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first: 1994-12-16
most recent: 2001-09-21
sittings or episodes: 12
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“Fundamentally, the possibility of increasing the resources for BONUCA depends on the commitment on the part of the Government of the Central African Republic to work with BONUCA and to demonstrate progress in improving the domestic political dialogue. Frankly, we have yet to see the kind of serious commitment from the Government that would be needed to move that forward.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“The third point I would like to address relates to the strengthening of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA). First of all, to the extent that the proposals before us can be implemented within existing resources, we would encourage early action. In terms of where we go beyond that, we have conveyed the additional proposals to Washington. In some cases we will seek additional clarification on renewing and extending the mandate of BONUCA. The mandate will remain in place until December, and obviously as we get closer to that date we will be able to look at this in a more practical way.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“The trials of those allegedly involved in the coup attempt will be held under transparent conditions in the presence of international observers. The second point I would like to make is one that has just been made and relates to the need to aid refugees. From our Embassy in Bangui, we understand that there are 25,000 refugees who fled the Central African Republic, of whom a very small number were involved in violence associated with the coup attempt. We believe that the Government of the Central African Republic must demonstrate to those refugees, through its actions, that they will not be harmed if they return. For these refugees to return home, the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo must be open. It is equally important that there be no hampering of the distribution of aid to refugees.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“We, too, are very grateful for the briefings that we have received. We are encouraged that there is at least some information in the report that indicates that there are elements of the situation that have been improving - particularly the decrease in political violence and in human rights abuses. The United States Government condemned the May coup attempt. An attack against a democratically elected Government is an attack against the will of the people and cannot be condoned. But we equally condemned human rights abuses, including numerous cases of extra-judicial violence on the part of the Government following the attempted coup. In our view, the Council should hold President Patasse to his pledge of 8 June.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“One of the key issues in the streamlining exercise is addressing the police-related mission that will remain after the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina has completed its work next year. This fundamental task is one of the priority considerations that is guiding our thinking about the future.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4379 (2001) · source
“We think that there must be a concerted effort by the Office of the High Representative and Bosnia's leaders, recognizing the progress that has already been made in some of these areas, to strengthen border controls, passport issuance and the fight against the organized smuggling of women and other transnational crimes that are often linked to terrorist activities. We have appreciated what we have been briefed on in this regard, but obviously this is an effort that has to be pushed even further. We are encouraged that progress on refugee returns continues to improve - quite dramatically, in fact. But this will not be sustainable without progress in consolidating and strengthening Bosnia's joint institutions.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4379 (2001) · source
“On hearing the High Representative's report about the slow progress in building healthy joint State institutions for Bosnia, it strikes me that this is a problem not only because citizens are deprived of necessary services but also because the investment required for economic growth and for security is discouraged. I think that we will have to find some way to institutionalize the sense of urgency rather than accept practices of procrastination. If we are able to do that, we are more likely to find overall success.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4379 (2001) · source
“Given the lateness of the hour, I will be brief. I would like to thank our two visitors for the briefings they gave us today. I think they have given us a great deal to think about as we look at how to go ahead with the international community's continuing responsibility to support the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords. The streamlining process that we have heard about reflects the evolution of the international community's role in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is a clear signal to its leaders about the need to work together ever more diligently to make progress on refugee returns, joint State institutions and economic reform.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4379 (2001) · source
“It was mentioned by the representative of Norway that it would be better at times if we were able to issue statements that were focused and short. This is a theme that, as we all know, is frequently repeated in the consultation room as we go over our work. I would just like to share a comment that was used by a United States humorist at the beginning of a letter he wrote about 100 years ago. He explained to his correspondent, "I have written you a long letter because I did not have time to write a short one".”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“So I would say, on the one hand, our delegation is very grateful for the discussion that you, Sir, organized on the challenges of regional peacekeeping in Africa. At the same time, I think that we will continue to wrestle with this dilemma of transparency and our obligation to the general membership - which the United States delegation feels very strongly, as I believe all of us here do - and how we combine this with having discussions in which we, as individuals seeking the truth or seeking peace, are able to ask questions and make statements and test ideas without them being labelled "the representative of the United States said", or "the representative of Norway said". And this inevitably is a challenge to which there is no easy answer. My final comment, I hope, will be brief.