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Elaraby

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“Fifthly, the Security Council should dispatch a mission of Council members or a high-level envoy to assess the situation on the ground and to ascertain whether the time is ripe for making specific proposals. We hope that these ideas will receive careful study. We are open to other initiatives proposed by other delegations interested in putting an end to what is happening in Somalia. Egypt has a special interest in achieving stability in Somalia, owing to unique historical and cultural ties dating back to the reign of Queen Hatshepshut, who dispatched trade missions to the Kingdom of Punt 3500 years ago. Relations between Egypt and Somalia have evolved and have grown stronger throughout history. In this regard, I would note that Egypt participated in the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM. II).”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“Secondly, regional and international organizations should be encouraged to undertake a joint initiative to convince Somali leaders of the importance of dialogue. Thirdly, the United Nations and regional organizations should offer Somali leaders feasible alternatives, such as the establishment of a country-wide joint presidential council, similar to the current experiment in Liberia, or other means of power-sharing such as a federal or confederative system. Fourthly, the role of the United Nations office in Nairobi should be enhanced; transferring its functions to Mogadishu should be considered when conditions permit. In this regard, I listened attentively to the representative of Chile, who put forward such a proposal, and to the representative of the Republic of Korea, who endorsed it.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“Turning to the role of the United Nations, there should be a follow-up to the ongoing commitment to the comprehensive international embargo on the supply of arms and military equipment to Somalia under Security Council 733 (1992), as well as active, comprehensive follow-up with respect to the political and humanitarian situation with a View to building State institutions and to carrying out post-conflict peace-building. But the fact is that none of this is taking place. The delegation of Egypt considers it necessary to energize the role of the United Nations in Somalia, and to that end we wish to propose a number of ideas, any or all of which could be adopted to achieve real progress. First, we advocate the convening in a neighbouring State of a pan-Somali conference attended by representatives of all Somali regions.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“And the European Union has carried out field missions through the special envoy of the European Commission; it is considering a number of options, inter alia with respect to governmental systems, that the Somalis could adopt to break the current deadlock. It is also considering a joint initiative by the European Union, regional organizations and a number of States concerned with the Somali question. Nor are neighbouring States sparing their efforts, as evidenced by the work of Prime Minister Zenawi of Ethiopia and President arap Moi of Kenya.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“The League of Arab States has also proposed sending a joint mission of representatives of regional and international organizations to meet with Somali leaders and has indicated its readiness to host that meeting and any preparatory meetings. For its part, the Organization of the Islamic Conference has called for an international conference for peace and national reconciliation in Somalia, with the participation of all the Somali parties and all relevant regional and international organizations. It has dispatched a contact group to urge the resumption of dialogue and to discuss the convening of an international conference.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“The Organization of African Unity decided only a few days ago to dispatch a new mission to Somalia to establish direct contacts with the various factions and to assess the real situation. The League of Arab States has continued its efforts to establish channels of communication with all Somali factions and prominent individuals, and has proposed the convening of a meeting of all relevant international and regional organizations with a View to reaching a common understanding to ensure the provision of humanitarian assistance to the Somali people and to discussing ways to achieve a peaceful settlement of the crisis.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“Stability is fragile; there is a complete lack of central authority; tribal leaders are vying for the State presidency without any of them achieving it. All this is accompanied by a lack of food which is especially dangerous in the light of the scarcity of resources, continued political tension, and the fact that the port of Mogadishu has been closed since last October. It is vital that Somalia's humanitarian needs be met, especially given the reports of cholera and malnutrition; the international community must respond positively. That response should also extend to other aspects of the Somali problem. The desperate conditions that persist in Somalia have not discouraged or thwarted the endeavours of many regional and international organizations to achieve a settlement in that country.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“It has assisted in the establishment of a national police force and district and regional councils, and in strengthening the judiciary. However, the United Nations has not succeeded in laying down a framework for settlement and national reconciliation to which all parties are committed. Apart from contributing to the convening of the Addis Ababa Conference in March 1993 and the Nairobi Conference in 1994, all the efforts of the international community to influence the leadership of the clans and factions and prompt them to hold a serious and constructive dialogue on the future of the country have failed. Today, the situation in Somalia is very similar to what it has been for the past four years.