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first: 1998-11-10
most recent: 2002-09-05
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“Congratulations, Sir, and welcome to the presidency. You have our strong support in what promises to be a very busy month. My thanks also to Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for the briefing he has given us today. We are here at a pretty crucial time for the future of policing in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have noted what Hedi Annabi has said about the Secretary- General's View that the United Nations should not provide the successor mission to the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH). This will be one of the issues under discussion at the meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board in Brussels today and tomorrow, and we will, of course, be in touch with the United Nations about the outcome of those deliberations. Significant progress has been made in UNMIBH's mandate.”
2001-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4433 (2001) · source
“It is clearly important that that particular relationship develop well and soundly, since improved Belgrade- Pristina links are critically important both for regional stability and for economic development. We look to Belgrade, UNMIK and the new provisional institutions to ensure that rapid progress is made in all of the important areas identified in the common document. But the biggest brake on Kosovo's development as a democratic society is the regional scourge of extremism and organized crime. Kosovo's leaders must do what they can to terminate this threat. As we have said in earlier statements in the Council, combating this challenge must continue to be a top priority for UNMIK, building on the existing progress made.”
2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4430 (2001) · source
“As Ambassador Corr just indicated, it is now up to Kosovo's politicians to take responsibility for governing Kosovo. This will be a significant challenge, but as far as the United Kingdom is concerned, we will do all we possibly can to help them succeed. As part of this, it is essential that all ethnic communities put aside their differences and work together for the sake of Kosovo's future. The agreement on the UNMIK/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia common document on 5 November was also a significant step, both for Kosovo and for the region. Again, we congratulate Mr. Haekkerup, President Kostunica and Deputy Prime Minister Covie on this achievement. We are very much looking forward to the first meeting of the high-ranking working group including representatives of the newly elected institutions.”
2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4430 (2001) · source
“First, I should like to associate myself with the statement which will be made later on in this debate by the representative of Belgium on behalf of the European Union. The United Kingdom welcomes the successful and peaceful Kosovo Assembly elections on 17 November. We also welcome the participation in significant numbers of all of Kosovo's ethnic communities in the elections. The elections were a landmark in Kosovo's development as a multi-ethnic, democratic and tolerant society. Congratulations are due to Hans Haekkerup and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and to KFOR for helping to make the elections possible. However, congratulations must be given most of all to the people of Kosovo.”
2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4430 (2001) · source
“We must, as I said before, concentrate on the main offenders and avoid indictments for lesser offenders, which should ultimately be dealt with by national courts. It was helpful to hear Ms. Del Ponte's forecasts in that regard, particularly for the Rwanda Tribunal, but I want to emphasize once again the point about concentrating on the main perpetrators. Finally, we recognize that the mandate of the ICTY embraces the whole of the former Yugoslavia and that the Tribunal should and must be seen to be taking an interest in contemporary events. But, as I think others around the Council table have said, the long-term objective should be for national courts to prosecute new cases.”
2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source
“I would like to emphasize again the Tribunal's importance in bringing peace, justice and reconciliation to the Balkans, and in helping safeguard the stability of the region. On ad litem judges: it is encouraging that those now integrated into the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have made a good start. We are willing to give consideration to the proposal for similar ad litem judges in the ICTR. But that investment, if approved, will need to show rapid results in a much swifter throughput of cases and in demonstrating clearly that a greater sense of urgency now exists. It is important that we should all keep thinking about the exit strategy. We need to do that, however, while demonstrating that there is no diminution in our commitment to justice for the victims of war crimes in the two regions.”
2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source
“All of those things are very helpful. But, as others have said, we must remain focused on bringing the key perpetrators to justice. The Milosevic trial is clearly going to be a landmark event, and we note that the indictment now includes the crime of genocide. It is clearly central that we secure the detention of the remaining indictees still at large, particularly Messrs. Karadzic and Mladic. In that regard, it is very helpful that Ms. Del Ponte has worked so hard to develop cooperation with the former Yugoslav States. We listened carefully to her comments about this - some encouraging and some, frankly, rather disappointing. I would like now to say again to the Governments of the region how important it is that they cooperate with the Tribunal.”
2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source
“I do not need to repeat the details, but I want to assure those three invited guests and the Minister of Justice of Rwanda that that commitment will not waver, and that they can expect our continued support. We were pleased to hear about the progress made with internal reforms, particularly from the Presidents of the two Tribunals. We very much appreciate the efforts that are being made to maximize the use of resources - for example, the court rooms. But as others, notably Ambassador Mahbubani of Singapore, have said, this needs to be a continuing process. The escalating budgets of the Tribunals remain, for us, a cause of concern. That said, we commend the recent initiatives that have been taken, for example the meetings of the judges from the two Tribunals, and the Web site of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).”
