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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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“With regard to the complex and tense situation still prevailing in Kosovo, we believe that a series of steps must urgently be undertaken, aimed at normalizing the situation and at returning the process of reaching a Kosovo settlement to the track of restoring a multi-ethnic society. In conformity with the demands of the Security Council, we must carefully study the circumstances surrounding the events of 17 to 20 March and punish those responsible, including those who directly or indirectly incited those events, those who engaged in hate propaganda or nationalism and those who promoted the events by doing nothing.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“The Security Council, in its presidential statement of 30 April 2004 (S/PRST/2004/ 13), sternly condemned the events of March and clearly stated that no party can be allowed to profit or to advance a political agenda through violent measures. It is important that, in the same presidential statement, the Security Council reaffirmed its full and consistent support for the "standards before status" policy as part of the implementation of resolution 1244 (1999). Only the true attainment in Kosovo of the democratic standards established for it by the international community can serve as a basis for the Council's consideration of the possibility of beginning a discussion of the province's future status.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“The wide-scale outbreak of ethnic violence in March, provoked by extremists, has seriously damaged the efforts to establish a democratic, multi-ethnic and stable society in the province. That planned and targeted attempt to force members of the non-Albanian communities - primarily Kosovo Serbs - out of the province and to undermine the social foundations of their lives, including by destroying historical and cultural Serbian Orthodox monuments, can be seen as nothing other than a conscious policy of ethnic cleansing of Kosovo's non-Albanian population. Russia has repeatedly warned of the danger of such developments. Unfortunately, however, the alarming trends that have emerged in recent years have not been met with an adequate response.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Secretary-General for his report on the activities of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) (S/2004/348), and we thank the Head of the Mission, Mr. Harri Holkeri, for his comprehensive briefing on the situation in the province. We welcome the participation in today's Security Council meeting of Mr. Vuk Draskovic, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro, and of the Secretary-General. The appraisals provided in the report and the position of the Special Representative coincide to a great extent with our View of the alarming situation in Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro.”
2004-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4967 (2004) · source
“The two countries have expressed their desire to establish genuine good- neighbourly and mutually beneficial relations, which provides grounds for hope that there will soon be a settlement of pending matters, including the important issue of demarcating and monitoring the common border. Timor-Leste's economic development will also benefit from positive movement in bilateral talks with Australia on developing and allocating underwater petroleum resources. In conclusion, we thank Mr. Kamalesh Sharma, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor, and the entire UNMISET staff for their real contribution to a settlement on the island.”
2004-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4965 (2004) · source
“We expect that Timor-Leste will soon adopt key laws on the national police and defence, which are essential to establishing a truly independent force to provide internal and external security for the country. We welcome the establishment of the National Electoral Commission, the first test of which will be the preparation of local elections in the last quarter of this year. We share the view that external assistance will be necessary to the successful holding of the elections and we urge the donor community to provide Timor-Leste with the support it needs for the preparation and convening of those elections. We welcome the ongoing development of Timorese-Indonesian relations.”
2004-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4965 (2004) · source
“We support the Secretary-General's suggestions for the parameters of an extended UNMISET, including the new recommendation for the establishment of an international response unit of 125 gendarmerie. We are grateful to Brazil for having prepared a draft resolution on the basis of the Secretary-General's recommendations and we are prepared to participate constructively towards its adoption. We welcome the further stabilization in Timor- Leste and commend the Timor authorities on their success in developing the basic State institutions. We note the progress achieved in legislation with a view to the adoption of several important laws and regulations governing the activities of individual public bodies, determining procedures for local elections and regulating various aspects of social and political life in the country.”
2004-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4965 (2004) · source
“My delegation has prepared a draft presidential statement in connection with the terrorist attack in Grozny, May I ask you, Sir, to convene consultations following this meeting in order to consider it? I now turn to the item on the Security Council's agenda today. We are grateful for the Secretary- General's report on Timor-Leste, containing detailed information on developments in that country. We believe that it accurately reflects both the achievements of and the main problems facing Timor-Leste. We agree with the report's conclusion concerning the need to extend the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) beyond 20 May for an additional 12-month consolidation phase, in a reduced size and with a modified mandate.”