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“In my experience in the Council, whether the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations sits at the foot of the table in this Chamber or at the head of the table in the consultation room, he essentially says the same thing. So I am not sure that there is a problem here with the background notes being inadequate. But inevitably it is the same dilemma over transparency and being candid and frank, and over how individuals who participate in this work because they represent Governments can ask questions and take positions - which indeed they must at times- that are not official positions of their Governments. Otherwise how do we explore what it is we are doing and try to understand the challenges? Because the work is not easy.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“I think that if we were sitting on red seats, as spectators, we would realize that there is a bit of a dilemma here in that a discussion that takes place at the Princeton Club may be open and frank and candid for members of the Council, but it is hardly transparent for the general membership. They may also wonder why private individuals who are not representatives of Governments on the Security Council participate in such a discussion and they do not. I say this entirely in the spirit of knowing that we all wrestle with this dilemma every day. There were also questions as to why we got what I think were called "background notes", rather than the briefing notes that members of the Secretariat used when they briefed us.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“First, I would like simply to state - because it is already apparent from the discussion here - that the Council is constantly faced with a dilemma in how it organizes its work. Most members of the Council, or all who have spoken, have rightly thanked the Colombian delegation for organizing a meeting of members of the Council at the Princeton Club: someplace away from the United Nations. They have described the benefit of that meeting variously as brainstorming and soul-searching, but most members of the Council used the words "open" and "frank" to characterize the discussion that took place. Most members of the Council who spoke have also said that there is a need for transparency in our work.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“First, I would like to assure you, Sir, that I take every opportunity I can, here or outside the United Nations, to enjoy Colombian coffee. We are very grateful and pleased at your presence here and at the leadership of the Colombian delegation during this month. Here, we associate ourselves fully with the comments made by colleagues. Fortunately, there have already been many interesting comments which give reason for reflection. Most of them, I think, are shared by most members here. That will allow me to be relatively brief in what I say. Not mentioning something does not mean that I disagree with it. I just want to make one or two comments on points that have already been made.”
2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source
“I think one of the striking things in the briefing today was that, despite progress in other areas, there really has been no meaningful progress in taking people out of the risky situation that they have been in for too long in the Congo. We think that getting the right kind of leadership on the ground, in cooperation with the Government of the Congo, will give hope to people, particularly in war-torn areas. We know that our partners in the international relief community feel acutely the lack of such leadership, and we hope that this situation will be resolved as soon as possible.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“While the Security Council resolution calls for the demilitarization of Kisangani, the Kampala disengagement plan gives the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD-Goma) the right to administer the town until new national structures can assume that function. As we have heard today, the demand in resolution 1304 (2000) for the demilitarization of Kisangani remains the unanimous position of the Security Council. We hope that the Secretary-General and his new Special Representative can launch the process of implementing that resolution, preferably in close cooperation with the RCD leadership. Finally, we hope that the Secretary-General will be able to work with the Government of the Congo to name and dispatch a United Nations humanitarian coordinator.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“Such contacts should include those at the level of head of State, but these should also be mirrored in contacts between the senior military and diplomatic leadership of both countries. We believe that the pursuit of common long-term security interests is critical to accomplishing the military tasks laid out in the Lusaka Agreement. In response to three separate incidents of Rwandan and Ugandan fighting in Kisangani, the Security Council demanded, in resolution 1304 (2000), the demilitarization of the city. We hope that the Secretary-General will raise that issue while he is in Kisangani, and also when he is in Kigali and Kinshasa.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“The Security Council mission to the region last spring identified this as a critical diplomatic channel that needed to be strengthened. When the two Presidents were here eight months ago, Ambassador Cunningham told them that the United States Government believed that they had a common interest in ensuring that the territory of the Congo was not used by negative forces to destabilize the region. Our message, which we have consistently repeated in public and in private, is that the long-term security interests of both countries would best be addressed through a policy of cooperation. We hope that the Secretary-General will again stress the need for bilateral contacts between the Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“We look forward to hearing the Secretary-General's best judgement on how to move them forward. The United States Government is eager to see MONUC play a role in the voluntary disarmament and demobilization of negative forces, but we will look to other international entities to plan and execute the repatriation, resettlement and reintegration of any individuals not under indictment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. This will obviously require close coordination among MONUC, other United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations and Governments in the region. We hope that United Nations planning will go hand-in-hand with that of the Joint Military Commission and Governments in the region. The Secretary-General helped to sustain a process of bilateral dialogue between President Kagame and President Kabila.