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John Weston

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first: 1995-08-07
most recent: 1998-06-30
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“Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council has considered the letter of 29 December 1995 from the Secretary-General to the President of the Council on developments in Burundi (S/l995/1068). The Council shares the Secretary-General's deep concern at the situation in Burundi, which has been characterized by daily killings, massacres, torture and arbitrary detention. It condemns in the strongest terms those persons responsible for such actions, which must cease immediately. It encourages all States to take the measures deemed necessary to prevent such persons from travelling abroad and receiving any kind of support.”
1996-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3616 (1996) · source
“The President: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in the course of its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/ 1995/ 1068, which contains the text of a letter dated 29 December 1995 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council. I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/l996/8, which contains the text of a letter dated 3 January 1996 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council.”
1996-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3616 (1996) · source
“The situation in Burundi Letter dated 29 December 1995 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1995/1068) The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Burundi, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Terence (Burundi) took a seat at the Council table.”
1996-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3616 (1996) · source
“Expression of thanks to the retiring President The President: I should also like to pay tribute to my predecessor, Ambassador Sergey Lavrov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, for the service he rendered as President of the Council during the month of December 1995. I express my deep appreciation to Ambassador Lavrov for the skilful manner in which he conducted the Council's business last month. I have particularly admired his patience, courtesy, efficiency and thoroughness, as well as his quick-wittedness and his overall lightness of touch, and we have all also admired the way in which he was so ably assisted in his efforts by his entire delegation. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”
1996-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3616 (1996) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council to be held this year, I should like to welcome the new members of the Council: Chile, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Poland and the Republic of Korea. We all look forward with confidence to their participation in the work of the Council, which will be of invaluable assistance in the discharge of the Council's enormous responsibilities as it tackles so many challenges. I should also like to express the Council's gratitude to the outgoing members for their important contributions to the Council's work. The representatives of Argentina, the Czech Republic, Nigeria, Oman and Rwanda all, in an excellent manner, contributed their talents to the conduct of the business of the Council.”
1996-01-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3616 (1996) · source
“But implementation itself will be hindered and will prove incomplete if those responsible for the acts referred to in the Secretary-General's report are not brought to justice. That is why it is essential that we all support fully the work of the International criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia. The British Government welcomes the progress made so far by the Tribunal, including its issuing of indictments in relation to the events that took place in Srebrenica. It is essential that UNHCR and the International Committee of the Red Cross be given full access to those displaced or those detained or missing from Srebrenica and elsewhere. If there is to be a lasting and durable peace in Bosnia, then it must be based upon reconciliation between the communities. And that reconciliation can be complete only if it is accompanied by justice.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“The United Nations will also play an important role in international efforts to promote respect for human rights, whether through the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with returning refugees, through the Centre for Human Rights and its provision for training and specialist advice, or through the Special Rapporteur for the former Yugoslavia. The Paris Peace Agreement also allows for the holding of elections in six months' time so that the Bosnian Serb people can choose who should represent them in the future. In short, the Agreement sets out a road map designed to re-establish the rule of law throughout all the communities in Bosnia.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“The British Government is also disturbed by continued reports of house-burning, looting and destruction of property in those areas that the parties agreed at Dayton should be transferred to another entity. Such actions must stop immediately. What of the future? How do we ensure that what happened at Srebrenica, or indeed anywhere else, does not happen again? The immediate answer lies in the urgent and full implementation of the Paris Peace Agreement. That Agreement enshrines in Bosnia's Constitution the highest respect for human rights. It allows for United Nations civilian police to train local police forces and to monitor their actions at the grass-roots level.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“Given the scale on which such human rights abuses occurred, it is right that the Council should focus in particular on these events. But let there be no misunderstanding: the Council's commitment is to human rights, irrespective of ethnic background, nationality or religion. By focusing in this draft resolution on crimes committed against non-Serbs, we do not in any way condone or ignore other human rights violations that have been committed against members of the Serb population. Nor does this draft resolution seek to condemn the Bosnian Serb people. Such crimes are committed by individuals, and it is as individuals that those involved will be held responsible.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“The adoption of this draft resolution, of which the United Kingdom is a sponsor, is the clearest possible signal that the Council has not forgotten and will not forget what happened in Srebrenica, Zepa, Banja Luka and Sanski Most. The Secretary-General's report provides irrefutable evidence of atrocities there and elsewhere. The British Government unreservedly condemns the violations of international humanitarian law and human rights that took place. Furthermore, this draft resolution gives the lie to attempts to downplay such violations, ignore them or even deny that they took place, and those who do attempt to deny such events only bring themselves into disrepute. The evidence detailed in the Secretary-General's recent report is chilling. It speaks for itself.”