2004-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4965 (2004) · source
“It was precisely that - the normalization of the situation in the Republic - that drew the fury of terrorists who are blinded by hatred for all mankind and who are doomed to oblivion. Today, in every mosque in Chechnya, they are praying for the victims of this act of terrorism and cursing the murderers. The bloody trail of terrorism can be seen throughout the world: Russia, the United States, Indonesia, Spain, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. International terrorism, the black plague of the twenty- first century, can be countered only if we work together and form the united front of an international anti- terrorist coalition. Russia will participate in that struggle. Victory will be ours.”
2004-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4965 (2004) · source
“On the very anniversary of victory in the great war for the fatherland, when countries in the anti-Hitler coalition and all people of good will commemorated the end of the Second World War, a monstrous terrorist act was committed in the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation. In Grozny, during the celebrations commemorating the crushing of fascism, a terrorist explosion killed the legally elected President of Chechnya, Akhmad Kadyrov. Others died and many, including children, were wounded. This crime was committed at a time when the Chechen Republic was gradually intensifying its efforts to restore a peaceful way of life. Refugees were returning home, the economy was recovering and political activity was increasing.”
2004-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4965 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We are grateful to you, Sir, for expressing solidarity with Russia on behalf of the Security Council in connection with the terrorist attack on my country. I shall convey your words of sympathy to the Russian Federation and all the victims of the tragedy. Our Organization was established immediately after a most cruel and devastating war that brought mankind untold grief. Millions upon millions died and my own country suffered enormous loss of life. Yesterday was 9 May, a day sacred to the citizens of Russia and all peoples of the Soviet Union.”
2004-05-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4965 (2004) · source
“The OSCE has provided us with very good reports, with preliminary analysis of the activities of the Kosovo print and electronic mass media during the broad-based, ethnically motivated violence that took place in Kosovo between 17 and 20 March. It is well known that, as many local mass media took a very negative stance, propaganda was broadcast. Anti- Serbian views were propagated and highly tendentious and inflammatory materials were distributed, which did not promote tolerance, but rather encouraged ethnic cleansing in the province. In that connection, I would like to hear what steps Mr. Passy intends to take within the OSCE Mission in Kosovo to prevent future repetition of extremist manifestations in the local media of Kosovo.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I too am glad to welcome Mr. Passy to this Council meeting. In Russia we value highly the close cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). From the Council agenda alone, we could refer to Tajikistan; Abkhazia, Georgia; Macedonia; and Bosnia and Herzegovina. We especially note the OSCE contribution to the implementation of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) on Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro. The OSCE mission in that province, along with the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), is playing an important role in preparing for local elections and in establishing the multi-ethnic Kosovo Police Service, as well as in the observance of human rights and the monitoring of local media.”
2004-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4964 (2004) · source
“We stand ready to consider proposals from the Secretary-General in this regard and anticipate that the Afghan leadership will continue to pursue its policy of close cooperation with the international community. We support the draft statement proposed by experts for the Security Council presidential statement on the outcome of this meeting.”
2004-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4941 (2004) · source
“We are prepared to increase such assistance once there has been a settlement to the problem of the Afghan debt. Russia is seeking to resolve this problem under most favourable terms for Afghanistan. That would pave the way to converting the restructured debt into investments and would also create the conditions for direct economic assistance and for funding joint Russian-Afghan projects out of Russia's budget. We anticipate that once simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections have been held in Afghanistan an effective Government, one that will bring closure to this transition phase, will have been created. Clearly, this will pose new challenges to the United Nations and to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.”
2004-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4941 (2004) · source
“That is why we believe that it is necessary to take additional effective measures, to closeoff routes for illegal distribution of drugs from Afghanistan to neighbouring countries and to establish reliable security belts along the Afghan border. That kind of approach has been set forth in the Declaration on Counter-Narcotics, adopted in Berlin by Afghanistan and its neighbours. It is in keeping with previous decisions of the Security Council. It needs to be implemented in practice with the participation of the Afghans themselves, neighbouring States, the International Security Assistance Force, coalition forces and United Nations specialized agencies. At the Tokyo donor conference, Russia did not make specific pledges. In the period that has just elapsed, we provided to Afghanistan assistance totalling approximately $170 million.”
