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  1. “This necessarily implies the establishment of boundaries between efforts for the maintenance of international peace and security, which are mainly within the competence of the Security Council, and activities for the reconstruction and strengthening of institutions, which by their very nature fall under the purview of the General Assembly. It is not a good idea to erase the dividing line between responsibilities carried out by force and those designed to assist the social and institutional efforts of States, which must be transparent and consensual. The report of the Secretary-General offers the international community a framework and instruments that constitute a challenge as well as an opportunity to try to recuperate from all the years of oblivion and discrimination to which the African continent has been subjected.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  2. “The most notable aspect of the report is its attempt to understand the new realities that define the causes of recent conflicts in the light of lessons learned over recent years. But, just as the failure in Somalia should not discourage the international community about its ability to take action for peace in Africa, that and other exceptional cases should not be used as models for building a theory that would disregard the sovereignty and have no faith in the intentions and the legitimacy of African States. Another noteworthy aspect of the report is its search for approaches ensuring that the efforts of the international community do not end with the signing of peace accords, but that they seek to foster development and stability from all possible angles.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  3. “Perhaps the initial answer to questions to which these matters give rise can be found in the Secretary- General's reference to the fact that the operations in Bosnia and in Somalia illustrate the magnitude of the challenges and dangers posed for peacekeepers and humanitarian workers operating in a hostile environment without the consent or support of all of the parties. In the opinion of my delegation, United Nations efforts to find an effective machinery to defend the recipients of humanitarian assistance, as well as those who distribute it, must be reconciled with the need to respect the intergovernmental nature of the Organization and therefore the sovereignty of Member States.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  4. “His statement that human security is the cardinal mission of the United Nations is the most original utterance on this subject. But this is a poorly defined concept that is not set out in the Charter, and it must be discussed very carefully, as must the concepts that derive from it, such as the use of force by the Security Council to defend members of a peacekeeping operation, humanitarian workers in a hostile environment, or refugees or displaced persons subjected to massive violence.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  5. “We fully agree with the Secretary-General's initiative by which the Security Council would urgently take up the question of publicly identifying international arms traffickers and their activities. There may be no more harmful international influence on Africa and on developing countries in general than the illegal introduction of weapons to their territories. Hence, the international community's neglect of this issue has unacceptable moral implications. The response of the Security Council must be commensurate with the scope of the problem; it should set up a multilateral machinery that would begin by compiling and publishing information on those who engage in the illegal traffic in arms. We View as interesting the Secretary-General's analysis of humanitarian issues.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  6. “But we must take care not to assign to African countries a responsibility beyond their capacities, thus absolving the international community of nearly all its responsibilities while leaving it with the power to monitor compliance with a whole set of political, social and institutional obligations and requirements. In our View, the notion of Africa's principal responsibility with respect to its own problems implies that both the cooperation and the explicit consent of the State in question are essential for the success of international efforts to promote peace, and are moreover a basic principle of international law. My delegation will now speak briefly about several specific elements of the report.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  7. “We believe that we must make an effort to avoid dogmatic stances that would favour one position and reject another when considering whether solutions should first tackle the problems of peace or the problems of development. We want to stress the report's view that African countries should understand that the ability to achieve peace lies first and foremost in their own hands, and that the effectiveness of international support hinges on the cooperation and political will of the recipient State. We agree that any analysis of Africa must be based on something other than the image of a dependent continent anchored in the traumas of its colonial post, and that the ability of Africans to determine their own future must be recognized.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  8. “Unfortunately, the seriousness of Africa's problems, on so many fronts, means that the need for greatly accelerated economic development will not allow development to be relegated to a less important position vis-a-vis other equally pressing factors in the sphere of peace. Developing countries hold the View that, when it is a matter of achieving development, political efforts should not have priority over economic efforts. We are therefore concerned that some might see the opposite position in this report or detect a focus that promotes the idea that the fulfilment of certain political or institutional standards is a sine qua non if Africa is to rid itself of underdevelopment.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  9. “But the unfair fate of Africa, resulting from prejudice and from prescriptions imposed by an international community that has repeatedly failed to understand the complex realities of Africa, is lesson enough that this time we must act cautiously and, most important, respectfully when considering the action that should follow general agreement on the international system's policies towards Africa. As the Secretary-General notes in his report, development is a human right - my delegation would say a fundamental human right - and is the long-term goal of all the nations of Africa.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  10. “This examination must not become just another endless debate; what is needed is conclusions that will enable us to adopt specific, urgent measures. But this will be impossible, and its implementation will be ineffective, without consensus among the international community, and especially among the African countries. The report's analysis and recommendations do not themselves constitute a definitive navigational chart for the international community, for African States or for developing countries in general. The report is a serious and intelligent effort by a son of Africa with great experience in United Nations peace efforts in that continent.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  11. “We therefore welcome the fact that, even though it has been late in coming - all too late if we consider the millions of lives lost while the international community stood by indifferent - there is now an investigation into the underlying causes of this great suffering and desolation, something which the Non-Aligned Movement has urged for many years now. The report of the Secretary-General is first and foremost a document whose scope demands careful study by the General Assembly. In view of the importance of this matter, all Members of the United Nations, and especially African countries, must contribute their views. This will give us additional perspectives on the report, which will make possible a discussion aimed at defining a common United Nations position on this matter.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  12. “Mr. Forero (Colombia) (interpretation from Spanish): I wish to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Let me join other delegations in thanking the Secretary-General for submitting his report on the causes of conflict in Africa, a most important contribution to the quest for an explanation of the violence and instability which have been experienced by the African continent throughout its entire recent history and which have perceptibly increased in recent years. I must note at the outset that, as a developing country, we are linked by powerful ties of solidarity and kinship to that continent, all of whose countries are members of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source