1995-12-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3612 (1995) · source
“Among our concerns are that the operational responsibilities of the Secretary-General must be protected and preserved, as must the decision-making ability of the Security Council itself. But I want to assure my colleagues that we will be listening carefully today to others' views on how the arrangements for consultation can be improved and that we look forward to working with others to give effect to any necessary changes, beginning in January next year - our own month of responsibility for the presidency.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“As one of the largest contributors of troops to the United Nations over the last few years, the United Kingdom can well understand the concerns of fellow contributors whose young men and women risk their lives in the service of the Organisation. Indeed, there is probably little argument about the need to make the existing system of consultations more dependable and more effective. Where we may differ is on the means by which this should be done. The ideas that have just been aired by my Argentine colleague, who proposed a subsidiary organ under Article 29 of the Charter, may be a case in point - that is to say, a case where United Kingdom views on the means by which to get greater effectiveness into these consultations would differ.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“They should be the occasion for a serious discussion between troop contributors and members of the Council on the mandates of those peace- keeping operations in which the men and women of those countries serve. The meetings need to be held in good time and to be provided with adequate documentation. Troop contributors must make their voices heard at such meetings, and - this is particularly important - their views need to inform the work of the Council. That is why the Council President should report back to the Council, during the informal consultations of its members, on the views expressed by troop contributors at those consultations. It is perhaps unfortunate that this provision has not been as fully respected over recent months as the system permits.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“The United Kingdom, too, is grateful for this opportunity to review the arrangements for the exchange of views between members of the Security Council and troop-contributing countries, and we pay tribute to the efforts of the Permanent Representative of Argentina and also to the Permanent Representative of New Zealand in once again focusing attention on this important question. The arrangements established by the presidential statement of 4 November 1994 represented a considerable step forward and one which the United Kingdom warmly welcomed. But the arrangements are not working as well as they could. The meetings with troop contributors must be more than an opportunity for the Secretariat to brief on developments in operations.”
1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source
“The challenge for each one of the Bosnian parties is formidable. But the international community is ready to help them face up to that challenge. The United Kingdom intends to remain in the vanguard of that effort. With the English poet, let us be optimists this time. "And not by Eastern windows only When daylight comes, comes in the light, In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly, But Westward, look, the land is bright!"”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“That is why it is essential that this Council take urgent action to get the International Police Task Force recommended by the Secretary-General up and running as soon as possible. The action foreshadowed in paragraph 30 of this draft resolution on the International Police Task Force and on the United Nations civilian office needs to follow promptly next week. All this adds up to a huge commitment from the international community. That commitment now needs to be matched by a similar determination from the Bosnian people, and also from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Croatia, to make peace work. Failure to do so can only jeopardize the progress painfully achieved so far. In particular, failure by the Bosnian Serbs to cooperate could only lead to the continuation of economic sanctions.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“Carl Bildt, with the backing of the Peace Implementation Council recently established by the London Conference. It is perhaps appropriate here to note in particular the important continuing role for the United Nations and its agencies, as set out in the Secretary-General's report, in such areas as humanitarian relief and refugees, civilian police, human rights protection, rehabilitation of infrastructure and advice on elections and on information networks and databases in the field of de- mining. This shows that the United Nations remains very much a part of the picture. I agree with Mr. Jovanovic that the most pressing task in the immediate future is to convince the Serb population of Sarajevo that its future is secure and that its rights will be respected. The same, of course, applies to all other ethnic minorities elsewhere in Bosnia.