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Koroma

lines on the record: 62
first: 1992-11-19
most recent: 2017-05-15
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“In conclusion, the fight to end sexual violence against women and girls in conflict cannot be achieved unless there is an effective, efficient and credible international legal institution that is able to bring to book those who have perpetrated and continue to perpetrate horrendous crimes against the vulnerable and defenceless, including women, girls and children in conflict situations. In that regard, my delegation continues to support the International Criminal Court, which remains at the moment the most effective international legal institution that is supposed to address impunity. We take this opportunity to acknowledge the good work of Justice Rapid Response and UN-Women and to pledge our unflinching support and solidarity with them in the fight against impunity for sexual violence in conflict.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“These exemplify our resolve to attain gender equality and empower women. Sierra Leone continues to make modest contributions to international peacekeeping missions. Our contingents of troops are given the requisite training in the prevention of sexual violence in conflict and have performed admirably. We look forward to more opportunities to be given to our troops to serve humankind. Allow me to reaffirm Sierra Leone's commitment to all international instruments aimed at ending violence against women and girls, and to reaffirm the importance of education, economic empowerment, and the modification of social and cultural patterns of behaviour of men and boys towards women and girls as integral parts of overcoming violence against women and girls, both in conflict and in post-conflict situations.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“Also, the capacities of countries emerging from conflict must be enhanced, particularly in the area of conflict prevention and institutional capacity- building. The need to invest in women's development towards our present-day aspiration for global, regional and national development cannot be overemphasized. Sierra Leone strongly upholds the relevant protocols relating to women's empowerment, including the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa and the Secretary-General's Campaign to End Violence against Women. The Government of Sierra Leone continues to enact several post-conflict policy and legislative frameworks aimed at addressing gender inequalities, lack of respect for women's rights and other negative traditional norms affecting women. Key among these include the Gender Justice Laws or the Three Gender Acts.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“The setting up ofthe Special Court for Sierra Leone, which has been succeeded by the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone - which currently has in custody those who bore the greatest responsibility - remains a vivid demonstration of the resolve of the international community and the Government of Sierra Leone to ensure accountability for horrendous crimes, including sexual violence in conflict. No effort should be spared by the United Nations to invest resources in identifying early-warning signs of conflict and conflict prevention, because women, girls and children are usually the targets in conflicts situations. It is very important to note that in the discussions of sexual violence in conflict here at the United Nations, women should be given more opportunitytoparticipateinthehighestdecision-making bodies.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“As Council members may be aware, Sierra Leone suffered 11 years of an intensely violent civil conflict, and a lot of atrocities were committed against women. Since the guns fell silent in January 2002, the country has been making steady socioeconomic progress, consolidating peace and good governance. The lessons learnt from that war have strengthened our resolve to embrace the values of a peaceful society in which respect for the rule of law and women's rights is given priority.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“Sierra Leone joins all peace-loving nations of the world in strongly condemning all forms of violence perpetrated against women in conflict situations. This menace is a threat to international peace and security and must be taken seriously. We also strongly maintain that perpetrators must be held to account for any kind of violence committed against women in conflict situations, for the days of impunity are over. They must not find any hiding place in any part of the world. The use of sexual violence by terrorist groups, violent extremists and other non-State actors must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. Perpetrators of sexual violence can be defeated only by global action and collaboration. No State can do it alone.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“At the outset, I would like to commend you, Mr. President, and your country, Uruguay, for convening today's open debate on women and peace and security in relation to sexual violence in conflict. I would also like to commend Justice Rapid Response and UN-Women for their initiatives. Sierra Leone is pleased to once more join other Member States in deliberating on this all-important subject. We wish to take this opportunity to recognize and thank the outgoing Under-Secretary-General, Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, and her team for their excellent work in raising global awareness on the subject of sexual violence in conflict and giving voice to the voiceless. We also want to register our support to her successor, Ms. Patten. My delegation looks forward to working with her in the years to come to fulfil her mandate.”
