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Dorda

lines on the record: 199
first: 1998-08-27
most recent: 2002-10-16
sittings or episodes: 15
sources: un-security-council

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“One million people also participated in a demonstration in Yemen. Millions from the universities in Cairo, Egypt, have also demonstrated. The artists of Egypt have collaborated on a work of art that has taken the Arab streets back to the early 1960s. Demonstrations have erupted in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. If anything positive has come from this horrible invasion, it is that the Arab streets and cities have recovered their zeal and dignity. Sooner or later, in days, months or years, what is happening in Palestine will have repercussions on the Arab positions. I say this now and the truth of my words will emerge in the future. The Security Council should attempt to salvage some of its credibility - I do not say all its credibility, as that would be difficult given the balance of power in the world today.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Down with international instruments! Down with the Security Council!" What could bring a Moroccan woman to say such a thing? It was her understanding that the Council is very quick to adopt resolutions under Chapter VII when Muslims and Arabs are involved, but that resolutions under Chapters VI and VII are never adopted when Israel is involved. Indeed, the resolution recently adopted is vacuous, mere words. A plain statement of the President of the Security Council would have been enough, as some have claimed. We know the reason for this. Council members of the free world defend liberty, but the Council is not even free to adopt its own resolutions. It is subcontracted for the occupation of Palestine. Cuba and Libya are truly free because we express our real opinions here. We are the true free people; we are the independent ones.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“No one should believe for one moment that the occupation forces in Palestine desire or seek peace. They will destroy any peace offer, as Uri Avneri has claimed. It is not true that there is a democratic Government in Israel. It is a Government passed down from one general to another. It is a Government of generals and military commanders with experience in only one arena - war, which they wage tirelessly. Now we come to the Security Council. What is the role of the Security Council if it is indeed to be considered a council for international security? Two days ago, a demonstration was held in Rabat, Morocco, in which the press reported 3 million people to have participated. One female participant in that massive demonstration was quoted on the Al-Jazeera network as shouting: "Down with international resolutions!”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“James Baker's book The Politics of Diplomacy to learn how the occupation forces in Palestine made life miserable for the Administration in Washington. Another such book is entitled They Dare to Speak Out. Those who favour peace would not impose the conditions cited yesterday in Al-Ahram, a moderate Egyptian newspaper, in which Mr. Sharon was quoted as saying that Israel would not end its operations until resistance was crushed, that the refugees will not be allowed to return and that the borders of 1967 will not be restored. What sort of peace is it if the resistance is crushed and the refugees cannot return? If we cannot restore the 1967 borders, on what basis can negotiations be held? On what basis can agreement be reached? I should like to assure the Council that the Arabs are the ones calling for peace.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Following the first and second phases, the initiative is killed by force of arms, as Sharon did in the occupied Palestinian territories immediately after the Arab summit in order to liquidate the offer entirely. These are not my words, but those of Uri Avneri, a Jewish Israeli author. The Israeli Government usually employs two lethal weapons in its arsenal: the United States Congress and the American press. These, too, are the words of Uri Avneri, not mine. For instance, United States Secretary of State William Rogers suggested a peace plan involving Israel's withdrawal to the lines of 1967, but Israel brought out its weapons to quash the Rogers plan. Mr. Kissinger made his own attempt, which was also aborted. Again citing Uri Avneri, I ask: Who are those calling for peace and who are those against it? We need only read Mr.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“When the Security Council adopted resolution 242 (1967), it was rejected by the Israeli Government and accepted only when acceptance could no longer be avoided. The Israeli interpretation focused on the definite article "the", which did not appear in the English text calling for withdrawal from "occupied territories", not "the occupied territories", unlike the French text, which contained the definite article. Unfortunately, the Russian language does not have articles, definite or indefinite. The idea is to break the spirit of the Arabs little by little, giving various interpretations to any Arab offer and making conditions unacceptable to the other party so that the offer dies a slow death. That is what happened in Lausanne and to most peace initiatives emanating from Europe and America.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It would then seem logical for them to ask for a clarification of the offer. When there is a difference between two peoples, they should meet to discuss the matter and put an end to their differences. This sounds very logical, but they are also trying to destroy the offer at the same time. Every Arab offer or initiative is based on the restoration of the territories in return for the normalization of relations, but several Arab offers have fallen into the same trap. Mr. Ben- Gurion asked to meet with President Muhammad Najib of Egypt and several Israeli ministers sought to meet with President Hafez Assad. Only President Sadat was clever enough to go to Jerusalem on his own initiative.