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“It involves providing for the safe return of some 2 million refugees and creating the conditions by which multiethnic communities can once again flourish; it involves ensuring that the human rights of all the Bosnian people are fully and equally respected; it involves encouraging the emergence of an open and dynamic market economy to underpin peace with prosperity; it involves the holding of free and fair elections in the next six to nine months; and, last but not least, it involves convincing not only the parties but also other countries in the region that they must work earnestly and urgently towards a regional arms-control regime. We are fortunate that this work, involving a number of different organizations and agencies, including the United Nations, will go forward under the able coordination and guidance of Mr.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“It will also be the first time that NATO and Russian forces have worked together side by side for a common purpose - a fitting way in which to mark the end of the United Nations fiftieth-anniversary year. This gives me, as the former British Ambassador to NATO, particular satisfaction. But implementation is not simply a military operation. The multinational military force is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for rebuilding the civil, political and economic institutions and structures that must form the basis of any society that wishes to remain unified, stable and prosperous - for, in a word, making peace stick. The scale of the task is daunting.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“The Implementation Force's role, which has been accepted by all the parties, will be even-handed and limited in scope and duration. The force is not imposing the peace settlement, but it will take the necessary action to ensure compliance. And let me at this point also make it clear that should it be decided that, in the execution of its assigned tasks, the Implementation Force should detain and transfer to the appropriate authorities any persons indicted by the Tribunal who come into contact with it in Bosnia, then the authority to do so is provided by the draft resolution before us, read together with the provisions of the Peace Agreement. The Implementation Force will indeed be a joint endeavour, involving troops from 32 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and non-NATO countries.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“British troops have been in Bosnia from the beginning of efforts to reach a political settlement, first of all as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), facilitating the humanitarian aid effort to hundreds of thousands of people and keeping alive the chances for a negotiated settlement, even when at times that appeared to be no more than a remote possibility. Now British troops will take part in a multinational force to help provide the security necessary to allow the rebuilding of Bosnia. Out of the overall total of 60,000 troops that will make up the Implementation Force, the United Kingdom is sending over 13,000 for approximately one year. This is the clearest possible indication of our full-hearted commitment to European security.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“The signature of the Peace Agreement in Paris this week, following the London Peace Implementation Conference last week, and the imminent adoption of the draft resolution before us sound the clarion call for the most comprehensive operation to reconstruct a European country to be mounted by the international community since the Marshall Plan half a century ago. Sustaining that process will be vital if the promise of peace is to become a reality. One important aspect of that task is military in nature.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“But we believe that the United Nations and the international community at large will continue to have an important role to play when UNAMIR leaves on 8 March 1996. The British Government will continue to assist the international community at large in building peace and in helping in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Rwanda. In this context, we hope that discussions can soon begin on a possible future role for the United Nations in restoring confidence and building stability in Rwanda once UNAMIR leaves.”
1995-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3605 (1995) · source
“This is an important element in the return to normality in Rwanda. We note that the International Tribunal for Rwanda has now begun the significant task of identifying the perpetrators of genocide and of bringing them to justice, and only today has issued an indictment. We call on all States in the region to cooperate with the Tribunal as it goes about its work. We welcome the fact that UNAMIR will continue to assist in the coming period in providing security for the Tribunal until the arrangements worked out between the Government of Rwanda and the Tribunal are put in place. We call on all States in the region to cooperate with the Tribunal as it goes about its work. We note that this is the final extension of UNAMIR's mandate.”
1995-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3605 (1995) · source
“The Cairo Declaration has given grounds for renewed hope in this context, and the new mandate of UNAMIR rightly focuses on this. We welcome the Government of Rwanda's agreement to the extension of UNAMIR's mandate, with the return of refugees as its primary focus. If, as we hope will be the case, there is to be a substantial return of refugees to Rwanda in the next few months pursuant to the Cairo Declaration, we believe that UNAMIR's continued presence with its new mandate focusing on this issue, on assisting the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in that process, will be the key to ensuring that the refugees return home in conditions of dignity. It is also a matter of the greatest importance to the British Government that the perpetrators of the genocide be brought to justice.”