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“The aim of the United Nations intervention in Somalia under Security Council resolution 794 (1992) was the establishment of a favourable climate for humanitarian relief operations. This intervention was undertaken under Chapter VII of the Charter, in view of the exceptional conditions prevailing in Somalia. The most pressing problems were the humanitarian tragedy, which was caused by starvation, the continuing civil war, which claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people, the total collapse of State institutions and the disappearance of central authority. That is why the term "a failed State" was used. The United Nations has achieved great success at a humanitarian level, while its success in establishing social, community and political institutions to replace the State institutions destroyed by the civil war has been more limited.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“Last year the Security Council addressed the crisis in Somalia on the basis of a report by the Secretary-General issued in January 1995 and through presidential statements. So far the international community has been unable to agree on playing a further role in Somalia. Can this situation continue? Will the international community continue to disregard the tragic situation in Somalia, which has been described as a failed State, in the context of what can be called benign neglect? In the light of the deteriorating situation in Somalia, I fear that continued disregard for it would transform that neglect into malignant neglect. The Egyptian delegation calls for genuine change. We call upon the international community to shoulder its responsibility for the people of Somalia.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“Mr.Elarahy (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): It is a year since United Nations forces left Somalia. This meeting therefore represents an appropriate opportunity to review developments in Somalia, to exchange views and to consult on steps the international community should take to help establish a central authority that would enjoy the support of all parties and enable Somalia to regain stability, and the Somali people to enjoy prosperity and progress. I extend our sincere thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I hope that the Council will continue to convene such meetings on various important issues in order to exchange information and the views of Member States.”
1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source
“At the same time, it calls upon the international community to continue its preparations aimed at addressing any adverse developments that could lead to a deterioration in the situation and an increase in violence. The delegation of Egypt will vote for the draft resolution because it is convinced that there is an undeniable need to ensure success for the efforts being made to restore stability and security in Burundi in particular and the Great Lakes region in general, and to put an end to the current crisis, which is hindering the economic and political development to which the peoples of the region aspire.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“Its military observers are currently providing protection to the officials of the international Commission of Inquiry. Even though this role was not initially welcomed by certain parties in Burundi, and even though it received no political or material support from other international organizations, it has today become one of the major axes of development, reaffirming the importance of the regional organizations' support for containing crises and conflicts under Chapter VIII of the Charter. The draft resolution before the Council reflects the required balance needed to address the present situation in Burundi. It focuses on the need to support national dialogue and the importance of that dialogue's succeeding.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“We hope that the political forces in Burundi will respond positively to former President Nyerere's proposals to defuse the crisis and to prepare for the convening of a Regional Conference for Peace, Security and Development in the Great Lakes Region. We also hope that the meeting scheduled to be held in Tunisia late this month under the auspices of the Carter Center will be a preparatory meeting for that Regional Conference. The Organization of African Unity has played an important role in Burundi since 1993 in support of moderation, tolerance, peaceful coexistence and confidence- building. It has played a pioneering role, despite the scarcity of its resources, in promptly stepping in to try to halt the deterioration of the situation in Burundi. It has sent an observer mission for dual political and military purposes.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“The most significant of these efforts have been the sixty-third session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity and the Addis Ababa meeting on 29 February to follow up the results of the meeting in Bujumbura, which was attended not only by former President Nyerere but also by many international and regional organizations, and at which 20 or so African countries were also represented. We are most gratified to note that former President Nyerere, with international support, intends to play a greater role as a coordinator and focus for the efforts of all these organizations.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“Indeed, Egypt supports the new approach proposed by the Secretary-General, combining preventive diplomacy with pre-emptive measures and bringing all possible pressure to bear on all parties concerned so that they take more positive positions. In this context, Egypt expresses its support for any humanitarian effort to assist the people of Burundi in the event that the humanitarian situation there deteriorates further. The delegation of Egypt has followed with keen interest recent international and regional efforts to monitor the situation in Burundi in particular and in the Great Lakes region in general.