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Gaspar Martins

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first: 2002-04-23
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“A national apology, reparations to the victims, international public pressure and shaming, truth and reconciliation commissions and outright amnesties have been applied as means to end conflicts and set in motion processes of national reconciliation. Each method can be effectively applied under the appropriate political conditions as a price to pay for the attainment of peace. These alternative mechanisms can be successful in fostering peace and national reconciliation if the societies are ready and prepared to engage in a meaningful process of national reconciliation and if the forces causing the divisions are effectively isolated. Today's meeting takes place two years after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding at a symbolic and highly meaningful ceremony, which put an end to the long war in Angola.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“The criminal accountability for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity is, therefore, a critical component of the process of national reconciliation. The international tribunals for Rwanda, Sierra Leone and the former Yugoslavia, as well as the International Criminal Court (ICC), are very important instruments in rebuilding the foundations of a society governed by the rule of law and fostering national reconciliation. Lessons can be drawn from post-conflict national reconciliation processes that stem from national specificities. In fact, countries emerging from conflict have employed a variety of accountability mechanisms as alternatives to criminal prosecution.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“The lessons learned from peacekeeping operations in various regions of the world point to the need to further explore the linkages between peace, security and justice on the one hand and economic and social development on the other. The challenge ahead is, therefore, to promote a coherent and integrated approach involving early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management, conflict resolution and post-conflict national reconciliation and reconstruction. Every society emerging from conflict faces the issue of addressing the human rights violations committed during the conflict. Accountability for those crimes is not only a question of justice for the victims and for those guilty of committing such crimes but also of looking forward to a future of justice.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“I would like to start by thanking you very much, Madam, for presiding over this important debate. This is a very important contribution by Chile, especially following the very rich Arria-formula meeting that we had last Thursday. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh for his contribution and Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Ms. Carolyn McAskie for their respective contributions to our debate. I trust that this meeting will contribute to a better conceptual understanding of the issue we are addressing today, particularly on the United Nations role in fostering national reconciliation and assisting countries emerging from conflict to establish the rule of law and justice, the pillars of genuine reconciliation.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903 (2004) · source
“Before concluding, let me state that full support for the proposals contained in the report is a clear way for the Council to be fully responsive to the crisis we are facing. The situation is clearly improving, yet I believe that more needs to be done in order to achieve the objectives that we have set out in the Council. I therefore believe that the meeting that you have convened this morning, Mr. President, represents a very important contribution towards that end.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“The strengthening of the United Nations Office for West Africa, as proposed in the report, also deserves particular attention. The West African region has created important mechanisms to address the problems affecting the region, among them a moratorium on small arms and light weapons. The main concern is to operationalize those mechanisms. It is our conviction that the region will be able to render the moratorium more effective and operational, and this can be done if adequate assistance is made available. On the question of mercenaries, it is our opinion that a legal approach should be taken, at the national and regional levels, to end impunity for individuals involved in such activities, since this represents a real problem, particularly in West Africa.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“It is our hope that the report to be submitted to the Security Council by the Secretary-General on cross-border issues will give a clear indication of the role of the countries of the region in establishing such mechanisms. In this connection, I would like to welcome the suggestions made here this morning by my colleague the Ambassador of Algeria concerning participation by the Ad Hoc Working Group, which we share. We stand ready to participate fully, since this is an important peacekeeping and conflict-prevention exercise that the Council could undertake. In dealing with the African crisis, we should be able to count on the support of regional bodies, such as the recently established Peace and Security Council of the African Union, to address adequately cross-border issues.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“It is important that the pledges made by the donors be followed by concrete and timely action. This could enhance the confidence of all stakeholders in the Liberia process. The cross-border issue requires a collective response. We therefore welcome the forthcoming meeting of the defence and interior ministers of the region, to be organized in Dakar by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in cooperation with ECOWAS, to attract donor focus to support security sector reform. This initiative is an important contribution to the regional approach being developed by the United Nations missions in West Africa. AS my delegation has repeatedly stated, the countries of the region, ECOWAS and the African Union should be fully associated with this regional approach.