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first: 1996-08-15
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“We recognize that two peacekeeping operations currently have senior Child Protection Advisers on the ground; two were seconded from UNICEF and the third was previously with a United Nations peacekeeping operation. We also take positive note of the fact that there are two such advisers working with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kinshasa, and that others are being recruited for imminent deployment. My delegation is equally concerned about the debilitating effects of sanctions on children; it may be years before the problems are recognized. We fully agree with the Secretary-General's admonition that there should be a coordinated and integrated approach when sanctions are imposed to minimize unintended consequences on civilian populations, especially children.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176 (2000) · source
“What is even more alarming is that this trend of involving children in armed conflict is on the increase. Hence the importance of ensuring that their protection and well-being are recognized as a priority concern in the mandates of peacekeeping operations, including programmes of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. We therefore welcome the collaboration among the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the United Nations Children's Fund and other United Nations agencies in producing terms of reference for Child Protection Advisers.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176 (2000) · source
“As a practical measure to ensure the protection of children in armed conflict, it is important that United Nations personnel, both military and civilian, involved in peacekeeping missions be appropriately sensitized and trained on the subject, so as to be better able to handle actual situations on the ground. Indeed, the physical protection of children in armed conflict has become even more urgent than before, given the fact that there are today millions of refugees and internally displaced persons around the world, vast numbers of whom are children, and many of them orphans. Equally important in this exercise is the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers. It is shocking that as many as 300,000 children under the age of 18 are currently participating in armed conflicts around the world.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176 (2000) · source
“The perpetrators of these crimes must be held accountable for them; they must be told in unambiguous terms that they cannot hope to escape the full penalty of the law, even after the conflict is over. There should be no leniency or amnesty with respect to crimes perpetrated against innocent children. As a signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Malaysia calls on the few remaining countries to sign or ratify the Convention so as to make it a truly universal legal instrument. Malaysia continues strongly to support the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176 (2000) · source
“The protection of children in armed conflict should be all-encompassing. Children should not only be assured of physical security in situations of armed conflicts, but should also be provided with legal protection under international law. That point has been underscored by the Secretary-General in his report (S/2000/712) and by previous speakers today. The report of the Secretary-General has drawn our attention to the fact that there exist a number of international instruments and conventions that provide a legal basis for the protection of children, but that these have not stopped children from being attacked, targeted and abused with impunity.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176 (2000) · source
“In "The State of the World's Children 2000", UNICEF reports that in the decade since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child more than 2 million children have been killed, and more than 6 million injured or disabled, in armed conflicts. Hundreds of thousands of children have been forced to take part in armed conflict as soldiers, sex slaves or porters, clearly in violation of their human rights. Countless children, including girls of very tender age, have been scarred psychologically by the violence and the trauma they have endured. Many have died for lack of food and necessary medical or health services, and a great number have been orphaned as a result of armed conflict. The statistics on children in armed conflict are mind-boggling. They should spur us to take prompt action.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176 (2000) · source
“We cannot deny the fact that, in many conflict situations, the most vulnerable members of the population, particularly children and women, are often targeted with impunity; and because children have been conscripted to bear arms, they end up killing other children as well. This is, indeed, a sad state of affairs. The proliferation of small arms and light weapons has not only exacerbated conflicts around the world, but has also led to the increased use of children as combatants and pawns in the deadly game of warfare played and orchestrated by adults. Many of these child soldiers either fall as early casualties of the conflict or survive to become cool and callous instruments of warfare.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176 (2000) · source
“It is indeed encouraging to note that considerable progress has been made since we last debated this issue in August last year. However, more needs to be done and it is imperative for the Council to continue to keep the issue of children in armed conflict on its agenda. It has clearly acknowledged, in several of its resolutions and presidential statements, that the harmful impact of conflict on children has grave implications, not only in the context of peace and security, but also for socio- economic development. Nearly all of today's conflicts occur within national boundaries, and 90 per cent of the victims are civilians, mainly children and women.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176 (2000) · source
“I should like to express my appreciation to you, Madam President, for convening this open meeting of the Council on this important subject. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for his detailed and comprehensive report on the implementation of resolution 1261 (1999) on children in armed conflict. I am grateful to the Deputy Secretary-General for her introductory remarks. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Ms. Carol Bellamy, for the very important contributions they just made. I commend them for their strong, unshakeable commitment in the cause of the protection of children.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176 (2000) · source
