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Heinbecker

lines on the record: 398
first: 2000-08-24
most recent: 2003-09-30
sittings or episodes: 56
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“I remember very well in the months of December and January 1999 receiving the advice of colleagues - well-intended advice - that this was the "big leagues", that it would be wise for new members of the Council not to take the initiative so early, that it would be a good idea to learn the ropes a bit before pressing ahead. The difficulty we had was the calendar. We had no choice; we had only two opportunities to put our views forward; and one of those opportunities had already come in February 1999. So we took our courage in our hands, and we did do it. One never knows what one can accomplish until one tries. It is evident that the Council has made a lot of progress since that time. The safety of people has moved from the periphery of the Council's preoccupations towards the centre.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada)(spoke in French): Mr. President, thank you for organizing today's meeting. I also want to thank the Secretary-General and Ms. Frechette for their excellent report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I would also like to thank Mrs. Robinson for her very relevant comments on the work of the Council. My remarks will focus on three themes, the first of which is the important progress achieved; the second, the protection of civilians and shared responsibility; and, thirdly, the Council's responsibility to see to it that its recommendations are implemented. (spoke in English) The Permanent Representative of Singapore was kind enough to refer to our initiative to put this issue on the Council's agenda. We did not do so lightly.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“History will judge us all by what the Council does. I would like to extend my thanks for the very gracious comments directed towards us and towards my predecessor by various speakers. I would also like to offer my best wishes here in this public forum to Ambassador Richard Ryan, who is doing an excellent job and who can count on our cooperation.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“We are not talking about unwarranted interference. We are talking about enhancing the United Nations effectiveness. With respect specifically to Angola, the sanctions' objective is to foster a durable political settlement to the war by curtailing UNITA's ability to pursue its objectives through military means and to take through force what was denied to it in 1992 by the voters of Angola. Sanctions on their own cannot end the human catastrophe that has unfolded in Angola through three decades of fighting, but they can help to create the conditions conducive to stopping the war once and for all. To do so, they must be monitored and they must be enforced. We call upon the Council to take the action needed to hasten an end to this horrific civil war. We call upon the Council to give itself the means to monitor its sanctions decisions.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“For example, since the visit of my predecessor, Bob Fowler, to Lyon in July 1999, the Security Council has enjoyed exemplary cooperation on the part of Interpol in the area of sanctions monitoring. A single point of contact needs to be established with Interpol and, until the monitoring office can be established, the Secretariat should identify that point. In the range of possible actions open to it in times of need, the Security Council has few options between issuing well-intended but not necessarily compelling statements and authorizing the use of expensive and risky military force. We believe it to be essential that sanctions be preserved and enhanced as an effective, precise, credible and, above all, available diplomatic tool and as a viable alternative to words or to war. Effectiveness depends on monitoring.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“The office would enable the monitoring of targeted sanctions to be made more effective and more efficient. It does not make sense to start from scratch each time a monitoring body is decided upon, nor does it make sense to have two or more uncoordinated monitoring bodies operating simultaneously, duplicating each other's efforts and travelling to the same capitals to talk to the same people about the same perpetrators. In the meantime, while the proposed monitoring office or alternative means of achieving the same objectives are being discussed, it is essential that the Secretariat continue to improve its ability to support any ad hoc monitoring bodies and to facilitate cooperation between them. It is also important that the Secretariat improve its ability to interact with other relevant bodies.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“We are aware of reservations on the part of only three delegations and we appeal to those delegations today to join the majority on this crucial issue. The monitoring office proposed in the draft resolution would not constitute a supranational entity, untethered to the Security Council and its various sanctions Committees, nor would the proposed office be at risk of evolving into a costly and large new bureaucracy. A small, dedicated office with ongoing contacts with other organizations would suffice. What the small office would do is provide an institutional memory and a centre of expertise. It would be mandated by the Council, which would thereby retain full discretion regarding the renewal or non-renewal of that mandate and would report through the sanctions Committees.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“"Let's-pretend" sanctions make the world safe for perpetrators and tarnish the reputation ofthe United Nations. We therefore welcome the Council's decision to extend the mandate of the Monitoring Mechanism, if only for three months, as evidence of the Council's intentions. We are grateful to the five members of the Mechanism for agreeing to remain engaged despite the personal inconvenience and sacrifice this may involve. Existing ad hoc monitoring arrangements are not sustainable over the medium or longer term. We look to the Council to take quick and positive action on the draft resolution before it for the regularization of the Council's monitoring arrangements. That draft resolution, under the stewardship of France, appears to enjoy widespread support.