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“The next speaker is the representative of Uruguay. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Norway. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Japan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Nicaragua. I invite him to take a seat at the Council and to make his statement.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“I thank the representative of New Zealand for the kind words he addressed to me, which were somewhat outside the newly agreed upon practice. Since we are outside that practice, let me add that I understand that the representative of New Zealand is leaving New York for good. We wish him well. The next speaker is the representative of Ireland. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“There are a number of speakers still remaining. In view of the lateness of the hour, I intend, with the concurrence of the members of the Council, to suspend the meeting now. The meeting was suspended at 1.20 pm. and resumed at 3.30 p.m. The President: The next speaker is the representative of New Zealand. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“One issue, however, did not at that time get the attention it undoubtedly would have deserved from our perspective today: the issue of anti-personnel mines and their devastating effect on innocent people within and beyond the peace-keeping context. Today's debate is one step towards closing this gap. Let me simply express my hope that, on the basis of all the constructive ideas which we have heard and are going to hear, we will be able to come up with some concrete proposals for practical improvements of demining efforts in a peace-keeping context. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. The next speaker is the representative of Canada. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“As one step in this direction, Germany, on a bilateral basis, is going to offer mine-clearance training in Bosnia. Mine-clearance and assistance programmes in Afghanistan, Mozambique, Angola, Cambodia, Nicaragua and Laos, as well as assistance to the Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) in establishing a mine-documentation database, have been the other major areas of German activity in this field to date. Let me summarize and conclude. It was in January 1992, at the end of the meeting of 31 January at the level of Heads of State and Government, that the Security Council, for the last time, commented, in a broader approach, on the impact of particular weapons and armaments on United Nations peace-keeping and the maintenance of international peace and security.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“It must be our interest, and in particular the interest of the Security Council, while a peace-keeping operation, including demining activities, is ongoing, that the parties to the conflict abstain from laying new mines. Mandates should attach additional importance to this element and contain provisions, wherever necessary, to prevent irresponsible behaviour on the part of the parties to the conflict. Affected countries must be ready to play a larger role in tackling the problem. Peace agreements should therefore contain provisions for the former warring parties to actively contribute to mine-clearance efforts. In order to facilitate this task, the international community should be ready to provide training personnel in order to turn former combatants into active deminers.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“While the international community should be ready to step up its assistance in mine-clearance and related programmes, the major responsibility lies with the parties that lay the mines. We cannot allow this simple fact to be forgotten. This has a macro- and a micro-dimension. At the macro-level, efforts to reach an international ban on anti- personnel mines have to continue in other forums. The recent Review Conference for the United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons fell short of this broader target. Germany, for one, relinquished totally and unconditionally the use of anti-personnel mines, as underlined again in the recent seven-point action programme on anti-personnel mines presented by our Foreign Minister, Mr. Kinkel. But the issue also has a micro-dimension, more directly linked to concrete peace-keeping operations.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“Any other approach would be cynical towards the victims. This being said, we cannot but also focus on the other side of the equation. Thus far, I have talked about demining, the elimination of existing mines or minefields, within a peace-keeping context. The picture would be incomplete, however, without an attempt to also address the root causes of the problem - the laying of mines and the re-mining, as stated by the Secretary-General. We all know the terrifying statistics about the frequency and costs of eliminating mines compared to the frequency and costs of laying them. While striving for improved demining, we therefore have to increase our efforts to prevent the laying of new mines.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“Moreover, lessons drawn from typical cases of peace-building, be they in Mozambique, Angola, Cambodia or Rwanda, show that peace-building activities usually cannot wait for the end of a conflict. In order to guarantee a smooth transition from peace-keeping to peace-building, but also in order to enhance the success of ongoing peace- keeping operations, elements of peace-building, or the lack thereof, have proven to be of crucial importance to the outcome of the operation. As a consequence, planning, possibly even implementation, of such elements should be taken into account from the very outset of a peace-keeping operation. For reasons mentioned earlier, this particularly applies to demining efforts. The international community must feel the obligation to start humanitarian mine clearance wherever and as early as possible.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“58) I underline this with a telling example of our very recent Council discussions, this very morning: in Eastern Slavonia, the success of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) and the recovery of the area are seriously hampered, a major reason being that the oil fields, a primary source of income for the region, are for the time being still infested with mines and cannot produce. The ensuing lack of local revenues means that there is no money available to pay the employees of the local administration - a serious problem with which UNTAES has been struggling now for quite some time.