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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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“A new element is that we, with France and the United States, probably acting in a NATO framework, are prepared, once authorized by this resolution, to make available air power in response to calls for assistance from United Nations forces in and around the "safe areas". To implement this concept of "safe areas" effectively, the United Nations will need some further troops, and we will support the Secretary-General in his efforts to attract new contributions, including from some Islamic States. The "safe areas" will not stop the war. They are a temporary measure. But they could provide further areas of stability and complement the important efforts undertaken day by day by United Nations forces throughout Bosnia to help with the humanitarian effort on which so many lives depend.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“This shows the international community's resolve that the atrocities committed during this terrible conflict will be investigated and the perpetrators held individually responsible. We are also considering a resolution on the international monitoring of the Serbia-~Montenegro border with Bosnia. We want to pursue this, and we do not believe that this Council should be deflected by the negative attitude of Mr. Milosevic. The resolution on "safe areas", which we have just adopted, is another essential step in the immediate agenda. The aim is to provide further help to large concentrations of the civilian population, most of whom are Muslims.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“On 22 May in Washington, the United Kingdom, together with France, the Russian Federation, Spain and the United States, agreed a Joint Action Programme for Bosnia. The five countries felt it important to reach a common view amongst themselves on the way ahead as a basis for effective action. We achieved that common view in Washington and identified areas for immediate action in the Security Council. We also reaffirmed the urgent requirement for a negotiated settlement, committing ourselves to intensified efforts to achieve that. Now we are making some progress with this immediate agenda. On 25 May the Security Council adopted resolution 827 (1993) to establish an International War Crimes Tribunal.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“The resolution we have adopted today is designed to show that the Council intends to do everything in its power to back up the outcome of the elections and help the new Cambodia along the difficult path that lies before it. But it is above all for Cambodia's leaders and people to tread that path. The United Nations and this Council can assist, but they cannot and should not take the decisions for them. Those decisions are for the democratically elected representatives of Cambodia to take. They must be allowed to take them, and they must be encouraged to do so.”
1993-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3227 (1993) · source
“Could we have predicted that the conduct of the elections would be, as the Secretary-General's Special Representative has said, free and fair? If we were honest, I think we would all have qualified any such predictions a few weeks aqo. That is a mark of the astonishing success that this is - a success for the United Nations, a success for democracy and above all a success for the people of Cambodia. Clearly, great credit must go to the men and women of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), and in particular to the Special Representative, Mr. Yasushi Akashi, and to the Force Commander, General Sanderson. Now the task of all of us and of all Cambodians must be to consolidate that success and not to allow it to be frittered away or undermined.”
1993-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3227 (1993) · source
“May I first, Sir, congratulate you on having taken over the presidency of the Council, and through you give my thanks to the Ambassador of the Russian Federation for his remarkable presidency last month. We in this Council can perhaps best appreciate the nature of the events that have taken place in Cambodia in the last few weeks by asking ourselves whether we could possibly have predicted such a good result. Could we have expected that level of turn-out - remarkably high, even by the standards of any of our countries that have democratic elections? Could we have predicted that the conduct of the elections would be so free of generalized violence? In fact, the violence during the election period was less than in the period leading up to it.”
