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1. “In a number of cases, programmes were carefully developed by the United Nations, but in the end it was not possible to implement them because of a lack of funding. The record of the efforts made over the past few years is thus extremely uneven. The saddest example is the resumption of fighting in Angola, which is a cruel illustration of the failure of a disarmament and demobilization operation envisioned in a peace agreement and conducted by and entrusted to the United Nations. Fortunately, there are, on the other hand, some positive exceptions.”

   1999-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4020 (1999) · source

2. “Secondly, help could be provided for restructuring the armed forces in order to avoid the maintenance or re- establishment of militias, and, in some cases, for reintegrating some of the ex-combatants into established, controlled military structures. Lastly, and most important, economic assistance could be provided for rehabilitation and development so as to deter ex-combatants from ever using armed force again. In all of these areas, more generous support from the international community would be necessary. The lack of financial resources is, in fact, the main obstacle to the implementation of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes. In this respect, we can only express regret that too often such activities depend on voluntary contributions which, by their very nature, are uncertain.”

   1999-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4020 (1999) · source

3. “It has therefore clearly become essential for agreements putting an end to conflicts - in particular internal conflicts - to include precise provisions for implementation and verification in the context of disarmament, demobilization and the reintegration of ex- combatants. But the international community must not evade its own political and financial responsibilities to make possible the implementation of these agreements and thereby ensure the success of peaceful transition. This effort on the part of the international community can take many forms. First, in the case of the deployment of authorized multinational forces or United Nations peacekeeping operations, the task of collecting, storing and, as I said earlier, destroying such weapons, could be included in the mandate of those forces and operations.”

   1999-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4020 (1999) · source

4. “Only the destruction of these weapons can really prevent their being used again; such provisions should be part of peace agreements sponsored by regional organizations and the United Nations. It is therefore necessary to include this objective of demobilization and demilitarization in a comprehensive approach. Collection of weapons must go hand in hand with demobilization and the reintegration into civil life of those who bear arms. Without the possibility of social rehabilitation, and reintegration into national life, ex- combatants will be inclined to take up their weapons again at the first hitch in a peace agreement or because they will simply see this as the best, or only way of improving their living conditions.”

   1999-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4020 (1999) · source

5. “Nothing can replace agreement by the parties concerned to apply peace arrangements in good faith. Here,the role of the Security Council is decisive even though peacekeeping and peace-building are the result of the efforts of all actors: international institutions, regional organizations, donor States and other funding bodies. The disarmament of ex-combatants is, as Malaysia has rightly affirmed, a problem that deserves attention, and for which we must find a lasting solution. The recent case of Guinea-Bissau shows that the recovery and stocking of weapons, even under surveillance, does not adequately prevent fresh outbreaks of tension or the resumption of hostilities.”

   1999-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4020 (1999) · source

6. “Mr. Dejammet (France) (spoke in French): The Council is naturally honoured that this meeting is being held under the presidency of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, and that it concerns a subject of great importance to my country. In the decade that is now drawing to a close, no region in the world has been spared the heightening of internal conflict. These confrontations have often involved not only regular forces, but also armed groups, insurgents, militia - unbridled elements that vie with each other for control of parcels of land. Proliferation and spread of these armed groups, combined with the spread of light weapons, makes it even more difficult and complicated to conclude peace agreements and, where they do exist, to verify compliance.”

   1999-07-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4020 (1999) · source

7. “This resolution blazes the way towards peace. It enshrines the reaffirmed authority of the Security Council but also the effective and decisive action taken by regional organizations. It underscores the role of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, but it demands a great deal of Member States. Our vote on this resolution is thus also a commitment to continue to be vigilant and to mobilize our resources and our energies so as to contribute to ensuring that peace, law and justice prevail.”

   1999-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4011 (1999) · source

8. “The Security Council is requesting the Secretary-General to appoint a special representative to control the implementation of the civil presence and to ensure close coordination with the international security presence. The Security Council will remain in control of the implementation of the peace plan for Kosovo because it is requesting the Secretary-General to report to it regularly on the implementation of the resolution and to include reports from the leadership of the civil and security presences. Those of us who wish to recall the primacy of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security, as established by the Charter, have been satisfied. Everyone deserves gratitude for the steps taken to achieve this result. The chapter that is now closing has been a painful one.”

