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Jeremy Greenstock

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first: 1998-07-30
most recent: 2003-07-25
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“The United Kingdom remains very concerned at the continued humanitarian situation and the reported human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially in the east. It remains important for all parties to continue to give support and access to aid agencies working in the country, to respect international humanitarian law and civilians, particularly women and children. We welcome the withdrawal of Namibian and many Ugandan troops from the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We continue to insist that all parties must withdraw their forces in accordance with Security Council resolutions and with the agreed plans. Successful DDRRR is absolutely crucial. The Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and of Rwanda have a key role in creating the necessary environment.”
2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source
“All the parties still have to show that they will live up to their commitments to maintain the ceasefire, to cooperate with United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) and to press ahead on the key issues, which to us are disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration (DDRRR), the full withdrawal of foreign forces and the success of the inter-Congolese dialogue. We also still wait for Kisangani to be demilitarized. Entry into phase III can be taken forward successfully only if there is progress in these areas, and not quite enough is yet being done by all the parties to ensure forward momentum.”
2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source
“We are extremely grateful to the Secretary-General for the report - a very full and wise report - and to the Special Representative for his briefing. We wish to extend a very warm welcome to him in this meeting with the Council. He has taken on perhaps the most complex special-representative job in Africa, and we have the full support of his qualities in that job. It is a great pleasure again to have Foreign Minister She Okitundu with us in the Council, and we thank him for his valuable comments to us this morning. Like France, the United Kingdom endorse the European Union (EU) statement to be made later by Belgium, but I have a few comments to make in my national capacity. A good deal of progress has been made over the last four months, but we can all still see some worrying signs just as we come up to the hardest challenges.”
2001-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4395 (2001) · source
“The United Kingdom remains actively interested in the pursuit of a just and lasting peace agreement, which will benefit all the people of Sudan. The lifting of these sanctions will allow the intensification of diplomatic activity to this end. We look forward to the day when the Security Council's discussions of Sudan can focus on international support for such a peace settlement.”
2001-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4384 (2001) · source
“The United Kingdom very much welcomes the fact that the Government of Sudan has complied as far as practicable with the conditions for lift in Security Council resolution 1054 (1996). Today's resolution sends out a clear signal that the Council stands ready to act once it has determined that a country has complied with the demands set out in a resolution. Other States that currently support terrorism should take note and be led by the example which Sudan has set. We particularly welcome Sudan's recent cooperation with the international community against terrorism, even before the terrible events of ll September. The fact that Sudan has ratified the relevant conventions on terrorism is a clear signal of that Government's intent.”
2001-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4384 (2001) · source
“But the life and work of our open and democratic societies will continue undeterred. My Prime Minister has expressed similar sentiments and calls us to understand that mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today, perpetrated by fanatics who are utterly indifferent to the sanctity of human life. We support the substance of the draft resolution that the Council is to consider. We all have to understand that this is a global issue, an attack on the whole of modern civilization and an affront to the human spirit. We must all respond globally and show the strength of that spirit.”
2001-09-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4370 (2001) · source
“Yesterday's events took us to a place beyond our imagining. The United Kingdom is united in deep shock and sympathy for the people of the United States and in the determination to eradicate terrorism globally, in cooperation with and in support of the United States. Her Majesty the Queen expressed to President Bush yesterday, on behalf of the British people, her heartfelt sympathy for the very many bereaved and injured and her admiration for those - let us remember this - who are now trying to cope with the unfolding tragedy of what has happened. The international spirit of response, I think, was also exemplified by the European Union in a meeting of ministers this morning, who said that these horrendous acts are an attack not only on the United States, but against humanity itself and the values and freedoms we all share.”
2001-09-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4370 (2001) · source
“It is important that all communities participate in the elections to ensure that their interests are reflected in the new institutions. The third area is missing persons and detainees. We very much welcome the fact that a contact group of UNMIK and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on missing persons met for the first time on 19 June. That group must be encouraged to continue its work in this difficult but crucial area. Finally, since there is such a huge amount to do in a difficult environment, I want to echo the concerns about the situation in Macedonia that have been uttered by Ambassadors Doutriaux, Cunningham, Ryan and others. I will not repeat them; I share what they have said about the situation there. The Council is clearly going to have to keep a very close eye on developments.”
