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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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“There is still time, before 15 April, for Colonel Qaddafi to take the steps required to avoid the implementation of sanctions.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“If terrorists gain the upper hand, the rule of law and international peace and security are directly endangered. By adopting this resolution the Security Council has acted in full conformity with its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. I would just add one further point. The Libyan Government has obligations towards foreign nationals living in Libya which it must meet. This includes allowing them freedom to leave if they so wish. We should regard it with the utmost seriousness if there were any restraint on that freedom. In conclusion, I emphasize once again that we do not want to impose sanctions for their own sake. We had hoped they would not be necessary. We still hope they will not be necessary.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“As I have said, over 30 countries had nationals murdered in the Pan Am and UTA atrocities. Indeed, the whole world has an interest in combating terrorism. In the agreed statement at the summit meeting of the Council on 31 January the members of the Council expressed, in the context of their commitment to collective security, their deep concern over acts of international terrorism, and they emphasized "the need for the international community to deal effectively with all such acts." (S/PV.3046, p. 144) Terrorists often have as their objective the undermining of efforts, by the United Nations and others, to seek peaceful solutions to international disputes. They represent, in fact, one of the greatest threats to peace around the world, and that includes to peace in the Middle East.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“We have heard such statements from Colonel Qaddafi in the past, yet the Libyan authorities have, by their own admission, continued afterwards to give direct assistance to terrorists. I would recall simply by way of example the case in 1973 when the ship Claudia was seized with a cargo of five tons of arms destined for the Provisional TRA, the murder in 1984 of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher by a shot fired from the Libyan People's Bureau in London and the incident in October 1987 when the ship Eksund was intercepted in the Bay of Biscay carrying 110 tons of weapons and explosives destined for the Provisional IRA. The threat of Libyan terrorism is thus not fanciful; it is a reality. And it is not only the three countries that are sponsors of the resolution that are liable to suffer from it.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“The review clause in paragraph 13 of the resolution makes it clear that the Council will be ready to respond positively in the event of Libyan compliance. I must emphasize the very great importance my Government attaches to the requirement in paragraph 2 of the present resolution, which has two elements: first, a definitive commitment by Libya to cease all forms of terrorist activity and all assistance to terrorist groups and, secondly, prompt and concrete action by Libya to demonstrate its renunciation of terrorism. All members of the Council will, I am sure, understand why, in the case of Libya, a simple verbal commitment to renounce terrorism by itself is not adequate.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“We have held extensive consultations with all the members of the Council, and the resolution takes account of a number of concerns that have been raised. For example, the exception for humanitarian flights has been designed so as to cover flights connected with the hadj. References have been included at the request of certain neighbouring countries to the right of States enshrined in Article 50 of the Charter to consult the Council if they are confronted with special. economic problems. The sanctions will not be brought into force until 15 April. This pause will allow time for Libya to take steps that could avoid the imposition of sanctions completely. We hope, even at this late stage, that Libya will see reason and will comply with the requests.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“They are limited to three precise areas: aviation, arms and Libyan Government overseas offices and officials. Given the tragic events that are the immediate background to the issue before the Council - the destruction of two aircraft in flight, resulting in the deaths of 441 individuals of over 30 nationalities - it is entirely appropriate to require that, until the Libyan authorities have complied with resolution 731 (1992), air links with Libya be cut. Equally, given the nature of Libya's involvement with terrorism and the means it has employed, it is entirely appropriate to impose the arms ban and to require action against Libyan Government overseas missions, and especially Libyan Arab Airlines offices.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“Regrettably, it now seems clear - from the reports of the Secretary-General, from the outcome of the Arab Ministers' mission and from recent statements by the Libyan authorities - that, without further action by this Council, Libya has no intention of complying with resolution 731 (1992), That is why we believe the Council now needs to take a further step. The resolution we have adopted today is in our view a proportionate and carefully measured response to the threat posed by the Libyan Government's actions in Support of terrorism and its failure to respond positively to resolution 731 (1992). The sole objective of the sanctions imposed by this resolution is to secure compliance with paragraphs 1 and 2 thereof. The sanctions themselves are tailored precisely to this objective.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“My Government deeply appreciates the efforts that have been made by the Secretary-General and by many Governments, pursuant to Security Council resolution 731 (1992), to secure the Libyan Government's compliance with that resolution. We were especially grateful to the Arab Ministers who went to Tripoli last week to seek to persuade the Libyan leader to comply and hand over the accused so that they could stand trial. The three co-sponsors of the resolution have taken the greatest care to allow time for these efforts to bear fruit.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“As the United Kingdom representative stated to the Court, we believe that Libya's application, while purporting to enjoin action by the United Kingdom against Libya, is in fact directed at interfering with the exercise by the Security Council of its rightful functions and prerogatives under the United Nations Charter. We consider that the Security Council is fully entitled to concern itself with issues of terrorism and the measures needed to address acts of terrorism in any particular case or to prevent it in the future. Any other view would undermine the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security conferred on the Council by Article 24 of the Charter. It would thus seriously weaken the Council's ability to maintain peace and security in future circumstances which are unforeseen and unforeseeable.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“Ten weeks ago, on 21 January, the Security Council adopted resolution 731 (1992), in which it urged the Libyan Government to comply with the requests of France, the United Kingdom and the United States as set out in documents before the Council. Ten weeks have passed, and the Libyan Government has taken no serious step towards compliance with these requests. It is now some four months since the requests were first made, and Libya continues to prevaricate, to seek by any means to evade its responsibilities and to impede action by this Council. One of Libya's suggestions in recent days has been that compliance with the requests in resolution 731 (1992) should await the outcome of the proceedings instituted by Libya in the International Court of Justice.”
