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1995-04-11
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  1. “The billions of dollars worth of arms and equipment left behind in Afghanistan by the occupying forces provided a much too ready and constant source of ammunition for this continuing conflict. The Government and the people of Pakistan obviously viewed these developments with great concern. As a neighbour with deep historical and cultural links with Afghanistan, and as one that had stood shoulder to shoulder with the people of Afghanistan in their travails, Pakistan was shocked by this new conflict between brothers. In our opinion, the people of Afghanistan were entitled to the fruits of their long struggle, and to be able to concentrate all their energies on the tasks of reconstruction after their prolonged suffering.”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source

  2. “In order to understand the continuing conflict in Afghanistan, we unfortunately have to look back at the tragic events faced by this war-torn country over the last 17 years. During the decade-long Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the country was completely devastated. Large portions of the country were bombed and torched; nearly 1.5 million Afghans died resisting the occupation; 7 million or more were displaced from their homes, most of them being forced to take shelter in the two neighbouring countries of Iran and Pakistan, and an estimated 30 million unmapped mines were inhumanely scattered. Once the occupying forces had withdrawn, the various Afghan factions fell out with each other in their struggle to fill the vacuum.”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source

  3. “Mr. Kama] (Pakistan): As this is the first time I have addressed the Security Council under your presidency, Sir, let me congratulate you on your assumption of your high office. I have no doubt that under your talented and able guidance, the Council will be able to fulfil its responsibilities successfully during the current month. I would also like to take this opportunity to express my admiration to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Botswana, for the excellent manner in which he conducted the affairs of the Council last month. Today's open debate on Afghanistan in the Security Council takes place after a long lapse of seven years. Its purpose is obviously to identify the root cause of the continuing conflict and the outlines of possible solutions.”

    1996-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3650 (1996) · source

  4. “President, we will all continue to engage in a constructive dialogue which will further increase peace and harmony among all nations.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

  5. “A system of prior consultations between members of the Security Council, prospective troop-contributing countries and the United Nations Secretariat should be institutionalized. Moreover, there should be no alteration in the mandate, character and duration of peace-keeping operations without proper and complete consultations between the Security Council and troop-contributing countries in an institutionalized mechanism. It is of vital importance that the Council and troop-contributing countries remain seized of an operation at all its stages. The Security Council, troop contributors and the United Nations Secretariat have made valuable contributions to improve the United Nations capacity in peace-keeping. We are confident that under your able guidance, Mr.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

  6. “Even after the draw down of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), and in View of its established support for and cooperation in peace-keeping, Pakistan will form part of the Implementation Force (IFOR) by providing a brigade to help maintain peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Pakistan firmly believes that United Nations peace- keeping operations exemplify the sustained political commitment of Member States to the concept of collective security and the maintenance of international peace and security. South Asia itself continues to be a beneficiary of one of the oldest peace-keeping operations, in the form of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). Pakistan thus supports all initiatives and mechanisms which further ensure the efficient and effective implementation of peace-keeping operations.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

  7. “At present, Pakistan is the fourth largest troop- contributing country to United Nations peace-keeping operations, with 2,418 personnel participating in United Nations operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in Croatia, in Haiti, in Georgia, in Iraq-Kuwait, in Angola, in Liberia, in Rwanda and in Western Sahara. Pakistan has also offered an infantry battalion for the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and two brigades in response to the Secretary-General's proposal for United Nations standby arrangements.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

  8. “President, the Security Council and the troop- contributing countries will continue to engage in a constructive dialogue. Pakistan has always closely followed and actively participated in the deliberations on peace-keeping. We have done so because we consider it to be extremely important that the United Nations act whenever peace is threatened and that it act before the outbreak of a conflict rather than intervening once the conflict has already erupted. Pakistan, for its part, has actively cooperated and participated in the peace-keeping efforts of the United Nations.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

  9. “Mr. Kama] (Pakistan): Since this is the first time that I have addressed the Council under your presidency, Sir, let me congratulate you on your assumption of your onerous responsibilities and express the conviction that in its deliberations the Council will benefit from your experience. I would also like to express our admiration for the manner in which your predecessor, the Ambassador of Oman, conducted the business of the Council during his presidency. Pakistan supports the need for a more formal and institutionalized mechanism of consultations between troop contributors and the Security Council with the aim of creating the broadest possible support among Member States for peace-keeping operations of the Security Council. We are confident that under your able guidance, Mr.”