2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source
“As the time is getting on, I shall try to keep my remarks very brief. My thanks go first to our three briefers today: the Presidents of the two Tribunals and the chief Prosecutor. I am sorry that other business meant that I had to leave the room for some of their presentations, but I have been fully briefed by my delegation as to what was said. I think it was a particularly useful set of interventions, especially what we heard from Ms. Del Ponte about her plans for future prosecutions. It was very helpful, as others have said, to have that analysis and to hear about that intention. The United Kingdom is strongly committed to both Tribunals.”
2001-11-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4429 (2001) · source
“But I did not hear Under-Secretary-General Oshima say anything, for example, about the Department of Political Affairs or about the other parts of the United Nations system that have an extremely valid role to play in providing protection for civilian-related work in some of the situations with which the Council has to deal. Again, I do not want to suggest biting off more than it is possible to chew in one lump. But I would be grateful to have any indication from him about where the other parts of the system are going to fit in, because, as Ambassador Mahbubani said, and I strongly agree, we need to approach this in a holistic way. We have got to get the system working together and using synergy to the best effect.”
2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source
“In a sense, it boils down to mainstreaming the humanitarian dimension into the way in which mandates are put together within the Secretariat. I would simply point out, though, that as we move towards approving operations that have a civilian protection dimension to them, we need to think very carefully about exactly what is meant by that, because it can often have quite a disproportionate effect on military planning. So we need to be extremely clear about what needs to be done in any given situation. I hope the aide-memoire will help tease some of that out. Finally, on cross-cutting mechanisms, it is indubitably the case that the relationship between the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) should be a case for priority attention.”
2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source
“I have in mind here the annex to the "road map" document, which seemed to me to be a very clear set of indicators on what to do about the millennium development goals. My question to Under-Secretary- General Oshima is about the provision in the road map for benchmarking, because it is very important, I think, that we should have a way of measuring progress by the system as a whole. So I would be interested in having his comments on what measures are going to be included in this document so that we can make sure that the system is kept up to the mark. I also very much agree with what Ambassador Mahbubani had to say about the importance of input from humanitarian actors into planning for peacekeeping operations.”
2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source
“In essence, what we need to do is to mainstream the protection of civilians into the work we do in dealing with conflict situations. I would therefore very much endorse, I think, the suggestion made by Ambassador Mahbubani and Ambassador Corr, that if we have another progress report later on, it would be rather good to have some practical examples of where this initiative has made a real difference in real situations involving conflict and civilians. I hope Under-Secretary-General Oshima will bear that in mind when he comes back to the Council. I think the road map is a good idea, but to be useful, like aides-memoires, road maps have to be clear, straightforward and well set out, not overly complex.”
2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source
“I think we need more of them. I would like to endorse the points made by Ambassador Mahbubani earlier on in the discussion. We need to design a robust normative framework that can help guide the practical work of the whole United Nations system, so that we really make an impact on the ground in terms of protecting civilians. Children really must be civilians. It is a sad fact of life that women very often are civilians in conflict situations, and so it makes an awful lot of sense to integrate the various strands of work by the Council in this general area into a sort of coherent whole. At the same time, it is rather important that we should not drown in bureaucracy. For that reason, I endorse Kishore Mahbubani's remarks, too, about things that make a practical difference.”
2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source
“I thank Kenzo Oshima for a very interesting and useful briefing. I think this meeting is indeed quite useful: this is a subject to which the United Kingdom attaches tremendous importance, and it is very important that work on it should go on. I will own up to Ambassador Valdivieso that I myself participated in one of the workshops, which I thought was a very useful occasion. It was a mix ofjust one or two - I think quite arbitrarily chosen - Member States, people with field experience, experts from the Secretariat, representatives of non-governmental organizations and other civil society actors. While I have absolutely no feelings of pride about having had a seat at the table, I think it would be a shame if the balance of those gatherings were distorted too much, because I think the workshop was a very useful melting-pot of ideas.”
