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Dejammet

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“The consequence of this concern to comply with the Charter is that the consultation procedures have to be established operation by operation. If we were to aim at a structure that in theory would encompass all peace-keeping operations, we would confront the problem of who should participate, because the contributors vary from one theatre of operations to another. The existence of such a structure would mean that certain States constitute outright a new category of members, a contributor category, whether or not they are actually present on the ground. Likewise, we are reluctant to accept the idea of "potential contributors" to an operation, since any Member State is, in principle, a potential contributor.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“First of all, it is important to us that the Secretariat preserve in any exercise relating to the conduct of peace- keeping operations the prerogatives which are its own. It has never been the practice of the Security Council to assume responsibility for the conduct of operations. The Council determines the mandates, the Secretary-General engages the troops. It is therefore important, in our view, that the Secretary-General be associated, under all circumstances, with the chairmanship of meetings that are of deep concern to him. It would seem to us untimely to make of troop contributors an abstract category of Member States which, for all operations, would have a right to participate in the decisions of the Security Council, whereas other Member States would not have that right.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“On the other hand, it is perfectly conceivable that the Security Council will envisage the adoption of a document that might introduce certain changes in the arrangements now in place, if this proves necessary for a better exchange of information and of opinion. LogicalIy such a document, should it be produced, ought to be in the form of a presidential statement. Indeed, this is the way in which the Security Council customarily takes a stand on its own procedural practices. It would be premature for us to presume at this stage what the contents of that document might be. To facilitate future discussion, the delegation of France would, however, like to recall certain principles to which it is dedicated in respect of the question of consultations with troop contributors.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“After today's meeting it will be up to the Security Council and, more specifically, its working group on procedures to analyse the comments on the current format of meetings of troop contributors. Then, bearing in mind possible shortcomings and lacunae that will have been identified, it would be appropriate, without any preconceptions, to decide what was due to lack of experience, what was due to practical problems in the preparation for meetings, and what could be accounted for by conceptual problems in the system. Indeed, not every shortcoming would automatically require institutional reform.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“These meetings are aimed at providing for contacts with Special Representatives of the Secretary-General and force commanders and for consideration of the practical questions that arise in specific operations. On the other hand, there are meetings over which the President of the Security Council for the month and a representative of the Secretary- General preside jointly. These are aimed at facilitating exchanges of information and of opinions before decisions affecting the mandate of an existing peace-keeping operation are taken, or in cases of unforeseen events that could call for action by the Council in respect of a given operation. The same constructive and realistic spirit should prevail today.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“We certainly agree that the relaunching of public debate, particularly orientation debate, does not exhaust the subject of the relationship between the Security Council and the contingent-contributing countries. The present formula of consultation meetings is the result of a compromise that was developed in May and November 1994, in which we find evidence of the ingenuity and pragmatic spirit of our partners from the United Kingdom, who contributed greatly to the successful completion of negotiations, which were not easy. The arrangement now in force provides for two types of meetings. On one hand, there are regular meetings, convened and presided over exclusively by the Secretariat, to which members of the Security Council are invited.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“This seemed to us to be the most direct and most open way of responding to the desire for transparency expressed by Member States, and especially by troop contributors. At the time, we had no illusions about the possibility of reversing, in short order, a tendency to over-emphasize informal consultations. We had in mind a long-term effort to work against the force of routine habits of working in a small committee. Clearly, we are at the very beginning of this endeavour. But the massive support expressed for the idea during the General Assembly's debate on the report of the Council is an incentive to do more in this direction in the months to come so that next year we shall be able to present a more satisfactory record regarding the number and quality of public meetings.