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“With regard to Sierra Leone, we welcome the idea of an assessment of security conditions before the complete withdrawal of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL). In our opinion, the useful lessons learned from the case of Sierra Leone - as stated in the report - could be the subject of debate and analysis in a public Council meeting, with the participation of those who were directly involved in the work of UNAMSIL. Such a meeting could take place after the complete withdrawal of UNAMSIL. Recommendations could be made on how to better take advantage of those lessons learned. In Liberia, the response of the international community to the forthcoming international conference on the reconstruction of Liberia and the political will of the parties will be determining factors in reaching long- lasting peace in that country.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“Clear reference has already been made to this issue, in particular by my colleague the Ambassador of Brazil. As has been noted, Guinea-Bissau has become a good example of a common effort by the Security Council, ECOWAS, United Nations agencies, the United Nations Development Programme and the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries. As has also been noted, this experience can be extended to Burundi as well as, I am sure, to countries in the West African region, such as Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire. The authorities in Guinea-Bissau continue to lead the country towards normalcy. Parliamentary elections will take place as planned, on the agreed date, as also confirmed to the Council by President Rosa when he met with the Council.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“In Cote d'Ivoire, a sustainable peace requires the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping operation as soon as possible, as requested by the Ivorian authorities and by ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) during the Security Council mission just two months ago. Everything should be done to deploy a sufficient number of peacekeepers in a timely manner. The deployment of a sufficient number of peacekeepers is one of the main guarantees of a successful peace process. At this stage the expectations of the Ivorian people of the role of the United Nations are very high. The decision to be taken by the Council will therefore have a very significant impact on the ground. In Guinea-Bissau, efforts made by the new authorities to restore legality need to be reinforced through the provision of support.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“This is a clear demonstration of how important the Council missions have been, and it is a good reason to continue the practice - although we need to improve the missions in order to render them even more effective. The West African region as a whole has never been as close to peace as it is now. This is an opportunity that the countries of the region and the international community should therefore seize. Despite the positive developments, each of the countries requires particular attention from the international community if it is to meet the challenges of the post-conflict period.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“Let me start by congratulating you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to assess our mission to West Africa. I would also like to congratulate, and welcome the presence of, Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh, and to thank him for his report. This is an assessment tool, very important in measuring the feasibility of Security Council missions. It is a very important exercise by the Council. A good number of positive changes have taken place in Liberia, in Cote d'Ivoire, in Sierra Leone and in Guinea-Bissau since we visited the West African region. Our presence in the region, as well as our recommendations, contributed significantly to those changes.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“To conclude, I would like to refer to the last recommendation contained in the Secretary-General's report (S/2003/1053), which addresses what we believe to be the core question of the issue we are discussing today. In fact, we fully subscribe to the recommendation that greater and more concerted efforts be deployed to end ongoing conflicts, which are destroying the lives of millions of children, and to address the key factors that facilitate the occurrence and recurrence of conflict. This is not only possible, it is imperative.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“In 2003, more than 600,000 children affected by the conflict have been successfully integrated into the national educational system. A number of programmes for the reintegration of children in their communities and for their mental and physical recovery have also been established, as well as a disarmament and mine- clearance programme aimed at protecting and safeguarding the well-being of children. A lot remains to be done in solving this most painful heritage of war. But the Angolan Government, civil society and the Angolan nation at large are determined, with the assistance of the international community, including the international civil servants and non-governmental organizations, to definitively turn this dark page of our recent history and ensure for the Angolan youth a life of dignity and a future with renewed hope.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“After 25 years of armed conflict, my country, Angola, is now in the process of reintegrating into normal life many thousands of children affected by that conflict. Several steps have been taken and policies have been put in place to guarantee the safety and social reintegration of those children. The first is the establishment of a youth court to receive complaints regarding crimes committed against minors, in particular those affected by the conflict. The second is a family localization and recruitment programme to help reunite children separated from their families during the conflict. The third is a national programme of free birth certification, in collaboration with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“We are convinced that those proposals, if effectively brought into practice, will give a decisive boost to the universal struggle against this condemnable state of affairs. In that connection, we consider it important to strengthen the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict and the role it has played in facilitating and coordinating the establishment of a monitoring and reporting mechanism to achieve our objectives. Angola fully commends the Office's mandate and recognizes the importance of supporting it from the United Nations regular budget, as decided in General Assembly resolution 58/245, adopted by the Assembly last month.