2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source
“I think it would be very helpful if, following Ambassador Gambari's return, we could perhaps arrange another briefing of the Council by the humanitarian agencies, which it might benefit the wider membership to hear, to consider where more help is needed and where we can all do more in cooperation with the Government of Angola to try to do something about the dreadful situation in which many people find themselves today.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“Both Ambassador Ryan and Ambassador Gambari have referred to this, and the Minister himself has drawn graphic attention to the difficulties that people in Angola are facing in this regard. Further work is necessary. Further assistance is necessary. In particular, I hope it will be possible to make progress in terms of the development of humanitarian corridors and of the general principle of freedom of access for humanitarian workers and personnel throughout the country, to wherever people are in need. It has been almost 18 months since the Council was briefed on the humanitarian situation.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“The news given to us by Ambassador Gambari of the good reception that the United Nations technical team had in Luanda recently is very welcome. I hope that early progress can be made by the United Nations in responding to the Angolan Government's request for assistance with the peace and reconciliation fund, pilot projects and preparations for the elections. I hope also it will be possible, perhaps as a result of Ambassador Gambari's visit, to explore ways in which the United Nations can help further, both in terms of the general development and governance situation and of the advancement of the peace process. Like Ambassador Ryan, we regard the work of the United Nations Office in Angola (UNOA) on human rights as of great importance and hope that this will continue. Finally, I would like to refer to the humanitarian situation.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“I believe that it is right, and that it would be helpful, for some way to be found to invite representatives from Angolan civil society and the churches to brief the Council on the role they are playing in the peace process. I have every reason to believe that this would be entirely consonant with the views of the Government of Angola, and I welcome Minister Josselin's support for the proposal I made when the Council debated this matter in September i that at some stage we might consider arranging a suitable Arria formula meeting. Equally important elements in the process towards peace in Angola are those of economic reform and the development of good governance. That is going to need great attention, I think, as the Minister has recognized.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“The dialogue in Angola should be as broad and as inclusive as possible, representing the various stakeholders in the peace process. The United Kingdom welcomes the important work of Angolan civil society and the Angolan churches in their attempts to bring about a resumption of the peace process. I would join Ambassador Ryan in welcoming both the commitment to civil society that Minister Miranda gave us today and the extremely welcome news, passed on to us by Mr. Gambari, of the meeting between President Dos Santos and the leader of the Inter- Denominational Committee for Peace in Angola. That is an extremely welcome development.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“The presidential statement agreed by the Council on 20 September rightly highlighted the fact that primary responsibility for the continued conflict in Angola lies with UNITA, led by Jonas Savimbi. The top priority for the people of Angola should be peace. In the presidential statement we will adopt at the end of today's debate, the Council will reaffirm again that the Lusaka Protocol remains the only viable basis for a political settlement ofthe conflict in Angola. It is clear to us that the top priority for the people of Angola should be peace. It is equally clear to us that dialogue is the only way to achieve a lasting and sustainable peace process. Military solutions are not the answer, as bitter experience has shown in Angola and elsewhere.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“I welcome Minister Miranda to the Council Chamber this afternoon. It is a great honour for us to have had two such senior representatives of the Angolan Government with us here in such a short space of time. I think it is a testimony to the importance with which both the Council and the Government of Angola regard the deliberations that we have on Angola in the Chamber and in the small room next door. I should also like to welcome Minister Josselin. It is a great honour to have him with us. I can be rather brief this afternoon, partly because the representative of Belgium will be speaking later on in his capacity as Presidency of the European Union and partly because of the statement made earlier in this debate by Ambassador Ryan of Ireland, with which my delegation finds itself in near total agreement.”