2004-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4941 (2004) · source
“There is an additional threat that is related to drugs, since drug trafficking in particular provides the financial underpinning for anti-Government forces and remnants of terrorist organizations. We support the range of measures being undertaken by the Afghan Transitional Administration, within the framework of its national programme, aimed at destroying opium and poppy crops and the infrastructure for the production of heroin. At the same time, it can be observed that the drug flows from Afghanistan are rising. We have seen that drug couriers are using Russian territory as a transit corridor, primarily into the European States. There is growing trafficking of Afghan drugs within the country as well.”
2004-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4941 (2004) · source
“Clearly, these forces are seeking to plunge the country into bloody inter-ethnic enmity and to prevent the holding of the forthcoming general elections in the country. We also observe that former Taliban officials are seeking to make their way into the Government in order to undermine the basis of the new Afghan nationhood from within. Serious concern is also posed to neighbouring States by the threat of extremist elements entrenched in Afghanistan. The recent tragic events in Uzbekistan reaffirm that success in fighting extremism and terrorism is possible only on the basis of a unified anti- terrorist coalition that needs to be universal in scope.”
2004-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4941 (2004) · source
“Russia had consistently advocated convening the conference because it believed that it was necessary to appraise implementation of the Bonn road map and to agree upon further steps by the international community to reaffirm its policy to rebuild Afghanistan, under United Nations auspices, as a peaceful, independent and neutral State, living in harmony with its neighbours and the rest of the world. In our view, the Berlin conference has fulfilled that aim. At the same time, despite the outright successes that have been achieved in the peaceful rebuilding of Afghanistan, in consolidating central authority and in reforming the security sector, there continues to be serious concern with respect to a number of domestic and external threats. Russia is concerned with the growing subversive activities of the Taliban and other extremist forces.”
2004-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4941 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation)(spoke in Russian): We are pleased to see you, Sir, chairing the Council in April and are grateful to your predecessor, Ambassador De la Sabliere of France, for his successful guidance of our work last month. My delegation joins in the statements of gratitude made by other delegations to Under-Secretary-General Jean- Marie Guehenno, and to you, Sir, for the detailed briefing you provided on the outcome of the Berlin conference. We are grateful to the German Government for its tremendous contribution to that undertaking. The Russian Federation welcomes the outcome of the international conference on Afghanistan, including the final declaration adopted by it. We believe that that conference was an important and timely step.”
2004-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4941 (2004) · source
“Although West Africa has a great many problems, international cooperation has significant potential in terms of resolving them. It is important that this be done in a specific and timely manner. In many ways, this is a unique kind of experience; if successful, it could be applied to other regions of Africa and elsewhere. In that regard, it would be advisable, in United Nations meetings with regional organizations, to consider international peacekeeping in West Africa as a separate matter.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“It is very important that this be done in a coordinated manner and that the United Nations Office for West Africa play a key role in this respect. In so doing, we must exhibit due diligence. The coordinated actions of United Nations forces in the subregion must violate neither the sovereignty of individual States nor the mandates of specific missions. Russia is ready to study and consider constructively in its work in the Security Council other recommendations of the Secretary-General, including those dealing with the implementation of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes, as well as those dealing with cooperation with subregional organizations - the Economic Community of West African States in particular - and in resolving the problem of impunity, child soldiers and so on.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“The Russian delegation has on a number of occasions advocated that - without prejudice to inter-State dialogue, trade and economic cooperation, integration measures or cross-border communication among populations - specific measures be taken along borders to address threats such as the proliferation of illegal armed groups, the cross-border spillover of conflicts, the movement of mercenaries and child soldiers, the illegal arms trade and the illegal exportation of natural resources. The recommendations of the report on reforming the security sector and on leveraging donor capabilities are a step towards resolving these problems. We were pleased to see the new United Nations peacekeeping practice of ensuring close interaction between the Organization's missions in neighbouring States of the subregion.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“We are pleased to note that the report reflects ideas developed by the Russian delegation during the Security Council's mission to West Africa in June 2003 and during Council meetings held at United Nations Headquarters. We support the recommendation contained in the report aimed at modernizing national legislation, as well as the legal basis of inter-State relations, in accordance with existing international conventions and other instruments. We are convinced that this type of measure will help strengthen national statehood, develop democratic standards and promote the rule of law in West African countries - areas of weakness which, as acknowledged by African leaders, are the reason for the current instability in West Africa. We welcome the proposals aimed at strengthening the national borders of African States.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“We cannot expect a harmonious development of international relations if African States, which represent one of the world's largest communities, continue to find themselves in a political, socio- economic and ethnic "earthquake zone". We have carefully studied the report submitted today by the Secretary-General. The recommendations contained therein are comprehensive and multifaceted in nature and mesh fully with the challenges of neutralizing the major cross-border problems in West Africa. Those recommendations apply to all the players in the subregion - national Governments, regional and subregional organizations, civil society, the United Nations and the international donor community.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We welcome our guests to today's meeting of the Security Council. The ongoing discussion has shown that West Africa has accumulated a tremendous negative potential for subregional and cross-border problems, with a consequent threat to peace and security, the integrity of States and the well-being and lives of people. Africa is encountering a new generation of challenges. Russia views the strengthening of stability on the continent as an integral part of the work of building a global system, under United Nations auspices, to counteract the new threats that have emerged.”