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes must become an integral part of peacekeeping operations and must include specific provisions for the protection of children. The deployment of child protection advisers in all peacekeeping missions must become normal practice, ensuring that the situation of all children affected by conflict is properly addressed. The awareness of the parties to conflict must be further intensified and refined with a view to obtaining concrete commitments concerning the well-being of children and ending child soldiering. The proposal put forward by the Special Representative to ensure more effective monitoring and reporting within the United Nations system must become a central element in the fight against the abuse of children in conflict situations.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“The section of the report on the follow-up to Security Council resolution 1460 (2003) portrays a reality that is distressing indeed. Particular violations and abuses against children, such as killing, maiming, sexual and gender-based violence and the abduction of children, continue unabated, with all parties mentioned in the previous report engaged in the recruitment and abuse of children - a situation that we condemn in the strongest terms and that must be reversed through determination and coordination of efforts on the part of the stakeholders. My delegation fully supports the blueprint for action outlined in the Secretary-General's report to counter the vicious exploitation of children in situations of armed conflict.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“The Council's adoption of four resolutions and its undertaking of relevant initiatives such as the integration of child protection into the mandates and reports of peacekeeping missions and the training of personnel to that end, as well as the creation of child protection advisers and their deployment in peacekeeping missions, are clear indications of the progress we have accomplished. Important international instruments are in force, and concrete commitments on the protection of children have been obtained from parties to conflicts. In that regard, we fully agree with the strategy, outlined by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, of strengthening the foundation of an era of implementation by facing the challenge of ensuring the implementation of these standards on the ground.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“It is our expectation that that can be a factor of deterrence or, otherwise, the first phase of a process conducive to the imposition of targeted measures against those who persist in challenging the international community on such fundamental humanitarian issues. The Secretary-General's report refers in a number of instances to the advances achieved in the protection of children affected by armed conflict. The inclusion of this issue on the Security Council's agenda is an important contribution to such an endeavour.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“Such is the basic assumption embodied in the Secretary-General's report on the issue we are considering today, leading to some very important conclusions. The first is the commitment of the Secretary- General and of the entire United Nations system to improve and change the situation of children in armed conflict. The second is the existence of a framework comprising standards, norms, best practices and policies, establishing benchmarks to be achieved by the actors in armed conflicts and by the international community in order to push forward the fundamental objectives of protecting children and putting an end to such abhorrent violations of children's human rights. The third is the naming and shaming of those involved in such practices.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“We welcome the Secretary-General's report on children and armed conflict (S/2003/1053), and we express our gratitude to Mr. Olara Otunnu and Ms. Carol Bellamy for their briefings this morning. We fully appreciate their important contributions on behalf of children caught in the middle of armed conflicts - contributions aimed at reducing their suffering and eradicating this most condemnable phenomenon. Thanks to the efforts of the Secretary-General, his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and relevant United Nations bodies, an international consensus has been reached to end the involvement of children in armed conflicts and to recognize children's rights in any conflict situation.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“It is most appropriate, and we in the Security Council are particularly honoured, that this meeting is being presided over by you, Madam Minister, which is a way of according to our deliberations the high importance that they deserve. I should like to thank the Chilean presidency for convening this meeting, which translates the Security Council's concern and renewed awareness about one of today's most critical humanitarian issues, which the international community must redouble its efforts to eradicate completely from contemporary life. The abuse of children and their exploitation to wage war constitute the coarsest violation of human rights as well as an unspeakable act of violence against the universal conscience in a world that should aspire to full respect for the integrity and development of human life.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source