“What is needed now is for the Council to act on these important ideas and proposals, lest it be accused of continued inaction on this enormously important subject. As a member of the Council, in the remaining five months of its membership, Malaysia will play its part in encouraging the Council to meet the Secretary-General's challenge that it make prevention a tangible part of its work, if not on a day- to-day basis, at least initially under a regular, perhaps monthly basis.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“In this context, I am inclined to agree with the opinion expressed by Ambassador Dejammet, the former Permanent Representative of France, when he said during the previous debate on this same issue that "one must not confuse debate with having recourse to force, which comes under other provisions that are precise and limiting. The Council can take up an issue and take preventive measures without necessarily envisaging the use of force." (Ibid., p. 10) In considering these possibilities, it is important, of course, for the Council to be guided by the principles of respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of States, enshrined in the Charter. My delegation associates itself fully with the draft presidential statement to be adopted at the end of this meeting.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“Such missions, of course, lie more appropriately in the realm of preventive diplomacy, as opposed to preventive action, and might perhaps be best handled by the Secretary-General or his emissary in the context of his good offices or by individual Member States that are prepared to undertake such quiet and sensitive diplomacy. In my view, such discreet diplomacy, without the threat of the use of force, may well fall within the concept of intervention that the Secretary-General has been talking about for some time now and about which he may well have been greatly misunderstood.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“Such activities can be further augmented by more frequent use of fact-finding missions, either by the Secretary-General or by the Council itself- an idea which has been suggested by the Secretary-General and which was in fact successfully put to use when the Council despatched its mission to Jakarta and Dili last year. That mission, however- like the missions to Kosovo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia and Eritrea - was not entirely preventive in nature, as conflict had already erupted before the Council acted. A truly preventive action or preventive diplomacy would involve the despatch of a mission to a potential area of conflict that has not erupted and which results in averting the conflict.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“It goes without saying that there is a need for the Secretariat to enhance its early-warning capability to be better able to serve the Secretary-General and the Council in this area of conflict prevention. The Department of Political Affairs will have to be further strengthened and resources made available to enable it to make a real contribution to this aspect of the work of the Council. To a certain extent, Member States with the capability to do so can assist the Secretariat through regular sharing of vital information pertaining to threats to peace and security, but this can, at best, be supplementary in nature and cannot replace its own independent means of information-gathering and analysis.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“Of course, because of the political sensitivities involved, it may well be necessary for such discussions to be conducted in a more informal and restricted setting than is provided for under present arrangements. Indeed, given the working methods and procedures of the Council, which constrain innovative actions, it is perhaps more appropriate for the Secretary-General to take the initiative on discussions of preventive diplomacy by convening such informal exchanges of views. Whatever the format, an appropriate time can be set aside by the Council for such exchange of views. In the interest of preventive diplomacy, the larger membership of the Organization will, in our view, not begrudge a certain lack of transparency on the part of the Council on matters where discretion is required.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“This would require a deliberate and conscious effort on the part of the Council to set aside a part of its monthly work programme for an in- depth analysis of potential conflict situations and to formulate appropriate strategies and approaches on how best to handle these potential crises. For this purpose, the Council would benefit tremendously from timely and in-depth briefings by the Secretariat on potential conflict situations that would be brought to the attention of the Council by the Secretary-General by virtue of Article 99 of the Charter, which should be invoked more frequently than it has been in the past. The Secretary-General is been entrusted, indeed empowered, to do so by the Charter and should be encouraged to invoke this prerogative to give substance to the concept of conflict preventive.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“In our View, the concept of preventive diplomacy or preventive action should also include conflict situations in which there is neither peace nor war, such as the situation prevailing in Somalia. We should not wait for war to break out again in that country before we act. I would like the remainder of my statement to take up a point made by the Secretary-General in November last year. During that previous debate, the Secretary-General suggested that the Council- indeed, challenged it to - examine how it could make prevention a tangible part of its day-to-day work. To meet this challenge, the Council would have to reorient itself from its usually reactive approach to the management of conflict to one of pre-empting or preventing conflicts.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“We would also underscore the importance of increased coordination and support within the United Nations system, particularly in respect of the mobilization of resources for conflict- prevention activities. The presidential statement adopted in November last year and the draft presidential statement which the Council will adopt at the end of this meeting, while not exhaustive, contain virtually all of the elements that, if acted upon by the Council and the international community, will go a long way towards making preventive diplomacy and preventive action an integral part of the work of the United Nations, thereby making prevention one of the main tasks of this Organization, to cite the words of the Secretary-General himself.