2004-03-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4933 (2004) · source
“As in many other developing nations, stabilization in Haiti ultimately depends on remedying the extremely difficult social and economic situation that, in the end, is the source of all its other ills.”
2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source
“Against that backdrop, we greatly appreciate the endeavours of the staff of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other specialized agencies of the United Nations system. In the present difficult conditions, they continue their efforts to ensure delivery of the food and other humanitarian assistance that is needed in Haiti. We call on all parties concerned to cooperate actively with them to ensure the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and of United Nations facilities. Clearly, Haiti also has a great need for ongoing comprehensive economic, financial and technical assistance from the international community so that it can get back on its feet and overcome the protracted social and economic crisis that has engulfed it.”
2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source
“We support the efforts of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and those of other interested States, aimed at providing Haitians with the help they need to normalize the situation. We are prepared to give constructive consideration to proposals about what else the United Nations might do in that sphere. We are gravely concerned about the fact that the latest developments reveal the deterioration of an already difficult humanitarian situation in Haiti, with the people being provided only intermittently with food, drinking water, fuel and medicine. We View as unacceptable the actions of those who impede the work of international humanitarian organizations in Haiti.”
2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We welcome the presence of the Secretary- General at this meeting of the Security Council and the participation of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Jamaica and the Bahamas. Moscow shares the international community's deep concern about the wave of violence and human rights abuses that has engulfed Haiti along with the seizure of a number of cities, armed conflict and widespread turmoil, resulting in great loss of human life. We firmly condemn the acts of violence in Haiti. In the alarming situation that is developing, we call on all forces in Haitian society to put an end to violence and to undertake peaceful dialogue in order to overcome existing differences and problems by political means, on a democratic, constitutional basis.”
2004-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4917 (2004) · source
“In those conditions the international community, which has made great efforts and has expended considerable resources to achieve this final success in Timor-Leste, must not endanger this project, which has provided independence to the people of Timor-Leste and enabled them to be integrated into the family of nations on a equal footing. Russia supports the proposal to extend for one year the activity of all three components of UNMISET, with reduced staffing, and believes that this measure is most fully in keeping with the interests of a settlement in Timor-Leste. Moreover, this is precisely what the leadership of Timor-Leste has asked the United Nations to do.”
2004-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4913 (2004) · source
“At the same time, despite the unquestionable achievements, Timor-Leste continues to experience serious problems, particularly in such vital areas as the establishment of State administration and the strengthening of the potential for internal and external security, where the State agencies now being formed are still rather fragile. Timor-Leste is yet another example of the fact that the process of establishing Statehood is extremely complex and labour-intensive and cannot be artificially squeezed into rigid existing patterns and frameworks.”
2004-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4913 (2004) · source
“We welcome the continued development of Timorese-Indonesian relations, particularly with regard to such a key issue as the demarcation and settlement of their common border. The wish expressed by both parties to establish genuinely good-neighbourly and mutually advantageous relations allows us to hope for a speedy solution to the outstanding questions, including the problem of the 28,000 Timorese refugees now on Indonesian territory. From the point of View of the economic development of Timor-Leste, the positive steps in bilateral negotiations with Australia on the demarcation of those underwater areas containing oil resources are significant.”
