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David Hannay

lines on the record: 845
first: 1992-01-06
most recent: 1995-07-12
sittings or episodes: 138
sources: un-security-council

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“I thank the representative of Egypt for her kind words addressed to me. In view of the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of members of the Council, to suspend the meeting now until 3.15 p.m. The meeting was suspended at 1.45 p.m. and resumed at 3.25 p.m.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“I thank the representative of Spain for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Egypt, who wishes to make a statement on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity. I invite her to take a place at the Council table and to make her statement.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe for the kind words he addressed to me. I would point out that the reference in the draft resolution to which he attached great importance is contained in paragraph 18 of that text. The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia, His Excellency Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab. I welcome His Excellency and invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“I assure the Minister of External Relations of Angola that his late arrival did not in any way upset the Council. The next speaker is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe, Mr. Nathan Shamuyarira. I welcome His Excellency and invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“The first speaker is the Minister for External Relations of Angola, His Excellency Mr. Venancio De Moura. I welcome His Excellency and invite him to make his statement.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the further report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II), documents S/26060 and Add.1 and Add.2 I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following other documents: $/26064, letter dated 9 July 1993 from the Permanent Representatives of Portugal, the Russian Federation and the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General; and §/26076 and S/26081, letters dated 13 and 14 July 1993, respectively, from the Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Angola, Egypt, Namibia, Portugal, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At_the invitation of the President, Mr. De Moura (Angola) took a place at the Council table; Mrs. Hassan (Egypt), Mr. Gurirab (Namibia), Mr. Catarino (Portugal), Mr. Nyakyi (United Republic of Tanzania), Mr.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution, as orally revised in its provisional form, has been adopted unanimously as resolution 850 (1993). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 12.15 p.m.”
1993-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3253 (1993) · source
“I thank the representative of Japan for the kind words he addressed to me. I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S$/26055, as orally revised in its provisional form. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Brazil, Cape Verde, China, Djibouti, France, Hungary, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela”
1993-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3253 (1993) · source
“Operative paragraph 10 should read as follows: "Stresses the importance of the early establishment of the Commission of State Administration, and the application throughout the country of the provisions of the General Peace Agreement concerning public administration;". It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. If I hear no objection, I shall take it that that is the case. There being no objection, it is so decided. Before putting the draft resolution to the vote, I shall call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
1993-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3253 (1993) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Mozambique, document S/26034. Members of the Council also have before them document S/26055, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Ccuncil's prior consultations. I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following revision to be made to the draft resolution contained in document S/26055 in its provisional form.”
1993-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3253 (1993) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Mozambique in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In accordance 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. Chidumo (Mozambique) took a place at the Council table.”
1993-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3253 (1993) · source
“There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution, as orally revised in its provisional form, has been adopted unanimously as resolution 849 (1993). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 11.55 a.m.”
1993-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3252 (1993) · source
“Operative paragraph 4 should read as follows: "Welcomes in this context the Secretary~General's continuing efforts to launch a peace process involving the parties to the conflict and with the participation of the Government of the Russian Federation as a facilitator". It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it, as orally revised in its provisional form. Unless I hear any objection, I shall now put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Brazil, Cape Verde, China, Djibouti, France, Hungary, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela”
1993-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3252 (1993) · source
“The Security Council wiil now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, Republic of Georgia, documents $/26023 and Add.2. Members of the Council also have before them document $/26053, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared. in the course of the Council's prior consultations. I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following revision to be made to the draft resolution contained in document $/26053 in its provisional form.”
1993-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3252 (1993) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Georgia in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In accordance 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. Chkheidze (Georgia) took a place at the Council table.”
1993-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3252 (1993) · source
“On behalf of the members of the Security Council, I wish to extend my congratulations to the Principality of Andorra on this historic occasion. "The Council notes with great satisfaction the Principality of Andorra's solemn commitment to uphold the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to fulfil all the obligations contained therein. We look forward to the day in the near future when the Principality of Andorra will join us as a Member of the United Nations and to working closely with its representatives." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/26054. The Council has thus concluded its consideration of the matter before it. The meeting rose at 5.45 p.m.”