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“The situation in Burundi, in a nutshell, was as summed up by the President of Burundi himself on 2 January this year: the country was on the point of collapse. To avoid an explosion and contain the crisis, so averting a humanitarian tragedy similar to the one in Rwanda, the Secretary-General has given us a number of preventive options in his report. These options were certainly not ruled out by the Council in its resolution 1040 (1996), in which the Council emphasized the need to begin a serious national debate that would include all political forces, including extremist ones, as the only way to solve the present crisis.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“On the humanitarian level, there has certainly been no improvement, especially since the International Committee of the Red Cross and some other international relief agencies have halted their activities as a result of attacks on their personnel and local headquarters. This prompted the Secretary-General to send the High Commissioner for Refugees, Mrs. Ogata, to Burundi and to dispatch a technical team to Bujumbura to consult with the Government on means of protecting expatriate personnel and guaranteeing their security. The first visit by President Nyerere earlier this year did not yield a positive outcome in terms of dialogue, and no substantive progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Cairo Conference of Heads of States of the Great Lakes Region organized by the Carter Center on 29 November 1995.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“Here we emphasize once more the responsibility the people of Burundi themselves bear for normalizing the situation in their country; I would refer in this context to the statement by the Permanent Representative of Burundi just now in which he stressed his Government's commitment to normalization. The Secretary-General's report gives a comprehensive and objective review and an accurate analysis of the causes and scale of the political tension in Burundi over the past two months as a result of the attempts by certain extremist forces to put pressure on the Head of State and depose him. These attempts were on the point of blowing away what stability there was in the country.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“The Council's consideration today of the situation in Burundi, for the second time in five weeks, bears witness to the international community's determination to follow developments in that fraternal African country closely. We share with it a common link, that great artery, the Nile. The draft resolution before the Council is a true reflection of the efforts made since the Council adopted its resolution 1040 (1996) of 29 January, firstly to achieve national reconciliation and stability in Burundi by putting the presidency in the hands of the forces of moderation and tolerance rather than of the advocates of extremism, fanaticism and hatred and then to begin a national debate that would include all parties and would complement the Agreement embodying a Convention on Governance, signed on 10 September 1994, that covered power- sharing.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“Mr. Elaraby (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): Allow me, Mr. President, to begin by expressing our warmest congratulations to you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for March. I should also like to express our confidence that your wide diplomatic experience and renowned wisdom will enable you to discharge fully the responsibilities of the presidency. It gives me pleasure also to give your our assurance that the Egyptian delegation will cooperate with you fully this month. I should like also to express our deepest appreciation to Ambassador Madeleine Albright and to the United States delegation for the excellence that characterized the American presidency of the Council during February.”
1996-03-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3639 (1996) · source
“The delegation of Egypt believes that the Council should adopt this draft resolution and that the General Assembly should take up its role in post-conflict peace-building so that, receiving appropriate international support for its efforts in the areas of social and economic development, Haiti can reap the rewards of this endeavour.”
1996-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3638 (1996) · source
“On this basis, Egypt supports the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for an extra four months in order to support and promote stability and security and to contribute to the training of the Haitian National Police force so that it can assume that role after the mandate ends. Concerning the size of this Mission, Egypt's position reflects our conviction that United Nations peace-keeping operations must have the size and power needed to implement fully their mandates. In conclusion, I would like to point out that the very delicate balance in this draft resolution is a good basis for the new aspects of the mandate that are set out in paragraph 5.”
1996-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3638 (1996) · source
“Egypt's position vis-a-vis this draft resolution stems from the close relationship between the social and economic development badly needed in Haiti and the importance of the international presence there, which reflects the importance of maintaining stability in the country. Egypt's position is based on our belief in the inalienable right of developing countries to be given assistance whenever they so require. If a developing country sends an 5.0.8. to the United Nations asking for an international presence to protect and maintain security on its territory, it is very important, from our point of View, that this should be approved.”
1996-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3638 (1996) · source
“The United Nations Mission in Haiti has contributed effectively in supporting the democratic changes witnessed in Haiti recently - which culminated in the peaceful transfer of power to the President-elect, Rene Preval - in establishing the pillars of a newborn democracy and in assisting the Haitian Government to maintain security and stability in a transitional period. In this connection, my delegation would like to commend the efforts of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, who has shown his usual wisdom, vision and leadership skills.”