2001-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4418 (2001) · source
“I would simply conclude with another expression of compliment and satisfaction to UNTAET and to the East Timorese people and with the best wishes of the United Kingdom for the remaining months ahead up until 20 May and to the people of East Timor for beyond.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source
“It clearly has a very important role, both in terms of justice and in terms of national reconciliation, and we welcome the progress that has been made both by UNTAET and by the Indonesian authorities in bringing to account those responsible for crimes in East Timor during the dark days immediately following the referendum. We particularly welcome the decision by President Megawati in August to extend the jurisdiction of the Indonesian ad hoc tribunals, and we look forward to Indonesia setting up these courts as a matter of urgency. Mr. President, you have asked me to be brief, so I will be.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source
“It is clearly in the interests of everyone, not least the East Timorese people themselves, to move to more conventional methods of development assistance, as soon as is sustainable and not before. Our agreement to the funding of a certain number of core civil posts extends to those recommended for the Serious Crimes Unit. During the Security Council mission to East Timor last year, members of the mission were extremely concerned about the serious crimes issues, and I am very pleased to have heard today of the action that Mr. Vieira de Mello has taken in respect of that operation.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source
“It is because the move from UNTAET to post- independence United Nations presence is so unique that we can on this occasion accept consideration of funding from assessed contributions for civilian personnel working in support of the Timorese. But, looking ahead, I am sure everyone would agree that the key objective should be to provide some assurance to the new nation of East Timor so that it will have the support it needs to carry on and get through. I hope that the use of assessed contributions for these posts in this period will not discourage others from coming forward with voluntary contributions to the post-independence East Timor that will clearly be very necessary.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source
“We, therefore, fully endorse the concept of a continued but reduced United Nations presence up to, and through, the initial independence period. We welcome the Secretary- General's recognition that a clear exit strategy must also be in place. We also support the recommendation that a number of key civilian positions to support the East Timorese administration should be funded from assessed contributions for a limited period after independence. These core functions, for which local expertise does not yet exist, will be crucial to the stability and functioning of the new government in the early months of independence.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source
“The establishment of an integrated mission task force within the Secretariat, as recommended by the Brahimi report on peace operations, has helped to contribute to that process. Here, too, there may be useful lessons learned in the context of other future and current United Nations operations and the way we prepare for them. I hope very much that, as we refine the recommendations about the structure of the post- independence United Nations presence over the next few months, the Secretariat will take advantage of these mechanisms, these new working procedures, to build on what is already a pretty good basis. We are very happy to endorse the Secretary- General's recommendations in the Presidential Statement today. We believe that a premature withdrawal of the international presence from East Timor could have a destabilizing effect.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source
“For the United Kingdom -I cannot speak for others - the presence of 200 Gurkhas in the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET), the military observers and the civilian police in the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), and the extensive development and reconstruction assistance given in the early stages, are an expression both of national commitment and of our commitment as a permanent member of this Council to what is, I think, a very successful United Nations operation. We are fully committed to supporting the East Timorese people in achieving the independence they deserve. It is particularly good that we now have a date, and that date will give us all a target to which we can work. The Secretary-General's report is a particularly well-argued, well-researched and very worthwhile document.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source
“Foreign Minister, Special Representative and Chief Minister, we welcome you to the Council. I am very grateful to you all for the helpful, useful and constructive statements that have been made today. I am grateful also to the representatives of the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), who have briefed us also this morning. Minister, I personally find it extremely gratifying good news to be where we are in this room two years on, as Sergio Vieira de Mello has said. I think - and I would like to paraphrase Ambassador Mahbubani here - that over the last two years the Council has in fact done a very good job of shouldering both its national and collective responsibilities.”
2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source
“The United Kingdom believes that the robust framework that is needed must continue to include a strong development perspective and to recognize the fundamental contribution of development activities to lasting peace in Somalia. None of what I have just said should be taken as detracting in any way from the statement which will be made later on in the debate by the representative of Belgium on behalf of the European Union, to which my delegation, of course, fully subscribes.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“But, as I think the Prime Minister himself hinted in his statement, it is important that the Committee of Friends should have clear objectives and be able to demonstrate exactly how it would advance the peace process. Sustainable improvements in the humanitarian situation in Somalia will be impossible without political reconciliation. We note that development programmes, though nascent, are active in Somalia. The work of the United Nations Development Programme in supporting good governance programmes and in stimulating pro-poor economic growth strategies are important elements in the long- term peace-building process. We support them, and we hope others will too. We also agree with the Secretary- General's observations that further steps need to be taken to assist in the building ofa sustainable peace.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“I have listened carefully to those who have argued, like Ambassador Levitte, that there should be a security assessment mission to look again at the possibilities for this. We would have no difficulties with that, but it is very important, not least in terms of our own commitment as a Council to the security of United Nations staff, that the process should remain an objective, technical process that correctly balances the risks. The pressures to move in are understandable, but we must, I think, respect the views of the professionals as we take decisions in this tricky area. On the proposal for a Committee of Friends, again, we are prepared to look at this.