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“We feel, in fact, that the purpose of the Assembly's consideration of the Council's report is to give Member States - in particular, those that are not on the Council an opportunity to express their views on the Council's activities, highlighting possible shortcomings and, where necessary, making suggestions to improve the relationships between principal organs. In this context, we feel that our duty is to listen and reflect on the way in which the Security Council could follow up on the ideas expressed by those on whose behalf the Council acts in accordance with Article 24 of the Charter. Thus, last year, after having heard the General Assembly's debate on that item, we recommended that emphasis be placed on strengthening the role of public debate in the work of the Security Council.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“The usefulness of the present formula for consultations, which brings together troop contributors, members of the Security Council and the Secretariat, needs no further proof, just as the interest that Member States have shown in the means of organizing these meetings is evident. The General Assembly's debate of 28 and 29 November 1995 on agenda item 11, "Report of the Security Council", attests to the vitality of exchanges of views in this respect. The French delegation, for reasons of principle, did not participate in that debate, but we noted with the utmost care the observations that were made.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“It remains important to continue the discussion in order to find improved consultation procedures that are consistent with the balances established by the Charter and to make it possible for those States which undertake the effort of making personnel available for United Nations peace-keeping operations to be appropriately heard as to the use that may be made of their contingents. France, in its twofold capacity as a permanent member of the Security Council and as a large troop contributor to peace-keeping operations, is aware of its responsibilities in this regard.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“Mr. Dejammet (France) (interpretation from French): It is always a good idea to follow closely the introduction of new procedures, which is why today's meeting seems to us to be useful. It was in May 1993 that the first meeting of troop contributors took place. The Secretary-General had taken the initiative for that meeting, which concerned the United Nations Protection Force. Since then the use of that type of meeting has increased, and the Security Council has dealt, in two presidential statements - that of 3 May 1994, subsequent to the discussion of the report of the Secretary- General on "An Agenda for Peace"; and that of 4 November 1994 - with the question of the modalities for organizing such meetings.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“Albright has welcomed - France's hope is that the next few months will finally bring peace, security and dignity to all the inhabitants of a devastated Bosnia and Herzegovina, which should nevertheless remain united, multicultural and democratic, as an example of the victory of our values - the values of concord and peace over hatred and war. With that hope our thoughts go out to all those who have suffered and to all those who have given their lives in the last four years to achieve peace. Our thoughts accompany all those who will henceforth make peace a reality.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“The resolution that has been adopted determines the imminent deployment of the multinational force. Reports on the activity of this Force will be regularly submitted to the Security Council. It will thus be able to follow the conduct of the operation. Lastly, it is important for the Security Council to take a further decision on the mandate which it has today delivered and to decide whether the extension of that mandate is necessary. The High Representative for his part will also report regularly on overall progress and implementation of the peace plan. On the eve of this new era - the new era that Mrs.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“In all these areas, as in that of humanitarian issues, assistance to refugees and displaced persons and human rights monitoring, the experience accumulated by the United Nations and the devotion of its staff is irreplaceable. The coordination of all United Nations activities under the authority of the Secretary-General will contribute to their effectiveness. In the immediate future, these tasks will be performed in Bosnia and Herzegovina by staff already present on the ground in the former Yugoslavia. France expects, as our colleague from the United Kingdom just underscored, that the arrangements for the civilian mission and the police force intended by the resolution will be determined as early as next week. Lastly, the resolution is the expression of the authority of the Security Council.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“In the framework defined by the resolution, the High Representative is, indeed, not only required to monitor the implementation of the peace plan and to report to the Security Council, but also has general responsibility for guidance and coordination in all civilian matters related to the Agreement's implementation. France is gratified that Mr. Carl Bildt, whom it had proposed last June as mediator on behalf of the European Union, has accepted this weighty and grave responsibility. It should like to assure him of its full support. The resolution defines the role which remains for the United Nations on the ground: a civilian mission, civilian police, indispensable tasks inter alia in Sarajevo.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“It will continue to act as it has done, in tribute to its soldiers who have fallen under the flag of the United Nations, in whose memory my German colleague so movingly spoke. As regards the International Tribunal, the resolution in paragraph 5 recognizes the role that IFOR may play to ensure proper cooperation with this body. The resolution enables the Atlantic Council to specify the modalities for the intervention of the Force for this purpose. The resolution simultaneously establishes an important civilian apparatus whose role will be crucial for the success of the Peace Agreement. The resolution establishes the major role to be played by the High Representative and endorses the designation of Mr. Carl Bildt. His task is fundamental.