2001-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4350 (2001) · source
“Small groups of armed Albanians cannot and should not be allowed to plunge other parts of the region into chaos. On contacts between UNMIK and Belgrade, I think this was one of the most important areas where our mission last month had an effect. We welcome the appointment of the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Covic, as Belgrade's coordinator on Kosovo, because his involvement will be vital in many areas, including three in particular. The first is Mitrovica, where we look to Belgrade to use its influence positively to help resolve the situation. This is a crucial test of progress in establishing a multi-ethnic society in Kosovo. The second is participation in the elections. Here, we welcome the decision of 12 minority parties to register; now they must participate. Individuals too must register to vote.”
2001-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4350 (2001) · source
“On law enforcement, we very much welcome UNMIK's development of a professional police and justice cadre in Kosovo, and their efficiency in implementing regulations aimed at stamping out terrorism. We welcome particularly the recent arrest by the Kosovo Force (KFOR) of individuals caught possessing illegal weapons and illegally crossing Kosovo's borders. UNMIK and KFOR must both continue to address the holes in the framework of regulations to ensure that extremists have no room to operate. That applies to both sides of the community: a British Foreign Office minister was recently in Kosovo, and emphasized to Kosovo Albanian leaders that extremism and ethnically motivated violence had to stop because it undermines the responsible work of legitimate ethnic-Albanian politicians in the region.”
2001-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4350 (2001) · source
“We warmly thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations for an excellent briefing. Like our European partners, the United Kingdom fully endorses the statement which the representative of Belgium will later make on behalf of the European Union, not least in our collective support for the excellent work which the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Haekkerup, is doing in implementing resolution 1244 (1999) in all its aspects. Mr. Guehenno outlined a number of welcome developments, including especially on preparations for the elections. I want to highlight two key areas of continuing concern. The first is progress on law enforcement, and the second is developing contacts between the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and Belgrade.”
2001-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4350 (2001) · source
“Any further delay to the prospect of real improvements in Iraq's civilian economy would, in the circumstances, be unjustifiable.”
2001-07-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4344 (2001) · source
“But there is as yet no sign of a willingness by Iraq even to begin to cooperate in meeting its obligations under that resolution or, indeed, under other resolutions. Iraq consistently refuses to contemplate the return of United Nations disarmament inspectors. Why, then, delay the adoption of improvements in the humanitarian programme? I would like at this point also to record our continuing deep concern over Iraq's unforgivable failure to cooperate further to address the issue of missing Kuwaiti prisoners and stolen property. Put simply, our proposed new measures would help the Iraqi people. They would provide an immediate benefit that now has to be postponed. So the United Kingdom will continue to try to resolve outstanding issues with Council members in the hope of introducing our new approach as soon as possible.”
2001-07-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4344 (2001) · source
“We recall that the principles of our new approach were unanimously approved by Council members in resolution 1352 (2001). Following the adoption of that resolution, the details of our proposals have been intensively discussed and improved, and four permanent members of the Council have now agreed on the goods-review list. As demonstrated in last week's formal meeting, there is now a wide sense across the United Nations membership that it is the right time for new arrangements, such as those we have proposed, to be implemented. There is no good reason for delay. That approach of ours is not a substitute for progress on the wider questions. We remain ready to engage in discussion of the implementation of resolution 1284 (1999).”
2001-07-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4344 (2001) · source
“We are all agreed that it is vital for the Security Council to decide to keep the United Nations humanitarian programme operating in Iraq for a further phase. The programme is doing immensely important and valuable work and is making a real difference in improving the lives of ordinary Iraqis. We take this opportunity to applaud the work of the Executive Director and his staff in New York and in the field, and to give them our wholehearted support in the face of difficulties which we can all too readily appreciate. The United Kingdom regrets that the Security Council has been unable to agree on a new set of arrangements to make substantial further improvements in the humanitarian programme, in particular by freeing up dramatically the flow of goods into Iraq.”
2001-07-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4344 (2001) · source
“Secondly, on the working group on peacekeeping: I think this has been a very valuable innovation, and I would like to add to the avalanche of congratulations to Curtis Ward. We are looking forward to the review of the arrangements for relations with troop contributors in six months time. As we said before the resolution was adopted, we will have some ideas of our own to suggest. In the meantime, in our view, there is plenty of other work for the working group to be doing, and I look forward to seeing a significant expansion of its agenda over the coming months. There are some big issues out there and we must stress them.”