“That implies focusing on the link between licit and illicit flows of small arms, because most weapons that are now illicit originated from legal sources. I should like to conclude by saying that the international community's efforts aimed at dealing with small arms must be focused on implementing the Programme of Action adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. My delegation endorses the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General's report on small arms submitted to the Security Council in December 2003, and fully supports the draft presidential statement to be issued as the outcome of this important meeting.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“In addition, we believe it important that the Security Council support efforts by Governments and international institutions to develop further steps to enhance international cooperation in preventing, combating and eradicating illicit arms brokering. We are facing what one could call a sequence of complex crises in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere. It is obvious that only a comprehensive approach that takes into account socio-economic, political, security and other factors can effectively address the problems associated with small arms and light weapons. The approach should be comprehensive, in the sense that we need to address the issues at all levels, from the global to the local.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Measures to combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons and to promote peace-building and conflict prevention must be implemented simultaneously if we are to be successful. Thus, providing for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants and establishing measures for weapon collection and destruction should always be considered in the context of negotiated settlements and peacekeeping mandates. Here, the references made a short while ago by the representatives of Benin and France are relevant, particularly to the situations prevailing in Central and West Africa. In that connection, we fully support the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General's report (S/2003/1217).”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“That prompted the Security Council to decisive action - imposing a strict arms embargo against the rebels - which was instrumental in bringing the conflict to an end. Angola and its people are very grateful for the decisive intervention of the Security Council. Since the adoption of the United Nations Programme of Action, relative progress has been achieved in this field. The United Nations has established a Group of Governmental Experts to examine the feasibility of developing an international instrument on tracing. The progress already achieved, particularly the report presented during the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly and General Assembly resolution 58/241, represent very important steps forward on issues related to the marking, tracing and record-keeping of illicit small arms.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Correspondingly, the renewal by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) of its moratorium on the import, export and manufacture of small arms and light weapons and the initiatives taken with the framework of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), especially in adopting improved national legislation to ensure effective control of the export, import, transit, stockpiling and storage of small arms, represents a genuine effort to address the issue. My country, Angola, has bitter experience with trafficking in small arms and light weapons fuelled by the illicit exploitation of natural resources, namely diamonds, a problem of which the international community has gained new awareness.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“We are particularly encouraged to see that regional and subregional organizations are giving the question of small arms high priority and that considerable efforts to implement the Programme of Action are under way at the national level. To that effect, with the adoption in 2000 of the Bamako Declaration on the illicit proliferation, circulation and trafficking of small arms and light weapons, the African Union has articulated a continent-wide strategy for tackling the problem of illicit small arms.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“The challenge will be to develop an adequate political and practical framework within which all relevant dimensions of this problem, including the development dimension, can be effectively tackled in the years to come. In order to achieve that goal, we need to be concrete in defining actions at the national, regional and international levels, especially in strengthening efforts in such key areas as manufacturing and export controls, stockpile management, better end-user certificates, and transparency and information exchange on legal flows, brokering activities, and the marking and tracing of small arms. The United Nations Programme of Action provides the international community with an important tool in combating the source of illicit small arms and light weapons.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“This debate is therefore timely, as we believe that the Security Council has a key role to play in this regard. The 2001 United Nations Programme of Action acknowledges that the excessive accumulation and uncontrolled proliferation of small arms and light weapons in many regions of the world have had a wide range of humanitarian and socio-economic consequences and pose a serious threat to sustainable development, peace and security. That phenomenon is indeed a matter of serious international concern, since it can be directly linked to the fuelling of armed conflicts. Small arms and light weapons are thus emerging not only as a single disarmament and armaments control issue, but as the source of a cluster of policy issues with complex linkages among different elements and regions.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“Allow me first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for having scheduled this important meeting this morning. I should like also to thank Under-Secretary-General Abe for having introduced the Secretary-General's report and for his words this morning. Preventing, combating and eradicating the uncontrolled spread and excessive accumulation of small arms and light weapons is an integral part of the Security Council's peace efforts and represents a key assignment for the Security Council in discharging its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Illicit small arms and light weapons are killing people on a massive scale and are the main deadly instruments in the hands of terrorists in several countries around the globe.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896 (2004) · source
