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Galouzeau De Villepin

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2003-01-20
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  1. “The country must comply immediately with the demands of Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei, in particular by permitting meetings with Iraqi scientists without witnesses; agreeing to the use of U2 observer flights; adopting legislation to prohibit the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction; and immediately handing over to the inspectors all relevant documents on unresolved disarmament questions, in particular in the biological and chemical domains. Those handed over on 20 January constitute a step in the right direction. The 3,000 pages of documents discovered at the home of a researcher show that Baghdad must do more. Absent documents, Iraq must be able to present credible testimony. The Iraqi authorities must also provide the inspectors with answers to the new elements presented by Colin Powell.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  2. “Let us collectively establish a coordination and information-processing centre that would supply Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei, in real time and in a coordinated way, with all the intelligence resources they might need. Let us list the unresolved disarmament questions and rank them by importance. With the consent of the leaders of the inspection teams, let us define a demanding and realistic time frame for moving forward in the assessment and elimination of problems. There must be regular follow-up to the progress made in Iraq's disarmament. This enhanced regime of inspections and monitoring could be usefully complemented by having a permanent United Nations coordinator for disarmament in Iraq, stationed in Iraq and working under the authority of Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei. Iraq must cooperate actively, however.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  3. “With the choice between military intervention and an inspections regime that is inadequate for lack of cooperation on Iraq's part, we must choose to strengthen decisively the means of inspection. That is what France is proposing today. To do this, we must define with Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei the requisite tools for increasing their operational capabilities. Let us double or triple the number of inspectors and open up more regional offices. Let us go further: Why not establish a specialized body to keep under surveillance the sites and areas already inspected? Let us substantially increase the capabilities for monitoring and collecting information on Iraqi territory. France is ready to provide full support; it is ready to deploy Mirage IV observer aircraft.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  4. “How do we make sure that the considerable risks of such intervention are actually kept under control? This obviously requires a collective demarche of responsibility on the part of the world community. In any case, it must be clear that, in the context of such an option, the United Nations will have to be at the centre of the action to guarantee Iraq's unity, ensure the region's stability, protect civilians and preserve the unity of the world community. For now, the inspections regime favoured by resolution 1441 (2002) must be strengthened, since it has not been explored to the end. Use of force can only be a final recourse. Why go to war if there still exists an unused space in resolution 1441 (2002)? Consistent with the logic of that resolution, we must therefore move on to a new stage and further strengthen the inspections.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  5. “Today the absence of long-range delivery systems reduces the potential threat of these weapons, but we have disturbing signs of Iraq's continued determination to acquire ballistic missiles beyond the authorized 150- kilometre range. In the nuclear domain, we must clarify in particular any attempt by Iraq to acquire aluminium tubes. So it is a demanding demarche, anchored in resolution 1441 (2002), that we must take together. If this path were to fail and lead us into a dead end, then we rule out no option, including in the final analysis the recourse to force, as we have said all along. In such a hypothesis, however, several answers will have to be clearly provided to all Governments and all peoples of the world to limit the risks and uncertainties. To what extent do the nature and scope of the threat justify the recourse to force?”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  6. “The inspectors have reported real difficulties. In his 27 January report, Mr. Blix gave several examples of unresolved questions in the ballistic, chemical and biological domains. These uncertainties are not acceptable. France will continue to pass on all the information it has so they can be better defined. Right now, our attention has to be focused as a priority on the biological and chemical domains. It is there that our presumptions about Iraq are the most significant. Regarding the chemical domain, we have evidence of its capacity to produce VX and yperite. In the biological domain, the evidence suggests the possible possession of significant stocks of anthrax and botulism toxin, and possibly a production capability.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  7. “The deployment on the ground of more than one hundred inspectors, with 300 visits a month on average, an increase in the number of sites inspected and full access to the presidential sites, in particular, are all major achievements. In the nuclear domain, these first two months have enabled the IAEA to make - as Mr. ElBaradei emphasized - good progress in its knowledge of Iraq's capacity, and that is a key element. In the areas covered by UNMOVIC, the inspections have provided us with useful information. For example, Mr. Blix has indicated that no trace of biological or chemical agents has thus far been detected by the inspectors, either in the analyses of samples taken on the inspected sites or in the 12 empty warheads discovered on 16 January at Ukhaider. There are still grey areas in Iraq's cooperation.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  8. “By unanimously adopting resolution 1441 (2002), we chose to act through the path of inspections. That policy rests on three fundamental points: a clear objective on which we cannot compromise - the disarmament of Iraq; a method - a rigorous system of inspections that requires Iraq's active cooperation and that affirms the Security Council's central role at each stage; and finally, a requirement - that of our unity. It gave full force to the message that we unanimously addressed to Baghdad. I hope that today's meeting will enable us to strengthen that unity. Important results have already been achieved. The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are working.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  9. “Mr. Galouzeau de Villepin (France) (spoke in French): At the outset, France wishes to reiterate our condolences to our American friends with regard to the terrible tragedy that occurred with the space shuttle Columbia. I congratulate the German presidency of the Security Council on having organized this meeting, and I thank Colin Powell, Secretary of State of the United States, for having taken the initiative of convening it. I listened with much attention to the elements that he shared with us. They contained information, indications and questions that deserve further exploration. It will be up to the inspectors to assess the facts, as envisaged in resolution 1441 (2002). Already, his presentation has provided new justification for the approach chosen by the United Nations; it must strengthen our common determination.