1993-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3227 (1993) · source
“But it must also be respected by the two parties, and in that context, the continued statements by political figures in Irag and continued teaching in Iragi state schools which disregard the frontier so demarcated are unacceptable. These actions completely undermine any claim by Iraq that it is respecting and implementing Security Council resolution 687 (1991), on which today's resolution is based. This resolution draws a line under a disgraceful act of aggression which the United Nations played a major role in reversing. Let us hope that the aggressor now draws the appropriate conclusions for the future.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3224 (1993) · source
“I should like to begin by expressing the gratitude of my delegation to the Secretary-General and most particularly to the two Presidents and the members of the Boundary Commission for the detailed and painstaking work which they have carried out since the Council set up this Commission approximately two years ago. The demarcation of this frontier, both on land and sea, is a crucial contribution to achieving peace and security in the region and to avoiding disputes such as that which preceded, but which certainly did not justify, Iraq's aggression in August 1990. The Council must now ensure that this demarcation is respected, and that is a day-to-day task for the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3224 (1993) · source
“So we also urge the parties to negotiate seriously and flexibly on the Secretary-General's set of ideas. I echo the view expressed by the Ambassador of the United States that it may be necessary for the Council to take up the matter after this round of talks, but let us hope in a positive and optimistic spirit, and not in having to face yet another occasion on which there has been no progress.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3222 (1993) · source
“I do not want at this stage to try to adjudicate as to why that is so - that is a matter for the Secretary-General - but I join the Ambassador of the United States in saying that I hope the Secretary-General will bring it to our attention if in his view one party is more responsible than another for any failure to make progress. But as of ~ow I do not want to look on that negative side. My Government would like to encourage both parties to give their fullest support to the Secretary-General's efforts, and in particular to the three papers he has circulated to the parties on confidence-building measures. We believe that those confidence-building measures, if they could be agreed this week, would be a real step forward and create a quite different atmosphere on the island which would favour the wide:: talks on the set of ideas.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3222 (1993) · source
“I should like to say on behalf of my delegation how delighted we are that it has been possible to agree on this text. We very much welcome the fact that the financing of this important peace-keeping force has at last been put on an equitable and sound basis. This underlines the importance the Security Council attaches to the problem of Cyprus. But I. must say that the Council's patience, in my view, is not limitless. My delegation is very concerned to hear that little progress is being made in the talks that are going on.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3222 (1993) · source
“The establishment of the Tribunal sends a clear message to all in the former Yugoslavia that they must stop immediately violations of international humanitarian law or face the consequences. We hope that message will be heeded.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“As the resolution makes clear, it will be necessary for States to establish their own procedures for implementing their obligations under the Statute. Thus, for example, domestic procedures will be needed to give effect to the obligation under Article 29 to comply with a request or order concerning the surrender or transfer of an accused to the International Tribunal. It will be for the General Assembly to make the necessary budgetary allocations for the effective functioning of the Tribunal, and in due course its appropriate subordinate bodies will need to scrutinize very carefully the financial arrangements and provisions for the Tribunal. We strongly support the resolution that has just been adopted.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“Articles 9 and 10 of the Statute deal with the relationship between the International Tribunal and national courts. In our view, the primacy of the Tribunal, referred to in Article 9, paragraph 2, relates primarily to the courts in the territory of former Yugoslavia: elsewhere it will only be in the kinds of exceptional circumstances outlined in Article 10, paragraph 2, that primacy should be applicable. Articles 2 to 5 of the draft Statute describe the crimes within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal. The Statute does not, of course, create new law, but reflects existing international law in this field. In this connection, it would be our view that the reference to the laws or customs of war in Article 3 is broad enough to include applicable international conventions and that Article 5 covers acts committed in time of armed conflict.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“We therefore fully supported resolution 808 (1993), in which the Council decided in principle on the establishment of an ad hoc Tribunal to deal with the serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the former Yugoslavia since 1991. We welcome and endorse the Secretary-General's excellent report on the most effective and expeditious means of establishing the Tribunal. It is of the greatest importance for the effective functioning of the Tribunal that the judges, prosecutor and staff are persons with considerable practical experience in the field of criminal prosecution. The Tribunal has very specific purposes, to try persons for serious criminal offences, and it is essential that all involved are experts in the field.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“It is essential that those who commit such acts be in no doubt that they will be held individually responsible. It is essential that these atrocities be investigated and the perpetrators called to account, whoever and wherever they may be. It is against this background, and in the very special circumstances pertaining in the former Yugoslavia, that the Council has decided to establish, as an ad hoc measure, a Tribunal for the prosecution of those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law in the former Yugoslavia. This is an exceptional step needed to deal with exceptional circumstances. At the same time, my Government continues to support the work of the International Law Commission, which will result, we hope, in the establishment of an international criminal court with general jurisdiction.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“The United Kingdom Government has been horrified at the continued evidence of massive breaches of international humanitarian law and human rights in the former Yugoslavia, the abuse of women, the deliberate obstruction of humanitarian relief convoys, forced population movements, forcible surrender of property and the deliberate military targeting of civilian populations. Above all, the practice of "ethnic cleansing" has managed to combine the commitment of the most odious of crimes for the most base purposes. Alli parties in the former Yugoslavia share Some responsibility for these crimes, and it is important to emphasize that the action the Council is taking today is not aimed at one party alone. The Security Council has repeatedly demanded the immediate cessation of such atrocities, but these demands have not been heeded.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“But the one we have adopted today is probably one of the more important because it heralds an event which is unparalleled at the end of a civil war. I just hope that the work we have done here has made some modest contribution to the events that will unroll in Cambodia in the next few days.”
