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1. “We believe that the reports will help States in their work on the finer points of resolutions on the application of sanctions and will also be helpful with regard to existing practical regimes for implementing decisions at the national level. This latter issue will be of particular interest to States, because it falls within the competence and responsibility of States that have an obligation to report to the Security Council on measures that they have taken to comply with the sanctions.”

   2001-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4394Resumption1 (2001) · source

2. “They must seek clearly stated objectives; they must be carefully targeted; they must be subject to regular review; and they must set forth clearly the conditions for lifting them. It is impermissible to introduce measures that have no set time period. We welcome the trend for the Council to take decisions with a prescribed time frame for sanctions. Examples of successful action by the Council in this connection are, we believe, the resolutions on sanctions against the Taliban and sanctions on Liberia. We will carefully study the booklets on focused sanctions. We are sure that these reports will be much in demand among many States within the United Nations and outside.”

   2001-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4394Resumption1 (2001) · source

3. “Before resorting to an embargo regime, the Council must estimate any possible negative effect of the restrictive measures on the population, who are not directly politically responsible for the actions of official authorities, and any potential harm to the interests of third countries. This is why the introduction of sanctions is an extreme measure to be applied only where all other methods of bringing political impact to bear have been exhausted, and when the Security Council determines that there is a real threat to the international community. Sanctions must be introduced strictly in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Charter and the norms of international law.”

   2001-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4394Resumption1 (2001) · source

4. “Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to the representatives of Germany and Switzerland for introducing the studies that they had carried out within the context of the Bonn-Berlin and Interlaken processes. We are also grateful to the representative of Sweden for the willingness of his country to continue studying the application of sanctions. The issue of sanctions has taken up a great deal of the Security Council's work in the last decade. Sanctions constitute a powerful tool for bringing an impact to bear on people. Their effectiveness depends directly, however, on the correctness of the Council's assessment of the level of the threat to international peace and security. This is why the question of principles and the way in which they are applied deserves the most serious attention.”

   2001-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4394Resumption1 (2001) · source

5. “Progress in these areas will determine our delegation's judgement about the presence among the parties of the political will to move the peace settlement forward, and will define our position regarding the recommendations for future steps to be taken within the deployment of phase III of MONUC.”

   2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source

6. “The failure of the leadership of the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) to comply with this demand of the Security Council, with the connivance of the Rwandan authorities, has become flagrant, and this merits the most severe condemnation. A sine qua non for the future deployment of MONUC is cooperation by the parties with Mission personnel in resolving tasks covered by their mandate. We also call upon the Congolese parties to set aside their differences and cooperate with each other and the international facilitator, within the framework of the inter-Congolese national dialogue, during which the major parameters will have to be defined for the future political system in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

   2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source

7. “An important condition for the phase III deployment of MONUC must remain strict compliance by the parties to the Lusaka Agreement with the commitments they undertook, as well as with the relevant Security Council resolutions. This applies primarily to the non-deployment of reinforcements and the speedy withdrawal from the Democratic Republic of the Congo of foreign armed troops. The provision of any support whatsoever to armed groups must be ended. Once again - here we repeat a point that has been made repeatedly - our delegation wishes to state decisively that there is a need for the speedy demilitarization by the Security Council of the city of Kisangani.”

   2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source

8. “We believe that the success or failure of all efforts in this areas will depend ultimately on the extent to which people who were in the ranks of armed groups active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo feel protected upon returning to their home countries. Despite the tragic nature of the events preceding the move to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the need to have just punishment for those guilty of genocide, we cannot fail to see that peace and security in the region will depend on the attainment of national reconciliation, the settlement of inter-ethnic conflicts and the democratization of political life, not only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but in all States of the region.”

   2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source

9. “In view of what has been planned for phase III - the expansion of MONUC activities to areas where fighting continues - we attach particular importance to compliance by the parties of the conflict with their obligations to provide adequate security conditions to United Nations peacekeepers. The thrust of the concept of phase III of the MONUC deployment to create conditions for voluntary disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration (DDRRR) of members of armed groups is in keeping with our approach regarding the impossibility of using force to try to resolve this problem.”

   2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source

10. “Mr. Granovsky (Russian Federation)(spoke in Russian): We welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Mr. Leonard She Okitundu, and we are grateful to him for the statement he made containing a profound analysis of the situation in his country. I would also like to express gratitude for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ngongi, for having introduced the comprehensive report containing the concept of the step-by-step deployment of phase III of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). We support the recommendations contained in the report that this stage of the operation would be carried out within the current mandate of the Mission and the size of the troop strength authorized by the Security Council.”