2017-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7938 (2017) · source
“This should be backed by strong United Nations and international support and presence, possibly with the involvement of United Nations observers or military observers from the international community.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Thirdly, on Liberia, there could be a Lome-type conference, similar to the conference that was held for Sierra Leone between the Government and the Revolutionary United Front. But that conference must be backed by support from the United Nations, ECOWAS and the African Union. An attempt to hold a conference between the Government and Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy within Liberia might not yield the desired results without the necessary backing from regional and subregional organizations and the United Nations system. Fourthly, a conference on Liberia would include provisions for a timetable that will tie in carefully with the 2003 elections in Liberia.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577Resumption1 (2002) · source
“My second point is that the Security Council has a lot of resources at its disposal: resources from the Economic and Social Council, the General Assembly, the United Nations Development Programme and the new United Nations Office for West Africa. All this could be brought to bear on the process initiated to ensure that the lessons learned in Sierra Leone are applied in a regional dimension. This could probably lead to a General Assembly resolution that would bring into sharp focus some of the activities that need to be carried out to ensure that we do not have to go from country to country to country to have a regional solution in the West African subregion. By that I mean that we need a comprehensive solution; the United Nations has a lot of resources at its disposal to achieve that comprehensive regional solution.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577Resumption1 (2002) · source
“My final intervention will focus on four basic areas. First, the United Nations intervention in Sierra Leone is clearly a success, but there are a few things that need to be done to ensure that that success can be sustainable. One of them is to ensure continued assistance for peace- building, bringing into focus some of the basic issues that need to be addressed quickly; the reintegration of ex-combatants, the recovery of the country and of its institutions, and making sure that refugees in other countries return. That is the situation as far as Sierra Leone is concerned. But on Sierra Leone, the final issue is that any withdrawal by the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) must be phased, with a build-up of the security apparatus to ensure that there is a continuum and sustainability.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I want to add that the lessons learned by UNAMSIL in Sierra Leone can help us not only to extend the UNAMSIL mandate, but to expand it to include the subregional context. I believe we should find a way of integrating what the Mano River Union is doing, what ECOWAS is doing, and what UNAMSIL can also do to improve the situation. It is important that we do this because UNAMSIL is already mobilized in the subregion; it is already there. There will be a lot of cost-saving if UNAMSIL, as it is in Sierra Leone, can review its mandate to include the subregional situation.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“I would like to say here that important lessons come from the engagement in Sierra Leone of the United Nations Mission (UNAMSIL), and that those lessons can be applied in the subregional context. It is important to note that the job of UNAMSIL, as a lesson, is not yet complete in Sierra Leone. There are a few things that need to be further addressed. They have been addressed very well, but they need to be addressed adequately to ensure that we do not slide back internally. They include issues of reintegration of ex-combatants, issues of getting a more comprehensive mandate for UNAMSIL to cover recovery and issues of governance which must equally be addressed to ensure that the country does not slide back.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“That is why the situation exists. Therefore, the more we look at it in a very comprehensive manner, the better it is for the Council and for the United Nations system in general.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“That leads me to the second question: what can we do to ameliorate the refugee situation? First of all, Sierra Leone lost all its infrastructure. It does not have the money to contain the situation right now. Apart from the fact that we did not bring all our refugees back to Sierra Leone after the conflict, the fact remains that our infrastructure is completely down. The flow of Liberians into Sierra Leone is putting a heavy burden on the little that we have left and will compound the situation even further. There remains a need for a continued United Nations humanitarian presence in Sierra Leone to ensure that the refugee situation can be handled. But the refugee situation is not only a humanitarian situation; it is a security situation. It is a fact that there is conflict in Liberia and that there was conflict in Guinea at one point.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“There is the fact that diamonds were extensively considered by the United Nations; the fact that the travel ban was imposed on many people who were involved in the conflict in Sierra Leone; and the fact that the arms situation in the subregion was looked at: perhaps that is another area that needs careful consideration. Sierra Leone should not be treated as an island in these circumstances. We should look a little beyond Sierra Leone and try to see what we can do, using the lessons we have learned in Sierra Leone, to ensure that there is stability in the region. We all know that the boundaries that separate African countries are to a large extent artificial. So, apart from the boundaries being porous, the people are virtually the same in most of those countries. Therefore, containing conflict in one country alone might not be the answer.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“I believe the situation in Sierra Leone is not one in which you can easily single out mistakes, because it was a very fluid situation, a situation that was evolving as time went on. We are all aware of the teething problems that the United Nations encountered. One would say that this was probably one of the mistakes: it underestimated the extent of the combatants, their ability to cause havoc and their disregard for international protocols and regulations, except if they were forced to comply. One would say that if there was a mistake, that was the first. But we consider that to be a teething problem for the United Nations. Afterwards, I think that the United Nations evolved a very comprehensive framework. It looked at the issue not only as an isolated security issue but also as a governance issue.