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“2) We also agree on the need for greater coordination and cooperation on the part of the entire United Nations system in the area of conflict prevention, including addressing the root causes of conflicts, which, as the Secretary-General has put it, are often deep-rooted and involve socio-economic factors such as, inter alia, poverty and underdevelopment, repression and discrimination. These must be seriously addressed by the Governments concerned, with the support and understanding of the international community. These Governments must be assisted and encouraged to move in the direction of good governance, which is an essential underpinning of domestic peace and stability.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“We agree that there is a need for the United Nations to embark on preventive diplomacy and preventive action as a more cost-effective approach than mounting a peacekeeping operation after a conflict has erupted. The Secretary-General put the subject in its proper context today and last November, and hit the nail squarely on the head when he said in that earlier debate that "the case for prevention of conflict hardly needs restating. Quite simply, it is cost-effective, in financial as well as human terms". (S/PV.4072, p.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“I should like to express my delegation's appreciation to you, Sir, and the delegation of Jamaica for convening this open meeting of the Council to revisit this enormously important subject of the prevention of armed conflict, which the Council deliberated on in November last year. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for his very important statement, which provides a useful setting for our discussion this morning. Much has been said today on the subject and my statement this morning will be relatively brief, since I addressed the issue in a substantive fashion on that previous occasion. My delegation agrees with many of the points that have been made, both in terms of the substance and of the approach to be taken in pursuing this important subject.”
2000-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4174 (2000) · source
“This is indeed a promising step in a long-term process and an opportunity for committed Governments, donors, civil societies, people living with HIV/AIDS, and private industry to enter into discussion to scale up access to care in ways that respond to the specific needs and requests of individual countries. In conclusion, my delegation is pleased to support the draft resolution before the Council and will play its part towards its full and effective implementation.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“Piot himself, whose advocacy efforts have been instrumental in drawing leading companies into cooperative action to help meet the challenges posed by the pandemic. We also note that Mrs. Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and Dr. Sadik, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), have also been involved in these discussions and have actively promoted effective alliances with the business community. My delegation hopes that these efforts will be expanded to include partners from other sectors.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“We would like to commend UNAIDS for starting a new dialogue in May among five pharmaceutical companies and United Nations organizations to explore ways to accelerate and improve the provision of HIV/AIDS-related care and treatment to developing countries. We note that the companies have responded to the call made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan inviting the private sector to engage in partnerships to expand the global response to HIV/AIDS and to support the International Partnership against HIV/AIDS in Africa. Similar calls have been made by other personalities, including the heads of United Nations organizations - in particular Mrs. Brundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organization; Mr. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank; and Dr.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“My delegation, in the earlier debate on HIV/AIDS in this Council, drew attention to the fact that compulsory licensing was allowed under the World Trade Organization but that, regrettably, with support from their powerful and influential friends, the giant pharmaceutical companies have thus far denied developing countries the right to produce cheaper drugs to save the lives of their people. As my Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, put it during the fifth International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, held in Kuala Lumpur recently, it is regrettable that profit is taking precedence over the need to save people's lives. This is a sad commentary on the current situation. Indeed, faced as we are with the greatest pandemic since the bubonic plague, every effort should be directed towards serving humankind instead.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“It has also indicated that in order to ensure the effectiveness of the medication, those undergoing treatment must have access to regular laboratory tests and skilled personnel with the ability to interpret those tests and to advise on appropriate treatment. The procedure is as expensive as the medications themselves. It is perhaps not surprising that the single most contentious issue of the Durban Conference focused on access to care and treatment. Two points require special mention: first, the role of community mobilization in changing the actions of the pharmaceutical sector; and secondly, the importance of creating an international political and legal consensus to support differential pricing.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“These are the realities of the conflict situations to which we are sending our peacekeepers, and they must be taken into cognizance in formulating any strategy to combat the virus. The Durban Conference on AIDS also dwelled on the important but sensitive issue of cheap and accessible drugs. In order to meet even the most basic care and prevention needs, numerous calls have been made for dramatically increasing spending on combating the HIV/AIDS virus. However, the United Kingdom-based Panos Institute revealed at the Conference that it would take $60 billion dollars to buy anti-retroviral drugs for all the people living with HIV/AIDS who need them but cannot pay the price. The Institute has also pointed out that money is not the only resource necessary to ensure successful drug treatment.