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Holbrooke

lines on the record: 676
first: 1999-09-11
most recent: 2001-01-19
sittings or episodes: 43
sources: un-security-council

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“I wish to thank Mrs. Ogata for her participation in our discussion this morning and would like to acknowledge that Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked to be remembered to her in his absence from this room during her statement. He had to leave for an urgent meeting, but he wanted to express his full support for her statement and asked me to do so. I also wanted to mention that in addition to the students I introduced earlier, we have many important representatives here today from refugee organizations from around the world. The Chairman and Director of the International Rescue Committee are here; Refugees International is represented; so is the Women's Commission for Refugees, as well as many other organizations.”
2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source
“The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. We will begin with a briefing by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mrs. Ogata, She is well known to the world, has one of the most difficult jobs in the world and has come here to join us today in the month which we are devoting to Africa in order to address us in the middle of a very busy schedule. After her briefing we will have an open discussion on these issues. I thank Mrs. Ogata for coming and invite her to make her statement.”
2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source
“I am delighted they are here today to watch the Security Council in action, in this historic Chamber where so many important events have happened over the past 50 years. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. Promoting peace and security: humanitarian assistance to refugees in Africa The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council decides to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mrs. Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. There being no objection, it is so decided. The President: We welcome you warmly to the Security Council, Mrs. Ogata, and invite you to take a seat at the Council table. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source
“I want to welcome especially, and introduce to my colleagues in the Security Council, some high school and college students who have come from all over the United States today to observe the discussion on refugees. We have college students from Hamline University and the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota; Clarkstown High School in New City, New York; and the Adolfo Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California. I think they all took the "red eye", so if they fall asleep up there, they are excused. The Presbyterian Church has assisted, too. I am delighted they are here. When I was a high school student, I, too, came to this body and watched it, as did so many other people who are now in public service.”
2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source
“For those in the gallery, we have just been discussing the extension of the United Nations force in Prevlaka peninsula in Croatia, on the edge of where Croatia, Yugoslavia, Albania and Bosnia all meet, a very sensitive area. This resolution will ensure the continuation of stability in that area. So, what you have just seen is important for preserving peace. The meeting rose at 10.45 am.”
2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4088 (2000) · source
“It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (S/2000/ 10) before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Bangladesh, Canada, China, France, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1285 (2000). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4088 (2000) · source
“Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka, document S/ 1999/ 1302. Members of the Council also have before them document S/ZOOO/lO, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I should also like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following documents: S/2000/8, letter dated 10 January 2000 from Croatia addressed to the President of the Security Council; and S/l999/l278, letter dated 24 December 1999 from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia addressed to the Secretary-General.”
2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4088 (2000) · source
“In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Simonovic' (Croatia) took a seat at the Council table; Mr. Kastrup (Germany) and Mr. Vento (Italy) took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President: the Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4088 (2000) · source
“Before we begin, I would like to welcome the people in the gallery and say that before we turn to the main issue of the morning, which is an extremely important discussion of refugees, we have one other formal order of business: the adoption of a formal United Nations Security Council resolution. I shall turn to that first. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation in Croatia Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (S/1999/1302) The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Croatia, Germany and Italy, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda.”
2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4088 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Senegal for his special reference to the role of the Security Council on this issue, which certainly echoes the views of most of us here and, speaking as the American representative, our own. There are no more speakers on my list. I would like to make some observations about what we have done today, but, with members' permission, since we have been here now for nine hours, I would like to reserve those for the beginning of our Thursday meeting on refugees, when High Commissioner Ogata will be with us. The connection between refugees and this issue has been noted by several speakers today. I believe the Minister of Health of Namibia made a specific point of it, as did some others. There is thus a natural connection between them. The meeting rose at 6.55 p.m.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Senegal. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank you for your kind words. The next speaker is the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I wish to comment on one thing that Ambassador Wensley said, which is quite important. She spoke of over-compartmentalization at the United Nations. Nothing underlines more what we are trying to do than that comment, because we are trying to break down those compartmentalizations. With respect to the six undertakings mentioned in Peter Piot's statements, we will also move in that direction.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Nigeria for his important statement. If there is no objection, I would ask him to convey, on behalf of the entire Security Council, our congratulations to President Obasanjo for the new HIV committee that he established today in Nigeria. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Australia. I invite her to take a seat at the Council table and to make her statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Cyprus for his kind words addressed to me. I also thank him for staying well within the five- minute recommendation, as I should have likewise thanked the representative of New Zealand. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Nigeria. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“We have only a few speakers left. I am optimistic that if we move rapidly we will finish shortly. If any representatives wish to make any concluding observations, they will, of course, be welcome to do so. The next speaker on my list is the representative of Cyprus. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of New Zealand for his kind words about this meeting. The next speaker is the representative of Zambia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement. May I say how much we are looking forward to the arrival in New York, in less than two weeks, of his President to join us in this historic set of meetings on Africa.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I apologize, Mr. Ambassador, for not having begun by welcoming you to the United Nations and to the Security Council. I know this is your first appearance here, Ambassador Vento. We welcome you. We are delighted you are with us. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of New Zealand. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Cuba for his strong contribution. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Italy. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I would ask all representatives in the room whose Permanent Representatives are not here any more to inform them of the six undertakings that we have just heard from the head of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. I would ask the Assistant Secretary-General to bring them to the attention of the Secretary-General and other people. I hope this means the beginning of a deepened and greater collaboration between elements within the United Nations family. I commend Dr. Piot for his involvement today and I hope that we will be seeing him again in the Security Council in the future. The same, of course, goes for Mark Malloch Brown. The next speaker is the representative of Cuba. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of Indonesia for his comments, which I greatly appreciate. We have 12 speakers remaining on the list for the closing section of this meeting. Before we continue with the list, I would like to invite Dr. Peter Piot to respond on behalf of the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS to what he has heard so far today, reserving the right, of course, for him to make additional comments after he has heard the remaining speakers.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the Minister of Health of Namibia, and I hope she will extend our appreciation to her Government in Windhoek for sending her here today, and to her for making this long visit. I hope she will convey to the peoples and fellow African Ministers the historic and unprecedented nature of today's meeting. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Indonesia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Thank you for your very kind remarks. Once again, I would respectfully request people to keep their remarks to five minutes. I would now like to ask the Minister of Health of Namibia - who has sat very attentively here all day long through seven hours of speeches and who is the only Minister of Health here whose country is also a member of the Security Council - if she would make some very brief ad hoc observations for all our benefit, but I stress the word "brief ', Madam Minister.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Mongolia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“May I make one brief comment. I thank you very much, Ambassador, for your comments. Just one brief clarification: you referred to a Security Council resolution. This is a legitimate point, but it is not our intention to have a resolution or a presidential statement today. That is not the purpose of this particular meeting. But your point, had this been the case, is well taken.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the representative of the Republic of Korea for those provocative and valuable suggestions, which I hope we will all consider. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of the Libyan Arab J amahiriya. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I would like to thank Ambassador Fonseca for the support he gave us last month when this issue was first raised. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of the Republic of Korea. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I am delighted that the Surgeon- General honoured us today with his presence. I thank him for staying exactly within the five-minute limit. The next speaker is the representative of Brazil. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“We note, Mr. Ambassador, your comment that your Government is considering additional support of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). We have now reached the mid-point in the list of speakers, which does not necessarily mean the mid-point in terms of time. But this is an appropriate time for me to invite the Surgeon-General of the United States to take a seat at the Council table and to make some very brief comments before he has to return to Washington.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I would request the Ambassador of South Africa to please convey to President Mbeki the fact that Vice-President Gore referred specifically to him and quoted him. In order to shorten the rest of the day, I request all representatives to refrain from any further compliments to the new President of the Security Council or for the holding of this meeting. I appreciate them greatly, and so does my country, but the time is short, and we still have a very large number of speakers to hear. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Japan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of South Africa. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table. I would remind members that, next week, we will have the honour of being joined here in the Burundi discussion by Mr. Nelson Mandela, the mediator for Burundi. I hope the representative of South Africa will extend to him the high appreciation of the entire Security Council that he will honour us for what I understand will be his first appearance before the Security Council. I invite the representative of South Africa to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I again implore speakers to keep their remarks as brief as possible. The next speaker is the representative of Norway. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Cape Verde. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement. Once again, I would ask that we shorten the length of our statements, or else we will either be here all night or not be able to finish.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Portugal. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“David Satcher, Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon-General of the United States. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Dr. Satcher to take his seat at the Council table. The President: The next speaker is the representative of Algeria. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“This completes the speeches by members of the Security Council. We will hear the remaining speakers after a suspension of three minutes. I would like to point out that at the current rate of speaking, we have over three hours left to go. If each speaker would kindly try to cut his or her remarks to four or five minutes - which I think is quite possible in most cases, although those countries that are the subject of the debate may legitimately wish to take a few extra moments - it would be greatly appreciated. The meeting was suspended at 3.55 pm. and resumed at 4 p.m. The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Dr.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I should like to ask the representative of Mali to thank President Konare for his important message to the Security Council, which we welcome. The next speaker on my list, and the last member of the Security Council to take the floor today, is the representative of Jamaica. We are delighted that Jamaica, which is welcomed here by its many friends in the United Nations, has joined the Security Council.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, particularly for the insight into your own country's dealing with this problem. I would call everyone's attention to the fact that the Ambassador concluded with a proposal that we consider a General Assembly session on this issue at a later date. It is now my pleasure to call on another new member of the Security Council, the representative of Mali, Ambassador Ouane. Welcome to the Security Council, Mr. Ambassador.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“On behalf of the Council, I would ask the representative of Tunisia if he might, at some future date, distribute a paper on his last point, outlining how he thinks prevention was successful in Tunisia, where it was not in every other country.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I would simply request Dr. Piot - bearing in mind that we have never discussed this issue before, but that it may, as many speakers have suggested, remain open for continuation - perhaps to circulate to the members of the Security Council responses in writing to some of the specifics, such as that one, in order to further illuminate us, as I am sure he already does with the Economic and Social Council.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The representative of the United Kingdom has asked a series of questions that we cannot leave hanging in the air. I hope future speakers will address these questions. The next speaker is the Ambassador of Tunisia, but before calling on him, I would like to ask Dr. Piot if he would respond to one specific point that Ambassador Greenstock raised, and that is the question of a clearing house. Does one now exist? Do you have a plan? Could you give us all just a very precise response to that specific question?”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I thank the Ambassador of Malaysia for his important comments and kind words and for his support in this innovative concept. The representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland set the tone for this month's focus on Africa by his enlightened and inspired leadership of the Security Council in the last month of the last century.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Before I call on the next speaker on my list, I would like to ask members, now that the Ministers have all had their say, to consider shortening their statements, especially - as was said earlier by the Ambassador of France - when they repeat statistics that we have already heard.”