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“So, too, should be the early implementation of the additional recommendations contained in the report of the Monitoring Mechanism - recommendations that we believe to be both realistic and achievable. The report of the Monitoring Mechanism emphasized new areas requiring Council attention, most notably the roles of arms brokers and air transport companies in sanctions violations. In the course of our work as Chair of the Angola sanctions Committee for the past two years, the Canadian Government became absolutely convinced that enforcement monitoring is necessary if targeted sanctions are to work. Quite simply, if the Council is not willing to monitor and enforce its sanctions, there is no point in pretending to impose sanctions or in retaining them. The world can recognize fraud when it sees it.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“There will be a conference of experts convened by Canada and Hungary in the coming months and one by Switzerland on financial sanctions. The appointment by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity of an ad hoc committee to evaluate the implementation of resolution 1295 (2000) is especially welcome. We look forward to the committee's report, due this month. The Southern African Development Community is also seized at the ministerial level in the implementation of resolution 1295 (2000). That, too, is very welcome. More remains to be done, by no means in Africa alone. The full implementation of resolution 1295 (2000) should be a priority for the Council.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“When fully acted upon, these stand to further degrade UNITA's capacity to wage war by reducing its revenues, increasing its costs and choking off its supply. Significant progress has been made in some of these areas - for example, on conflict diamonds - under the leadership of South Africa and other southern African producers, with the participation of the United Kingdom and other countries. The diamond industry has taken impressive preliminary measures of its own to reform its operations. These must be consolidated and built upon if the industry is to live up to its promise as a true partner in eliminating conflict diamonds. Action in other areas is underway, including with regard to the implementation of arms embargoes.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Other options for Council action might include a requirement for States deemed to be in violation of the sanctions to report regularly to the Council on steps taken to comply with them. This could be supplemented by periodic visits to those States by delegations of Council members to ascertain that the remedial steps are adequate and have in fact been taken. The point is that violators should be censured by the international community until they comply with Security Council-imposed and internationally accepted standards of behaviour. Resolution 1295 (2000) also took up the majority of the recommendations contained in the Panel of Experts' report and provided a blueprint for further action in each of the areas covered by the sanctions regime.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“An initial decision in this regard was to have been taken by 18 November, but that deadline was missed because of delays in the appointment of the Monitoring Mechanism, which we all remember. It is crucial, in our judgement - both to the credibility of the Council and to the realization of the objectives for which the sanctions were imposed - that this difficult decision be taken soon. In cases where the Council's decisions are deliberately flouted, the Council must not shrink from an appropriately vigorous response. In our view, the imposition of secondary sanctions targeting the sanctions-busters is an entirely appropriate option to consider. Sanctions violators are well aware of their responsibilities and of the potential consequences of evading them.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Indeed, it is of particular concern that one Member State was cited not only by both monitoring bodies on Angola, but also by the Panel of Experts on Sierra Leone - that is, by three separate, independent groups of experts. Such action by a Member State constitutes a challenge to this Council and to this Organization, and therefore to us all. In resolution 1295 (2000) of 18 April 2000, which was adopted unanimously, this Council formally expressed "its readiness to consider appropriate action in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations in relation to States it determines to have violated the measures" (res. 1295 (2000), para. 5) against UNITA.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“The Governments of Belgium and Bulgaria, and the other Governments that have made a genuine effort to improve the implementation of the sanctions against UNITA, are to be commended. The purpose of sanctions enforcement monitoring is not to punish, but rather to ensure that the sanctions in question are being applied, that behaviour is being changed and that loopholes are being closed. We also welcome the Monitoring Mechanism's conclusion that "there is no doubt that the sanctions... are hurting UNITA's ability to wage war" (S/2001/1225, para. 250). The report provides distressing reading, however, insofar as it demonstrates that a small number of Member States have not been respecting the decisions of this Council regarding UNITA.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Theirs is extraordinarily difficult work. They have done it well, with dedication and professionalism, despite the often frustrating disregard for their work by the apparently paralysed United Nations bureaucracy. All of us - this Council and the Organization - are in their debt. The findings of the Monitoring Mechanism are entirely consistent with those of the Panel of Experts on Angola. Each report corroborates the other, despite having been prepared by separate groups of experts, appointed through different processes. (spoke in English) The report of the Monitoring Mechanism provides welcome reading insofar as it demonstrates that progress is being made and that some Member States - Belgium and Bulgaria, for example - have taken serious steps to correct the deficiencies identified by the Panel of Experts.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this important meeting on the report of the Monitoring Mechanism on the sanctions against UNITA. We warmly welcome the return to this Chamber of the Minister for External Relations of Angola, Mr. Joao Bernardo de Miranda, and I should like to thank him for his earlier comments to us. His presence here is entirely appropriate. At issue is nothing less than the Council's commitment to the people of Angola. Also at issue is the credibility of the Security Council - indeed, of the United Nations itself - that is, all of us. The members of the Monitoring Mechanism, under the leadership of Ambassador Larrain, are to be commended for the excellent and detailed report (S/2000/l225) that they submitted to this Council.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“The AIDS pandemic poses a fundamental challenge to human security and, above all, to our humanity. It is a challenge that we can and must meet.”