“While important progress has been made, further efforts are still required since - as is mentioned in the report of the Monitoring Group - unfortunately, many of Al Qaeda's sources of funding remain undiscovered, and they continue to receive funds from charities, deep-pocket donors, businesses and criminal individuals, including in the drug trade. Therefore, action must be decisively continued. Finally, let me conclude by saying that in the long term, while we must continue to resolutely address and defeat the threats of terrorism, we must not lose sight of the root causes of terrorism, which are often exploited by terrorists, particularly their ring leaders - the underlying political, social and economic problems prevailing in several regions in the world.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“The migration office has set up a national migration control system, which can be used to transmit information to all border checkpoints. The same method is used for circulating updated United Nations lists in order to prevent listed individuals from entering Angola or to detain such individuals so that legal proceedings may be brought against them. We are indeed convinced that international cooperation provides the foundation upon which countries can strengthen their capacities to implement the measures imposed under the Security Council resolutions on Al Qaeda, the Taliban and associated entities and individuals. The Republic of Angola remains keen to strengthen cooperation with international and regional organizations, in particular to enhance its work with Interpol.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“Due to the need to improve and make the measures more adequate and effective with respect to the challenges of implementing resolutions 1267 (1999), 1390 (2002) and 1455 (2003), the Government of Angola has been taking initiatives related to the prevention and suppression of terrorism. Thus, concerning the freezing of financial and economic assets, the National Bank of Angola operates in complete harmony with its investigation and research organs, such as the financial crimes investigation units and the organs entrusted with the supervision and monitoring of the banking, financial and credit sectors, as well as the preparation and investigation of cases which are reasonably believed to show signs of money-laundering or related offences.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“Such expert groups have made a most important contribution to improving the nature and scope of sanctions. Their status as independent bodies has facilitated the task of identifying and shaming sanctions violators, which is an important facet of their work. We therefore commend the role that the Monitoring Group has been playing in furthering the work of the 1267 Committee. We hope the Group will preserve its independence and analytical reporting to the Council. With respect to operative paragraph 6 of resolution 1455 (2003), it should be recalled that Angola has submitted its report to the Committee, as called for in the resolution.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“When it comes to the capacity and working methods of the sanctions Committee, we speak from our own experience. One of the most important lessons we learned is that while the primary responsibility for implementing sanctions rests with the Member States, effective implementation depends upon strong coordination and communication between them and the United Nations. The sanctions committees, the United Nations Secretariat and the regional organizations play a critical role in establishing a framework of procedures for sanctions implementation, providing support to Member States and making sanctions more effective and efficient. The creation of independent panels of experts and monitoring mechanisms has been a welcome innovation in the application of United Nations sanctions. This is another lesson learned from our own experience.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“The Counter-Terrorism Committee is an important mechanism for evaluating the level of States' compliance with sanctions regimes and for ensuring a much broader monitoring approach. As the Committee needs international cooperation to fulfil its mandate, we believe that the improved guidelines of the Committee will facilitate this process and encourage Member States to comply with their obligations under Security Council resolutions, particularly resolution 1455 (2003). We also underline the importance of the consolidated list maintained by the Committee, which is rightly described in the report as a key tool in this regard. Full implementation of the financial sanctions, arms embargo and travel ban is basically dependent on the credibility of that consolidated list.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“The resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan in past months clearly demonstrates that the Al Qaeda network is far from being defeated and dismantled and that it continues to represent a real threat to peace and security and a challenge to the international community as a whole. We share the views of the Chairman regarding the role that country reports play in the Committee's analysis of how better to deal with the combat against terrorism. However, in my delegation's opinion, the Committee needs to address the reasons that lead to reporting weakness and are responsible at least in part for the low response from Member States in submitting their reports to the Committee, as called for in operative paragraph 6 of resolution 1455 (2003).”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“Mr. President, I will start by joining others in expressing our warm appreciation to you for the role you have played as Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999). Your remarkable contribution regarding the implementation of Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999), 1390 (2002) and 1455 (2003) has helped to ensure the significant success of the work of the Committee. The leadership you have shown is an example of the kind of role that a proactive Chairman can play in the implementation of Security Council resolutions, and we are very thankful to you for this.”