  13. “Sanctions without time limits tend to create unintended and undesirable humanitarian emergencies, creating situations that are incompatible with the purposes of the Charter of the Organization. Finally, my delegation has taken note with interest of the Judgment by the International Court of Justice regarding the case concerning Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie, in particular the analysis of Security Council resolutions 748 (1992) and 883 (1993) vis-a-vis the Convention.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

  14. “The wide debate given to this issue during the past few years in the Organization, both in the Working Group on an Agenda for Peace and in the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly, is the result of concern for the gravity of the humanitarian consequences of the sanctions. Once again the discussion centres on the imposition, characteristics, duration, effects and lifting of sanctions. It is clear that the purpose of sanctions is not, and should not be, the punishment of the civilian population of the targeted country and moreover that such punishment should not be prolonged indefinitely. We are facing the humanitarian problem created by the prolongation of sanctions and measures imposed by the Security Council, without any sign of their being lifted.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

  15. “They reiterated their support for the proposals submitted jointly by the Organization of African Unity and the League of Arab States, as contained in the declaration of the 65th regular session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, held in February 1997. The Ministers called for refraining from the imposition of sanctions unless a real threat to international peace and security exists and only after all other peaceful means for settling a dispute have been exhausted. They also called for refraining from adopting measures in the economic, financial, transportation and communication fields, due to their serious and inhumane effects on populations, as reflected in the views of the General Assembly. As has been said today, in the current circumstances it is pertinent to reconsider the issue of sanctions.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

  16. “The Ministers expressed concern over the three Western countries' disregard of the appeals of regional and international organizations and their efforts to reach a peaceful settlement based on the principles of international law. They also affirmed that the measures imposed against the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya are no longer justifiable and urged the Security Council to expeditiously review the air embargo and the other measures imposed against Libya with a view to lifting them. Furthermore, they underlined that the escalation of the crisis, the threat to impose additional sanctions and the use of force as a means of conducting relations between States are in violation of the Charter and the principles of the Non-Aligned Movement.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

  17. “Mr. Forero (Colombia)(interpretation from Spanish): Allow me at the outset to express my delegation's great satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, preside over meetings of the Security Council. In regard to the matter that the Security Council is considering today, my delegation wishes to underline that in the final communique adopted by the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, held in New York on 25 September 1997, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Heads of delegations of the countries of the Non-Aligned Movement reaffirmed the position expressed in the Final Document of the Eleventh Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries in Cartagena.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source