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1. “The deportations are bound to have a detrimental effect upon the peace process currently under way, and this we deeply regret. It does not need to be emphasized again that Austria firmly supports this peace process, which should achieve just and lasting peace in the Middle East region, based on Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973).”

   1992-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3151 (1992) · source

2. “The measures taken by the Israeli Government constitute without any doubt a grave and clear breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, which is applicable to all the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem. We fully endorse the Secretary-General's call on Israel to rescind the deportation orders and to permit the safe and immediate return i of those expelled. We also join in his appeal to all sides to avoid steps : that might lead to a worsening of the situation and could hamper the peace process aimed at achieving a comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Austria is, furthermore, extremely concerned at Israel's violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon and expects that Israel will desist from such actions.”

   1992-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3151 (1992) · source

3. “Austria voted in favour of resolution 799 (1992) out of the conviction that the deportation of several hundred Palestinians from the occupied territories, carried out by Israel, the occupying Power, can only be condemned and deplored. Austria's clear stand against all acts of terrorism is well known. But deportations can never achieve the professed goal of creating or enhancing Security and stability, not even in a short-term perspective. Deportations, in particular in such massive proportions, cam only achieve the opposite: they will certainly contribute to an aggravation of the already tense situation in the territories.”

   1992-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3151 (1992) · source

4. “Let me, furthermore, mention that the documents of the London Conference also envisage a tightening of the sanctions against Serbia and Montenegro, a task that will require action by the Council, Finally, the next step of the Council shou)d, in our view, be a recommendation to the General Assembly ending the incumbency of the United Nations seat of the former Socialist Pederal Republic of Yugoslavia by Serbia and Montenegro. eh... mnwerrimin ff Ww ek EO Kk Ue 7 20a __et ae _ 40S FPVVEVENS PER COR PLC CGCAUS 2501) OpGksan ji 4 CHGHA CHOC representative of Austria for his kind words addressed to me.”

   1992-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3114 (1992) · source

5. “This measure would also increase the security of huma.itarian assistance activities. Austria is deeply concerned about "he non-compliance of the Serbian forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the commitment given in London by their leaders regarding the supervision of their heavy weapons by UNPROFOR. 'The international community will certainly have to act to bring about compliance in order to advance the process begun in London. My delegation would have preferred the present cesolution to contain language on this crucial matter, all the more so as the report of the Secretary-General (824540) addresses this issue.”

   1992-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3114 (1992) · source

6. “While we understand that many of those who are subject to inhuman treatment in the camps will now wish to be brought abroad, we underline what was stated in the programme of action on humanitarian issues of the London Conference: that it is a primary objective to secure their release and return to their homes, Thus we also see a need for protection fer those released persons who of their own free will want to stay in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There can be no doubt that the Security Council will be called upon to adopt additional, concrete measures very soon in order to bring about the accomplishment of the commitments flowing from the documents of the London Conference. Austria firmly hopes that a ban on military flights over Bosnia and Herzegovina can be adopted in the days to come.”

   1992-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3114 (1992) · source

7. “We note that the financial arrangements are extraordinary, as are the conditions prevailing in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In our view, this unique way of financing does not therefore constitute a precedent tor pew peace-keeping operations. Austria, a country that is in the forefront of providing bwnanitarian assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina, certainly welcomes the stepe that will now he taken to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance. As the withholding of food and essential humanitarian goods is a central element in the policy of "ethnic cleansing" against the non-Serbian population, there can be no doubt of the need for armed protection of the relevant convoys. Likewise, we welcome the fact that the mandate now includes providing protection to convoys of released detainees.”

   1992-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3114 (1992) · source

8. “Let me start by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency. As we have already seen this month, the work of the Council benefits from your experienced leadership. My appreciation goes also to Ambassador Li Daoyu of China for the wise guidance he offered in presiding over the work of the Council last month. Austria voted in favour of resolution 776 (1992), which considerably enlarges the mandate and the scope of UNPROFOR in Bosnia aud Herzegovina. Austria commends those countries that have indicated their intention to provide troops and materials. The humanitarian situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is most pressing. It is bound to further deteriorate, especially with the coming of winter, which happens very early in this mountainous country. Therefore we see the utmost urgency for the implementation of this resolution.”

   1992-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3114 (1992) · source

9. “There is a concentration of troops in the Sandjak. In Kosovo the repression of the overwhelmingly Albanian population is mounting. Macedonia is also endangered. Policies of appeasement nave never worked. Fifty years ago Europe suffered the insanity of the quest for ethnic purity and its corollary, ethnic cleansing and concentration camps. We cannot be permissive; we cannot allow this to happen again.”