1993-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3213 (1993) · source
“Of course, that great prize is not simply going to drop into their hands without effort, but we do hope 'that it will not elude them again. Of course, we have to recognize in the Council that things may not go well after the elections. There are forces which would - I fear - take action which could prevent that. So the Council has to be ready to back up the outcome of these elections firmly and clearly. We must be ready to take action which will bring home to any party which tries to upset the outcome that it will have no friends, that it will have no support, that it will have no source of supply anywhere in the world. With those words I would simply say that I think in the Council it is, of course, easy to adopt resolutions; they are written on pieces of paper.”
1993-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3213 (1993) · source
“I should like to begin by paying tribute to the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), to all those who have worked in it and for it, particularly the Secretary-General's Special Representative, for whose work my Government has nothing but admiration and support. We think it is quite remarkable that such an enormous group of international servants of the United Nations have been prepared to work so long and in such arduous conditions, often at risk to their lives, in what is, in our view, a noble cause. We would also like to pay tribute to the Cambodian people who,- heaven knows, have suffered more than most people in this world and who have now within their grasp a great prize, which is the possibility to develop peacefully and on the basis of free and fair elections.”
1993-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3213 (1993) · source
“What we would like to see is a satisfactory solution by which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea honours its non-proliferation obligations and reverses its intention of withdrawing from the Non-Proliferation Treaty. We welcome the continuing efforts of the IAEA to carry out its work in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and we note that some improvement has occurred recently. We also welcome the prospect of contacts between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and other States, which we hope will lead to a satisfactory outcome from which all concerned could benefit. Meanwhile, the Council must remain seized of the matter. It may need to be prepared to consider further action as necessary.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“The resolution we have just adopted is a further necessary step by the Council in seeking a solution to this situation and in underlining the serious view the Council takes of it. It is, in the view of my Government, absolutely essential that this issue be treated multilaterally as well as bilaterally. We accept that there is an important role to be played by bilateral contacts, but we also underline that what we are talking about here are multilateral disciplines maintained by multilateral organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency. It is therefore absolutely right and proper that this Council should play its role in handling that aspect. We do not seek confrontation.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“questioned whether the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's stated reasons for withdrawal in fact constitute extraordinary events related to the subject matter of the Treaty. I note also that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea remains bound by its obligations under its safeguards agreement. It is therefore entirely right in our view that this matter has now been referred to the Security Council as required by article 12 (c) of the statute of the Agency, and in accordance with article 19 of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's safeguards agreement. We therefore supported the statement of the President of the Council on 8 April, in which he expressed the concern of the members of the Council at the situation which had arisen.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“My delegation does not question the right of States to withdraw from treaties if such withdrawal is in accordance with the provisions of the treaty concerned. Article 10, paragraph 1, of the Non-Proliferation Treaty requires that in exercising its national sovereignty a party withdrawing from the Treaty shall give notice of such withdrawal to all other parties to the Treaty and to the Security Council three months in advance, and that such notice shall include a Statement of the extraordinary events, related to the subject matter of the Treaty, which it regards as having jeopardized its supreme interests In their statement of 1 April, the three co-depositaries of the Treaty - the Russian Federation, the United States of America and the United Kingdom - .”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“What we regret is that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea suspended this cooperation by refusing to permit further inspections of two sites which the Agency considers necessary to verify non-diversion of nuclear material required to be safeguarded. Despite the Agency's persistent efforts, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea continues to refuse inspection of these sites. On 1 April, the IAEA's Board of Governors decided by an overwhelming majority that this placed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in breach of its safeguards agreement, which it had voluntarily entered into. , In addition, on 12 March the Democratic People's Republic of Korea announced its intention to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“It is my Government's belief that we should work for universal membership of the Treaty, and that it should be indefinitely extended at the 1995 extension and review Conference. Critical to the continuing success of the Treaty is the IAEA's ability, through its safeguards agreements, to verify that parties honour their commitments. My country is working, notably with our European partners, to strengthen the IAEA safeguards regime, Against this background, we welcomed the accession of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1985 and the conclusion of a safeguards agreement with the IAEA in January 1992. We also welcomed the six inspections which the IAEA has carried out in the Democratic 'People's Republic of Korea.