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“Finally, the authority of the Security Council must be affirmed. It is the Council, and the Council alone, that under the Charter can give legitimacy to the military means that will be used. Only the Council can - and it must - ensure the overall coherence of the operation by regularly assessing both the civilian and military aspects of its implementation. The resolution we have just adopted meets these objectives. It authorizes the establishment and deployment of a multinational Implementation Force for the Peace Agreement, endowed with a specific mandate and necessary and adequate means. France will play a key role in this effort on the ground in Sarajevo and throughout southern Bosnia, in Mostar and Gorazde.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“Our duty today, and that of this Council, is to look ahead to the future and assume our responsibilities by giving, as soon as possible, full effect to all the provisions of the Peace Agreement. In my country's view, the Security Council must take on three tasks. It must finalize the necessary arrangements to implement the civilian and military aspects, which are inextricably linked in the Peace Agreement. It must also maintain the United Nations presence wherever it is indispensable. The United Nations played a fundamental role in the former Yugoslavia during the harshest years of the conflict. Quite rightly, the Secretary- General of the Organization recalled this fact yesterday in Paris. The United Nations has made peace possible, and its role will continue to be irreplaceable.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“It was in this spirit that France sought the immediate initiation of a process of bringing stability and good- neighbourliness to south-eastern Europe. In the wake of the results already recorded at the London Conference, that process represents one of the achievements of the Paris Conference. It will be developed in Bonn, at the Petersberg conference. But we welcome the substantial progress already achieved towards mutual recognition among the States of the former Yugoslavia, and in particular the agreement reached in Paris between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This progress strengthens the Peace Agreement and the prospects of a lasting reconciliation in the region.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“Mr. Dejammet (France) (interpretation from French): The President of the French Republic, Mr. Jacques Chirac, and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs yesterday expressed France's views at the Paris Peace Conference, during the signing of the Peace Agreement. I should like to quote the conclusion drawn by the President of the French Republic: "All the peoples of the former Yugoslavia have their place in the European family. France, since the time of General de Gaulle, has always rejected the barriers erected in the heart of our continent. Today we offer to the peoples of the former Yugoslavia a promise of peace. But true peace remains to be built in people's hearts and minds, and with it democracy, human freedom and the reconciliation of peoples".”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“Respect for these phases will enable us to confirm the firm commitment of the Bosnian Serbs to a peaceful settlement of the conflict by democratic means. The two resolutions the Council has adopted today constitute a balanced whole. They reflect the turning-point marked by the results achieved at Dayton. They provide a positive incentive to all parties to implement, faithfully and fully, the provisions of the Peace Agreement that will soon be signed at Paris. France is pleased at their adoption.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“I wish, however, to recall in this connection a key provision to which France attaches the highest value. Resolution 1022 (1995), on sanctions, notes the Concluding Statement issued at Dayton, in which all parties undertook to do everything possible to assist in locating the two French pilots missing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to ensure their immediate and safe return. This is a formal undertaking by the parties concerned, which we mean to see fulfilled. The resolution on sanctions refers to this undertaking in its paragraph 2. France will see to it that this provision is implemented. We are grateful for the solidarity and sympathy expressed in the Council. The final lifting of sanctions can take place only after a certain lapse of time. Key phases of the Agreement will first have to be achieved.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“This decision reflects our assessment of the positive role played in recent months by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. France is particularly gratified by this decision, which will enable the population of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to return quickly to normal life, while affording the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the opportunity fully to rejoin the international community. In this connection, France supports the appeal to all States concerned to work promptly in the competent international forums to resolve issues relating to succession in the former Yugoslavia, with respect for the legitimate interests of all those States. The suspension of the sanctions imposed on the Bosnian Serbs, once forces have been withdrawn to agreed lines, is another gesture of encouragement towards that community.