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“Finally, we have yet to see a credible plan; such a plan must be based on a regional political consensus for the disarming and demobilization of negative forces, in particular the ex- FAR and Interahamwe, We are pleased that the Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, will soon visit Kinshasa, Kigali and Kisangani and that he will take with him the new Special Representative. The Secretary-General's trip raises the critical question of whether we have arrived at the point of transition to phase III of MONUC's concept of operations. We look forward to his trip and to his report following the trip, which we hope will discuss some of the issues that I shall mention. The withdrawal of foreign forces and the disarmament and demobilization of negative forces are closely related concerns that test the political will of the parties.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“The negative forces continue to receive arms, and we are witnessing a dangerous escalation of fighting in South Kivu. We heard this morning about the possibility of new violence in the Ituri district. We are deeply concerned about the offensive in South Kivu by members of the former Rwandan Armed Forces (ex-FAR) and Interahamwe, as well as about the fact that those forces appear to be receiving support from elements in the Government. This fighting will impede, not encourage, the peace process, as surely must be evident to all. Although the people of Kisangani have been spared the ravages of renewed fighting, their city has yet to be demilitarized.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“The implementation of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement has been a roller coaster ride. On the positive side, we have seen deployed the first elements of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), and the ceasefire and disengagement lines are holding. There has been progress on the withdrawal of some foreign forces, but the forces of the principal belligerents remain in place. The recent preparatory meeting of the inter-Congolese dialogue was an important milestone - one that my delegation looks forward to discussing in the Council's open meeting with President Masire. On the negative side, the humanitarian and human rights situation in the Congo has not improved; this is an area of great concern.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting, which we see as a prelude to an important set of Security Council deliberations on the crisis in the Great Lakes region. We are glad to see that your delegation has been working with those of the next two Presidents in order to ensure that these issues remain at the forefront of our work. I would also like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Annabi, for his briefing. I would like to mention briefly that we have noted the changing of the guard in the Congo from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Morjane, who certainly carried the United Nations flag high. We offer our very best wishes to the new Special Representative, Mr. Ngongi, and to those serving with him.”
2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source
“President Bush has issued executive orders to stop individuals in the United States from supporting any violent groups in Kosovo, and to deny entry into the United States of suspected extremists. We have supported more rigorous controls on the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) and provided assistance to improve the KPC's internal controls. We have encouraged Kosovo's leaders to speak out against violence and to support the Framework Agreement recently signed in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The United States Government will continue to support UNMIK and KFOR in their efforts to fully implement resolution 1244 (1999) and to ensure that democracy and the rule of law are the foundation for Kosovo's future.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“We applaud the recent appointment of Jean-Christian Cady as the head of the new law and justice pillar, and we look forward to the appointment of a highly qualified individual to head UNMIK's department of judicial affairs. We also applaud KFOR for making full use of these authorities by seizing weapons shipments and detaining individuals who present a threat to peace and order in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as well as in Kosovo. The border interdiction mission should be one of KFOR's and UNMIK's highest priorities. In that regard, NATO's operation "Essential Harvest" will complement KFOR's operations in Kosovo and will address the same problem from the other side of the border. My Government has worked on numerous fronts to reduce violence in Kosovo.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“During the June visit the Council also discussed with Foreign Minister Svilanovic resolution 1160 (1998), and I would like to note my Government's full support for the lifting of the arms embargo at this time. Public security and the rule of law continue to be at the top of UNMIK's priorities. New regulations on border control, on extremism and on the illegal possession of weapons give UNMIK and KFOR valuable tools for combating violence and preventing its spread beyond Kosovo's borders. We understand that UNMIK has made progress on another series of regulations against organized crime, and we hope they will shortly become law. UNMIK must also continue its efforts to strengthen the judiciary and increase the number of international judges and prosecutors.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“We welcome the appointment of Deputy Prime Minister Covic as the new chairman of the coordination centre for Kosovo, and we fully support Special Representative Haekkerup's efforts to build a constructive relationship with Belgrade. Council members were encouraged by their discussions in Belgrade during their visit there in June. I would like to reiterate my own Government's encouragement to UNMIK to address fully the five priority areas of the Yugoslav Government with regard to Kosovo, which President Kostunica outlined during the June visit. I am also pleased by the progress that has been registered today, as already explained to us.