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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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“My country is a contributor of personnel to UNOMIG, and we are especially grateful to the Chief Military Observer, Brigadier-General Hvidegaard, and to the members of UNOMIG for their work. But my Government remains deeply concerned by the unacceptably slow rate of return of refugees. The Abkhaz authorities must cooperate fully with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in significantly accelerating the pace of repatriation and in formalizing the position of those who have already returned. This is an essential component in the international humanitarian agencies' efforts to address the human suffering both in Abkhazia and elsewhere within the Republic of Georgia.”
1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3488 (1995) · source
“The resolution which this Council has just adopted, and of which my Government was a co-sponsor, renews the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) for a further four months in parallel with the mandate of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) peace-keeping force. My Government welcomes the contribution by UNOMIG and by the CIS peace-keeping force towards reinforcing the parties' commitment to their obligations under the Cease-fire and Separation of Forces Agreement signed last May. We also welcome the satisfactory cooperation between UNOMIG and the CIS peace-keeping force, and the exchange of letters on their respective rules and responsibilities that has now been concluded.”
1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3488 (1995) · source
“They reinforce the strategy pursued by the Contact Group, of which my country is a member, to increase the pressure on the Bosnian Serbs to return to the negotiating table. It is essential that Belgrade continue to support the Contact Group approach, to maintain the embargo on the Bosnian Serbs and to keep up pressure on the Krajina Serbs to cease violations of the Croatian- Bosnian border and to implement the economic agreement in Croatia. As we have said before, further sanctions relief is possible, but only if further substantial progress is made towards the objective of the achievement of a lasting political settlement in the former Yugoslavia.”
1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source
“It is essential that this cooperation be continued and intensified if the suspension of sanctions is to be sustained. The resolution which the Council has just adopted, and of which my country was a sponsor, represents a reasonable and balanced response to the cooperation from Belgrade over the past hundred days. The resolution allows for a further hundred days' suspension of the various measures set out in resolution 943 (1994). It seeks to remove any ambiguity about the application of resolution 820 (1993) concerning transshipments across the FRY-Bosnian border. And it directs the sanctions Committee to give a clear priority to applications for humanitarian assistance to the FRY. Sanctions are imposed to achieve changes in policy, not to punish.”
1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source
“Resolution 942 (1994) extended and tightened sanctions against the Bosnian Serbs, and resolution 943 (1994) allowed for the limited suspension of sanctions against the FRY, provided that the ICFY Co-Chairmen continued to certify that the FRY was complying with the terms of its original decision to close its border with Bosnia. The Co-Chairrnen have now submitted four reports, all of which have certified that the FRY authorities are fulfilling their commitments. There have, of course, been instances of leakage. But our observation has been that the FRY authorities have reacted quickly and taken the necessary steps whenever reported violations have been brought to their attention by the ICFY Mission. We welcome the action that they have taken to maintain the effective closure of that border.”
1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source
“The FRY authorities' decision to reinforce this change in their policy by accepting an international presence on their border with Bosnia was welcome and significant. The Co-Chairmen of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY), the Mission Coordinator, Mr. Pellnas, and all the members of the Mission deserve our praise for their work, often under difficult conditions and involving long hours. We call on Member States to make the resources available so as further to strengthen the Mission's work in the months ahead. It was in recognition of the significance of the FRY authorities' decision and the importance of the break between Belgrade and Pale that the Council adopted two resolutions last September.”
1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source
“May I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of your office and thank the Ambassador of Rwanda for the work he did in December. May I also welcome the new members who joined the Council on 1 January. The economic sanctions imposed by this Council on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and the Bosnian Serbs in successive resolutions have undoubtedly been a major factor in the recent progress towards creating the necessary conditions for ending the chaos in the former Yugoslavia. Their impact on the FRY economy was largely responsible for Belgrade's decision last August to break with the Bosnian Serbs and to support unconditionally the Contact Group peace plan for Bosnia.”