1993-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3251 (1993) · source
“I therefore declare that the draft resolution contained in paragraph 4 of the report of the Committee on the Admission of New Members (S/26051) has been adopted without a vote as resolution 848 (1993). I shall immediately conyey the decision of the Security Council recommending the admission of the Principality of Andorra to membership in the United Nations to the Secretary-General for transmittal to the General Assembly in accordance with rule 60 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. I shall now make a statement, in my capacity as President of the Security Council, on behalf of the members of the Council: "The Security Council has decided to recommend to the General Assembly that the Principality of Andorra be admitted as a Member of the United Nations.”
1993-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3251 (1993) · source
“In paragraph 4 of the report, the Committee recommends to the Security Council the adoption of a draft resolution on the application of the Principality of Andorra for admission to membership in the United Nations. I should like to congratulate the Committee on its unanimous decision to recommend that the Principality of Andorra be admitted to membership in the United Nations. In accordance with the understanding reached in prior consultations among members of the Council, I propose that the Council adopt the draft resolution contained in paragraph 4 of the report of the Committee on the Admission of New Members without a vote. As I see no objection, it is so decided.”
1993-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3251 (1993) · source
“Under the item on its agenda, the Security Council will now begin its consideration of the report of the Committee on the Admission of New Members concerning the application of the Principality of Andorra for admission to membership in the United Nations. This report appears in document S/26051. In paragraph 3 of the report, the Committee recommends to the Security Council that it should have recourse to the provision of the last paragraph of rule 60 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure in order to present its recommendation to the resumed forty-seventh session of the General Assembly. If I hear no objection, I shall take it that the Council wishes to waive the time-limits set forth in the penultimate paragraph of rule 60. There being no objection, it is so decided.”
1993-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3251 (1993) · source
“I would propose that the Committee on the Admission of New Members schedule a meeting for tomorrow, 8 July 1993, at 10.30 a.m., in Conference Room 7, to consider the application of the Principality of Andorra for membership in the United Nations. The meeting rose at 5.10 p.m.”
1993-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3250 (1993) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its cousideration of the item or its agende. mm 2 lebher cetred (C) June 19¢2 addressed to the Secretary-Generai, the Bees of "ivernumert of the Principality of Andorra submitted the application of hig tourter for membership in the United Nations. That letter has been circulated in document S/26039. Under the provisions of rule 59 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, unless the Council decides otherwise, an application for membership shail be referred by the President of the Council to the Committee on the Admission cf New Members. Accordingly, unless I hear a proposal to the contrary, I shaii refer the application of the Principality of Andorra to the Committee on the Admission of New Members for examination and report. As I hear no objection, it is so decided.”
1993-07-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3250 (1993) · source
“The Council calls on all the parties to cease military action immediately, and to respect the cease-fire agreement of 14 May 1993. The Council will consider without delay the report of the Secretary-General of 1 July 1993 (S/26023), and the recommendations therein." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/26032. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 6.05 p.m.”
1993-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3249 (1993) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have received photocopies of a letter dated 2 July 1993 from the Head of State of the Republic of Georgia, which will be issued as document S/26031. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council has considered the letter dated 2 July 1993 from the Head of State of the Republic of Georgia concerning the situation in Abkhazia, Republic of Georgia (S/26031). The Council expresses its deep concern at the reports of increased fighting around Sukhumi.”
