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Jeremy Greenstock

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“But it will also reinforce the United Nations efforts to promote a ceasefire and dialogue with the rebels and to monitor the fragile human rights situation. Relative stabilization in Sierra Leone has come only after the concerted efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) since the turn of the year to push back the rebels from the Freetown peninsula after their wanton violence and destruction there. ECOMOG is the sole means of protection for ordinary people from rebel atrocities and presents the only hope in the short term of bringing peace and security to Sierra Leone. The courage, determination and sacrifice of the ECOMOG soldiers from Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea and Mali deserve our praise and gratitude.”
1999-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3986 (1999) · source
“The crisis in Sierra Leone matters deeply: although it is a small country, the emergency there is complex, the humanitarian problems horrifying and the message of risk for African development generally is graphic. The gravity of this situation demands a response of appropriate magnitude from the Council, the wider United Nations system and the international community as a whole. Against this background, the United Kingdom recognizes the important progress that has been made on the ground since the security crisis of late December. We warmly welcome the planned return of United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) to Freetown, demonstrating the stabilization of the situation there. We believe that this redeployment will help bolster confidence in Sierra Leone and send the right signals about international engagement.”
1999-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3986 (1999) · source
“Before turning to my statement on the draft resolution before us, may I just say with what sadness the people and the Government of the United Kingdom heard the news of the passing of Shaikh Isa Bin Salman. He was a man who guided his people well after independence in December 1971. I believe that many may have forgotten the uncertainty with which we regarded the future of the Gulf emirates at that time. Shaikh Isa made a notable contribution to the stability and success not just of Bahrain but of the Gulf States during the 19705 and beyond. He will be very sadly missed. I shall now turn to my statement on the draft resolution before us.”
1999-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3986 (1999) · source
“That repression has been amply detailed in repeated reports by the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, most recently in his September 1998 report, document A/53/433. The no-fly zones are justified under international law by this continuing situation of overwhelming humanitarian necessity, which has been caused solely by the Iraqi regime. This is not the time to go into detail on the Iraqi Government's continuing repression of its own population, but when fully told, that story will be a horrific one. Any actions taken by my Government in the no-fly zones are taken purely in self-defence and as a direct result of Iraqi threats and attacks.”
1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source
“The representative of Iraq made certain allegations in his statement concerning the action taken by United States and United Kingdom forces on 16 December 1998 and concerning the legality of the no-fly zones. Let me make a brief further statement. With regard to the action which began on 16 December, I draw the Council's attention to the statement I made during the debate on that date. The position on the no-fly zones, which the representative of Iraq characterized as illegal, is that they were established to help protect the civilian population in the north and south from repression by the Government of Iraq, in support of Security Council resolution 688 (1991).”
1999-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3980Resumption1 (1999) · source
“I would like to ask whether the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has done any further thinking in this area, and if so, what practical conclusions are being drawn. Finally, I would like to commend you, Mr. President, for the excellent initiative of holding this meeting. It is important that the Council should follow up and find answers to some of the questions I have raised, as well as ways of implementing the specific suggestions made by Mr. Vieira de Mello. The United Kingdom fully supports the use of this effective and transparent format and hopes that it will be taken up by other Council presidencies in the future on this and on other subjects.”
1999-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3968 (1999) · source
“Are we approaching the issue of cohesion between the Security Council and the rest of the United Nations system with sufficient seriousness? I am sure that the Secretariat will have been pleased to see the adoption last November of resolution 1208 (1998), which addresses the need to maintain the civilian and humanitarian nature of refugee camps. Does the Under-Secretary-General have further ideas on what special measures might be considered for the protection of such camps, in particular given the vulnerable segments of the population they often house, such as children? A further area which I agree must be highlighted is the physical security of humanitarian workers. The United Kingdom is working with non- governmental organizations in particular to study options for protection of humanitarian agencies and their personnel.”
1999-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3968 (1999) · source
“The United Kingdom has worked a great deal with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and non- governmental organizations to promote protection of civilians, and particularly of children, in armed conflicts. Does the Under-Secretary-General have ideas on how the Security Council can address the important issue of coordination with bodies such as these in this important area. Ambassador Lavrov, among others, has rightly drawn attention to this. The Security Council has a partial and rather ill-defined responsibility for an extremely complex area.”