1995-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3487 (1995) · source
“My delegation will listen carefully to what is said today and will participate actively and positively in further discussion and implementation of the proposal.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3483 (1994) · source
“In our prior consultations in the Council, Council members have expressed a clear will to respond favourably to this French proposal. I hope that the Council will, therefore, as part of its efforts to improve the flow of information and the exchange of ideas between members of the Council and other Members of the United Nations, have greater recourse to open meetings - in particular, at an early stage in its consideration of a subject. The Council will need to decide on a case-by-case basis when to schedule public meetings of this sort. In our view, the Working Group on Documentation and Procedure should examine this question further in the light of the views expressed today and should submit a report as soon as possible.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3483 (1994) · source
“That reflects the need to strike a balance between the justifiable call for greater transparency in the work of the Council and retention of its efficiency and effectiveness. The informal consultations through which so much of the Council's work is conducted lie at the heart of the system and must be retained. But much can be done while retaining that crucial balance between transparency and effectiveness. It is in that spirit that we give our support to the French proposal. Open, public meetings of the Council not only give the general United Nations membership an indication of the thinking of Council members but also can provide an opportunity for the Council to hear the views of those most directly concerned with a given subject, such as the States from a region in which a dispute occurs.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3483 (1994) · source
“It is important both to the troop-contributors and to Council members that the exchange of views should be as full and frank as possible. The proposal before us today - namely, that there should be greater recourse to open meetings of the Council, particularly in the early stage of its consideration of a subject - is consistent with these other efforts that the Council is making to enhance the transparency of its work and to enable members to hear the views of other Member States, and should, in my delegation's view, be seen as complementary to them. We agree with the view expressed by the Government of France in its aide- memoire that there can be no question of giving up the practice of informal consultations.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3483 (1994) · source
“The Security Council has also asked that an informal paper, including topics to be covered and drawing attention to relevant documentation, be circulated by the Secretariat well in advance of such meetings. Furthermore, the statement of 4 November 1994 made it clear that the President of the Council, in the course of informal consultations of members of the Council, will summarize the views expressed by participants at the meetings with troop-contributors. These new arrangements are in their early stages of implementation, and effort is needed by all concerned - by Council members, by troop- contributors and by the Secretariat - to make them work effectively and to the satisfaction of all. But work they must.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3483 (1994) · source
“The presidential statement of 4 November 1994 represented a significant step forward in this regard. Meetings will now be held, as a matter of course, between members of the Council, troop-contributing countries and the Secretariat whenever the Council is to take decisions on the extension or termination of, or on significant change in, the mandate of a particular peace-keeping operation. These meetings will be chaired jointly by the President of the Security Council and the Special Political Adviser to the Secretary-General, assisted by the Under-Secretary-General or Assistant Secretary-General for peace-keeping. The expected schedule of such meetings will be indicated in the monthly tentative forecast of work of the Council, and each meeting will be announced, in advance, in the Journal of the United Nations.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3483 (1994) · source
“The working group has also given consideration to the important question of briefing Member States on the progress of informal consultations, without prejudicing the confidentiality and the efficiency of the consultation system itself. The first informal presidency briefing of non-members on the current work of the Council took place, under the presidency of the United Kingdom, on 27 October. This practice has been continued during the presidencies of the United States of America and Rwanda. We believe that it should become a regular feature of Council business. Finally, there has been much discussion this year in the Council of ways to enhance consultations and exchanges of information with troop-contributing countries regarding peace-keeping operations.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3483 (1994) · source
