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Konuzin

lines on the record: 341
first: 2002-09-26
most recent: 2005-08-04
sittings or episodes: 54
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“One of the key elements in this resolution is an agreement on the mandate of the multinational forces remaining in Iraq at the request of the interim Government. The mandate of those forces is clearly linked to the political tasks of the transitional period, and the length of their stay in the country could be reduced upon the request of the Iraqi leadership. It is clearly articulated that their presence in the country is at the request of the interim Government of Iraq and that their function is to provide security during the transitional period. It is important that a coordination mechanism be developed between the new Iraqi leadership and the command of the multinational force that will not infringe on the sovereignty of the interim Government.”
2004-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4987 (2004) · source
“It was an important principle that all provisions of the resolution should be adopted on the basis of relevant requests made by the interim Government, in particular concerning the deployment in the country of the multinational force and international assistance for the political process, with the United Nations playing a leading role. Under the resolution, the United Nations must meet some serious challenges in Iraq. The Organization must play an important role, for example, in providing assistance to the new Iraqi authorities in the run-up to the elections and in the drafting of a permanent constitution. Of course, the United Nations can meet the challenges in that country only if an adequate level of security is provided.”
2004-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4987 (2004) · source
“National elections are scheduled to take place in Iraq by January 2005, following which a sovereign Transitional Government will be formed. International and regional assistance is of key significance to the restoration process in Iraq. Given the importance of lending legitimacy to Transitional Government structures in Iraq, Russia, prior to the adoption of this resolution, suggested that an international conference be convened, with the participation of all influential Iraqi political forces, neighbouring States and members of the Security Council. Our proposal is still valid. We call on the leadership of Iraq to take a very serious look at the possibility of convening this type of meeting.”
2004-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4987 (2004) · source
“Now we have the prospect of enhancing the contribution of the United Nations in promoting organized civilian life and in developing the political process in Iraq on a democratic basis. The resolution unequivocally confirms the right of the Iraqi people to determine their own political future and to control their national resources. The interim Government is endowed with full sovereignty on matters of governance, including command over its national army and its police. We welcome the inclusion in the resolution of provisions in support of reintegrating opposition elements into Iraqi society and of the need for all parties to comply with international humanitarian and human rights norms. It is important that there be a specific timeline for the political process.”
2004-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4987 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Today, the Security Council has adopted a new resolution on Iraq that will become an important milestone in that country's history. The Russian Federation supported the adoption of this resolution in the light of our commitment to a prompt political settlement of the situation in Iraq under United Nations auspices and in order to normalize the situation in the entire region. During the complex process of negotiating a text and in the intense diplomatic contacts, we managed to work out a decision culminating in the cessation of Iraq's military occupation and the transfer of full sovereignty from the coalition authorities to the Iraqi interim Government.”
