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first: 1992-07-16
most recent: 2000-10-24
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“Let me at the outset, albeit belatedly, extend my best wishes to one and all for a splendid new year and share with you my own dream for a world completely at peace, with prosperity for all. This ought to be our common yearning: that 1995, the United Nations Year for Tolerance, will usher in a change for the better in old habits and in the ways we have been doing things up till now. Allow me, Sir, to congratulate your country on its assumption the presidency of the Security Council for this month, a month when, by happy coincidence, the question of Angola is being discussed. You, Sir, will no doubt be playing a crucial role in helping find a lasting solution to the Angolan conflict.”
1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source
“A pledging conference for the reconstruction of Angola should be looked into. Such an economic scheme for the reconstruction of Angola will go a long way towards convincing those who are fighting today that there is a better future in peace. That would be a secure way to guarantee peace-building in Angola.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“Successive reports of the Secretary-General have revealed massive destruction of cities, economic infrastructures, mines, public utilities, hospitals and schools - in fact, every aspect of Angolan society. Indeed, the present report of the Secretary-General states that UNITA has besieged the cities of Cuito/Bie, Malange and Menongue, and the information we receive in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia, is that Huambo, the second-largest city in Angola, is in ruins. With such massive destruction, Angola will need massive assistance to reconstruct. The international community should start to think of the reconstruction of Angola. Namibia would, in this regard, urge the Security Council to request the Secretary-General to put together a plan for the reconstruction of Angola.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“To link the extension of the mandate and enlargement of UNAVEM II to the restoration of the cease-fire is a question of the chicken and the egg, and in the process, more and more Angolans will be caught in a vicious circle. Therefore, Namibia calls for a sizeable and effective United Nations presence in Angola to encourage the cessation of hostilities. Finally, allow me to touch upon an issue that has not yet been considered fully or in any planned manner, namely, the reconstruction of Angola. The suffering, death and destruction Angola is undergoing at present will definitely come to an end and as neighbours, we in Namibia hope that end will come soon.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“We endorse in this regard the strong appeal of the Secretary-General to all Angolans to abide by the rules of international humanitarian law and to facilitate unimpeded access for the delivery of relief aid to the population in need. However, as I indicated earlier, men who are power-hungry see no limits in their desire to achieve power. I pointed out that we saw this in Somalia. Men who are power-hungry would be prepared to rule corpses. But there must be a will and capacity greater than their whims to stop them. The international community should realize that the UNITA leadership is prepared to wait the United Nations out.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“The report of the Secretary-General (S/26060) for which we commend him, again gives a bleak picture of the suffering of the people of Angola. In paragraph 5, the Secretary-General expresses his deep concern about the catastrophic humanitarian situation now prevailing in Angola. And in paragraph 10 he informs the Council that almost 2 million people are now at risk and need food and other forms of aid to survive. A disaster of momentous dimensions is unfolding in Angola. Allow me to illustrate the enormity of the situation by relating it to Namibia. The population of Angola at risk of starvation - 2 million - is more than the entire population of Namibia. About 1,000 people are said to be dying each day. How can Namibia not be concerned?”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“As my colleague, the Foreign Minister of Zimbabwe indicated, various front-line State leaders and other influential African personalities have tried the same. President Mugabe, the Chairman of the front-line States, has spared no effort in his mission on behalf of his colleagues to meet with Mr. Savimbi. But he, too, has been unsuccessful so far in his laudable endeavours. President Chiluba of Zambia and my own President have held consultations on the problem on a number of occasions. Some of us have been meeting UNITA's representatives, but it seems that we are not being listened to. There is no evidence of any effort at reciprocity from Mr. Savimbi. In this context, the continuing efforts of African and non-African leaders cannot go unnoticed.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“I know others are doing the same. Let me share with the Council the various high-level initiatives that we in the region have launched to assist in turning the situation of conflict into one of peace and regional cooperation. My own President, Mr. Sam Nujoma, and his Cabinet Ministers, have on many occasions invited Mr. Savimbi to Namibia. If not in Namibia, we indicated to him our readiness to meet him anywhere else for a friendly dialogue. During his recent official visit to the United States, President Nujoma repeated this invitation in private discussions as well as through the media, but to date to no avail. Here and now, in this Chamber, I repeat my Government's invitation to Mr. Savimbi to come to Windhoek for us together to attempt to find a way out of the conflict in Angola. But Namibians, we know, are not alone in this effort.