   1999-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4011 (1999) · source

9. “But the resolution just adopted provides us with the legal, political and practical means to restore peace. Everyone is now aware that this resolution bolsters the authority of the Security Council. It is the Security Council that is deciding on the deployment of civil and security presences in Kosovo under the auspices of the United Nations. It is the Security Council that is authorizing the Member States and the international organizations concerned to establish the international security presence in Kosovo. It is the Security Council that is authorizing the Secretary-General to establish an international civil presence. It is the Security Council that is determining the precise responsibilities entrusted to the international security presence and to the civil presence.”

   1999-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4011 (1999) · source

10. “The continued and worsening repression of the civilian population compelled the members of the Atlantic Alliance to resort to military means in order to put an end to a senseless and unacceptable policy of destruction and deportation. However, in parallel with that, the members of the Atlantic Alliance continued their efforts with the Russian Federation, with the assistance of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to identify the bases of a political settlement. Fortunately, the negotiations conducted so tenaciously by President Ahtisaari of Finland, on behalf of the European Union, by the Russian envoy Mr. Chernomyrdin and by the American envoy Mr. Talbott, yielded results and have made it possible to envisage a peaceful solution. It will still demand a great deal of effort and a great deal of determination.”

    1999-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4011 (1999) · source

11. “In resolution 1199 (1998) of 23 September 1998, the Security Council spelt out what was required of the two parties. A third decision, resolution 1203 (1998) of 24 October 1998, made it possible to deploy the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Verification Mission in Kosovo. Unfortunately, the Belgrade regime refused to comply with the obligations set out in those resolutions. It opposed and rejected outright the efforts of the negotiators at the Rambouillet conference and all other forms of diplomatic intervention, even though, after lengthy negotiations, the political settlement envisaged at Rambouillet laid out a future for Kosovo.”

    1999-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4011 (1999) · source

12. “Mr. Dejammet (France) (spoke in French): The adoption by the Security Council of this resolution is a decisive step towards settling the crisis in Kosovo. For more than a year the Security Council has been seized of the matter. On several occasions over the course of more than a year it has taken a position on the humanitarian situation in Kosovo and the region and, above all, on the principles that should underpin a political solution. In resolution 1160 (1998), adopted on 31 March 1998, the Security Council imposed an embargo on the sale and supply of arms to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including Kosovo. But it also underlined that the way to defeat violence and terrorism in Kosovo was for the Belgrade authorities to engage in a genuine political process with the Albanian Kosovar community.”

    1999-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4011 (1999) · source

13. “It is striking that this evening the Council is indicating what the parameters of that political solution must be, by specifying that the solution must be consistent with the principles adopted by the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America on 6 May 1999. Those are the principles that the French delegation set out in its Security Council statement of 8 May. We hope that, as outlined in the draft resolution, these will be endorsed by the Security Council. For these reasons, the French delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution.”

    1999-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4003 (1999) · source

14. “They include: support for the efforts of humanitarian organizations - and, as members know, France is playing a role in this undertaking by setting up refugee centres and itself hosting refugees; stress on the need for the coordination of humanitarian activities, with an emphasis on the role of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; and, most important, a reaffirmation of the right of all refugees and displaced persons to return in safety and in dignity. The French delegation wishes also particularly to stress the importance of one provision of the draft resolution, that of paragraph 5, which emphasizes that the humanitarian situation will continue to deteriorate in the absence of a political solution to the crisis. We are convinced of this.”

    1999-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4003 (1999) · source

15. “Mr. Dejammet (France) (spoke in French): Since the beginning of the tragic events in Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the members of the Security Council have on several occasions expressed their great concern. But today for the first time the Council is indicating its feelings and its resolve in a draft resolution. We welcome the initiative taken by non-aligned members of the Council; these members are the source of this necessary and justified taking of a position. The provisions of the draft resolution are self- explanatory and for the most part require no commentary.”

    1999-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4003 (1999) · source

16. “I have cited these principles because it is our desire to arrive at the adoption of a Security Council resolution under Chapter VII that will endorse and adopt these principles for a settlement and that will, we hope, finally make it possible to restore peace and stability to that region in crrsrs.”