1999-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3968 (1999) · source
“Vieira de Mello said, "The gulf between existing international norms and respect for them on the ground has never been so wide." (supra) As a response to that, verbal outrage is just not good enough. How can we both ensure higher humanitarian standards and fulfil our Charter obligations to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, especially when they are led by murderous regimes, and in the worst case when those regimes have used chemical weapons against their own people? What is the overriding priority here? I agree with Ambassador Lavrov on this point, that this is an area which needs further analysis and may require changes.”
1999-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3968 (1999) · source
“We seem to have become inured to a series of horrific stories. Kosovo is one source, Sierra Leone is currently another. I read in my papers this morning of a visit which a British diplomat has just paid to Freetown. He talked to the Minister responsible for broadcasting the views of the elected Government of Sierra Leone, and this Minister told the British High Commissioner that he had to stop those broadcasts because on the outskirts of Freetown, when the rebels heard the voice of the Minister on the radio, they were so angry at hearing the sound of his voice that they went out in the streets and killed the first civilians that they found. How do you reach people who do that sort of thing? Mr.”
1999-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3968 (1999) · source
“The Council needs to continue to ensure that peacekeeping operations support the development of local law-and-order capabilities, the restructuring of armed forces on a constitutional basis and the restoration of economic activity through properly planned infrastructure programmes. Civilian police components, demining programmes and the reintegration of former combatants will often be essential elements of future multidimensional peacekeeping operations. Beyond this, we need to look at how best to strengthen civil society, build local democratic institutions and ensure that the rights of men, women and children are protected. Does Mr. Vieira de Mello feel that more can be done in this area, particularly after a conflict may have died down? I fully understand the accent he has placed on the effects of conflict on innocent civilians.”
1999-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3968 (1999) · source
“How do we break that cycle? I agree with Ambassador Turk on many things that he said, but particularly that one key issue here is the state of the existing body of international humanitarian law. Is the problem that we need to implement existing law much more effectively? Or are there loopholes which need to be addressed in the body of law? Does the United Nations system, including the Security Council, need new instruments to ensure compliance with international law? The establishment of the International Criminal Court is a vital step, but it is not enough on its own. As Mr. Vieira de Mello has pointed out, the Council has a role in humanitarian issues. It seems to us that we have seen some encouraging trends in recent years.”
1999-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3968 (1999) · source
“I join in the warm thanks to Under-Secretary-General Vieira de Mello for his important and wide-ranging briefing. The United Kingdom welcomes his involvement in this open meeting. We are strong supporters of his role as Emergency Relief Coordinator, and I would like to pay tribute to the success of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs as an essential unit in the United Nations structure under his leadership. I hope this will be the first of many occasions on which we will be able to hear his Views and on which we will be able to address human security issues. As we all noted, we continued to see gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in many bitter current conflicts. Such Violations often feed the hatred of parties to the conflict and perpetuate the cycle of violence.”
1999-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3968 (1999) · source
“It is time, I think, to draw conclusions from the difficulties that Sierra Leone is now confronting - we have to ensure that what we believe is a post-conflict situation does not dissolve back into a real and nasty new outbreak of that conflict. So, I appeal to colleagues and to the membership of the Organization generally to take account of the briefings that we have had this morning to look again to see whether they can contribute to the work that needs to be done in Sierra Leone.”
1998-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3957 (1998) · source
“In these circumstances, the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) is doing excellent work, but there is a particular and an urgent need for the international community to give greater support to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monitoring Group (ECOMOG), in particular to enable further troops to be sent there to join those troops already in the field. And we hope that more donor countries will come forward to join in this activity. It is an example, as we have already begun to discuss in our debate on peace-building and post-conflict work, of how easy it is to think that a situation in a country is being improved, but we have not done quite enough to sustain that improvement.”
1998-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3957 (1998) · source
“We have put an increasing amount of our own resources into the situation, and we are going to continue with follow-up work on this situation to represent, as best we can, the strong interest of the international community in making things in Sierra Leone better. But we are particularly concerned about the way things are developing in that country, and especially the continuing rebel activity. The people of Sierra Leone do have to be protected from what is really a campaign of murder, terror and horrific abuse of human rights.”