2004-06-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4987 (2004) · source
“And the last question: does the Minister believe it important to consider convening an international conference, possibly in several stages, as an instrument to provide a tool for the Iraqi settlement process? How does the Minister feel about that idea?”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4982 (2004) · source
“We believe that the draft resolution being prepared by the Security Council on Iraq must clearly answer the question of who will be responsible for searching for traces of weapons of mass destruction and for maintaining the safety of the sites and all materials found under the monitoring of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Mission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). What does the Minister think about the work of the IAEA and UNMOVIC being resumed simultaneous to the transfer of power to the interim Government in order to deploy in Iraq a long- term disarmament monitoring system based on Security Council resolutions? My third question, which others delegations have already asked about, has to do with the interaction between the interim Government and the multinational force.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4982 (2004) · source
“An alternative could be to hold a meeting in the region, which would give Iraq's neighbours an opportunity to participate actively in the dialogue with the Iraqi leadership. Now I wish to ask several questions. First, what are the priority areas? According to which priorities does the interim Government wish to receive international assistance from the international community? What role could the United Nations play in that regard? My second question concerns the situation regarding the file on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, as no weapons of mass destruction have been found.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4982 (2004) · source
“It is our job to ensure that the people of Iraq are united and sovereign once again and that there will be stability, democracy and economic prosperity in the country. We must be sure that we are acting in accordance with the views of the Iraqis and that we are not imposing our will on them. In that regard, we wish to hear from the interim Government specific ideas with respect to international assistance for Iraq, particularly in the political, economic, military and humanitarian areas. We will take those considerations into account in our future work on the Council's draft resolution on Iraq. We also recommend that the head of the interim Government, with a number of ministers, come to New York to meet with the members of the Security Council.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4982 (2004) · source
“My delegation also found another comment of the Secretary-General to be of value, that security in the country cannot be ensured by military means alone and that we must try to ensure that the most vocal Government critics are included in the upcoming national dialogue. We hope that the interim Government will be able to make a significant contribution to establishing national institutions and a system of government and to meet challenges such as establishing internal stability, restoring the economy and the social infrastructure and establishing law and order. It is our view that the international community, led by the United Nations, must give as much assistance as possible to the people of Iraq to achieve those goals. The Security Council is working on a draft resolution on Iraq.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4982 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to Mr. Zebari for his statement. On 1 June, the Iraqi interim Government was formed and the temporary Governing Council dissolved. Earlier, the Secretary-General briefed us on the results of the mission to Iraq of his special envoy, Mr. Brahimi. We look forward to the report of Mr. Brahimi himself. Russia has always advocated the prompt restoration of the full sovereignty of Iraq. To do that, it is very important that the Iraqi people recognize the interim Government as the country's main political force. In that regard, my delegation welcomes what the Secretary-General has said in the Council's consultations, that the Iraqis themselves will need to judge their Government on the basis not of statements but of the Government's specific actions.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4982 (2004) · source
“A great deal remains to be done to improve the peacekeeping potential of the United Nations, especially in such areas as rapid response, the effective use of material resources, financing, transport, the training of staff, et cetera. It is precisely in that manner that we must all go forward, in the light of our collective desire to make United Nations peacekeeping as effective as possible in order to settle the various international and regional conflicts.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“Positive examples of such cooperation are the conduct, under a Security Council mandate, of a European Union mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the International Security Assistance Force under the leadership of NATO in Afghanistan, the deployment of multinational forces of Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) members in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, the military contingents of the African Union mission in Burundi and their subsequent replacement by a United Nations peacekeeping operation and the joint peacekeeping mission of the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Independent States in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“We are convinced that only close cooperation among all players, combined with the United Nations presence, will enable us to ensure the most effective and comprehensive treatment of crises. There is special significance in the further development of a new kind of partnership between the United Nations and regional organizations.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“The experience already accumulated by the Organization in this sphere quite obviously shows that the most effective results in the United Nations have been achieved in those cases where constructive interaction was ensured between international structures, and local institutions and national Governments. On the other hand, problems have arisen. Even now, there are difficulties in carrying out the mandates of the United Nations missions in Ethiopia and Eritrea and Cote d'Ivoire and the activities of United Nations agencies in the western regions of Sudan. Moreover, the proper level of support for the United Nations mission in Kosovo has not been received from the Provisional Institutions of Self- Government of that province of Serbia and Montenegro.