1992-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3063 (1992) · source
“The north, too, where there has been less open civil strife, but where there have been every bit as many humanitarian problems, will benefit greatly if the United Nations and its agencies are able to resume their operations in an effective way. Thirdly, and finally, I hope the technical team will be able to begin to nudge people forward towards a process of reconciliation, because otherwise the risk is that the United Nations and Somalia will remain stuck halfway between peace and war, and that is a situation which benefits nobody. So I hope that we shall also hear from the Secretary-General in his next report whether there are any signs of hope that a process of reconciliation on a long-term basis can now be set under way.”
1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source
“It is all summed up in the little phrase, "You can't have peace-keeping if you haven't got a peace to keep". I hope very much that this renewed effort by a technical mission will lead to there being a peace to keep. The second point I should like to make relates to the very welcome intention of the Secretary-General and his officials to devote their humanitarian efforts to the whole of Somalia and not just the area around Mogadiscio. The area around Mogadiscio has of course caught all the headlines, and there is no doubt at all that the suffering and damage there are greater than anywhere else, but it is not the only part of the country where there are real problems.”
1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source
“I shall be very brief, because I have little to add to the remarks made by others in the Council. We too have been shocked and horrified by the way in which events have gone in Somalia and by the terrible suffering of its people. There is one point I should like to make on the cease-fire. We were very admiring of the efforts of Under-Secretary-General Jonah when he managed to broker a cease-fire in extremely difficult circumstances a few weeks ago. But the fact that that cease-fire has not held has demonstrated something which the Council is now all too familiar with - namely, that the will of the parties to a cease-fire to honour it is absolutely fundamental to any effective return to more tranquil and peaceful conditions, and that remains the case in Somalia.”
1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source
“The use of force was required because Iraq miscalculated and believed that this Council was bluffing. There was an opportunity then for Iraq to comply, which it failed to take. There is an opportunity again now for Iraq to comply. I hope it will not again miscalculate.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“It is a matter of deep regret that Iraq has refused to cooperate in the implementation of that scheme. My delegation will support its renewal when it expires later this month, and hopes that Iraq will come to see that this scheme has no ulterior political purpose but is purely humanitarian in scope and that its objective is to reduce the suffering of the Iraqi people. I hope that there will be a possibility after this formal debate to pose some questions to the Iraqi delegation. I must repeat that it is through full compliance with all relevant Security Council resolutions and by that route alone that peace and stability can be brought again to the Gulf region. A year ago Iraq was expelled from Kuwait by force of arms under the authority of the United Nations.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“The contents of this report are truly horrifying and reveal very clearly that Iraq is in serious breach of its human rights obligations under the Charter, international human rights covenants and customary international law as embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Neither the British Government nor this Council has ever had a quarrel, nor does it have a quarrel now, with the people of Irag, who have suffered so much from the transgressions and miscalculations of their rulers. We remain committed to doing what we can to alleviate their suffering. To this end sanctions on foodstuffs were lifted as soon as Kuwait was liberated and, last September, a scheme for providing 1 billion dollars' worth of humanitarian supplies to Iraq was adopted by the Security Council.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“Until the last few days, it has frustrated the opening of United Nations humanitarian centres in some of the Shi'a areas, and it has in many other ways acted in a manner completely inconsistent with Security Council resolution 688 (1991). The list of Iraqi non-compliance is thus a long and sorry one. It also means that the international community has had to meet the costs of international humanitarian assistance for Iraq, and Britain alone has contributed nearly 50 million pounds sterling since April 1991. Finally, I am bound to mention the recent report to the Commission on Human Rights by the Special Rapporteur on Iraq, Mr. Max van der Stoel.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“Furthermore, Iraq has not provided monthly details of its gold and foreign currency reserves in accordance with paragraph 7 of resolution 706 (1991). In addition to all these points, Iraq has also failed to comply with Security Council resolution 688 (1991), which was adopted in response to a threat to international peace and security arising from the brutal military action which Iraq took against its civilian population in the Kurdish and Shi'a areas of the country, resulting in a massive flood of refugees across the frontiers of its neighbours. Far from engaging in the dialogue which Security Council resolution 688 (1991) calis for, Iraq has now, for several months, operated an economic blockade against some of these areas, particularly the Kurdish areas.