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“First of all, it has been said that Crown Prince Abdullah spoke of that initiative with a United States journalist but did not announce it to his own people. When it was discovered that the Saudi and British press had widely reported the initiative, a new pretext was given: that the Saudis had submitted the offer because they were no longer popular in the United States in the light of angry American reaction to the events of 11 September. Consequently, and I am quoting Uri Avneri, "Crown Prince Abdullah was no longer a true Zionist". Then the Israelis will move to the second phase to deftly circumvent the initiative. They will say that they do not refuse the initiative, but welcome the positive spirit in which it was offered, and then throw the ball outside their court.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“If the initiative has been made by an Arab, the Arab will be accused of intending it only for the consumption of the international community, not for that of his own people. In a nutshell, such a peace initiative means that the Arab in question is not to be taken seriously. In using this strategy, Israel will concentrate on one particular word, as we will show. Before the October war of 1973, President Sadat made a comprehensive peace offer, but Golda Meir rejected it immediately, because her experts discovered that Mr. Sadat had used the Arabic word for "peace" and not the word for "conciliation". The price of that word claimed the lives of thousands of Egyptian soldiers. The same strategy is being applied to the Saudi initiative.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Avneri goes back through history and finds that Israel has always destroyed peace initiatives in three stages. The first stage is denial. Secondly, once the effort has been denied, it is distorted; and thirdly, the initiative is liquidated. That is how Sharon's Government is dealing with the current initiative; it is the way that successive Israeli Governments have undermined all peace efforts for the past 53 years. We should not doubt for a moment that all Israeli Governments have been against peace. They have all worked against it. Their first stage, denial, is designed to diminish the importance of whatever initiative has been introduced. Israel will say that the initiative brings nothing new to the table - that it is only a political trick to gain tactical advantage.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“That is why, when someone names a child Abdul- Salam, it means "Servant of God, peace". A Muslim does not attack others by words or actions; he harms no one by words or actions. That is the meaning of Islam. I refer the Council to all the Arab efforts and initiatives to achieve peace. Likewise, I refer the Council to those who have undermined those peace initiatives. I will not state my country's opinion, but I will read from an article by Uri Avneri, an Israeli journalist, that appeared in the 13 March issue of Muslim International, volume 52. I have an English version of the article, and I will ask the Secretariat to distribute it to the Council. In the article, entitled "How Can the Saudi Initiative be Undermined or Exploded?", Mr.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The same reasoning applies to Arafat's leadership. His legitimacy is rooted in history; it is the legitimacy of one who is liberating his country, exactly as General De Gaulle and George Washington liberated their countries from occupiers. Arafat, dead or alive, will remain a hero in history. No one but President Arafat and the Palestinian people has the right to do anything about that. Although he led the Palestinian revolution and established the liberation forces in Palestine, today he is being called upon to make a greater effort. Now I should like to make another very important point. Who in the region is calling for peace, and who is calling for war? The Arabs are calling for peace; the Muslims are the advocates of peace. To us, peace is one of the attributes of God and one of his beautiful names.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Neither Arafat, nor anyone else - not even prophets or angels, were they to appear again in Palestine - can prevent someone from avenging the murder of his father, his brother, his son, his mother, or his grandparent, or the destruction of his home. Moreover, Arafat's leadership is not in question or the subject of any resolution. His leadership is historic, to which he was elected. Did anyone ever question the legitimacy of General De Gaulle when he was fighting the occupation of France? Of course not, because the rest of the free French Resistance chose him to assume that role. When he entered Paris, he and the other Resistance fighters were received as heroes. Did anyone question the legitimacy of George Washington when he acted against the colonialists to liberate the United States of America? Of course not.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Palestinians are told that they must put a stop to the terror; we can only respond by saying that that demand must be addressed to the greatest terrorist organization in the world: the Israeli army. The Palestinians are defending themselves, their honour, their territories and their property; they are defending their right to live on their own territory. Palestinians have not come from all over the world to carry out terrorist acts on their own territory, where they themselves live. The occupier has come to kill them, to destroy their homes and to besiege them, cutting off power, water and food. Yet there are some within and outside this Chamber who say that Mr. Arafat must make a greater effort. What is left for Mr. Arafat to do? He lacks electricity, water, food and medicine. He can no longer do anything.