1998-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3957 (1998) · source
“His first-hand experience is particularly valuable in this instance. My delegation strongly supports the points that he has made, not only about the implementation of sanctions, but also, in his capacity as Permanent Representative of Sweden, about the situation in Sierra Leone itself. The United Kingdom has a very strong continuing interest in that situation and in remedying it. We, over the past few months in particular, have called a number of special meetings, meetings of contact groups and other gatherings of interested members of the international community, together with the United Nations.”
1998-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3957 (1998) · source
“Thank you, Sir, for your initiative this morning. I warmly endorse the remarks of colleagues about the relevance of doing what we are doing this morning in an open meeting, and we must do more of them. I should like to thank Under-Secretary-General Miyet for his briefing of us this morning. He made some important points about how we take forward our work on Sierra Leone and these are points which we must follow up and produce action on in our discussions to come. The United Kingdom will contribute substantially to those discussions. I particularly wanted to join colleagues in paying tribute to the skill and dedication that Ambassador Dahlgren has brought to his work as Chairman of the Sierra Leone sanctions Committee and to his initiative in undertaking his visit and reporting to us.”
1998-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3957 (1998) · source
“And Ambassador Butler's report makes clear that, despite its undertakings to rescind the decision of 31 October, Iraq has not only failed to resume full cooperation with the Special Commission but has imposed new restrictions on its work. The British Prime Minister said in his statement earlier this evening, "This action could have been avoided. Since the Gulf war, the entire international community has worked to stop Saddam Hussein from keeping and developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and from continuing to threaten his neighbours. For the safety and stability of the region and the wider world, he cannot be allowed to do so. If he will not, through reason and diplomacy, abandon his weapons of mass destruction programme, it must be degraded and diminished by military force.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3955 (1998) · source
“Resolution 1154 (1998) made it clear that any violation by Iraq of its obligations to allow the Special Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency unrestricted access would have the severest consequences. That was three resolutions and nine months ago. Resolution 1205 (1998) established that Iraq's decision of 31 October 1998 to cease cooperation with the Special Commission was a flagrant violation of resolution 687 (1991), which laid down the conditions for the 1991 ceasefire. By that resolution, therefore, the Council implicitly revived the authorization to use force given in resolution 678 (1990).”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3955 (1998) · source
“has made clear time and again that it can only make progress in clearing up the outstanding questions and establish an effective system of monitoring and verification if Iraq offers real cooperation. Tragically, that cooperation has not been forthcoming. The whole continuing history of concealment and deceit is the reason why we have reached the point of military action. In this, our objectives are clear: to degrade Iraq's capability to build and use weapons of mass destruction, and to diminish the military threat Iraq poses to its neighbours. The targets chosen, therefore, are targets connected with his military capability, his weapons of mass destruction and his ability to threaten his neighbours. There is a clear legal basis for military action in the resolutions adopted by the Security Council.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3955 (1998) · source
“But we said at the time that we would hold Saddam Hussein to his word and that, should he break his word once more, there would be no second chances. The Secretary-General added his own words of warning, as did others with channels to Baghdad. Those words were not heeded. UNSCOM's report makes clear that Iraq has yet again failed to keep its promises. The report details not merely the obstruction but the fact that it relates directly to documents, sites and personnel that would give a clue as to the whereabouts of weapons of mass destruction and the capabilities to make them. It is not obstruction simply for the sake of it, but a plan of deceit to prevent those weapons of mass destruction from being located and destroyed. UNSCOM.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3955 (1998) · source
“knows to exist, documents that are demonstrably relevant to Iraq's programmes of weapons of mass destruction. Even the infamous "air force" document has yet not been handed over. Over the past 14 months, Iraq has deliberately provoked a series of crises in an attempt to wear down the will of the international community: in October 1997, February 1998, August 1998 and at the end of October 1998. Each time, they used the withdrawal of cooperation both for further prevarication and for the dispersal of their military capability. On 14 November, at the last moment and in the knowledge that they were about to be attacked, the Iraqis offered full, unconditional and unrestricted cooperation with UNSCOM. The attack was called off. We willingly made that last extra effort to avert the use of force.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3955 (1998) · source