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“If one includes the resolutions adopted subsequent to Security Council resolution 687 (1991), there are many other points on which Iraq is not in compliance. It is a signal of the Iraqi Government's cynical disregard for the welfare of its own people that it has not cooperated with the implementation of resolutions 706 (1991) and 712 (1991). These provide for fair and equitable arrangements for the export of quantities of Iraqi oil to finance the import of food, medicine and other civilian supplies to meet the humanitarian needs in all regions of Iraq and of all categories of the Iraqi civilian population, and to finance the work of the Special Commission and the Compensation Fund. It is therefore the intransigence of the Iraqi Government and not the action of the Security Council that is the cause of the suffering of the Iraqi people.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“It has rejected an approach permitting the export of oil under Security Council resolution 706 (1991) which would have provided compensation for the victims of its aggression, Fifthly, with regard to the matter of Kuwaiti detainees, as we have seen in the report of the International Committee of the Red Cross, there are still many Kuwaitis and others languishing in confinement in Iraq long after they should have been returned to their native country. Sixthly, on the matter of performance bonds, Iraq has not carried out the requirements of paragraph 29 of Security Council resolution 687 (1991). This is a very summary list of the areas in which Iraq is not in compliance with resolution 687 (1991).”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“Nor is it it acceptable that the Council should be drawn into a discussion of what it would or would not do if Iraq complied with its' obligations. The obligation to comply is an absolute not a conditional one, and my delegation hopes very much that Iraq will understand that point. Thirdly, there is the question of Kuwaiti property. Despite the fact that nearly a year has gone by, much Kuwaiti property remains to be returned by Iraq. -The pace at which the property is being returned is unacceptably Slow. Some returned property has been found to have been damaged by the Iragis. Fourthly, the matter of compensation. Iraq has so far done nothing to finance the compensation fund which has been set up.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“The full, final and complete disclosure of Iraq's weapons-of-mass-destruction capability demanded by the Council is essential to establishing a materials balance and to making any judgement as to whether Irag has declared all relevant items. Without such disclosure, the future, on-going monitoring plans of the Special Comission and the IAEA cannot proceed as required by the Council. As for the destruction issues, this is a further area in which there is no scope for negotiations. As the Council's statement of 28 February stated, the determination of which items need to be destroyed under paragraph 9 (b) of Security Council resolution 687 (1991) is for the Special Commission and for the IAEA and for them alone.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“Despite all the good work done by the Special Commission and the IAEA to bring to light the matters concealed by Iraq, we are now confronted with three serious issues in this sector: firstly, there is still not a full ana complete disclosure of Iraq's programmes; secondly, Iraq has so far refused to acknowledge its obligations for long-term monitoring; thirdly, Iraq is resisting the implementation of the Special Commission's determinations on the material and installations that need to be destroyed. I hope very much that, as a result of this debate, the Iraqi authorities will understand the absolute need for them to comply promptly on these three points.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“The work of the Special Commission and the IAEA has been obstructed, in breach of the agreement with the Government of Irag on all the rights and privileges of those bodies as they seek to fulfil their mandate. The recent obstruction encountered over the Special Commission's use of airfields of its choice in Iraq is simply one case in point. This track record can give us no confidence that a full picture has yet been disclosed, or that future attempts will not be made to frustrate the work of the Special Commission and the IAEA in Iraq. I note that that is also the view of the Director General of the IAEA and of the Chairman of the Special Commission.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“Iraq denied that it had a programme for the enrichment of uranium: it in fact had three, a flagrant breach of its obligations under its safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Iraq denied that it had a programme for nuclear weaponization: it now admits it had one, a clear violation of its obligations as a State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Iraq denied that it had a programme on biological weapons: it subsequently admitted that it was conducting biological research for defensive and offensive purposes. Iraq's disclosures on chemical warfare munitions and facilities and on ballistic missiles were substantially understated. Its original declaration of the missile capability did not mention the supergun.