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GAMBARI

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“Permit me to conclude by extending Nigeria's appreciation to the ongoing efforts which the Organization of African Unity as a body has been making to advance the peace process in Angola. We also wish to commend the efforts of individuals, States and of other groups helping to achieve the same goal. We are convinced that the graduated measures contained in the present draft resolution, including, in particular, the imposition of sanctions, are critical to galvanizing the peace process and achieving lasting peace in Angola.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“At this point in time, when old antagonists are reaching agreements to resolve their conflicts, at a time when most societies and nations, in the aftermath of the cold war, seem more disposed and more determined to work for peace, elements in Angola must not be allowed to continue to undermine international efforts to establish peace in the country. It should be made crystal-clear to UNITA that henceforth the international community will not allow it to continue to toy with the lives of its countrymen and women by procrastinating on the peace process. They need to be clearly told that no legitimate alternative exists to the pursuit of peace in their country outside of the framework of the Acordos de Paz and the United Nations.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“It is important that the international community, embodied in the United Nations, send out the strongest possible signals to the rebel party in Angola, UNITA, that enough is enough and that its patience is running out. UNITA must henceforth make visible and credible efforts to assist rather than impede the peace process in Angola. UNITA, and in particular its leadership, must take responsibility for the prolongation of the conflict and the attendant misery and death which have been visited on the people of Angola.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“It must not allow itself to be held hostage to the intransigence of a party to the conflict determined to prolong the suffering of the ordinary people of Angola and sabotage international commitments to peace and a peaceful process. The people of Angola do not deserve to continue to live in a perpetual state of fear for their lives and for their property. They too, like the rest of humanity, deserve to be given an opportunity to live in peace and to pursue development. It is in this context that the Nigerian delegation welcomes the present draft resolution under consideration by the Council and recommends it for unanimous adoption.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“It is a matter of serious regret to my delegation to note, as succinctly underscored in the Secretary-General's report: " some 3 million people, particularly the most vulnerable population groups - children, women and the elderly - are suffering from the consequences of the conflict." (S/26434, para. 20). The report further states that "Tt is widely estimated that 1,000 persons die every day from the direct or indirect effects of the war, the highest fatality rate of any conflict in the world." (ibid.) In light of the dreadful situation prevailing in Angola, the international community has a duty and an obligation to take immediate and drastic action.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“Nigeria has demonstrated its commitment time and time again to the search for the peaceful settlement of conflicts throughout the world, especially those in Africa. That is why the Nigerian delegation is deeply concerned at the deterioration of the security and political situation in the brotherly country of Angola. We are saddened that, in spite of the untiring efforts that have been made internationally, peace continues to be as elusive as ever. In particular, we are sorely disturbed by the fact that, owing to the intensification of fighting in several parts of the country, the administration of humanitarian services has been most adversely affected - a situation that has further compounded the hardships and suffering of the masses of people in the country.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“My delegation warmly congratulates the Secretary-General for his additional report on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM II) contained in document S/26434 of 13 September 1993. We are impressed by its excellent analysis and by its comprehensiveness. In this connection, our thanks also go to the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Angola, Mr. Blondin Beye, whose zeal and enthusiasm for results under even the most difficult circumstances in Angola have remained undaunted. For us in Nigeria, Angola occupies a very special place in our national consciousness and affections. The Government and the people of Nigeria remain firmly committed to the territorial integrity of Angola and the well-being of its citizens.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you back to New York and to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September. I have no doubt that with your wealth of diplomatic experience the tasks before the Council this month are indeed in very capable and very competent hands. I should also like to convey, through you, my delegation's thanks to your predecessor, Ambassador Madeleine Albright of the United States, for the very efficient manner in which she discharged her duties as President of the Council for the month of August. May I also warmly welcome the Minister of External Relations of Angola, His Excellency Mr. Venancio De Moura. My delegation congratulates him for his lucid and forthright statement before this Council.”
1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source
“Finally, while the efforts to achieve peace in Liberia continue, we avail ourselves of this opportunity to renew our appeal to the international community and the relevant aid agencies not to relent in their efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance to the needy and displaced people in Liberia, who have suffered and continue to suffer from the ravages of the civil war. The international community has a duty to continue to help these people rebuild their lives in peace and dignity.”