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“My appeal is that this workshop consider ways in which the Mano River Union situation can be studied carefully with a view to securing cooperation among the United Nations, regional organizations and the countries of the Mano River Union subregion in order to ensure that there is support and assistance from the international community to help build a Union, which, of course, would take over the role of whatever organization is currently operating in the subregion when that organization leaves.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“Sierra Leone supports these measures in principle, but what is lacking, of course, is the resources to fully implement the measures that can put the Union back in place. I would like to conclude by saying that it must be noted that the countries of the subregion are faced with enormous financial constraints. Those constraints prevent the countries of the subregion from easily reviving the Union.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“Indeed it is now widely accepted that peace and stability in the Mano River Union area is a key factor for peace, stability and development in the West African subregion. Modalities have being worked out by countries members of the Mano River Union with a view to revitalizing the Union and to expanding its scope to include cooperation in the areas of politics, security, foreign affairs and defence. The signing on 9 May 2000 of the Fifteenth Protocol to the Mano River Union Declaration on Defence and Security has engendered a greater degree of confidence-building and security within the Union. Further initiatives structured to forge dialogue and cooperation among the States members of the Mano River Union have also been recommended by both the African Union and the subregional organization, the Economic Community of West African States.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“The pacts and protocols initially signed among the member States of the Mano River Union to enhance the Union's capability in promoting social, economic and political integration became inoperative during the periods of conflict in Liberia and in Sierra Leone. The ideal would be to revive the defunct institutions of the Union and effectively and efficiently to implement the existing protocols, especially those relating to security and defence. The deterioration of the security situation led to another meeting of heads of State of the Mano River Union subregion, held in February 2002 at Rabat, Morocco. The conclusions adopted in the communique have not been effectively implemented. Nor have we been able to revive the institutions of the Union effectively, simply because we lack the resources to do so.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“They must not lose hope in us as we strive to consolidate those gains. Our President, Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, has not lost sight of the need to hold continuous consultations with other heads of State of the subregion, namely those of Guinea and Liberia, concerning the peaceful resolution of the crisis in the region, because the fact of the matter is that crisis and conflict in one of the countries indirectly affect every other country. One would therefore be tempted to ask at this point whether the vast amount of resources that have been committed to Sierra Leone would be wasted simply because we ignored the conflict in the subregion. One would also be tempted to ask whether the subregion itself is not a candidate for the testing of the lessons that the United Nations has learned in Sierra Leone.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“Neither should we forget that before the conflict in Liberia escalated there was conflict and much fighting in Guinea. The arms, the ammunition and those who were fighting in Guinea cannot be easily wished away. They are lurking somewhere, in some corner of the subregion, and they have not been located yet. The droves of refugees now swarming into our border regions, escaping the violence and its attendant consequences in Liberia, no doubt give rise to speculation among members of the international community that conflict will re-emerge in Sierra Leone. But the mobilization of vast amounts of financial, material, technological and human resources to secure peace for our country must be seen by members of the international community as an act of faith in our nation's survival.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“The success of UNAMSIL in achieving its objectives in Sierra Leone is due in large part to its acting in concert with those partners, and this could augur well for future United Nations peace operations in similar situations in countries of conflict elsewhere. Having spoken about the lessons that the United Nations has learned, we should remind ourselves that it is important that these lessons be applied properly in the subregion because the subregion itself is still a region of conflict. The gains achieved in Sierra Leone will be temporary without security and stability in the subregion. The current situation in the subregion is indeed cause for concern, as the escalating violence in Liberia overshadows the recent success in Sierra Leone.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, for all intents and purposes, has lived up to expectation in the discharge of its mandate. Suffice it to say that UNAMSIL's success did not come easy. There were many challenges. The uniqueness of the peace operations in Sierra Leone reflects the links among peacekeeping, peace-building, good governance, security and post-conflict concerns; the scope of United Nations offices in Sierra Leone also clearly reflects these concerns. The Mission further recognizes the cooperation between the United Nations and other regional and bilateral partners that are providing support. Examples of such bilateral and United Nations cooperation are the training of Sierra Leone's military by the United Kingdom Government and the training of our police force.