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  1. “Our peoples are following with pain and concern the continuing tragic developments of the situat/on in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and they are of the opinion that the steps takex so far by the Council still lack comprehensivenses and deniciveness and fail to take into arcount the time factor. The pliant attitude of the Council in dealing with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) has gone on for long enough. It is high time the Council sent the necessary message of warning and Geterrence to the rejectionist Serbian authorities so that they may comply with the rules of international legality. The Council must demonstrate by its actions that it really respects the territorial integrity and the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  2. “In addition, protected zones should be established in order to deter any outside party from violating the ban imposed by the Council and from supplying arms or military equipment to any of the parties to the conflict, in a manner that would affect adversely the balance of military power between the parties and thereby enable the aggresscr to have the upper hand, either in the military conflict or in the ongoing negotiations. The Council is called upon to try to review the record and have a hard long look at the situation so that the conclusions it will arrive at may lead it to restore international legality, and uphold its norms, By so doing, it will demonstrate to all Member States of the Organization that it applies uniform criteria in all regions of the world and yig-H-vis all countries of the world without distinction.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  3. “All the external military elements currently present in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be Aisarmed immediately under full international control. The steps previously taken by the Council should be completed in a manner that would ensure their obligatory and effective implementation. It may be useful and even necessary in this respect to declare the air space over Bosnia and Herzegovina a no-fly zone fer aggressive military aircraft and that this be made compulsory, in accordance with Chapter VII of the Charter.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  4. “This can be done only if the Council will tuke the necessary steps to ensure implementation of the demands contained in its numerous resolutions, particularly 752 (1992), 757 (1992), 777 (1992), 780 (1992), 781 (1992) and 786 (1992). As a first step, the Council must determine which party was responsible for starting the aggression. It must adopt a resolution directed against that party, stipulating that it should be implemented immediately within a time-limit to be established by the Council. If that time-limit expires, the Council must then assume its international responsibilities. It must allow the international community to apply all the measures provided for in Chapcer VII to impose implementation of the Security Council resolutions and to oblige the intransigent party to comply.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  5. “In this context, the delegation of Egypt wishes to emphasize the importance of establishing an incernational criminal court to try those responsible for tue war crimes that have been and continue to be perpetrated. The presence and work of such a court would act as a deterrent to ensure the complete halting of such crimes, the ending of the "ethnic cieansing" that has been pursued in Yugoslavia, and the prevention of the repetition of such crimes in any other part of the world. What is happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a real political crisis caused by the open and flagrant aggression by Serbia against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Consequently, it will be impossible to put a stop to the deterioration of the situation unless we promptly take a prompt, firm and comprehensive stand against this aggression.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  6. “It is also gratified that the Secretary-General has established a Committee of Experts concerned with the implementation of Security Council resolution 780 (1992), and it calls upon the international community to extend the necessary facilities t. that Committee. We hope the Committee will succeed in discharging its mandate, and will furnish the Security Council with its conclusions concerning the grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and of international humanitarian law in the former Yugoslavia as soon as possible. In this regard, we wish to commend the outstanding efforts of Mr. Mazowiecki, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights in Yugoslavia.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  7. “It is imperative for the Council to take the necessary measures to put an end to the operations of "ethnic cleansing", but it is also necessary to guarantee the right of immediate return for the refugees and deportees who have been forced to leave their lands because of those repressive practices. They must be resettled in their homeland as soon as possible. It is also imperative that the authorities responsible for such repressive measures should be forced to pay compensation to those who have lost properties. The delegation of Egypt appreciates the attention accorded by the Security Council to the humanitarian agpects of the Bosnia and Herzegovina problem.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  8. “At a time when the world stands at the threshold of the twenty-first century, and the international community devotes particular attention to the dignity of man and to human rights, we witness the emergence of new racist abominations such as the "ethnic cleansing" in the pursuance of which repressive practices and iriuman actions are being perpetrated against the majority of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially Muslims, with a view to evicting them from their land and territory, and by emptying that land of its original inhabitants, changing the demographic composition of a whole people for political ends, in pursuit of expansionist designs. Every problem has its causes and effects.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  9. “However, we wish to draw attention to the fact that all the principles, ideas and constructive proposals contained in the Secretary-General's report will be subject to question if the situation continues to deteriorate, and thereby threaten the very existence of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is therefore essential promptly to take the necessary measures to put an end to the genocide, collective deportation and other practices which, if continued, might lead to a situation in which the majority of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina would no longer exist on their territory and would, therefore, he unable to benefit from implementation of the proposed constitutional settlement.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  10. “My delegation has reviewed the Secretary-General's valuable report on the International Conference in document S/24795, which reviews the various efforts exerted to settle the problem and to elaborate constitutional arrangements for Bosnia and Herzegovenia in the future. It also deals with confidence-building measures and matters relating to the succession of the former State of Yugoslavia and the human rights of minorities. My delegation welcomes the draft outline of the proposed constitution, and we hope it will be agreed upon by the parties to the conflict.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  11. “The comprehensive political settlement of the current crisis in the areas that used to constitute the territory of the former Yugoslavia is imperative, but the real guarantee of justice, comprehensiveness and durability of a political solution lies in dealing with the real causes of the problem rather than remedying the outward symptoms. In this context, the delegation of Egypt follows with interest and appreciation the international efforts made within the framework of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, and it wishes to pay tribute to the contributions of Mr. Cyrus Vance and Lord David Owen in this respect.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  12. “First, it shonld impose an immediate compulsory cease-fire, at the same time obliging the intransigent party to comply with international legality. Secondly, it should provide the necessary guarantees to protect the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is a Member State of the United Nations, from the possibility of collapse. Thirdly, it should make it possible for the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina to enjoy its natural right to live in peace and security within its recognized internationai borders. Fourthly, it should enable the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and te exercise ite legitimate riaht to salf-defence in accordance a or 4 poe with Article 51 of the Charter.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  13. “The Security Council meets today to consider developments in the deteriorating situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which, as the Security Vouncil decided previously, constitutes a threat to international peace and security. The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is in the grip of continuing tragic and rapid events that may lead, in a short while, to a situation that would establish a dangerous precedent a Member State of the United Nations is about to disappear, and every day its people are being exposed to expulsion, homelessness and collective death. Therefore, the delegation of Egypt urges the Council promptly to take all possible measures provided by the Charter to put an end to this tragedy, as follows.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  14. “Mr. ELARABY (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): Allow me at the outset to extend to you, Sir, my congratulations on your accession to the presidency of the Council for this month. The Egyptian delegation is confident that with your distinguished diplomatic experience and great and well-known linguistic abilities you will be able to help the Council reach concrete results in dealing with the international crises now before it. I should also like to thank your predecessor, His Excellency Ambassador Merimee, the Permanent Representative of France, for his outstanding efforts during his presidency of the Council last month.”