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“The Security Council will receive a report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Agreement on Regional Stabilization, and the Council will assume its responsibilities on the basis of that report. For once again it is important to couple peace with stability by seeking a balance in arms at a reduced level, rather than carrying on a destructive race to acquire new weapons. Three years ago the Council decided to put in place a system of binding sanctions to enforce its decisions on a peaceful settlement. These sanctions have successively been tightened, eased and maintained. Today we are able to agree on the immediate suspension of the sanctions imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a suspension that only a significant failure to comply with the provisions of the Agreement can cut short.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“Four years ago the United Nations Security Council decided to impose an arms embargo in order to prevent the spread of the conflict. Today, we have just adopted a resolution which, in the very different context of the Dayton commitments, provides for the gradual lifting of that embargo. Yet peace cannot be achieved through the arms race, but only through the quest for stability and arms control. That is why, in resolution 1021 (1995), the Council welcomes the commitments of the parties set out in the Agreement on Regional Stabilization, in terms of arms control, ceilings for categories of weapons and confidence- building measures. The lifting of the embargo will be phased.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“How can we fail to thank the neighbours of the parties to the conflict, which have had to bear a weighty burden to prevent the war from spreading and to ensure respect for the decisions of the international community? And how can we fail to express our gratitude to all the United Nations participants who, in circumstances that were always difficult and often thankless, worked tirelessly to save lives, strove to renew the dialogue and sustained the conditions for and hopes of a peaceful settlement? The role of the United Nations has been and remains a vital one. The resolutions we have just adopted attest to that role. They turn a page of history: from the page of war to the page of peace. They are the first phase in the implementation of the final agreement, which the Council will be addressing in due course.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“It remains determined to take steps to reaffirm the identity of a united, multicultural and democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina that can take its rightful place in Europe. It will continue to lend its full support to the establishment and maintenance of a fair and lasting peace. Today, our thoughts go first and foremost to the refugees, those who have been forced onto the roads of exodus, and the relatives of the countless victims whose grief we share and whose will for justice we understand. But how can we fail today also to pay tribute to those who, in the service of the United Nations, gave their lives in the former Yugoslavia?”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“Mr. Dejammet (France) (interpretation from French): France, through its highest authorities, immediately welcomed the successful outcome of the talks in Dayton under the auspices of the Contact Group, which is a decisive stage in the progress towards peace. This success is the fruit of the efforts of the Contact Group negotiators and an illustration of the courage and vision of the parties, who in the final analysis chose the path towards reconciliation. The international conference shortly to be held in Paris will place the seal on the cycle of negotiations with the signing of the Peace Agreement and open the way for a process of stability and good neighbourliness. France has spared no effort on the ground and in the diplomatic negotiations to contribute to this result.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“The French delegation hopes that all those involved that have means available to them in these areas - States, international organizations and especially international financial organizations - will demonstrate generosity and responsibility in order to enable not only this country but this entire region of Africa to return to stability and the path of progress. The French Government is prepared to participate actively in this undertaking, which must succeed. I welcomed the fact that this important and decisive agreement was signed at Abuja, a name we had hoped would become synonymous with respect for human rights. We can only, therefore, express our alarm at the tragic reports mentioned by various speakers on the fate of the prisoners on whose behalf the European Union has expressed its concern, should those reports be verified.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“Liberia must be given the means to succeed; and additional Member States must therefore be encouraged to join those countries already committed to a solution to the conflict in this African country. The civil war that has raged in Liberia for over five years now has had catastrophic consequences in both human and economic terms. The Abuja Agreement is designed not only to restore peace in Liberia but also to enable 1.5 million refugees and displaced persons to return home and in due course to rebuild the country, which has been completely ravaged.