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Gureckas

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1992-11-16
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1992-11-16
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  1. “To continue to impose a stranglehold on a victim engaged in a life or death struggle is morally and legally unacceptable, just as is the non-differentiation between aggressor and victim. For those reasons, Lithuania urges the Security Council seriously to consider the lifting of the arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina so that that sovereign State can at the very least defend itself from the ruthless onslaught of aggressor forces.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  2. “Nevertheless, we understand that there may be valid reasons why the Security Council, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and other international bodies find it impossible or inadvisable to intervene in order to defend Bosnia and Herzegovina from aggression. However, if the international community cannot provide effective defence, it cannot morally deny the right of self-defence to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The right to self-defence is an inherent right. of any sovereign State. It is one of the fundamental principles of international law, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. No international body has the right to teke it away or to curb it, especially if it cannot or will not provide an adequate defence for the victimized.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  3. “If the Serbian conquests and the tragic results of "ethnic cleansing" are allowed to stand, it will set an unfortunate precedent for all potential aggressors around the world. We already see certain aspects of Serbian aggression re-enacted in the Dniester region of Moldova and Abkhazia in Georgia. It is not difficult to foresee that there will be more to come, since Serbian aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina has to date been a low-cost, low-risk campaign with high yields. Even though Bosnian Serbs may have valid political aspirations, nothing can justify the armed aggression, Massive expulsions and killing of innocent civilian populations taking place dn Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  4. “Mr, GURECKAS (Lithuania): I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I wish you great success during the Council's deliberations on extremely important and difficult issues. Please allow me also to express my appreciation for this opportunity to address the Security Council, the most important body of the United Nations, entrusted with the weighty task of maintaining peace and security in our interdependent world. The Lithuanian delegation wishes to voice its views on the critical issue of Bosnia and Herzeyovina because of the apprehension of Lithuania's Government and people over the dire consequences of successful agqression against that country.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  5. “To continue to impose a stranglehold on a victim engaged in a life or death struggle is morally and legelly unacceptable, just as is the non-differentiation between aggressor and vict:im. For those reasons, Lithuania urges the Security Council seriously to consider the lifting of the arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina so that that sovereign State can at the very least defend itself from the ruthless onslaught of aggressor forces.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  6. “Nevertheless, we understand that there may be valid reasons why the Security Council, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and other international bodies find it impossible or inadvisable to intervene in order to defend Bosnia and Herzegovina from aggression. However, if the jaternational community cannot provide effective defence, it cannot morally deny the right of self-defence to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The right to self-defence is an inherent right of any sovereign State. It is one of the fundamental principles of international law, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. No international body has the right to take it away or to curb it, especially if it cannot or will not provide an adequate defence for the victimized.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  7. “If the Serbian conquests and the tragic results of "ethnic cleansing" ere allowed to stand, it will set an unfortunate precedent for all potential aggressors around the world. We already see certain aspects of Serbian aggression re-enacted in the Dniester region of Moldova and Abkhazia in Georgia. It is not difficult to foresee that there will be more to come, since Serbian aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina has to date been a low-cost, low-risk campaign with high yields. Even though Bosnian Serbs may have valid political aspirations, nothing can justify the armed aggression, massive expulsions and killing of innocent civilian populations taking place in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  8. “Mr, GURECKAS (Lithuania): I wish to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I wish you great success during the Council's deliberations on extremely important and difficult issues. Please allow me also to express my appreciation for this opportunity to address the Security Council, the most important body of the United Nations, entrusted with the weighty task of maintaining peace and security in our interdependent world. The Lithuanian delegation wishes to voice its views on the critical issue of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of the apprehension of Lithuania's Government and people over the dire consequences of successful aggression against that country.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source