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Hidalgo Basulto

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  1. “Therefore, in conclusion, we should like once again to appeal to the United Nations, as a whole, and to the Security Council in particular, by political means and by negotiation, to discharge the responsibilities it has assumed towards Angola and towards its people.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  2. “For Cuba, the situation in Angola and the fate of its fraternal people are of special significance, not only because we have shared very closely in their heroic struggle for independence and sovereignty but also because Cuba, as a party to the New York Accords of 22 December 1988, has made as great a contribution as it has been able to the efforts to bring about Angolan national unity, to promote Angola's stability and to establish, for the entire region, the possibility of peaceful change, to which the international community has aspired for so many years now and to which it still aspires. Cuba has fulfilled its commitments in a completely ethical and moral manner, and so cannot but hope that the international community as a whole will do so too.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  3. “Angola, because of its natural resources and its strategic position, has historically suffered rapine by colonialists, adventurers, racists and mercenaries and has, on more than one occasion, sought international solidarity. We therefore welcome the fact that the draft resolution soon to be adopted by the Security Council reaffirms the decision to preserve the unity and the territorial integrity of Angola and urges all States to prevent any form of interference, direct or indirect, in the internal affairs of that country. We hope that, if circumstances unfortunately require, the Security Council will, as it has on other occasions, take all necessary steps to implement its decisions and preserve Angola's sovereignty.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  4. “Actions contrary to the Peace Accords, and the very prospect that the United Nations may at some point abandon its responsibilities in this southern African country, are also fertile ground from which the other dimension of this problem, to which I referred at the beginning of my statement, may develop. I refer to the increase in outside interference in Angola's internal affairs. We are of the opinion that the Security Council also has the duty to ensure that no acts of this kind are committed - as the letter of President dos Santos to the Secretary-General of the United Nations dated 25 January 1993 so eloquently states - that may jeopardize peace and stability in the area.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  5. “If anyone is to blame -- and, in fact, we have no doubt that this Council has no choice but to define clearly who is to blame for the prevailing Situation in Angola - one must point the accusing finger at those who yesterday, in ignoble collusion with the apartheid regime and its allies, sowed death on Angolan soil, and who today, just as cruelly, try to darken the Prospects of peace and stability. We do not want, in bringing up these continued attempts to assign equal blame to both parties to the conflict, to have to repeat the tired old arguments about the double standard that usually prevails in the Security Council, and which has become a commonplace, but simply to express our hope that this subject - the situation in Angola - will not become one more example of that abnormal practice.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  6. “We should not forget that it was the Angolan Government that requested the presence of this Organization in its territory, and it has lent it all manner of assistance for the execution of its functions; we should not lose Sight of the fact that it was not the Government of Angola that rejected the results of the electoral process that took place on 29 and 30 September 1992, which was described as free and impartial by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General; we should not overlook the irrefutable fact that it was not the Government of Angola that unleashed new hostilities in an attempt to alter by force of arms what the Angolan people had achieved with their impartial vote; this Council must no: ignore the fact that it is not the Government of Angola that uses methods such as kidnapping to achieve its political and military objectives.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  7. “In this context and on this occasion we cannot fail to mention another tendency that has been regularly observed in recent times with respect to the case of Angola and that, in our judgement, is tending towards becoming an established practice. We have seen with worry that, once again, in the basic documents the Security Council has before it, there is a tendency to assign equal blame to the parties to the conflict when it comes to analysing the various violations that have taken and are taking place in Angola.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  8. “We hope that in April, with the expiration of the extension of UNAVEM II's mandate, which is about to be approved, the basic documentation the Council will have before it will be more objective, impartial and complete than what has been presented to it today. We also hope that the Secratary-General, by virtue of the flexibility he is granted in the draft resolution, in particular in paragraph 15, and the Security Council itself, in conformity with the Provision expressed in paragraph 17, will be able, through timely action, to have a decisive effect for the consolidation of the process and to guarantee an end to all violations of the ""Acordos de Paz".”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  9. “Never have we heard of proposals to dismantle peace-keeping or similar operations in other regions, even when the number of casualties suffered and the dangers their personnel have to face day to day are painfully and infinitely greater than those that now threaten them in Angola. It is the duty of the United Nations, and in particular the Security Council, to make every effort so that processes such as the one in which the Angolan people are now involved can be completed by means of negotiation and dialogue, without double standards and without formulas, be they defeatist or aggressive, which could bring about catastrophic results for millions of human beings and significant portions of the planet.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  10. “The Security Council and, by extension, the Members of this Organizacion cannot allow any other consideration to interfere with their overriding obligation to the destiny of the African people. We are totally convinced that it is the duty of all to protect the security and lives of the personnel of the missions of the United Nations on the ground, but it is also our conviction that this essential obligation should not be used as a pretext to take positions out of political considerations or positions that could, also because of political considerations, lead to the definitive failure of processes in which our Organization has an unshirkable responsibility.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  11. “It is very clear that an action such as the one which seemed to be in the works would have meant the implicit acceptance by the United Nations, and in particular of the Security Council, of the failure of the peace process in Angola. Such a step would inevitably have smoothed the sad path to the continuation and worsening of the civil war, with /ts toll of death and desolation, and would also have had very pernicious effects on other processes under way in the same region, such as the one that must inevitably result in the eradication of apartheid in South Africa. Although, in our view, in the draft resolution it is about to adopt the Security Council has managed to overcome some of the most obvious and immediate dangers that would have resulted from the proposals that were before the Council, we should remain vigilant.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  12. “'The fact that the Security Council has responded to that request and that, in consequence, UNAVEM II has been deployed, has so far been an active demonstration of the exercise of that responsibility. We were therefore astounded and worried to see that a reduction of the peace-keeping force personnel and its areas of deployment was proposed and even that the possibility of dismantling it was foreseen. This worried us not only because of its implications for the credibility of this Organization and the Council itself and what it could mean for peace and stability in Angola, but also because of its potential consequences throughout the region.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  13. “On the other, it is meeting in response to President Dos Santos's request of last 25 January that new reports of foreign interference in Angola's internal affairs be taken up. It is obvious that in order to analyse accurately both matters, the necessary point of departure must be the recognition of the fact that the United Nations has a special responsibility for what happens or does not happen in Angolan territory. That country's Government, as a result of the signing of the "Acordos de Paz", requested that the United Nations, by its presence, contribute to the culmination of a process aimed at putting an end to leng years of war, including an electoral process that this Organization should observe and verify.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  14. “I should not wish to go any further without offering my congratulations to Ambassador Chinmaya Gharekhan, who was until a short time ago the Permanent Representative of India, for the effective, responsible way in which he presided over the activities of the Security Council during the month of December 1992. I should be grateful to the Secretariat if it would be so kind as to communicate my sentiments to Under-Secretary-Seneral Gharekhan at the earliest opportunity. The meeting we are holding today embraces, in fact, two different but complementary dimensions of the current situation in Angola. On the one hand, the Council is preparing to renew the mandate of UNAVEM II, on the basis of the Secretary~General's report on the subject.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source

  15. “Mr. HIDALGO BASULTO (Cuba) (interpretation from Spanish): The fact, Sir, that you, the Permanent Representative of Japan, are presiding over this meeting offers a guarantee of effectiveness and impartiality. We know how dedicated you have been in your efforts to see to it that the Security Council, in this and other questions that have come before it, reaches positive conclusions that reflect the consensus opinion of the international community as a whole. Please allow me, therefore, to congratulate you on your assumption and handling of the presidency of this body during the month of January.”

    1993-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3168 (1993) · source