2001-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4259Resumption1 (2001) · source
“For this reason, Canada is quadrupling its spending for international efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS, for a total investment of approximately $270 million Canadian dollars, which is about US$ 170 million, over the next five years. This increase in funding underlines our recognition of the magnitude of the crisis and our determination to do our share. Beyond additional funding by the international community is the fact that there has been a turning point in the fight against HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is now firmly on the international political agenda. And the first step in solving a problem is acknowledging that one has one. Thanks to Ambassador Holbrooke's work, the Security Council has taken that step. We look forward to concrete results being achieved this summer at the June special session on HIV/AIDS.”
2001-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4259Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We would be remiss if we did not recognize efforts made by many countries to address this issue through the adoption of comprehensive national strategies, integrating prevention, treatment, support and human rights, and aimed at all segments of society. No country is spared this problem. In Canada, we are currently implementing our own national strategy, and we urge all countries that may not have done so to put into place their own strategies. While there is clearly an important role for the international community to play in assisting this process, it cannot succeed in the absence of national efforts. But the international community does have a major responsibility.”
2001-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4259Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Like others, we wish to express our appreciation for the work of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, who brought such commitment, determination and humanitarian energy to this crucial issue. No region of the world is unaffected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, nor can any region be complacent. This morning Under-Secretary-General Guehenno and Executive Director Piot discussed the truly shocking statistics on this issue. Those numbers are seared into the minds of everyone in this Chamber. They tell of devastation with long-term consequences potentially the equal of conflict and war; indeed, left unattended, these consequences can lead to State failure. There are fortunately, however, some bright spots with regard to the international community's response to HIV/AIDS.”
2001-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4259Resumption1 (2001) · source
“At the same time, let us take care not to demonize peacekeepers. Every aspect of HIV/AIDS is important and needs to be addressed effectively, but I trust that no one here believes that peacekeepers are at the heart of this problem. HIV/AIDS is, nonetheless, as Ambassador Holbrooke so well demonstrated in his remarks this morning, a very serious security challenge. During our recently ended tenure on the Council, Canada consistently argued that the Council must broaden its definition of security to include non- traditional threats, particularly those that affect human security. As we stated exactly a year ago in this Chamber, there is no question that the HIV/AIDS pandemic has reached proportions that pose a clear threat to stability and development.”
2001-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4259Resumption1 (2001) · source
“(spoke in English) In last year's Council consultations on resolution 1308 (2000), led by Ambassador Holbrooke, Canada particularly welcomed the early engagement of troop contributors in the process, because HIV/AIDS in the context of peacekeeping is a matter that affects them directly. At that time we recommended that this process be a model for future Security Council consultations, and underscored our belief that the views of troop contributors should be given particular weight on issues such as HIV/AIDS. We would therefore like to suggest now, in line with the important open debate on strengthening cooperation with troop contributors, held earlier this week, that the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and UNAIDS meet soon with troop contributors to assess the progress made in undertaking the requirements of resolution 1308 (2000).”
2001-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4259Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): Canada is pleased that the Security Council is once again addressing the important issue of HIV/AIDS. We are grateful for the briefings provided by Dr. Piot and Under-Secretary-General Guehenno on the ongoing efforts across the United Nations system and on the efforts, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1308 (2000), within the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, to deal with the tragedy of AIDS. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Guehenno and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for the efforts they have made, with resources that remain too limited, to enhance training for Blue Helmets, both in general and regarding HIV/AIDS prevention in particular. We also wish to encourage them to go further in their endeavours.”