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“According to one report, combatants, whether rebel or Government, are not merely the most vulnerable to HIV infection; they are also the most likely to spread it. This claim is corroborated by a recent United Nations report which indicates that infection rates of sexually transmitted diseases are two to five times higher in the military than among civilians. The problem is compounded by the fact that when troops cross borders, they sexually abuse local populations, using rape as a form of intimidation. This has been widely alleged by international relief agencies and was alluded to by the Minister of Health of Namibia, Dr. Amathila, who sadly reflected on these unfortunate occurrences when she addressed the Council last January.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“In this regard, there should be increased coordination and cooperation on HIV/AIDS matters between and among relevant United Nations and other international agencies operating in AIDS-afflicted areas. Peacekeepers and other international workers must be made to realize that in the HIV/AIDS virus they confront as deadly an enemy as the traditional enemies they usually come in contact with. The International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, which concluded just last week, revealed another disturbing aspect of HIV/AIDS in afflicted areas, in that, according to experts, Africa's armed conflicts have played a major role in the spread of HIV/AIDS. Reports on this particular subject from the Conference have indicated that infection rates among combatants, including those in some national armies, are as high as 50 per cent.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“This message is particularly important given the daredevil mentality on the part of some soldiers prone to taking unnecessary risks. This is particularly true in the case of those soldiers who are in the most sexually active and adventurous age group. This therefore presents a particular challenge to trainers. Yet, being the most disciplined members of society, military personnel could provide an ideal opportunity in which HIV/AIDS prevention education can be provided to a large, captive audience in a disciplined, highly organized setting. AIDS spreads indiscriminately - to rebel groups, national armies, and peacekeepers and humanitarian workers alike - in AIDS-afflicted areas, hence the importance of sensitizing all United Nations and other international workers operating in conflict zones to the risks involved.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“But it is important to ensure that AIDS-related programmes be undertaken not on an ad hoc basis, but that they be made an integral and mandatory part of the orientation and training for peacekeepers before their departure to mission areas. The members of the international community with the capacity to do so and UNAIDS, which has the expertise, can play an important and constructive role in this area. In such training sessions it is essential to drive the point home to the would-be peacekeepers about the seriousness of the AIDS Virus and their debilitating effects on themselves, should they be infected, and of the equally grave risks of their spreading the Virus to others, including their loved ones upon their return.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“As more and more United Nations peacekeepers are deployed in conflict areas, some of which are afflicted by the AIDS Virus, there is the imperative need to protect them from being infected from this deadly virus and to ensure that they do not unwittingly spread the disease themselves. This can only be done, first, through proper orientation and training before their deployment in mission areas, so as to raise their awareness of the potential risks of being infected, and, secondly, through a stringent regime of regular medical check-ups and HIV testing in accordance with established procedures, and offering them prompt treatment when necessary. We are gratified that AIDS awareness and orientation are beginning to be addressed both by the United Nations and by troop-contributing countries.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), more than ever before underscores the pandemic character of HIV/AIDS and its debilitating effects on societies, not just in the most affected continent, Africa, but also in several other parts of the world. The update by Dr. Piot, and the latest report on the global HIV epidemic released late last month by UNAIDS - paints a disturbing picture of the spread of the disease in the worst affected countries. The report shows that the ongoing spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in these countries is reversing years of declining death rates and causing alarming rises in mortality among young adults. This, in turn, drastically alters the population structures in the most affected regions. Today's debate focuses on HIV/AIDS in the context of peacekeeping.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“I would like to join others in commending you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting of the Security Council to consider once again the HIV/AIDS issue, this time in the specific context of peacekeeping operations. Your personal presence here today is greatly appreciated by us all. Let me also express our appreciation to the delegation of the United States, and in particular to Ambassador Holbrooke, for taking the initiative on this issue during the United States presidency of the Council in the month of January this year and for following it up six months later. We commend the United States for its continued commitment and leadership on this enormously important issue. Today's briefing by Dr.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“Kouchner for the efforts they have made in the implementation of resolution 1244 (1999) in Kosovo. Important achievements have indeed been made, but many challenges still lie ahead before self-sustaining peace and stability can be established in Kosovo. Hence the need for the sustained and strong support of the Council and members of the international community for the efforts currently underway in Kosovo.”
