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1992-11-16
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  1. “What is at stake in actual fact, is the restoring of international peace and security through their imposition on the ground, in accordance with the mandate entrusted to the Security Council by the Charter of the United Nations. What we need to do here is to send a firm and solemn message from this Council, a message that will say: "Enough is enough!", a message that will once again recall to 412 of us the pertinent provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter and in particular those of Article 42 and of Article 51 relating to the inherent right of self-defence.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  2. “Proceeding from this, it is essential, as stated by the Chairman of the Arab Group before the Council, to: restore the unity and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the status Guo ante; put an end to the reprehensible practice of "ethnic cleansing", which, we thought, had become a thing of the past; enable all the displaced and deported persons to return to their homes; implement the relevant United Nations resolutions and in particular Security Council resolutions 771 (1992) and 781 (1992), ina context of respect for international legality; see to it that the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) secures effective control over all heavy weapons; and to ensure that all paramilitary forces withdraw from Sarajevo and that the other demilitarized towns are placed under the protection of the United Nations.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  3. “It is incumbent upon the Council immediately to put a halt to the hostilities and to ensure respect for the cease-fire on the part of those parties that wish to gain time in order to impose their own designs once and for all.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  4. “The statement made by the delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina last Friday before this Council proved that the faith of its Government in the principles of the Organization is firm, but the report from which I have just quoted gives the impression that the Bosnian people are beginning to have some doubts about the value of the principles articulated in the United Nations Charter. it is up to us, and today it is up to the Security Council in particular to dispel such disquieting doubts. It is the fate cf a people which faces extermination that is now at stake. This is a very grave responsibility that the Security Council has to face up to by adopting resolutions that are commensurate with the gravity and urgency of the situation in accordance with the universal principles that guide its actions.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  5. “refugees without refuge; when 400,000 are threatened with death from hunger and cold this coming winter. And this, alas, seems likely to continue given the constantly worsening situation. 'This is a harsh reality, and full of challenges. And who will be responsible for facing up to such challenges? The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina are committed body and soul to facing these challenges, They lack neither courage nor faith in the justice of their cause. It is the means of providing for their protection that are in short supply. Bosnia and Herzegovina has attained the status of being subject to international law as it has acceded to the membership of the United Nations and has become committed to the Organization's Charter. Thus it is entitled to demand the protection conferred by international law.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  6. “Furthermore, the population has lost all confidence in the effectiveness of international assistance. Given this tragic situation, the report concludes that only an immediate cease-fire can save the population of Sarajevo and that of other besieged towns. The report, then, underscores the word "extermination". And this is more than just a statement of fact. It is terrifying testimony to what can happen in today's world when, at tae same time, the international community is loudly rejoicing in the advent of a new era of promotion of human rights, democracy anc fundamental freedoms. We are entitled to ask what these concepts and values can possibly mean to the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, when 100,000 people have been killed so far in the former Yugoslavia; when a million people are in flight.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  7. “"Thousands more find their lives threatrened and their human dignity violated. Unless immediate action is taken, many of them will not survive the coming winter." (8/24766, para, 5) The report goes on to state that the principal objective of the military conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the setting up of ethnically homogeneous regions. The "ethnic cleansing" does not appear to be the consequence of the war, but rather its goal, ~ goal that has in part been achieved. The report also speaks of the appalling conditions in the camps, in which people who hoped to flee from "ethnic cleansing" have gathered. It states that Sarajevo, the capital, is a dying city. The population of Bosnia and reported of people dying of hunger and exhaustion in the streets.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  8. “Our support for that people and the concern w2 share about their future stem from our deep-seated faith that respect for the will of peoples and the preservation of their cultural identity and their free choice is the healthy and appropriate foundation on which to create and maintain 2 sound human-rights environment in all the latitudes of the planet." The report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights dated 6 November 1992 (S/24766) speaks of the extermination of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and evokes the same feelings of consternation and indignation, The members of the Council] have no doubt noted in that report certain facts reminscent of a bygore period of history. The report states that the wretched victims of the violations are beyond number, and that many have lost their lives.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  9. “Zine E1 Abidine Ben Ali, the President of the Tunisian Republic, made an inaugural statement. He referred to the tragedy in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the following terms: "In view of our commitment to upholding human rights as an indivisible whole, irrespective of the creed, nationality, identity or culture of any indivicual, we express our profound consternation at the forced exodus, explusion and extermination to which the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina are being subjected in contempt of the most elementary of humanitarian values and principles.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  10. “(spoke in Arabic) My delegation has listened with great interest to the statemants by the two Co-Chairmen of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, Mr. Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen, as well as to the statements by Mr. Mazoweicki, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, and Mrs. Ogata, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. My delegation wishes to express its great appreciation for the work they are doing with such patience and dedication. I also take this opportunity to pay tribute to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), which is devotedly carrying out its functions under extremely difficult circumstances. At the meeting of the African Reyional Conference, on 2 November 1992, in Tunisia, in preparation for the Vienna International Conference scheduled for 1995, His Excellency Mr.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  11. “Mr. KHOUINI (Tunisia) (interpretation from French): My delegation is particularly pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council. That a diplomat of your talent, representing a friendly country, Hungary, is guiding our deliberations today is of itself a guarantees of success as well as an assurance that this important United Nations body responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security will do its utmost to respond to the hopes vested in it, not only by the people of Bosuia and Herzegovina but by the whole of the international community. As we offer you our congratulations, my delegation wishes also to convey to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Jean-Bernard Merimee, our warm appreciation for the competent and stylish way in which he presided over the Council last month.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source