1995-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3605 (1995) · source
“At the same time, we know that the international humanitarian personnel in Rwanda attach importance to UNAMIR's continued presence, and this draft resolution will, we believe, be important in that regard. We trust that the Government of Rwanda will seek the assistance of UNAMIR in that task should the need arise. The presence of 1.6 million refugees in States neighbouring Rwanda continues to give cause for concern. We welcome the fact that, at the summit of Heads of State of the Great Lakes region, held in Cairo on 28 and 29 November, leaders in the region pledged to encourage the return of refugees to their home countries. A primary objective of the international community is to assist the Government of Rwanda by creating the conditions for the voluntary and safe return of those refugees.”
1995-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3605 (1995) · source
“The British Government warmly welcomes the draft resolution before the Council, extending the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) for a further three months, and we shall vote in favour of it. We pay tribute to those States - Canada, India, Nigeria, Mali, Ghana and Malawi - that are contributing troops to UNAMIR. We also welcome the Government of Rwanda's support for and agreement to the continuation of UNAMIR's work in its country. As the Secretary-General has reported, a climate of relative security and stability has continued to prevail in Rwanda. The Government of Rwanda deserves every credit for its efforts in this regard. We take particular note of the Government of Rwanda's recommitment to ensuring the safety of international personnel in Rwanda.”
1995-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3605 (1995) · source
“Nothing that happened at Dayton yesterday should be allowed to eclipse the need to establish the facts in such cases and to ensure that justice in the end prevails.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“There is one very important aspect of this Council's policy towards the situation in Bosnia that is only briefly referred to in the draft resolutions before us. That is the work of the International Tribunal. It remains more important than ever, now that peace is truly in prospect for Bosnia, that all sides cooperate fully with the Tribunal, for, if reconciliation is one of the vital ingredients in the process of rebuilding a war-torn society, then that process must also include a place for justice. No Government - Serbian, Croatian or indeed any other - should suppose that it is at liberty to obstruct the Tribunal's work. Less than two weeks ago, for example, this Council demanded, inter alia, that the Bosnian Serb authorities cooperate in the efforts to establish the fate of thousands of civilians missing from Srebrenica.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“We will also be working with our European partners to support international efforts to promote the voluntary return of refugees, the monitoring of human rights, the holding of free and fair elections and the promotion of long-term economic reconstruction. So that this work can go forward smoothly, the British Government will convene a peace-implementation conference in London in the very near future, so that those Governments, organizations and agencies most involved in implementation can work out the practicalities of how best this should be done. The United Nations will play an important role in those arrangements and we look forward to the Secretary-General's taking part in the London conference.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“But the parties must remain determined to see this task through, because their only alternative is a slide back into the suffering and misery of the past four years. The next step is for the parties to sign the Agreement at the conference to be held in Paris in the near future. That will help open the way for an implementation force to deploy and for the civilian implementation structures to take shape, but in turn, the parties need to be able to count on the active involvement of the international community in helping them implement this Agreement. We are ready to play our part. There is likely to be a very substantial British contribution, including by making troops available to take part in the implementation force.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“The British Government attaches particular importance to the conclusion of such arms-control arrangements and we expect those concerned strictly to uphold their obligations set out in the Annex to the Agreement on Regional Stabilization. This Council has seen several lively debates on the question of the arms embargo over the past few years. It remains a contentious issue. But there can be no doubt that both economic sanctions and the arms embargo played an important part in containing the conflict and persuading the parties to turn aside from the military option and to negotiate in earnest. This Agreement, welcome though it is, will be worth little if it is not implemented urgently and in full by the parties. This will require dedication and perseverance. There will be many difficulties along the way.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“This draft resolution provides that frozen assets that are the subject of claims, including from any one of the successor States, shall remain frozen until the claims have been resolved. In this context, the British Government will, when implementing the resolution, interpret claims as meaning those raised in current legal proceedings, which we believe is the sense of this draft resolution. As well as suspending sanctions, it is also right that this Council should allow a phased lifting of the arms embargo in the context of implementation of the Peace Agreement and given the shared interests of all the States in the region to conclude regional arms control arrangements.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“It is therefore right that this Council should now reward Belgrade's contribution to the successful outcome of the Dayton negotiations by granting very substantial sanctions relief. But this Council - rightly, in our View - is giving a conditional reward. The draft resolution before us holds out the prospect of the permanent removal of sanctions when the Agreement has been implemented and when free and fair elections have been held. It also holds out the prospect that sanctions relief can be taken away at any time should there be failure to cooperate over implementation. It is careful to avoid prejudicing the complex issue of succession to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which we hope the countries of the region will now address urgently in order to reach agreement on the disposal of assets.