    1992-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3135 (1992) · source

  15. “There is international unanimity on the need to protect the rights of the Palestinian people in occupied Palestinian territories and to ensure the exercise of their right to live in peace in their own territory and recover their inalienable national rights, including the right to self~determination within the framework of a peaceful settlement which is just, comprehensive and permanent. That unanimity requires that none of us abandon our responsibilities regarding Israel's illegal practices. We must do all we can to ensure the credibility of the Security Council, in keeping with the radical changes that have taken place in the world recently, changes which should be consolidated with scrupulous respect for international legal principles and the norms of international law.”

    1992-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3026 (1992) · source

  16. “Just aS we call on Israel to respect the Fourth Geneva Convention, which applies to the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, so we hope that Israel will stop deporting Palestinians and creating settlements on their jands. We call on all the States that have signed the Fourth Geneva Convention to ensure that it is respected. Since the Security Council is the international body most concerned with international peace and security and the need to respect the principles of anternational law and order. Egypt hopes that it will act to ensure respect by all States, without exception, for the Convention.”

    1992-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3026 (1992) · source

  17. “Those developments in the Middle East, which have taken place after a period of confrontation, now require that all the parties, particularly the Israeii Government, assume a very speciai responsibility by renouncing violent, anachronistic practices and stop trying to create a fait accompli which is at odds with the norms and principles of international law, represented by the United Nations Charter and the resolutions of United Nations bodies. Egypt condemns Israel's repressive practices and calls on the Israeli Government to put an end to them immediately. Egypt also hopes that there will be no additional measures that will further complicate the situation. We hope that the current general trend will assert itself and there will be a conference with the Palestinian people, who have long suffered from occupation.”

    1992-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3026 (1992) · source

  18. “The decision has had a negative impact on the current peace process, in which the entire international community has placed its hopes; we hope that the process will lead to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. Sincere international efforts have been made to bring about a just and comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian problem. The representatives of the Palestinian people have shown great flexibility, which has earned them the admiration and esteem of the whole world. Such flexibility was also shown by all the Arab delegations at the Madrid peace conference. Those efforts, that flexibility and all the talks following the Madrid meeting have confirmed that the Palestinian side really wants a just and honourable peace, guaranteeing security for all the peoples of the region.”

    1992-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3026 (1992) · source

  19. “We sincerely hope that his efforts in the service of international peace and security will be crowned with success. The Security Council is meeting once again to consider a very important subject, one closely related to the question of the Middle East and the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. It is a subject at the very core of the conflict in the region, which is one of the trouble spots threatening international peace and security. There is no doubt that the recent decision of the Israeli Government. to expel 12 Palestinians from the occupied territories is, like the establishment of settlements, a flagrant violation of the rights of civilians in occupied territories under the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949.”

    1992-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3026 (1992) · source

  20. “Mr. ELARABY (Egypt) (interpretation from Arabic): I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to be President of the Security Council for this month, = am convinced that your broad diplomatic experience and personal qualities, which are so familiar to all of us, will have a very positive impact on the Council's work and the way in which it discharges its important responsibilities, Z also congratulate your predecessor, the representative of The Russian Federation. on his skilful conduct of the Council's proceedings in December. Similarly, my congratulations go to the new members of the Council - Cape Verde, Hungary, Japan, Morocco and Venesueia. On behalf of the Government and people of Egypt, I wish to say that we are very happy to see Mr. Boutros Ghali as Secretary-General of the United Nations.”

    1992-01-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3026 (1992) · source