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Khalilzad

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2007-05-02
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  1. “The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2007/ 156, which contains the twenty-third report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Members also have before them document S/2007/271, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. 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 now put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show ofhands.”

    2007-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5674 (2007) · source

  2. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration 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 consideration of the item, 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. Ileka (Democratic Republic of the Congo) took a seat at the Council table. The President: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”

    2007-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5674 (2007) · source

  3. “Ahtisaari and, I know, the Secretary-General have proposed a unique solution; and the EU has stepped forward to become Kosovo's implementing partner for independence. The United States does not find this path forward to be perfect or easy. But what Mr. Ahtisaari has proposed is the best option for bringing to an end the last chapter in the dissolution of former Yugoslavia. I look forward to working with my colleagues to help assure the success of this plan. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. 14 There are no further speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 11.25 am. 07-33839”

    2007-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5673 (2007) · source

  4. “But UNMIK tells us - and our trip made this clear - that we have made about all the progress we can make with the Provisional Institutions. As I reflect on our stop in Vienna, I appreciate the work performed by Special Envoy Ahtisaari over the past 18 months. I am convinced that he has considered all relevant issues. He has proposed a compromise solution that offers far-reaching decentralization of government and elaborate protection for religious sites. The United States supports Mr. Ahtisaari's plan for Kosovo. Kosovo is an entity administered by the United Nations that used to be part of Yugoslavia, a country that no longer exists. The set of circumstances that brought us to this point exists nowhere else in the world. Recognizing this unique problem, Mr.”

    2007-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5673 (2007) · source

  5. “Nothing further can come about from these talks, and there is no potential for the passage of time to change the polarization in the foreseeable future. Therefore, delay, I believe, has no potential to help the situation. I think, on the other hand, that delay has great potential to destabilize Kosovo and the Balkans. The balance of international resources that sustain Kosovo today cannot remain in place indefinitely. UNMIK and the Kosovo Force are the pillars of an interim administration and security forces - not occupiers. Delay, leading to more delay, is not a policy; it is a prescription for rising resentment and economic stagnation - and unsupervised independence. We should surely recognize that much remains to be done in Kosovo to implement fully the standards we have pronounced.”

    2007-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5673 (2007) · source

  6. “In Belgrade, I heard Serbia's political leaders reject the Ahtisaari plan. But their proposal did not take into account the history of the area and the polarization that has grown between Kosovo and Serbia due to the policy of ethnic cleansing during the Milosevic era. In Pristina, we saw and heard that Kosovo's government, police and courts have taken more and more responsibility from the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), to the point where Kosovo is today virtually functioning as an autonomous State. As we toured Kosovo, we saw the vestiges of violence and ethnic animosity, but we also saw signs of progress and the potential for ethnic coexistence. When I reflect on the political views I heard in Belgrade and Pristina, I understand that there is no potential for compromise on the independence question.”

    2007-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5673 (2007) · source

  7. “The first point was that resolving the status of Kosovo was important for the European Union (EU), that the continuation of the current situation was not sustainable, and that the current situation poses a potential threat to the peace and stability of the Balkans and of Europe as a whole. The second point I heard was that EU membership is the ultimate goal of both Kosovo and Serbia, but that clarifying the status of Kosovo was important for making progress towards that goal. The third point was that the European Union is ready to shoulder their heavy responsibilities, as spelled out in Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo's final political status. I am grateful that the EU has stepped forward to play a leading role in guiding a multi-ethnic Kosovo to a future in the European Union.”

    2007-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5673 (2007) · source

  8. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of the United States. I came to New York as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 23 April. On 24 April I left to go on the mission to Kosovo that we are discussing today. I mention this to convey to the Council the very high priority that my Government and I personally give to the resolution of the Kosovo issue. I would like at the outset to thank the Russian Permanent Representative, Mr. Churkin, for having proposed the Security Council mission, and our chief, Belgian Permanent Representative Ambassador Verbeke, for his skilful leadership of the mission. The trip, as the Council is aware, consisted of stops in Brussels, Belgrade, Kosovo and Vienna. In Brussels, I was impressed by three points that I heard.”

    2007-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5673 (2007) · source

  9. “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 its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2007/256, containing the report of the Security Council mission on the Kosovo issue. At this meeting, the Council will hear a briefing by Ambassador Johan Verbeke, Permanent Representative of Belgium and Head of the Security Council mission on the Kosovo issue. I now give the floor to Ambassador Verbeke.”

    2007-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5673 (2007) · source

  10. “On behalf of the Security Council, I would like to thank Ambassador Verbeke for his able leadership of the mission and for his briefing. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The next meeting to discuss the written report of the mission will be fixed in consultation with the members of the Security Council. The meeting rose at 12.25 p.m. 07-32817”

    2007-05-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5672 (2007) · source

  11. “The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. At this meeting, the Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Johan Verbeke, Permanent Representative of Belgium and the head of the Security Council mission on the Kosovo issue. I would like to welcome the return of the members of the Council and the Secretariat who took part in the mission on the Kosovo issue. I now give the floor to Ambassador Verbeke, head of the Security Council mission on the Kosovo issue.”

    2007-05-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5672 (2007) · source

  12. “As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of May, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of April 2007. I am sure I speak for all members of the Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Jones Parry for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. Security Council mission Briefing by the Head of the Security Council mission on the Kosovo issue The President: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”

    2007-05-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5672 (2007) · source