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“The Secretary-General has, again and again, emphasized this context. As early as 1992, in his Agenda for Peace, he stated: "De-mining should be emphasized in the terms of reference of peace-keeping operations and is crucially important in the restoration when peace- building is under way: agriculture cannot be revived without de-mining and the restoration of transport may require the laying of hard surface roads to prevent re-mining." (S/24III, para.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“I do not intend to challenge the somewhat different natures of peace-keeping and so- called humanitarian demining; and, of course, compliance with the mandates remains the first priority. But it is my feeling that demining in peace-keeping should not dogmatically have to limit itself to the concerns of mission personnel. The welfare of the local people and their protection from the danger of land-mines should also be seen as a possible element of conflict resolution and, thus, a task of peace-keeping in a wider sense. I am aware that here I have touched on the borderline between peace-keeping and what we are used to calling peace-building. We all agree, I trust, that successful peace-building and the restoration of conflict- ridden areas and war-torn societies often depend on effective mine clearance and mine-awareness programmes.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“It is true that the operational task of the demining unit of DPKO is distinct from the humanitarian approach towards demining in the Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA); and yet one may be allowed to wonder whether some greater integration of demining activities aimed at United Nations personnel, on the one hand, and at local populations, on the other, combining the shorter- or longer-term perspectives, might not be a more efficient way of handling these issues. Please allow me a little excursion in order to make my point even clearer: Can one really draw a clear fault-line between the one and the other? Does not operational demining, at least indirectly, also benefit the population of the area concerned?”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“They should be made an explicit element of mandates, wherever necessary, in order to give clear guidance to those who are meant to implement them. A third area of possible improvement is the organization of work within the United Nations system, the rational delineation of responsibilities and clear hierarchies in decision-making. This should apply to responsibilities both within the United Nations Secretariat and with regard to other United Nations agencies involved in mine clearance.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“Such arrangements may benefit from the growing impact of mechanical mine-clearance systems, which have proven to be effective and efficient and will allow reductions in the number of personnel involved. But, first and foremost, Member States have to be willing to facilitate this task. This brings me to my second point. Lessons learned from past peace-keeping operations, especially from the failures, have often highlighted the particular importance of clear and practical mandates. This also applies to the element of demining. Provisions for mine clearance have often been implicit - contained, for example, in a request for freedom of movement. This makes the task of the Secretariat and other agencies rather more difficult. Such provisions deserve a mention of their own.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“The United Nations Secretariat, in particular the demining unit of the Department of Peace-keeping Operations (DPKO), deserves to be commended for its achievements in this field, but it needs to be given even more support. In this respect, I would like to point to three areas. First, as in peace-keeping in general, rapid deployment of demining personnel and equipment is of fundamental importance. Obviously, roads and crucial transport links should be cleared of mines before the main contingents of peace-keepers arrive, and not while they are already operating. Unfortunately, to date, a far too long deployment period of three to six months is the rule rather than the exception. Here, the creation of rapid reaction capabilities, possibly including a range of easily deployable demining stand-by facilities, could be a step forward.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“Previous statements have made it quite clear that this exchange of views is considered to be timely and necessary, and I am looking forward to the statements to follow. Let me seize this opportunity to fully align myself with the statement to be made by Ireland later today on behalf of the European Union. It is generally agreed that mine clearance is necessary in order to provide security to United Nations missions and their personnel; and, in fact, mine clearance is already part of numerous United Nations peace-keeping operations. But more could and should be done to enhance United Nations capabilities in this area. Recent casualties among Blue Helmets and mission personnel in Angola and Bosnia - which I mentioned earlier - have again, in a tragic way, underlined the importance of this task.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“Even more sadly, conflicts in which mines are being used indiscriminately appear, despite all international efforts, to be on the increase. Has this everyday suffering by people who were sent out to maintain peace been given the attention it deserves? The answer, clearly, is no. Moreover, land-mines, from a German perspective, are not far away. Let me remind you that 1.3 million mines were laid along the almost 1,400 kilometres of the former inner German Iron Curtain. The threat and the effect of those mines are still vivid in our memories. That is why we are grateful that the German initiative to hold an open debate on the topic of demining in the context of United Nations peace-keeping met with the consent of Council Members.