1993-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3263 (1993) · source
“With the active cooperation lately demonstrated between the United Nations and the African regional organizations, especially the Economic Community of West African States and the Organization of African Unity, it has been possible now, more than ever before, to maintain close contact with all the parties involved in the Liberian crisis. In this circumstance, and combined with the political will and determnination of the Liberian people and the member States of the Economic Community of West African States, we can hope with confidence that the end of the Liberian crisis may well be very near.”
1993-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3263 (1993) · source
“We believe that, as recommended in the present draft resolution, the setting up of a Joint Cease-fire Monitoring Committee, to be replaced subsequently by a United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL), would go a long way in strengthening the peace process, to which the States of the subregion have an abiding commitment. Despite the signing of the Cotonou Agreement by all the relevant parties to the conflict in Liberia, we have no illusions that peace has finally dawned in that country. Not discounting the possibility of a breach of the Cotonou Agreement by one of the parties, we believe that the international community must continue to exert itself to the utmost until peace is fully assured in the country.”
1993-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3263 (1993) · source
“It represents a significant step in the efforts to achieve a peaceful and speedy resolution of the conflict which has persisted in the West African State for several years. My delegation is pleased that the present draft resolution seeks, albeit implicitly, the implementation in a most effective manner of the provisions of the Yamoussoukro Accord, which the countries of West Africa and the parties to the conflict in Liberia have long acknowledged as the best possible basis for creating lasting peace in that country.”
1993-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3263 (1993) · source
“Nigeria is indeed proud to be associated with the peace process at all its stages, a process which now appears to be bearing fruit in Liberia. Along with sister countries in West Africa, Nigeria provided leadership in peace-making and peace-keeping in Liberia, especially at a time when some other Powers feared to tread on the very dangerous grounds of the war-torn country. It is therefore the view of the Nigerian Government that perhaps we have earned the right to call upon all parties having an interest in Liberia, including the members of the international community, to support this latest Agreement so as to achieve the desired results. The draft resolution under the Council's consideration commends itself for unanimous adoption.”
1993-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3263 (1993) · source
“Nigeria welcomes the outcome of the two meetings which were held, respectively, in Geneva and Cotonou in the month of July as a follow-up to the mandate given to the Secretary-General under Security Council resolution 813 (1993). The Geneva meeting, held at the instance of the Secretary-General and attended by, inter alia, the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), set up the framework for the latest Agreement between the parties to the Liberian conflict, subsequently reached in Cotonou on 25 July 1993. It is my delegation's considered opinion that not since Yamoussoukro IV has there been any settlement as comprehensive as the Cotonou Agreement, nor one so crucial to the search for final peace in Liberia.”
1993-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3263 (1993) · source
“Permit me, Madam President, to join the preceding speakers and to extend my delegation's warmest congratulations on your assumption of the office of President of this esteemed Council for the month of August. I have no doubt that with your rich diplomatic experience and under your very able guidance the Council will be able to discharge effectively its responsibilities in the matters of which it will be seized this month. My delegation also wishes to congratulate warmly our indefatigable Secretary-General on his lucid and comprehensive report (S/26200) of 4 August 1993 on the situation in Liberia. The indomitable and valiant efforts of his Special Representative, Mr. Gordon-Somers, in the search for lasting peace in the troubled West African State also deserve our highest commendation.”
1993-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3263 (1993) · source
“Rather, it is the time to step up international efforts to accelerate the process of a negotiated settlement of the conflict in Angola so that the United Nations in particular and the international community as a whole will be even more valued and ever more credible partners with the people of Angola in the search for durable peace, territorial integrity and democratic order in that country.”
1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source
“The good work which the United Nations has already begun in Angola, and which it is still doing through UNAVEM II, must be allowed to continue and, indeed, be strengthened and expanded so that the previous efforts of United Nations operations in Angola will not have been in vain. Finally, my delegation is convinced that much should and can be done to prevent Angola from returning to a state which could grow worse than the country has known since it became independent. We must not allow anarchy, another Somalia, to develop. In respect of Angolu, now is not the time for half measures by the international community. It is certainly not the time to consider stopping assistance to that country.”
1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source
“We decry the return to the state of war and the escalation of violence in the country, and urge all Member States to support to support existing international efforts to return Angola to the path of peace and development. We strongly condemn external interference which exacerbates the tragic conflict im Angola. All Members of the United Nations must strive always to be peace makers and peace-keepers, and not peace breakers. i Nigeria wholeheartedle supports the draft resolution on Angola which the Security Council is about to adopt, and we urge the Council to spare no effort in finding a lasting solution to the situation in the country.”