1993-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3249 (1993) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of July, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Don Juan Antonio Yanez Barnuevo, Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of June 1993. I am sure that I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Yanez Barnuevo for the great diplomatic skill and unfailing courtesy with which he conducted the Council's business last month. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The agenda was adopted. THE SITUATION IN GEORGIA LETTER DATED 2 JULY 1993 FROM THE HEAD OF STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA (S/26031)”
1993-07-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3249 (1993) · source
“It is certainly too soon to say that a solution is emerging but it is also too soon to write off those efforts or to damage them before they have taken proper shape and can be judged against the basic principles that any solution will have to fulfil if it is to get the support of the international community. In conclusion, I would repeat again the hope of my Government that in the wake of this debate and the vote on this draft resolution, which we would much rather have avoided, it will be possible to recreate a united effort by this Council to bring peace to the former Yugoslavia a1d a lasting and equitable solution to Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“The key thing is to stand firmly on the principles enunciated by the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia with a view to assuring the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to use as many of the building-blocks contained in the Vance-Owen peace plan, even if the territorial map proposed in that plan is now no longer a viable one. The European Council meeting at Copenhagen last week reaffirmed its support. for the efforts of the Co-Chairmen to reach a settlement on this basis. The present round of discussions in Geneva is at a crucial point.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“It is crucial that the Bosnian Serbs and the authorities in Belgrade understand that there will be no easing or lifting of these sanctions until the conditions set out in the Security Council resolutions, most recently in resolution 820 (1993), have been fulfilled. We also believe that this Council must do everything in its power to sustain and nourish the peace process. That does not mean that we should support solutions which would be inequitable for one of the communities in Bosnia. But it does mean that we should not falter in our willingness to look at any approach which offers some hope of winning the support of all three communities.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“No one suggests that the safe areas are a solution in themselves; they are a measure designed to stop the situation from deteriorating and to protect the lives of many thousands of innocent refugees. We are encouraged by the response so far to the decisions of this Council to reinforce UNPROFOR with 7,500 troops and to back up those troops with the deterrent threat of air strikes. In addition, the economic sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro are a crucial part of the international community's efforts to bring about a lasting and equitable solution. They must be sustained and strengthened in their application. Goods are still getting through despite the efforts of the Sanctions Advisory Missions of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe and of so many of the Governments bordering on Serbia and Montenegro.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“We regret this in particular because the unity of this Council in handling what is recognised by all as being the most complex and difficult international issue that has faced the Council in recent years is an absolute prerequisite to achieving results. We hope that unity will soon be found again and we for our part intend to work for it. That is the reason why I do. not intend to reply to some rather intemperate and unfounded remarks made by the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As I said earlier, the British Government has been at the forefront of efforts to solve this crisis and we intend to continue that endeavour. On the ground in Bosnia, we believe that top priority must now be given to making the safe areas safer.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“The work of UNPROFOR, which has already saved thousands of lives and is essential to the survival of so many in Bosnia and Herzegovina, would be fatally prejudiced; the devoted efforts of the international relief agencies under the leadership of UNHCR would be similarly undermined; and the peace process in Geneva would be set back if not destroyed. Above all, the adoption of this draft resolution would be seen as a signal that the United Nations was turning its back on Bosnia and leaving its inhabitants to fight it out, come what may. These, broadly speaking, are the reasons why my Government could not support the present draft resolution and hopes that it will not pass. We respect the views and the sincerity of those who have put it forward but we regret that this issue, so divisive in the Council, is being pressed to a vote.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“Moreover, a decision to lift the arms embargo would provide a probably irresistible temptation to the Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats to intensify their military efforts and to ensure that, by the time any substantial delivery of weapons was made, the military threat posed to them by the Bosnian Government forces had been neutralized. In addition to these drawbacks, we do not see how the United Nations current efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina could be sustained following a decision to lift the arms embargo and the inevitable intensification of the fighting. That is, we understand, the view of the Secretary-General; it is the view of the Co-Chairmen of the International Conference; it is the view of the commander of UNPROFOR; and it is the view of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“There are a number of reasons why we believe that such a decision woul in practice, fail to help the people it is designed to assist, the Bosnian Muslims, and would more prebably result in a deterioration of the situation and a collapse of the international and above all the United Nations efforts to solve the crisis. For one thing, it would clearly result in an increase in the fighting, all the more so because, given Bosnia's geographical situation, it is simply not credible to believe that a relaxation of the arms embargo would result in the arms reaching only the Bosnian Government forces. It is already the case that a substantial proportion of the arms clandestinely destined for Bosnia fall into other hands.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“Many British civilian helpers have participated in the huge international relief effort. The financial contributions of Britain and its European Community partners to all these efforts have far exceeded those of any other country group of countries. We regret that a political settlement has not yet been achieved. But United Nations cannot simply impose a political solution. The only way to enforce peace in that way would be the despatch of a massive army to be deployed in Bosnia for an indefinite period. No Sovernment has seriously suggested that. The present situation is deeply worrying, but in the view my Government it should not be a cause for despair nor should it be seen as reason for adopting what we regard as a solution of despair. That is how w see the proposal to lift the arms embargo.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“The British Government has, from the very beginning of the crisi in the former Yugoslavia, been at the forefront of international attempts t find solutions. We have spared no effort to achieve a negotiated peace, to 'bring help to the victims, to check the rampant abuse of human rights and t punish those responsible for carrying out or assisting in aggressive action Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Croatia through the most Draconian set of economic sanctions ever imposed by the United Nations. In these endeavours have not been sparing of men, money and political support, principally thro the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. Substantial British military forces in the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) have save the lives of many thousands of Bosnians of all three communities.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“Secondly, when the Security Council met at the level of Heads of State or Goverument on 31 January 1992, the members of the Council stated unanimously in the presidential statement at the end of that meeting that State terrorism was a threat to international peace and security. That statement stands today, as it stood then, and the present response is a mark of that. My Government hopes that the deterrent effect of this legitimate response will reinforce the fight against State terrorism.”
