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1. “In our statement last week, we stressed the need for unified political pressure on the parties by the international community, and we welcomed proposals for a high-level conference on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since then a new coordinating mechanism has been set up to facilitate the negotiations. We welcome this development. The sanctions imposed against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) must not be lifted until conditions for their removal have been met. Furthermore, a partial lifting of the arms embargo would, in our view, not contribute to a solution to the conflict. Rather, we would run the risk of escalating a conflict which cannot be solved on the battlefield.”

   1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source

2. “Such a strategy must be linked to an overall plan for the resolution of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the former Yugoslavia as a whole. The plans related to the safe areas, the overall strategy for the future role of United Nations forces and the concerted international efforts for a resolution of the conflict: these are all areas of great concern and interest to Sweden, and the efforts to develop these aspects have our full support. Our presence in Tuzla, our considerable troop contribution to UNPROFOR and our substantial commitments in the humanitarian field should in our view be justification for our involvement in the planning of those endeavours.”

   1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source

3. “Mr. Keating (New Zealand) took the Chair. We now urge Member States in a position to do so to provide UNPROFOR with the necessary troops and material support for the operation. We are at a critical juncture. It would be disastrous for Bosnia and Herzegovina and devastating for the international community if the momentum for peace were to be lost due to a lack of troops and other resources. Allow me in this connection to pay a special tribute to the Force Commanders and personnel of UNPROFOR as well as to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for their tireless and dedicated efforts. The firm stance of the United Nations, in cooperation with NATO, should be sustained. A coherent and effective strategy with regard to the protection of the remaining safe areas, including the possible use of air power, has to be developed.”

   1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source

4. “There are no further speakers. The next meeting of the Security Council to continue the consideration of the item on the agenda will be fixed in consultations with members of the Council. The meeting rose at 10.35 p.m.”

   1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3368 (1994) · source

5. “There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 912 (1994). I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”

   1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3368 (1994) · source

6. “I shall now put the draft resolution to the vote. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Djibouti, France, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America”

   1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3368 (1994) · source

7. “It is my understanding that the Council is now 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 call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”

   1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3368 (1994) · source

8. “of the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. Members of the Council have also received photocopies of letters dated 21 April 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations and from the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, which will be issued under the symbols S/1994/479 and S/1994/481, respectively.”

   1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3368 (1994) · source

9. “I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following documents: S/1994/420, letter dated 12 April 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Cameroon to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; S/1994/428, letter dated 13 April 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; S/1994/430 and S/1994/446, letters dated 13 and 15 April 1994, respectively, from the Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; S/1994/440, letter dated 14 April 1994 from the Executive Secretary of the Organization of African Unity to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; and document S/1994/442, letter dated 13 April 1994 from the Charge d'affaires a.i.”

   1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3368 (1994) · source

10. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, document S/1994/470. Members of the Council also have before them document S/1994/488, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3368 (1994) · source

11. “There are no further speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 1.10 a.m.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

12. “I now resume my function as President of the Security Council. I call on the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who has asked to speak.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

13. “It is the view of my Government that it is essential that the parties concerned have a clear sense of what the international community expects them to be negotiating about. The confusion and ambiguity which are generated if that is not understood cost lives. The second part of the strategy must, in our view, also include adequate ground forces for UNPROFOR. My Government would have wished that this resolution contained approval for an increase in the ceiling of UNPROFOR, as recommended by the Secretary-General in his reports to the Security Council in March. UNPROFOR has been performing enormously difficult tasks in Bosnia with many fewer resources than it requires. This situation must end. There must be a commitment to supply UNPROFOR with the necessary resources of personnel and equipment.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

14. “55 It is essential that any military action taken in Bosnia under the authority of the Security Council be part of a strategy to achieve peace, and not a random reaction to Bosnian Serb provocation. As the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement on 18 April, "... it is not the United Nations job to wage war on the Bosnian Serbs. The United Nations use of force to protect the safe areas and its own personnel should not be mistaken for partiality towards one of the parties to this dispute." A second key element in the overall strategy must be a renewed impetus for high-level diplomatic negotiations. My Government supports developments in recent days in this direction. These efforts are appropriately welcomed in the resolution we have just adopted.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

15. “Its effectiveness as a deterrent was evident in the dramatic change in the situation in Sarajevo in February. There are, of course, risks in the resort to air strikes, and if the objective of dissuading the Bosnian Serbs from war can be achieved without them, so much the better. But there are also risks in not having that weapon in the armoury of the United Nations: more hostilities, more lives lost and more setbacks to the process of achieving a fair and durable settlement. New Zealand expects a positive and prompt response from NATO to the Secretary-General's request and calls on all NATO members to act promptly and positively on this matter.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

