YouSaid · the spoken record

Erdos

lines on the record: 566
first: 1992-01-21
most recent: 1998-03-31
sittings or episodes: 75
sources: un-security-council

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

“Mr. ERDOS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): First I should like to extend my delegation's congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. Its activities, as we have seen, are off to a rather intensive start. By the same token, I should like to pay a tribute to the competence with which our Venezuelan colleague, Mr. Taylhardat, guided the work of the Council last month. The Security Council took a decision a moment ago on the draft resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Croatia. The resolution is the result of laborious consultations and complex discussions.”
1993-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3286 (1993) · source
“The way in which the international community acts in this matter is likely to have repercussions on other similar processes affecting other conflict situations.”
1993-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3280 (1993) · source
“In that context, beyond the disarmament operations, the rebuilding of the Somali police force and the re-establishment of the country's judicial and penal systems are essential. It should also be noted that, in the final analysis, it is up to the Somalis themselves to be responsible for the national reconciliation and reconstruction of their own country. There has been increased interest in international public opinion in the continuing armed attacks against UNOSOM II personnel. These attacks are criminal acts. Resolution 865 (1993) is unequivocal in its condemnation of these actions and in its reaffirmation of the individual responsibility of those who, regardless of rank, status or position, perpetrate or order such criminal acts.”
1993-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3280 (1993) · source
“From that perspective, the clear references to Security Council resolution 814 (1993) in the resolution we have just adopted seem most appropriate to us, since it is precisely the provisions of that resolution that form the basis of our action in Somalia. We believe that it is important to persevere in our efforts to get the country moving again simultaneously in all the directions indicated in our resolutions - in the military field as well as in the political, humanitarian, economic and other areas. Ongoing dialogue with parties in Somali society is crucial, and it must accompany these efforts. It is clear that the priority objective of re-establishing normal conditions in all sectors of the country is the restoration of security and stability in Somalia.”
1993-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3280 (1993) · source
“Today's resolution will no doubt contribute to clarifying certain basic facts of the situation in Somalia by recalling the ongoing improvement in the general circumstances throughout the country and by pointing out the beneficial effects that such improvement has already had for the Somali people. Given conditions in Somalia, we must not underestimate this great achievement of international action. To meet the objectives set forth by the United Nations, it is critical that order and security be restored throughout the country without exception. To carry out this huge and complex task, recourse must continue to be had, in a consistent manner, to the mandate and means which the Security Council has agreed in this matter.”
1993-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3280 (1993) · source
“Mr. ERDOS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): Hungary welcomes the adoption of this new resolution on Somalia, which results from some of the present tasks of national reconstruction and from the challenges arising from the continuing violence in the southern regions of the capital of Somalia. Somalia has added to the arsenal of the international community's experience difficult and weighty lessons in human sacrifice. We are convinced that the United Nations will emerge strengthened from the period it is now experiencing in Somalia if it is able to draw the appropriate conclusions as concerns the conduct of peace-keeping operations, the other international activities there, and the media aspects of its presence in the country.”