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“This question has to do with the occupation of Palestinian territory, the expulsion of its people and their replacement by foreigners. This is a problem of occupation, and it cannot be resolved unless we look at it as such. Any other solution will not be permanent and will never lead to peace. Even if such a solution did achieve peace temporarily, it would not be a permanent peace. That is a historical fact. What has taken place in the past, and what is taking place now, will not be prevented by mediation, appeals or resolutions. It will require serious action by the Security Council - action that lives up to its name. Given the current international balance of power, the Council has become incapable of facing up to such problems.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“"Palestine" was replaced with "Middle East" - and these are the unfortunate consequences. What I regret most of all is that the Arabs themselves use that term very frequently; they have been taken in by the trick. There is no region called the Middle East, whether considered from a historical or a geographical perspective. If anyone has proof of the existence of such a region, I would be willing to listen. Even political administrations and the foreign ministries of certain States still refer to the region as the "Near East". Some companies refer to the Near East, banks refer to the region as the "Near East". The Middle East does not exist; the only purpose of inventing such an expression was to replace the word "Palestine". The question is that of Palestine, not of the Middle East.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We learned about the unwritten rules only after the end of the previous international balance of power. I should like first of all to make one observation before moving on to the heart of the matter - although this observation, too, goes to the heart of the matter. The fact that the Council is considering this issue under an agenda item that refers to the "Middle East" prompts me to note that there is no such geographical region. There is a region of the Far East and one of the Near East, but there is no region called the "Middle East". If we refer to the region in question as the "Middle East", then where is the Near East? I hope someone can enlighten me on that question. The truth is that it was an invention, created in London with the purpose of avoiding the need to use the word "Palestine".”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Dorda (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to express my gratitude and appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having implemented the first provision of rule 48 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council for the second time in one week, thereby enabling the membership of the United Nations, on whose behalf the Council speaks, to be present in the Council Chamber while the Council carries out its work before the eyes of the world, rather than behind closed doors, as if it were scheming. We are not, of course, surprised that you, Mr. President, should have done so. Not only are you greatly experienced, but you are, without doubt, the unrivalled dean of the Council and the representative who is most knowledgeable with regard to the rules, whether written or unwritten.”
2002-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4510Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We are therefore not speaking of decisions to be taken. We know what the balance of political power is in the world, in the United Nations and, most particularly, in the Security Council. Since 1990, the Security Council has been in a straightjacket. We therefore direct our statements to minds and consciences. We are recording these words for history.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“In those circumstances the Council will be utterly helpless and able to do absolutely nothing because the will of the people in the streets of the Arab world will rage. This is a certainty; it is only a matter of time. However, those official Arab regimes, by kneeling before the facts, have given legitimacy to all those movements. What, then, is to be the solution? The Security Council must deal with this issue as one of occupation, the last case of occupation in the world. The Council has an opportunity before it. Those of sound mind and logic have an opportunity to look into, consider and evaluate a solution - the same solution we saw in South Africa - if indeed there are those who are searching for peace and security in our region. We know what is taking place. We know full well what will happen.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“I have previously said in both the Security Council and in the General Assembly that our region is pregnant and that no one can say whether the child to be born will be healthy or not. Most probably, the child will not be healthy. Legitimacy has now been bestowed upon all forces, whether religious, nationalist or otherwise. They have all been given the green light for change, including, most regrettably, religious extremist organizations. They have been given great legitimacy. An Arab President is being detained and the very dignity of an Arab people is being raped and overrun by tanks and bulldozers on its own land. The Arab peoples can therefore only step on the Arab regimes that are now kneeling in cowardice.