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“We strongly believe that this approach, drawing on local structures and encouraging wider involvement in the reconciliation process, is a realistic way forward. We should, I think, be seriously looking at the idea of a federal devolved model for a future Somalia as a realistic way of breaking the political deadlock. This brings me to the United Nations role. It seems to me that the essential requirement, however it is achieved in practice, is for the United Nations to be able to contribute actively towards facilitating the sort of future structures, future settlement and future solutions to which we have all referred in this debate. On the question of a peace-building office, I think we have no option but to accept the Secretary-General's advice that, for security and other reasons, the time is not yet right to establish such an office.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“Prime Minister, performs in terms of providing a nucleus to bring together all the forces in Somalia towards a final settlement of the sort we all want. David Stephen referred to "divide and rule" in the context of external initiatives. I would only partly agree with him. I think external initiatives, where they can help, are useful, and we would encourage the Ethiopian and Kenyan Governments to restart their facilitation efforts, as mandated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development. It is vital that Somalia's neighbours and other States in the region play a constructive role in efforts to bring peace and stability. In this connection, we very much welcome the recent meeting in Nairobi between academics from the Transitional National Government, "Somaliland" and "Puntland" aimed at exploring how federalism might work in Somalia.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“As Ambassador Wang of China said - and I have a great deal of sympathy with everything in his statement - fighting has increased, and we are concerned in particular about the political instability in "Puntland". We need to find a way to stop this continuous cycle of violence, and that cycle of violence will be stopped only through dialogue. In this connection, Mr. Prime Minister, it was very helpful to hear of your commitment to engaging those outside the Arta process. Taken together with what David Stephen had to say about the basis of the Transitional National Government being a transition towards the solution that we would all like to see, I think that makes for an encouraging background. We will be very interested to see how the independent Commission to which you referred, Mr.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“And it is very important to deny them havens where they can operate somehow with impunity. This has implications for us all, and it will be particularly important to avoid pockets of vacuum where they are able to operate because there is no authority to stop them from doing that. That in turn underlines to me the importance in the context of Somalia of making sure that we do achieve peace and reconciliation in a way that will bring into play all the various elements and forces in the country on an inclusive basis. Sadly, in terms of the security situation at least, the positive signals from the Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council and from the Transitional National Government, before the Organization of African Unity (OAU) summit in Lusaka in July, do not seem to have borne fruit.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“I would like to thank David Stephen for his very useful introduction to our discussion today and to welcome the Prime Minister to the Security Council and to New York. It is a real pleasure to see you here again, Sir. I would like, as you did, Mr. Prime Minister, to start my intervention with a reference to terrorism and to the situation that we all face in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks. I know that Sir Jeremy Greenstock was very pleased to hear from you directly, not least in his capacity as Chairman of the counter- terrorism Committee of the Security Council, about the initiatives that you have taken to start moving towards the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001), which you announced to us today. I think this is very important, not least because, as Ambassador Levitte, said, terrorists are going to get squeezed.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“The lack of capacity in the investigative, judicial and penal areas has also been a considerable brake on the development of capacity in this area in Kosovo. We welcome the achievements that have been chalked up so far, but there is clearly a considerable amount that still needs to be done. I should like to ask the Special Representative what the prognosis is. Finally, I should not close without welcoming UNMIK's involvement in the recent regional meeting of Interior Ministers. That is a very helpful step. We would urge the earliest possible follow-up to that meeting, which, we hope, will lead to intensified regional cooperation on both organized crime and extremism.”
2001-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4387 (2001) · source
“It is very clear from the Secretary-General's report and from other information reaching us that organized crime and extremism remain the key internal threats to Kosovo as well as to the stability of the wider region. As others have done, I would like to commend UNMIK for the progress that has been made on pillar-I - police and justice - issues since June. In particular, we welcome the planned increase in detention facilities in Kosovo and the creation of a Kosovo Organized Crime Bureau. It is very, very important that the Organized Crime Bureau should be up and running as quickly as possible, and I would be grateful for anything Special Representative Haekkerup might want to say about that.”
2001-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4387 (2001) · source
“I also want at this point to draw attention, as others have done, to the ongoing dialogue between the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the representatives of both Belgrade and the Kosovo Serbs. It is important that this should make progress on issues of key concern to the Kosovo Serbs since such progress must be a basis for strengthened cooperation and trust in the future. The dialogue also provides a good basis for a Yugoslav Government decision to support voting in the election. Clearly, concrete results from the dialogue would underpin such a decision by Belgrade, which we hope, as I have indicated before, will be taken very soon. My second point relates to organized crime and extremism. Other delegations have mentioned this too.”
2001-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4387 (2001) · source
“We strongly agree with the Secretary-General that it is imperative that all communities participate in the elections and in the ensuing institutions of provisional self-government if they wish to have a say in the daily running of their affairs and indeed if they wish to build, and participate in, the long-term future for Kosovo that we all want to see. So we equally support the Secretary-General's call on the Yugoslav authorities to encourage Kosovo Serbs to vote. It is vital for Kosovo's future that Belgrade take a decision soon to support voting. As I have indicated before, that would clearly be in the best interests of the Kosovo Serbs, and also clearly in the interests of the multi-ethnic future of Kosovo.”