    1995-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3611 (1995) · source

  10. “Only thus will the United Nations be able to defend the principles of its Charter and the content of its resolutions and decisions.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  11. “Pakistan, along with many other countries, had repeatedly urged that such robust military action should be taken right at the outset. Had that been done, and had the unjust arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina been lifted then, perhaps today's agreement would have seen the light of day earlier and much pain, suffering and shame would have been averted. We hope now that this resolve ol' the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will continue to manifest itself. Only then will there be a chance of ensuring that the political settlement of which a foundation has been laid today will be just, ran and durable. without acquiescing in any Way to the criminal and aggressive actions that we have witnessed in the past.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  12. “The agreed basic principles signed today in Geneva undoubtedly open a new opportunity to bring an end to the bloody conflict and acts of horror, genocide and "ethnic cleansing" that have made Bosnia into a shameful mark on the conscience of the world and on the capacity of the United Nations to deter and roll back aggression. If this window of opportunity has opened today, it is due in large, even full, measure to the Vigorous action and air strikes against Bosnian Serb positions. Only these strikes, and the underlying resolve, have removed the threat of further Serb attacks of the type that we had witnessed earlier, not just in the marketplace of Sarajevo and in Tuzla, but, indeed, all over Bosnia and Herzegovina over several months and years.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  13. “Mr. Kama] (Pakistan): Since this is the first time I have addressed the Security Council under your presidency, Mr. President, let me first of all congratulate you on your assumption of your high office. I am confident that under your talented and able guidance the Council will be able to fulfil its responsibilities successfully. I would also like to express my admiration for your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Indonesia, for the excellent manner in which he conducted the affairs of the Council during his presidency.”

    1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source

  14. “They also call upon the Security Council to take urgent measures to redress this grave situation as it imperils the peace of the Holy City of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. We firmly believe that the Council has the duty to order the Israeli authorities to reverse the declared confiscation orders and to desist from taking any further illegal measures. That is Why we support the draft resolution before the Security Council.”

    1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source

  15. “We share the expectation of the international community that there should be no delay in the implementation of the agreements reached so far, and that provisions of those agreements should be fully complied with by all parties. A sincere and concerted effort needs to be made to achieve peace and stability in Palestine. To achieve this objective, which has for so long defied solution, it is essential that all new settlements should be stopped forthwith. It is only by taking such an obvious and imperative measure that true peace in the Middle East can be achieved. The Government and the people of Pakistan are incensed at the latest acts of the Israeli Government and call upon it to rescind its decisions which have put the peace process in danger.”

    1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source

  16. “This action is particularly disturbing as it has a direct bearing on the peace process which had been arrived at through bold and courageous initiatives taken by the Palestinian and Israeli leadership. The international community has viewed the historic Declaration of Principles as paving the way for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East. The recent Israeli measures are, therefore, in direct contradiction with the spirit of the Declaration. They also contradict the letter of the Declaration, which clearly stated that the permanent status negotiations on the remaining issues, including Jerusalem, would commence as soon as possible, but not later than the beginning of the third year of the interim period. It is imperative to maintain the present momentum that has been attained in the negotiating process.”

    1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source

  17. “We fully support the Declaration recently adopted in Bandung by the Committee on Palestine of the Non-Aligned Movement, which states, inter alia, that "all Israeli practices aimed at changing the status and demographic composition of Jerusalem and the establishment of settlements and expansion of existing settlements are null and void." The details of the Israeli action and the contemplated action of confiscation of additional hundreds of acres of Palestinian land have been described by the Permanent Observer of Palestine. As has been pointed out by Ambassador Nasser Al-Kidwa, the decisions are in contravention of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 as well as the relevant Security Council resolutions.”

