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1. “It remains the task of the Mozambicans to determine finally whether their country will this year become another example of hope and national reconciliation in southern Africa.”

   1994-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3375 (1994) · source

2. “Notwithstanding the problems ahead, the Secretary-General has expressed his belief that conditions are in place for the timely completion of the ONUMOZ mission and has indicated that he will submit in July a final timetable for its termination. In addition, we look forward to receiving the revised budget estimates for ONUMOZ, which the Secretary-General has indicated will remain within currently authorized commitment levels, and to the timely implementation of his plans for a drawdown of unneeded military personnel. By extending the ONUMOZ mandate until 15 November, the Security Council has signalled its confidence that the successful culmination of the peace process is in sight.”

   1994-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3375 (1994) · source

3. “It is equally important to overcome the many administrative and logistical barriers to voter registration and the electoral campaign. For this reason, the United States joined other Council members in urging the Government and RENAMO to support fully the work of the National Elections Commission and to ensure that all parts of the country are open to electoral activity. We are also concerned about the apparent lack of cooperation received from Mozambican police authorities by ONUMOZ civilian police observers. The United Nations police component has an essential role to play in assisting the Mozambican police to establish the conditions for free and fair elections. Their deployment must be facilitated in every way possible.”

   1994-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3375 (1994) · source

4. “Recruitment has been slow, and it is apparent that the 30,000-man force envisioned by the Rome accord will not be trained and operational by the time of the elections. This development should not delay the holding of elections. To avoid holding prospective new soldiers in camps with little to occupy them until the additional training programmes required for them are developed, we would urge that recruitment for the new army be suspended during the electoral period. Moreover, since underdevelopment and a stagnant economy are the real threat to Mozambique's security, we firmly believe that careful consideration should be given to creating a smaller new national army. Not all the obstacles to progress are being encountered on the military side of the peace process.”

   1994-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3375 (1994) · source

5. “The Secretary-General's report makes it clear, however, that much more remains to be done between now and the October elections. A way must be found to move the stalled demobilization process to a rapid conclusion. We believe it would be wise for the gates of the assembly areas to be closed to new arrivals on | June in order to make it more likely that demobilization will be completed by 15 July. We expect both sides to cooperate with the United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) in verifying the number of troops remaining to be processed both at the assembly areas and at the non-assembly sites, and to do _ everything possible to hasten their demobilization. Also of concern are the difficulties being experienced with formation of the new army.”

   1994-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3375 (1994) · source

6. “We welcome you, Sir, to your new duties as Council President, and we know that you will steer the Council this month with style, wit and determination. We also recognize and applaud the skilful, innovative performance of Ambassador Keating as last month's President. The United States welcomes the progress of the Mozambican peace process laid out in_ the Secretary-General's report of 28 April. We are particularly pleased that elections have been set for 27 and 28 October. The United States Government strongly believes that any further delay would be not only unacceptable to the international community, but seriously damaging to Mozambique's own interests as well. Elections are essential to move forward national reconciliation and economic reconstruction.”

   1994-05-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3375 (1994) · source

7. “We hope the parties will build upon their agreement not to use force during the period of the negotiations and will agree in substance and in detail on the framework for a formal cease-fire with which UNOMIG can interact, as was its original function. We look forward to the Secretary-General's report, expected in late January. We hope that he will be able to address specifically and in detail the tasks which UNOMIG is performing and that he will evaluate whether and to what degree UNOMIG might resume more traditional observer functions in the light of the situation on the ground and in the negotiations. We would also welcome his estimate of the costs and his evaluation of the time in which UNOMIG might be able to accomplish its mission.”

   1993-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3325 (1993) · source

8. “We favour the phased expansion of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) to a total of 55 observers. With such an expansion the United Nations lends practical support to the progress the parties have achieved in the negotiations under the auspices of the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Ambassador Brunner, in their signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on 1 December. This expansion is in keeping with the intention of resolution 881 (1993), which took as its guidelines for further development an evaluation of the situation on the ground and in the negotiating process. We hope that, as negotiations resume on 11 January, the parties will be able to confirm the progress they have begun so positively. Among the many issues the negotiators will face is that of a formal cease-fire.”

   1993-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3325 (1993) · source

9. “It is offered by the Minsk process and the tireless efforts of the Minsk Group, which has fashioned a framework by which a cease-fire can be stabilized and negotiations undertaken. But this kind of progress takes political will anda realization that continued bloodshed serves no one's good. We call on the parties to awaken to that realization and exert the will to choose peace.”

   1993-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3313 (1993) · source

10. “My Government's support for this resolution rests on a simple premise: where cease-fires are continually violated and the ensuing violence escalates far beyond any conceivable military necessity, innocent civilians on both sides of the conflict suffer more and more. This resolution rightly lays blame for this appalling situation on both the parties - the party that initiated this round of cease-fire violations and the party that responded out of all proportion to the violation itself. These acts are difficult to comprehend when one considers that Civilians on both sides of the conflict are the victims of policies that clothe themselves in the justification of defending these very same civilians. There is a way out.”

    1993-11-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3313 (1993) · source

11. “UNITA's leadership must understand that we are ready to impose additional sanctions on UNITA unless it engages fully and without reservation in implementing the Acordos de Paz and the relevant resolutions of this Council. This is our last warning.”

    1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source

12. “It puts UNITA and any who stand in the way of peace on notice that the international community will take strong action to bring about a just and lasting peace. We are deeply touched by the wretched humanitarian condition this conflict has created in Angola. We will not stand by while innocent people are slaughtered, whether by bullets or slowly by starvation. The efforts of the international community to assist the poor and afflicted is of deep importance to us. The people of Angola should know that the nations of the world stand behind their yearning for peace and will persevere in efforts to obtain it. The road to peace in Angola has been a long and tortuous one. This resolution, hopefully, will be the final step in clearing that road. But there must be no mistake.”

    1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source

13. “My delegation warmly welcomes your ascension to the presidency, Sir. We hope that you will have a productive month. The adoption of today's resolution is a critical step in the international community's continuing efforts to restore peace to the devastated people and country of Angola. We condemn the military actions of UNITA, which have wreaked such havoc on the Angolan people. The leadership of UNITA must understand that the international community holds it responsible and will not tolerate its continued attempts to wage war on its own people in an effort to conquer militarily what it could not win in a democratic election. The action we took today is a trumpet call for peace to UNITA, the people of Angola and the world. But it is more.”

    1993-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3277 (1993) · source