“Among these are changes to the annual report, to which I referred in some detail when, as President of the Council, I had the honour to introduce this year's report of the Security Council to the General Assembly in the Assembly on 31 October. Other steps taken include the decision that draft resolutions in "blue" should be made available to non-members of the Council and the decision to make available to all Member States the tentative forecast of the Council's programme of work for each month. This year the practice has been instituted of annexing to that forecast a list of forthcoming reports by the Secretary-General as requested by the Council, as well as the schedule of forthcoming reviews or renewals of mandates of peace-keeping operations and of sanctions regimes.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3483 (1994) · source
“My delegation welcomes this opportunity to discuss the proposals on Security Council working methods, first made by the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, Monsieur Alain Juppe, in his speech to the General Assembly earlier this autumn. We believe that it is necessary to work systematically for the greatest possible transparency in the work of the Security Council consistent with its efficiency and effectiveness. The desire to enhance the flow of information and the exchange of views between the Security Council and the General Assembly lay behind the Council's decision of June 1993 to establish an informal working group on documentation and other procedural matters. That working group has met regularly, and a number of important steps have been taken following recommendations made by it.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3483 (1994) · source
“Perhaps the best thing we can wish for the people of Tajikistan is that the United Nations will soon be able to turn its attention in that country from monitoring a cease-fire to post-conflict economic reconstruction.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3482 (1994) · source
“I should like to emphasize, in this context, the importance that my delegation attaches to the holding of free and fair elections, in which the Tajik opposition must be able to participate fully. I hope that the Government of Tajikistan will draw upon the expertise and advice of the CSCE Mission in Dushanbe, and of the United Nations, in preparing for those elections. Tajikistan's emergence as a sovereign and independent State has been cruelly undermined by civil strife and the human misery that has ensued from it. The establishment of a United Nations Mission of Observers is a small but significant helping hand along the path of national reconciliation and economic regeneration.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3482 (1994) · source
“As the resolution which we have just adopted recognizes, the international community can assist and facilitate the process of national reconciliation in Tajikistan, but it is the parties themselves who bear the primary responsibility for resolving their differences. In particular, we hope for substantive progress at the fourth round of inter-Tajik talks, planned to take place in Moscow. It is essential that the Secretary-General is able to report, by 6 February, not only that the cease-fire has been extended but also that progress is continuing with national reconciliation and the promotion of democracy. A new United Nations Mission of this sort needs to be linked to a clear political process resulting in a negotiated settlement and a representative and sustainable national government.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3482 (1994) · source
“My delegation warmly welcomes the resolution which this Council has just adopted. It represents a recognition, on the part of the Council, not only of the suffering caused by the conflict in Tajikistan, but of the progress made so far in the process of national reconciliation. In that context, I should like to pay tribute to the role of the Russian Federation, the other States observers at the inter-Tajik talks, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, as well as the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Piriz- Ballon, for helping make possible the progress achieved so far. Much more, however, needs to be done. I appeal today to the parties to show the political will necessary to carry this work forward.”
1994-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3482 (1994) · source
“It is the Government of Angola and UNITA themselves who, by their observance of the agreement that they have now reached, will determine whether the United Nations and the international community will accompany them on this final phase of their long and difficult road to peace. We trust and hope that we shall all travel together along that road.”
1994-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3477 (1994) · source
“This should be done through regular meetings of the Joint Commission to resolve any outstanding differences. A meeting between President Dos Santos and Mr. Savimbi should help to build up the necessary political momentum for successful implementation of the Lusaka Protocol. The prompt departure from Angola of all mercenaries, in accordance with the Lusaka Protocol, will also be an important measure to build confidence. The humanitarian situation in Angola remains serious, but with the cessation of military activities it should now be possible for humanitarian assistance to reach more of the country. It is essential that the parties cooperate in the delivery of this assistance and that they ensure the safety and security of UNAVEM II and of all humanitarian personnel.”