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“Political changes over the last year have opened the door to UNMIK to strengthen its relations with the Serb community and to reassure Kosovo Serbs about their rightful place in a democratic Kosovo. Kosovo Serbs have begun to register for November's elections. I would like to second the comments of the Under-Secretary-General in stressing the importance of progress on Serb returns and continued minority interest in Kosovo, as well as their full participation in the elections. The Yugoslav Government has helped encourage this process by expressing in the clearest terms its own support for resolution 1244 (1999). UNMIK should continue its constructive dialogue with Belgrade.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“I too would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Guehenno for his detailed briefing on the progress of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) in implementing resolution 1244 (1999). We commend the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Hans Haekkerup, for addressing some of the more complicated issues in the process of establishing provisional interim self-government in Kosovo. At this time the upcoming elections are the top priority, one that has the full support of my Government. We support UNMIK's efforts to streamline Kosovo's administrative bureaucracy as it transfers authority to a democratically elected government, as outlined in a legal, constitutional framework.”
2001-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4359 (2001) · source
“There has been progress in some areas, but the report notes that there are many outstanding issues, including the refugee and militia situation in West Timor, cooperation in the judicial sphere, a range of economic issues, such as pensions, and access from Oecussi to the rest of East Timor. I would be interested in your comments and those of Jose Ramos-Horta about engaging with the new Government on those issues.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351 (2001) · source
“We presume that this follow-on report will use as a starting point the commitment in paragraph 53 that this will be a substantially smaller presence and the discussion in paragraphs 58 and 59 of how the peacekeeping force can be reconfigured and eventually, in due time, withdrawn. That brings me to two questions that I would like to pose to Mr. Vieira de Mello to end my remarks. The first relates to paragraph 56 of the report, where it estimates that a certain percentage of the East Timor Transitional Administration staff and the UNTAET administrative staff will be reduced at the end of the current mandate. I wonder if you could give us an idea of how many international staff work in those two entities, respectively, at the current time. The second question relates to UNTAET's relationship with the Indonesian Government.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351 (2001) · source
“This is both well reasoned and realistic, and also completely within the Secretary-General's jurisdiction, independent of Council action. Today is not the time to get into a protracted discussion of the Secretary-General's recommendations on a post-UNTAET presence. The upcoming elections are our first priority. We will have time later for other discussions. I would like to say, however, that we have looked carefully at paragraphs 52 to 60 of the Secretary-General's current report, and we look forward to October's more detailed elaboration of the proposal for fielding a smaller successor mission to UNTAET.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351 (2001) · source
“I think I can say that the Council still firmly holds that view. The United States Government hopes that this substantial presence will include a wider range of United Nations agencies and programmes engaged in East Timor. We welcome the Secretary-General's recommendation, contained in paragraph 54 of his report, that his Deputy Special Representative after independence should be the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in East Timor. The Secretary-General's recent report also provides us with the beginning of a useful road map for getting from where we are now, on the eve of elections, to where we want to be, next year, on the eve of independence. In particular my delegation supports the Secretary-General's intention to adjust downwards some parts of the UNTAET structure in the upcoming months.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351 (2001) · source
“Now nearly all the parties have signed a pact of national unity, committing themselves to a peaceful political campaign and to accept the outcome of elections. Now there are United Nations peacekeepers and civilian police throughout the territory. In addition, their fellow citizens are in the nascent East Timorese Police Service and East Timorese Defence Force. This election will be different. It will be safe, and it will set the tone for the future. As part of that future, at a later date and when there are elected East Timorese representatives among our interlocutors, we will need to talk seriously about the international presence after independence. In its resolution 1338 (2001) the Security Council stressed the need for a substantial international presence in East Timor after independence.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351 (2001) · source
“We have consistently supported the efforts of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) to strengthen the involvement and direct participation of the East Timorese people with the Administration of East Timor. The establishment of an elected Constituent Assembly is a logical, welcome next step in this process, as is the selection in mid- September of a new transitional cabinet, reflecting the election results and the principle of national unity, and composed entirely of East Timorese. We have heard from a number of sources that there is anxiety among the East Timorese people as they approach this election with the memory of the popular consultations still fresh in their minds. It is important for them to look at the differences that those two years have made.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351 (2001) · source
“I would like to thank Mr. Vieira de Mello for his briefing of the Council and in particular for the professionalism, dedication and simply good service of him and his colleagues in East Timor. I would also like to thank Mr. Ramos-Horta for his comments this morning, including the affirmations he has made regarding his hopes for the future of his country. The most important thing for us to do today is to send a clear, unambiguous signal that the Constituent Assembly elections scheduled for 30 August are a major step forward towards a free and independent East Timor. Everyone here hopes and expects that these elections will be conducted peacefully and that there will be a smooth and fair implementation of the results.”
