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David Hannay

lines on the record: 845
first: 1992-01-06
most recent: 1995-07-12
sittings or episodes: 138
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“"The Security Council therefore requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) redoubles its vigilance and reports immediately any violation of the demilitarized zone established under resolution 687 (1991) or any potentially hostile action. "The Security Council reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty and _ territorial integrity of Kuwait. It underlines Iraq's full responsibility to accept all the obligations contained in all its relevant resolutions and to comply fully therewith." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/1994/58. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 1.10 p.m.”
1994-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3435 (1994) · source
“It underlines the complete unacceptability of the implication therein that Iraq may withdraw cooperation from the United Nations Special Commission. The Security Council emphasizes the necessity of full implementation of all its relevant resolutions, including full cooperation by Iraq, without interference, with the United Nations Special Commission's vital mission. "The Security Council has also received with grave concern reports that substantial numbers of Iraqi troops, including units of the Iraqi Republican Guard, are being redeployed in the direction of the border with Kuwait.”
1994-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3435 (1994) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/1994/1137, which contains the text of a letter dated 6 October 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council notes with grave concern the statement issued on 6 October 1994 by the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq.”
1994-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3435 (1994) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of October, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Juan Antonio Yafiez- Barnuevo, Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of September 1994. I am sure I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Yafiez-Barnuevo for the great diplomatic skill and unfailing courtesy with which he conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation between Iraq and Kuwait”
1994-10-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3435 (1994) · source
“That the abhorrent practice of "ethnic cleansing," which is the subject of the first of the three resolutions, is a crime, and a most grievous one, is undeniable. The resolution rightly reiterates that those responsible for it are accountable before the International Tribunal now at work in The Hague. That the practice is folly is just as self-evident. Destruction of multi-ethnic communities which have existed for centuries will in the long term profit nobody, least of all the perpetrators. As for misfortunes, we have all seen them day by day on our television screens. This war is one from which none of us can escape. For the sake of the victims, and to avert a worse catastrophe, the international community must intensify its efforts to bring a just and lasting peace to Bosnia.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“The Bosnian Serbs in particular should be under no illusion as to the determination of the international community to enforce the exclusion zones. The close co-operation between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), which we saw yesterday in action with the use of close air support near Sarajevo, can and will continue. Such action is a key part of the effort to contain and stabilize the conflict and to bring the parties to peace. My countryman, the great eighteenth-century historian, Edward Gibbon, once said that "history is largely a chronicle of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind". The truth of this can rarely have been more clearly illustrated than it has been, over the past two years, by the suffering that has been visited upon the people of Bosnia.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“And it will terminate promptly and without any need for a further decision by the Council if the Mission states that the border is not effectively closed or finds that it is being prevented from establishing whether it is closed. The role of that Mission is thus a crucial one. The Co-Chairmen of the International Conference on Yugoslavia and their staff have done an excellent job in mounting it with such speed. There are always those who are sceptical of the impact of sanctions. But this would be an odd moment indeed at which to argue that view. After all, it is the effectiveness of this Council's sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that has contributed to the change of policy in Belgrade. We call on all parties to the conflict in Bosnia to work for peace in the difficult months ahead.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“President Milosevic's commitment, if sustained over time, is clearly a very important development. The suspension for an initial period of 100 days of a limited range of sanctions - on civilian passenger traffic from and 32 to Belgrade airport and the port of Bar in Montenegro, and on sporting and cultural exchanges - is a carefully calibrated response by this Council to that decision. The suspension comes into effect only when the Secretary-General reports that the Mission established by the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) has certified - and the word is carefully chosen - that the border is effectively closed.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“Together, they send a clear and unequivocal message to that party, the Bosnian Serbs: "End your wilful expulsion of people from their homes; stop your war for territory; take the first step on the path of peace; accept the map that has been put forward by the countries of the Contact Group." At the heart of the three resolutions is the Council's backing for the territorial settlement contained in that proposal, which has been accepted in full by all the parties concerned, with the exception of the Bosnian Serbs. It is their refusal to accept it which has brought upon them the additional targeted sanctions contained in the second of the three resolutions. It has also led to President Milosevic's welcome decision to close the border between Serbia and Bosnia to all supplies other than humanitarian ones for the Bosnian Serbs.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“I would like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on the assumption of your office and thanking your predecessor, Ambassador Vorontsov. The three resolutions this Council has just adopted should be seen as a coherent part of an overall approach. Each in its different way is designed to maximize the pressure on the one party whose policies are now principally responsible for prolonging this tragic conflict.”