“The United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) was set up to remove Iraq's extensive weapons of mass destruction capabilities and to provide a full and verifiable account of what Iraq had produced and used in the past. To complete this task UNSCOM. was, in 1991, given immediate, unconditional and unrestricted access to all the areas, facilities, equipment and records it wished to inspect. But Iraq has never given UN SCOM. the cooperation it needed to complete its tasks. Instead, it has concealed the evidence of its past and current programmes and has engaged in a policy of harassment and deceit to thwart UNSCOM. in its tasks. Iraq has blocked inspections whenever it feared that anything incriminating would be found. It has failed to produce documents UNSCOM.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3955 (1998) · source
“Because in the course of that conflict, Iraq had launched indiscriminate ballistic missile attacks on neighbouring countries. Because Iraq had already shown it was ready and willing to use the most deadly weapons. It used chemical weapons extensively against Iran, and against its own civilians in Halabja in 1988, using mustard gas and the nerve agent tabun, killing thousands of civilians. Saddam Hussein is the only leader ever to have authorized the use of nerve agents. Chemical weapons casualties from the Iran-Iraq war number more than twenty thousand. As was slowly revealed after the Gulf War, Iraq had developed huge quantities of weapons of the most deadly kind.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3955 (1998) · source
“A few hours ago the armed forces of the United Kingdom, along with those of the United States, took military action in Iraq. This was not a hasty decision. There has been a long road to this crisis. At any point on that road, Iraq could have chosen to cooperate fully and freely, thereby avoiding the action which we have been forced to take. It is worth looking back down that road to see why we have reached this point. Security Council resolution 687 (1991), bringing to an end the Gulf War, made it a condition of the ceasefire that Iraq both destroy its weapons of mass destruction and agree to the monitoring of its obligation to destroy such weapons. Why was this assurance so vital? Because Iraq had, unprovoked, invaded Kuwait.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3955 (1998) · source
“But it is not enough. Peace-building will be of no value if it is treated solely as an academic subject. We must apply the lessons of this discussion and the wider wisdom of the Secretary- General's report in addressing current and potential conflict situations around the world. And we should continue to look for mechanisms, such as today's debate, which will allow us to pause, assess how we are doing and see whether we can do things better. All this will require an effort of imagination and an effort of will for all of us on the Council. I would like to take this opportunity to assure you, Mr. President, my other colleagues on the Council and the Secretary-General of my delegation's full support in undertaking this shared task.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954 (1998) · source
“These operations must be financed in a stable and predictable manner. An appropriate provision should be made for them in the regular budget for each biennium. The report this year by the Secretary-General on Africa (S/1998/318) gave us a useful stock of ideas on conflict prevention and peace-building. We have addressed in the Council those aspects of the report which fall within our exclusive purview. While the United Kingdom recognizes that a number of the Secretary- General's recommendations, especially those on post- conflict peace-building, range widely over the responsibilities of the Security Council and other organs of the United Nations system, we believe that the Council must not ignore their implications for its work. This opportunity to discuss post-conflict peace-building as an overarching issue is therefore welcome.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954 (1998) · source
“Many of these activities will continue after the peacekeeping troops have left, and we need to think through mechanisms for assuring and financing the transition. Peace-building is a long-term process lasting many years after a peacekeeping operation withdraws. That means we must be ready to support it in the long term if peace is to be sustainable. In fact, the wider aspects of peacekeeping operations are already being taken up by missions which no longer have a traditional peacekeeping element. The United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala, the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti and the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia are three very different examples of this welcome evolution in the type of operations which can be undertaken by the United Nations. But we must look carefully at the budgetary arrangements.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954 (1998) · source
“This means that operations need to ensure the development of local law and order capabilities, the restructuring of armed forces on a constitutional basis and the restoration of economic activity through properly planned infrastructure programmes. Civilian police components, demining programmes and the demobilization and reintegration of former combatants will often be essential elements of future multidimensional peacekeeping operations. Beyond this, peace-building means the strengthening of civil society, building local democratic institutions and ensuring that the rights of women, men and children are protected, in particular by ending the culture of impunity which all too often surrounds gross violations of human rights. We also need to ensure that conditions exist to resume the development process.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954 (1998) · source