1993-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3280 (1993) · source
“Finally, let us note that according to the time-table set out in today's resolution, the Council will take up reports of the Secretary-General on the situation in Angola twice, during the months of November and December, and that in the interim it will be kept regularly informed of developments in that country. Consequently, the Security Council's attention to Angola will be maintained and ongoing.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“By extending the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Angola (UNAVEM II) for three months and instituting a regime of sanctions against UNITA, which could be stiffened or relaxed, the Council wished to indicate its desire to promote significant progress in the full implementation of the Peace Agreements. By taking this decision today, in the presence of His Excellency the Minister for External Relations of Angola, to extend the mandate of UNAVEM II and by introducing the imminent prospect of sanction measures, we trust that the Council has sent the right message to UNITA so that its declarations of willingness to resume peace negotiations and cooperate in the humanitarian arena will no longer remain dead letters.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“The international alarm expressed over this country, over and above its political and military dimensions, is all the more warranted since, according to the report of the Secretary-General, it is estimated that more than 1,000 people are dying every day either directly or indirectly because of the war, making this the deadliest conflict in the world. We deplore the fact that this circumstance has not received the attention or the response it deserves from international public opinion. It is important to realize that, in the present situation, the Security Council has been able to take a firm and committed stance by naming unflinchingly those responsible for the tragedy now being played out in Angola and by carefully and unambiguously choosing steps that will get the process of a settlement in Angola over an impasse.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“Mr. ERDOS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): Hungary lent its full support to the adoption of resolution 864 (1993). We have been following with grave concern the deterioration of the situation in Angola, which has come about in spite of numerous attempts at peace. As indicated in the resolution we have just adopted, it is because of UNITA's military actions that the situation in Angola remains a threat to international peace and security. In the difficult circumstances prevailing as a result of that party's failure to respect the results of the democratic elections held in 1992 and its refusal to implement the provisions of the Peace Agreements, Hungary attaches particular importance to the reaffirmation of the world community's desire to preserve Angola's unity and territorial integrity.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“In any case, the Security Council will continue to follow closely the evolution of the situation relating to the implementation of the provisions of the General Peace Agreement. It should also be noted that, in accordance with resolution 863 (1993), the Council will receive a further report of the Secretary-General on this matter before the end of October.”
1993-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3274 (1993) · source
“The political attention and commitment of the Security Council are, we are sure, a significant contribution to the holding of free and fair elections in Mozambique in October 1994, at the latest, and to respect for the results of these elections by the parties involved. In this way, we will avoid repeating the poor example recently set in the same area of Africa, the consequences of which continue to afflict the Angolan people. For the settlement process to achieve results, it is essential to establish a single administrative system covering the entire territory of the country. We expect the Government of Mozambique and RENAMO alike to permit without further delay the effective functioning of the National Commission for Administration, the National Information Commission and the Police Affairs Commission.”
1993-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3274 (1993) · source
“If, however, these essential elements are missing, the situation can only culminate in a new and bloody tragedy for the Mozambican people. We believe that the Security Council's action is timely, because the positive internal developments within the country now need fresh political stimulus from the outside so as to give fresh impetus to the talks between the Mozambican Government and RENAMO and to halt unjustified attempts to slow and harmfully delay the settlement process. In this context, we attach importance to the firm language of the resolution, particularly as regards the cantonment and demobilization of troops, as well as the establishment of the revised calendar for the implementation of the General Peace Agreement.”
1993-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3274 (1993) · source
“Mr. ERDOS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): I should like to thank Ambassdor Albright of the United States for her excellent guidance of the Security Council's work during the month of August. I should also like to take this opportunity to welcome you, Sir, and to express my certainty that you will guarantee the effective functioning of the Council's deliberations during the month of September. The adoption of resolution 863 (1993) is an important stage in the settlement process that will lead Mozambique to a state of lasting internal peace and security. If, as we would wish, this process is accompanied by the necessary wisdom, clear-sightedness and political will of the Mozambican leaders, the efforts to establish democratic political institutions in that southern African country will be crowned with success.”