1994-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3477 (1994) · source
“We agree that any new force will need to be deployed quickly, and we hope that troop-contributing countries will be able to make their contingents available without delay. We look forward to the report that the Secretary-General intends to submit to the Council early next year. In the meantime, we are pleased that he now intends to proceed with the deployment of the additional military observers and civilian police authorized under UNAVEM Il. He has rightly made this dependent on the strict observance by the parties of the cease-fire and the provision by them of satisfactory guarantees for the safety and security of United Nations personnel. We hope that this deployment will contribute to a further reinforcement of the cease-fire. 12 It is now necessary for confidence to be built up between the Government of Angola and UNITA.”
1994-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3477 (1994) · source
“It is essential that the parties implement the agreement speedily and in good faith so that lasting peace and national reconciliation can be achieved in Angola. It is particularly important that they respect and maintain an effective cease- fire and take up any problems about cease-fire matters in the Joint Commission, not resorting to tit-for-tat retaliation. The international community cannot be expected to enforce peace in Angola, and it will not be equipped to do so. So the deployment of a new, expanded United Nations operation will be possible only if the cease-fire remains effective and the parties demonstrate the necessary practical commitment to peace. We welcome the preparatory work already undertaken by the Secretary-General for an expanded United Nations operation.”
1994-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3477 (1994) · source
“We commend the Government of Angola, whose distinguished Foreign Minister is amongst us this afternoon - and we welcome his presence very much - and UNITA for demonstrating the necessary political will, and we congratulate the Secretary-General, his Special Representative, who is also with us this afternoon, and the personnel of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM II) for their infinite patience and determination, which now appears to be bearing fruit. We are also most grateful to the Government of Zambia and to the three observer States to the Angolan peace process for their valuable contributions. Although the Lusaka Protocol is an undoubted achievement, the position on the ground remains fragile.”
1994-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3477 (1994) · source
“I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the office of President of the Security Council and to thank your predecessor, Ambassador Albright, for the remarkable work that she did during the very highly charged month of November. 11 The signing of the Lusaka Protocol on 20 November and agreement on a cease-fire two days later are the most hopeful developments that have occurred in the last two years of the Angolan tragedy. As the Secretary-General has said in his report, Angola has now been brought to the threshold of peace.”
1994-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3477 (1994) · source
“The resolution we have just adopted was co-sponsored by the Contact Group, and we are grateful to the delegation of the Russian Federation for its timely initiative in coming forward with the original draft. My delegation attaches particular importance to the request in this resolution to the Secretary-General and the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) to intensify their efforts to achieve agreement on modalities for the demilitarization of Sarajevo. If demilitarization could be achieved, it would indeed transform life in that city and enable its citizens to enjoy, for the first time in two years, what we here casually describe as "normalcy". That is a worthy goal, and one that goes to the heart of UNPROFOR's humanitarian mandate. It deserves the support it has received from the Council.”
1994-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3462 (1994) · source
“Last Sunday, 13 November, this Council expressed its concern at the deteriorating situation in and around Bihac. It had occasion to issue a further statement on the same subject yesterday. Today's news from Sarajevo is not encouraging. Though, overall, the situation there is markedly improved compared to that of a year ago, the position in all the safe areas remains fragile and uncertain. It is right, therefore, that the Security Council should look again at the modalities for implementing the safe areas concept and seek the views and recommendations of the Secretary-General. It is regrettable that it has not been possible for more to be done by way of follow-up to the extremely useful recommendations he has already made in his report of 9 May 1994 (S/1994/555).”
1994-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3462 (1994) · source
“That resolution provided for the use of air power in support of the United Nations Protection Force's mandate in respect of the safe areas within Bosnia. It made no allowance for what has now happened: an attack on a safe area from outside Bosnia. The resolution mirrors in every way paragraph 10 of resolution 836 (1993), and the procedures to implement it will similarly mirror those set in place to implement that resolution. It makes possible the extension of the geographical scope of existing procedures for the use of air power. It does not create new ones. My delegation is pleased that the Council has acted promptly on this resolution. We hope the Krajina Serbs will get the message.”