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“We have nothing personal agzinst Mr. Savimbi or UNITA as such. Obviously, Mr. Savimbi and UNITA have a role to play in the affairs of their country. There is no denying that UNITA wor 70 seats in the National Assembly. Those Angolans who freely voted for thcse deputies are entitled to representation in the legislature without hindrance or blackmail. Cooperation and reconciliation on the basis of the offers made so far by the Government of National Unity appear to have opened a way for UNITA's participation at all levels of the State apparatus. Other outstanding issues relating to the Abidjan negotiation process, which are still a subject of consultations, should not prove to be insurmountable. What is, then, Mr. Savimbi's problem that he thinks only he and nobody else can understand? We in Namibia are trying very hard to understand him.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“My participation in this debate, with my two colleagues, demonstrates the seriousness and concern with which we in the region view the conflict in Angola. We have come all the way to New York because Angola is an African problem and we greatly care, as neighbours, about the tragedy in that beloved sister Republic. The whole of the southern African region has had a devastating, long period of racist-inspired conflicts that were accentuated by the cold war. The region needs peace and stability to start its economic reconstruction. If anything, the region does not need any more weapons. It is saturated with arms. Indeed, it is time UNITA was made to turn its swords of destruction into ploughshares for reconstruction and development. I must make it abundantly clear that Namibia wants to see peace and stability in Angola.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“Equally, the recent World Conference on Human Rights, in its Declaration on Angola, adopted unanimously, urged the Council to take forceful and decisive steps in order to restore peace and security in Angola. Again, the statement or the "Troika" - Portugal, the Russian Federation and the United States of America - issued on 8 July 1993 in Moscow, urges the Same course of action by the Council. UNITA must be made to understand that under the new global order the world community will not acquiesce in the use of force to subvert the will of the Angolan people, clearly manifested in free and fair elections. It remains an inescapable obligation for Mr. Savimbi to accept the results of the election of September 1992.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“It will be recalled that in January, the Council, in its resolution 804 (1993), strongly condemned the persistent violations of the main provisions of the Bicesse Peace Accords by UNITA, its withdrawal from the new Angolan armed forces, its seizure by force of provisional capitals and municipalities, and the resumption of hostilities. We consider that the time has come for the Council to take strong and effective measures to deny UNITA its supply of arms and other war materiel. The recent Summit Meeting of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) recommended in its Declaration on Angola that the Security Council impose Sanctions and take concrete measures so as to force UNITA to accept dialogue as the only way to achieve peace.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“The Council must send a clear message to UNITA to stop all hostilities and return to the peace process. In this connection, my delegation welcomes the draft resolution before the Council, for in our view it sends the right - and strong - message to Mr. Savimbi. The Bicesse Peace Accords hinge on a cease-fire being restored. The events of October last, which were triggered by the defeat of UNITA at the polls, showed that UNITA had a second option - that of taking power by force of arms if it failed to achieve it through the ballot box. Until a cease-fire is signed, UNITA returns to the process of the Bicesse Peace Accords and a unified national army is formed, peace will continue to elude the Angolan people.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“The relations between the two countries have once again been placed on a sound footing and South Africa has reopened its diplomatic mission in Luanda. Foreign Minister Botha has accepted an invitation extended to him by his Angolan counterpart, Foreign Minister De Moura, to visit Angola. At this juncture, I would like to emphasize the point that in this important debate the Security Council is called upon to demonstrate greater resolve and determination, in keeping with its own previous resolutions, to bring peace, to save lives, to stop the destruction of the economy, to stop hostilities and to assist the consolidation of democracy in Angola. To this end, the international community is thus duty-bound to give all the necessary assistance to the Angolan Government that it may defend democracy and the rule of law.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“This certainly augurs well for bringing Angola further into a brighter limelight of international attention and action. But it is not enough. Much remains to be done by each and every one of us. In March this year, I visited Washington, D.C. for an exchange of views on Angola with the senior officials at the United States State Department and also with key senators and Congressmen. During the same visit, I held useful discussions at the United Nations with the Secretary-General, whose views were very helpful to me. In further search of peace in our region, I brought together in Windhoek, on 4 June this year, my two neighbouring colleagues, the Foreign Ministers of Angola and South Africa, and we had a very successful discussion.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“At the same time, we cannot forget the fact that it was the persistent efforts and the often lonely voice of our illustrious Secretary-General that finally drew the international community's attention to the Somali crisis and thereby threw the media spotlight on that tragic situation. The death and destruction going on in Angola must not become routine. As in Somalia before the massive United Nations intervention, the bleeding in Angola must be in the forefront of the priorities of the international community. In this respect, a word of thanks once again to the United States of America is in order for its having finally recognized the Government of Angola. We welcome this change of policy, and the establishment of full diplomatic relations with our good neighbour is a very good thing.