1993-09-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3274 (1993) · source
“Their presence and their words remind us, as if we needed reminding, that the Security Council could not, in any circumstance or in any region of the world, shirk its universal responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“There is another way open to UNITA - the renunciation of violence and its constructive participation, to a degree commensurate with its popular support in the country, in the vast undertaking of rebuilding the State, devastated by a war that has dragged on too long and has caused a humanitarian tragedy of incredible dimensions, We wish to pay a special tribute to Miss Anstee, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, who held that position until mid-year, for her tireless, unceasing efforts to settle the Angolan crisis. At the same time, we wish success to Mr. Beye, the Secretary-General's new Special Representative for Angola. Hungary welcomes the presence among us of several African Foreign Ministers and their participation in our debate.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“Given the lack of agreement on the full implementation of the Peace Accords and of the relevant Security Council resolutions, Hungary supports the imposition of necessary mandatory measures to prevent UNITA from carrying on its military actions. In mentioning that possibility, the Council is sending a clear message to those to whom it is directed. The current activity of UNITA reflects a political mentality which the international community must firmly reject. It is an attitude which has nothing to do with the objectives of the democratic process in Angola.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“Hungary fully supports maintaining the United Nations presence in Angola and extending the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II). It attaches fundamental importance to the pursuit of the peace process and the full implementation of the Peace Accords. Hungary welcomes the demand in the resolution that UNITA accept unreservedly the results of the democratic elections of 1992 and that it act accordingly. Hungary condemns the continuing military actions of UNITA and its attempts to acquire additional territory, which are completely incompatible with the spirit and the letter of the Peace Accords.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“Mr. ERDOS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): I should like to express our great pleasure at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council this month. We also thank Ambassador Yanez Barnuevo of Spain for his excellent work as President of the Council last month. Hungary voted in favour of resolution 851 (1993) because it is very concerned by the constantly deteriorating situation in Angola. As was pointed out in our debate this morning, the crisis in Angola is an African problem. We hasten to add that it cannot be considered as an exclusively African problem. It concerns the entire world and constitutes a problem which, through its ramifications and its lessons, must be of concern to the entire international community.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“We cannot conceal the fact that this road is strewn with many dangers, but before we turn to the ultimate weapon available to the international community - before we take that step ~- Hungary, which is very concerned by the present situation and by the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the whole region, would wish to give a last chance to the tireless efforts aimed at achieving a solution to the crisis in that country "hat is worthy of the noble values of our civilization at the end of 'the twentieth century. These are the reasons which lead Hungary to abstain in the voting on the draft resolution in document S/25997.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“Today there is a feeling in the Security Council - and this is a feeling that, let us admit it, does not necessarily reflect preferences within the United Nations as a whole, which rather tends to favour supporting the recent efforts by the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia - that the current, crucial dealings between the protagonists to the conflict should be given a chance.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“In our opinion, lifting the arms embargo on Bosnia and Herzegovina would be to admit the irreversible failure, and the end, of the efforts aimed at seeking a negotiated, political solution to the war. The Security Council is now in a position where it must appreciate the true weight of its responsibility, as defined in the Charter, for maintaining international peace and security. It must act with all wisdom, and in doing so learn the lessons of its bitter experience so far.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“However, after carefully weighing the various arguments concerning the draft resolution before us, we have arrived at the conclusion that, under present circumstances, lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina would not necessarily have a positive impact on subsequent developments in that country and its vicinity. Here we are thinking of the very likely possibility of renewed military offensives against the territories that are still under Government control, of the renewed human suffering, of the end of international humanitarian operations and of the dangers that lie in wait for international personnel in the former Yugoslavia.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“The question that we are asking ourselves is whether, in the present circumstances, the actions envisaged in the draft resolution would be capable, in reality, of promoting a solution to the Bosnian problem and if the measures it contemplates would be likely to bring the end of this tragedy any closer. We continue to bear in mind that one of the possible options, given the challenge presented by the war of aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is lifting the arms embargo on the Bosnian Government. Hungary does not rule out that option; it does not exclude it, in principle, a priori, because it is so evident that the situation that obtained in September 1991 when the measures pursuant to Security Council resolution 713 (1991) were adopted bear very little resemblance to the present state of affairs.