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“He brings in new settlers from all over the globe. That person has the right to defend settler colonialism? Where is the logic in that? That is the very logic that has turned young boys and girls into martyrs who have decided to die in order to free their land and their own personal and family property. They do so in defence of their freedom. So have they become terrorists? That logic can be stood squarely on its head. This is a provocation to the world and to all free peoples. This is turning logic on its head. We thank them because they have unmasked Arab regimes even of the very fig leaf of that logic. We also thank them for having revitalized the Arab street.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“The Palestinians are deported, are exiled from their land. Those who have been exiled are prohibited from returning. Palestinians own the lands where the settlements were built. Their homes were destroyed, their farms were destroyed, and even the trees were bulldozed and uprooted. What is left for the Palestinians? What are the Palestinians to build a State upon? After all that, the Palestinian who attempts to defend his home, honour, children, whose land is being usurped, whose home is being bulldozed, whose trees are being uprooted, is labelled a terrorist. Where is the logic in that? The terrorist who is now occupying is given the legitimate right to defend himself. What right? He is aggressing. He is killing. He is beating. He is occupying, and he is uprooting the trees of others. He is building settlements on that land.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“So what happened? Did they obtain anything? Did the other party comply with its previously signed agreements? Not at all. Look at the latest issue of Time magazine. At least it is not a Libyan magazine; I think you all know that. There is a map in it. I am sure that members have seen it. However, kindly look at it again. Members may note that what is left of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is now all settlements. All these places are settlements. What will negotiation be about? The land already has been filled with colonial settlements. What will be returned to the Palestinians? Hundreds of villages and towns have been built on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. What is to be returned? The land cannot be returned because it is now full of new settlers from the four corners of the globe.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“Jesus, may God bless His memory, was born in Palestine. The word of God came to Him in Palestine. If that argument can also be applied, then all Muslims, from Indonesia all the way to the United States of America, can also go and settle Mecca and Medina, in Saudi Arabia. Where does faith connect with nationalism or nationality? Palestine is for Palestinians - Muslims, Christians or Jews, the oriental Jews who have lived in Palestine. Fourthly, there has been talk about peace. Let us review that. Our brothers, the Palestinians, were told: put your liberation efforts aside, sit at the negotiating table in a political process, and they went along that path. They went everywhere they could, from Oslo to Madrid to Wye River to Wye Plantation to Wye-I-do- not-know-where to Camp David to Sharm el-Sheikh. No stone was left unturned.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“So what rights exist in Argentina, Uganda, Jabal Al- Akhdar in Libya, or even Palestine? Thirdly, we must differentiate between two things: nationalism or nationhood and religion. For me to worship God as a Muslim, following the word of Mohammed, does not mean that I am not Libyan. Golda Meir and Peres came from Byelorussia, their country. Being Jewish is a religious issue; it has nothing at all to do with nationality or nationhood. Sharon also was never Palestinian. Begin came from Poland; he was Polish. His homeland was Poland, not Palestine. Netanyahu is American. He is a New Yorker from Brooklyn, I believe. If they have the right to settle in Palestine because Moses, may God bless his memory, was born there or received the word of God there, that argument would also apply to Christians.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“Might has become right, and it seems that there are no rights and no might whatsoever for any in this world at this particular time. To describe history, for my statement to be directed to consciences and to record history, I would say the following. First, throughout history - and I would challenge any person to come forward with any atlas or geographic map with the word Israel in any part of this world - that name has never been applied to a single inch of land. The name Israel is the name of the prophet Jacob, and when God spoke to the Israelites he said, you sons of Jacob. Never in history or geography was there ever a State called Israel on Palestinian land. Secondly, four countries were put forward as candidates for a Jewish homeland: Argentina; Uganda; Jabal Al-Akhdar in my country, Libya; and Palestine.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“Mr. Dorda (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, Mr. President, let me convey to you our greetings and express our appreciation for implementing the first part of rule 48 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council by enabling the international community, on whose behalf you work, to participate in the work of the Council. We truly appreciate that. Secondly, let me say from the beginning that my statement will be directed to minds and to consciences. My statement will also be a record for future events and for history. Nothing continues eternally. God alone is eternal. We are born, we live, and we die. We are recording for future generations to see that words of truth were uttered in the Security Council when it seemed that right had no place to thrive on this planet.”