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Germany. Statistics, as the popular saying goes, can be deceiving, but some, unfortunately, are full of sad truths. The casualty report of the United Nations Land-Mine Database is a 30-page-long document with an endless list made up mostly of United Nations peace-keepers and military or civilian personnel killed or wounded by land- mines. There have been 19 incidents in Cambodia since March 1996, 30 incidents in Angola since April 1995 and 97 in Bosnia and Herzegovina since April 1992, to name just three cases. Every figure represents an individual human being. Let me just recall the most recent deaths, those of two Zimbabwean peace-keepers, and the severe injuries suffered by two supervisors and a student in Angola.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/ 1996/621, which contains the text of a letter dated 24 July 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. Before calling on the first speaker, I should like to appeal to all speakers to observe the newly agreed-upon practice according to which expressions of congratulations to the President of the Council should be dispensed with in order to save time. In the same spirit, the President of the Council for the month of July has graciously indicated that expressions of appreciation to the past President may also be dispensed with.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Maurer (Switzerland) took the seat reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, if I hear no objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Peter Kiing, Head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross to the United Nations. There being no objection, it is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda, "Demining in the context of United Nations peace-keeping". The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“Misic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Mr. Fowler (Canada), Mr. Londono-Paredes (Colombia), Mr. Drobnjak (Croatia), Mr. Nathon (Hungary), Mr. Shah (India), Mr. Takht-Ravanchi (the Islamic Republic of Iran), Mr. Campbell (Ireland), Mr. Takahashi (Japan), Mr. Hasmy (Malaysia), Mr. Keating (New Zealand), Mr. Vilchez Asher (Nicaragua), Mr. Holter (Norway), Mr. Kamal (Pakistan), Ms. Decerega Smith (Panama), Mr. Bohayevsky (Ukraine) and Mr. Benitez-Saenz (Uruguay), took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, if I hear no objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation to the Permanent Observer of Switzerland to the United Nations to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Argentina, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Hungary, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Ukraine and Uruguay, 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, Ms. Ramirez (Argentina), Ms. Millar (Australia), Mr.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source
“These tasks are, as the Secretary-General notes, the building blocks for the difficult process of reconciliation. To that end, the Council affirms its readiness to consider, at an appropriate time, extending the duration of the mandate of UNTAES, on the basis of the Basic Agreement, its resolution 1037 (1996), and a recommendation from the Secretary-General. "The Security Council expresses its appreciation to the Transitional Administrator and his staff, and reaffirms its full support for the efforts of the Transitional Administrator. "The Security Council will remain seized of the matter." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/ 1996/35. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 10.35 am.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“It stresses the importance of ensuring a functioning civil administration so as to maintain stability in the region and help ensure the fulfilment of the mission objectives of UNTAES. The Council, having regard to its resolution 1037 (1996), also reminds the Government of Croatia of the need to contribute towards the costs of the UNTAES operation. "The Security Council recalls that the Basic Agreement provides for a transitional period of 12 months which may be extended at most to another period of the same duration if so requested by one of the parties. It stresses the importance it attaches to UNTAES being able to complete its mandated tasks, including the organization of elections as provided for in the Basic Agreement, promptly and in full.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“The Council notes the general agreement reached by President Tudjman and President Milosevic in Athens on 7 August 1996 that a general amnesty is an indispensable condition for the safe return of refugees and displaced persons. It expects this agreement to be followed up by corresponding concrete measures. "The Security Council notes with appreciation the agreement reached by the Government of Croatia and UNTAES on issues relating to the funding of public services on the territory administered by UNTAES (S/1996/648, annex). It notes, however, that this funding is not sufficient to cover all the costs of such services and it expects further funding to be made available by the Government of Croatia urgently and without conditions.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“"The Security Council recalls the statements of its President of 22 May (S/PRST/ 1996/26) and 3 July (S/PRST/1996/30) and again urges the Government of Croatia to adopt a comprehensive amnesty law concerning all persons who, voluntarily or by coercion, served in the civil administration, military or police forces of the local Serb authorities in the former United Nations Protected Areas, with the exception of those who committed war crimes as defined in international law. The Council notes with concern that the amnesty law and the action subsequently taken by the Government of Croatia, as described the Secretary-General in is report of 5 August, have been insufficient to create confidence among the local Serb population in Eastern Slavonia.