1996-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3638 (1996) · source
“Allow me at the outset to express the appreciation and the admiration of my delegation, Madam President, for the sterling leadership qualities you have so competently demonstrated throughout this month. (Spoke in Arabic) I would like at the outset to express my thanks to the Secretary-General for his report, which gives a positive picture of the situation in Haiti and a clear indication that the United Nations has brought about a sure success, whether in terms of the lessening of tension and acts of violence or in terms of beginning to establish the institutions required for the building of a modern State.”
1996-02-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3638 (1996) · source
“All Angolans must cooperate with UNAVEM. III in minimizing the consequences of this problem. In this connection, we pay tribute to UNAVEM III for establishing the Central Mine Action Training School and for training a number of instructors. We hope that we shall soon see genuine progress, proving to the international community that the establishment of peace in Angola is no remote hope and constituting a new beginning for the reconstruction of the country and for the start of long-overdue economic development. The delegation of Egypt supports the extension of the mandate of UNAVEM. III in a manner that would enable it to discharge its tasks completely. It is our hope that we will receive periodic information and reports from the Secretary- General on developments in the situation in our brother African State.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“Further, we call upon UNITA to accelerate the release of all prisoners, and to provide real security guarantees for the personnel of humanitarian assistance agencies, including by removing all restrictions on their freedom of movement in the areas under UNITA control. Finally, we call upon it to halt divisive radio broadcasts, which serve only to deepen the differences within the country. Paragraph 17 of the report of the Secretary-General notes that demining and road and bridge rehabilitation are among the daunting tasks which affect many aspects of the peace process in Angola. There is no doubt that the civil war in Angola resulted in the indiscriminate laying of mines in many parts of the country. This problem is not confined to Angola; many third world States, including Egypt, face similar problems.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“We salute the Government of Angola for its decision as a good-will gesture to release all prisoners and to terminate its contracts with foreign experts working with the army. We call upon the Government to make arrangements for an independent United Nations radio station to begin broadcasting. We urge it to provide all necessary security guarantees for humanitarian assistance agencies and their personnel in order to ensure the continued and effective flow of assistance. To UNITA and its leader, Mr. Savimbi, we say that the eyes of the world are on the UNITA leadership. We expect it to honour all its commitments, foremost among them the quartering and disarmament of combatants in accordance with the agreed timetables.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“Here, we note in particular our heightened concern over the failure of UNITA to take the steps necessary to press the reconciliation process forward, sometimes on the pretext of threats to its forces in some regions, and sometimes on the pretext that UNAVEM. III is not yet ready to continue its assistance in the quartering of troops. The 12 January 1996 agreement, in which the two parties accepted a new timetable for the implementation of their earlier understandings, was an encouraging sign. Yet we take this opportunity to underline the importance of full compliance by both parties with all their commitments so that the efforts of the international community to establish peace and stability in Angola can continue in the same manner and with the same intensity.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“We appreciate the efforts of the Secretary-General, his Special Representative and the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III), especially because they are carrying out their tasks in unstable and unfavourable conditions. The delegation of Egypt wishes to express its ongoing concern about the continuing tension and mistrust that are mentioned in the report of the Secretary-General; these have impeded the implementation of commitments undertaken by the two parties under the Lusaka Protocol, including the definitive cessation of all hostilities, the release of all prisoners, an end to hostile propaganda, the resumption of the quartering of troops of the Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA), and the withdrawal of Government forces to the nearest barracks.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“Over the past 20 years, the international community has supported efforts to restore peace to Angola with a View to putting an end to the longest of African civil wars and to replacing the suspicion and lack of cooperation that have marked relations between the parties concerned with coexistence, reconciliation and a readiness to make sacrifices for the sake of a single, unified homeland. Over the years, the aspirations of the international community in this regard have been confronted with many obstacles resulting from the persistence of the conflict, yet its political, economic and humanitarian support for Angola has never ceased. My delegation has carefully read the report of the Secretary-General (S/1996/75) on the situation in Angola.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“Mr. Awaad (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): The delegation of Egypt congratulates you, Madam, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that your well-known diplomatic skills will enable you to discharge your responsibilities with full success. We wish also to convey our appreciation to your predecessor, Sir John Weston, and to the delegation of the United Kingdom for the distinguished way in which they conducted the business of the Security Council last month. The Security Council's consideration today of the situation in Angola reflects the great attention the international community is devoting to the crisis in our brother country of Africa.”
