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Kok

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1999-09-29
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2000-09-07
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  1. “Likewise, African Governments should be willing and able to confront the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Sahara Africa, which the Council has rightly recognized as a risk to stability and security. So let us work together towards achieving peace and prosperity for the peoples and countries of Africa and elsewhere. We must join hands to improve respect for human rights, protect minorities, establish truly representative and participatory political systems and improve health and education standards. Through strength and solidarity, the Security Council can help us in making our common dream of worldwide peace and prosperity come true.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  2. “I agree with the Secretary-General that prevention is a challenge of political leadership. Member States should enable the Secretary-General to initiate actions in this regard, including the dispatch of fact-finding missions and the establishment of an effective early-warning capacity. Most armed conflicts today are between the poor. Broad-based economic growth helps to reduce poverty as a root cause of conflict and must, therefore, be part of conflict prevention strategies. Effective integration in the world economy is needed. African countries must be enabled to benefit more from the opportunities that globalization provides. Only then will the people of Africa be able to escape from the extreme poverty afflicting it.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  3. “If and when necessary, the Member States should allow the United Nations to deploy rapidly and under a robust mandate. The Member States should be prepared to make sufficient resources available. They should provide adequate support to peace-building strategies that work and take another look at the application of the principle of impartiality when dealing with local parties to a conflict. Let us fulfil our moral obligation to future generations by eliminating the causes of conflict and sparing them the man-made humanitarian calamities that plague our world today. Improving the quality of peace operations will contribute towards realizing those ambitions. But more is needed, more in the way of conflict prevention to avoid human suffering and to save the enormous cost of military action and of rebuilding societies.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  4. “What does this mean for our responsibility with regard to the numerous local conflicts of today and the havoc they bring to millions of people and to our development agenda? A major shift has occurred from global big-Power confrontation to internal conflicts, often based on ethnic and religious divisions, particularly in Africa. This requires a change in the way the Security Council deals with international peace and security. The Netherlands welcomes the recommendations in the Brahimi report on how to improve the way the Council handles today's conflicts. Let the Council draw lessons from past experiences and step up its efforts to do better. Enhancing the effectiveness of United Nations peace operations requires political courage.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  5. “Mr. Kok: We started our meeting today with the minute of silence to remember the victims of militia violence in Timor. The Council through its President called upon Indonesia to live up to its responsibilities. I appeal to the Indonesian Government to exert its authority in Timor as in the Maluccas, or wherever a need may arise, to prevent a recurrence of such violence. The Millennium Assembly has brought us together here in New York, marking a renewed effort to bring prosperity, social justice and full respect for human rights to all the citizens of the world. It also signals our continuing determination to free this world from the scourges of conflict and destruction. This is what the Members of the United Nations decided over half a century ago to be the main task for the Security Council.”