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“It underlines the importance of economic rehabilitation of the Region, the establishment of a Transitional Police Force and the return of displaced persons and refugees to their homes in the Region, as well as the importance of the promotion by the Government of Croatia of the return of displaced persons and refugees to their homes of origin elsewhere in the Republic of Croatia. It further underlines the importance of the holding of elections in accordance with the Basic Agreement, once the necessary conditions have been established. "The Security Council reminds the Government of Croatia of its responsibility to cooperate with UNTAES and to create conditions conducive to maintaining stability in the Region. It calls on the Government of Croatia to take the necessary action without further delay.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“"The Security Council welcomes the progress made by UNTAES in implementing the Basic Agreement on the Region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (S/ 1995/951, annex) signed on 12 November 1995 (the Basic Agreement), and in promoting the full and peaceful reintegration of the region of Eastern Slavonia into the Republic of Croatia. It stresses that the restoration and maintenance of the multi-ethnic character of Eastern Slavonia are important to international efforts to maintain peace and stability in the region of the former Yugoslavia as a whole. It reminds both parties of their obligation to cooperate with UNTAES.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“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 has considered the report of the Secretary-General of 5 August 1996 (S/l996/622) on the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES), and the letter from the Secretary-General of 2 August 1996 (S/ 1996/632) concerning the funding of the existing local administrative structures in the area of operations of UNTAES.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“Members of the Council have before them the following documents: S/ 1996/622, report of the Secretary- General on the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium; S/ 1996/632, letter dated 2 August 1996 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council; and S/ 1996/648, note by the Secretary- General transmitting the text of the Agreement on Interim Co-financing of Public Services on the Territory Administered by UNTAES, by the Government of the Republic of Croatia, concluded on 8 August 1996 by the Government of the Republic of Croatia and UNTAES.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Drobnjak (Croatia) took a seat at the Council table. The President: 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.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“The situation in Croatia Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (S/1996/622) Letter dated 2 August 1996 from the Secretary- General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1996/632) Note by the Secretary-General (S/1996/648) The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Croatia, 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.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“I should like, at the outset of the meeting, to extend on behalf of the Council a warm welcome to the new Permanent Representative of Guinea- Bissau to the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Alfredo Lopes Cabral. We look forward to cooperating with him in the Council's work. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”
1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3688 (1996) · source
“"The Security Council reiterates its full support for the High Representative and for all international organizations currently working in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the implementation of the Peace Agreement. The Council stands ready to consider the need for further action in order to continue and consolidate the efforts made for full implementation of the Peace Agreement. The Council welcomes all initiatives which will lead to a greater degree of stability and cooperation in the whole region." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/l996/34. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 1.05 p.m.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“"The Security Council condemns any threat or act of violence directed against international personnel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in particular those directed against personnel belonging to the United Nations International Police Task Force on the territory of the Republika Srpska. It condemns also the obstacles put in the way of forensic investigations carried out by international organizations on the territory of the Republika Srpska as well as on the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It calls upon all parties to lift those obstacles and to ensure full freedom of movement and safety for all international personnel.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“The Council underlines the importance of the obligations undertaken by the parties to the Peace Agreement to cooperate fully with the International Tribunal and stresses that failure to arrest and transfer persons indicted by the Tribunal is a violation of these obligations. The Council stresses that compliance with the requests and orders of the International Tribunal constitutes an essential aspect of implementing the Peace Agreement, as provided by previous resolutions; the Council is ready to consider the application of economic enforcement measures to ensure compliance by all parties with their obligations under the Peace Agreement.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“The Council notes the recent visit by the delegation from the Republika Srpska to the International Tribunal in The Hague for the purpose of discussing all aspects of cooperation with the Tribunal, and expects that cooperation with the Tribunal to bring to justice all persons indicted will be realized. The Council condemns the failure to date of the Bosnian Croat leadership and the Croatian Government to comply with the orders of the International Tribunal regarding several persons indicted for war crimes. The Council demands the full cooperation of all parties concerned in the immediate execution of all warrants of arrest and the transfer to the Tribunal of all persons indicted, in accordance with article 29 of the Statute of the Tribunal. The Council further condemns any attempt to challenge the authority of the International Tribunal.