    2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source

11. “As a member Security Council member and by virtue of its longstanding friendship with the people of Somalia, Russia will continue to promote the restoration of its statehood on terms that are in keeping with the interests of the Somalis themselves and with security interests in the region.”

    2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source

12. “In this connection, we think it is useful that that body should help resolve the competition between the various peace initiatives on Somalia. Accordingly, its composition, apart from members of IGAD and the Partners Forum, should include other interested players as well, including Security Council members. While we share the concern at the complex humanitarian situation in a number of areas of Somalia, we welcome the work done by United Nations programmes that provide assistance to that people wherever security conditions exist for that work. We call upon the Somali parties actively to facilitate the work of United Nations humanitarian personnel for the good of their own people.”

    2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source

13. “As members of the Security Council, we will follow the situation closely to see that the territory of Somalia is not used to undermine the peace process in that country and to destabilize the situation in the Horn of Africa as a whole. All countries must continue to abide strictly by the arms embargo against Somalia. We welcome the Secretary-General's intention to stimulate an exchange of views within the United Nations between the main external players in the Somali settlement, and we are prepared to participate actively in it. With regard to the idea of setting up a Committee of Friends of Somalia, in principle that idea merits attention. We deem to be long overdue the need to work out a uniform approach on the part of the international community to provide support for the peace process in Somalia.”

    2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source

14. “We welcome the point made in the Secretary- General's report regarding the willingness of the transitional national Government of Somalia and a number of groups to engage in dialogue without preconditions, and we call upon those who have not yet done so to follow their example. The priority of this dialogue should be to reach agreement on halting violence and securing due security in the field. We agree with the circumspect approach described by the Secretary-General about the question of establishing a United Nations peace-building mission in Somalia. We support the idea of dispatching to Mogadishu an interagency mission to assess the security situation there. The job of United Nations Members at this stage is to provide favourable external conditions for resolving the protracted conflict in Somalia.”

    2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source

15. “Mr. Granovsky (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We associate ourselves with the words of gratitude addressed to the Prime Minister of Somalia for his important statement. We also listened closely and with interest to the instructive briefing offered by the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. David Stephen. The Russian Federation has always supported the speedy attainment in Somalia of national reconciliation on the basis of respect for the territorial integrity of the Somali State. The success of settlement in that country depends on whether it will be possible to involve in that process all the leading forces of society, including those that boycotted the peace conference in Arta. The Security Council must continue to support the efforts being made in this area, including the efforts made by the new Somali leadership.”

    2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source

16. “We believe that the specific steps taken by the Government of the Republic of the Sudan to meet the demands in resolutions 1054 (1996) and 1070 (1996), and also the positive reaction to this by the international community, are sufficient grounds for the Council's now taking a decision to lift sanctions against the Republic of the Sudan.”

    2001-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4384 (2001) · source

17. “The Russian Federation views positively the fact that Egypt and Ethiopia, which had once insisted on imposing sanctions against Sudan, have now officially withdrawn their claims against it and, in principle, support the request of its Government for lifting the sanctions regime. Pursuant to the demands of the Security Council, Sudan has now completed its accession to all international anti-terrorist conventions, including relevant inter-Arab and inter-African agreements. Sudan's conduct in good faith on this matter has created conditions for the gradual normalization of its relations with neighbouring States and in the region as a whole.”

    2001-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4384 (2001) · source

18. “Mr. Granovsky (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian delegation is satisfied with the way in which the Government of the Republic of the Sudan has met the demands of Security Council resolutions 1054 (1996) and 1070 (1996). We also note the official statements in support of the lifting of the anti-Sudan sanctions on the part of the Organization of African Unity, the Coordinating Bureau of the Non- Aligned Movement and the Group of Arab States, which all indicate that Sudan has fully met all of the demands that were made on it. It is important that the Council objectively assess the specific steps taken by the Government of Sudan to remove the grounds that had led to the introduction of sanctions.”

    2001-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4384 (2001) · source

19. “But we believe too that a Security Council decision on this matter must come after the budgetary implications of restructuring the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic are submitted to the Council and after a review of the Office's mandate.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

20. “We therefore appeal to the people of the Central African Republic, who bear primary responsibility for consolidating the peace process, to demonstrate political will and far-sightedness in the interest of national reconciliation and of the recovery of their country. Only with that approach can we expect the international community's efforts in the Central African Republic to yield good results. In that light, we agree with the general thrust of the recommendations set out in the report of the Secretary-General: to encourage political dialogue and national reconciliation and to restore the State and economic institutions of the Central African Republic so that they can function properly.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