2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source
“In adopting this resolution today, the Security Council has demonstrated that it has the patience and the resolve to uphold the requirements it set in resolution 687 (1991). Now we await the response from Baghdad.”
1999-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4084 (1999) · source
“Those are the facts that must inform the Council's judgement as it faces the follow-on decisions which implementation of this resolution will require over coming weeks and months. In adopting this resolution today, the Council's forty-ninth resolution on the Iraq issue since the August 1990 invasion of Kuwait, the Security Council has sent a strong message to Baghdad. This resolution reflects the critical judgement of the Security Council, acting on behalf of the international community, that Iraq has not fulfilled its obligations under the previous resolutions, that sanctions must and will remain unchanged until Iraq does so and that the Council, acting to uphold peace and security in accordance with the United Nations Charter, will accept no other outcome.”
1999-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4084 (1999) · source
“Former United States Permanent Representative Adlai Stevenson once said "You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal." In addressing the Iraq situation, the Security Council must continue to be guided by the facts, however unpopular they might be with some - for example: the fact that the Security Council set a reasonable standard for the lifting of sanctions in resolution 687 (1991), and the fact that Iraq has manifestly failed to meet that standard; the fact that both the IAEA and the Special Commission reported to this Council one year ago that Iraq had not fulfilled its obligations with respect to weapons of mass destruction, and the fact that Iraq has taken no action to fulfil those obligations in the intervening 12 months; the fact that Iraq has failed to meet its obligation to account for more than 600 persons, presumed imprisoned or murdered at Iraqi hands, who have been missing since the invasion of Kuwait, and the fact that Iraq last year severed its cooperation with the Red Cross and the Tripartite Commission established to resolve this most elemental of humanitarian issues; the fact that massive and systematic abuse of human rights remains a pervasive fact of daily life for the civilian population of Iraq, including children, as Max van der Stoel, the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Iraq, documented in his deeply disturbing October report; and the fact that the Government of Iraq has demonstrated that it would rather manipulate the suffering of innocent civilians for propaganda purposes than take full advantage of available assistance under the oil-for- food programme.”
1999-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4084 (1999) · source
“For that reason, the regulatory measures referred to above must be reversible, in order to facilitate reversion to the status quo ante should Iraqi non-cooperation trigger the termination of suspension. The Council has placed the onus squarely on Iraq to demonstrate that it is continuing to satisfy the requirements set by the Council in this resolution and its predecessors. That is as it should be. Iraq's history of "cheat-and-retreat" with weapons inspectors means there can be no benefit of the doubt for Iraq.”
1999-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4084 (1999) · source
“The present resolution does not define the details of those measures or stipulate what means of delivery will or will not be authorized. I would stress, however, that the United States attaches the utmost importance to this requirement for effective control measures, and will work to ensure that those eventually adopted by the Council are rigorous, thorough and effective, as this resolution requires. It is also important, in our view, that the Council has decided suspension would be temporary and would require an affirmative Council decision for renewal. Renewal, thus, would not be automatic. Furthermore, if Iraqi cooperation with UNMOVIC or the IAEA ceased during suspension, then suspension would automatically end.”
1999-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4084 (1999) · source
“And it emphatically would not mean that the Council would turn Iraq's purse strings over to Saddam Hussein and walk away. Under a suspension scenario, the Council would decide exact terms for lifting prohibitions on exports from Iraq and civilian imports to Iraq. United Nations oversight of such transactions would continue, however. Indeed, before voting to suspend sanctions the Council is required under this resolution to decide on effective financial and other operational measures, which would remain in effect during suspension and prevent any revenues from being diverted for prohibited purposes. Before considering suspension, the Council would also need to set guidelines on the means of delivering civilian imports during suspension.”
1999-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4084 (1999) · source
“In fact, the United States has, on many occasions, expressed its view that compliance is highly unlikely as long as Saddam Hussein remains in power in Baghdad. Nevertheless, we join our Council colleagues in introducing the principle of sanctions suspension based on the requirements set forth in this resolution. The Council has acted in good faith. Let us see whether Iraq can respond in kind. What would it mean to "suspend" sanctions against Iraq? First of all, let me recall what it would not mean. It would not alter the import of food and medicines to Iraq, since the flow of such items has never been restricted by United Nations sanctions. It would not mean the end of inspection and monitoring activities in Iraq by UNMOVIC and the IAEA.”
1999-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4084 (1999) · source