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“For that reason, it is no happenstance that the Afghan model is being applied by many to Iraq. The agreed-upon international steps taken under the aegis of the United Nations have turned out to be successful because of the unique ability of the Organization to combine its leading role in the area of security and restoring peace with the division of labour within the regional and subregional organizations in accordance with Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter. That potential should, in fact, be developed to ensure a truly legitimate collective reaction to complex emergency situations under conditions of international conflict.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“The example of the Afghan settlement gives us an effective scheme for international support for the peace process. The political timetable worked out on the basis of the Bonn Agreement was materially complemented by decisions taken at the Tokyo donors conference and has been consistently carried out by the team headed by Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi. Essential assistance in stabilizing the situation has been lent by the International Security Assistance Force. Important work is being carried out by lead countries in the areas of military and legal reforms, establishing national police and combating drug trafficking. It seems to us that the broad consensus, with regard to helping the Afghan settlement which took place under the aegis of the United Nations, is showing its effectiveness.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“So it is that the interdepartmental groups established within the framework of the United Nations Secretariat are effectively working on the preparation of complex operations for peacekeeping and the subsequent social and economic recovery and nation-building of countries suffering from conflicts. A good example of that type of innovation, in enhancing the effectiveness and output from United Nations peacekeeping operations, is the coordination meeting of the special representatives of the Secretary- General to harmonize joint action and solve common cross-border problems connected, inter alia, with illegal arms deliveries and supplies, uncontrolled movement of armed groups, regulating refugee flows and providing humanitarian assistance in a number of African States.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“They clearly demonstrate the indissolubly linked tasks involved in ensuring that the establishment of peace and the rebirth of statehood and the full-fledged social and economic recovery of countries suffering from conflict take place. The experience of the conduct of peacekeeping operations under the leadership of the United Nations, and with its approval, has shown, in the past decade, a radical change in the nature of the tasks facing us - a transition from traditional ceasefire monitoring to the complex settlement of problems which go as far as the full-fledged governing of territories. We believe that the United Nations Secretariat and the international community must significantly restructure their work in peacekeeping in keeping with the new tasks.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“The nature of current global challenges and threats determines the need for a collective reaction to them, on the basis of comprehensive concern and respect for the legitimate interests of all members of the international community in strict observance of the existing international legal norms, and the comprehensive involvement of the potential of various multilateral institutions at the global and regional levels. We note with satisfaction that, over a relatively short period of time, within the framework of the United Nations it has been possible to achieve substantial success in settling complex regional conflicts. The examples include the operations in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Liberia and in a number of other crisis regions.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are pleased to see participating in today's meeting of the Security Council, Ms. Marjatta Rasi, President of the Economic and Social Council, and Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. Their participation is further testimony to the cooperation of the major organs of the United Nations, in accordance with their prerogatives in solving tasks common to the Organization.”
2004-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4980 (2004) · source
“We hope that such assessments will enable the Security Council to take further steps to enhance the effectiveness of the sanctions.”
2004-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4976 (2004) · source
“Adding to the list and incorporating detailed information on terrorists are tasks not only for the sanctions Committee, but also for Member States at large. Let us not forget that the list is among the most effective instruments in the Security Council's campaign against threats to international peace and security stemming from terrorism. Among the most complex tasks facing the Committee is that of preparing written evaluations of Member States' implementation of the sanctions regime, pursuant to paragraph 13 of resolution 1526 (2004). We note that there has been significant progress in the submission by countries of their national reports in that regard. Now, the Committee must assess all the information it has received from States, with the assistance of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team.”
2004-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4976 (2004) · source
“The consultations conducted during his trip followed up the Committee's dialogue with Member States on a variety of aspects of this complex sanctions issue. Such dialogue provides us not only with a first-hand view of the status of implementation of the Council's demands, but also with an opportunity for detailed conversations with interested Governments on the practical difficulties they face in meeting those requirements. We endorse the Chairman's view that such cooperation between the Committee and Member States must continue in the future. We wish to draw special attention to the need for greater care in our approach to the consolidated list of individuals and entities affected by the sanctions measures.”
2004-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4976 (2004) · source
“In that context, we also welcome the beginning of work by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, which actively cooperated in the preparation of the report. We believe that the Team will provide the Committee with needed expertise in all its basic spheres of activity, that it will help to identify possible cases of insufficient adherence to sanctions, and that it will formulate useful recommendations to further improve measures against the Taliban and Al Qaeda. In our view, its first steps in fulfilling its mandate have been promising. We attach high value to the Committee Chairman's recent visit to a number of countries pursuant to paragraph 10 of resolution 1526 (2004).”