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“Firstly, with regard to the demarcation of the boundary between Iraq and Kuwait, the work here is proceeding very slowly and has been the object of much dilatory argument from the Iraqi side. It is essential that this work be brought now to a speedy conclusion, and the boundary demarcated so that it should not again become a matter of contention between Iraq and Kuwait. Secondly, on the issue of weapons of mass destruction, this is an area of very great concern, where the Iraqi performance has from the very beginning been one of evasion, dissimulation and, often, downright dishonesty. In its original disclosures about its weapons of mass destruction, Iraq made a series of statements about its chemical, biological, nuclear and ballistic missile programmes all of which were demonstrated by subsequent inspections to be materially untrue.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“The resolutions adopted by the Security Council remain essential to the restoration of peace and stability in the region and must be fully implemented." (S/PV.3046, p,. 142) The Council has before it the Secretary-General's excellent factual report of 25 January and the update on it circulated more recently on 7 March. These give a full and detailed picture of the degree of Iraqi non-compliance with this Council's resolutions. It is a sombre and disturbing one. The list of instances of non-compliance is long. They need to be remedied urgently if there is to be any hope of restoring peace and stability in the Gulf region. Taking the issues in the order in which they arise under resolution 687 (1991), my Government notes the following serious problem areas.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“Following the bi-monthly review of sanctions which was completed on 5 February, the Council asked its then President to convey its negative conclusions to the Iraqi Government, and it was in response to this that Iraq asked for the opportunity for this debate. Our discussion is therefore about compliance or rather about the lack of compliance. On this, the key text must be the Presidential statement endorsed by the Council at its meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government on 31 January: "Last year, under the authority of the United Nations, the international community succeeded in enabling Kuwait to regain its sovereignty and territorial integrity, which it had lost as a result of Iraqi aggression.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“I extend my congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency, and my thanks to your predecessor, Ambassador Pickering, for the work that he did last month. My Government welcomes the possibility of holding this discussion and the presence at it of a high-level delegation from Iraq headed by the Deputy Prime Minister. It is essential that the Iraqi leadership hear directly from the Council the extent and nature of our concern about Iraq's non-compliance with Security Council resolution 687 (1991) and subsequent resolutions, and that it should get a clear, first-hand impression of the Council's determination that its resolutions be fully implemented. It is important to recall the origins of our discussion this morning and their object.”
1992-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3059 (1992) · source
“This will enable the operation to begin to deploy immediately, which is vital if it is to keep to the timetable that is so important to its success. It will also give the Secretariat and Member States a few weeks in which to consider in detail the very complex financial aspects of this enormous operation. All Members of the United Nations have an interest in ensuring that this largest-ever United Nations operation is carried out not only successfully but also cost-effectively.”
1992-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3057 (1992) · source
“The Secretary-General has also given his clear view that full demobilization of military forces before the elections would be greatly preferable to the 70 per cent demobilization to which the parties are already committed, and my Government fully supports this view. We also endorse the four conditions for the success of UNTAC set out by the Secretary-General in the last paragraph of his report, namely, that UNTAC must have the full support of the Council, full cooperation from all parties concerned and full freedom of movement and communication, and that Member States must provide the necessary financial resources in full and on time. My Government welcomes the fact that the General Assembly has already approved an initial appropriation of $200 million for UNTAC.”
1992-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3057 (1992) · source
“The other key to success is the leadership of the various parties in Cambodia and the long-suffering people of that country, because we have to recognize that no external force, however well-meaning, however objective, can on its own bring peace, prosperity and democracy to Cambodia. Without the active support and cooperation of all Cambodians the United Nations will not succeed. In this context, the leadership already being given by Prince Sihanouk is of fundamental importance. The Secretary-General has rightly underlined in his report the need to stick to the target date of April or May 1993 for the holding of elections in Cambodia. I very much welcomed his reiteration of that point in his statement this morning. If this date were to slip, there would be great danger that the settlement plan would unravel.”