21. “We agree with the main point of the Secretary- General's report relating to the need for urgent steps to establish a constructive dialogue in the Central African Republic between the country's authorities and the opposition. We are convinced that the absence of such dialogue, against the backdrop of social tension and a very difficult economic situation, could have the most dangerous consequences for the future of post-conflict recovery in the Central African Republic, and could lead to a situation in which the results of the international community's efforts over the past few years would be lost and reduced to naught.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

22. “In that connection, we welcome the work being done by the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA) to help efforts to consolidate the peace process and to attract international support for the country's recovery. We call on the Central African Republic authorities to adhere strictly to democratic standards and norms as they investigate the circumstances of the attempted coup. The events of late May and early June must not be allowed to deepen inter-ethnic division in the Central African Republic. The refugees who left the country because of fears of ethnic persecution must be enabled to return home without fearing for their safety.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

23. “Mr. Granovsky (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We in Russia are gravely concerned at the sharp political tension, the disruption of economic activity and the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic following the attempted coup by opposition forces in late May. We are further concerned at the close relationship between the crisis in the Central African Republic and the situation in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo. Russia believes that the political crisis that arose out of the attempted coup should be dealt with as soon as possible, and that efforts to consolidate peace, to attain national reconciliation and to strengthen the democratic mechanisms of power in the Central African Republic should be supported.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

24. “It is our hope that no one will harbour any doubts about the actual presence of the United Nations in East Timor after independence. Its specific parameters will have to be agreed with the future Government of East Timor. In conclusion, may I say that we believe the international community has every reason to give a positive assessment of the developments in East Timor and of the prospects for its development.”

    2001-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4367 (2001) · source

25. “But we should not forget that this very welcome fact will have to be accompanied by a great deal of work to consolidate the State structure, lay the foundations of the economy and build a democratic society. Naturally, responsibility for that lies first and foremost with the East Timorese themselves. At the same time, no one should have any doubt that the international community must keep an eye on East Timor and give it all the help it can. The success that has been achieved by the United Nations in this territory should not turn into failure. We expect that, upon receipt of the Secretary-General's recommendations in October of this year, there will be a specific discussion of the form of a future United Nations presence in East Timor.”

    2001-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4367 (2001) · source

26. “Naturally, high marks also go to the activities of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), headed by Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello. In our View, the atmosphere in which the elections were held should cause us to take note of the consistent and good-neighbourly attitude of Indonesia. We are convinced that, in the interests of strengthening stability in the region, both the Indonesians and the East Timorese must do everything necessary to further nurture the first tender shoots of mutual understanding and respect. The elections for the Constitutional Assembly were the first step towards the independence of East Timor since the 1999 referendum. The birth of a new State will undoubtedly be an important event in the life of the world community.”

    2001-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4367 (2001) · source

27. “Mr. Granovsky (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Today's consideration of the question of East Timor in the Security Council is marked by a singularly important event in the development of that territory, namely, the successful holding of elections to the Constitutional Assembly. As members of the Council are aware, the first general elections in East Timor took place freely and without any incident whatever, and enjoyed high voter turn-out. It is noteworthy that over 90 per cent of the electorate took part in the election. That is undoubtedly an important achievement for both the East Timorese themselves and for the United Nations as a whole, which for two years now has been actively involved in determining the future of East Timor.”

    2001-09-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4367 (2001) · source

28. “We call on all sides to take the steps necessary to redress the situation, and to cooperate with international humanitarian personnel in ensuring access to those who need assistance.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

29. “We feel that it makes sense from the conceptual point of view to attach high priority to confidence-building in the eastern provinces, where the activities of those armed groups are on the rise. My delegation is prepared to give careful study to appropriate recommendations by the Secretariat on this matter. In the longer term, we see the prospects for a settlement of this problem in the general context of the democratization of political life and the normalization of inter-ethnic relations in all countries of the Great Lakes region. We are concerned at the extremely depressing information about the humanitarian and human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

30. “It is obvious to us that, as the inter-Congolese dialogue and the regional dialogue move forward on the political aspects of settling the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a task of increasingly high priority will be the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation or resettlement of members of foreign armed groups enumerated in an annex to the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement. We reaffirm our position that this process must be voluntary and must have the support of all parties involved in the conflict. We feel that those conditions are a sine qua non for practical United Nations involvement in measures to support the process.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

31. “We believe that among the priority elements is compliance by the RCD leadership with the demand for the demilitarization of Kisangani, as set out in Security Council resolutions 1304 (2000) and 1355 (2001). That is not an end in itself; it is dictated by the broader goal of implementing an overall concept for United Nations peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We hope that, with that in mind, the RCD leadership will radically improve its interaction with MONUC.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