1993-06-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3245 (1993) · source
“We believe that State terrorism must be met with an unambiguous response and must be deterred by all proper and legitimate means." In addition to that statement, I should like to draw attention to two other points in the context of the present matter. First of all, under paragraph 32 of Security Council resolution 687 (1991), Iraq was required to give an undertaking that it would in no way support State terrorism. It gave that undertaking on paper. The facts that have been put before us this afternoon must leave us in considerable doubt whether that undertaking had any reality, apart from being on paper.”
1993-06-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3245 (1993) · source
“In the view of the British Government, the action that has been taken by the United States Administration is proper and proportionate. I should like to thank the Ambassador of the United States for the very careful way in which, on her Government's instructions, she explained to us this afternoon the event that lay behind this action. When news of this action was received, the views of my Government were in fact set out in a Government statement which said: "The United States Government has clear evidence of the involvement of the Iraqi intelligence services in the assassination attempt. We regard the American response as entirely justified.”
1993-06-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3245 (1993) · source
“But it is, in our view, a step in the right direction, designed to make the safe areas safer and to assist the major humanitarian effort in which my country, along with France, Spain, Canada and others, have been involved for eight months now and in the course of which many innocent lives have been saved. We hope very much thet there will be a good and rapid response to the request the Secretary-General is now making for troops and equipment. We very much welcome the fact that some countries have already come forward to the Secretary-General and made offers in both these fields. Of course, the safe-areas policy must be set in a wider context, and that wider context must be the continued search for a lasting and equitable political settlement - a search on which there must be no let-up.”
1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source
“My Government welcomes the speedy adoption of this resolution endorsing the Secretary-General's report. We particularly welcome the fact that the Security Council has achieved its unity in this matter and is going forward by unanimity. My Government believes that it was necesesary to follow up as quickly as possible the immediate steps that were identified in the joint action programme agreed in Washington some three weeks ago - steps of which this was perhaps the most significant. Of course, as others have said, the safe-areas policy and this reinforcement of it is not in itself a solution to the problems of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source
“The United Nations and its agencies will neej to provide help for Cambodia thereafter, as this resolution makes clear, but UNTAC itself must leave Cambodia at the end of the transition to a new Government and it must then be for the Cambodians themselves to assume responsibility for building their future.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“UNTAC, in the few remaining months of its mandate, needs to keep up its effort to ensure that a comprehensive political settlement is implemented and thereby to help the Cambodians secure for themselves a peaceful and stable future. It is important to remember that the T in UNTAC stands for "Transitional"; that its mandate comes to an end in late August; and that, as the Secretary-General has said in his reports and as this Council said in its resolution 810 (1993), the Cambodians themselves bear primary responsibility for the implementation of the Paris Agreements and for the future stability and well-being of their country. So we must begin now to prepare for that future and to look beyond the completion of the UNTAC mandate in less than three months' time.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“It is essential for the future of Cambodia that all concerned now put aside their differences and work together. (a) We also welcome the agreement reached on 10 June between the leaders of the armed forces of three of the parties to work to set up a single army responsible to the new Government of Cambodia which will emerge from the Constituent Assembly. We welcome the fact, too, that the Constituent Assembly itself met for the first time this morning. It is important that it now set about its task of drafting a new constitution in line with annex 5 of the Paris Agreements. The sooner this is done, the sooner a new Government will take office in Phnom Penh and Cambodians will assume full and direct responsibility for the futvre of their country.