2001-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4343 (2001) · source
“But I would simply say that from my own experience on the second East Timor mission, we found it very valuable indeed to have a number of meetings before we left, not only with Council members, but also with troop-contributors and - this will be related to my second point - with other interested parties who feel they have views to convey about the particular situation, be they United Nations agencies or perhaps even non-governmental organizations, as the situation demands. So, I thoroughly agree with the importance of the point. I simply hope we won't limit ourselves to the Pocantico Hills style meetings, which were very useful, but I think we need to be flexible and imaginative about how we take this forward.”
2001-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4343 (2001) · source
“I am speaking in an interactive mode, if you like, so I will be very brief. But firstly, congratulations to you, Sir, and to your team for the way in which you have handled the presidency this month. I would like to make two and a half quick points. Firstly, I want to take up the point made by David Cooney and Jean-David Levitte about the preparation of Security Council missions. I think this is indeed very important. The way in which each mission is prepared will depend to a certain degree on what it is doing and where it is going.”
2001-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4343 (2001) · source
“We pay tribute to the whole team on the ground, including troop contributors, agencies and humanitarian groups involved, for their courage, determination and increasingly effective work.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source
“We look to donors to provide financial support to both institutions and hope that the Office of Legal Affairs and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights will work with the Government to dispel the potentially destabilizing confusion within Sierra Leone and among combatants about the respective roles of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court and how the two processes will interrelate. If we compare what we were facing a year ago with the situation we are looking at now, I think we have to be encouraged. We set ourselves the task of turning around the desperate state of one of Africa's poorest and most troubled States and we have made progress. UNAMSIL, with its international support, is the reason for this, even after all the ups and downs.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source
“We support UNAMSIL's intention to increase its focus on elections, specifically the creation of a small electoral unit, in the light of the challenges and preconditions identified by the Secretary-General. UNAMSIL should ensure that it coordinates its electoral activities with those of other agencies. We would need to consider very carefully any request for a significant uplift in UNAMSIL's resources to cover electoral responsibilities. We want to see the early establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court. We welcome the report's call for the Commission to be operational as soon as possible, but both are equally important elements of the conflict resolution process in Sierra Leone. A delay to one should not hold up the establishment of the other.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source
“This is a major challenge. Our Department for International Development is commissioning a study at present to help the Government draw up plans for the equitable management of the diamond fields as UNAMSIL deploys eastward and government control extends over these areas. The Government is already benefiting from the introduction of the certification scheme for diamond exports. The value of legal exports has increased from $1.5 million in the year up to October 2000 to $17.3 million since October 2000. Free and fair elections are going to be an important part of the processes of reconciliation and the normalization of politics. We welcome the Government's intention to hold elections as soon as conditions permit.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source
“We have to take account of the challenge of extending the government services. The three R's, including reconstruction in the economic area and the reintegration of internally displaced persons and refugees, are still a huge task involving neighbouring States. As the Secretary-General identifies, however, there must also be a greater sustained effort at providing real integration and reinsertion opportunities for ex-combatants if disarmament, demobilization and reintegration are to succeed in the long term. There are still serious gaps at present and the military reintegration programme is still available only to a small minority. The restoration of government control over the diamond fields and the orderly mining of diamonds, to the benefit of all Sierra Leoneans, are among the international community's main objectives.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source
“I should say that we particularly look to and are particularly grateful for the interest shown by our European Union colleagues, whose recent mission to West Africa shows the importance which the Union attaches to the region and to building up the relationship with the Economic Community of West African States. We warmly welcome the presence here today of Secretary of State Dahlgren. We share the Secretary-General's concern for more effective coordination between all the agencies involved in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. The National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration is now developing a coherent plan for the roll-out across Sierra Leone and the preparation of adequate facilities. It is important that disarmament, demobilization and reintegration does not get ahead of this programme.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source
“The Special Representative is right that the priority in the short-term has to be to ensure the success of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. We support the Secretary-General's call for urgent new resources for the World Bank trust fund and reintegration projects. The United Kingdom has committed Â£15 million to the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process over the last two years and is now funding a community reintegration programme in Port Loko. This has been a major commitment by one donor and, with the Secretary-General, we believe that it is time that this burden was shared more widely. The success of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme and, by extension, of the peace process more widely depends on more donors coming forward. Ambassador Adeniji has focused on this point.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source
“The United Kingdom continues to support UNAMSIL and the Government of Sierra Leone very actively. We, too, were encouraged by recent developments and recognize this as a real opportunity to achieve lasting peace. The coordination which was so urgently called for by the Security Council mission last October has markedly improved, not least with the appointment of the Deputy Special Representative. We need, however, to maintain this momentum and the report correctly identifies some of the risks and challenges ahead. Sierra Leone has to negotiate a safe course through the handover of control of the diamond fields and the preparation of elections. The re- establishment of stable state institutions has to be part of this, not least the steady reconstruction of a well- trained army subject to proper civilian authority.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source
“I hear your call, Mr. President. We very much thank the Special Representative and the Force Commander for being with us today. It is very good to see them and I fully agree that we had a very informative and useful briefing from the Special Representative. We welcome the Secretary-General's comprehensive report. It comes at a critical juncture in the peace process and shows the significant achievements of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL): its steady and ongoing deployment; the effective implementation of the Abuja Ceasefire Agreement; securing the real commitment of the Revolutionary United Front and the Civil Defence Force to demobilization, disarmament and reintegration; the release of child combatants and detainees; and the gradual improvement, though still too slow, of the humanitarian situation.”