2001-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4259Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Failure to do so will only make it more difficult for the United Nations to respond in a timely and effective fashion when peace missions are needed. Success in doing so would help us all establish a decision-making process that integrates authority and risk. More fundamentally, doing so will help the United Nations meet the great expectations of so many people around the world who, now and in the future, depend on the United Nations that is to say, depend on us.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source
“We have heard many good ideas this morning, including those discussed in considerable detail by the Permanent Representative of India. In the next few days, we, Canada, will be circulating a paper that expands on some of our ideas about the next steps that the Council might consider taking in order to enhance cooperative arrangements. There is much that it is the same in the Indian and Canadian approaches. We hope that the Council and troop contributors will find that these proposals are worth serious consideration. Six years after the adoption of the presidential statement I mentioned at the beginning, we endorse the Council's implicit conclusion today: that it is time to address today's needs.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source
“The study recognized the need for a partnership between the Security Council and troop contributors and the Secretariat. Specifically, we suggested that the Security Council and troop contributors establish a joint committee for each peace operation. This idea, we believe, remains valid. I am mindful that in 1996 f for the abortive Zaire operation, which was led by Canada - we did collectively create such a committee. There was a nucleus established to manage and give direction to the mission, and it was, as long as the operation lasted, a successful initiative. The Council and troop contributors, supported by the Secretariat, must work in partnership in a spirit of cooperation within an integrated management framework, rather than simply meet on occasion for what has largely become a pro forma bit of theatre.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source
“Under Article 23 of the Charter, the Council bears the primary constitutional responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, and it has often been observed that it does not bear the exclusive responsibility. Strengthening peace operations is a challenge we all face. It should not be beyond the ingenuity of United Nations Members to find an effective way forward. If Council members are unwilling to share power, they then should take upon themselves the responsibility of providing the troops required. If, on the other hand, potential or actual troop-contributing countries are unable to rally to a consensus, then they should draw the appropriate conclusion. During the fiftieth session of the General Assembly, Canada tabled a study that offered concrete recommendations on rapid reaction to crisis situations.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source
“The Security Council and the Secretariat must be able to win the confidence of troop-contributing Governments Governments that put their soldier- citizens in harm's way - that the strategy and concept of operations for a new mission, and their implementation, are sound. Troop-contributing Governments must also be confident that they will be sending troops or police to serve within a competent mission with effective leadership. That confidence comes from cooperation and participation, not notification and not even just consultations. We need to think corporately about the relationship between the Council and troop contributors. We need to find a way to bring the latter into the decision-making processes of the former. We are all on the same side on this issue: the side of United Nations effectiveness.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source
“There is plenty of evidence to show that consultations by the Council with troop-contributing countries are necessary, but not sufficient. Troop contributors' views are not simple inputs to a decision of the Council; they are integral to effective decisions and must carry their full weight. Any decision-making process that merely takes or leaves troop contributors' views risks alienating those Governments and exposing a mission to failure. In the course of last autumn, two major troop-contributing countries withdrew from the United Nations largest peace operation, at least in part, they have said, because they did not feel their views were heard and heeded.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source
“(spoke in English) In addition, in the course of the past decade the Security Council also issued two presidential statements on how consultations with troop- contributing countries were to be conducted. Regrettably, the principles inherent in these statements have not been fully respected in the intervening years. But even if they had been respected, the communication of information to troop contributors would not have proved adequate in practice. The issue is not communications or consultations, although even here improvements are possible; the issue is cooperation and participation. We collectively have not found a way for troop- contributing countries to be part of the Organization's peace operation decision-making process, from the start of a mission to its conclusion. It is time for us all to take stock of our collective experience.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): I would like to thank you, Sir, for the generous words you addressed to Canada and the other countries that have just left the Council. I would also like to say how pleased I am to see former colleagues on the Council and to welcome the new members. I would also like to thank you for having taken this important initiative to improve the consultative arrangements with troop-contributing countries. My Government would also like to say how satisfied it is that the Council has responded so quickly and thoroughly to the Brahimi report, by adopting resolution 1327 (2000), which clearly underscores many of the concerns of troop-contributing countries.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257 (2001) · source
“We encourage the Council to address the conflict itself and to consider ways to hasten the end of the interminable war and the desperate conditions endured by the people of Afghanistan.”