32. “Also, we welcome the beginning of direct negotiations between the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the leaders of the Rassemblement congolais pour la de'mocratie (RCD) and the Front de liberation du Congo, and the statements they have made, which attest to their intention decisively and irreversibly to abandon the path of war and to embark on that of dialogue and national reconciliation. We expect that those statements will very soon be translated into concrete action advancing the peace process. For its part, Russia intends to do everything it can to ensure that they have the constant support of the international community.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

33. “We welcome the stated intention of the Namibian leadership to complete the withdrawal of their contingent from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by 30 August, and the intensifying dialogue between the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and those of neighbouring States on the question of ensuring mutual security. Russia supports that process and wishes it every success. We view the Gaborone preparatory meeting of the inter-Congolese dialogue as a momentous event; participants decided on an agenda and a date for the beginning of substantive work. Russia commends the efforts of all parties involved in the preparations for that event, notably the facilitator of the inter-Congolese dialogue, President Masire.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

34. “Mr. Granovsky (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We echo the words of gratitude addressed to the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. He'di Annabi, for his important and very informative briefing. The Russian Federation, on the whole, is pleased at the progress made in the peace settlement of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However fragile progress is there, the situation today in that country is a striking change for the better compared to the picture that we observed but a few months ago. We take note of the process - which, under the control of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), is now virtually complete - of the disengagement of forces. Some foreign forces have already left the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

35. “Although he is leaving his post at a time when his efforts are only just beginning to bear fruit, we have no doubt that his successor and his colleagues in MONUC will successfully conclude the work he has begun. Allow me, on behalf of the Russian delegation, to wish him great success in his future work.”

    2001-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4348 (2001) · source

36. “We call on them to carry out in good faith their obligations under the Lusaka Agreement and subsequent agreements and in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council. In conclusion, allow me to express our gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Morjane, who is leaving his post, for his outstanding contribution to the cause of a settlement of the conflict in the Congo. Under his leadership, a breakthrough has been achieved in the quest for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the logic of the search for agreement has replaced the logic of war.”

    2001-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4348 (2001) · source

37. “We believe that the situation has reached a point at which the Security Council, in accordance with the provisions of the resolutions previously adopted, must consider additional measures in order to ensure the demilitarization of the city of Kisangani. We believe that the first step in this direction could be a ban on the issuance by Member States of entry visas to the leadership of the RCD. Russia is ready to discuss other measures as well. While reaffirming our support for MONUC and our readiness to consider, in a constructive manner, the recommendations of the Secretary-General for its further development, we would like once again to emphasize that, for us, the decisive factor in this issue is the consistent demonstration by the parties to the conflict themselves of political will for its peaceful settlement.”

    2001-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4348 (2001) · source

38. “More than a year after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1304 (2000), containing a demand for the demilitarization of the city of Kisangani - which was then reaffirmed in Security Council resolution 1355 (2001) - the leadership of the Rassemblement Congolais pour la de'mocratie (RCD) is stubbornly refusing to implement it. Moreover, the leaders of the RCD have chosen a course of active resistance to the implementation by MONUC of its mandate in that city, which, due to a number of factors, is of key significance to the entire peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In our view, this situation is absolutely unacceptable. It represents an open challenge to the Security Council and to the entire international community.”

    2001-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4348 (2001) · source

39. “Within the framework of the existing mandate and to the extent of its ability, the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) will assist in this process. Russia also supports the holding of consultations with the leadership of international monetary and financial institutions, with a View to securing funds for the resolution of questions linked to disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation or resettlement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We believe that, in the long term, success in this area directly depends on the casing of ethnic tensions and on the democratization of political life in all countries of the Great Lakes region. I should now like to comment on the issue of greatest concern to us in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2001-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4348 (2001) · source

40. “It is specifically with this process that we link the prospects for a solution to the problems of disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and resettlement or repatriation of members of armed groups, whose actions are increasingly becoming a serious destabilizing factor and thereby jeopardizing the ceasefire. While Russia is in favour of the strictest compliance by all parties to the Lusaka Agreement with the demand for the cessation of support for armed groups, it emphasizes the need for all issues within the framework of the process of disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and resettlement or repatriation to be resolved solely on a voluntary basis.”

    2001-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4348 (2001) · source

41. “In particular, we are concerned about delays in the withdrawal to agreed positions of the forces of the Mouvement pour la liberation du Congo (MLC) in Equateur Province and the unacceptable attempts by the leadership of that movement to condition the implementation of the plan for the disengagement of forces on political demands. But, I reiterate, on the whole we are satisfied with the course of the implementation of the Lusaka Agreement, which, in our View, has acquired a definite positive dynamic. We place particular hope here on the dialogue that has begun between the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring States on the problem of ensuring mutual security. We support this process and wish it every success.”