2000-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4171 (2000) · source
“We would be grateful for additional details as to the status of the registration and whether UNMIK expects to attain the target number of 1.3 million people registered by the closing date, on 15 July. Finally, my delegation, along with many other members of the Council, had earlier expressed our strong support for the appointment of a special envoy of the Secretary-General to look into the issue of detainees and missing persons for reasons we had already explained - not the least of which is the need to resolve this sensitive and emotive issue in the larger interest of reconciliation among the Kosovars. We would be grateful if Mr. Annabi could update us on this important matter. In conclusion, my delegation wishes to reiterate once again its full support and appreciation to UNMIK and Mr.”
2000-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4171 (2000) · source
“We believe the efforts to engage local leaders and populations in the administration of Kosovo should be even more vigorously pursued at this critical stage so as to fully prepare the Kosovars to handle their own affairs. My third point relates to the civil registration process and the holding of municipal elections in Kosovo this fall, for which, as Mr. Annabi has indicated in his briefing, preparations are well underway. We welcome Mr. Kouchner's issuance of UNMIK Regulation 2000/39 last Saturday, which outlines the necessary law governing the proposed municipal elections. We have urged all communities to participate in the registration process. We look forward to the successful conduct of the elections, which will lay a viable foundation for the future of Kosovo.”
2000-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4171 (2000) · source
“Secondly, the signing of the Joint UNMIK-SNC Understanding has drawn a negative reaction from some quarters of the Kosovo Albanian community. At least, the leadership of one of Kosovo's largest political parties, the Kosovo Democratic Party (PDK), has decided to withdraw from the Interim Administrative Council (IAC). This is a serious setback. We would also appreciate it Assistant Secretary-General Annabi could enlighten us on any efforts being made to encourage the PDK to reconsider its position and return to the IAC. Their return and full participation is important. In this regard, we wish to underscore the importance for UNMIK to continue with the ongoing efforts at close and all-inclusive consultations with leaders of all Kosovo communities so as to further strengthen the IAC.”
2000-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4171 (2000) · source
“We note the signing on 29 June of the Joint UNMIK-Serb National Council (SNC) Understanding, which lays down additional steps to improve the situation of the Serb community in Kosovo. We certainly consider the initiative a very important part of UNMIK's efforts to improve the level of freedom, security and fundamental rights of the Serb community. However, we feel that the agreement by the Serb National Council of Gracanica to participate in the Joint Administrative Structures as observers for another three months, as its response to the Understanding, fell short of expectations. We, like others in the Security Council, have called for their full, active and unqualified participation in the Joint Administrative Structures.”
2000-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4171 (2000) · source
“Speaking of Mitrovica, the current de facto division of the city is unacceptable and must be reversed as soon as possible. Furthermore, the outbreak of a series of violence and rioting in the northern part of the town late last month - where UNMIK personnel and the staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other international personnel, as well as their offices and transport and other facilities were subjected to attacks by the Serbs - should be strongly condemned. Those responsible for these acts should be held accountable. On this point we have read about possible involvement by outside elements in those attacks and acts of intimidation. We wonder whether Mr. Annabi is in a position to confirm those reports and to tell us what actions have been taken to prevent such occurrences.”
2000-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4171 (2000) · source
“We have also emphasized on previous occasions the need for the leaders of all the communities in Kosovo to play their constructive role to contribute to these efforts. We note some positive responses and actions taken in this regard. We welcome the signing of last month of joint declarations at both Pristina and anilane, in which the leaders of the Albanian, Serb and Turkish communities condemned all acts of violence and terrorism directed against any inhabitants of the two municipalities. At the same time, they committed themselves to work together for common peace and prosperity. This is indeed a very heartening development that represents a concrete contribution towards lessening inter-ethnic tension and that should be emulated by the other municipalities throughout Kosovo, especially in Mitrovica.”
2000-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4171 (2000) · source
“My delegation is grateful to Assistant Secretary-General Hedi Annabi for his comprehensive and extremely useful briefing. The situation in Kosovo continues to require the close attention of the Security Council, hence the importance of regular briefings given to Council members and the larger membership of the Organization. My delegation would like to focus on a limited number of issues of particular importance to us. First, the still-unsettled, and indeed precarious, security situation in Kosovo, as described by Mr. Annabi, remains a matter of very serious concern to my delegation. We continue to give our full support to the ongoing efforts of both the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Kosovo Force (KFOR) to address this serious problem.”
