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Joosab

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1992-07-16
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1992-07-16
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  1. “It must furthermore be internationally recognized that certain details will take time to resolve; however, the installation of an interim government in terms of a sound constitution cannot be delayed. It will instil confidence and play a role in reducing the violence. My party commends the Security Council's decision that the United Nations will, by agreement with all CODESA participants, make its presence felt in South Africa.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  2. “We are of the view that the level of the role of the United Nations or any other organization should be a negotiated one between the participants of CODESA. We suggest that the Security Council resolve that it will play a role in the resumption of negotiations. With such an initiative, negotiations should be expedited in our country. We have great faith in South Africa and its future. The United Nations should also play a role in ensuring that no one is coerced into accepting a particular constitutional model for South Africa. Like India, South Africa is a country of strong regional diversities. This should be taken into account, because the foundations must be strong.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  3. “The diversity of South African society is in many respects comparable to those of India and Yugoslavia. Learning from bitter experience in these countries, we all must dedicate ourselves to ensuring that inter-group or inter-factional conflicts are totally eradicated. There have been accusations and counter-accusations. Inflammatory speeches have been made. Fingers cannot be pointed in one direction only. Instead of respect for each other, mistrust is growing and getting stronger each day. I wish to state very clearly here today that there is no alternative to peace and negotiations. While we believe that South Africans are capable of finding each other, there is a genuine need for the international community to play a role. The United Nations has a role in providing objectivity.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  4. “On this significant day I pause to remember a great speech delivered at this Assembly in 1948 by a great man of peace, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, who as the first Prime Minister of free India stated that "The world consists of a variety of nations differing in their ideas and their economic development. We must recognise these differences and not seek to try to coerce or compel anyone to function according to a particular way. Coercion sows the seeds for confrontation and violence." We are not here today to condemn anyone. If there is strict adherence to the culture of tolerance, to allow individuals and organizations to choose their own directions, and if the leaders of every force in South Africa dedicate themselves to the cessation of violence at a grass-root level, then South Africa will be a country that will be the pride of the world.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  5. “Mr. JOOSAB: This is a momentous day for the National People's Party of South Africa, and the decision of the Security Council to invite all the participants of CODESA speaks volumes of the very impartial and objective manner in which the Security Council has handled the very sensitive and delicate situation that exists in our beloved country today. The efforts of many - in South Africa and also in the international community - will decide whether South Africa will become another Lebanon or Bosnia. The violence in the aforementioned arenas are grim reminders that every effort must be made, with the international community playing a role, to chart a course for the peaceful resolution of our country's probiems and to initiate steps for the speedy implementation of a non-racial democratic government.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source