2002-04-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4506 (2002) · source
“Even if only a portion of those statements is implemented and followed up, the Security Council will have taken a first step on the right track as far as Somalia is concerned. We hope that we will not find ourselves compelled to express our bitterness anew vis-a-vis the use of double standards. We Africans are very sensitive to this issue.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Conference expressed its support for the Transitional National Government in its efforts to rehabilitate and rebuild the State of Somalia. An appeal was made to the international community as a whole, to the United Nations and to African groups in particular to pool their efforts to promote dialogue aimed at reconciliation in Somalia and durable peace in the country. I have transmitted to the Council today the resolutions of the conference. We hope that they will be issued as a document of the Security Council, whether relating to Somalia or to other regional issues. Let me conclude by saying that I was truly delighted to hear the statements made by many members of the Security Council. For example, those by Singapore, Syria and France were more than encouraging and very important.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“As I mentioned earlier, Libya has set aside $7.5 million, through our foreign exchange bank, in agreement with our brothers in Mogadishu. We have also provided assistance of various kinds, including vehicles. We have helped to train police officers, and provided them with uniforms. We have assisted in the operation and expansion of power-generation plants. We have also lent assistance in the fisheries sector; we have had a longstanding policy on the import of livestock from Somalia following that country's independence; and we have also been cooperating actively in the area of agriculture. A Sahelo-Saharan States conference was held in my country in which 18 countries participated, including Somalia, which is part of that subregional group. Indeed, the Minister for Foreign Affairs came here directly from that meeting in Tripoli.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We are now supporting the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the neighbouring countries, because we are confident that our brothers in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya have a major role to play in restoring stability in Somalia. We are confident that they will spare no effort in achieving that goal. Stability in Somalia means stability for them. Instability in Somalia also means instability in neighbouring countries. Libya has given much and will continue to do so. During President Hassan's recent visit to Libya, agreement was reached that Libya would provide the funds necessary for the Transitional National Government to buy back weapons from the people. I hope that those weapons will be burned, just as they were burned after being collected in Sierra Leone.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Security Council's situation reminds me of one man asking another, "Where is your ear?" and the other replying, "There it is", forgetting the closer of his two ears. The Security Council is doing the same thing: it is looking for a way, but one that is a dead end. The shortest and least costly way to restore stability to the Somali people is before the Council. As I said during the Council's meeting on the situation in Africa, my country had done its utmost, in cooperation with our brothers in Somalia, even before the Transitional National Government was formed. We summoned all the factions, and they met for the first time in Libya. We supported our brothers in Djibouti.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Neutrality only strengthens the hand of the warlords or sends them an indirect message that the Security Council does not really care and that they may continue their warring activities in the country. The shortest route to regaining stability in Somalia is to support the Transitional National Government and enable it to exert and extend its authority throughout Somalia. Ultimately, it is indeed transitional: it is not a permanent Government. When the transitional period ends, the people of Somalia will be able to elect their representatives and their legitimate Government at the ballot box. Unless we support the Transitional National Government through decisions and resolutions of the Security Council, how can we expect stability to return to Somalia?”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In order for Somalia to find stability, the Arta basis must be built upon. It would be illogical to say that we ought to leave it to the Somalis themselves. The people of Somalia, or at least some of them, are responsible for the situation in Somalia as it stands today. How can we expect the warlords, who lined their pockets as the result of wars, to relinquish benefits that they are convinced will continue as long as the current situation lasts? With peace, stability, a unified land and people and a strong central authority in Somalia, they will lose all of what they see as the benefits of the current situation. The international community must stand shoulder to shoulder with the Transitional National Government, truly chosen by the majority of the people of Somalia. There is no alternative. The Security Council cannot remain neutral.