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King Hassan Ii

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1992-01-31
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1992-01-31
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  1. “The exchange of opinions and the discussion reflected in 'the final presidential declaration which will be the culmination of our work today will allow us to note the progress we have achieved and the breadth of the tasks that await us if we are to meet the challenges with which we are confronted, While we cannot claim that our meeting will resolve the problems facing the world, we can at least affirm that this meeting has the merit of enabling us to consult together and to chart the course of that new world order to which we aspire.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  2. “It is a pleasure for us to say on this occasion that the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reflect the human concepts which we have upheld for 14 centuries and which include political, economic and social rights. The second Caliph of Islam, Omar Ibn El-Khattab, proclaimed the principle of human rights in the following words: "How is it possible to subjugate man, when he is born free?", Your initiative, Mr. President, gives the countries members of the Security Council the opportunity, for the first time, to meet at the highest level and enables them to have a thorough and interesting discussion of the problems of our day.”

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  3. “However, and to our profound regret, that openness and the initiatives taken with a view to attaining peace have been met with political immobility, with rigid positions, the use of force and the fuelling of tensions. Clear progress has been achieved in the international sphere in respect of human rights, Morocco takes this opportunity to express its pleasure at this fact, because the concept of human rights, as we see it, is universal and can in no way be departed from or called into question. We believe that human rights mean respect for dignity and its corollary: the safeguarding of individual and collective rights. It is to this principle that civilized communities are committed.”

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  4. “In this framework, we should like to focus on the specific status of the city of Al Quds Al Sharif and recall that in 1979 the Organization of the Islamic Conference entrusted us with the chairmanship of the Al Quds Committee. Over these 12 years we have continuously sought to find an equitable and just solution to the fate of the Holy City. We understand that the Holy Places in that city are of paramount importance to Muslims, Christians and Jews. That is why the Arab and Islamic side has shown openness in all the gatherings it has held, and in particular at the Summit Conference held at Fez in 1982, displaying a spirit of cooperation and taking the first steps towards the other side.”

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  5. “Thus the international community must redouble its efforts to find a definitive solution to the problem of the Middle East in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, which have, inter alia, emphasized the withdrawal of Israel from the occupied Arab territories and the recognition of the rights of Palestinians, including the right of refugees to return to their homeland, Morocco was among the first to encourage dialogue among the parties to the conflict in the Middle East. In so doing, we were acting consistently in unhesitatingly supporting the peace initiative. We thus hope that that process will be completed and that the countries that have prepared the meeting of the parties to the conflict will encourage dialogue leading to a solution that will be just and acceptable to all.”

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  6. “It is impossible to envisage the establishment of a new world order when the Arab world is living a tragedy that has lasted for nearly a half century. That tragedy is the tragedy of the Palestinian people, deprived of the exercise of their rights, stripped of their territory and their homeland, threatened in their identity and their history, whose children are dying before the eyes of the entire world. Although the international community has set out to find short-term or longer-term solutions to some political problems, the persistence of this problem for so long a time demonstrates the inability of the universal conscience to resolve it and to put an end to its negative consequences.”

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  7. “We suffer its problems and we share its aspirations, even though we may not always have benefited from all of the understanding we had the right to expect from the Organization of African Unity. It is a continent whose situation is worsening and where living conditions are deteriorating under the combined effect of growing indebtedness, the decline in the prices of raw materials, galloping population growth and the scarcity of foreign investment. In addition, Africa is confronted with a worsening economic crisis because of natural disasters, famine and the displacement of over 10 million refugees to neighbouring countries. This is a crisis that will imperil the continent's future if the international community, does not take urgent measures to give effect to the commitments it has undertaken in this respect.”

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  8. “We believe that disarmament will have no true significance unless it engenders in the countries of the North the dynamics of cooperation with the countries of the South to help the latter to free themselves from underdevelopment, Moreover, we believe in the need to establish a link between peace and disarmament, and it is regrettable that the close relationship that exists between peace and development is underestimated. We must not forget that underdevelopment has been and remains the greatest threat to world peace and security and that at the present time it represents the greatest challenge the international community must meet. We are a part of Africa, a continent that we cherish and respect.”

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  9. “The strengthening of the organs of the United Nations and of their role in the maintenance of international peace and security requires that the international community give serious consideration to disarmament questions. In this respect, it is our view that the international instruments concluded in recent years all provide glimmers of hope and encouraging prospects in this area. , Nevertheless, the progress achieved by the United Nations in the nuclear sphere should not prevent us from redoubling our efforts to ensure the success of the Geneva negotiations on the prohibition of chemical weapons and their destruction in order to rid ourselves of a devastating weapon that constitutes a negation of civilization and noble human values.”