1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source
“Ominously, as the Secretary-General's report of 21 January 1993 indicated, "The civil war has resumed with all that that entails in human suffering and the further impoverishment of a potentially prosperous country." (S/25140, para. 26) As a country which has itself experienced a tragic civil war, Nigeria is greatly saddened by the developments that have once again ensued in the sister country of Angola, a country with which Nigeria has long-standing political, economic and cultural ties, a country to whose unity, stability and progress we are entirely committed. We therefore urgently zppeal to the Popular Liberation Movement of Angola (MPLA) and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) to cease all ongoing hostilities and pursue a course of dialogue and peace.”
1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source
“The troubling situation in Angola has seized the attention of the international community for several years. The United Nations, through this Council, has rightly been instrumental in achieving the remarkable strides so far taken in that country to bring about peace and stability, not only in Angola but in southern Africa as a whole. Indeed, so successful was the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM), that when UNAVEM II replaced it United Nations efforts were beginning to be seen as a model of peace-keeping to be replicated elsewhere. It is regrettable, however, that, in spite of the efforts of the United Nations, the situation on the ground in Angola has lately deteriorated, so much so that furthor efforts to advance the peace process in that country have virtually stalled.”
1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source
“It is my pleasure to join other speakers in conveying, on behalf of my delegation, warm appreciation of the very efficient and able manner in which you, Sir, as President, have conducted the affairs of the Council. Also worthy of profound appreciation is the signal timeliness with which the Council has continued to respond to the important demands of trouble spots all over the world, and especially those in my own continent, Africa. This responsiveness, which is no doubt a reflection of the political will and resolve of its members, is particularly reassuring to the entire international community. I also wish to salute the brilliant presentation made to the Council by the Minister of External Relations of Angola, Mr. Venancio de Moura.”
1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source
“Finally, allow me to add that the founding fathers of the United Nations were dedicated to the proposition of the indivisibility of peace as enshrined in the Charter of the Organization. Therefore, the Security Council, as the organ of our Organization charged with the primary responsibility of Maintaining international peace and security, must demonstrate clearly that the tragic, recurrent and escalating loss of life in the black townships of South Africa is no less deserving of its prompt, concrete and effective response than the loss of life in Sarajevo, in the former Yugoslavia. South Africa poses a new challenge to this Council and the United Nations. We cannot fail to respond accordingly,”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“I should also like to refer in particular to the concluding remarks by Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, a copy of which I requested be transmitted to the members of the Security Council. The international community now calls on the Council to respond to the situation in South Africa. Various suggestions have been made, ranging from the introduction of international monitors to oversee the implementation of the Peace Accord in particular, and law enforcement in general, to direct involvement in the political negotiations so as to guarantee neutrality of both the convener and the venue. Recent experiences of political violence in other nations should compel the Council to act in a timely manner. There is a broad spectrum of possible action that can be taken.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“Without taking up any more of the Council's precious time, I wish to conclude my remarks by stating that the Council has an obligation under its Charter mandate to act immediately on the situation in South Africa. Beyond that, the international community has a moral responsibility for the implementation of the 1989 United Nations Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa. I have just returned from London, where I was attending an international Hearing on violence in South Africa and the implementation of the National Peace Accord. There, I heard the convincing and dramatic testimony of South Africans and others with firsthand experience of the violence, and their appeal to the international community to live up to this moral responsibility.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“One does not see how this could be achieved if the administration holds on tenaciously to positions that do not help South Africa advance towards a non-racial democracy but only strive at protecting some minority interests. The role of the Council and the international community at large in helping to ensure that the deadlocked negotiations in South Africa are resumed cannot be overstated. But, fundamentally, a curious question has arisen as to whether or not there is a grand strategy aimed at facilitating South Africa's re-entry into the international community and the lifting of global sanctions - all without really relinquishing power in that country. This is the vital question the Council must bear in mind in the course of its present deliberations.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“First, time-honoured democratic principles, which are universally accepted, and which define true democracies, cannot be subverted in South Africa on the grounds that majority rule in that nation is tantamount to biack domination, Secondly, while demands for guarantees that protect minority rights are natural and desirable, they must not be allowed to be the basis for establishing a white minority veto that could easily disrupt the normal functioning of a non-racial democratic society. In this respect, I can only echo what the President of the African National Congress, Mr. Nelson Mandela, said recently, that "constitution-making should be a unifying and legitimizing process which should enjoy overwhelming support".”