2004-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4976 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to Ambassador Mufioz for his briefing. During the first half of this year, the sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) continued to pursue an active and robust policy in ensuring the effectiveness of the restrictive measures that the Security Council has imposed against the Taliban and Al Qaeda and associated individuals and entities. Resolution 1526 (2004), adopted in January, assigned the Committee a series of new tasks, which are now being prepared and carried out. We note with satisfaction the Committee's report (S/2004/349) analysing the reasons why a great number of Member States were unable to submit, pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 1455 (2003), reports on all steps taken to implement the measures of the sanctions regime.”
2004-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4976 (2004) · source
“On the instructions of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia, his special representative for a Middle East settlement is in consultations with regional partners and will work for the implementation of the decisions adopted by the Quartet in New York on 4 May this yean”
2004-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4972 (2004) · source
“Israel has the right to defend its citizens, but that right must be exercised in observance of international humanitarian norms, particularly the Geneva Conventions. The destruction of Palestinian homes by Israel aggravates the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories, and that practice must be immediately stopped. The priority task now is the immediate end of violence by both sides and renewed cooperation between the parties on security issues, however difficult that may be. Only thus will we be able to return to the path of political dialogue and implement the provisions of the road map. As an active participant in the Quartet of international mediators, Russia is doing its utmost to help to create a formula to overcome the current crisis.”
2004-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4972 (2004) · source
“We firmly believe that it is absolutely unfeasible to use force to resolve problems in relations between Palestinians and Israelis. Lasting peace can be achieved only on the basis of a political process and through direct negotiations between the parties on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 1397 (2002) and 1515 (2003), which are universally recognized and legally binding. Both the Palestinians and the Israelis must bring their actions in line with the road map for a Middle East peace settlement that they themselves approved. We have repeatedly pointed out in this Chamber the obligations of the parties under the road map. We condemn terrorism. Any manifestation of terrorism is abhorrent.”
2004-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4972 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): The Security Council has just adopted a resolution on the latest developments regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Guided by its fundamental principles, the Russian Federation supported the resolution. Russia expresses serious concern about the most recent spiral of violence in the confrontation in the Palestinian territories. Israelis and Palestinians, including women and children, continue to die. We have noted with concern the events in Rafah, and we have been particularly alarmed at Israel's destruction of Palestinian homes, which has resulted in the homelessness of more than 2,000 people. Simple people are suffering and innocent victims are being subjected to collective punishment. New seeds of hatred are being sown.”
2004-05-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4972 (2004) · source
“Russia, bearing fully in mind its responsibility within the peacekeeping efforts of the international community and as an active participant in United Nations peacekeeping activities, will in future continue, in close cooperation with all other interested States, to make a practical contribution to enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of this important international institution.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“Our proposal is designed not to enhance the role of the permanent members of the Security Council, but rather, in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 47 of the Charter, to finally fill out the activities of the Military Staff Committee with practical content, as a body not for five members, but for the entire Security Council. All members of the Council and other interested countries, including troop- contributing countries, would be included in it. The Russian initiative is designed to integrate into these measures others that are now being discussed as we enhance the professionalization and democratization of United Nations peacekeeping operations and strengthen interaction among the Security Council, troop contributors and the Secretariat.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“This should take place within the framework of the special machinery of the Council's relevant working group on the basis of the note by the President of the Security Council of 14 January 2002 (S/2002/56). In our View, one of the more effective ways to improve military expertise within the Organization could be to activate the work of the Security Council's Military Staff Committee. However, this would not take place within the traditional understanding of the role of that body, but in an essentially expanded format.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“In this connection, we support the importance of continuing an in-depth consideration of a rational division of labour between the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and specialized agencies and programmes during the transition from peacekeeping to peace-building. In this regard, it is important to not allow any watering-down of the prerogatives of those respective bodies or any overburdening of peacekeeping operations with tasks that are not incumbent upon them. We advocate the further improvement of the effective machinery for interaction between members of the Security Council, troop-contributing countries and the United Nations Secretariat. We fully agree with the view as to the need for the most effective implementation of the practice of Security Council operative consultations, pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001).”