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Many other issues receive the same treatment. Decisions are made and there is much ado; implementation is monitored daily, if not hourly. That is not the case with the situation in Africa, and we wonder why. Is Africa not a part of the United Nations? The Group of African States comprises 52 States, almost one third of the Organization's membership. Is it not enough for that continent to have endured such a long period of colonialism, with not only its natural resources but also its human wealth pillaged for centuries? To those who say that the Organization's greatest expenditure is on peacekeeping operations in Africa, I would reply that three quarters of the Security Council's activities pertain to Africa. Three quarters of the Council's agenda, as stated by previous and current Council members, is devoted to Africa.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“It also reminds us, in paragraph 61, that "The Security Council has noted that the Arta peace process is the most viable basis for peace and national reconciliation in Somalia." What has Arta produced? It has produced the Transitional National Government. Obviously, it follows that if the Arta process is the most viable basis, it must be built upon in order to complete the peace process and achieve national reconciliation in Somalia. What, then, has been done by the Security Council, the ultimate body responsible for international peace and security? In fact, it disturbs us Africans that there are double standards in the work of the Security Council. When the issue concerns another continent, the Council even calls meetings on weekends. For example, when the issue is East Timor, the Security Council has met on a weekend.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In considering the Secretary-General's report, we note that it undertakes a comprehensive review of various issues and warns of many problems. The conclusions reached in the report, however, do not actually follow from the comprehensive review. For example, in paragraph 35, the report states that "The humanitarian situation in Somalia remains grave." Then, in paragraph 41, it refers to a complex challenge in the humanitarian sphere resulting from the security situation in the country. The report also states that the continuing situation in Somalia might turn the country into a haven for terrorists or a launching pad for terrorist organizations.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Dorda (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (spoke in Arabic): Undoubtedly, the decision to convene this meeting as an open meeting was appropriate and timely, as it has enabled the international community, on whose behalf the Security Council acts, to see and hear the Council working openly, not behind closed doors, a format that is in contravention of the admittedly provisional rules of procedure. That, however, is an issue that we might take up in a different context at another time. At the outset, allow me to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia and to wish him every success in his mission to the Security Council. This is his first personal visit following the formation of the Transitional National Government in his country.”
2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487Resumption1 (2002) · source
“All those who participated in the pillaging of Africa's resources, which reached the point where Africans were bought and sold and transported across oceans and seas - even the African name Kunta Kinte has been changed to a non-African name - should atone for their past mistakes by compensating Africa for the long years of bitter colonization and pillaging. A first step would be to forgive Africa's debt so that it can return to the path of progress. Even in the field of HIV/AIDS, we are cooperating with our brothers in Nigeria and Cuba, although we lack a pharmaceutical industry that is capable of producing the necessary medicines.”
2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source
“Chavez stated that a decade ago the debt of the Latin American countries was $700 billion. Now they have paid off $700 billion, but they still owe $900 billion. This fact is unbelievable. How can a continent pay $700 billion and still be $900 billion in debt? These figures come from the International Monetary Fund and other development banks. If Africa continues in the same manner, it will not be able to pay its debts for centuries. What we request is just and legitimate; we do not ask for charity.”
2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source
“Libya is being asked to provide millions of dollars to finance these operations. We accept this responsibility, but we would request more involvement and engagement by other parties so that we can continue our support. Libya has spent $65 million in the past few years alone on peacekeeping operations carried out by the Organization of African Unity and other regional and subregional organizations on the continent. We would like the Security Council to support the requests made by African subregional organizations and the African Union. All we ask for from the Council is equal treatment. Secondly, with regard to the economic situation, members will recall that at the inauguration ceremony of President Chavez of Venezuela as leader of the Group of 77 and China this year, Mr.”
2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source
“Furthermore, the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) recently attended a meeting with 17 African ministers. That meeting established a committee for conflict resolution in Africa, and the results of the meeting will be conveyed to the Council by the mission concerned. I have spoken very briefly in order to show that Libya is engaged daily in working for Africa. As Africans, we would like to make the following requests of the Security Council. First, Africa, a poor continent, cannot finance peacekeeping forces in all its regions. We request that the Security Council manage the situation in Africa the same way it has managed situations on other continents. Africa cannot provide the financing, but more important, the international community should supervise all peacekeeping operations.”