1992-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3057 (1992) · source
“Given the extent of our commitment to a settlement in Cambodia, my Government is delighted that the Council has now adopted a resolution establishing the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) . UNTAC is one of the keys to the successful implementation of the Paris Agreements. Its task will be the most ambitious the United Nations has ever undertaken. Its goal is to permit the Cambodian people to exercise their right to self-determination and to elect, freely and in peace, a democratic Government. This will bring to an end many years of tragedy and tyranny in Cambodia. Peace in Cambodia will benefit not only the Cambodians, but also the peoples of Indochina and ef South-East Asia generally.”
1992-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3057 (1992) · source
“We have contributed observers and mine-clearance experts to the United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia. We have so far pledged £2 million to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) towards the costs of repatriating people in the camps along the Thai-Cambodian border. We also plan to contribute more than £11 million over the next three years to support humanitarian activities by international organizations inside Cambodia. In allocating this money, priority will be given to water and health projects. The sum of £750,000 has already been provided for the World Food Programme to help displaced persons in Cambodia, and we plan to continue our support for British non-governmental organizations operating in Cambodia and to establish in-country English-language training facilities for Cambodian officials.”
1992-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3057 (1992) · source
“It is invidious to single out one, but I should like, nevertheless, to mention the Australian Government, which recognized at an early stage the scope for a United Nations role in implementing a political settlement in Cambodia. My own Government has been very closely involved in this work from the beginning. It was the former Prime Minister, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, who proposed, in 1988, that the permanent members of this Council should help in the search for peace in Cambodia. This led to the New York framework agreement of 28 August 1990, which became the basis for the Paris Agreements. Since the Paris Agreements were signed, the United Kingdom has taken a number of steps. We have opened a diplomatic mission in Phnom Penh, headed by an experienced Ambassador, whose principal task is to help implement the Agreements.”
1992-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3057 (1992) · source
“On behalf of the British Government, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his fine report and for the months of work it represents by United Nations officials, under the able guidance first of Mr. Rafeeuddin Ahmed and more recently of the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Mr. Yasushi Akashi. The Secretary-General's report sets out a full and faithful plan of implementation of the Agreements signed in Paris last October. I pay tribute to the French and Indonesian Governments for their initiative in convening the Paris Conference on Cambodia and to all those Governments that contributed to its work.”
1992-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3057 (1992) · source
“They recognize that peace and prosperity are indivisible and that lasting peace and stability require effective international cooperation for the eradication of poverty and the promotion of a better life for all in larger freedom." That concludes the statement we have agreed. I would inform the Council that the statement will be published as Security Council document S/23500. The Security Council has thus completed its business for this meeting, and I therefore declare it adjourned. The meeting rose at 5.10 p.m.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“They welcome the new Secretary-General, His Excellency Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and note with satisfaction his intention to strengthen and improve the functioning of the United Nations. They pledge their full support to him, and undertake to work closely with him and his staff in fulfilment of their shared objectives, including a more efficient and effective United Nations system. "The members of the Council agree that the world now has the best chance of achieving international peace and security since the foundation of the United Nations. They undertake to work in close cooperation with other United Nations Member States in their own efforts to achieve this, as well as to address urgently all the other problems, in particular those of economic and social development, requiring the collective response of the international community.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“"On conventional armaments, they note the General Assembly's vote in favour of a United Nations register of arms transfers as a first step, and in this connection recognize the importance of all States providing all the information called for in the General Assembly's resolution. "In conclusion, the members of the Security Council affirm their determination to build on the initiative of their meeting in order to secure positive advances in promoting international peace and security. They agree that the United Nations Secretary-General has a crucial role to play. The members of the Council express their deep appreciation to the outgoing Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, for his outstanding contribution to the work of the United Nations, culminating in the signature of the El Salvador peace agreement.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“"On nuclear proliferation, they note the importance of the decision of many countries to adhere to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and emphasize the integral role in the implementation of that Treaty of fully effective IAEA safeguards, as well as the importance of effective export controls. The members of the Council will take appropriate measures in the case of any violations notified to them by the IAEA. "On chemical weapons, they support the efforts of the Geneva Conference with a view to reaching agreement on the conclusion, by the end of 1992, of a universal convention, including a verification regime, to prohibit chemical weapons.