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“In this connection, it is fundamentally important to not allow any circumvention of the Security Council's powers, especially in situations in which the issue arises of the use of force on behalf of the international community. In this regard, military action is, no doubt, an extreme recourse, and the nature of that action should be agreed upon and should be rational and sufficient. The experience of peacekeeping in Africa, such as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone, clearly demonstrates the intricate linkage of the task of establishing peace with the full social and economic restoration of those countries that have suffered from conflict.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“The use of multinational forces, approved by the Security Council, is especially effective in the initial stage of reacting to crisis situations and may allow the necessary time for the preparation and deployment of United Nations operations. Every crisis situation is unique and requires an appropriate set of instruments for a settlement, whether United Nations peacekeeping operations, coalition operations or missions of regional organizations. Indeed, this must take place in strict compliance with the United Nations Charter, which clearly sets out the key role of the Security Council at all stages, from the establishment, preparation and creation of a mandate until its conclusion.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“The complex nature of the problems encountered in current conflicts - most often with dangerous regional dimensions and social and economic consequences - requires constant attention to the task of improving the comprehensive planning and deployment of multidimensional peacekeeping operations. We must also strengthen coordination among the various components of missions and their interaction with other international presences, within the area under their responsibility. Of special significance, as the Secretary-General has stated, is the further improvement of a partnership of a new type between the United Nations, regional organizations and coalition peacekeepers.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“The past year has given us many obvious examples of this: the terrorist act against the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad; the killing of two military observers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the attacks on the international presence in Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro; and the recent outbreak of rioting against ethnic minorities in that province. And this is hardly a complete list. In this connection, we support the need to enhance the relevant potential of both the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and, first and foremost, its field missions. We also emphasize that the receiving country's responsibility for the security of contingents and United Nations staff in the area of conflict is not at all diminished in this regard.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“Speaking at the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly, the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Putin, emphasized that our country is prepared to intensify its participation, both in peacekeeping operations under the aegis of the United Nations and in coalition operations that are approved by the Security Council. We advocate constructive cooperation aimed at improving the machinery for peacekeeping and post-conflict settlement. Within this framework, we would ensure the effective coordination of the peacekeeping component with the work of the social, economic and humanitarian structures of the United Nations system. There can be no doubt that one of the most serious problems facing United Nations peacekeeping today is that of ensuring the safety and security of peacekeepers in hotspots.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“It is important that this work be carried out in accordance with the United Nations Charter, with respect for generally recognized norms and principles of international law and with a rational division of labour between regional, subregional and coalition structures. This is especially timely as the demand for Blue Helmets throughout the world is growing. For Russia, the basic principles and criteria of United Nations peacekeeping operations remain inviolable and include the following: the primary responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security, the need for constructive cooperation by parties to a conflict with the international missions of the United Nations, and United Nations interaction with regional structures pursuant to Chapter VIII of the Charter.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“Our experience thus far clearly shows that peacekeeping operations, including those in their current, multidimensional form, are the most flexible and effective instrument for resolving the broadest range of tasks in the area of international peace and security. We can easily see the positive changes that are occurring in strengthening the ability of Member States, of the Secretariat and of the entire United Nations system to plan and carry out peacekeeping operations. We take special note of the effective activities of the General Assembly's Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations with regard to the comprehensive study of tools to further improve United Nations peacekeeping potential. The report adopted at the Special Committee's recent session is a good basis for efforts to build up United Nations potential in this sphere.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are pleased to welcome you, Mr. Minister, as President of the Security Council. We also welcome the participation of the Secretary- General in our meeting. Today the Council, on the initiative of Pakistan, is considering a very timely and multifaceted topic. Your country, Mr. Minister, is a major troop contributor to United Nations peacekeeping operations. At the start of this month, 7,680 Pakistani peacekeepers were contributing to conflict settlement in eight peacekeeping missions. That clearly shows the important role played by Pakistan in United Nations peacekeeping operations.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970 (2004) · source