2000-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4251 (2000) · source
“As we have seen over the past months, violations of international human rights and humanitarian law by both parties to the conflict continue unabated. The violation of the human rights of women and girls is particularly deplorable. Canada has suggested a number of steps that the Council could take, including increased attention to the issues of humanitarian access and respect for human rights, and enhanced efforts by the United Nations in the search for peace and reconciliation. We have also called for Council measures to pressure the warring factions to come to the negotiating table, and we encourage the Council to give serious consideration to widening the arms embargo to include all parties to the conflict.”
2000-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4251 (2000) · source
“As Canada leaves the Security Council, we remind those that will remain, and those that will join them, that they have a heavy responsibility to vigorously and objectively monitor the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, and to respond as necessary to ensure that the civilian population does not suffer needlessly as a result of these new sanctions. Failure to do so could call into question the Council's commitment to a smart, targeted sanctions policy and could have grave human costs. The long-running conflict in Afghanistan has taken a devastating toll on civilians. In April of this year, former Canadian Foreign Minister Axworthy chaired a meeting of this body devoted to Afghanistan and called for more determined action by the Council to address the conflict itself.”
2000-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4251 (2000) · source
“It is in everyone's interests, not least the United Nations corporate interest, that sanctions the United Nations imposes be respected. With the inclusion of a number of important provisions in this resolution, the Council is also responding to the growing international consensus on the need to ensure that measures imposed by the Council are both carefully targeted and sensitive to humanitarian considerations. We believe the resolution could have been stronger on this score, but we welcome the establishment of a committee of experts to monitor and report on the implementation of the sanctions and to provide an early assessment of humanitarian impacts.”
2000-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4251 (2000) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): As we have stated in this Chamber on several occasions, and most recently on 6 December when the Council considered the follow-up to resolution 1269 (1999), Canada attaches priority to the international fight against terrorism. We believe that the Security Council has an important role to play in eliminating terrorism, and we welcome its continued determination to do so. (spoke in English) The Taliban's defiance of resolution 1267 (1999) and its continued support for international terrorism are simply unacceptable. We voted in favour of the resolution before the Council today because of the strong anti-terrorism message that it sends. The resolution is also a clear signal that the Council is serious about its demands and that the Taliban must comply with its international obligations.”
2000-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4251 (2000) · source
“We encourage Yugoslavia to continue its cooperation with the international community and urge the Kosovar Albanian leadership to do its part to prevent the support of armed groups. Once the 23 December elections in Serbia are completed, the international community should examine the options for greater cooperation for security in the Presevo Valley. With the constructive engagement of a democratic Government in Belgrade, of moderate Albanian leaders and of the international community, we can all at last look forward with some optimism to the future.”
2000-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4249 (2000) · source
“The ongoing political dialogue between UNMIK and Yugoslav and Serbian authorities is crucial, both for the issues involved in the Presevo Valley and for other issues affecting Kosovo, such as the problem of detained Kosovar Albanians in Serbian jails. Canada appreciates the work done by international organizations, particularly the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in the Presevo Valley, which has assisted the return of refugees to the region. The presence of international observers has had an important stabilizing effect. We also applaud the moderate reaction of the Yugoslav and Serbian Governments to the acts of violence in southern Serbia. Yugoslav army and Serbian police units have respected the terms of the Military-Technical Agreement and avoided any escalation of violence.”
2000-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4249 (2000) · source
“S/PVAZA') With respect to the situation in the Presevo Valley, Canada remains deeply concerned by the potentially destabilizing impact of violence by a marginal group of armed extremists. We fully support the presidential statement to be issued today on this subject. We also support the efforts made to date by the international community to reduce tensions, for example through the more stringent control by the Kosovo Force (KFOR) of the administrative boundary between Kosovo and Serbia, including the efforts made to block the transit of recruits, supplies and weapons into the Presevo Valley. We also condemn the recent attack on the KFOR joint patrol and, more generally, all violence in the area. We hope KFOR's resolve will help to reduce that violence.”
2000-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4249 (2000) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): On behalf of Canada, I wish to commend the appointment of Mr. Hans Haekkerup as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo. Mr. Kouchner has established a solid basis for the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). We have no doubt that Mr. Haekkerup will make excellent use of this very important legacy and will continue to lead Kosovo towards greater democracy, security and prosperity. (spoke in English) We also thank Mr. Annabi for his traditional good briefing on this issue and on others. We welcome the presence of Foreign Minister Svilanovic of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and have taken careful note of the points he made to us in his statement.”