2001-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4340 (2001) · source
“The United Kingdom has put forward these proposals in good faith within the overall framework of resolution 1284 (1999), in response to calls made by many in the international community to alleviate the plight of the Iraqi people. The principles of the approach were unanimously endorsed by the Security Council through resolution 1352 (2001). We would find it unaccountable for the Council, or any member of the Council, not to move forward on the basis of those principles. The risk is that if we do not act now, the Security Council may never be in a position to act. There is therefore every reason for the Council to put into practice now the approach we set out in resolution 1352 (2001).”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“We are ready to agree to this proposal, but note with regret that Iraq continues to block the implementation of the cash component elsewhere in the Iraqi economy. This is an insupportable obstruction of a step that has been recommended by every United Nations agency and humanitarian non-governmental organization in the field, a step which these bodies believe would make a considerable difference to improving the situation of ordinary Iraqis. Yet again we question the true priorities of the Iraqi Government in blocking this improvement. Nevertheless, the oil cash component should go forward, on a basis whereby funds cannot be diverted for illegal use.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“That is our primary consideration in advocating these proposals: calculate the quickest route, in the light of the realities, to the ending of sanctions. There are other steps in our draft resolution which will move the present situation forward. Iraq will be allowed to pay its United Nations dues from the escrow account. Aircraft frozen and held in other States will be allowed to return to Iraq. Steps will be taken to begin, on an independent and objective basis, to address the problem of the illegal oil surcharge levied by Iraq on purchasers of Iraqi oil. In other areas, practical work can proceed to implement decisions of the Council. For example, we have agreed, in resolution 1330 (2000), that Iraq should utilize funds from the escrow account for a so-called cash component in the oil sector.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“The period December 1999 to June 2001 has seen no progress towards that objective because Iraq has preferred the continuation of sanctions, whatever the effect on the Iraqi people, to acceptance of the disarmament process set out in resolution 687 (1991) and resolution 1284 (1999). Doing nothing now will not change that. Nor will any proposal to alter the conditions of resolution 1284 (1999) change that. Adoption of our draft resolution will change the situation. There will be an immediate improvement in the lives of ordinary Iraqis, the longest-suffering victims of the situation between Iraq and Kuwait. And the course mapped out by resolution 1284 (1999) is more likely to be seen as the right one if we take steps to refocus the sanctions policy of the Council, as resolution 687 (1991) originally intended it.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“This traffic has to be controlled if the resolutions of the Council are to have their intended effect. Our draft resolution would ask the Secretary- General to consult and cooperate with the neighbouring States to address these problems. There are also obligations on supplier countries. We are not laying blame, but each one of us must be vigilant to ensure that illegal flows are prevented. The logic of those who argue that our proposed measures will damage or set aside the policies set out in resolution 1284 (1999) is precisely wrong. The aim of all of us is the ending of sanctions.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“There will be no reason why Iraq cannot import a full range of civilian goods, and Iraq will have no pretext to blame the United Nations for the suffering of the Iraqi people. The new proposals will nail that false charge once and for all. The capacity to rebuild military potential, against the rulings of the Security Council, is related to the flow of money, as well as to the flow of goods. Do not make the mistake, as some do, of confusing the Iraqi civilian economy with the economic activities of the Iraqi Government. We are all aware that Iraq continues to export oil outside the United Nations system to build up illegal revenue with which it can purchase weapons and other proscribed items. There is worrying evidence that such items continue to find their way into Iraq.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“At the same time, we all have to continue to exercise our responsibility to ensure that items are not exported to Iraq that, unless closely supervised, will allow Iraq to rebuild its military capability. Accompanying these changes, there should be a slimming down in the bureaucracy facing those who wish to export goods to Iraq or operate projects there. Procedures will be simplified. There will be no reason why Iraq cannot import the civilian goods it needs. The funds are there, and with these proposals Iraq will have the freedom to purchase all necessary civilian items. There is no intention in this draft resolution to harm the economic interests of neighbouring States or others doing legitimate business with Iraq. We expect to see an expansion of civilian trade, which will benefit all.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“The current discussion of the Goods Review List, contrary to the Russian Federation's contention, is a search for clarity and therefore for ease of procedure, and not a search for broadening or tightening. We are even now constructively negotiating on the Goods Review List. We are fully aware that in many cases sensitive items can form a key component of larger civilian projects which must be allowed to go forward if the economic infrastructure of Iraq is to be rebuilt. We want to see the ordinary civilian infrastructure reconstructed in Iraq, and our attitude to individual items reviewed by the Committee will be guided by that philosophy.