1994-09-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3428 (1994) · source
“This resolution sends a clear message to those responsible for grave violations of international humanitarian law, or acts of genocide, that they will be held individually responsible for those acts. The international community is determined that they be brought to justice; it is our duty to ensure that that is done.”
1994-07-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3400 (1994) · source
“In this regard the continued activities of Radio Mille Collines are quite unacceptable. It is intolerable that a radio station in an area under the control of the "interim government" of Rwanda should be permitted to incite persons to commit violations of humanitarian law and attacks on United Nations personnel. The United Nations has demanded that such broadcasts cease immediately, and the members of this Council have demanded that the representative of Rwanda make known to the "interim government" authorities their strongest concerns. If these authorities have any care at all for their international reputation and standing, they will ensure that these broadcasts cease forthwith.”
1994-07-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3400 (1994) · source
“It is our hope and expectation that States and all others concerned will cooperate fully with the Commission in its difficult task. We look forward to receiving its report at an early date so that consideration may be given to what further action would be appropriate. We welcome the emphasis in the resolution on the need for close cooperation between the Commission of Experts, the Special Rapporteur for Rwanda appointed by the Human Rights Commission and the High Commissioner for Human Rights. We have now received the report on human rights in Rwanda submitted by the Special Rapporteur. Mr. Segui makes a clear case that events in Rwanda constitute genocide. The report also raises very serious questions about the complicity of persons and of governmental authorities.”
1994-07-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3400 (1994) · source
“I should like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on assuming office as President of the Council for the second time. I have happy memories of the first occasion and we look forward to working with you very closely. I should also like to thank your predecessor, the Ambassador of Oman, for the unfailingly courteous and firm way in which he chaired the Council during the last month. The whole world has been appalled by the massacres and killings in Rwanda. Those who have committed the atrocities must now be brought to justice. We owe no less to the hundreds of thousands of victims of this tragedy. No one should believe that such acts can be committed with impunity. My Government therefore strongly supports the establishment of the Commission of Experts, and has been pleased to co-sponsor the resolution just adopted.”
1994-07-01 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3400 (1994) · source
“As the Secretary-General's report on this situation makes clear, the intensification of the war throughout the country since the end of last month has reduced the delivery of relief supplies and affected the safety of relief workers. Both sides, but most particularly UNITA, must give guarantees of safety and freedom of movement for relief workers, supplies and _ aircraft. The international community is trying to help the civilian victims of the war in Angola through the provision of humanitarian assistance. Those who block such assistance for their own ends and who continue to prosecute the war deserve our condemnation.”
1994-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3395 (1994) · source
“I strongly urge UNITA now to do so. Meanwhile, the military situation in Angola continues to deteriorate, despite the demands addressed in both this resolution and in resolutions 903 (1994) and 922 (1994) to the parties to cease all offensive military actions. We deplore this increase in military activity, of which both parties are guilty and which serves only to prolong the suffering of the people of Angola. The fighting must cease. It is unacceptable, and totally counterproductive, for the parties to pursue military offensives while simultaneously negotiating in Lusaka. My Government is deeply concerned at the steady deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Angola.”
1994-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3395 (1994) · source
“The resolution which we have just adopted reflects the unanimous view of the Council that the talks in Lusaka have already dragged on too long and should now be brought to a speedy conclusion. In my statement to the Security Council one month ago on the adoption of resolution 922 (1994), I welcomed the Government of Angola's acceptance of the compromise proposals on national reconciliation put forward by the Special Representative and the three observer States, and I called upon UNITA quickly to accept, without reservation, that proposal. I reminded UNITA of the Council's readiness to impose further measures if it did not. Unfortunately, UNITA has so far failed to heed that warning, and the Council has accordingly declared its readiness to impose additional measures against UNITA if it does not accept the proposal by the end of July.”