2001-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4351 (2001) · source
“The Secretary-General's recommendations keep MONUC within achievable tasks and set realistic benchmarks for future commitments. We are pleased to support the report and the current draft resolution.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“As already raised by Under-Secretary-General Guehenno and Special Representative Otunnu in the most eloquent terms, the parties have obligations under the decisions of the Council and under international humanitarian law to respect civilian rights. Kisangani must be demilitarized, and the Congo River must be reopened for commerce. Most profoundly, these duties owed by the parties are owed to the Congolese people. We require that these actions be taken now. Finally, we all recognize the extraordinary performance of the United Nations Mission in the Congo. With limited resources to cover a vast and undeveloped country, MONUC has done a superb job. We believe the Secretary-General has given us an excellent report that balances the need for United Nations action with the need for action on the part of the Lusaka signatories.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“While this process cannot be completed without security cooperation among the State parties, each individually has a duty to make that cooperation effective. I want to raise a point emphasized by the recent Security Council mission: the need to end impunity for violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. We all agree that impunity should no longer be acceptable in this crisis, but now we need to enter into a discussion of how we go about ending it. As in the case of our wider involvement in resolving the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, our first response should be to turn to our partners in the peace process. We must remind all of their obligations under the Fourth Geneva Convention, and we must work to ensure that those obligations are met.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“There are United Nations Security Council prohibitions on the provision of arms to the ex- FAR/Interahamwe, resolutions that, in our view, should be strengthened. The draft resolution currently under negotiation among Council members calls on all Governments to halt the provision of arms to the FDD and the FNL. It may be that those measures alone will not bring peace to the region, but history suggests that absent those measures, the peace we desire will be even harder to attain. Thirdly, peace requires the withdrawal of all foreign forces. We welcome the recent progress in this direction, but, frankly, it is not enough. Those parties that have not made detailed commitments to withdraw their forces need to do so now. There must be no backsliding.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“The United States shares the concern of the Security Council at recent reports that elements of the former Rwandan Armed Forces (ex- FAR)/Interahamwe, the Front pour la defense de la democratie (FDD) and the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) are moving eastward towards Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. Nothing could be more destabilizing than renewed incursions by these groups into their countries of origin. It is, in our view, morally indefensible to aid or to abet the movement of these forces back to Rwanda or Burundi. Beyond that, it is dangerous to the entire peace process. The only answer lies in cooperation between regional States on cessation of arming, followed by the disarming and disbanding of these groups, with individual members demobilized and repatriated or resettled.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“They have all made promises that must be kept for peace and progress to be restored. That overall strategy includes three inter-locking parts. First, peace in the Congo needs the democratic legitimacy that can come from the proposed national dialogue aiming at national elections. Cooperation and compromise by all concerned parties will be required in order to achieve this essential goal. We must redouble our efforts in support of the inter-Congolese dialogue, for this is the exercise that will lead to the rebuilding of the Congolese State. In our view, there can be no State without a working justice system, and there will be no justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without legitimate State authority. The second inter-locking part is that peace depends on the end of the threats posed by the so- called negative forces.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“I would like to echo his comments, and those of my colleagues, on the depravity of using children as soldiers in the Great Lakes conflict. We cannot separate that issue from the wider pursuit of peace in the region, and we must recognize that, even in a climate in which human rights are routinely violated, the cynical use of children to fight the wars of adults merits special opprobrium. The overall strategy adopted by the Security Council has been to support the commitments made by the parties as expressed in the Lusaka Agreement and in subsequent statements. The United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) is the embodiment of the Council's support. The success of our actions depends directly on the commitments made by the parties and on the performance by the parties of those commitments.