2000-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4249 (2000) · source
“Canada has long advocated such dialogue as the only avenue to a just and comprehensive settlement based on resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). In our view, the Council should remain prepared to assist this process, including with an observer or monitoring mission, should one be accepted by both parties.”
2000-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4248 (2000) · source
“But Canada believes that both the eventual deployment and the effective operation of such a force would be jeopardized if the Council were to press ahead now, without the acceptance of both parties being assured and an appropriate mandate being developed. Nor do we believe that the time is right for this resolution. For these reasons Canada has abstained on the draft resolution. We are certain that the Security Council should continue to support the Secretary-General in his efforts, as mandated by the Council, to explore options with the parties for bringing an end to the violence and getting them back to the negotiating table. We are encouraged by the decision of the parties to resume talks under the guidance of the United States.”
2000-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4248 (2000) · source
“Mr. Heinbecker (Canada) (spoke in French): Canada is deeply concerned about the cycle of violence in the West Bank, Gaza and Israel. This violence mocks the safety of the inhabitants and their communities. We are firmly committed to support the protection of all civilians. (spoke in English) The experience of peacekeeping has taught us the value of clear and achievable mandates. We do not believe that this draft mandate meets either test. Canada would welcome any initiative - including the concept of an observation or monitoring force - that would succeed in stabilizing the situation in the region S/PV.4248 and promote the protection of non-combatants.”
2000-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4248 (2000) · source
“I think that until we actually deal with that issue in a constructive and innovative way, we are going to continue to have difficulties between troop contributors sitting in one room down the hall and Security Council members in another.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“I am mindful that in the abortive Zaire intervention that Canada was to head in 1996, we made a great effort to try to create a political oversight committee which was going to comprise troop- contributing countries and Security Council members to the extent that they were not the same, and they were not always the same. I am not sure what happened to that idea, but I note that I do not see it actually functioning in Sierra Leone or with respect to the Congo, Ethiopia/Eritrea or even East Timor. There needs to be a way whereby troop- contributing countries participate in the decision to send forces abroad, in the conduct of the operations involving those forces abroad and in the political and military guidance that the commanders get in the field.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“I recognize that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is not a model to be held up in these precincts, but there are one or two things that NATO does very well when it decides to dispatch forces abroad: it makes no distinction around the table between those who are contributing troops and those who are in the equivalent of the Security Council, because in fact they are the same people. It is just not conceivable that troops would be dispatched abroad by a Council which was independent from, and unattached to, those who were contributing troops. We have to think hard how to correct that situation in this Organization. The troop- contributing countries have a serious complaint, and that needs to be addressed. We need to think again about how this is done.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“Not all countries see the same need for reform that we do, but like you, we do not believe that there is a trade-off S/PV.4245 between development and peace and security. If anything, we think that the relationship is the reverse. We also do not think that it is necessary to choose between those countries that stress development and those countries that have a need for security. Both of those issues have to be taken care of. There is no trade- off there to be made. We particularly think that some deep thought needs to be given to the idea of peacekeeping reform. The current system is a recipe for failure.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“While, as I said, Canada is prepared to participate constructively, we do not accept, however, a unilateral decision to write off unpaid arrears. Fifty cents on the dollar will not work. We believe that it is important for the United States to state clearly that it intends to pay its arrears in full, and I was very much encouraged in that sense by the comment that was made at the outset. I should also like to add a word on the Brahimi report to support the sentiment expressed. We in Canada believe reform of the peacekeeping operations is probably the most important thing that can be done in the United Nations in the months ahead, and, in fact, it is probably decisive to the future viability, in some important sense, ofthis Organization. Not all countries see it in that light.”
2000-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4245 (2000) · source
“Holbrooke on this issue. He has been meeting around the clock, as far as I can tell. I think that success is possible and that reform is possible. We appreciate in this regard the United States increase in its voluntary contributions to the United Nations system. For those among us who are looking for something that they can tell their own legislators and their own taxpayers about why we should go along with a proposal which, on the face of it, is not fair, the answer is surely in the argument made by the United States delegation - that, in fact, one should look not at what the United States must pay, but at what the United States voluntarily pays, and take comfort from that significant difference.”
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