1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source
“There can be no doubt that Egypt takes a keen interest in a return by the Sudanese Government to the proper path, thereby enabling the fraternal people of the Sudan to enjoy prosperity, stability and good relations with all its neighbours, and with Egypt in particular, which would be an expression of the strong bonds between the Egyptian and the Sudanese peoples. These bonds have been strengthened and consolidated throughout the course of history, and will continue, God willing, to be strengthened and consolidated in the future.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“President, to conclude my statement with a reaffirmation that every Egyptian feels that the age-long historical bonds between the peoples of the Nile valley, in the Sudan and in Egypt, are special. We in Egypt consider ourselves to be a natural extension of the Sudan and that the people of the Sudan are a natural extension of ourselves. Any harm that befalls the people of the Sudan befalls the people of Egypt; any harm that befalls the people of Egypt befalls the people of the Sudan.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“We hope that the Secretary-General will come back to the Security Council with a report that the Sudan has implemented has implemented all the measures described therein, which are identical in letter and in spirit with those in the statements of the Central Organ of the OAU Mechanism. Egypt is confident that all States will make efforts to urge the Sudan to implement the decisions of the Central Organ and thereby comply with the provisions of the resolution just adopted by the Security Council. Implementation by the Sudan of this resolution would represent a genuine and radical change in the Sudan's stance and would be a clear indication that the Government of the Sudan will abandon its present policies, which have led it into the regrettable position it finds itself in now. Allow me, Mr.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“By adopting the resolution, the Council has shown itself ready and willing to respond to the situation and discharge its responsibilities under the Charter. It is our sincere hope that the Government of the Sudan will take the Council's resolution and the OAU's decisions with all necessary seriousness, given that, under the Charter, all the Council's resolutions are binding on all States. The Government of Egypt continues to hope that the Government of the Sudan will comply, without delay or equivocation, with the clear demands of the international community set out in resolution 1044 (1996).”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The resolution the Council has just adopted proves that there is no divergence between the requirements of international law and the resolutions adopted by the regional organization concerned: they are mutually supportive and they help each other achieve their objectives. There is no conflict in dealing with the matter on the regional and on the international levels. As I have said, the requirements of international law are identical with the requirements of regional law. The fact that the Council has considered the matter could well spare the international community a real crisis, which, were it to escalate, would threaten regional security and stability and jeopardize international peace and security.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“This forced Ethiopia once again to resort to the OAU Mechanism, whose Central Organ adopted on 19 December a new statement that restates the need for the Sudan to comply with all the recommendations made by the Mechanism in September. When Ethiopia resorted to the Security Council at the beginning of this year, it did so using its rights under the United Nations Charter, in particular the right provided in Article 35. That article makes it clear that any Member of the United Nations may bring to the Security Council's attention any dispute which could threaten international peace and security. In addition, Article 54 makes it clear that the Security Council shall at all times be kept fully informed of activities undertaken by regional organizations or arrangements for the maintenance of international peace and security.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The second was to desist from engaging in activities of assisting, supporting and facilitating terrorist activities and from giving shelter and sanctuaries to terrorist elements and to act in its relations with its neighbours and with others in full conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with the Charter of the OAU. The Organization of African Unity did not confine itself to the adoption of this clear statement. It sent a mission to the Sudan to urge it to cooperate in the full implementation of the resolution. On more than one occasion, the Secretary-General of the OAU similarly urged the Foreign Minister of Sudan and the Sudanese Ambassador in Addis Ababa, but to no avail.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The Mechanism considered all the evidence furnished by Ethiopia, which confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt all Ethiopia's attempts to convince Sudan to extradite the suspects that had fled there, cooperate with the Ethiopian investigation to bring those suspects to justice and uncover all the dimensions of the conspiracy. I repeat: all those attempts, very regrettably, have failed. After the OAU Mechanism had discussed and considered the matter in all its aspects on 11 September 1995, it made a statement that addresses two clear, concrete and decisive requests to the Sudan. The first was to extradite to Ethiopia for prosecution the three suspects sheltering in the Sudan, on the basis of the 1964 Extradition Treaty between the two countries.