1994-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3461 (1994) · source
“The air attacks launched by Krajina Serb forces in the Bihac area over the past two days are totally unacceptable. This resolution, which my delegation submitted yesterday following the first such attack, is needed to close a gap revealed by those attacks. It is in line with the approach the Council has received from President Tudjman and the Croatian authorities, for whose cooperation we are most grateful. The suggestion that this resolution is a delaying device merely discredits and demeans the person who has made that allegation. The resolution is clear and straightforward. It simply extends the provisions of resolution 836 (1993) in relation to the use of air power onto Croatian territory.”
1994-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3461 (1994) · source
“The United Kingdom has long enjoyed friendly relations with the people of Palau; they go back to the year 1783. I must also congratulate and thank the United States which, as administering Power, has honoured the trust placed in it by the United Nations and worked to ensure the well-being and prosperity of the people of Palau. The decision just taken by this Council therefore marks the conclusion of the immediate responsibilities of the Trusteeship Council. The United Kingdom takes this opportunity to extend its thanks to all those, in particular the members of the staff of the United Nations, who have over the years worked towards this goal in accordance with the principles laid down in the Charter.”
1994-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3455 (1994) · source
“The resolution which the Council has just adopted marks a significant moment in the history of the Trusteeship Council and, indeed, in the history of the United Nations. The termination of the Trusteeship Agreement for the last Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Palau, represents the successful end of an important chapter in the work of the Trusteeship Council. The United Kingdom currently holds the vice-presidency of the Trusteeship Council. It is therefore with great pleasure that I congratulate the people of Palau, who celebrated the implementation of the Compact of Free Association with the United State on | October this year. We look forward to the day when they will take their place as a Member State of the United Nations.”
1994-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3455 (1994) · source
“These are hard questions to answer. None of us want to lose the gains of the past year. That is why my Government could not support the draft resolution that is before the Council. The priority now is to make early and visible progress towards settlements in Bosnia and Croatia. That remains my Government's prime objective and it should be, I believe, our common goal.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“Contact Group Ministers recognized back in July that, without progress towards peace in Bosnia, pressure to lift the embargo could, as a last resort, become unavoidable. We do not yet have peace in Bosnia, but we have made progress and there is a chance for peace, all of which would be endangered by lifting the arms embargo or by setting now a date in the spring by when it would be lifted. Is this really the moment to put at risk the fragile, but valuable gains on the ground - in Sarajevo, and in central Bosnia, which it would be impossible to sustain if UNPROFOR were forced to withdraw? How could the protection of the eastern enclaves be assured in those circumstances? How would the essential humanitarian work be carried forward this winter, if UNPROFOR was preoccupied with planning and executing its own withdrawal?”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“We call upon all parties to refrain from attacks on United Nations personnel. The United Kingdom reaffirms its support for UNPROFOR's attempts to achieve a comprehensive cessation of hostilities throughout Bosnia, and in particular it backs its efforts to make progress towards the demilitarization of Sarajevo. I cannot conclude without mentioning the proposal to lift the arms embargo, which is currently before the Council. I shall not rehearse at length my Government's arguments against lifting the embargo. They are well known and widely shared, throughout the European Union and by many troop contributors from elsewhere. These countries have all made it clear that they could not keep their troops in UNPROFOR if the embargo were lifted.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“But if there is to be progress in Bosnia and in Croatia, that requires the Governments in Zagreb, in Belgrade and in Sarajevo to talk to each other and to re-engage in dialogue. All three support the Contact Group plan for Bosnia. They must now translate that support into deeds and take the brave and difficult steps that are needed by all sides to end this terrible conflict. Naturally, my Government is alarmed at the recent upsurge in fighting in Bosnia, and the potentially disastrous humanitarian consequences that could follow. Our alarm is not because the Bosnian Serbs are now having to swallow some of the bitter medicine they so liberally dispensed earlier in the war. But we share the concerns expressed by UNPROFOR about the risks of an escalating spiral of violence and the damage this would cause to the prospects for peace.