2004-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4913 (2004) · source
“Of particular importance for achieving the genuine self- sufficiency and viability of the young State is progress towards the creation and further strengthening of the security sector in the country. We note the conclusion, in December 2003, of the process of transferring responsibility for law and order throughout the country's territory from UNMISET to the National Police of Timor-Leste. We also note that the Timor-Leste authorities and the Border Patrol Unit have undertaken control functions along the Tactical Coordination Line between Timor-Leste and Indonesia. We have a positive view of UNMISET's efforts to prepare and train the Timorese military and police forces.”
2004-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4913 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We would like to welcome our distinguished guest, Mr. Jose Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste. We are grateful to Under-Secretary-General Guehenno for having introduced the special report of the Secretary- General on Timor-Leste and for the detailed information he provided on developments in the situation in that country. We note the ongoing stabilization of the situation in Timor-Leste and the successes of the Timorese authorities, with the active and vital support of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), in ensuring the establishment and development of State institutions in the country.”
2004-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4913 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): At the very beginning of the transitional period in Burundi, a law was adopted providing temporary immunity for political crimes. I would like to ask the representative of Burundi for what kind of crimes immunity is granted. Is it the intention to return to a consideration of these crimes at a later stage? I ask this because the Burundian experience could be useful in other country's situations.”
2004-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4911 (2004) · source
“Given the effective role played by United Nations structures in establishing good-neighbourly relations and settling crises in Central African countries, we express support for the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Swing, his Representative for Burundi, Mr. Dinka, and his Special Representative for the Great Lakes region, Mr. Fall.”
2004-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4911 (2004) · source
“We hope that the transitional period will end, on time, with the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections. The situation in Central Africa has been positively influenced by the overall improvement in the regional situation. We take note of the trend towards normalization in relations among Kinshasa, Kigali, Kampala and Bujumbura, which signed, in September 2003, a declaration of principles on good-neighbourly relations and cooperation. All of these developments encourage the creation of a context that is more conducive to efforts by the interested parties to prepare the way for an international conference on peace, security, confidence-building measures and economic development in the Great Lakes region.”
2004-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4911 (2004) · source
“It is important that all parties participating in the peace process remain fully committed to their obligations and that the forces that are resisting the peace process be prevented from continuing their activities. Additional efforts are required to disarm and repatriate foreign combatants. Some progress has been made in the resolution of the situation in Burundi. State structures for the transitional period are functioning and contacts are continuing with the forces that have not yet laid down their weapons. An end to violence must be achieved in the provinces. The progress achieved in the repatriation of Burundi combatants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo should be further developed. The African Mission in Burundi deserves our appreciation.”
2004-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4911 (2004) · source
“Some positive trends are emerging in the areas of achieving national reconciliation, extending State authority to the entire territory of the country and preparing for the general elections to be held in 2005- although all of these processes are encountering significant difficulties. Steps to create the first integrated army brigade in Kisangani effectively marked the beginning of the formation of a unified armed force in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo. Thanks to active international intervention, there has been an obvious improvement in the security situation in the eastern part of the country. Steps are being taken to end impunity for war crimes, although much remains to be done.”
2004-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4911 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Central Africa remains one of the crisis- ridden subregions ofthe African continent and requires the ongoing attention of the Security Council. We have studied in detail the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Security Council mission to Central Africa (S/2004/52), and on the whole we agree with the assessments and conclusions it contains. With regard to specific situations in the subregion, we would like to highlight a number of issues. The overall situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains generally stable. The process of resolving the crisis in that country is gaining ground.”