    1999-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4000 (1999) · source

17. “Those principles are as follows: immediate and verifiable cessation of violence and repression in Kosovo; withdrawal from Kosovo of the military, police and paramilitary forces; deployment of an international presence in Kosovo - an effective civil and security presence endorsed by the United Nations that is able to guarantee the achievement of the shared objectives; establishment of a provisional administration for Kosovo, pursuant to a decision by the Security Council, in order to guarantee conditions that will make it possible for all the inhabitants of Kosovo to lead a normal existence in peace; freedom and security for the return of all refugees and displaced persons and unhindered access by humanitarian organizations to Kosovo; a political process leading to the establishment of an interim political agreement, involving substantial autonomy for Kosovo, that fully takes into account the Rambouillet accords, the principles of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the other countries of the region and the demilitarization of the Kosovo Liberation Army; and finally, a comprehensive approach for the stabilization and economic development of the region.”

    1999-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4000 (1999) · source

18. “At the same time, France, which, like all the members of the European Union supports the initiative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations dated 9 April 1999, is working together with its the Russian, American, English, Canadian, Italian, German and Japanese partners to develop a political solution. The meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of our eight countries - which was held the day before yesterday, 6 May - made it possible to adopt general principles for a political solution to the Kosovo problem.”

    1999-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4000 (1999) · source

19. “Mr. Dejammet (France) (spoke in French): First of all, the delegation of France wishes to express its profound sympathy to the delegation of China. We extend our condolences to the families of the Victims and to the authorities of the People's Republic of China. We also associate ourselves with the regret expressed over the tragic event to which the Embassy of China and its personnel in Belgrade have fallen victim. This event is at the moment the subject of an investigation by the authorities of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. France is engaged in an action undertaken with its allies that is aimed at putting an end to the intolerable actions of the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a policy of deportation that has made it necessary and legitimate to apply the severest measures, including military action.”

    1999-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4000 (1999) · source

20. “In favour: Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Gabon, Gambia, Malaysia, Namibia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Slovenia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (spoke in French): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1235 (1999). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council agreed to defer for a few days the meetings concerning the applications for membership submitted by the Republic of Kiribati and the Republic of Nauru. The meeting rose at 12.25 pm.”

    1999-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3994 (1999) · source

21. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara, document S/ 1999/483. Members of the Council also have before them document S/ 1999/489, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (S/ 1999/489) before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands.”

    1999-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3994 (1999) · source

22. “In favour: Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Gabon, Gambia, Malaysia, Namibia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Slovenia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (spoke in French): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1234 (1999). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 1.30 pm.”

    1999-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3993 (1999) · source

23. “The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/l999/400, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/1999/396, which contains the text of a letter dated 7 April 1999 from the Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (S/1999/400) before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands.”

    1999-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3993 (1999) · source

24. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Mwamba Kapanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo) took a seat at the Council table. The President (spoke in French): The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”

    1999-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3993 (1999) · source

25. “In this regard, the Council recalls that, in accordance with resolution 1192 (1998), the measures set forth in resolutions 748 (1992) and 883 (1993) were immediately suspended upon receipt of the letter of the Secretary- General on 5 April 1999 at 14.00 Eastern Standard Time. This development was immediately acknowledged through a statement of the President of the Security Council to the press on 5 April 1999 following consultations of the whole (Press release SC/6662). "The Security Council remains seized of the matter." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/ 1999/ 10. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 1.25 p.m.”

    1999-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3992 (1999) · source

26. “"The Security Council expresses its deep appreciation to the Secretary-General, the Governments of the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries for their commitment towards reaching a satisfactory conclusion relating to Pan Am flight 103. "The Security Council further notes the role played by the League of Arab States, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Organization of African Unity and the Non-Aligned Movement in this regard. "The Security Council notes that, with the letter of the Secretary-General of 5 April 1999, the conditions set forth in paragraph 8 of resolution 1192 (1998) for the immediate suspension of the measures set forth in resolutions 748 (1992) and 883 (1993) have been fulfilled.”

    1999-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3992 (1999) · source

27. “"The Security Council welcomes the letter of the Secretary-General to the President of the Security Council of 5 April 1999 (S/1999/378) reporting that the two persons accused of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 have arrived in the Netherlands for the purpose of trial before the court described in paragraph 2 of resolution 1192 (1998) and that, with regard to the bombing of UTA 772, the French authorities had informed the Secretary-General that he might indicate, in reporting to the Council under paragraph 8 of Security Council resolution 1192 (1992), that the conditions set forth in resolution 1192 (1998) had been met, without prejudice to the other requests concerning the bombing of Pan Am flight 103.”