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“The Serbs' heavy weapons must be placed under effective control; these are the weapons responsible for so much of the massacre. They have become the symbol for this bizarre war, a symbol that stands for the Serb military. The Security Council need only apply its own resolutions. It is undeniable that today the Security Council is in a very delicate situation. Hungary believes that these same principles must guide the Council and be applied in settling all the crises that are troubling our world. The international community has in fact recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina as a sovereign, independent country, and all the measures contemplated in this context must be determined on the basis of this act of recognition or on the basis of the fact that that State is a Member of the United Nations.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“There is no doubt that the policy of systematic accommodation and resignation and the policy of simply accepting faits accomplis will encourage all forces in the region and elsewhere who are considering settling their problems by invading other peoples and devastating their lands. Hungary considers it intolerable that one of the parties to the conflict - the strongest - continues to be supplied with weapons from outside sources while another party - the Government of the country which is the victim of the aggression - has no such ability. The point is to halt all supplies of weapons and ammunition to Bosnia and Herzegovina. To that end international inspection facilities should be set up along all the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as indicated in resolution 838 (1993).”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“Hungary continues to endorse the principles set out in the draft resolution, including the cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal from territories occupied by force, reversal of the consequences of the policy of "ethnic cleansing", and restoration of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hungary thinks it enormously important to make a clear distinction between the aggressor and the victim of aggression. If some cannot or do not wish to make that distinction, if some merely take note that aggression has occurred, that is a dismal portent for the future of the world.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“Mr. ERDUS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): Faced with the tragedy in Bosnia and Herzegovina - which has no precedent in post-Second-World-War European history - Hungary's feelings are similar to those of the sponsors of the draft resolution before us today. We have followed developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a deathly feeling in our soul, and we share the deer frustration this conflict arouses in many. It is painful to have to admit that the international community has so far failed in its attempts to find a solution to the crisis. Aggression, "ethnic cleansing" and intolerance are achieving a most spectacular triumph, which poses a mortal threat to the future of a State Member of the United Nations.”
1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source
“We are pleased with the United States commitment to fight terrorism and deter aggression in the world. On this occasion, we express our conviction that the international comnunity, strengthened by this United States position, possesses the highest moral values, and that it has the necessary potential and can summon the determination necessary to thwart such actions wherever they take place and to assure all people, wherever they live, of a secure and better future, safe from those who try to violate the will of the United Nations.”
1993-06-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3245 (1993) · source
“Its declared purpose was to deter other similar actions in the future and to ensure that the principles of civilized behaviour shall prevail in the world. We have always held that those who concoct such plans and attempt to defy the basic norms of international law and international humanitarian law should know that their acts will not go unpunished or without response. In its turn, the people of the world - and especially those who bear a particular responsiblity for the maintenance of international peace and security - should know that if they do not act and react on the basis of the rights and duties set out in the United Nations Charter, terrorism and aggression will have free rein and will inevitably introduce the law of the jungle into the world.”
1993-06-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3245 (1993) · source
“Mr. ERDOS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): The action taken by the United States yesterday in Baghdad was justified, according to the information available to us, by the grave nature of the latest instance of the Government of Iraq's behaviour on the international scene. As we know, this behaviour has been on the Security Council's agenda for some time. We regret that we are not able to detect any promising signs out of Baghdad of a positive development in Iraq's attitude in response to the positions taken by the international community. The response to the investigation undertaken following the discovery of a plot aimed at carrying out an act of State terrorism against the former President of the United States was firm and unequivocal.”
1993-06-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3245 (1993) · source
“We hope that the measures proposed in the report of the Secretary-General, which the Security Council has just approved through the present resolution, will be taken as soon as possible and in such a way as to make possible progress towards a fair overall settlement of the Bosnian crisis, thus preventing fossilization of the structures we have planned.”
1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source
“Passive and minimally credible deterrent structures can easily become impotent, with a loss of the capacity to act. It is cold comfort that this is not the first time this has happened to us in the former Yugoslavia. Hence, we can only hope that with the adoption of resolution 844 (1993) we will achieve at least one of our objectives: urgently to protect the people living in the safe areas and to halt the grave, systematic violations of international humanitarian law. That would be consonant with the recent appeal to the Security Council by the World Conference on Human Rights to take the measures necessary to put an end to the genocide taking place in Bosnia and Herzegovina - in particular, in Gorazde.”