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“From a situation where no export is allowed unless approved by the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990), we will move to a situation where every export is allowed except for a very limited range of items which must be reviewed by the 661 Committee on the basis of criteria related to their potential military use. Even for those items, there is no presumption of denial. We believe this change will bring a dramatic improvement in the flow of goods and a dramatic reduction in the level of holds. Even within that limited category of items reviewed by the Committee, we intend to allow the export of a good number if there is proper monitoring.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“Iraq is opposing these changes because it wishes to freeze the work of the Council and escape from its obligations. It has calculated that time and international inertia will be on its side. In that respect, the Council is being challenged. Let me say in all frankness that none of us, on this issue in particular, can allow national economic self-interest to hold up positive measures for the Iraqi people. Having successfully negotiated the unanimous adoption of resolution 1352 (2001), we must collectively ensure that the two principles of that resolution are the principles which guide us now. The new proposals contained in the British draft resolution will make an important and significant difference to the flow of goods to Iraq.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“There have been intensive discussions at the expert level covering every aspect of our proposals. Differences remain. It would be naive to expect agreement on every point, but compromises have been worked out on many issues and there is now no good reason why a decision should not be taken to institute a set of arrangements to fulfil the dual purpose set out in resolution 1352 (2001). My delegation will continue to work as hard as it takes to meet that deadline. Clearly, others are less optimistic, or less determined. We should examine their reasoning carefully. The Council now has the chance to agree upon and implement changes that will make an immediate and positive difference to the flow of civilian goods to ordinary Iraqis.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“I emphasize that the aim was not to replace the Council's comprehensive approach in resolution 1284 (1999), but to do two things: to set in place measures to liberalize the flow of goods to Iraq and, at the same time, to examine ways to make sure that military-related items are not exported to Iraq. These are two goals supported by the whole Council and, I am sure, by the entire United Nations membership. Resolution 1352 (2001) represented an unusual agreement in the Council on these two aims and gave hope to the wider world that we had gathered some momentum and a sense of responsibility. In agreeing on that resolution, all Council members accepted that the measures should be instituted quickly, and that a month was a reasonable target within which to agree on the new proposals in detail. That month is nearly up.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“To move while Iraq continues to reject the Council's position will only serve Iraq's wish to divide the Council and to avoid its international obligations. I repeat: the only route to the ending of sanctions lies through the confidence of the Security Council, living up to its responsibilities, that Iraq has disarmed in accordance with the resolutions. We now have before us a series of proposals, set out by the United Kingdom in our draft resolution, to allow Iraq to import the full range of civilian goods without restriction. Three weeks ago, in resolution 1352 (2001), the Council agreed to spend a month examining and refining those proposals and, at the end of that month, to agree on a new set of arrangements.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“That route map remains the Council's policy and the only credible way forward; and the implementation of resolution 1284 (1999) is supported by all Council members because it will mean the end of sanctions. There is no good reason to back away from or to alter that framework, nor does the United Kingdom have any wish to do so. If Iraq decided to cooperate with resolution 1284 (1999), we are all willing to work with them without any further delay. Let us be clear, resolution 1284 (1999) has not been implemented because Iraq has refused to implement it. That cannot be the basis for any kind of renegotiation of its terms. But if Iraq indicates a willingness to move forward, the Council will undoubtedly wish to reciprocate by fleshing out in detail the precise steps that need to be taken.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“The second principle is as important and even more immediate: to alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people and take whatever steps we can from outside to ensure that their needs are met. To this extent, we agree with the Russian Federation that the status quo is not acceptable. These two principles are embodied in resolution 1284 (1999), which remains the comprehensive framework for the Council's approach to Iraq. This resolution instituted various steps to relieve the human suffering in Iraq. It also sets out a route forward for Iraq to the suspension and lifting of sanctions if Iraq chooses to cooperate with the United Nations in meeting its disarmament obligations.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“The United Kingdom welcomes this meeting. The Security Council is at an important point in its consideration of this issue. It is right for us to hear the views of other Members of the United Nations before we take decisions. There are two principles which have guided us and must continue to guide us in the Council in handling Iraq. They are clearly enshrined in resolution 1352 (2001). First, it is our responsibility in the Council to prevent Iraq from posing a threat to its region and, as part of this, to ensure that Iraq is fully and verifiably disarmed of its weapons of mass destruction. Until this is the case, it is the responsibility of the Council to ensure that Iraq cannot rearm and cannot once again pose a threat to its neighbours.”