“Afghanistan shows the need for all United Nations efforts in the field - political, humanitarian and developmental - to be placed under the authority of a single high-profile figure. That person should have the political weight to ensure that coordination is transformed from a theory into an effective, normal practice. Peace-building does not start where peacekeeping stops. Peacekeeping will work best if it incorporates post- conflict peace-building. We must not, in constructing mandates for our operations, lose sight of the need to ensure that when a peacekeeping force withdraws the war does not resume.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954 (1998) · source
“The Presidency of the European Union will be making a statement later today with which the United Kingdom fully agrees. It is in Washington and Brussels that the major part of the world's financing for peace-building is found. The Security Council needs to devise ways to ensure that its political objectives complement the financial recovery packages which these bodies put in place. The United Kingdom believes that coordination must start in the field if it is to be effective. The development of a strategic framework for United Nations action has the potential to produce improved results in the building of peace. We are following with interest its application in Afghanistan. Now is the time to consider testing the model in other situations. We should also seek to improve, where possible, the application of the concept.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954 (1998) · source
“Ogata's briefing during the presidency of the United States in November was a step which must be built on, for example by scheduling similar encounters with the heads of other agencies, funds and programmes. We should also devise means of cooperating with other interested organizations. For example, the lack of a consistent mechanism for consultation between the Council and the Organization of African Unity on matters affecting peace and security in Africa is an issue which needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. If our efforts at peace-building are to be placed on firm foundations, we must take into account the role of the international financial institutions and such regional organizations as the European Union in post-conflict peace- building.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954 (1998) · source
“We lack, and must try to develop, more coordinated means of identifying and responding to crises so that the work of the Council is complemented by and integrated with the work of agencies including the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The Security Council now regularly receives briefings from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs at our informal consultations. This is a major step forward. The briefings of Mr. Vieira de Mello and his staff have proved the value of the coordinating role given to him by the Secretary-General. Mrs.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954 (1998) · source
“It is a great pleasure, Sir, to see you in the Chair this month. Thank you for convening this important meeting. This discussion of the maintenance of peace and security and post-conflict peace-building is a valuable opportunity to improve the way we respond to our duty to promote human security, which the Secretary-General, in his report on Africa, called "the cardinal mission of the United Nations". (S/1998/318, para. 2) A task of this magnitude goes well beyond the specific Charter responsibilities of the Security Council. The Council's role in conflict resolution can only be effective if it is part of a wider effort by the United Nations system.”
1998-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3954 (1998) · source
“If Iraq does so, the Council has spelt out unambiguously that it stands ready to conduct a comprehensive review of Iraq's compliance with its obligations under the relevant resolutions and what steps remain to be taken. We hope Iraq will respond positively and resume full cooperation soon.”
1998-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3939 (1998) · source
“Certain speakers have given their views on the meaning of this resolution as regards the possible use of force. Let me set out briefly the View of the United Kingdom. It is well established that the authorization to use force given by the Security Council in 1990 may be revived if the Council decides that there has been a sufficiently serious breach of the conditions laid down by the Council for the ceasefire. In the resolution we have just adopted, the Council has condemned the Iraqi decision to cease all cooperation as a flagrant violation of its obligations. This resolution sends a clear message to Iraq: resume cooperation now.”
1998-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3939 (1998) · source
“Thank you, Mr. President, for your kind words addressed to me at the beginning of this meeting, and congratulations on your assumption of the presidency. By its decisions of 5 August and 31 October, Iraq has put itself in flagrant violation of its obligations under the relevant resolutions of the Council. It is right that the Council should react formally and unanimously to this latest attempt to challenge its authority and that of the United Nations as a whole. This resolution reiterates the Council's full support for the Special Commission and the IAEA. Their work is absolutely vital. Iraq's constant attempts to undermine them and avoid its obligations only delay the moment when the decision can be taken on the lifting of sanctions. Cooperation, not confrontation, is the only way out from sanctions for Iraq.”
1998-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3939 (1998) · source
“It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (S/1998/1011) before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by Show of hands. In favour: Bahrain, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, France, Gabon, Gambia, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, 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 1204 (1998). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 2 pm.”