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“Whereas negotiations within the framework of CODESA have positively advanced the political process, they now appear to be bogged down at a most crucial junction - and that is the vital and inevitable question of constitution-making. That the South African regime has elected at this stage to create an impediment to the negotiations raises serious questions as to its Sincerity of purpose and long-term commitment to a non-racial democracy in that country. Two salient factors at play must be underscored.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“With all the attacks on the trains, exactly one person has been tried and convicted." All one can add to this unsavoury assessment is that the South African Government appears to have abdicated its most elementary responsibilities to its citizens and the State. None the less, the prevailing climate of political violence confronts all South Africans with a profoundly tragic and dangerous circumstance that undoubtedly is an impediment to the peace and stability of that nation. The Security Council should, therefore, call upon all parties to the National Peace Accord to act in concert to implement its provisions and collectively give peace a chance in South Africa. On the question of the stalled political negotiations, one hardly needs to reiterate the imperative need for a negotiated settlement to the South African problem.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“Violence is the most pressing problem which South Africa faces." These are the realities in South Africa, the proliferating violence included. No one, least of all members of this Organization, takes delight in frivolously accusing the South African regime of complicity in the violence, but the facts speak for themselves, as does the escalating death toll. Perhaps the acts of commission or omission on the part of the administration are best summed up by the views expressed by Anthony Lewis in an article in the New York Times, of 6 July 1992. The article concludes that: "At minimum, Mr. de Klerk and his colleagues have been grossly insensitive and dilatory on the violence issue. When alleged killers are arrested, nothing seems to happen. Nine policemen were charged ina massacre at Sobokeng two years ago; they remain on duty.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“As the Goldstone Commission Report issued last April concludes: "Well documented criminal conduct by individual members of the South African Police and the KwaZulu Police exacerbate the perception of so many South Africans that the Government or its agencies are active parties responsible for violence." I might add that this viewpoint has also gained currency internationally. The recent report on violence of the International Commission of Jurists, as part of its conclusion, notes that "... cynics might suggest that the violence can be used as a reason to postpone the elections for a Constituent Assembly, but this is not an option. If the violence is not Stopped now", the report continues, "it will run out of control and become endemic and there will be no winners. It is also having a very adverse effect on the economy.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“Thirdly, the Government reneged on the agreement to phase out single-quarter hostels in the townships or at least convert them into fenced-off family units, even after acknowledging that violence emanated from them. Finally, the Government must bear full responsibility, even if only indirectly, for the conduct of its agencies that invariably results in inadequate police investigations, sham trials and unwarranted acquittals of perpetrators of violence, ineffective jail sentences and bails and police cover-ups.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“But perhaps what is most troubling is the wilful refusal by the De Klerk administration to employ its full administrative, legislative and executive powers in controlling the raging violence. Beyond these acts of omission, there are other grounds for adducing Government's complicity in the violence. First, it was the Government that legalized the carrying of dangerous weapons on the grounds that they are cultural weapons. Secondly, the Government is responsible for the conduct of its military proxies, such as the CCB death squads, Koevoets and Buffalo Battalion 32, trained outside South Africa by the SADF and brought into South Africa. Ina belated but still very welcome development, the South African Government is reported to have decided to disband these awful military and paramilitary units.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“A case in point: Under the National Peace Accord, certain responsibilities devolve on the South African Government, particularly its security forces. A few among these are worthy of recall: "(a) The police shall endeavour to protect the people of South Africa from all criminal acts and shall do so in a rigorously non-partisan fashion, regardless of the political belief and affiliation, race, religion, gender or ethnic origin of the perpetrators or victims of such acts; "(b) The police shall endeavour to prevent crimes and shall attempt to arrest and investigate all those reasonably suspected of committing crimes and shall take the necessary steps to facilitate the judicial process} "(c) The police shall be guided by a belief that they are accountable to society in rendering their policing services and shail, therefore, conduct themselves so as to secure and retain the respect and approval of the public; "(d) The police, as law enforcement officers, shall expect a higher Standard of conduct from its members in the execution of their duties than they expect from others, and in pursuance hereof, supports prompt and efficient investigation and prosecution of its own members alleged to have acted unlawfully and shall commit itself to continue the proper training and retraining of its members in line with the objectives of professional policing and the principles set out in this Accord." Despite these clearly enunciated responsibilities of the security forces, today we confront overwhelming police complicity in circumstances of violence that threaten the very fabric of South African society.