    2001-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4348 (2001) · source

42. “Mr. Granovsky (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We associate ourselves with the words of gratitude addressed to the Secretary-General and to his Special Representative for their important statements. The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo evokes mixed feelings on our part. Unquestionably, it is gratifying that the parties are continuing to comply with the ceasefire regime. Progress is evident in the implementation of plans for the disengagement of the opposing forces. Some of the foreign forces have left the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Preparations are under way for the beginning of the inter-Congolese dialogue. Of course, not everything is as smooth as we would like.”

    2001-07-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4348 (2001) · source

43. “There is no doubt that obtaining such a goal will require the just punishment of the principal perpetrators of crimes against humanity committed during the years of conflict in Sierra Leone. At the same time, we deem it appropriate that stress should be placed precisely on reconciliation and on finding out the truth, including through the use of traditional structures and methods. We are convinced that the lessons learned from the bitter experience of the conflict will help the people of Sierra Leone to overcome the aftermath more quickly and to restore a life of peace.”

    2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source

44. “We are pleased that in Sierra Leone preparations for the elections are being stepped up. We support the intention of the Secretary-General to provide financial and technical assistance during the election campaign and the elections. We are convinced that in order to establish a solid foundation for peace in Sierra Leone the elections must be democratic and must include all political forces of the country, including the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), provided that the members of that movement are disarmed and that the organization is transformed into a political party. In the long term, dealing with the aftermath of the conflict will depend on national reconciliation.”

    2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source

45. “In our view, this progress confirms the correctness of the strategy for settling the conflict in Sierra Leone that was selected by the Security Council. Now it is important to strengthen the tempo of the peace process, primarily by ensuring strict compliance with the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) timetable and extension of State administration deep into the heart of the country, including to the diamond-producing areas. We believe that the arrival in Sierra Leone of new UNAMSIL contingents will make it possible to create the necessary conditions for this. We agree with the View of the Secretary-General regarding the need for an immediate increase in financial support to the DDR programme in Sierra Leone by the international community.”

    2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source

46. “Mr. Granovsky (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Russian delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on progress made in the settlement process in Sierra Leone. We also associate ourselves with the words of gratitude expressed to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Adeniji, for his comprehensive and very informative briefing. We appreciate the opportunity to receive first-hand information and evaluation of the developments of the situation. We are pleased at the way the peace process is proceeding in Sierra Leone. The ceasefire is holding; the parties are cooperating with the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) in deploying the contingent of the Mission; and, without a doubt, success has been achieved in disarmament.”

    2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source

47. “People who try to solve extremely complex problems of a national and religious nature by force of weapons are not worthy of support from the international community.”

    2001-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4335 (2001) · source

48. “That was the thrust of President Putin's proposal to convene a Balkan summit so that States of the region could conclude a legally binding agreement setting forth their mutual commitments to comply fully with the basic principles of inter-State relations, including, primarily, the inviolability of borders, sovereign equality, respect for territorial integrity, non-intervention in one another's internal affairs and non-use and non-threat of force. The signal from the international community must be clear and unambiguous. There can be no further redrawing of borders in Europe, including in the Balkans. It is necessary to establish a solid, effective barrier to extremism, national intolerance and religious fanaticism.”

    2001-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4335 (2001) · source

49. “The aggressiveness of the terrorist and extremist groups is extending to new areas, threatening further territorial spillover and undermining general security in the whole region. The main source of instability is still Kosovo. Any attempts to appease the terrorists will simply worsen the current explosive situation and expand it to include the entire Balkan region. This applies fully to what is happening today in Macedonia. All of this confirms yet again that in order to stabilize the situation in the Balkans we need approaches based primarily on the political will of the States in the region and active assistance from the international community.”

    2001-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4335 (2001) · source

50. “In this connection, I would like to note in particular the importance of fully taking into account in the work of UNMIK and KFOR the proposals made by President Kostunica in his meeting with the Security Council mission on specific steps by the international presence there to ensure that real progress is made in enhancing the level of security for Serbs and other minorities. We confirm the need for signing with Belgrade a status-of-forces agreement for UNMIK and KFOR. As was stressed by President Putin of the Russian Federation, in order to speed up stabilization in the Balkans it is necessary to coordinate the efforts of the international community in countering terrorism and extremism and to ensure strict implementation, without any exceptions, of resolution 1244 (1994) and the Dayton Peace Accords on Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    2001-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4335 (2001) · source