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“The resolution we have just adopted - which we would have liked to adopt sooner - is aimed precisely at clarifying this division of tasks with a View to enhancing the effectiveness of the personnel on the ground who will ensure a return to peace. That is why the French delegation voted in favour of the resolution. Finally, the international community must continue to support those who are working for peace in Liberia. Here, the convening by the Secretary-General of the Conference on Assistance to Liberia, held in New York on 27 October, was a major initiative. A number of countries, including France, clearly stated their intention to provide assistance to Liberia.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“We are therefore disturbed at cease-fire violations noted recently and at delays with respect to the disengagement of forces. It is understandable that after five years of war it will not be easy to restore trust. Yet everything possible must be done to ensure that yesterday's rivalries are overcome. The Liberian National Transitional Government has a special responsibility in this area. Secondly, it is necessary for the United Nations to continue, along with the Monitoring Group of the Economic Community of West African States, to support the completion of the peace process. The peace agreements provide for a sharing of tasks between the United Nations and the African force.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“Mr. Dejammet (France) (interpretation from French): In recent months there have been crucial developments in Liberia. The signing of the Abuja Agreement was an essential step in the return to peace in Liberia. In that agreement the parties agreed to implement the peace process according to a timetable agreed upon by all. The establishment of a cease-fire and the installation of the Council of State were the first positive steps under the Agreement. We all know that the hardest tasks remain to be done. The disarmament of troops and their cantonment in assembly sites, and the reintegration of former combatants are elements essential for the success of the entire process. To ensure this success, several conditions must be met. First of all, peace can return only if the factions fully abide by the commitments they undertook at Abuja.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“Finally, we must salute and support the actions of the United Nations peace-keeping forces and of all other United Nations personnel. Their role is decisive on the ground as well as in the humanitarian sphere - and this, throughout the territory of the former Yugoslavia and in particular in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. All the Members of the United Nations involved in this effort will welcome the mark of recognition that this resolution represents.”
1995-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3591 (1995) · source
“However, when reprehensible acts have other perpetrators, even if they are not of the same scope, they must also be denounced. Thus it was deemed necessary to recall the demand the Council has addressed to the Croat authorities regarding the safety and the right to return of the Serb populations driven out by the war from the former Sectors West, North and South of the Republic of Croatia. However, these tragedies cannot erase the memory of those that the non-Serb population driven out of Eastern Slavonia has been experiencing for many years. That is why we support unreservedly the process of peaceful negotiation that is now under way in Croatia. As soon as possible, all peoples, without distinction as to origin, must have the right to return to their homes.”
1995-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3591 (1995) · source
“But certain recent facts required particular mention, due to their scope and to their potentially very dangerous consequences. France had taken the initiative in respect of the resolution that immediately condemned the crimes committed by the Bosnian Serb during the fall of the enclaves of Zepa and Srebrenica. The continuation of these crimes and their extension to non-Serb populations in Western Bosnia, in turn required strong and clear condemnation. That has just been done. By also recalling at this time the importance of the role of the International criminal Tribunal and the need to enable it fully to carry out its work, the resolution we have just adopted faithfully reflects the unchanging position of my country.”
1995-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3591 (1995) · source
“The absence of any reaction on our part would compromise the progress towards a just and lasting peace - the common objective of the Contact Group in charge of the Dayton talks, of the members of our Council and of the international community. This is the meaning that France, which was a sponsor of the draft, attaches to the resolution we have just adopted. All acts of violence and all violations, not only of international humanitarian law but also of human rights, throughout the territory of the former Yugoslavia are strongly condemned, wherever they occur and whoever their perpetrators may be. Numerous stands have already been taken on many of these crimes, and not repeating those condemnations here in detail in no way means that we have forgotten them.”
1995-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3591 (1995) · source
“Mr. Dejammet (France) (interpretation from French): Allow me to congratulate you most sincerely, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and to assure you of the support of the French delegation in your work of guiding our deliberations. I should like also to convey my congratulations to Ambassador Gambari and to the Nigerian delegation for the excellent manner in which the Council's debates were conducted last month. Now that a peace process has finally begun, in accordance with the wishes and the views of the Council, the resurgence of intolerance, violence and "ethnic cleansing" that we have seen in certain parts of the territory of the former Yugoslavia must be strongly condemned.”
1995-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3591 (1995) · source