  12. “What is at stake in actual fact, is the restoring of international peace and security through their imposition on the ground, in accordance with the mandate entrusted to the Security Council by the Charter of the United Nations. What we need to do here is to send a firm and solemn message from this Council, a message that will say: "Enough is enough!", a message that will once again recall to #12 of us the pertinent provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter and in particular those of Article 42 and of Article 51 relating to the inherent right of self-defence.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  13. “Proceeding from this, it is essential, as stated by the Chairman of the Arab Group before the Council, to: restore the unity and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the status quo ante; put an end to the reprehensible practice of "ethnic cleansing", which, we thought, had become a thing of the past; enable all the displaced and deported persons to return to their homes; implement the relevant United Nations resolutions and in particular Security Council resolutions 771 (1992) and 781 (1992), ina context of respect for international legality; see to it that the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) secures effective control over ail heavy weapons; and to ensure that all paramilitary forces withdraw from Sarajevo and that the other demilitarized towns are placed under the protection of the United Nations.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  14. “This is a very grave responsibility that the Security Council has to face up to by adopting resolutions that are commensurate with the gravity and urgency of the situation in accordance with the universal principles that guide its actions. It ig incumbent upon the Council immediately to put a halt to the hostilities and to ensure respect for the cease-fire on the part of those parties that wish to gain time in order to impose their own designs once and for all.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  15. “Bosnia and Herzegovina has attained the status of being subject to international law as it has acceded to the membership of the United Nations and has become committed to the Organization's Charter. Thus it is entitled to demand the protection conferred by international law. The statement made by the delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina last Friday before this Council proved that the faith of its Govermument in the principles of the Organization is firm, but the report fron which I have just quoted gives the impression that the Bosnian people are beginning to have some doubts about the value of the principles articulated in the United Nations Charter. It is up to us, and today it is up to the Security Council in particular to dispel such disquieting doubts. It is the fate of a people which faces extermination that is now at stake.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  16. “We are entitled to ask what these concepts and values can possibly mean to the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, when 100,000 peopie have been killed so far in the former Yugoslavia; when a million people are in flight, refugees without refuge; when 400,000 are threatened with death from hunger and cold this coming winter. And this, alas, seems likely to continue given the constantly worsening situation, This is a harsh reality, and full of challenges. And who will be responsible for facing up to such challenges? The people of Bosnia and Herzugovina are committed body and soul to facing these challenges. They lack neither courage nor faith in the justice of their cause. It is the means of providing for their protection that are in Short supply.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  17. “Furthermore, the po,ulation has lost all confidence in the effectiveness of international assistance. Given this tragic situation, the report concludes that only an immediate cease-fire can save the population of Sarajevo and that of other besieged towns. The report, then, underscores the word "extermination". And this is more than just a statement of fact. It is terrifying testimony to what can happen in today's world when, at tae same time, the international community is loudly rejoicing in the advent of a new era of promotion of human rights, democracy and fundamental freedoms.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  18. “"Thousands more find their lives threatrened and their human dignity violated. Unless immediate action is taken, many of them will not survive the coming winter." (§/24766, para, 5) The report goes on to state that the principal objective of the military conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the setting up of ethnically homogeneous regions. The "ethnic cleansing" does not appear to be the consequence of the war, but rather its goal, ~ goal that has in part been achieved. The report also speaks of the appalling conditions in the camps, in which people who hoped to flee from "ethnic cleansing" have gathered, It states that Sarajevo, the capital, is a dying city. The population of Bosnia and Harzaqovina in deanorata an reported of people dying of hunger and exhaustion in the streets.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  19. “Our support for that people and the concern we share about their future stem from our deep-seated faith that respect for the will of peoples and the preservation of their cultural identity and their free choice is the healthy and appropriate foundation on which to create and maintain = sound human-rights environment in al1 the latitudes of the planet." The report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights dated 6 November 1992 (S/24766) speaks of the extermination of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and evokes the same feelings of consternation and indignation. The members of the Council have ao doubt noted in that report certain facts reminscent of a bygore period of history. The report states that the wretched victims of the violations are beyond number, and that many have lost their lives.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  20. “Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the President of the Tunisian Republic, made an inaugural statement. He referred to the tragedy in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the following terms: "In view of our commitment to upholding human rights as an indivisible whole, irrespective of the creed, nationality, identity or culture of any indivicual, we express our profound consternation at the forced exodus, explusion and extermination to which the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina are being subjected in contempt of the most olementary of humanitarian values and principles.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  21. “(spoke in Arabic) My delegation has listened with great interest to the statements by the two Co-Chairmen of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, Mr. Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen, as well as to the statements by Mr. Mazoweicki, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, and Mrs. Ogata, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. My delegation wishes to express its great appreciation for the work they are doing with such patience and dedication. I also take this opportunity to pay tribute to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), which is devotedly carrying out its functions under extremely difficult circumstances. At the meeting of the African Regional Conference, on 2 November 1992, in Zunisia, in preparation for the Vienna International Conference scheduled for 1995, His Excellency Mr.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source

  22. “Mr, KHOUINI (Tunisia) (interpretation from French): My delegation is particularly pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council. That a diplomat of your talent, representing a friendly country, Hungary, is guiding our deliberations today is of itself a quarantee of success as well as an assurance that this important United Nations body responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security will do its utmost to respond to the hopes vested in it, not only by the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina but by the whole of the international community. As we offer you our congratulations, my delegation wishes also to convey to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Jean-Bernard Merimee, our warm appreciation for the competent and stylish way in which he presided over the Council last month.”

    1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3136 (1992) · source