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“The matter we are considering needs to be seen in a wider context. The threat posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction was underlined in the statement of the President of the Security Council at its meeting at the level of Heads of State or Government on 31 January 1992, when he said that "'The proliferation of all weapons of mass destruction constitutes a threat to international peace and security'". (S/PV.3046, p. 145) We all have an interest in strengthening international efforts to stop proliferation. At the heart of the effort to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons is the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). This successful Treaty now has 157 parties.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“In these circumstances, my Government appeals to the Russian Federation to reconsider the decision it has taken today and to agree to put the financing of UNFICYP on to a sound basis on the lines proposed by the Secretary-General. My Government has been associated actively in supporting United Nations peace-keeping in Cyprus and in supporting the efforts of successive Secretary-Generals in their peacemaking efforts, and we have been so associated from the very beginning. We hope we shall be able to continue to do so despite the pressing difficulties, but it would be foolish to deny that today's vote is a serious setback for these operations. Let us hope it is not a long-lived one.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“That compares with Russian assessed contributions to the United Nations Protection Force of $73.7 million over the last year and a half, to the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNISOM II) of $25.6 million for the initial two-month period only and to the United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) of $11.9 million for seven months. The Russian Federation has voted for all three of these operations within the last three months, as has ny delegation. Moreover, there is no question of the present draft resolution switching from voluntary contributions to fully assessed financing. Even if this draft resolution had been adopted, UNFICYP would remain the United Nations peace-keeping operation with by far the highest proportion of voluntary financing - over 50 per cent.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“And the vote against is, in our view, quite disproportionate, given the extremely modest financial implications for the Russian Federation now that, thanks to the generosity of the Governments of Cyprus and Greece, such a substantial proportion of the expenses of this operation are to continue to be covered by voluntary contributions. On the basis of the United Nations budget estimate of a cost of $47.4 million a year for UNFICYP, of which $25 million will be voluntary contributions from Greece and Cyprus, the maximum to be paid by assessed contributions would be $22.4 million, which requires an annual contribution from the Russian Federation of $1.9 million.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“It would have been the height of irresponsibility to fail to bring the draft resolution to a decision point now, given the closeness of the moment at which the Force will cease to be viable and capable of carrying out its mandate. My Government finds the decision by the Russian Federation to vote against this draft resolution both regrettable and disproportionate. It is regrettable because it puts in jeopardy the whole of the United Nations peace-keeping operation in Cyprus and thus, potentially, also the Secretary--General's good-offices mission, designed to bring a solution to the problems of the island. It is also regrettable because the decision the draft resolution put before the Council in no sense raised any major issues of principle.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“The Secretary-General has warned us that as successive troop contributors continue to withdraw and one of the few remaining important troop contributors begins to pull out in a few weeks, the Force will, by mid-June, find itself unable to fulfil the mandate it has been given by this Council. So if the Council was not to turn its back on the peace-keeping operation in Cyprus, it was clearly necessary to take a decision about the financing, given the clear evidence that the Force can no longer be sustained on the basis of voluntary contributions alone. That is the reason my delegation has brought this draft resolution before the Council and asked for a decision today. There have been long and careful negotiations designed to meet the concerns of all members of the Council.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“It really is hard to justify that the burden of financing this peace-keeping Force should fall on the troop contributors and others prepared to volunteer and should not, like every other United Nations peace-keeping operation, be financed by the whole membership. The Secretary-General has again and again made this point, and my Government has invariably supported him. But on this occasion, the issue has come to the Council not simply on the basis of equity, although the inequity of the present arrangements becomes heavier to bear with every year they last, but on the basis of necessity.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“This is far from being the first occasion on which the Secretary--General has proposed to the Council that the financing of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) be put on assessed contributions rather than the voluntary contributions from which it has been financed since an obscure cold-war quarrel prevented the normal pattern of financing from being agreed when the Force was established some 29 years ago. But on each previous occasion this has been discussed by the Council, the argument for assessed contributions was the argument of equity. This is a powerful argument, but, regrettably it did not win the day.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“From a wider point of view, my Government deplores, and expresses its deep regret at, the failure of the Bosnian Serbs last night to endorse the agreements reached at Athens and signed by their representative. This act of folly cannot be justified. But we believe that this Council should not take no for an answer. We must now keep up the pressure by all means to get back on the path to peace, which is represented by-the plan and the process into which so much effort has gone on the part of the representatives of the Secretary-General and of the European Community.”
