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  1. “It is appropriate, therefore, that at this meeting of the Council the international community is renewing its support for further efforts to bring about continued progress towards lasting peace, economic reconstruction, the strengthening of national institutions, the promotion of human rights and justice and, more importantly, respect for the independence, sovereignty, legal continuity and territorial integrity of a unified Bosnia and Herzegovina within its internationally recognized borders. Malaysia considers the establishment and effective functioning of the appropriate common institutions of the State important in ensuring a stable Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1996-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3723 (1996) · source

  2. “In this regard, my delegation wishes to underline the need for the mandate of SFOR to be reviewed to include assistance for implementation of the civilian aspects of the Dayton Agreements, in particular the apprehension and prosecution of war criminals, the safe return of refugees and displaced persons to their homes and the assurance of free movement of people throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. While we commend those responsible for this progress, we are concerned that many difficult problems remain in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1996-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3723 (1996) · source

  3. “We welcome the concurrence of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the States concerned with the decision of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to continue the presence of a multinational Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina to replace IFOR at the end of its mandate later this month. Malaysia is honoured to have been invited to be part of the new multinational force. We believe that the continued presence of the international military force would be immensely helpful in preserving and consolidating the peace and providing the necessary climate for a successful implementation of the civilian aspects of the Dayton Peace Agreement.”

    1996-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3723 (1996) · source

  4. “My delegation participated in the Security Council meeting on 15 December 1995, when the Council decided to endorse the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, or the Dayton Peace Agreement. We are happy to note that tangible progress has been made in the implementation of the Peace Accord, in particular on its military aspects. The fighting has ceased, and the warring parties have been separated, while the ceasefire generally has been respected. In this respect, the presence of the multinational Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina has indeed contributed tremendously to the cessation of hostilities and the promotion of peace. Malaysia is proud to have been associated with IFOR.”

    1996-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3723 (1996) · source

  5. “Malaysia wishes to associate itself strongly with these efforts and will work closely with the rest of the international community in the search for a lasting solution to the problem which, in our view, can only come about through an effective global ban on these weapons. Clearly, in this exercise the role of the major powers is pivotal. They should manifest clear leadership and seriousness in pushing the process forward. They should lead by example and demonstrate clear commitment to phase these weapons out of their arsenals. It is our hope, however, that this phasing-out process will involve not just low-tech land-mines, but also high-tech land-mines, culminating in a final ban on all land-mines in order to insure non-selectivity in the treatment of this subject.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  6. “President, on your initiative in bringing this important issue to the Council for formal discussion, my delegation welcomes the seven-point action programme recently announced by His Excellency Mr. Klaus Kinkel, Foreign Minister of Germany. We consider the action programme an important contribution towards alleviating the effects of this global tragedy. We also welcome the initiative of the United States on this issue, as well as the positive roles played by other countries and international organizations - such as Canada, Japan and the International Committee of the Red Cross - in addressing this global problem.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  7. “Malaysia is of the view that only a total ban on anti-personnel mines will put an end to the tragic consequences of the laying of land-mines and therefore expresses strong support for efforts to impose a global ban on these inhumane weapons. Pending such an outcome, which we hope will materialize in the not-too-distant future, Malaysia would put the onus on mine-producing countries to ensure a more stringent regime governing the production and transfer of these weapons. In this regard, we should seriously consider the possibility of including such transfers in a future, expanded, United Nations Register of Conventional Arms in the interest of encouraging greater transparency in military matters. In commending you, Mr.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  8. “It is also gratifying to note that the issue had been addressed by the Review Conference of the States Paries to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects, held in Geneva earlier this year, resulting in a revision of the Protocol pertaining to land-mines. Malaysia welcomes the adoption of the revised Protocol as a significant contribution towards improving existing laws pertaining to land-mines. However, welcome as they are, these constitute only half-measures which fall short of the ultimate goal of the complete elimination of land-mines.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  9. “However, Malaysia's concerns go beyond those of a peace-keeping troop-contributing country. As a member of the international community, we empathize with the plight of those affected by land-mines - such as our close neighbour Cambodia, which is seriously afflicted by this tragedy - and wish to contribute towards ameliorating their hardships and to work together with the rest of the international community in finding an early solution to the problem. We can draw some encouragement from the fact that the international community is being sensitized to this problem, resulting in a surge of interest on the part of both Governments and the general public towards finding practical measures to bring the scourge of land-mines to an end.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  10. “It is important, therefore, that United Nations peace-keeping operations should include mine-clearing exercises as an integral part of such operations. In this regard we commend the measures already taken by the United Nations following the adoption of consensus resolutions by the General Assembly since its forty-eighth session. Such measures as the inclusion of mine clearance work in the mandates of several peace-keeping operations and increased coordination between the Department of Peace-keeping Operations and the Department of Humanitarian Affairs in the context of such operations should significantly contribute to increased security for United Nations peace-keeping forces. We would welcome even more effective implementation of these measures in current and future peace-keeping operations.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  11. “We would urge increased global awareness of the pernicious problems created by these devastating weapons so as to ensure that there will be no conspiracy of silence about the use and debilitating effects of these weapons. As a country which is becoming more involved in global peace-keeping operations, Malaysia is naturally concerned about the safety of its peace-keepers. We have always believed that if the peace-keeping troops of the United Nations are to carry out their tasks effectively they must be adequately armed to defend themselves. They must also be adequately protected and kept out of harm's way as much as possible, and not be unnecessarily exposed to the risk of being blown up by these land-mines.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  12. “This pathetic situation has plunged many of the affected countries into even greater depths of poverty and dependence on foreign aid. The situation is made worse by the exorbitant cost of mine clearance, which imposes a heavy drain on the national treasuries of the countries concerned. With such vast numbers of these cruel and indiscriminate weapons strewn around the world, which by some estimates might take more than 1,000 years to be completely cleared, there should be a serious rethinking of existing military doctrines that legitimize the use of these land-mines. In addressing this problem, Malaysia joins others in calling for serious efforts to resolve the mines crisis which, in our view, is a catastrophe of global proportions requiring concerted and coordinated action by the entire international community.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  13. “In countries of recent conflict, millions of these terrible weapons lie buried, waiting for some unsuspecting victims to trigger them. Alarming as these statistics are, they do not tell the entire tragic story. They do not tell us in graphic detail of the horrendous injuries and deaths mines inflict on their victims or of the tremendous social and economic costs they exact of these countries, most of which have already been impoverished by long years of conflict. In many of these countries the toll in terms of human deaths and injuries is enormous, indeed incalculable, and continues long after the conflicts have ended. Vast tracts of otherwise arable land lie fallow and uncultivated on account of these mines, even when, in many cases, there is a severe shortage of land for food production to feed the teeming millions.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source

  14. “My delegation welcomes your initiative, Sir, in convening this formal meeting of the Council to discuss the issue of demining in the context of United Nations peace-keeping. My delegation considers this meeting to be a very important and timely one, given the alarming proliferation of land-mines around the world and their continued use by some of the world's armed forces. We are by now familiar with the statistics that have been quoted in this Chamber pertaining to land-mines, and in the interest of saving time I shall not repeat them here. Suffice it to say that these weapons kill or maim more than an estimated 20,000 people a year, primarily civilians, a high proportion of whom are innocent children and women who risk their lives playing or eking out a living on land strewn with anti-personnel mines.”

    1996-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3689 (1996) · source