   1992-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3106 (1992) · source

10. “where brutality will go unrewarded and aggression will meet collective resistance", to quote President Bush's address to the joint session of Congress on il September 1990, the international community hag to counter the Serbian aggression speedily and decisively, In the event that the international corsaunity cannot, or does not want to, live up to this task, at least the exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence under Article 51 of the Charter must be granted to Bosnia and Herzegovina. As iong as the international community fails to conviuce ultranationalists in Serbia that their policy of aggression is resolutely and effectively opposed, their conflict is bound to widen. Even Serbian newspapers report that Musiim merchants are harassed by police and paromilitary formations in northern Montenegro.”

    1992-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3106 (1992) · source

11. “An insurrection, instigated, nurtured and heavily supported with pateriel and personnel by Serbia and Montenegro, is threatening the very existence of the Government and State of Basnia and Heraegovina, and of those citizens who ere loysl cto their Government. If there is to be "a new world order, whece dive cee uations arg drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind: peace and security, freedom and the rule of law ...”

    1992-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3106 (1992) · source

12. “Can we be equally distant from the victim and the victimizer? In its endeavour to display impartiality, the Security Council should not lose sight of what is causing the conflict. We should take into account the words of the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jacques Delors, who on 10 August, in the European Parliament, said that: (spoke in French) "Yet again war is feeding violence, which is coming from all sides. But let us raise the level of the debate; let us see beyond the violence. Then we see, behind the twists and turns of its words and of ita actions, the destructive, anti-humanistic ideology of the Belgrade regime". (continued in English) The facts are clear. What is happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina is primarily an aggression against the legitimate Government of a State Member of the United Nations.”

    1992-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3106 (1992) · source

13. “There is one aspect in the language of the draft resolutions before us that we regret: it is the attempt carefully to maintain impartiality towards all parties to the conflict. In other relevant iaternational forums, especially in the framework of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in - Europe (CSCE), less ambiguous wording has been used; for example, the States participating in the CSCe, in the pienary session of the Heisinki Fuiiow-up Meeting as long age as 15 April, "condemned the violation by Serbian irregular forces and by the Yugoslav National Army of the independence and territorial integrity of, and human rights in, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and urged the Government of Serbia to discontinue ita support for such actions, which, if continued, would constitute a pattern of clear, gross and uncorrected violations of CSCE commitments".”

    1992-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3106 (1992) · source

14. “There can be no doubt that such documents are null and void and that compensation should be gives for property that has been destroyed. As we have been able to see on our television screens and in press reports in recent days, there are no limits to the cruelty being brought to bear in executing this policy. Let me just mention the killing of orphans of toddler age and the fact of the existence of concentration camps. The second text which we shall adopt today deals with these repugnant violations of international humanitarian law and strongly condemns them. Austria favours the idea of bringing to trial those individuals who are responsible for such barbaric acts. As Jean Kirkpatrick said, "it is not ethnicity, nor the breakup of empires that causes war. It is violent men and lawless governments".”

    1992-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3106 (1992) · source

15. “Whether we allow the Serbian fore.s effectively to block food aud hwnanitarian deliveries is a test cf ove moral standards. 'This iatolerable practice is being applied aot cnly to Sarajevo, but also to Gorazde, Bihac and imaiy other piaces in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Blocking food and humanitarian deliveriss is, in fact, regarded by the aggressor ss a highly efficient means of forcing the non-Serbian population to flee and give up their property, for this is precisely the Serbian aim in the conflict: to "cleanse" parts of the country of the non-Serbian population. From our point of view, the international community hag the clear obligation to assist displaced persons in returning to their homes and regaining theiz property. Many persons have been forced to sign documents , renouncing their property rights.”

    1992-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3106 (1992) · source

16. “Mr, HAJNOCZI (Austria): The two draft resolutions address two crucial humanitarian concerns: food for the starving, and stopping the atrocities referred to by their perpetrators as "ethnic cleansing". Austria always attaches particular weight to humanitarian and human-rights issues, and of course firmly supports the adoption of the texts before us aud, what is even more important, their prompt implementation, While expressing our wholehearted support, I cannot fail to note that Foreign Minister Mock proposed the creation of security corridors for the delivery of humanitarian assistance months ago. Despite our satisfaction that this approach is finally materializing, we cannot forgot those viuting who might still be alive if the international community had acted earlier.”