1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source
“It is really deplorable that we are here again today confronted with attacks against civilian population centres - population centres which are very frequently crowded with refugees - and that these attacks are being carried out by the Bosnian Serbs in many different parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, some of which are listed in the resolution the Council has just adopted. This is being done in complete disregard for the professed desire to seek peace. If the Bosnian Serbs have any wish at all to he considered sincere in their desire for peace, they will heed the terms of today's resolution. If they do not heed those terms, they will sacrifice and forfeit any sympathy whatsoever.”
1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source
“Let me welcome your accession to the Chair, Sir, and congratulate Ambassador Marker on the remarkable work he did last month, the successes he chalked up, and the way in which he led our work, which was really splendid. I should like to make a very few remarks. In the first of them, I would like to salute the men and officers of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), and particularly the Canadian troops, as well as the officials of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other agencies, who have helped give effect to Security Council resolution 819 (1993), which set up a safe area at Srebrenica. They have worked under truly appalling conditions, and they have achieved what they have achieved against all the odds. I think we owe them a great debt for that.”
1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source
“The grab has been all too clear in the squeezing of the pocket around Srebrenica, culminating this week in the criminal bombardment of civilians, resulting in the death of many women and children. This process simply has to stop. It cannot be justified by any amount of casuistical presentation. I should like, however, to end on a note of hope. There is in this resolution the basis for a better future for all the peoples of the former Yugoslavia... But that requires a definitive end to the military attacks by the Bosnian Serbs, and it requires clear and unambiguous acceptance of the Vance-Owen peace plan. If the Bosnian Serbs and the authorities in Belgrade turn their backs on this opportunity, they will have no one to blame but themselves.”
1993-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3200 (1993) · source
“And the third is to show that acceptance and implementation of the peace process and the plan, and the cessation of all military attacks, will bring real benefits to all Serbs - to those in Bosnia as to those in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - in the form of a gradual lifting of sanctions and a reintegration into the international and European families. Those are the messages that this resolution is designed to send. We hope they will be received, and that in the nine days to come decisive steps will be taken, both in the peace process and on the ground. The last three weeks have been a tragic and deeply disturbing time. The Bosnian Serbs have continued their policy of talk and grab. The talk has been vague and evasive, an attempt to do anything but accept the Vance-Owen peace process.”
1993-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3200 (1993) · source
“My Government was determined that that chance should be seized, and from the morrow of the 25th of March we worked with others - most closely with our fellow States members of the European Community on the Council, the United States and the non-aligned caucus - on this resolution, which has a triple purpose. The first purpose is to throw the weight of the Council firmly behind the peace process of the two Co-Chairmen and to get across to the Bosnian Serbs that signature of these documents represents the only way to assure their future as a distinct community within the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The second purpose is to bring home to the Bosnian Serbs and their backers in Belgrade the consequences of rejection, in the form of tightened sanctions and complete isolation.”
1993-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3200 (1993) · source
“The origin of this resolution lies in the Vance-Owen peace process, and I should like to begin my statement by paying tribute to the work done by the two Co-Chairmen over the last few months, and particularly to pay a special tribute to Secretary Vance, who is now laying down his task, but not before he has brought an enormous contribution to one of the most difficult tasks that has ever faced a diplomat in modern history. The 25th of March was a crucial date in the Vance-Owen peace process. It was the date on which the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed a complex series of agreements, as did the Bosnian Croat leaders. There was then, at last, in this horrendous and bloodstained saga, a chance for peace.”
1993-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3200 (1993) · source
“But we, for our part, would urge the Government and RENAMO to work together in the spirit of compromise that they showed in the latter stages of the negotiations in the peace process so that they can build on the progress made so far and move forward to the elections which are foreseen. We hope very much that the finalization of the arrangements and the dates for those elections will be accomplished and reported to the Council when next we take this matter up.”