    1999-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3992 (1999) · source

28. “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 recalls its resolutions 731 (1992) of 21 January 1992, 748 (1992) of 31 March 1992, 883 (1993) of 11 November 1993 and 1192 (1998) of 27 August 1998.”

    1999-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3992 (1999) · source

29. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/1999/378, which contains the text of a letter dated 5 April 1999 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council. Members of the Council have received photocopies of a letter dated 8 April 1999 from the Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, which will be issued as document S/1999/397.”

    1999-04-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3992 (1999) · source

30. “In favour: Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Gabon, Gambia, Malaysia, Namibia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Slovenia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (spoke in French): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1233 (1999). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 11.25 am.”

    1999-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3991 (1999) · source

31. “I should also like to draw the attention of members of the Council to the following documents: S/ 1999/ 173, letter dated 18 February 1999 from the Permanent Representative of Togo to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; and S/1999/227, letter dated 2 March 1999 from the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (S/1999/369) before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands.”

    1999-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3991 (1999) · source

32. “Cabral (Guinea- Bissaa) took a seat at the Council table; Mr. Kpotsra (Togo) took the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. The President (spoke in French): The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 1216 (1998) relative to the situation in Guinea-Bissau (S/1999/294). Members of the Council also have before them document S/ 1999/369, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations.”

    1999-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3991 (1999) · source

33. “The situation in Guinea-Bissau Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1216 (1998) relative to the situation in Guinea-Bissau (S/1999/294) The President (spoke in French): I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Guinea-Bissau and Togo in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr.”

    1999-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3991 (1999) · source

34. “As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of April, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Qin Huasun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of March 1999. I am sure I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Qin for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”

    1999-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3991 (1999) · source

35. “Mr. Dejammet (France) (spoke in French): I entirely associate myself with the statement just made by the representative of Canada.”

    1999-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3989 (1999) · source

36. “The actions decided upon respond to Belgrade's violation of its international obligations under the resolutions which the Security Council has adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. The draft resolution that was submitted to us runs directly counter to our judgement. That is why France voted against it.”

    1999-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3989 (1999) · source

37. “In its resolution 1203 (1998), the Security Council endorsed and supported the agreements concluded between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, on the one hand, and between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, on the other. The Security Council demanded the full and prompt implementation of these agreements by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. These agreements involved specific obligations and commitments on the part of the Yugoslav Government. These obligations have not been respected by Belgrade. Meanwhile, tension, confrontation and the threat of violent repression have increased.”

    1999-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3989 (1999) · source

38. “Mr. Dejammet (France) (spoke in French): During the formal meeting held by the Security Council on 24 March 1999, my delegation laid out the reasons for France's involvement in the actions under way in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Security Council adopted resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998) and 1203 (1998) under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. In resolutions 1199 (1998) and 1203 (1998), the Security Council affirmed that the deterioration of the situation in Kosovo constituted a threat to peace and security in the region. In resolution 1199 (1998), the Security Council made a certain number of demands addressed, in particular, to the Belgrade authorities.”

    1999-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3989 (1999) · source

39. “The Belgrade authorities must be persuaded that the only way to settle the crisis in Kosovo is for them to halt their military offensives in Kosovo and to accept the framework defined by the Rambouillet agreements.”

    1999-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3988 (1999) · source

40. “In recent weeks we have witnessed, together with the inflexibility of the Belgrade authorities in negotiating a peace agreement, an increase in tension and confrontation, with the massing of a powerful offensive capacity by the Yugoslav army, inspiring fears that there will be a new upsurge of massacres in a community of 2 million people. We cannot abandon that community to violent repression. What is at stake today is peace, peace in Europe - but human rights are also at stake. The actions that have been decided upon are a response to the violation by Belgrade of its international obligations, which stem in particular from the Security Council resolutions adopted under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.”

    1999-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3988 (1999) · source

41. “In resolution 1203 (1998), the Security Council furthermore endorsed and supported the agreements concluded between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the one hand, and between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on the other. The Council demanded the prompt and full implementation of those agreements by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Those agreements included precise commitments and obligations on the part of the Yugoslav Government. Those obligations were not respected by Belgrade. However, every effort was made to prompt the Yugoslav Government to meet its obligations on the ground and to adhere to the Rambouillet agreements. Those efforts have been exhausted.”