1994-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3395 (1994) · source
“The best outcome of all would be if those concerned could reach immediate agreement on the three vital points - a cease-fire, the mechanism to sustain it and a resumed political dialogue - and could then set about implementing those agreements without more ado. Security Council Forty-ninth Year 3394th meeting 29 June 1994”
1994-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3394 (1994) · source
“What is needed is early agreement on a cease-fire together with effective monitoring arrangements and resumption of the political dialogue. It is essential that the parties resume this political dialogue without any preconditions. It is clear that such a dialogue is the only way for them to resolve their political differences. The objective of neither side can be achieved by the use of force. My Government also believes that the United Nations should take urgent steps to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Yemen, and in particular in Aden. We hope that the adoption of this resolution by the Security Council will demonstrate to the parties the seriousness with which the international community views the situation and that they will draw the appropriate conclusions.”
1994-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3394 (1994) · source
“My Government is deeply concerned about the continuation of the fighting in Yemen. We attach great importance to the stability of this region. We regret the fact that it has not been possible to reach agreement yet on a durable cease-fire and that so many cease-fires have been proclaimed and as quickly ignored. We particularly deplore the continuing bombardment of Aden. The Security Council has already made clear in other contexts its attitude towards armies which surround population centres and lob in artillery shells, with the inevitable consequences in terms of civilian casualties, human suffering and damage to vital infrastructure. We strongly support the efforts of the Secretary- General and his Special Envoy, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, to resolve the crisis. The parties must cooperate with them.”
1994-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3394 (1994) · source
“My Government therefore calls on all parties in Rwanda to cooperate fully with the multinational force and to assist it in its objective of saving the lives of defenceless civilians. It is the defenceless civilians who have paid the heaviest price and for whose benefit this decision has been taken.”
1994-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3392 (1994) · source
“At the same time, it will be vital that those forces deploying to Rwanda act and are seen to act with clearly demonstrable impartiality and in no sense become involved in the fighting between the military forces of the parties. The safety of United Nations soldiers already risking their lives in Rwanda and the longer-term UNAMIR mission, to which we all attach the utmost importance, could well be crucially affected by the way the multinational operations we have authorized today are carried out. It cannot be in the interest of any party in Rwanda to question the bona fides of the multinational force. It is by working with it that an early end can be put to the massacres and a situation achieved in which the resumption of a lasting peace process can be pursued.”
1994-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3392 (1994) · source
“We regard this French initiative as a courageous step in response to that need. But it is only an interim measure we have decided, and we urge all those concerned to expedite preparations for UNAMIR's deployment. The adoption of this resolution must not be allowed to hamper in any way UNAMIR's own deployment. We for our part are pressing ahead with the provision of the logistic support we have offered for the UNAMIR operation. My Government calls on both parties in Rwanda to accept and to respect the multinational force for what it is - a humanitarian intervention sanctioned by the international community as an interim measure to protect those whose lives are at risk.”
1994-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3392 (1994) · source
“In considering this resolution, the Council faced a uniquely difficult choice of how best to respond to the very real humanitarian imperative facing us. The hard facts are that, although the Council has in the past five weeks authorized the deployment of 5,500 United Nations peacekeepers to protect those civilians under threat in Rwanda, and although that remains the best way to help, the Secretary-General has not been enabled to secure the speedy deployment he, and we, have been looking for. Meanwhile, the killing has continued and my Government feels it was right for the Council to support the interim measures proposed by the French Government. No one here can have any doubts about the urgent need for protection of those groups at risk in Rwanda. It was in response to that need that we adopted resolutions 918 (1994) and 925 (1994).”
1994-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3392 (1994) · source
“My Government deeply deplores both the scale and the nature of the violence that has taken place in Rwanda in recent months. We appeal yet again to both the Government of Rwanda and the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) to stop the fighting and seek a negotiated solution, within the framework of the Arusha agreement, to the terrible conflict which has engulfed their country. But what has made Rwanda a tragedy of historic proportions is the fact that so many innocent civilians have been killed while that conflict rages, and killed in circumstances that have horrified the whole world. It is that humanitarian disaster with which the Council has been faced for weeks now, and on which we have taken a difficult but, we believe, necessary decision today.”