1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source
“Unfortunately, the consultations that preceded the adoption of the resolution and the documents on which our decisions were based convinced us that there is simply no real prospect of taking larger-scale, more effective and less contradictory measures. The present resolution has not rid us of the feeling we have had for some time: that the inherent characteristics of the structures we are building in Bosnia and Herzegovina could in the circumstances prevailing in and around the safe areas call into question the validity and operational aspects of those structures. We might wonder whether the kinds of deterrence decided upon by the Council will in fact be adequate to prevent the aggressor from pursuing his attempts to eliminate or "neutralize" the safe areas.”
1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source
“Mr. ERDOS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): The Hungarian delegation's vote in favour of resolution 844 (1993) reflects our conviction that the intention of resolution 836 (1993) to establish safe areas in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina must be implemented as quickly as possible. For us, the only remaining question related to the specific modalities proposed to do this. We must say that the modalities outlined in the present resolution are not entirely what we had hoped for. They are acceptable only to the extent that we had to face the fact that under the present circumstances the international community is neither in a position, nor is it inclined, to do more.”
1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source
“Furthermore, through this resolution, the Security Council declares its availability to the Khmer people in its efforts to achieve Stability and reconstruction. In closing this long and difficult chapter of the Cambodian conflict, the international community must do everything possible to facilitate Cambodia's renewal.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“Any solution that departs from the principles and timetables set in the Paris Agreements and any activities aimed at hindering Cambodia's democratic development would run counter to the vital interests of that country and its people. To realize the possibilities inherent in this crucial transition period, the Cambodian leaders will have to demonstrate their political maturity, transcend their divisions and promote national reconciliation. We are confident - and our most recent information gives positive indications to this effect - that the Khmers, under the authority of Prince Sihanouk, will be up to the very special tasks that await them in their country, devastated by cruel wars.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“In our complicated world, where the international community has met with other than success, this impressive result, obtained by the United Nations in Cambodia thanks to the perseverant and responsible activities of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, will not go unnoticed. A new chapter is thus opening up before the Khmer people. Both its elected representatives and the future leadership of the country will go a long way towards turning this opportunity into reality: building and consolidating a unified, sovereign and democratic country.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“Mr. ERDOS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): The Security Council's adoption of resolution 840 (1993) is an important and welcome step in the contemporary history of Cambodia. After so many efforts, to the great Satisfaction of the interneetional community, elections for a Constituent Assembly were held in that country. Resolution 840 (1993) endorses the _ results of those elections. which have been certified as free and fair. With their massive participation in that popular referendum, the Khmer people demonstrated, spectacularly and convincingly, that it both wanted and knew how to take advantage of the opportunity offered it.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“In this context, we should like to hope that - in the contest between, firstly, the importance of the credibility of international commitment and, secondly, the temptation to resign oneself to the realities carved out in the field - despite so many setbacks, it is eredibility that will win the day - and, we would add, in the interest of all of us.”
1993-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3234 (1993) · source
“We attach particular importance to the fact that the resolution that has been adopted is in strict conformity with previous Council resolutions concerning the sanctions regime imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). In respect of the aerial surveillance over the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has already been introduced in connection with the regime banning military flights over that country, we would welcome any support that the information so gathered may bring to observation, not only of the situation along the Drina, but also of the situation obtaining in the safe areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as we believe that Council resolution 838 (1993) represents a series of activities that complement the establishment by the Council just recently of those safe areas.”
1993-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3234 (1993) · source
“On the basis of resolution 838 (1993), the Security Cuuncil is beginning a series of actions in several Stages: the present declaration of intent will have to be followed up as soon as possible by a report from the Secretary-General on how observers will be deployed, and that report will in turn be followed by a Council resolution on the deployment itself. In the context of this series of actions, there are some very important, specific questions that will have to be clarified concerning the mandate, emplacement and also the other aspects of the observers' activities. It is within that same context that the political will of this body, on which falls the principal responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, will once again, inevitably, be put to the test.”