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“If not, how else does one explain or justify the South African Government's wilful failure to implement the agreement it freely entered into within the framework of the National Peace Accord adopted on 14 September 1991? Can we believe that a State with a proven security capability to enforce a national state of emergency cannot contain this violence? In the past four months, there has been an average of 15 deaths daily in South Africa attributed to political violence. Confirmed figures put the death tolls for the months of March, April, May and June at 437, 356, 296 and 373, respectively. Ample evidence also exists in inquiries and investigation reports of respectable organizations on violence and the degrees of culpability. In every instance, the South African Government's culpability is glaring - even if only by acts of omission.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“The South African Government, as the administrative authority, has full moral responsibility for the security of life, liberty and property of every South African citizen, as well as that of the State. In both respects, the Government has failed. I wish to recall that the Secretary-General, in his Soweto Day address on 16th June, pointed out clearly that "Violence serves no useful political end, and most certainly is not conducive to peace and stability" (A/AC.115/PV.657, p. 9-10). This is a notion I believe we all share. But certainly, the raging violence in South Africa seems geared at achieving a sinister motive: that of derailing the process towards a non-racial democracy in South Africa.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“The task before the Council has already been spelt out by African States when they requested this meeting. It is "to examine the issue of violence in South Africa and te take all appropriate action to put an end to it as well as to create conditions for negotiations leading towards a peaceful transition towards a democratic, non-racial and united South Africa" (S8/24232, Annex, Para. 4). There are two critical questions that must be addressed by this Council. Both have the capacity to undermine peace and security in South Africa, and consequently in the southern African sub-region. The first is violence: the second is the deadlock in the political negotiations. I will address each issue separately. The biame for political violence in South Africa must rest primarily at the door of the Government of the day.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“The process could commence along the following guidelines: "(a) Agreement on the mechanism for the drawing up of a new constitution based on, among others, the principles enunciated above, and the basis for its adoption; "(b) Agreement on the role to be Played by the international community in ensuring a successful transition to a democratic order; "(c) Agreed transitional arrangements and modalities for the process of the drawing up and adoption of a new constitution, and for the transition to a democratic order, including the holding of elections" (A/RES/S-16/1, para. 8). Today South Africa is on the brink of disaster. Violence is rife and the South African authorities seem hesitant to advance the negotiations to their logical conclusion and in good faith.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“To dispel any doubts, permit me to recail also the pertinent provisions of that Declaration: "We are of the view that the parties concerned should, in the context of the necessary climate, negotiate the future of their country and its people in good faith and in an atmosphere which, by mutual agreement between the liberation movements and the South African regime, would be free of violence.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“Thirdly, the conditions set out by the international community within the framework of the 1989 United Nations Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa are yet to be fulfilled in their entirety. May I remind the members of the Council that the consensus Declaration adopted at the sixteenth special session of the General Assembly set down specific guidelines for the process of negotiations in South Africa. These guidelines were categorical in expressing the views of the entire membership of this Organization on the necessary criteria for a successful process of peaceful transition to a democratic non-racial society.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“But such developments, welcome and laudable as they may be, are now being seriously undermined by the persistent political violence in that country. Certainly, despite the temptation for the international community and South Africans in particular to pause and acclaim these positive developments, we can ill-afford to do so, for severai reasons. First, it cannot be over-emphasized that the continuing political violence in South Africa has put in jeopardy the peaceful negotiation process and transition to a non-racial democracy. Secondly, we cannot be oblivious to the fact that, while some key apartheid legislation has been repealed, legacies of apartheid and iustitutions that long sustained that institutionalized form of racial domination remain intact.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source
“Mr. GAMBARI (Nigeria), Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid: It is always an honour and a privilege to appear before the Security Council. I am therefore grateful for the opportunity given me in my capacity as Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid to address the Council on the question of South Africa. That the Security Council is once again seized of the question of South Africa is a sign of the times we live in and of the grave concern with which the international community views the political developments in that country. In the course of the Council's deliberations on this subject, members will hear of the significant developments that have taken place in South Africa since February 1990.”
1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source