2001-06-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4336 (2001) · source
“1, too, pay a warm tribute to what Special Representative Morjane has achieved in his tenure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to what all the members of MONUC and the forces involved in the Congo are achieving at this moment.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“We warmly thank Special Representative Otunnu for his report to us this morning. We welcome the measures he has proposed to put an end to the use of child soldiers and we welcome the fact that the parties have accepted these proposals. That is good progress and we are very pleased that he has been able to make this visit. We would like the Council to be involved in monitoring the implementation of what he is proposing, but we give him our warm support. As he said, there is also a Wider need to ensure that children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have a real alternative - the alternative of a normal life. It is right that this should be addressed within the inter- Congolese dialogue, as well as by the action of the United Nations.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“The humanitarian situation is still dire and we have to recognize that progress in military withdrawal and in disengagement opens up a wider set of challenges in terms of both political and civilian administration in the Congo and in terms of humanitarian relief. It is right to look for a wider role for MONUC in that respect. We look forward to receiving more detailed plans from the Secretariat across this whole range, but we will look very carefully at precisely what is being proposed. We would like to see details and costings. The potential for further action in the range of activity described in the Secretary- General's report is very wide and the Council will have to make some very careful judgements between what is needed and what is affordable in that respect. Again, this is very much related to progress being made by the parties.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“We need also to be conscious of the links with the conflict in Burundi, including, again, in planning for disarmament, demobilization, resettlement, reintegration and repatriation, and I am sure we will all be making that point this morning. We are very pleased that Sir Ketumile Masire is making progress now on the inter-Congolese dialogue. We have to recognize that the interplay between the dialogue and the peace implementation process is going to be a vital one. We have to recognize also the interplay between the political process and the opportunities for economic regeneration. It is vital for the Congo that both these volets be taken forward as quickly as possible.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“We very much welcome the whole range of the Secretary-General's report on these issues and particularly his proposal for an integrated civilian- military planning section to coordinate support for the disarmament, demobilization, resettlement and reintegration process. The more we think about it, the more it is vital that this process get going now and that it encompass the forces that are still roaming round and doing damage in the eastern part of the Congo. Otherwise, failure in that respect will unravel the other parts of the reciprocal agreements that have been entered into under the Lusaka Agreement. We have not had a response that is satisfactory from all members of the Political Committee in this respect and it must be chased up.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327 (2001) · source
“More than that, they have not got the message that, if they wish, as factions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to play a role in the future political life of that troubled country, they will not be able to do so without international support and they will not get international support unless they are wholeheartedly behind the implementation of the Lusaka Agreement. The points which Ambassador Ward and others have made in that respect are extremely important. The parties now need to produce information and serious plans for the withdrawal of forces and for moving forward in disarmament and demobilization.”
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“The Security Council will play a determined role, but it has to play an ancillary role in this whole process. We very much welcome the progress that has been made in recent months, but much, much more is needed. I am sure that all interventions during the course of today's meeting will make this point very strongly. The role of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) can only be developed behind the progress which the parties make. I echo those particularly who have focused on the Front de liberation du Congo and the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie this morning, as I have heard the two previous speakers do. I think that the news in that direction is poor. MONUC is trying to correct the situation, but they are not following the timetable.”
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