2001-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4387 (2001) · source
“Clearly, the 17 November elections are going to be an extremely important step, and participation thereafter in the new institutions will be an equally important, if not a more important, step forward. I really want to underline the need for participation. It is welcome to have confirmation now that more than 150,000 Serbs have registered for the elections, and we recognize the key role that the authorities in Belgrade have played in encouraging that process. But, frankly, it is not enough that Serbs register. As Ambassador Durrant reminded us just a moment ago, that does not guarantee that they will participate. So the people of Kosovo from all communities must vote.”
2001-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4387 (2001) · source
“I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Haekkerup, for being here with us today. This late in the debate, I do not intend to make a comprehensive statement. Nor do I need to, since the Permanent Representative of Belgium will be speaking later on behalf of the European Union. I would like to focus on two aspects, and I would like to take as my text the Special Representative's concluding remark that the answer is not alienation and boycott. This, I think, is particularly relevant in the context of our discussion of the elections and of the new institutions in Kosovo, about which other colleagues around the Council table and Mr. Haekkerup himself have had a good deal to say.”
2001-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4387 (2001) · source
“Finally, I would just like to support what Ambassador Hume said about refugee returns and ask what progress there has been on implementing the Constitutional Court's decision on constituent peoples. It will be interesting to hear from Mr. Petritsch whether the entities' Constitutional Commissions are yet close to reaching an agreement on this subject.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4379 (2001) · source
“I would just like to take this opportunity to say to the Office of the High Representative and to the High Representative himself that we hope that work will be taken forward quickly against the sort of background and within the parameters that I have just outlined. Secondly, on the State Border Service, Mr. Klein referred to the recent memorandum of understanding that the United Kingdom signed with the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We continue to regard the State Border Service as a matter of high priority, and I was very interested to hear that 75 per cent of the border is now covered. We would be interested to have Mr. Klein's assessment later on as to how long it will take to cover 100 per cent of the border.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4379 (2001) · source
“I, too, will be extremely brief. I can afford to do so not least because the representative of the European Union will be speaking later in the debate. I would like to focus on three key points, the first of which is the streamlining exercise. I do not think it would be appropriate now for me to go into the details of the pros and cons one way or the other. Certainly, as Ambassador Hume said, the future police presence is going to be one key element of whatever is put together. But I think that we, the international community generally and the Steering Board will look to be presented later in the year with a solution with which all the various constituent bodies and organizations are happy; which avoids duplication; and which meets the long-term vision, so to speak, about which Mr. Petritsch and Mr. Klein have spoken.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4379 (2001) · source
“It is very important that the planning for that is done properly, done inclusively and done in the spirit of the Brahimi report, involving the whole United Nations system, because all the various constituent parts of our Organization, our system, our agencies will need to be involved in helping East Timor through that initial, difficult period immediately after independence. We very much look forward to receiving the Secretary-General's report next month, outlining the proposed arrangements for the successor mission to UNTAET. We, and I am sure other members of the Council, will be looking at it very carefully - but also very sympathetically and with an eye to making sure that the United Nations can keep up the excellent record it has already begun with UNTAET.”
2001-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4367 (2001) · source
“Guehenno also said, elections in a normally democratic country than in a country that is currently hosting a peacekeeping operation. I think this is a proud moment in the history of United Nations peacekeeping operations. It is a proud moment not only because of the success that I have just described, but because, in a sense, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) is something very new, very complex and very challenging for the United Nations. The Organization has carried it off extremely well. It is clearly important that the international community remains engaged in East Timor. The statement that you, Mr. President, will read at the end of this meeting will reiterate the importance that the Council attaches to a substantial international presence in East Timor post-independence.”
2001-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4367 (2001) · source
“We applaud the spirit with which the East Timorese approached the elections, which has laid down the right foundations for inclusive democracy for the future. We call on all the Timorese political parties to respect the outcome of the elections and to work together to draft the constitution and to prepare East Timor for independence. Jean-Marie Guehenno quite rightly congratulated the Timorese people on the conduct of the elections. But congratulations are also due to the United Nations - to the Secretary-General, to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and to Special Representative Sergio Vieira de Mello - for the impressive arrangements that were made for the elections and for the way in which they were organized to allow them to go off both peacefully and in a way that is more like, as Mr.”
2001-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4367 (2001) · source