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“First, I would like to join colleagues in welcoming the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Okidundu, to this meeting of the Council. We would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Affairs, Mr. Guehenno, for his report to the Council. We are also pleased to welcome the Under- Secretary-General in the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Otunnu, back to the Security Council; he is a friend and an asset to every Member of the United Nations. More important, he is a friend and an asset to children in armed conflicts throughout the world. We are grateful that he undertook his mission to Central Africa, and we are grateful for his briefing this morning.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“Although financing for the mechanism needs to be discussed, the United States favours the immediate establishment of a trust fund through which the mechanism, whatever its exact final form, would be financed. The United States Government is in the process of identifying resources that will allow it to make a substantial contribution to a trust fund, so that an effective monitoring mechanism can be established as soon as possible. Finally, the United States congratulates Ambassador Menkerios for his leadership and his Expert Committee's invaluable contribution. We also thank Ambassador Valdivieso for his continuing and critical leadership. The United States looks forward to working with all present to establish an effective monitoring mechanism and to adopt a draft resolution later this month to put this into effect.”
2001-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4325 (2001) · source
“We believe this action should also serve as a deterrent. The mechanism, as we see it, should be put together carefully. It cannot replace the work that has to be done by the thousands of border police, customs agents and other national officials responsible for compliance with the arms embargo. Nor should it seek to duplicate the efforts of other agencies such as the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), Interpol and the Wassenaar Arrangement. We see this mechanism as a critical means to assist Ambassador Valdivieso with his work as Chairman of the sanctions Committee. Therefore, we agree with the comment just made that the monitoring mechanism should be established in New York, where it can have close links with the work of the Council, and that it should have the capacity to have some staff in the field.”
2001-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4325 (2001) · source
“We support the conclusion of the Committee of Experts that the proposed monitoring mechanism should augment the ability and efforts of Afghanistan's neighbouring States to enforce the Council's resolutions, especially to cut off the flow of weapons and to close down the terrorist training camps. I would like here to note the cooperation that each of Afghanistan's neighbours provided to the work of the Committee of Experts. The mechanism will be useful in providing information and assisting countries bordering Taliban- controlled areas of Afghanistan so that they can improve the national enforcement of each nation's international obligations under resolution 1333 (2000). The mechanism should also provide accurate information to the sanctions Committee so that suspected violators can be named and shamed.”
2001-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4325 (2001) · source
“Today we are here to focus on the report of the Committee of Experts on how to monitor the arms embargo and the closure of terrorist training camps that was demanded in Security Council resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000). This Council has stated repeatedly that the Taliban must cease its support for terrorism. We have taken an unambiguous stand in our resolutions. We are prepared to back up words with action - primarily through implementing an effective arms embargo against the Taliban. Now this Committee of Experts has informed us that for our resolutions to have an impact we need to establish a mechanism to monitor compliance. The United States agrees with this recommendation and would support a resolution to establish such a mechanism.”
2001-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4325 (2001) · source
“I would like to take this opportunity first of all to commend Ambassador Valdivieso for the critical leadership he has provided to the Council's sanctions Committee. We rely on him for his leadership and expertise. I would also like to thank Ambassador Menkerios and congratulate him and his Committee of Experts on the extraordinary work that they have been able to do in a very short period of time. They have given us a significant and substantive report that merits our full consideration. The challenges and threats presented by Afghanistan are immense and multifaceted. The Council has addressed these issues many times and will have to continue to do so.”
2001-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4325 (2001) · source
“We urge the parties to aid UNMEE to proceed cautiously, particularly in the light of the thousands of mines that they have distributed generously in the area.”
2001-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4310 (2001) · source