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“to prevent the proliferation in all its aspects of all weapons of mass destruction; to avoid excessive and destabilizing accumulations and transfers of arms; and to resolve peacefully in accordance with the Charter any problems concerning these matters threatening or disrupting the maintenance of regional and global stability. They emphasize the importance of the early ratification and implementation by the States concerned of all international and regional arms control arrangements, especially the START and CFE Treaties. "The proliferation of all weapons of mass destruction constitutes a threat to international peace and security. The members of the Council commit themselves to working to prevent the spread of technology related to the research for or production of such weapons and to take appropriate action to that end.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“"Disarmament, arms control and weapons of mass destruction "The members of the Council, while fully conscious of the responsibilities of other organs of the United Nations in the fields of disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation, reaffirm the crucial contribution which progress in these areas can make to the maintenance of international peace and security. They express their commitment to take concrete steps to enhance the effectiveness of the United Nations in these areas. "The members of the Council underline the need for all Member States to fulfil their obligations in relation to arms control and disarmament}?”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“"The Secretary-General's analysis and recommendations could cover the role of the United Nations in identifying potential crises and areas of instability as well as the contribution to be made by regional organizations in accordance with Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter in helping the work of the Council. They could also cover the need for adequate resources, both material and financial. The Secretary-General might draw on lessons learned in recent United Nations peace-keeping missions to recommend ways of making more effective Secretariat planning and operations. He could also consider how greater use might be made of his good offices, and of his other functions under the United Nations Charter.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“"To strengthen the effectiveness of these commitments, and in order that the Security Council should have the means to discharge its primary responsibility under the Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security, the members of the Council have decided on the following approach. "They invite the Secretary-General to prepare, for circulation to the Members of the United Nations by 1 July 1992, his analysis and recommendations on ways of strengthening and making more efficient within the framework and provisions of the Charter the capacity of the United Nations for preventive diplomacy, for peacemaking and for peace-keeping.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“The United Nations membership as a whole, working through the appropriate bodies, needs to give the highest priority to the solution of these matters. "The members of the Council pledge their commitment to international law and to the United Nations Charter. All disputes between States should be peacefully resolved in accordance with the provisions of the Charter. "The members of the Council reaffirm their commitment to the collective security system of the Charter to deal with threats to peace and to reverse acts of aggression. "The members of the Council express their deep concern over acts of international terrorism and emphasize the need for the international community to deal effectively with all such acts.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“The members of the Council will encourage all efforts to help achieve peace, stability and cooperation during these changes. "The international community therefore faces new challenges in the search for peace. All Member States expect the United Nations to play a central role at this crucial stage. The members of the Council stress the importance of strengthening and improving the United Nations to increase its effectiveness. They are determined to assume fully their responsibilities within the United Nations Organization in the framework of the Charter. "The absence of war and military conflicts amongst States does not in itself ensure international peace and security. The non-military sources of instability in the economic, social, humanitarian and ecological fields have become threats to peace and security.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“They applaud the valuable contribution being made by United Nations peace-keeping forces now operating in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. "The members of the Council note that United Nations peace-keeping tasks have increased and broadened considerably in recent years. Election monitoring, human rights verification and the repatriation of refugees have in the settlement of some regional conflicts, at the request or with the agreement of the parties concerned, been integral parts of the Security Council's effort to maintain international peace and security. They welcome these developments. "The members of the Council also recognize that change, however welcome, has brought new risks for stability and security. Some of the most acute problems result from changes to State structures.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source
“The resolutions adopted by the Security Council remain essential to the restoration of peace and stability in the region and must be fully implemented. At the same time the members of the Council are concerned by the humanitarian situation of the innocent civilian population of Iraq. "The members of the Council support the Middle East peace process, facilitated by the Russian Federation and the United States, and hope that it will be brought to a successful conclusion on the basis of Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). "They welcome the role the United Nations has been able to play under the Charter in progress towards settling long-standing regional disputes, and will work for further progress towards their resolution.”
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“"This meeting takes place at a time of momentous change. The ending of the Cold War has raised hopes for a safer, more equitable and more humane world. Rapid progress has been made, in many regions of the world, towards democracy and responsive forms of government, as well as towards achieving the Purposes set out in the Charter. The completion of the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa would constitute a major contribution to these Purposes and positive trends, including to the encouragement of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. "Last year, under the authority of the United Nations, the international community succeeded in enabling Kuwait to regain its sovereignty and territorial integrity, which it had lost as a result of Iraqi aggression.”
1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source