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“Nor could it have been achieved without the courage and perseverance of United Nations troops, the UNHCR and other agencies on the ground, and the commitment of Governments to make peace-keeping troops available in the first place. In August last year, Belgrade took a significant step in deciding to close its border with the Bosnian Serbs until they were prepared to accept a negotiated settlement. This Council rightly responded by granting a limited package of sanctions relief, conditional on that border remaining closed. The existence of this Peace Agreement is the clearest possible Vindication of this Council's use of economic sanctions to bring about change.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“It is for all these reasons that the British Government warmly welcomes this Agreement. We also pay tribute to all those who helped to bring about the Agreement. The United States played the principal role at Dayton. We congratulate Secretary Christopher, Assistant Secretary Holbrooke and all those who worked so hard to achieve this Agreement. But it would not have been possible without the international community's collective determination to secure a negotiated settlement, without the dedication of past negotiators - most recently Lord Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg - or of the European mediator Carl Bildt and the other Contact Group teams represented at Dayton.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“There are already those among the parties who claim that this Agreement is unfair, that more could have been gained by continuing the fight. They prefer to dissociate themselves from what was agreed at Dayton, rather than grapple with the opportunities and difficulties it presents. I cannot and do not share their View. The British Government has always believed that a negotiated settlement was the only way in which lasting peace could be achieved. This Agreement preserves Bosnia as a single State. It lays the basis for strengthening its independence and security. It will allow - crucially - the people of Bosnia, including those who have been forced to flee their homes, to decide who should represent them. And it provides the basis for the restoration of stability throughout the entire Balkan region.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“The Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina endorsed by the parties yesterday at Dayton, Ohio, represents a historic turning-point in a bitter conflict that has beset the Balkans for the past four years. The British Government warmly welcomes this Agreement. That may sound a rather obvious statement. After all, as a member of the Contact Group, as the major contributor for much of this year of peace-keepers on the ground, and as one of the major contributors to the programme of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the former Yugoslavia, the United Kingdom has played a central role in the cumulative efforts over the past four years that led to this Agreement. But even if that is an obvious statement, it still needs to be said loudly and clearly.”
1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source
“In London, the British Government has stated that it is appalled at this callous act. In Auckland, the British Prime Minister is in close contact with his colleagues about further steps.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“The continued support of the international community depends on this. I should like to add a footnote. All debates such as the one in which we are now engaged take place in the context of the general objective of good governance and respect for human rights, in Africa as elsewhere. In this regard, it is with great regret that the British Government has just learned, via a Reuters report quoting the News Agency of Nigeria, that, despite widespread high-level appeals for clemency, including one by the British Prime Minister at the ongoing Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Auckland, Ken Sara-wiwa and eight other minority rights activists condemned to death by the Nigerian authorities were executed by hanging today at Port Harcourt Prison in south-eastern Nigeria.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“The Secretary-General's report gives grounds for cautious optimism, but it also notes serious violations of the cease-fire and a worrying disinclination, on the part of some factions, to disengage forces and begin the process of demobilization and reintegration into civilian society. The international community needs to be reassured that, this time, the factions mean what they say. In this draft resolution, as in previous resolutions, the Security Council is demonstrating its willingness to help the Liberians to help themselves. This conflict has continued for too long. The Liberian people and their neighbours in the region who have been affected by the conflict have suffered for too long. It is now up to Liberian parties to demonstrate their full commitment to the peace process.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“At the United Nations Conference on Assistance to Liberia, held on 27 October, the United Kingdom contributed Â£5 million to the United Nations inter-agency appeal for Liberia and Â£50,000 for communications equipment for the additional Ghanaian battalion to be deployed with the ECOWAS cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG), as well as pledging military training assistance for Ghanaian armed forces. We urge others to provide assistance to ECOMOG to enable it to carry out its mandate. It is clear that without the necessary resources ECOMOG will not be able to carry out the tasks assigned to it under the Abuja Agreement.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“The British delegation welcomes the Secretary-General's report on the situation in Liberia and supports his recommendations for an adjustment of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia to reflect the Abuja Agreement. The adoption of this draft resolution should help to maintain the momentum of the peace process. The challenges and difficulties that lie ahead cannot be underestimated, but the willingness of the factions to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict, as demonstrated by the Abuja Agreement, provides encouragement. The role of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - in particular, that of its Chairman, President Rawlings - has been crucial to this new impetus for peace.”