2004-01-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4892 (2004) · source
“My delegation strongly hopes that constructive dialogue and confidence-building between Belgrade and Pristina will be strengthened, leading to concrete agreements on the various issues that Kosovo is facing. The solution of these issues, which impact directly on people's lives, represents an essential step towards the attainment of stability, prosperity and truly functioning multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and democratic institutions in Kosovo.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“The rule of law is a paramount element of this strategy and should be enforced by the effective operation of the police, and the judicial and penal systems, based on the legal framework. It is necessary that all of those aspects of law enforcement be improved in order to promote democratic freedoms and the return of refugees and displaced persons, under conditions of real security and freedom of movement for all citizens of Kosovo. We would like to underline the crucial role played by UNMIK'S police in building the capacity of Kosovo police, enabling it to fight more effectively against the plagues that affect the region: ethnic violence, terrorism and organized crime.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“The objectives set by the policy ensuring that the Provisional Institutions of Self- Government effectively represent the interests of all Kosovo, including the ethnic minorities, must be effectively enforced, as must their responsibilities, including the promotion and application of just criteria in the engagement of personnel for Kosovo's public administration. In this regard, we support a comprehensive and periodic review of the progress achieved by Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self- Government. It is our hope that the resolve of the Security Council and of UNMIK, outlined in the strategy, will produce tangible results in guaranteeing full respect for the rule of law and for human and minority rights, including the full participation of the Serb minority at the central and local levels of Government.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“We are confident that this new instrument will lead to a successful outcome of the efforts deployed by the United Nations and by the international community for the final resolution of the Kosovo issue. We fully share the objectives outlined by the "Standards for Kosovo" policy concerning the functioning of democratic institutions, the rule of law, freedom of movement, sustainable returns and the rights of communities in the spheres of economic development, property rights, dialogue and the Kosovo Protection Corps.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“Holkeri, since his assignment as head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and we reiterate our strong support to him in the challenging tasks ahead aimed at achieving the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). My delegation welcomes UNMIK's strategy, "Standards for Kosovo", and sees it as a real key and a prerequisite for achieving as quickly as possible the full implementation of resolution 1244 (1999) and defining the final status of the region. This set of eight standards constitutes a coherent and comprehensive package, and its implementation has to be equally coherent to be satisfactory.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“I would like to start by saying that we are very honoured that both you, Deputy Minister, and Minister Solomon Passy could come to the Council to preside over this important meeting. This adds to the prestige of the Council, and of course, to that of the Bulgarian Presidency, and we are very, very pleased to see this. We also thank Mr. Jean- Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his comprehensive briefing on Kosovo, a subject which has in recent years been at the centre of attention and concern in the Security Council and in the international community. My delegation commends the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I should now like to invite Council members to a private meeting to continue our discussion on the subject. The meeting rose at 5.05 p.m.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4873 (2003) · source
“At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana and the current Chairman and the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, respectively. Thereafter, the Security Council will hold a private meeting with the ECOWAS delegation at which Council members may ask questions. I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, His Excellency Mr. Nana Akufo- Addo.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4873 (2003) · source
“Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Senegal. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure His Excellency, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). There being no objection, it is so decided. On behalf of the Council I extend a warm welcome to the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, and invite him to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, Mr.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4873 (2003) · source