    1992-08-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3106 (1992) · source

17. “In conclusion, let me make one thing absolutely clear: Austria's aim in participating in this debate is of a principled nature, not confined to matters related merely to Iraq. Humanitarian and human rights questions are important for peace and stability equally in all parts of the world. We therefore hope and expect that che international comaunity will devote the game degree of attention and determination to threats to the peace by violations of human rights and humanitarian law in other regions as it is currently devoting to the very tragic cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina or Somalia.”

    1992-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3105 (1992) · source

18. “Paragraph 21 of Security Council resolution 687 (1991) stipulaves that the sanctions against Irsag have to be reviewed in the light of the policies and practices of the Government of Irag. Austria hopes that Irag, by heeding these calls and cooperating fully, will contribute to the creation of conditions under which the sanctions soon can be lifted. The information provided by Mr. van der Stoel, as well as by Ambassador Al-Anbari, on the so-called Third River Project or Main Outfall Drain Project demonstrates clearly the impact of ecological questions on a wide range of issues, among them a country's relationship with its immediate and mediate neighbours and hence on international peace and security. The ecological impacts of actions and projects affecting neighbouring States must therefore always be taken duly into account.”

    1992-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3105 (1992) · source

19. “On 16 July, another United Nations guard, a Fiji national, was killed by a gunshot. Other members of the guards contingent have been injured since. Austria therefore reiterates its cali upon Iraq to ensure to the extent feasible the safety of all international personnel within its territory and to make available all the facilities and cooperstion necessary for the continued and safe implementation of all humanitarian proarammes oZ the United Nations. the International Committee of the Red Cross, and non-governmental organizations, as well as to give them access to all Iragi civilians {n all parts of the country, 4s also insisted upon ip paragreph 3 of resolution 688 (1991). In particular, we expect that the Memorandum of Understanding will be renewed quickly.”

    1992-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3105 (1992) · source

20. “Both the southern marshlands and the northern, Kurdish-populated parts of Irag are extremely sensitive areas as regards regional security and stability. We are therefore all the more concerned by the information on restrictions to the activities and programmes of humanitarian agencies there. Austria is proud to be a contributor to the United Nations guards contingent in Irag because we consider the work done by this contingent *o be of great. 7 importance, in the humanitarian field as well as in the security area. We have therefore registered with great dismay the recent deterioration of the security conditions of those guards and other humanitarian personnel. In a hand-grenade attack on 6 July 1992, two Austrian members of the guards contingent were severely wounded.”

    1992-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3105 (1992) · source

21. “van der Stoel is indeed alarming uot only with regard to the human rights situation but also in relation to international peace and security in the area, which are threatened, as emphasized in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 668 (1991), by the reprossion of the Iragi civilian population, Paragraph 2 of resolution 688 (1991) demands that Iraq, es a contribution to removing the threat to international peace and security in the region, imusdiately ond this repression. After today's presentation, my delegation cannot but call upon Iraq with utmost sincerity to take all measures possible in order to alleviate the suffering of its civilian population in the southern marshes as well as in other parts of Iraq, amony thece the Kurdish areas.”

    1992-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3105 (1992) · source

22. “In this context, I should like to recall what Austria's Federal Chancellor Vranitaky said in the Councs1 meeting of 31 January 1992: "The protection of human rights and, in particular, of the rights of ethnic minorities too, has had an important impact ou the development of peaceful celatious betweon States. There is a direct connection between democratic processes within countries ane the evolution of a political culture wuich is conducive to the peaceful settlement of disputes. From our own history, we know that peace was most threatened when human rights were abolished and minorities persecuted and when democratic processes gave way to totalitarian practices. Human rights, minority rights anu democracy are, therefore, important cornerstones in our common endeavour" (S/FV.3096, p, 66). The briefing given by Mr.”

    1992-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3105 (1992) · source

23. “Permit me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption cf the presifency of the Security Council for this month. Considering your personal qualities and experience, we are convinced that we have already seen that the Council casnot but benefit from your guidance in carrying out its work. I should also like to pay a tribute to the Permanent Representative of Cape Verde, Ambassador Jesus, for the excellent manner in which he presided over the Council last month. I want to express our gratitude to Mr. van der Stowl for his briefing on the manifold - in particular, human rights - aspects of the situation in the southern marshlands of Irag, in the northern Kurdish-populated sectors. and other regions of that country. Mr. van der Stoel's presentation was extremely interesting and at the same time worrying.”

    1992-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3105 (1992) · source