2004-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4911 (2004) · source
“The broad scope of the missions' recommendations deal with problems of a general nature for the States of West Africa - problems that have a direct effect on the course of conflicts and on the situation of the people of those countries: the use of mercenaries, the large number of armed groups, the cross-border spillover of conflict, the illicit trade in weapons, the recruitment of child soldiers and massive violations of human rights and the norms of humanitarian law. These problems should be discussed in detail at a separate Security Council meeting, after the issuance of the Secretary-General's report on cross- border problems in West Africa and his recommendations with regard to the practical steps to take in order to resolve them.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“On the whole, we are satisfied with the development of the peace process in Sierra Leone and the state of the implementation of the Security Council mission's recommendation there. Nevertheless, the Sierra Leonean authorities still have a great deal to do in the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping operation in that country. The most important tasks for the leadership of Sierra Leone are the resolution of existing internal security problems, the enhancement of controls over natural resources, including diamonds, and the strengthening of the civil administration over the entire territory of the country.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“The key to bringing peace to the subregion is a comprehensive and lasting settlement to the Liberian conflict. We welcome the progress achieved in the peace process in that country, the catalyst for which was the peacekeeping operation undertaken by the United Nations. We note that the basic recommendations of the Security Council mission with regard to Liberia either have already been carried out or are in the process of being implemented. However, our conscience is still burdened by the ongoing impunity for criminal activity, including the involvement of children in hostilities. In order to strengthen the positive dynamic in the Liberian settlement process, it is very important to complete, as early as possible, the full deployment of the peacekeeping mission in that country, in accordance with the terms set out by the Security Council.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“We feel, however, that progress has not been very significant in carrying out the recommendations with regard to such key tasks as the implementation of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, the disbanding of paramilitary formations and the extension of State authority throughout the national territory. In order to strengthen and further develop the peace process in C6te d'Ivoire, we need to intensify international cooperation. We believe that the Security Council in the near future will agree on and adopt a resolution approving the establishment of a comprehensive United Nations peacekeeping operation in C6te d'Ivoire. The long-standing instability in Liberia can rightly be considered to be the most negative factor for peace and security throughout West Africa.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“The recent positive changes in the settlement of the situation in C6te d'Ivoire have breathed new life into the peace process in that country and give us reason to hope that the stated objectives of the Linas- Marcoussis Agreement may be achieved. We welcome the compliance with a number of the mission's important recommendations, including the appointment of ministers of defence and national security, the guarantee by the forces of the Economic Community of West African States for the safety of Ivorian political figures and the adoption of an amnesty law.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“The key task of convening elections following an unconstitutional transfer of power is more important than ever. We welcome the desire of the new authorities in Guinea-Bissau to restore the constitutional order as soon as possible through the holding of parliamentary and presidential elections in accordance with democratic standards. In the context of that task and of addressing the most difficult social and economic situation in Guinea-Bissau, there is an increasingly urgent need to provide that country with the necessary assistance of the international community, as the Security Council has regularly urged.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“We have carefully considered the Secretary- General's progress report on the recommendations of the Security Council mission to West Africa and we generally agree with its conclusions and assessments. In the context of the settlement of specific crisis situations in the subregion, we believe it important to stress the following points. The military coup d'etat in Guinea-Bissau on 14 September last year reaffirmed the misgivings of the participants in the mission. Following the visit to Guinea-Bissau and an assessment of the situation on the ground, we felt this to be extremely realistic in the light of the irresponsible policies of the previous leadership of the country. Our recommendations with regard to Guinea-Bissau and the new circumstances retain their relevance.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“Mr. Konuzin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): West Africa is one of the most unstable regions in the world; hence, the heightened attention given to its problems by the Security Council. The Council's mission to the region in June 2003 sent a serious message to the parties to conflicts on the need to comply with their obligations to cease hostilities, to achieve political settlements, strictly to observe human rights and the norms of humanitarian law and to implement the relevant resolutions of the Security Council. It is important that the Security Council monitor the reception of those signals by the parties and the extent to which the requirements of the international community are being fulfilled by the participants in conflicts.”
2004-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4899 (2004) · source
“Overall political support in implementing these tasks should be provided by the Security Council, with a key role played by the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children in Armed Conflict, in particular when it comes to helping to create and coordinate activities in the monitoring mechanism. It is hard to overestimate the role that is being played here by the many non-governmental organizations. These selfless people deserve our particular gratitude. We hope that the draft document that will be adopted following today's discussion will reflect the need for strict compliance with the United Nations Charter and the appropriate resolutions of the Security Council, as well as the norms and principles of international law, including humanitarian law.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898 (2004) · source