“Russia is prepared to cooperate fully and closely in order to put an end, as soon as possible, to the tragedy in the Balkans and to put the situation back on the track set out in Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), which remains the sole legal basis for a Kosovo settlement. We firmly believe that we must draw the most serious conclusions from what has happened, which will enable the international community, through its joint efforts, to provide a just solution to the problem of Kosovo and to ensure lasting stability and security in the province.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“We welcome the constructive role that the leadership of Serbia and Montenegro played in March in the context of their collective efforts to combat extremist violence, and we note the effective measures taken to punish those individuals who took part in, or who did not prevent, the burning of mosques in Belgrade and Nis, and we note also the steps taken to restore them. We welcome the intention of the Belgrade authorities to undertake active work in Kosovo, including their stated readiness for the earliest possible resumption of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“We note the decisive action taken by the international presence in Kosovo to restore law and order and to protect minorities in the province as well as their religious, historical and cultural sites. However, we believe that, along with strengthening KFOR, we could also strengthen its anti- terrorist component and give it additional means of combating massive outbreaks of violence. We cannot allow, and we should condemn most sternly, attacks on the United Nations Mission and on KFOR.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“Such a hasty setting of deadlines would incite extremists and would be taken as an attempt to relieve the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Kosovo of their responsibility for developments in the province. We need to review, also in accordance with Security Council resolution 1244 (1999), the current practice of involving the Provisional Institutions in activities related to the reserved areas. The provincial structures should be deserving of trust and should beforehand show themselves to be effective in administering various aspects of life in Kosovo. The Russian delegation shares the concern of the Secretary-General at the continuing threat of new outbreaks of violence in Kosovo.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“This is important in the context of both establishing constructive cooperation between the United Nations Mission and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Kosovo on the one hand and the Kosovo Serbs and Belgrade on the other, and finding appropriate ways and means to solve the Kosovo problem and maintain the multi-ethnic nature of the province. Advancing in the "Standards for Kosovo" process without taking into account the events of 17 to 20 March is inadmissible. We continue to believe that, at the current stage, it would be premature to set a deadline for a comprehensive review of the implementation of the plan for Kosovo standards by the middle of 2005. Arguments to the effect that this would provoke additional tension in the province do not convince us - quite the contrary.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“Serious attention needs to be devoted to the task of decentralizing executive powers in Kosovo, so as to ensure, through the necessary institutional machinery, conditions conducive to the coexistence of all communities in Kosovo in a unified multi-ethnic democratic society. In that connection, we await from the Secretary-General recommendations with regard to a balanced model for the transfer of executive powers at the provincial level to local bodies and communities in Kosovo, bearing in mind the relevant studies carried out and proposals made by interested parties and international organizations. It would be appropriate to consider also the Serb plan for a political settlement of the current situation in Kosovo.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“This threatens to destabilize the situation in the region and calls into question the timetable for the gradual implementation of the standards set out for Kosovo by the international community. In that connection, we are convinced that the strategy for attaining democratic standards in the province needs to be modified. It is important, as noted in the April statement of the President of the Security Council, that we review and adapt the plan for the implementation of Kosovo standards. Bearing in mind the ethnic cleansing that took place in March, we need to enhance its key provisions regarding safeguards for equal security for the population, freedom of movement, the return of refugees and displaced persons, and the protection of the rights of minorities and their full integration into Government institutions at all levels.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“We must identify and dissolve the paramilitary groups left over from the organizational structure of the former Kosovo Liberation Army and take stringent measures against organizations and political figures who, during those events, revealed their outright nationalist or extremist nature. We must take urgent steps to effectively restore law and order and to seize illegal weapons. We must intensify our fight against organized crime and all manifestations of extremism. We support the Secretary-General's demand that the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government immediately put into effect their verbal promise to restore a multi-ethnic society and ensure reconciliation in Kosovo. It is clear today that the process of normalization has been seriously damaged.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source