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  10. “In favour: Angola, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, China, France, Germany, Guinea, Mexico, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (spoke in French): There were 15 The Security Council has thus concluded its votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted business for this meeting. unanimously as resolution 1456 (2003). The meeting rose at 12 551) m I thank all participants for the part that they have played in the work of this meeting. In particular. I thank all the Ministers for Foreign Affairs. the representatives of Chile and the Syrian Arab Republic. and the Secretary-General.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  11. “Our fate is in our hands. Let us begin this process without delay and let us set timetables for concluding it. I suggest that we plan to meet at the next session of the General Assembly - perhaps even in the context of a special session of the Assembly -to adopt new measures aimed at giving tangible effect to the new impetus that we intend to bring to our mobilization. The fight against terrorism is a universal cause because terrorism is a universal evil. The only way to conquer terrorism is through unity, imagination and action. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to vote on the draft resolution (S/2003/60) before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  12. “We shall make concrete proposals in that regard, particularly with a view to formulating an international convention strengthening controls over the use and transfer of such radioactive sources. Let us look at things clearly. Terrorism feeds on injustice. An equitable development model is therefore necessary to eradicate terrorism once and for all. That is why we must work ceaselessly to resolve crises: in Iraq, in Korea and particularly in the Middle East, the crux of the crises in the region and in the world. We must once again put development at the centre of our concerns, mobilizing more resources and more imagination. Finally, we must foster dialogue among cultures, looking beyond differences. In this area, the United Nations has an irreplaceable role. We see clearly that there is urgency. Each of these points requires action.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  13. “We will be ineffective against terrorist financing unless we mobilize all of the instruments available to us -in the Group of Eight (G-8), in the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering and in other forums-and unless we fully involve the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. In its capacity as President of the G-8, France intends to give strong impetus to the Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, adopted at the Kananaskis Summit. It is time to take action against the link between international terrorism and other threats: the spread of weapons of mass destruction, arms trafficking, illegal financing. France intends to prevent terrorist groups from using radioactive sources scattered around the world to make "dirty bombs".”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  14. “Let us give new stimulus to the United Nations institutions responsible for this task. The United Nations, because it is a world body, can also do more to help countries -especially countries of the South-to strengthen their counter- terrorism mechanisms at the national level. In that connection, I propose that we consider establishing a cooperation and assistance fund within the United Nations that would have its own resources and would work closely with the international financial institutions. But we must also pursue efforts undertaken in other forums.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  15. “It is imperative for us to do more and better. How can we do so? We can start by strengthening the mobilization of the international community as a whole. The United Nations can and must play a major role in this new drive. Because it is a world body, it must be at the centre of our efforts, focusing our attention in a pragmatic way on the areas in which the United Nations is better able than others to make a contribution. It is thus already playing a decisive role in drafting international legal instruments against terrorism. We must do still more in this area, both to conclude the negotiations on such basic texts as the comprehensive convention against terrorism and the convention against nuclear terrorism, and to permit the application of texts already signed.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  16. “They have confirmed that the terrorists are more than ever resolved to shatter lives and sow destruction. They have also confirmed that terrorism threatens all countries and all peoples. It cannot therefore be fought in isolation. In the face of terrorism we have a duty - collective mobilization - and a goal: results. Much has already been done. I am thinking of the United Nations, with the vital role played by the Security Council; the adoption of resolution 1373 (2001); the sanctions imposed on Al Qaeda; and the Counter-Terrorism Committee, whose activity I would like to commend. I am also thinking of the G8, its work on non-proliferation and its action against terrorist financing. Much remains to be done, however. Terrorism is constantly changing face. It is able to adapt its methods and networks and to assert its global character.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  17. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of France. The world is at a crossroads today. Crises have global dimensions. In this context, the Security Council, the highest body representing the will of the international community, has a special responsibility. That is why France has taken the initiative of convening this meeting. I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the many colleagues who accepted my invitation. I would not want to speak on the subject of terrorism here in New York without mentioning, with sorrow, the victims of the attacks of 11 September. Their memory must inspire us to fight terrorism with the utmost determination. New attacks, of which France itself has been a victim, have taken place in recent months.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  18. “I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  19. “I thank the Secretary-General for his statement. In accordance with the agreement reached by the Council in its prior consultations, I now give the floor to Ambassador Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, to make a statement under rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  20. “I thank you, fellow members, for your participation. Our objective must be to maintain and to strengthen the mobilization of all against terrorism. We must also give new impetus to the struggle against this scourge, and our debate today must contribute to that. It should give us an opportunity to reflect on new actions that might be necessary in order to attain that objective. I should like to remind participants that, as agreed, we shall limit the length of our statements to a maximum of five to seven minutes. I now give the floor to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  21. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. Members of the Council have before them document S/2003/60, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. As international news unfortunately confirms, the terrorist threat, because of its multifaceted and global nature, cannot be eradicated unless the international community, together, continues to mobilize actively and in a lasting way against this scourge. The United Nations has a central role to play in order to ensure such mobilization. It is therefore fundamental that we give it our full support. That is why France, which holds the presidency of the Security Council during the month of January, has taken the initiative to convene this Council meeting at the ministerial level.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source