1995-11-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3592 (1995) · source
“In particular, we call on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), to facilitate the establishment of an office of the Tribunal in that country without delay, and we call on the Bosnian Serbs to comply with the orders and decisions of the Trial Chamber of the Tribunal.”
1995-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3591 (1995) · source
“They cannot expect the international community simply to ignore events such as these. Nor can those parties expect to enjoy the support or respect of the international community unless they are prepared to demonstrate by deeds - not words - their genuine commitment to upholding respect for the law throughout their territories. Over two years ago this Council decided to establish an International Tribunal to investigate violations of international humanitarian law throughout the former Yugoslavia. The British Government is fully aware of its responsibility to continue to support the work of the Tribunal, both in terms of financial assistance and by making any relevant information available to the Tribunal. We remind the parties of their obligation to cooperate fully with the work of the Tribunal.”
1995-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3591 (1995) · source
“Against that background, however, it is right that the Council should address three recent and deeply disturbing events in particular: the disappearance of large numbers of civilians following the fall of Srebrenica and Zepa to Bosnian Serb forces; the brutal campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in the Banja Luka region; and systematic violations of the rights of Croatian Serbs in the Krajinas. The Security Council's reaffirmation of the unacceptability of any such actions comes at a time when the parties are actively engaged in negotiations on a political settlement to bring to an end the upheavals of the last three years. This draft resolution is therefore a timely reminder to those parties that they cannot expect to talk peace while at the same time promoting or actively condoning such activities as murder or ethnic cleansing.”
1995-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3591 (1995) · source
“I want to start, like others, by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of office this month, and may I also congratulate Ambassador Gambari, through the Nigerian delegation, for the excellent conduct of our affairs last month. This draft resolution, of which the British delegation is a co-sponsor, underlines the importance that the Security Council continues to attach to the highest respect for human rights and international humanitarian law in the former Yugoslavia. The draft resolution makes it clear that there are no exceptions to this, whether for this or that party, or in this or that set of circumstances. All concerned must comply fully with their obligations.”
1995-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3591 (1995) · source
“The resolute North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and United Nations response to the attack on the Sarajevo market place and the diplomatic efforts of the United States and of the Contact Group have offered a fresh opportunity for the logic of peace to prevail. It is an opportunity which must not be squandered, and Britain stands ready to play its part.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3578 (1995) · source
“But it also reflects the cooperative role being played by the authorities of the FRY. We look forward to the day - not too far off, we hope - when it will prove possible to lift all the economic sanctions which have been imposed on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), as part of the general settlement that is now being so actively pursued. The sanctions imposed by this Council have created a climate in which the efforts of the international community to bring about a peaceful resolution of the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia are beginning to bear fruit. The London Conference was a turning point.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3578 (1995) · source
“The British Government, too, welcomes the fact that the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) have again been able to report that the border between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the area of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of the Bosnian Serbs remains closed. This has occurred despite the practical difficulties which the ICFY Mission has faced from time to time in carrying out its duties. We urge the authorities of the FRY to maintain their cooperation with the ICFY Mission and to ensure that the Mission can operate in future in total freedom. We welcome the increase in the period of suspension of sanctions from 75 to 180 days. This extension reflects the effective closure of the border.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3578 (1995) · source