16. “But in Bosnia we face a situation in which all the actions which can be taken by the international community and the United Nations, short of force, have been used and found wanting. The options for the United Nations are narrowing, not because the United Nations wants it that way, but as a result of the actions of the Bosnian Serbs themselves. My Government therefore strongly supports the decision taken earlier this week by the Secretary-General to request the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to authorize the launching of air strikes in support of UNPROFOR's mandate in all of the safe areas, including Gorazde. This capability has been at the disposal of the United Nations since June 1993. My delegation has called for its employment many times, both publicly in this room and in the Council's informal consultations.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

17. “The resolution we have just adopted makes clear the outrage of the United Nations at the actions the Bosnian Serbs have taken in and around the safe area of Gorazde. But outrage is not a sufficient deterrent. The repeated condemnations of the international community have fallen on deaf ears. It is nearly a year since the United Nations proclaimed Gorazde and five other towns in Bosnia and Herzegovina safe areas, "free from armed attacks and from any other hostile acts" (resolution 824 (1993), eighth preambular para.). And it is nearly two years since the Council imposed sanctions on the authorities in Belgrade because of their complicity in the conflict in Bosnia. It is right that the United Nations should be reluctant to use force.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

18. “Their actions, whatever their leaders might say, entail the indiscriminate use of military force quite regardless of circumstance. The victims of this logic are already numbered in the hundreds in the civilian population of Gorazde and in the hundreds of thousands elsewhere in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. My Government is appalled by the sheer brutality and bad faith that this involves. The United Nations itself has become a target. We respect and admire the men and women of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and of other United Nations agencies, the Red Cross and the non- governmental organizations working in Bosnia who are toiling in the name of peace in dangerous and difficult circumstances. Their mission has never been easy, but neither has it been more necessary than it is now.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

19. “I thank the representative of China for his kind words addressed to me. I will now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of New Zealand. Since the beginning of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, New Zealand has believed that peace can only be restored to that part of the world through political negotiation. But we have also taken the clear position that negotiation must be backed by some credible authority on the part of the United Nations and of the international community. In recent weeks, the efforts of the United Nations to end hostilities and secure a cease-fire have been flagrantly and repeatedly defied by the Bosnian Serbs. The Bosnian Serbs have shown yet again that they are still not ready for peace.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

20. “There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has therefore been adopted unanimously as resolution 913 (1994). I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

21. “I shall now put the draft resolution in document S/1994/465 to the vote. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Djibouti, France, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

22. “It is my understanding at this point that the Council is ready to proceed to vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall take it that it is so decided. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

23. “I thank the representative of Bulgaria for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Sudan. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

24. “I thank the representative of Qatar for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Bulgaria. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

25. “I thank the representative of Poland for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Qatar. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

26. “I thank the representative of Slovenia for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Poland. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. 36”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

27. “The next speaker is the representative of Slovenia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

28. “The next speaker is the representative of Finland. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

29. “I thank the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran for his kind words addressed to me and my predecessor. The meeting was suspended at 8.55 p.m. and resumed at 10.35 p.m.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

30. “I thank the representative of Austria for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. We have now almost reached the halfway point in the debate. We shall hear one more speaker at this point, but, as I advised earlier in the evening before we began our debate, it will be necessary to suspend the meeting for a short time. I invite the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

31. “The next speaker is the representative of Austria. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

32. “I thank the representative of Malaysia for the kind words which he addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Norway. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

33. “I thank the representative of Sweden for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Malaysia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

34. “I thank the representative of the United Arab Emirates for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Sweden. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

35. “The next speaker is the representative of the United Arab Emirates. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

36. “I thank His Excellency Mr. Ansay for his kind words addressed to me and to my predecessor. I should like to inform the Council that I have just received a letter from the representative of Sudan 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 tule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President,”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

37. “I thank the representative of Jordan for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is Mr. Engin Ahmet Ansay, Permanent Observer of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to whom the Council has extended an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

38. “I thank the representative of Algeria for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Jordan. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

39. “I thank the representative of Indonesia for his kind words addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Algeria. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

40. “I thank the representative of Afghanistan for his kind words addressed to me and my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Senegal. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

41. “I thank the representative of Hungary for his kind words addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Afghanistan. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

42. “I thank the representative of Morocco for his kind words addressed to me and my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Hungary. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

43. “I thank the representative of Egypt for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Morocco. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. 15”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

44. “I thank the representative of Greece for his kind words addressed to me and my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Egypt. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement. 14”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

45. “The next speaker is the representative of Greece. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

46. “I thank the representative of Tunisia for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. In accordance with the decision taken earlier in the meeting, I now invite Ambassador Dragomir Djokic to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

47. “I thank the representative of Turkey for his kind words addressed to me and my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Tunisia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

48. “The next speaker is the representative of Turkey. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

49. “I thank the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Croatia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source

50. “Members of the Council have also received photocopies of letters dated 21 April 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations and the Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations, both addressed to the President of the Security Council, which will be issued under the symbols S/1994/480 and S/1994/483 respectively. The first speaker is the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on whom I now call.”

    1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source