    1999-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3988 (1999) · source

42. “In resolution 1199 (1998), the Council demanded in particular that the Belgrade authorities immediately cease hostilities and maintain a ceasefire in Kosovo; that they take immediate steps to avert the impending humanitarian catastrophe; that they cease all action by the security forces affecting the civilian population and order the withdrawal of security units used for repression of civilians; and that they make rapid progress, in the framework of a dialogue with the Albanian community of Kosovo, towards a political solution to the problems of Kosovo.”

    1999-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3988 (1999) · source

43. “Mr. Dejammet (France) (spoke in French): Drawing lessons from the tragedy that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina, France and its partners in the Contact Group mobilized very early to react to the crisis in Kosovo, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. That action was aimed at bringing to an end the violence by the parties and at arriving at a comprehensive settlement of the conflict. The Security Council also endorsed those concerns, in particular in resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998) and 1203 (1998), which it adopted in relation to the situation in Kosovo. The Council indicated that in those resolutions it was acting under Chapter VII of the Charter. In resolutions 1199 (1998) and 1203 (1998), the Security Council affirmed that the deterioration of the situation in Kosovo posed a threat to peace and security in the region.”

    1999-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3988 (1999) · source

44. “In this regard, France recalls the potential usefulness, at the appropriate time, of convening an international conference on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes region under the auspices of the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity. A return to stability must also include the implementation of an authentic process of national reconciliation and democratization in all the countries of the region.”

    1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987 (1999) · source

45. “These principles, recalled in the presidential statement of 11 December, were respect for the territorial integrity and the political independence and national sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other States in the region, and, in this context, the orderly withdrawal of all foreign forces; arrangements for security along the international borders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and the re- establishment of the authority of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the whole territory of the country. In addition, respect for human rights and humanitarian law are paramount, as well as the need to tackle the question of refugees. The United Nations should provide the necessary assistance to the countries of the region so that these objectives can be attained.”

    1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987 (1999) · source

46. “It is clear that this dialogue among the Congolese must be embarked upon forthwith. It would be facilitated if, at the same time, a ceasefire were concluded and respected. The third aspect of the settlement would involve the parties' negotiating and concluding the necessary arrangements to guarantee the security, stability and future development of the region.”

    1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987 (1999) · source

47. “It is noteworthy also that donors will find it much more difficult to maintain the provision of assistance from their budgets to countries that continue to opt for a military solution. Secondly, a peaceful solution to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo also would depend on the implementation of an authentic process of national reconciliation. Dialogue must of necessity be instituted among all Congolese. President Kabila committed himself, during the Africa-France Conference held in Paris last November, to pursuing the democratization process. We urge him to follow up on his commitment in specific terms. We take note of his recent proposal to organize a national debate, and it is our hope that this will take place in a genuine spirit of reconciliation.”

    1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987 (1999) · source

48. “In its presidential statement of 11 December, the Council declared itself ready to contemplate the active involvement of the United Nations, in coordination with the Organization of African Unity, in order to assist in the implementation of such an agreement. Two points should be emphasized. The support of the United Nations for the implementation of a ceasefire will require a considerable effort on the part of the Organization. France hopes that the United Nations will fully play its part. It is equally necessary for the Members of our Organization to call upon the parties to cease hostilities. There is no military solution to the conflict that could at the same time represent a genuine solution to the crisis, and this should be kept in mind.”

    1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987 (1999) · source

49. “We can isolate three aspects: the conclusion of a ceasefire, the implementation of a process of national reconciliation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the conclusion of the necessary arrangements to guarantee security and stability in the region. Concluding a ceasefire is a matter of priority. Efforts have been undertaken, in particular by President Chiluba, to reach an agreement. France supports these efforts. We hope that ways and means can be found to ensure that a cease-fire is observed by all parties to the conflict. Considerable work has already been done in the context of the Lusaka process to define the modalities of a ceasefire and its implementation. Today the parties must conclude such an agreement.”

    1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987 (1999) · source

50. “In this connection, the French delegation would like to make the following comments. We will not attempt to go into the causes of the conflict. It is well known that they are numerous and that their analysis can itself be a source of disagreement among the parties. But we are aware of the effects of the crisis, particularly the risks of political destabilization in the States of the region and the humanitarian consequences - the flows of refugees. The territorial integrity and national sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are in jeopardy. The principle of non-interference in the domestic affairs of States, as set out in the Charter of the United Nations, has not been respected. France deplores these violations and calls for their immediate cessation. What would be the components of a settlement of the conflict?”

    1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987 (1999) · source