1993-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3234 (1993) · source
“The deployment of observers along the Bosnian frontier could be an important contribution to this. We voted in favour of this resolution also in the conviction that applying it will be part of the efforts under the peace plan for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and will help implement the Vance-Owen Plan. We consider this resolution primarily as a declaration of intent that clearly expresses the Council's commitment to continuing the complex enterprise aimed at restoring peace and justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to do so despite the difficulties, the broken promises and the repeated breaches of commitments that had been made.”
1993-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3234 (1993) · source
“Mr. ERDOS (Hungary) (interpretation from French): Hungary voted in favour of Security Council resolution 838 (1993) as it is convinced that all foreign interference in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina must cease immediately and that the neighbours of that country must respect its territorial integrity. It is clear that there cannot be a settlement and lasting peace in conditions where instances of such interference in Bosnia and Herzegovina persist. But it is at least equally clear that a halt to such instances of interference is far from being enough to restore normal conditions and that an overall settlement to the conflict would become possible only on the basis of a firm determination on the part of the international community to act on all levels and in the manner that this tragic situation demands.”
1993-06-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3234 (1993) · source
“It is in view of the immense moral and political responsibility of the Security Council to act in keeping with the provisions of the United Nations Charter and to avoid passivity, which would be tantamount to complicity with arrogance and aggression, that Hungary has decided, filled with torment and anguish because of its convictions of principle and because of its geopolitical situation, to vote in favour of this resolution.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“Quite the contrary: as European history has so often shown us, injustice and persecution sow the seeds of future conflicts. After the second world conflagration the peoples of the world decided to erect international structures in order to be able not only to deter but also to rebuff aggressors. The inviolability of this principle is one of the raisons d'etre of the United Nations. Despite the world's tragic, inexcusable delays in dealing with this grave problem that affects the entire network of international relations, and for which we continue to pay a heavy price in tears anda blood, it is still not too late for us finally, with the necessary determination, to use the arsenal of the means available to us through our Organization's Charter.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“If we accept the triumph of violence and intolerance, their success will be taken as encouragement by all those who feel that they can pursue similar objectives and who are so inclined, because they will be assured that the world will stand helplessly by and watch them carry out their sinister plans. One of the risks inherent in resolution 836 (1993) is the possibility of establishing a state structure of isolated enclaves maintained only through international assistance, the freezing of a situation and the de facto recognition of realities on the ground resulting from blood and fire. One would be harbouring illusions if one were to believe that such a situation would be the sort of thing to restore peace and stability in this region.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“It would be a fatal error to think that the Bosnian bloodbath involves only Bosnians, because the settlement of this conflict is of strategic interest to the entire international community, and what is at stake in the valleys and mountains of that majestic country goes far beyond the confines of that Republic. Not to understand that or just to procrastinate would amount to condemning ourselves to repeat history and would show that we are surprisingly incapable of learning the lessons of the hateful, ominous events that have taken place in the twentieth century in that part of Europe.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“That is why Hungary continues to emphasize that the resolution we have adopted today can only be the beginning of a process leading to a just and lasting solution facilitating the implementation of the Vance-Owen Plan, which, under present circumstances, remains the only available means to preserve the territorial integrity of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, end hostilities and restore normal living conditions for all ethnic and religious communities throughout the national territorty. The Balkan crisis at the end of this century has uniquely shaken all the pillars upon which the edifice of European security and cooperation rests. The action in which the international community is now engaged falls under the heading of "too little, too late".”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“We also understand the resolution as authorizing Member States to take all necessary measures, including air power, to support UNPROFOR in its activities. We further note that resolution 836 (1993) calls for a report, at the latest two months after the adoption of this resolution, on its implementation and that it keeps open the possibility of new, sterner measures. It would, none the less, be erroneous to think that the Security Council | has done everything at this critical time not only to contain but to rebuff the aggression inspired and set in motion by greater-Serbia nationalism.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source