1994-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3392 (1994) · source
“Nevertheless, it is important to ensure that more weapons do not get in, do not provide more material for more deaths and more fighting, and do not prolong the strife that has already gone on for too long.”
1994-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3388 (1994) · source
“It is highly welcome that the new High Commissioner for Human Rights took this up as one of the first tasks to which he addressed his new office. There have now been some well substantiated accounts of the most appalling massacres, of acts that - we note the Secretary-General's conclusion - amount to genocide. It is good that he has made such a clear statement of his views on this, and we must not let the matter rest there. Finally, I should say that in the view of my Government it is of the greatest importance that all neighbouring Governments and all those represented in this Council do their best to ensure strict compliance with the arms embargo. Of course, there are already far too many arms in Rwanda. Of course, much of the killing is being done with the most primitive weapons.”
1994-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3388 (1994) · source
“The key is to ensure flexibility and to allow the Force Commander to adapt to a changing situation on the ground. The humanitarian situation throughout Rwanda is, of course, terrible. The crisis is huge; we see from the report that over a quarter of Rwanda's population is affected. In this context, we welcome the efforts of the non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies and others to alleviate the suffering of the displaced persons and refugees. My own Government has already made a substantial commitment to those purposes. The human rights abuses in Rwanda have already been referred to by many Ambassadors, but it would be wrong not to mention them again in this debate. It is entirely right that the High Commissioner for Human Rights has appointed a Special Rapporteur.”
1994-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3388 (1994) · source
“The Force Commander, Major- General Dallaire, by his calmness and his resourcefulness has set an example in which the United Nations can rightly take pride. The humanitarian mandate, which was agreed last month, and the decision we are about to take today for the deployment of 5,500 additional troops - a substantial number of whom have now been pledged by a range of African countries to which we offer our sincere gratitude - is a worthy and practical response to the situation, a response which tries to take account of the bitter lessons the United Nations had to learn in Somalia without at the same time being deterred from meeting the necessary obligations under the Charter. The report of the Secretary-General was excellent. The concept of operations that he has now proposed and that we are about to endorse seems to us the right one.”
1994-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3388 (1994) · source
“May I congratulate you, Sir, on the assumption of the presidency and thank Ambassador Gambari for the unfailing good humour and effectiveness with which he chaired the Council last month. The Security Council has been required to handle many difficult issues in the past few years, but none has exceeded in its horror and its intractability the situation in Rwanda. There could not have been and never has been any argument about the fact that in the hackneyed phrase "something must be done". But it has been far more difficult to identify what that "something" realistically should be and then to do it. In the view of my Government, no praise can be too high for the existing small UNAMIR force, for the courage and adaptability they have displayed in appallingly difficult circumstances.”
1994-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3388 (1994) · source
“My Government believes that the resolution just adopted offers the Somali parties a further chance to work, with UNOSOM's help, towards a lasting agreement on national reconciliation, building on what has already been achieved. We urge them to make the best use of this opportunity.”
1994-05-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3385 (1994) · source
“The international community, my Government included, has made a massive contribution towards the effort to rebuild Somalia, both through UNOSOM and through the provision of humanitarian and reconstruction assistance. By adopting this resolution extending the mandate of UNOSOM for a further four months we are showing our willingness to continue that commitment. But, as the resolution makes clear, the ultimate responsibility for achieving national reconciliation and for rebuilding their country rests with the Somali people. The international community will of course do everything possible to help this process, but it cannot be expected to sustain this commitment indefinitely without a matching commitment from the Somali parties.”
1994-05-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3385 (1994) · source
“While we welcome the Lower Juba Regional Conference which took place last week, we very much regret that the preparatory meeting for the national reconciliation conference, which all parties had agreed would take place on 15 April, has been postponed yet again. More worrying still is the fact that, while the political process has been stalled, the security situation has been deteriorating. Not only have the parties failed to honour their commitments to voluntary disarmament, but some factions have begun to rearm and the construction of "technicals" has resumed. Banditry continues to rise, and we are once again confronted with the news of attacks on United Nations peace-keepers, most recently the tragic deaths, two weeks ago, of five Nepalese soldiers serving with UNOSOM.”