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“There too, a cease-fire crucially underpinned by the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) has been in place since March. The Croats and the Krajina Serbs have resumed talks on economic issues. We now urgently need progress on a peace settlement for Croatia. The International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia is working out a plan, consistent with the long-established international parameters. This means the consolidation of Croatian sovereignty over all the Serb-held areas, matched by far-reaching autonomy within Croatia for those areas with local Serb majorities. My Government strongly supports the efforts of the International Conference and urges the parties to be ready to negotiate flexibly and realistically to achieve a lasting solution on which peace in Croatia can be based.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“With the road to peace through the Contact Group plan for Bosnia at present obstructed by the Bosnian Serbs, we believe - as the European Union presidency statement last week made clear - that Belgrade can now take a series of significant steps, all within its own power, to give new impetus to the peace process and to lay the foundation for peace settlements in Bosnia and Croatia. What we ask is that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia recognize Croatia and Bosnia; maintain its support for the Contact Group plan for Bosnia; continue its embargo against the Bosnian Serbs until they accept that plan; and throw their weight behind a peace plan for Croatia as well. We are today debating Bosnia, but we must not ignore Croatia.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“As a result, this Council has supported the most comprehensive possible international isolation of the Bosnian Serbs and has tightened sanctions against them. Their fellow Serbs have also lost patience. For three months now, President Milosevic has closed the border with Bosnia and allowed only food, clothing and medicine to the Bosnian Serbs. He has supported the Contact Group map and condemned the Bosnian Serbs for their rejection of it. The continued intransigence of the Bosnian Serbs now represents by far the greatest obstacle on the path to peace in Bosnia, and thus more widely in the former Yugoslavia. But the new readiness of the Government in Belgrade to back the Contact Group's efforts and to isolate the Bosnian Serbs also offers an opportunity.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“United Nations troops have helped to rebuild bridges, restore electricity and reconnect water supplies. In these and many other ways, they have transformed the conditions on the ground for the local communities. These are only one or two examples of what has been achieved, but they represent a wider reality. Across Bosnia, 1994 has seen more progress and more stability than in the two years of war which preceded it. But let us have no illusions. These gains are fragile and reversible. They cannot be sustained, let alone expanded, without further progress towards peace. The Contact Group, representing the combined diplomatic efforts of the European Union, Russia and the United States, put an agreed proposal for a Bosnian settlement to the parties this summer. The Bosnian Federation accepted; the Bosnian Serbs did not.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“There has also been remarkable progress this year in central Bosnia, where an end to a year of bitter fighting between the Bosniacs and the Bosnian Croats led to a cease-fire between their forces and - with the help of American mediation - the Washington agreement to unite their territories in a Bosnian Federation. Since then UNPROFOR has played a crucial role in cementing the cease-fire, with significant results on the ground. Currently, over 90 per cent of aid convoys reach their destination, as opposed to just over 51 per cent before the cease-fire. UNPROFOR, including British troops, has taken the lead in restoring normal life to central Bosnia, and the European Union has taken on the massive but necessary task of bringing normal life back to Mostar after some of the worst fighting and destruction of the war.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“Today, as the presence of UNPROFOR and the threat of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airpower underpin an exclusion zone around the city, bombardment has largely ceased. In June and July this year, 89 civilians in Sarajevo were killed by snipers on both sides. Since UNPROFOR negotiated an anti-sniping agreement in mid-August, there have been only 10 deaths. Utilities in Sarajevo are running at a higher level now than at any time since the war broke out. The gas and electricity supplies are incomparably better than they were last winter. Last month the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was able to deliver 2,000 tons more aid to Sarajevo than had been planned.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“Throughout this terrible conflict, my Government's policy has had three basic objectives: to end the fighting by promoting a peace settlement; to prevent the conflict intensifying and spreading, and, to alleviate the suffering of the innocent civilians of all parties by supporting and protecting the aid effort. The work of United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) to which we have contributed substantial forces has made an essential and _ irreplaceable contribution to all three of those objectives. Those objectives remain as valid today as they were in April 1992. And much has been achieved. At this time last year an average of 1500 shells were falling on Sarajevo every day.