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“My country also wishes to place on record its sincere gratitude to the Government and the people of the United States of America for their having spearheaded the United Nations involvement in Somalia and for making available to this humanitarian rescue operation - Operation Restore Hope - th: much-needed human anc technical resources. The transformation of the situation which now offers hope would not have been possible without their bold action. Without the shared commitment, I must add, of all the members of the Security Council, this operation would not have been carried out. We thank them all.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“How wonderful and touching it is to see these days children smiling and laughing again, in contrast with the earlier pictures of emaciated and dying children: to see women walking with dignity alongside their menfolk as they get down to the arduous tasks of reconstructing their country. Without the United Nations peace-keepers and various other international humanitarian workers, these joyous images would not have been possible in Somalia. Namibia pays a tribute to all these good friends of Africa and valiant champions of liberty and justice who are helping us Africans to do for ourselves what we could not do alone.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“The international community has witnessed in recent history men insatiable for power, wreaking havoc in their countries in search of absolute power. Cambodia and Uganda are vivid case studies of the 1970s in this regard. Regrettably, during that time the Security Council was paralysed by the politics of the cold war. Happily, today the Security Council is invigorated and the international community expects of it drastic action in the field of peacemaking, peace-keeping and peace-building. The Secretary-General, whose initiatives and personal jJevotion we commend most heartily, has been in the forefront of this new crusade. Despite the difficult patch the United Nations Operation in Somalia is going through with one of the warlords, the arrival of international forces in Somalia turned despair into hope - indeed, Operation Restore Hope.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“The time has come - it is indeed overdue - for UNITA to be given a clear and unequivocal message that it cannot hope to continue defying the will of the international community with impunity. The situation in Angola is taking an ominous direction. Africa and the world at large cannot afford yet another Somalia, where power-hungry warlords, by use of arms, managed to hold the whole nation to ransom and in the process destroyed the entire fabric of civil society. Without the United Nations 'intervention, millions of Somalis would have continued to die. Starvation, death, devastation and total anarchy have become the hallmarks of Somalia. Angola should not be allowed to drift into a similar tragedy. The international community must stop Mr. Savimbi from pushing Angola further down the road of devastation and death.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“Jonas Savimbi has distinguished himself as the main - indeed, the only - obstacle to peace in Angola. In its resolution 785 (1992) of 30 October 1992, adopted immediately after the resumption of hostilities engineered by UNITA in Luanda and Huambo, the Council affirmed a well-known principle of international law that any party that failed to abide by all the commitments entered into under the Bicesse Peace Accords would be rejected by the international community. The Council further warned that gains derived from use of force would not be accepted. But despite this, and almost 10 months later, UNITA continues to defy the solemn demands of this Council, the guardian of international peace and security.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“Alioune Blondin Beye, former Foreign Minister of Mali and now the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General. The situation in Angola is becoming increasingly complicated daily; we are nevertheless confident that he is well qualified for the tasks before him. I hope that the meeting he has reportedly had with Mr. Savimbi was constructive. In a series of resolutions it has adopted since UNITA rejected the results of the September elections - resolutions 785 (1992) of 30 October 1992: 793 (1992) of 30 November 1992; 804 (1993) of 29 January 1993; 811 (1993) of 12 March 1993; and 834 (1993) of 1 June 1993 - this Council has repeatedly called upon UNITA to return to the Bicesse Peace Accords and to continue the implementation of the peace process, but to no avail. Mr.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“It will come as no surprise when I Say that I associate my delegation fully with the important statements just delivered by my two colleagues and brothers, the Foreign Ministers of Angola and Zimbabwe, particularly as regards their proposals for effective action by the Security Council. Allow me also to pay tribute to Miss Margaret Joan Anstee for the determined and courageous manner in which she performed her tasks as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Angola. Miss Anstee accomplished a difficult mission with honour and courage. She visited Namibia a little over a week ago and held useful discussions with President Nujoma and key members of his Government. I should also, in this regard, like to congratulate my friend, Mr.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“Let me first of all extend to you, Sir, my delegation's and my own warm congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I am certain that with your diplomatic skills and political wisdom you will effectively guide the deliberations of the Council on this thorny question of Angola to a successful conclusion. I assure you of our Support as you exercise the functions of your high office at this critical moment - critical particularly for the people of Angola. We also congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Yanez Barnuevo of Spain, on successfully guiding the affairs of the Council for the month of June.”