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  10. “This is why all countries are hopeful that the Organization will be more effective at this crucial stage in the evolving international situation. In this connection the Kingdom of Morocco reaffirms the need to strengthen the organs of the United Nations, to improve their functioning and to review their mechanisms in order to increase their effectiveness and credibility and adapt them to the new realities they face. Morocco can therefore only support the often-expressed will to revitalize the United Nations and reform its organs, and we hope that precise and concrete proposals will be made in this respect as soon as possible.”

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  11. “In other words, dialogue and mediation must be given pride of place, and all of the mechanisms of the United Nations and the provisions of the Charter must be employed; the Secretary-General must be given all the means of preventive diplomacy to prevent the degeneration of disputes into armed conflicts. In addition, the provisions of the Charter concerning collective security cannot become operational unless all countries fully respect international law and unless the principle of equality among States is made a reality. Since the end of the cold war, the United Nations responsibilities have broadened and its role has been increased. , Given the new configuration of the world scene, the international community is itself confronting new difficulties and new challenges at a time when it aspires to peace.”

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  12. “Nevertheless, the Security Council, which has functions in the field of the maintenance of international peace and security, has not always been capable of carrying out its mission under the Charter of the Organization, and in particular under Chapter VI. The Council has, for most of the time, been paralysed because of the cold war, which was reflected in the Council by the exercise of the right of veto by the great Powers of one or another bloc. For the same reason, the Security Council found itself incapable of finding satisfactory solutions to regional conflicts, which had harmful consequences in the international arena. The desire to support the United Nations role requires, first and foremost, action to maintain world peace and achieve the peaceful settlement of disputes.”

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  13. “that Morocco is part, at one and the same time, of Africa and of the Arab and Islamic worlds gives it the duty, on this happy occasion, of expressing its ideas and views while at the same time taking into account the positions of the various parties which belong to these same regions. We are therefore honoured to be able to transmit to you the feelings, observations and questions raised in our region by the initiative of the President of the Council in convening this summit meeting. As far as the United Nations is concerned, we commend the major role it has played since the end of the Second World War in establishing a new era based on the maintenance of peace and security and on the attainment of progress for all the countries and peoples of the world.”

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  14. “There can be no doubt that his election constitutes not only the consecration crowning his success in the duties he performed in his own country, but also a tribute to the region to'which he belongs and a just recognition of the contribution of Arabs and Africans to the development of the United Nations and to the accomplishment of its mission. We would be failing in our duty if we were not also to pay a special tribute to his predecessor, His Excellency Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar who, through his tireless efforts, made an invaluable contribution to the revitalization of the United Nations and its positive development during a sensitive period in its history, so enabling it to tackle global problems and alleviate tension, thus commanding respect from the world at large. The fact.”

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  15. “These changes have brought about a situation for our planet which was completely unforeseeable before the '80s. That is why this summit meeting is an invaluable occasion for us to exchange views on the events that we have experienced and to reflect, together, on effective ways to meet the challenges now facing mankind as it enters the last decade before the twenty-first century. We cannot fail to take this opportunity to express our warmest - congratulations to the Secretary-General of our Organization, His Excellency Mr. Boutros Boutros~Ghali, who, thanks to his intellectual powers and his moral qualities, has very deservedly assumed this highly responsible post.”

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  16. “It reflects not only the desire of the members of the Council to discharge their responsibilities but also their commitment to international cooperation and their support for the noble mission of the United Nations for greater understanding in the interest of world peace, all of which is with a view to avoiding a return to international confrontation and its sorry train of harmful consequences for the world. The peace between the wars lasted only a short space of time, and hardly had one conflict been stanched when another confrontation of even greater fury and violence was unleashed, giving mankind no respite. This summit meeting is being held in appropriate circumstances, as it is taking place after the historic changes which have just occurred in the world and have profoundly altered all the givens of international politics.”

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  17. “Praise to the Lord, and prayer for the Prophet and his family. The holding of a summit meeting of the countries members of the Security Council, wpon the invitation of His Excellency the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr. Major, who is President of the Security Council this month, is an excellent initiative and, clearly, a commendable precedent in the history of the United Nations. The high level of representation of the countries members of the Council confers a special significance on this exceptional, historic event.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source