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“The views of my Government on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina were very fully and eloquently reflected in the statement made on behalf of the European Union in last week's General Assembly debate by the German presidency and Ambassador zu Rantzau will again be contributing, on our behalf as a member of the European Union, to the present debate. As we hold this debate the situation in Bosnia remains extremely fragile. The only hope for an end to violence and, ultimately, a return to peace and prosperity, rests with a negotiated settlement agreed by all the parties; but that happy and strongly-to-be-desired outcome is still not at hand.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“As with resolution 827 (1993), which established the Tribunal for the prosecution of crimes in the former Yugoslavia, this resolution makes clear that all Member States will have obligations in relation to the Rwanda Tribunal. It will be necessary for States to establish their own procedures for implementing their obligations under the statute. Domestic procedures will be needed to give effect to the obligations under article 28 to comply with a request or order concerning the surrender or transfer of an accused to the International Tribunal. We do not believe that the new Tribunal on its own will be able to take on the whole burden of prosecuting those responsible for these dreadful crimes. The international community must therefore do all it can to assist in restoring the Rwandan domestic judicial system.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“The statute of the International Tribunal leaves open the question of where the seat of the Tribunal should be. We have noted the very strong wish of the Rwandan Government to have the Tribunal in Kigali. We look forward to having a very early report from the Secretary-General on this and other matters necessary for the speedy setting-up of the Tribunal. Looking ahead to the election of judges, it is of the greatest importance for the effective functioning of the Tribunal that the judges are persons with considerable practical experience in criminal law and procedure. It is, of course, the purpose of the Tribunal to try persons for serious criminal offences, and it is in that area that the experience of candidates for judicial office must lie.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“The sponsors, of whom we are one, have throughout the drafting process been very careful to listen to the views of the Government of Rwanda and have made many changes to meet them. But it was essential to maintain in the statute and in the resolution the international character of the Tribunal, and that meant that some changes sought could not be agreed without sacrificing that character. I am sure that we can expect from the Government of Rwanda the degree of cooperation that is demanded of all Member States in relation to resolutions adopted under Chapter VI. It is our hope that the Tribunal which has just been established will prove by experience to be one which meets the objectives shared by the international community and Rwanda: that justice should be done and that thereby the communities may be reconciled.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“The Commission also pointed out that the gravity of the human- rights violations committed in Rwanda extended far beyond that country - they concerned the international community as a whole - and it pointed to the need for ensuring justice not only in respect of atrocities already perpetrated, but also as a matter of deterrence for the future. It is because my Government shares these views that we cosponsored the draft resolution that the Council has just adopted. The establishment of a tribunal in these exceptional circumstances for the prosecution of those responsible for the atrocities is a signal of the international community's determination that offenders must be brought to justice. My Government regrets that Rwanda felt compelled to vote against the draft resolution.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“Like the rest of the world, the Government of the United Kingdom was appalled by the atrocities committed in Rwanda. We supported the establishment by resolution 935 (1994) of the Commission of Experts entrusted with the task of investigating reports of grave violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda. In its preliminary report the Commission strongly recommended the creation of an international criminal tribunal for Rwanda. It considered that prosecutions for serious crimes committed during the armed conflict would be better undertaken by an international rather than a domestic tribunal because in its view an international tribunal would best meet the objectives of independence, objectivity and impartiality.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3453 (1994) · source
“What we must now do is to implement the changes described in the Council's statement and to ensure that they work to the benefit of all and to the more effective furtherance of the United Nations increasingly arduous but necessary involvement in peace-keeping worldwide.”
1994-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3449 (1994) · source