those in charge of NATO, acting on behalf of the entire membership of the United Nations within the framework of the authority vested in them under the relevant provisions of resolutions 824 (1993) and 836 (1993), to take all necessary steps to ensure immediate compliance with decisions taken in the event that they are violated.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“In a letter dated 14 February 1994 - yesterday - addressed to Heads of State or Government of the permanent members of the Security Council or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), President Abdou Diouf, as President of the sixth summit meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, after welcoming the efforts made to settle the Bosnian tragedy, recalled "the particular importance that our peoples attach to the implementation by the international community of vigorous steps to put an end to the Serb aggression and the injustices imposed on the Bosnian people".”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“What has not been done to persuade the Security Council that, unless energetic action is taken - such as air raids against the Serb positions encircling Sarajevo, control of heavy weapons by the United Nations Protection Force and, if necessary, the lifting of the arms embargo on those who are being massacred - we will always be one war too late? We are now close to believing that to do nothing against these massacres is to aid the aggressors. Fortunately, it is possibly because of that conviction that, in response to the request by the Secretary-General of our Organization, the North Atlantic Council, at its meeting of 9 February 1994 in Brussels, took a set of decisions that, if they0 are implemented, could, we hope, put an end to the siege of Sarajevo.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“For the 22 months that this conflict has now lasted, the effective solutions that might have avoided the escalation in the violence have always been ruled out until after their effectiveness has been voided by the escalating aggression. This delay in reacting to the ongoing genocide - a delay we have been trying to catch up on by taking steps or making threats while the situation on the ground has gone from bad to worse - is the main reason behind massacres that we so deeply deplore today. How often have we heard echoed the Bosnian pleas for the withdrawal - if necessary, by force - of the Serb heavy weapons that daily pound Sarajevo and the other Bosnian towns?”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source