    2000-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4194 (2000) · source

  6. “I thank the Minister for International Development and Human Rights of Norway for the kind words she addressed to me. The meeting was suspended at 6.20 p.m.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  7. “I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Malawi for the kind words he addressed to the presidency. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the Minister for International Development and Human Rights of Norway, Her Excellency Ms. Hilde Johnson. I invite her to take a seat at the Council table and to make her statement.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  8. “The next speaker inscribed on my list is the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Malawi, The Honourable Brown J. Mpinganjira. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  9. “I thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Yemen for his kind words addressed to the presidency. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, The Honourable Alexander Downer. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  10. “The President: The next speaker is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Yemen, His Excellency Mr. Abdul-Qader Ba- J ammal. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement now.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  11. “I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for his kind words addressed to my Government. The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of the Comoros and Ghana in which they request 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 those representatives to participate in the discussion, 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. Abond (Comoros) and Mr. Gbeho (Ghana) took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  12. “I believe that these and similar ideas merit further examination, as part of the follow-up to the Secretary- General's recommendations and as part of our collective effort and obligation to stand by Africa in the new millennium. I now resume my function as President of the Council. The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Ukraine, His Excellency Mr. Borys Tarasyuk. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  13. “As a result, complicated constructions have to be devised to serve the cause of international peace and security. Fresh creative thinking on these issues is long overdue. African efforts at conflict prevention and peacekeeping should be vigorously supported. Let me suggest some options. First, one idea currently being floated aims to link the extent of debt-relief with African participation in peacekeeping operations on the continent. I believe this idea can be taken further. Secondly, where an African State undertakes to engage in a regional peacekeeping effort, enhanced assistance to that country should be considered. Thirdly, we should take a creative look at new ways of strengthening the assistance we provide to boost preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peacekeeping on the African continent.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  14. “That is why we in my country are aiming to target at least 50 per cent of our development aid on Africa, and why debt relief for African countries is at the top of our agenda. Our policy is driven by humanitarian involvement and a sense of justice. The Netherlands will continue to provide substantial emergency aid to victims of conflict. We pledge that our efforts to rebuild the Balkans, which is of paramount importance for durable peace and stability on our European continent, will not be at the expense of our support for Africa. The basic rule should be that peacekeeping is done by United Nations troops and financed from the United Nations peacekeeping budget. Unfortunately, too often we are forced into situations where regional peacekeeping efforts founder because of a lack of funds.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  15. “Our proposals for a common strategy can be summed up in a few words: first, to encourage and support positive developments in Africa in a coherent manner; secondly, to place the emphasis where we can make a difference; and, thirdly, to address the underlying causes of instability and underdevelopment. For my country, that means assisting African efforts at conflict prevention and enhancing peacekeeping capacities, through regional and subregional organizations. It means giving firm support to the integrated approach to conflicts and threats to peace, as advocated in the report of the Secretary-General. It means strengthening ties with African countries that are a force for stability on the continent. And it means concentrating bilateral aid relationships on countries with sound economic and social policies and good governance.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  16. “Many of these causes call for painstaking, long-term efforts, addressing underdevelopment and the continent's related structural problems. It is equally urgent for us to give a credible answer to matters like arms flows and the reckless, uncontrolled conduct of warlords. Deadly conflicts in Africa, like the one between Ethiopia and Eritrea, or the appalling humanitarian drama unfolding in Angola, risk becoming forgotten wars. It is necessary to redress this imbalance and to focus our political attention on these wars and their countless victims, too. Africa is one of the top priority areas of the Netherlands foreign policy, including our development policy. Our view of the root causes of conflicts and the promotion of sustainable development closely mirrors the Secretary-General's report on the subject.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  17. “These issues are so fundamental that the way in which we meet these challenges - and meet them we must - will affect not only the lives and future of millions of Africans, but also the credibility of the United Nations, for many years to come. The prevention and resolution of African conflicts requires the undiminished attention, the vigorous engagement and the firm, consistent support of the world community as a whole and of this Council. Recently, the Security Council made a necessary and vigorous collective effort to restore peace and stability to East Timor, deploying a range of instruments of pressure and influence little used in the past. A similar determination is needed for the resolution of intractable conflicts in Africa and the elimination of their causes.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  18. “I thank the representative of China for his kind words addressed to the presidency and to me. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Prime Minister of the Netherlands. I very much agree with what was said this morning by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and also by the Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU): that it is important to highlight the positive developments that have taken place and are taking place in Africa. The many problems that face Africa today tend to make the headlines, while the continent's promises are often overlooked. Like the Secretary-General, we would warn against "Afro-pessimism". That is why we called for this debate today. Still, African countries are grappling with war, instability and lack of development.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  19. “I thank the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Gambia for the kind words he addressed to the Government of the Netherlands.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  20. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Nigeria, Pakistan and Uganda, in which they request 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 those representatives to participate in the discussion, 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. Gambari (Nigeria); Mr. Haqne (Pakistan) and Mr. Semakula Kiwanuka (Uganda) took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  21. “I thank the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom for the kind words he addressed to the presidency. The meeting was suspended at 1.20 p.m.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source

  22. “I thank the Minister of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Francophonie of Gabon for the kind words he addressed to my Government.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source

  23. “I thank the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity for the kind words he addressed to my Government. The next speaker is the representative of Algeria, who wishes to make a statement on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source

  24. “Members of the Council have before them document S/1999/1008, which contains the progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa. I call on the Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source

  25. “Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity, took a seat at the Council table. The President: I propose that we adjourn this meeting at 1.15 pm. and resume at 3.15 pm. This afternoon's meeting will be adjourned at 6.15 pm. Since we shall probably still have a considerable number of speakers left at that time, I propose to resume our debates tomorrow morning at 10 am. sharp. If I hear no objection, I shall take it that this programme is agreed. It is so decided. 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.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source

  26. “Lee See-young (Republic ofKorea), Mr. Iyamuremye (Rwanda), Mr. Baudin (Senegal), Mr. Chlebo (Slovakia), Mr. Kumalo (South Africa), Mr. Ismail (Sudan), Mr. Dlamini (Swaziland), Mr. Kofi'igoh (Togo), Mr. Tarasyuk (Ukraine), Mr. Samhan (United Arab Emirates), Mr. Kikwete (United Republic of Tanzania), Mr. Perez-Otermin (Uruguay), Mr. Ba-Jammal (Yemen) and Mr. Kasanda (Zambia) took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. Invitation to Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I invite His Excellency Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity, to take a seat at the Council table. At the invitation of the President, Mr.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source

  27. “In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, 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. Baali (Algeria), Mr. Downer (Australia), Mr. Adam (Belgium), Mr. Rodriguez Parrilla (Cuba), Mr. Ndombasi (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mr. Olhaye (Djibouti), Mr. Aboul Gheit (Egypt), Ms. Korpi (Finland), Ms. Raje (India), Mr. Wibisono (Indonesia), Mr. Takasu (Japan), Mr. Dorda (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), Mr. Mpinganjira (Malawi), Mr. Snoussi (Morocco), Mr. Simdo (Mozambique), Ms. Johnson (Norway), Mr. Siazon (Philippines), Mr. Gama (Portugal), Mr.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source

  28. “The situation in Africa Progress report on the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (S/l999/1008) The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Finland, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, the Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Yemen and Zambia, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source

  29. “At the outset of the meeting, I should like to acknowledge the presence at the Council table of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Canada, Gabon and the Gambia, and of the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom. I should also like to acknowledge and welcome the presence of other Ministers in the Council Chamber today. Their presence is an affirmation of the importance of the subject matter to be addressed. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source