1993-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3254 (1993) · source
“This step should be followed by a more permanent mechanism: a monitoring group that will remain in the country until a new constitution is adopted. My delegation further notes with satisfaction that the resolution will be adopted by consensus and that the specific operative paragraphs, particularly operative paragraph 4, will be implemented immediately following conclusion of the debate. It is needless to stress that in this connection, the Security Council itself will remain seized of the matter until a democratic, non-racial South Africa is established on the basis of free elections and a new constitution. In conclusion, I should like once again to thank the members of the Council for having promptly acceded to the request of the OAU to convene this meeting.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“Happily, we also note that various intergovernmental bodies such as the European Community, the Commonwealth and others have already taken initiatives similar to those already taken or being contemplated by either the OAU or the United Nations. This unmistakable, broad consensus on the situation in South Africa should send a clear and categorical message to the South African Government: that, on the one hand, the escalating violence is unacceptable, and that the South African Government and it alone is expected to stop it; and that, on the other hand, there is a readiness to help normalize the situation. In this context, the draft resolution before this Council, which reinforces the recent OAU resolution, provides a necessary first step towards a meaningful United Nations role.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“Perhaps all the parties concerned may be blamed, one way or another, for whatever transgression; apartheid is not dead yet. The required conditions for irreversible, profound change do not exist in South Africa at the present time. This, then, is the root cause of apartheid, and that is the cause of the violence we are seeing today, which threatens to destroy the life and property in South Africa. This debate and the draft resolution before the Council clearly indicate the convergence of views between the OAU and the Security Council concerning the events in South Africa. I welcome the sentiments expressed by some members of the Council on the initiative taken by the OAU in calling this meeting.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“There is goodwill and willingness on the part of the OAU and, no doubt, other international bodies, to lend support to all serious and genuine efforts by the South African Government to meet the standards of democracy and good government expected of it by the international community. Some of the statements made here today do not befit the stature of the Security Council; they will not help the healing or reconciliation necessary to establish an interim government and a constituent assembly. The allegation of black-on-black violence is an old trick that the oppressor has used over the centuries to discredit his opponents. Referring to victims as villains is as old as the history of colonialism and, in the present situation, as old as apartheid itself. We heard of it no so long ago in Zimbabwe, and most recently in Namibia.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“It is my delegation's earnest hope that, though divided politically, all South African patriots will on this occasion rise above party politics and endeavour to renew their commitment to do everything possible, firstly, to end violence and, secondly, to remove ail the remaining obstacles that may, now or in the future, once again derail the peace process. In particular, my delegation and I would like to urge the South African Government to leave no stone unturned, in consultation and in cooperation with the other parties concerned, to demonstrate leadership and show courage so that the negotiations can be resumed.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“Perhaps as a sign of how much things have changed, we have an unprecedented situation as far as the South African participation in this meeting is concerned. Apart from the delegations of the South African Government and of the national liberation movements recognized by the United Nations which have been addressing the Security Council, the Council, in its wisdom, decided to afford the privilege of addressing it to some of the parties represented at CODESA. As far as this goes, the Namibian delegation sees no problem in this development. I must, however, say that it would be a sad commentary and a sign of utter insensitivity, given the grave situation we are witnessing in South Africa, to turn this important meeting of the Security Council into a useless session of posturing or a battleground for unfinished CODESA business.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“On the other hand, there is a special responsibility for the oppressed themselves to strengthen and consolidate unity within the framework of the Patriotic Front, which our delegation supports fully. My delegation does not derive any Satisfaction from engaging in polemics or name-calling. That is not the purpose of our participation in this debate. We felt honoured and took it up as our patriotic duty when the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Summit included Namibia among the African countries designated to participate in this crucial debate. The meeting had to be requested because the grave situation now prevailing in South Africa warrants it. I do not believe that plain talk with concrete examples is an enemy of progress. On the contrary, I consider it a recipe for removing obstacles in the way of that very progress.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“In the face of the challenges, real or imagined, confronting the South African Government, that Government must, in the first instance, summon courage and political will to be able to take bold and decisive decisions which will remove all the remaining impediments and pave the way towards a new and peaceful South Africa. In the same vein, I must also renew a call for the South African liberation movements and all the other democratic forces, those at CODESA as well as other South African political formations and groups to eschew violence and embrace the negotiating process. But for this to happen, it is the primary responsibility of the South African Government to take prompt, concrete and decisive steps immediately in order to put an end to the tragic violence, which is a prerequisite for the resumption of negotiations.