1994-05-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3385 (1994) · source
“Our last debate on the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM), in February, took place following a thoroughgoing review of the whole operation. This review resulted in a revised and more realistic mandate which left in no doubt the need for the active cooperation of the Somali people if the operation was to achieve its goal. During the six months of the present mandate we have seen some progress. The 24 March Nairobi Declaration, in which all parties committed themselves to national reconciliation, was a step forward and an example of what can be achieved by the Somali parties in cooperation both with each other and with UNOSOM. But progress since then has been painfully slow.”
1994-05-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3385 (1994) · source
“Continued fighting would not bode well for the Council's consideration of the United Nations future role in underpinning the comprehensive settlement plan we hope the Special Representative will achieve before the end of June.”
1994-05-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3384 (1994) · source
“12 We share the concern expressed by the Secretary- General about the resurgence of fighting throughout Angola which has resulted in continued heavy loss of life and destruction of property, made more difficult the distribution of much-needed humanitarian relief and had a negative impact on the talks in Lusaka. Reports indicate that fighting has continued over the weekend in Kuito, Malange and Huambo, resulting in further casualties and suspension of aid flights. The Council, in its resolution 903 (1994), adopted two months ago, demanded the cessation of all offensive military actions. Regrettably, the parties have not complied, which is why the Council has repeated that demand in the resolution just adopted. It really must now be heeded.”
1994-05-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3384 (1994) · source
“We call upon UNITA quickly to follow suit so that a comprehensive settlement plan can be agreed before the end of June. We remind the parties that, although the Council has once again stated its readiness in principle to consider the expansion of UNAVEM II to its previous level if an agreement is reached in Lusaka, the patience of the international community is not limitless. If no settlement is reached by the end of June the Council will be compelled to reconsider the future role of the United Nations in Angola. And UNITA, in considering its response to this resolution must bear in mind that the Council, in the resolution, has reiterated its readiness to consider at any time further measures against UNITA if it is not cooperating in efforts to achieve a peaceful solution in good faith.”
1994-05-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3384 (1994) · source
“The resolution we have just adopted extends the mandate of UNAVEM II for just one month. This unusual step reflects the firm and unanimous view of the Council that it is now urgent for the parties to finalize a comprehensive settlement of the Angolan crisis. Much progress has been made to date, and we commend the parties, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the three Observer States for their efforts. The one major issue outstanding, that of national reconciliation, has already been under discussion for several months. The Special Representative and the representatives of the Observer States have the full backing of this Council in their efforts to resolve it. We warmly welcome the acceptance without reservation by the Government of Angola of the proposals they have put to them.”
1994-05-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3384 (1994) · source
“May I conclude by offering my Government's congratulations to the President-elect and to the newly elected representatives of the people of El Salvador. They have our support as they continue the task of implementing the peace accords and rebuilding their country.”
1994-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3381 (1994) · source
“My Government has been greatly encouraged in this regard by the agreement signed on 19 May by the Government of El Salvador and the FMLN, and by the President-elect's reaffirmation to you, Mr. President, and to the Secretary-General of his commitment to the timetable set out in that agreement. ONUSAL has important tasks to perform in the coming months. But it is - and all the more credit to it - working itself out of a job; and the process of winding it down must also move ahead. The United Nations future role in El Salvador will be in the fields of development and human rights and not in peace-keeping. My Government will back international efforts to establish a coordinated framework for continued United Nations assistance to El Salvador once ONUSAL withdraws. The resolution we have just adopted is a crucial step in this process.”
1994-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3381 (1994) · source
“The task facing El Salvador, and ONUSAL, now is to consolidate what has been achieved in the peace process and by the conduct of the elections. To this end my Government feels it right that ONUSAL's mandate has been extended for one further six-month period, coinciding with the first six months in office of the new Government of El Salvador. As the Secretary-General made clear in his report, and the President-elect of El Salvador has acknowledged, there remains work to be done in implementing the outstanding provisions of the Peace Accords. The momentum must not be allowed to falter. But the task more and more must be taken on by Salvadorians themselves. The international community can and should continue to assist the process, but it cannot and should not become a substitute for action by the people of El Salvador themselves.”