    1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source

  18. “Mr. Kama] (Pakistan): On behalf of the delegation of Pakistan, I should like to convey warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to express our hopes for the successful discharge of your responsibilities. I should also like to convey my delegation's appreciation to Ambassador Karel Kovanda for the very fine manner in which he presided over the work of the Council last month. It is with a sense of deep shock and concern that the Government of Pakistan views the recent action of the Israeli Government to confiscate 53 hectares, from East Jerusalem, belonging to Palestinian Arabs and to use this land for Israeli settlement.”

    1995-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption1 (1995) · source

  19. “For this it is essential that the Conference on Disarmament should establish an ad hoc committee on negative security assurances, and that this ad hoc committee should be provided with a negotiating mandate for the conclusion of an international instrument of a legally binding character as early as possible. Pakistan has consistently advocated that all non- nuclear-weapon States be provided with credible and effective security assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. We will continue to cooperate in achieving this objective.”

    1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source

  20. “It also needs to be ensured that the provisions of security assurances are in full conformity with the United Nations Charter - especially Article 51 - which provides that the Security Council shall act, without discrimination, whenever international peace and security is threatened. Pakistan believes that the Conference on Disarmament, as the sole multilateral negotiating body on disarmament matters, provides the most appropriate forum for the consideration of the issue of security assurances to non-nuclear-weapon States. Such consideration should result in the conclusion of an international instrument that provides unconditional security assurances to non-nuclear- weapon States.”

    1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source

  21. “54) Only unconditional guarantees of a legally binding character can effectively address the security concerns of non-nuclear-weapon States. Negative security assurances which are conditional could be subjected to varying interpretations and to selective implementation. Linking security assurances to certain criteria would militate against the objective of providing assurances on a universal basis. Also, relying on a subjective decision-making process for extending security assurances could result in arbitrary and selective application of those assurances. Security assurances should become operational whenever there is any use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.”

    1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source

  22. “The Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, during their Tenth Summit Conference, held in Jakarta in 1992, also emphasized the significance of a multilateral and legally binding convention to adequately address the security concerns of non-nuclear-weapon States. The non-aligned Foreign Ministers reaffirmed that position in May 1994 in Cairo. They stated that "security assurances to non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons could contribute positively to addressing some of the dangers inherent in the presence of nuclear weapons" and "called on the Conference on Disarmament to reach an urgent agreement on an internationally binding convention". (S/1994/894, annex, para.”

    1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source

  23. “3) Considering the widespread support for the conclusion of an international convention, the General Assembly recommended that "the Conference on Disarmament should actively continue intensive negotiations with a view to reaching early agreement and concluding effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons". (ibid., para. 5) During the last General Assembly session those recommendations were reiterated in resolution 49/73, which was adopted by a vote of 168 in favour, none against and only three abstentions.”

    1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source

  24. “The Conference on Disarmament agrees, in principle, to the idea of an international convention, but has not been able to agree on the nature of a common formula which could be included in such a convention. The General Assembly has therefore appealed "to all States, especially the nuclear-weapon States, to work actively towards an early agreement on a common approach and, in particular, on a common formula that could be included in an international instrument of a legally binding character". (General Assembly resolution 49/73, para.”

    1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source

  25. “Mr. Kama] (Pakistan): I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the office of President of the Security Council and to thank you and the other members of the Council for giving me the opportunity to speak on the subject of negative security assurances. The issue of negative security assurances has been addressed by the General Assembly over the last several years. The General Assembly has consistently maintained that there is an urgent need to reach an early agreement on effective international arrangements to assure non- nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. Such arrangements would best be in the form of an international convention of a legally binding character.”

    1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source