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“And we would like to welcome a democratic, non-racial and united South Africa into the fold of the community of southern African States - for these are the cherished ideals which are enshrined in our own Constitution and which have been accepted by all the political parties represented in the National Assembly and by all sectors of our population. Neither the election victory of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) nor the institution of Majority rule in Namibia in any way whatsoever threatened the interests and well-being of any minority group in Namibia. The Constitution and the laws of the land protect us all as equal citizens of the Republic of Namibia. The Foreign Minister of South Africa knows Namibian society as well as he knows his own and can personally confirm what I have just said.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“Similar arangements, in our view, could be looked into for South Africa. Otherwise, even if and when, under the prevailing situation, the CODESA negotiations were to be resumed, their successful conclusion could not be assured. All the Parties represented at CODESA received our letter urging them to give peace a chance and to work in earnest for a new constitution and a new South Africa. This is still our message to them. I want to convey, in this debate, to my colleague the South African Foreign Minister, that we in Namibia want to see peace in South Africa. We want to see genuine negotiations commence. We want to see an ethic of give and take. We want to see a commitment to majority rule. We want to see national reconciliation.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“But at the same time, drawing on our own experience in dealing with the successive South African Governments, in the struggle, in negotiations and even during the transition, we maintain that the litmus test for assuring the resumption of the CODESA process is not only the ending of the current violence itself, but rather lies in the emplacement of effective ana durable mechanisms to prevent the armed forces and security units from being used against opponents of the Government. For example, in the case of Namibia the requirement was that prior to the start of the electoral process the then-existing security and other elements had to be confined to base and demobilized. This was deemed necessary in order to ensure an atmosphere free of violence and intimidation during the period of elections and constitution-making.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“Since then we have tried, not without some serious difficulties to do business with the South African leadership. How could we do otherwise, since our country, to all intents and purposes, had been turned into a fifth province of the ex-colonial master's country. Furthermore, we still have quite a lot of unfinished business to settle between us. We in Namibia unreservedly support a peaceful and negotiated end to apartheid in South Africa and the creation of a democratic, non-racial and united South Africa.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“When President de Klerk took over the leadership of the National Party some three years ago and began to make rousing and constructive declarations full of confidence and characterized by a new vision for South Africa, we thought at that time that here was an Afrikaner, a politician with courage and a sense of mission, who was prepared to make a clean break with apartheid and its horrible past. But here we go again. Three years later one should not be blamed for cynicism if a question is asked: What is new? Where is the beef? In 1990, the incumbent Namibian Government saw fit, inspired by the winds of change that were sweeping across the subregion, to extend an invitation to President de Klerk and his colleaques to join us on the occasion of the proclamation of independence of Namibia on 21 March 1990.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“We are questioning once again the credibility gap and bad faith of the Government of South Africa. A question posed yesterday by one of the speakers is worth repeating, and that is why the South African Government at this time - at a time of peace and at a time when the internal negotiations have already started, sees the need to maintain a huge army, air force and navy, plus various so-called security units, including an international mercenary battalion. We want peace in our subregion ~ no more wars in southern Africa. This is a troubling question to which only the South Africa Government can give a satisfactory answer.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“I have myself, more than a year ago on more than one occasion, brought to the attention of my neighbour and colleague, the Foreign Minister of South Africa, our concerns about the recruitment and deployment of Namibian citizens in the political violence being carried out against our South African brothers and sisters. Up to now I have received no reply. The most terrible and dramatic revelation is that a Koevoet unit carried out the massacre at Boipatong. Our experience in dealing with the South African Government offers a relevant case study about the South African Government's sense of fair play and good faith in negotiations and in honouring agreements reached. The Boipatong massacre and other brutal acts against innocent South African people look like a replay of the Namibian experience.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“This magnitude of human suffering cannot be allowed to continue, for the carnage we see in South Africa today and the heinous methods used are akin to genocide. It is distressing to note that the perpetrators of these dastardly acts either get off scot-free or are never brought to justice. But we remember that this was the same experience in Namibia. I know what I am talking about. I feel a particular sense of outrage and anger, because some of these criminals who are in the service of the South Africa Government, particularly those belonging to the notorious Koevoet killer unit are Namibians.