1994-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3381 (1994) · source
“The adoption of this resolution marks an important and, hopefully, decisive step forward in the peace process in El Salvador. Through the efforts of the international community, of the United Nations, and, most importantly, through the courage and determination of the people of El Salvador themselves, elections have been held with the participation of all the parties, elections which international observers pronounced generally free and fair. The United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) played a pivotal role in the historic events leading up to those elections. The United Nations can be justifiably proud of its achievements, and of the skill and dedication of the international personnel who have participated in the operation.”
1994-05-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3381 (1994) · source
“I can think of no better wish to offer the new South Africa than that it should never figure again on the agenda of the Security Council.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“We look forward to the new South Africa's resuming its seat in the General Assembly as quickly as possible. My Government believes that the question of the arrears owed by South Africa to the United Nations, which has still to be discussed, should not prevent it from taking its rightful place in this Organization and from exercising its right to vote. Article 19 of the Charter of the United Nations provides for the General Assembly to permit a Member State in arrears to vote if it is satisfied that the problem arose from conditions beyond the control of the Member in question. We believe that South Africa should benefit from that provision. Few subjects have been more often raised in the Security Council over many years than the question of South Africa.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“Economic growth and stability must be given the highest priority, and in that context we warmly welcome President Mandela's statement yesterday of his Government's economic and other programmes. The international community must demonstrate its support and encouragement for the new Government and its policies, not just by lifting any remaining restrictions, but also by helping to encourage investment, by providing technical assistance and by offering open and liberal trading arrangements. The British Government is doing all these things, and we intend to go on doing so. And, as the representative of Greece has pointed out, so will the European Union. The resolution we have just adopted refers to the urgent need to facilitate the reintegration of South Africa into the international community, including into the United Nations system.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“British observers participated in these United Nations and in other international efforts to support and validate the election process, and we were delighted to do so. Such efforts were a further tangible demonstration of the commitment of the international community to support and assist the development of democracy in South Africa. But in the final analysis, the elections were a triumph for the people of South Africa, whose long struggle and whole-hearted commitment to democracy has won them the admiration of the whole world. So a great new democracy is born, one with which my country has particularly close ties. It will now take its place in the community of nations. The road ahead will not always be easy. The challenges that will arise must be tackled by South Africans.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“The resolution we have just adopted may be technical in its content, the final stage of the process of ending the measures imposed against South Africa by the United Nations, but it represents the culmination of an astonishing political transformation which few predicted in this time-scale. The adoption of this resolution provides us with a first opportunity at the United Nations to celebrate the opening of a new and long-awaited chapter in the history of South Africa, an opportunity which we must now seize and to which we must give substantive content. The United Nations can be proud of the role that it played in providing observers for the first multi-party democratic elections in South Africa and in helping to control and mitigate the tide of political violence.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“He is no stranger to us here at the United Nations nor, indeed, to my own Government, which has greatly valued the moderate and constructive role he played in the difficult period through which his country and all of us have passed. But we are delighted that he is here now as a representative of the freely and fairly elected Government of a new South Africa. The lifting of the arms embargo imposed by resolution 418 (1977) and related measures provided for in other Council resolutions represents the formal and symbolic acknowledgement by this Council that apartheid is dead and that South Africa's isolation has come to an end.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“It is a privilege for us that our meeting today is presided over by you, Sir, the Foreign Minister of the country holding the presidency of the Council. No country, I think, could more fittingly be presiding over this occasion, since the efforts of successive Governments in Nigeria to bring about the situation we are now in has been a feature of international life for many years. I would not like to let the occasion pass without also thanking Ambassador Gambari for the work he did as Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid. I should like to begin by welcoming the First Executive Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa and his delegation to the Security Council on this historic occasion.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“The Arusha Agreement remains the only viable basis for national reconciliation in Rwanda. We welcome in this context the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative and of the OAU and neighbouring States, and encourage them to continue to work constructively towards this goal. In the meantime, both sides to the dispute must cooperate with the United Nations in the implementation of the mandate which this Council has just given to UNAMIR. The parties cannot escape their responsibility for events in the areas which they control. Those controlling the areas in which the massacres have occurred must act, and act now, to stop the bloodshed. The Council's message on this, in its statement of 30th April and in the present resolution, has been absolutely clear cut and it needs to be heeded.”
1994-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3377 (1994) · source