2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source
“We recently informed the Council that, after an entire year of continuous effort, we have secured an agreement with our brothers in Chad, which sent its representatives to Libya and agreed to a proposal that we had previously sent to them. Now a ceasefire is in effect, the peace process is back on track and Libya is supervising the implementation of the various provisions of the agreement. The Security Council is probably well aware of what Libya has done twice to stop the bloodshed in the Central African Republic and to contain the situation so that it does not extend beyond the country's borders. We are pleased with our achievement in that regard, and the leader of the Libyan Revolution, Colonel Muammar Al-Qadhafi, has contacted the Secretary- General, Kofi Annan, concerning cooperation and coordination efforts.”
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“We have worked with the countries of the Mano River Basin and other African nations such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which responded positively to our request for meetings and agreed with us on texts that will be included in the documents that I will provide to the Council. We have also worked for reconciliation between our brothers in Ethiopia and Eritrea. We have assisted our brothers in Sierra Leone, whose President visited my country to express his thanks. In addition, we sent a high-level emissary to attend the ceremonies in Sierra Leone, including the destruction of weapons that I mentioned earlier.”
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“Libya will also provide funding of $7.5 million, in a manner to be agreed by both parties, for the salaries of the military and the police for three months. We provide material assistance as well - scores of vehicles from Libya to be used by the civilian police, customs officers and even military officers. We also provide assistance in starting up power stations and generators in Mogadishu and contribute to the maritime fishing company established jointly by our country and Djibouti. We help that country in the agricultural sector as well. Moreover, we have cooperated with Burundi and attended the Arusha meetings.”
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“We have undertaken visits to the Sudan; the Sudanese President has been to Uganda; the Ugandan President has been to the Sudan; diplomatic ties have been restored and reconciliation has prevailed. As for Somalia, we have done a great deal from the very outset. We invited all the factions in Somalia to meet together in Libya; they did so and their Arta conference was a success. Last week, the Somali President came to Libya and our two countries agreed on the following steps. In the field of small arms and light weapons, the Somali Government is committed to disarming and demobilizing all combatants, a process which the Libyan Government will finance. We are doing so now, just as we have financed similar efforts in other African countries. The Government will collect these weapons and destroy them, as was done in Sierra Leone.”
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“I do so not in order to boast, but to prove that we are being very practical and expect the same from others. Libya launched an initiative - which later became a joint initiative with Egypt - to restore stability, reconciliation and peace in the Sudan. The Foreign Minister of the Sudan, before leaving my country yesterday, confirmed that the initiative had been successful, since it included all parts of his country, not just certain regions. The practical result of the initiative is that all the leaders of the opposition in the Sudan have come to the negotiating table and are working together politically. The initiative encompassed the entire country. We have striven and have made tremendous efforts to reconcile brothers in the Sudan and Uganda and in Eritrea and the Sudan.”
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“We have yet to see such material support from the Council. The statement made by Ambassador Mahbubani yesterday will bear out that observation. The innumerable meetings held, statements made and hours spent here are not what Africa is waiting for. Africa expects serious work by the Security Council that will help it to heal its wounds. Are you going to be moved to action? This is what Africa expects of you. My country not only calls on others to do so, but works continuously on these issues. We do not call on others while we ourselves do nothing. We do our share. In the interest of brevity, I will summarize the statement I had intended to make, but I will provide members of the Council with documentation demonstrating all the daily work we have done in my country for Africa.”
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“As a result of colonization, we Africans, whether we live in tents in the desert or in occupied cities, are not very familiar with the kind of stability that has prevailed in other countries. Even today, stability is unknown is many corners of Africa. Thus, if we view this issue from the appropriate historical perspective, we must conclude that our present is a natural consequence of the past. I do not mean that we should accept it; rather, we must face up to it and make every possible effort to help Africa modernize and move on towards peace, stability, reconstruction and development. How can we achieve this? When the Security Council assumes its responsibility, supports stability and peace and assists the Organization of African Unity and other regional organizations in their efforts, then we may possibly achieve our objective.”
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