2000-07-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4171 (2000) · source
“We must generate support for the dynamic that has been created by the Djibouti peace initiative and encourage and support its initiator and facilitator, President Guelleh, in his commendable and determined efforts. We cannot afford to be half-hearted in our approach. It is time for the international community to get out of the "Somali syndrome" that has affected us for so long, for we cannot let the people of Somalia down.”
2000-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4166 (2000) · source
“Its unambiguous support of the peace initiative will be a clear manifestation of the Council's and the Organization's commitment and active involvement in the important area of peacemaking, which we feel should be pursued in the current state of no-war no-peace in Somalia so as to prevent the recurrence of a full-blown war. That window of opportunity may not last long. We need to manifest the Council's willingness to assume its responsibilities under the Charter and reinvigorate its role in partnership with the regional actors, such as IGAD and the Organization of African Unity. We should not allow the Somali people to succumb to despair and a sense of helplessness. We must give them renewed hope and confidence for the future and strengthen their will to support the peace initiative without intimidation from their leaders.”
2000-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4166 (2000) · source
“We condemn the continuing acts of violence against humanitarian personnel and call on all armed groups to fully cooperate with humanitarian relief efforts and guarantee the safety and freedom of all aid workers. My delegation believes that it is fitting and timely for the Council to pronounce itself once again on the issue of Somalia and to reiterate its strong support for the efforts for a political settlement made by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and to endorse and support the Djibouti peace initiative.”
2000-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4166 (2000) · source
“As part of this challenge, it is imperative for the international community to deny these leaders of the means to wage war, by continuing to maintain and to more vigorously enforce the arms embargo on Somalia, as established by resolution 733 (1992). We should be mindful that the civil war could not have been prolonged without the illegal flow and easy availability of arms into Somalia, and we should remind ourselves of our continuing responsibility in this respect. Malaysia continues to be deeply concerned about the dire humanitarian situation in Somalia and has expressed its appreciation to the efforts of international aid agencies and other relief organizations which have provided succour to the people of Somalia.”
2000-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4166 (2000) · source
“These leaders should realize that they have had their chance to resolve the conflict but have failed miserably and that the people's patience is at an end. They can no longer hold Somalia's destiny to ransom. Nevertheless, because no lasting peace would be possible without internal reconciliation, every effort should be made to bring these leaders on board the peace initiative. They must be urged - indeed, pressured - both internally by the people themselves and externally by influential actors - to put aside their personal and parochial ambitions and to join the peace process in the larger interest of the Somali nation. This remains a major challenge confronting the international community.”
2000-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4166 (2000) · source
“It is therefore critical that all diplomatic means be exhausted in support of the Djibouti initiative. We would urge all Somalis to join and support the peace initiative. We are fully cognizant of the fact that the journey towards full and final reconciliation and durable peace in Somalia is likely to be unpredictable and arduous. We note that, although the Somalia National Peace Conference is a significant step forward, it has been overshadowed by the conspicuous non- participation of some faction leaders who continue to disagree with the objectives of the meeting and the process of reconciliation which it has launched, presumably because they are no longer at the centre of the process. Clearly, the main stumbling block in the peace process is the continued intransigence of the faction leaders.”
2000-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4166 (2000) · source
“We are heartened to hear that in the past month or so, Somalis from every walk of life have been increasingly involved in the Djibouti-initiated peace process. They must be further encouraged by a manifestation of strong political and material support by the international community. This point was particularly underscored by Sir Kieran just now. My delegation believes that a peaceful resolution of the Somali question would have a far-reaching stabilizing effect in a region mired in conflict. The loss of human life in the Horn of Africa on account of conflict and famine has been enormous. The escalating cost of providing humanitarian assistance continues to divert resources, which are always in short supply, from more productive development efforts.”
2000-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4166 (2000) · source
“It will allow the reintegration of Somali society and a restoration of the traditional Somali culture of tolerance and accommodation, of which we have often been reminded. We are encouraged that the Somalia National Peace Conference has now moved into its second phase. Malaysia welcomes this development and hopes that it will pave the way for substantive talks among representatives of all sectors of Somali society on the question of the political future of their country. We also hope that it will lead to an agreement on the formation of a transitional arrangement that would safeguard Somalia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and at the same time prepare the ground for a peaceful and lasting settlement.”
2000-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4166 (2000) · source