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“Regrettably, the latter intentionally wasted time and made repeated promises of cooperation - indeed, it moved to change some of the high officials of the security services in the Sudan in an attempt to give an impression that any collusion or cover-up was the responsibility of those high officials, who had left office. This makes it clear that there is an attempt to hide some of the facts pertaining to the heinous assassination attempt. After the efforts made by the Ethiopian Government on the bilateral level with the Sudan had failed, Ethiopia resorted to the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“Despite the extreme gravity of the matter, it was put before the Security Council more than six months after the assassination attempt took place, after the Ethiopian investigations have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that some of the terrorists who participated in the perpetration of the crime had fled to the Sudan, and that some of them had spent a long time hatching the conspiracy. As soon as the investigations were concluded, the Ethiopian Government relayed all the information available to it to the Government of Sudan.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The resolution has thus reaffirmed the statement of the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution that there is a conspiracy whose consequences extend beyond Ethiopia, the State on whose territory the attempt took place, and also beyond Egypt, the country whose President was the target of the attempt - because the attempt was against the whole of Africa. Terrorism, if not dealt with strongly and resolutely, will jeopardize international peace and security. Therefore, it is clear that the Council is dealing not with a bilateral dispute between two States, which can be settled by internationally established methods, but with a dispute that concerns the peace and security of the whole of Africa.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The Council has condemned the failed terrorist assassination attempt on the life of President Hosni Mubarak as he arrived on the morning of 26 June last to participate in the OAU Summit in Addis Ababa. Undoubtedly, the timing of the perpetration of this heinous crime reflects the existence of an organized conspiracy which had been prepared long before the commission of the crime itself. The resolution of the Council condemns the attempt as a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and integrity of Ethiopia and as an attempt to disturb the peace and security of the region as a whole.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“Mr. Elaraby (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): The unanimous adoption by the Security Council a few minutes ago of resolution 1044 (1996) must send a clear, unambiguous message to the Government of the Sudan: that the international community, as represented by the Security Council, is resolute in its support for the implementation of all the decisions of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution. The resolution reaffirms the need for the international community to combat the phenomenon of terrorism. It also reaffirms the Council's resolute intention to deter all those who might be tempted to support terrorism, including the States which might be involved in such criminal acts.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The Egyptian delegation, convinced of the need to allow the people of Liberia to implement security and stability and to put an end to the sufferings that have gone on since the civil war of 1989, will vote in favour of the draft resolution. Finally, we hope that the progress report to be submitted by the Secretary-General to the Council by the end of March will include positive elements reflecting a real desire for peace.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source
“The delegation of Egypt calls upon all the Liberian factions and their leaders to ensure the demobilization and disarmament of combatants in order to facilitate their reintegration into civil society, and to allow the United Nations to ensure the deployment of the observers and to increase their number to 160. Our delegation also urges all Liberians to fully cooperate with UNOMIL and to give it the necessary protection. We should also like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the United Nations for the efforts that it is currently making in Liberia and for the technical and humanitarian assistance provided by the international community to the Liberian people. We hope that this will allow for the recovery and reconstruction of Liberia and enable it to resume its proper place, both regionally and internationally.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source
“The Security Council, in approving the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) to 31 May 1996, should encourage the political leaders in Liberia to implement the provisions of the Abuja Agreement as quickly as possible so that this opportunity is not lost. A settlement of the question of Liberia is now at hand. This increases the responsibility of the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which should make the greatest possible efforts to promote the peace process and check any attempts dictated by narrow interests or considerations. It is therefore important to grant all necessary assistance to the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) so that it can discharge its mission.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source
“Mr. Elaraby (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): I should like first to welcome Mr. Kromah, Member of the Collective Presidency of the Liberian National Transitional Government, and to thank him for his extremely complete report, which we all followed with great interest. The Council's special meeting last week to study the fifteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Liberia reflects the importance that the international community attaches to the question of Liberia as well as its consensus on the need to assist our brothers in Liberia. In that respect, I should like to thank the Permanent Representative of the United States, Mrs. Albright, for the complete report that she presented to us after her visit to the region.”
1996-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3624 (1996) · source