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  1. “However, and regrettably, we still do not see any promising signs that Belgrade is moving in this direction. If we want to restore the credibility of the United Nations, we should make a determined stand against terrorism and blackmail. Resolute action is long overdue.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

  2. “Furthermore, humanitarian assistance to the safe areas should be secured by establishing land corridors. It will soon be a full year that the Pale Serbs have been refusing to accept the five-nation Contact Group peace plan. This intransigent position on their part is the only stumbling-block in the way of credible peace negotiations. Recognition by the former Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) of Bosnia and Herzegovina within its internationally recognized borders is also essential for a lasting peace. If Belgrade is sincere in its policy of isolating Pale, it should side with those Bosnian Serbs who want to live in a multicultural, multi-religious and democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina, not with those who long for an ethnically pure Greater Serbia.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

  3. “Turkey has also stated its readiness to contribute to the force that is to be created to provide UNPROFOR with a rapid reaction capability. Consequently, we believe that the adoption of the draft resolution on UNPROFOR by the Council will be a step in the right direction. In this context, I should like to draw particular attention to the draft resolution's operative paragraph 9. We hope that a time has come when resolve and firmness will be demonstrated. The defenceless civilian population in the strangulated and unsafe "safe" areas is coming under constant and brutal terrorist attacks. UNPROFOR's commitment to protect the safe areas pursuant to resolutions 824 (1993) and 836 (1993) has yet to be carried out. UNPROFOR must be strengthened in such a way as to enable it to act vigorously to deter attacks on the safe areas.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

  4. “However, we believe that priority number one was always, and continues to be, the protection of the civilian population of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Almost all Security Council resolutions on Bosnia and Herzegovina refer to Chapter VII of the Charter. The United Nations Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina was established as a protection force and has never, from the very outset, been a traditional peace-keeping force. It is the strong conviction of my Government that UNPROFOR should be reinforced so that it has the capability to implement its existing mandate robustly and in full. The Turkish Minister of Defence therefore participated actively in the NATO and European Union Defence Ministers' meeting on 3 June in Paris, and supported the meeting's conclusions.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

  5. “The Pale Serbs have even declared null and void all the pertinent Security Council resolutions and NATO decisions. Nevertheless, the most important problem continues to be the failure of the international community to distinguish between the aggressors and the victims of their aggression. The international community is committed, under numerous General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, to preserving the territorial integrity, unity and independence of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. UNPROFOR should implement its existing mandate fully and in keeping with this commitment. It cannot and should not continue to be a tool for a policy of appeasement. As a troop-contributing country we attach great importance to the safety and security of United Nations personnel.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source

  6. “Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that, under your able guidance, the Council will successfully discharge its responsibilities. I should also like to pay a tribute to Ambassador J can-Bernard Merimee of France for the remarkable manner in which he conducted the work of the Council in May. Regrettably, three years after the beginning of the aggression against a State Member of the United Nations - the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina - the extremist Serbs in Pale are continuing their defiance of international law. The systematic, genocidal campaign pursued by the Pale Serbs continues unchecked. The Pale Serbs have intensified their terrorist attacks on the civilian population as well as on UNPROFOR personnel.”

    1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source