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“The Security Council itself adopted numerous resolutions on the subject of South Africa's colonial and illegal occupation of Namibia up to 1989. Against that background and also as a neighbour, Namibia considers it its duty to express concern about the carnage and instability driving South Africa to the brink of catastrophe, which, if not arrested in good time, could engulf the whole region and threaten international peace and security. It breaks our hearts and causes us pain, in Namibia, to have seen many thousands of innocent men, women and children killed over the past several years. The available statistics show that Since 1984 12,000 black South Africans have been killed; and the figure for 1990 is said to be a staggering 7,000.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“The additional serious and factual statements made by other colleagues, as well as by members of the Council anda other delegations, underscored the urgency of addressing the escalating violence in South Africa. The statements and the additional documentation made available to delegations, as well as the new revelations in the press on the prevailing situation in South Africa, attest to both the timeliness and importance of this meeting. I have no intention of repeating what has already been said, and in most cases effectively and convincingly, by some of the previous speakers. My intention is to add Namibia's perspective to the debate. In this connection, the historical and colonial ties between South Africa and Namibia are well known to members of the Council.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“Not only did the OAU and the frontline States welcome the positive developments that I have referred to, but they equally publicly commended the South African Government for steps taken in the right direction. This time the OAU Summit sent a ministerial delegation, led by the representative of the OAU's current Chairman to present Africa's position to the Security Council on the situation in South Africa, which everyone has been talking about. In this connection, the statement made yesterday by my brother and colleague, Djibo Ka, Foreign Minister of Senegal, eloquently and effectively presented Africa's position, and I associate my delegation with that statement.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“We have seen the end of the destabilization of independent States in southern Africa and the start of the peace process in South Africa, which led to the establishment of CODESA. We saw encouraging signs that gave optimism that genuine change was indeed finally at hand. These developments have given rise to high hopes and expectations that we have entered a new era of peace, cooperation and good-neighbourly relations in southern Africa and that these developments will replace the old order of colonialism, illegality, destabilization and apartheid. The OAU Summit did not request the convening of these important meetings of the Security Council merely to level frivolous charges against the South African Government.”
1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source
“It is not inconceivable, therefore, that the Namibian Government will find it unavoidable to bring the matter before the Council to seek assistance to secure early reintegration of Walvis Bay and the off-shore islands. So much on that subject for now. Unexpectedly I now have to make my maiden statement instead on the tragic violence in South Africa. It is unexpected because it is more than four years since the Security Council last considered the question of South Africa or any issue relating to southern Africa, except for the last meeting on Namibia in 1989 to trigger the implementation of resolution 435 (1978). During the intervening period since 1988 Significant and welcome developments have taken place in southern Africa, Namibia's independence has been achieved.”
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“After all, these are really meetings for South Africa and therefore for the people of South Africa themselves. I had thought that when I made my maiden statement before the Security Council as the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Namibia it would be a pleasant occasion to report on the Successful implementation of Security Council resolution 432 (1978) on the reintegration of Walvis Bay and the off-shore islands into the rest of Namibia. On that issue the Government of South Africa and the Government of Namibia started negotiations last year. Lately, however, these negotiations have become increasingly bogged down as a result of the usual obfuscation by the South African Government and its reneging on agreements previously reached.”
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“Boutros Boutros-Ghali on his unanimous election to the post of Secretary-General and to wish him well in his weighty duties. I also recognize the presence of the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, whose wide experience in world affairs and deep knowledge of the United Nations will be indispensable in the consultations during the course of these meetings. Let me dispel a little mischievous rumour I picked up, that because of Namibia's place on the list of speakers I am now giving the last word on the subject. Far from it. You, Mr. President, will always have the last word in this Council, and we have here the Chairman of the OAU ministerial delegation, who will give the last word, if any last word is needed.”
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“May I first express to you, Sir, my delegation's congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. You and I have known each other for a number of years and have worked together on various issues of great importance, including those having to do with southern Africa. I am therefore confident that in your present task you will bring to bear your laudable diplomatic skills and political wisdom. I assure you of our support and cooperation as you exercise the functions of this high office at this critical moment, critical in particular for Africa and its peoples. We also congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Noterdaeme of Belgium, on successfully guiding the Council's affairs last month. I should like to take this opportunity also to express our warmest congratulations to Mr.”
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