1998-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3938 (1998) · source
“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. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara, document S/ 1998/997. Members of the Council also have before them document S/1998/ 1011, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. Members of the Council have received photocopies of a letter dated 30 October 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/l998/1014.”
1998-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3938 (1998) · source
“The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 5.55 pm.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source
“In favour: Bahrain, Brazil, Costa Rica, France, Gabon, Gambia, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America Against: None Abstaining: China, Russian Federation The President: The result of the voting is as follows: 13 in favour, none against and 2 abstentions. The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 1203 (1998). I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source
“The United Kingdom calls upon the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo Albanian leadership to seize this opportunity to build a new Kosovo based on free elections and the principle of self-government for its people. Failure to do so will not be understood or accepted by the international community. Our message to both sides is, there is a chance for peace, for a better society, for a settled future, for a welcome to Europe and the wider world. Take it. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in S/1998/992. A vote was taken by a show of hands.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source
“No one should be in any doubt that we will use to the full our inherent right to protect our nationals if they are in danger, and the right under this draft resolution to take action to ensure their safety and freedom of movement. No one should have any doubt: Britain will not stand by and watch a humanitarian disaster unfold in Kosovo. We wholeheartedly endorse the demands made in this draft resolution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo Albanian leadership to cooperate with international efforts to prevent this happening. Again, the United Kingdom is ready to do its share. This draft resolution and the agreements it endorses also mark the beginning of an accelerated political process.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source
“The OSCE Verification Mission will, through its intrusive mandate, be able to verify that they do and to report back to the international community if they do not. The United Kingdom is pleased to be playing its part in making these agreements work. We expect to provide 200 members of the OSCE Mission. We will also provide aircraft for the Air Verification Mission over Kosovo. We will be resolute in following up implementation of these agreements and of the resolutions. It is imperative that the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Kosovo Albanian leadership and all others concerned allow the OSCE Verification Mission to do its job. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has guaranteed the freedom of movement of the Mission as well as its safety and security. We shall hold it to these guarantees.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source
“The presence of the missions in and over Kosovo will be essential in helping to restore peace and security and in providing the reassurance sought by those who have fled their homes to return. As winter approaches, it is essential that the displaced return to their villages if a humanitarian disaster is to be averted. This will not happen unless all concerned in Kosovo adhere strictly to the ceasefire. If the civilian population are to have the confidence to return, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbian forces must withdraw to their pre-crisis positions, cease the wanton destruction of homes, crops and livestock and abandon their violent intimidation of the civilian population.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source
“It is right that these commitments should be enshrined in a mandatory Chapter VII resolution. President Milosevic's history of unfulfilled commitments over the summer, including those he made personally to President Yeltsin on 16 June, means that we cannot rely on his word. It is actions we must watch, and watch closely. And Milosevic must understand that the international community will not let him get away with token gestures or partial implementation. The United Kingdom welcomes too the readiness of the OSCE and NATO to respond quickly to implement these agreements. In agreeing to these two missions, President Milosevic has accepted that the international community has a significant role to play in resolving the problems of Kosovo.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source
“The situation in Kosovo represents a threat to international peace and security in the region and to human rights, and threatens a humanitarian catastrophe of even greater proportions than now. We are again at a critical stage where it is essential that the Security Council spell out clearly what Milosevic and the Kosovo Albanians must do if a regional disaster is to be averted. The United Kingdom therefore welcomes today' s draft resolution, which places the weight of the Security Council behind the commitments made by President Milosevic to comply with Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998) and 1199 (1998) and with the agreements reached with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) providing for the establishment of ground and air verification missions.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Throughout the Kosovo crisis, the Security Council has set out clearly the international community's concerns and requirements. Security Council resolution 1160 (1998) imposed an arms embargo in response to the use of excessive force by Belgrade security forces and to acts of terrorism, and called for the start of a meaningful political dialogue. Security Council resolution 1199 (1998) called for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of security forces used for civilian repression, cooperation with the international monitoring efforts and steps to improve the humanitarian situation.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Ukraine for his kind words addressed to me. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
1998-10-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3937 (1998) · source