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“My Government congratulates both the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) and the Cambodian people on the successful holding of the election for the Constituent Assembly. We welcome in particular the fact that the Secretary-General has now certified that it was free and fair, and the resolution we have just adopted endorses that. The high turn-out in the election was a clear indication that the people of Cambodia wish to be masters of their future and to be so through democratic process. The results of the election must be respected by all parties. As the Secretary-General has made clear in his report, complaints about the conduct of the election have not been substantiated. The international community must make clear the consequences to any party of its refusal to accept the results.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“It is therefore essential, in the view of my Government, to put that policy to the test by deploying monitors along that border without undue delay. It is in the interest of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) to reconsider the negative views expressed about deployment when the Secretary-General's report is put to the Council. We hope that they will consider this carefully in the short period between now and a decision by the Council on deployment, and will conclude that their own best interests lie in cooperation with the Council and not in yet another act of defiance.”
1993-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3234 (1993) · source
“This measure is of considerable significance because the placing of border monitors, particularly on the border between Bosnia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, could bring home to the Bosnian Serbs the bankruptcy of their present policies and the need to reconsider their rejection of the Vance-Owen Peace Plan. The decision a month ago of the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to limit to humanitarian supplies any traffic across that border - the border between Bosnia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - was a welcome sign that the point about the bankruptcy of the Bosnian Serbs' policies had been understood at least in Belgrade. But unsupervised and unmonitored measures of this sort would create no confidence at all.”
1993-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3234 (1993) · source
“The resolution we have just adopted is an important element of the immediate steps that my Government and others believed needed to be taken straight away. The other ones we have already acted on in the Council: namely, the Tribunal to deal with war crimes; the safe areas; and the deterrence of attacks against them. None of these steps is an end or a solution in itself; they are merely some immediate measures which, we believe. needed to be taken in the circumstances before us. As far as finding a solution is concerned, we feel that the key still lies with the peace process and the Peace Plan which bears the names of Mr. Vance and Lord Owen, and we see no viable or acceptable alternative to that.”
1993-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3234 (1993) · source
“Negotiations to complete the political Process will continue: Lord Owen and Mr. Stoltenberg are now visiting the former Yugoslavia for this purpose. Nor, as this resolution makes clear, do the Washington Agreement or the views of my Government rule out other, stronger measures as the situation develops.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“There evidently remain deep divisions between them. But the continuation of the political process is essential. However difficult it is and however long it takes, Lord Owen and Mr. Stoltenberg must remain in the lead on this. The principles which must be observed in a peace settlement are spelt out in the Vance-Owen peace plan, and they remain valid. There can be no acceptance of the acquisition of territory or alteration of borders by force. This means that until the Serbs withdraw from the land they have seized, there can be no final settlement. Sanctions, which are causing serious damage to Serbia's economy, will remain in place until the Serbs comply. The Joint Action Programme in the Washington Agreement is based on the principles of the London Conference, and it is designed to maintain momentum towards a political settlement.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“In the case of British forces, this means constant activity along the supply route from Split to the Tuzla "safe area" through Central Bosnia, where tension between Bosnian Croats and Muslims is high. There are some suggestions that a policy of "safe areas" might be combined with a lifting of the arms embargo. My Government does not see this combination as an option, nor, we believe, do other Governments with troops on the ground. The two policies are distinct and alternative. It would be hard to reconcile the supply of arms with United Nations peace-keeping on the ground. I want to stress that these immediate steps are designed to reinforce our effort towards the overriding objective, which remains a lasting and equitable peace. This can be achieved only by agreement between the three parties in Bosnia.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source