1993-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3198 (1993) · source
“We are a bit concerned that RENAMO has not so far agreed to participate in the work of the overall peace Commissions in Maputo; or rather, it has agreed to do so in principle, but its members have not come to the capital. We hope that RENAMO will now, without delay, appoint its members to all the . Commissions that have been established in accordance with the Peace Agreement. It is really desirable that the President of RENAMO, Mr. Dhiakama, should become available in Maputo, and in that context we welcome very much the call in this resolution for meetings between President Chissano and Mr. Dhlakama, which we feel could make an important contribution to the peace process and its full implemuntation. It is clear, I think, from what I have said that a lot remains to be done.”
1993-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3198 (1993) · source
“It is imperative that delayed training should not become in itself an impediment to the formation of the new defence force, which will, in its turn, postpone the process of demobilization. It is also extremely important, as the resolution makes clear, that the Government of Mozambique should complete the negotiations with the United Nations on a status of forcus agreement. I welcome very much what the representative of Mozambique had to say on that, I just hope that now the negotiations can be concluded really quickly, because the United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMO2Z) does need a status of forces agreement if it is to work effectively; and the more troops that are deployed there, the more civilian personnel that are on the ground, the more essential it is to have this status of forces agreement.”
1993-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3198 (1993) · source
“Because the troops being deployed by the United Nations are arriving, this resolution marks a kind of turning-point in the operation, and we hope that all concerned will see it as such and will now cease to postpone the concentration of troops in the assembly areas, the identification of the assembly areas and so on, The work of the Commission for the creation of a new united defence force is one of those activities that has lagged behind somewhat. We believe it Should be initiated now so that the training can start without delay. It is really crucial that both parties should select and send the first groups of trainees to the facility at Nyanga, where my Government has provided training facilities. I know the Government of Mozambique responded very positively to that quite recently.”
1993-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3198 (1993) · source
“But I must confess that, like many other speakers and, indeed, like the representative of the Government of Mozambique, we remain concerned at the very serious delays which the Secretary-General himself mentioned in his report of 2 April. I do not think it would be pointing the finger at anyone to say that there is a certain amount of shared responsibility for that - in the United Nations, the Government of Mozambique and RENAMO. Be that as it may, the view of my Government, at least, is that this is the moment at which we should try to change gear in this peace-keeping operation and get into high gear now.”
1993-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3198 (1993) · source
“I-should like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and the way you have conducted it this month, and your predecessor on the exemplary way in which he presided over the Council last month. When the General Peace Agreement was signed on 4 October last year, the European Community and its Member States welcomed that signing very warmly and stressed the importance of the Government of Mozambique and of RENAMO carrying out the Agreement in good faith. My Government would like to congratulate both of them on the fact that so far, with one or two minor breakings of the cease-fire, that implementation has indeed been carried out.”
1993-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3198 (1993) · source
“We hope that the Serbs in Bosnia, as well as those in the authorities in Belgrade, will get the message. The message is this: If they do not heed the Council, the prospects for them are grim indeed, with increasing isolation, both economic and political. If they do heed the Council's message, then all the republics of the former Yugoslavia will be able to take their places as European States with the prospect of putting the horrors of the past two years behind them.”
1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source
“All sides have violated the no-fly zone, although the Serb parties have done so more than any others. Nor does the no-fly zone require the use of force; no force will ever need to he used under this resolution if no flights violate the no-fly zone. This is a siqnificant moment because the Bosnian Government's signature on the plan of Secretary Vance and Lord Owen, which they signed last week, could mark a crucial turning-point. It is now up to the Bosnian Serb side to do likewise, and to recognize that the security and prosperity of their people can be achieved only at the negotiating table and not on the battlefield. The British Government, for its part, gives full backing to the Vance-Owen plan, and is now discussing an important new resolution designed to back up that support with the full weight of the international community.”
1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source
“The draft resolution before the Council today is an important one, and it is being voted on at a very significant moment in the horrendous story of Bosnia and Herzegovina since its independence was established last year. It is important, because it signals that the Council is not prepared to have its resolutions flouted. The Council has been very patient. I know some would say it has been too patient. My delegation does not believe that it has been too patient: we believe that the Council should be slow to authorize the use of force. But combat flights were flown against east Bosnian villages a few days ago, and that was a step too far to tolerate under any circumstances. The enforcement of the no-fly zone which we, the Council, will authorize today is not directed against any one party.”
1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source