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“"The Security Council stresses that all States and concerned parties have an obligation, in accordance with resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993, other relevant resolutions and the Peace Agreement, to cooperate fully with the International Tribunal and to comply without exception with requests for assistance or orders issued by a trial chamber. The Council has considered the letter from the President of the International Tribunal of 11 July 1996 (S/ 1996/556), which referred to the conclusion of the Trial Chamber of the International Tribunal regarding the failure to execute the warrants of arrest issued against Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic due to the refusal of the Republika Srpska and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to cooperate with the Tribunal. It condemns this failure to execute these arrest warrants.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“"The Security Council stresses that, under the Peace Agreement, persons indicted by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia who have failed to comply with an order to appear before the Tribunal may not stand as a candidate or hold any appointive, elective or other public office in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Any continued holding of such an office is unacceptable. In this context the Council notes the fact that, as a first step, Radovan Karadzic, after officially handing over his executive powers in Republika Srpska on 30 June 1996, agreed on 19 July 1996 to cease definitively all political and official activities, thus facilitating the electoral process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Council expects this undertaking to be implemented fully and in good faith, and will closely monitor further developments.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“It calls upon the parties to the Peace Agreement to take immediately the measures identified in the report to stop the trend of ethnic separation in the country and in its capital, Sarajevo, and to preserve their multi-cultural and multi-ethnic heritage. The Council deeply regrets the undue delay in implementing measures regarding, inter alia, the development or creation of new independent media and the preservation of property rights, and calls upon each party to implement them immediately. The Council is ready to consider further reports by the Office of the High Representative on all aspects of the implementation of the Peace Agreement, including those mentioned above.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“"The Council underlines that the continued lack of progress in transferring authority and resources to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a potential danger for the peace implementation process. The Council calls upon the Federation partners to accelerate their efforts for the establishment of a fully functioning Federation, which is an essential prerequisite for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. "The Security Council notes with particular concern the conclusions of the report of the High Representative on the implementation of the human rights provisions of the Peace Agreement that the parties are not implementing their commitments in respect of human rights, and that this failure is impeding the return of refugees. It condemns all acts of ethnic harassment.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“The Council expects the Bosniac and Bosnian Croat leaderships in Mostar to implement this agreement fully and without delay, and stresses that failure to do so would seriously undermine crucial efforts to ensure lasting peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It expresses its full support for the international organizations which are currently working in Mostar, and in particular for the EUAM, and calls on both leaderships to cooperate fully with the EUAM. It calls on the Government of the Republic of Croatia, which bears a special responsibility in this context, to continue to use its influence on the Bosnian Croat leadership to ensure full compliance with its obligations. The Council will continue to follow closely the situation in Mostar.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“"The Security Council expects the parties to increase their efforts towards the maintenance and further enhancement of conditions necessary to ensure democratic elections, as provided for in Article I of Annex 3 of the Peace Agreement, and to abide fully by the results of those elections. In that context, the Council stresses the importance of the agreement reached by the Bosniac and Bosnian Croat leaderships in Mostar and facilitated by the European Union Administration of Mostar (EUAM) that has at last secured Bosnian Croat participation in a unified city administration in Mostar on the basis of the election results of 30 June 1996.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“It stresses the importance of the forthcoming elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to be carried out in accordance with the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the annexes thereto (collectively the Peace Agreement, S/l995/999, annex), which will allow for the establishment of the common institutions and which will be an important milestone for normalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It calls upon the parties to ensure the prompt functioning of these institutions after the elections. It supports the preparatory work done in this regard.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“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 has considered the report of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina annexed to the letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the Council of 9 July 1996 (S/ 1996/542). "The Security Council expresses its full support for the conclusions reached at the Peace Implementation Council in Florence, Italy, on 13-14 June 1996 (S/l996/446).”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source
“I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following other documents: S/l996/510, S/l996/523, S/l996/565 and S/l996/576, letters dated 2, 3, 18 and 22 July 1996, respectively, from the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; and S/ 1996/535, letter dated 8 July 1996 from the Permanent Representative of Guinea to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council.”
1996-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3687 (1996) · source