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“Sierra Leone has over the years tested the capacity of the United Nations to operate large and complex peace operations, ranging from the disarmament and demobilization of ex-combatants, the facilitation of an electoral process and the establishment of a unique hybrid judicial process in addressing the question of impunity, which comprises the Special Court and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), each with its own specific mandate. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, for example, is a quasi-judicial non-punitive institution, whereas the Special Court operates under a dual judicial system that will indict and judge those persons who bear the greatest responsibility for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“The United Nations should also take into consideration certain unique circumstances, such as the humanitarian dimension of the conflict, the role of natural resources in fuelling the conflict, the interaction between the Secretariat and troop-contributing countries and, of course, the special role of certain countries. By this, I mean, in our case, the role of the United Kingdom Government in assisting the United Nations deployment in Sierra Leone.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“The Mission in Sierra Leone has taught us that, in deciding to deploy a peace operation, the United Nations should take into account the particular circumstances of the conflict it is about to help manage or contain; the political climate of the area surrounding the theatre of operation; and the capacity or capability of regional and subregional organizations to perform peacekeeping activities - the role of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) and its relations with the Security Council come into focus here.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“It emerged and developed from more than four decades of experience by the United Nations in the deployment of troops and observers wearing the blue helmets of the United Nations to help maintain international peace and security. It benefited from the mistakes and successes of other peace operations. However, the United Nations peace mission in Sierra Leone was, in many ways, unique. It had its own specific characteristics. And here I believe lies the first lesson learned in UNAMSIL.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“I refer to the situation in my country, Sierra Leone, where we have witnessed the end of a brutal war, the successful disarmament and demobilization of ex-combatants under the auspices of the leadership of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and the holding of a violence-free and transparent election. Secondly, this meeting is timely because we can see patches of dark clouds floating around the radiance of the success we are celebrating in Sierra Leone. This is why we are delighted that the subject of the second session of this workshop is "The way forward: a coordinated Mano River Union action plan". The United Nations peace mission in Sierra Leone is the largest, but certainly not the first, undertaken by the Organization.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“I would like to thank the United Kingdom Government for its initiative in convening this meeting in the form of a workshop. We are grateful that it will provide an opportunity for an interactive discussion and an exchange of views on the situation in the Mano River Union subregion. Madam President, if you will allow me, may I take this opportunity to recognize the presence of the Secretary-General. I bring you greetings, Sir, from His Excellency President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, and I thank you for your statement during our inaugural state opening of Parliament. This meeting is very timely. It comes at the end of a historic and successful phase in the search for peace and stability not only in the Mano River Union countries but also in the West African subregion as a whole.”
2002-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4577 (2002) · source
“I cannot end without congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We have every confidence that, under your able direction, the Council will continue to be actively engaged in discharging its responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security. We have already seen evidence of that and we applaud you. We are encouraged by the role you are playing in the Council. We would also like to convey our appreciation to your predecessor, Ambassador Terence O'Brien of New Zealand, for the consummate skill with which he guided the Council's deliberations last month.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Today the blood of countless victims of agression calls out for justice from the Council - that the crimes perpetrated against them should not go unpunished. We must hearken to their cries, if only to avoid debasing the members' time and the debate which is taking place in the Council. Whether it be the tightening of sanctions, the establishment of a war crimes tribunal or some sort of military option we are convinced that only the forceful and unequivocal action that this crisis demands of the Council - that is, the use of all necessary measures - can halt the carnage taking place in Bosnia and Herzegovina today. We remain hopeful that the Council will rise to its responsibility, that the Council will share our concern as a small State.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease." We have seen this in he past. Therefore, it is the view of the Sierra Leone delegation that this Council should seize this moment to exercise its responsibility and its authority as the custodian of international peace and security, to put an end to this tragedy and restore the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to stop the genocide that is being played out in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We expect that the Council's deliberations will result in the adoption and implementation of measures from which the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina will draw strength and succour, and we hope that the world has not turned its back on them.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“If we allow the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina to become extinct, the world will be the poorer for it. The genocice being perpetrated against the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina makes us all the poorer, We are all in the same boat. We cannot turn a blind eye and say that the atrocities are being committed in a far-away land. I come from Africa, a long way from Bosnia and Herzegovina, but we share a ccmmon identity and a common humanity with the people of that country, and that is why we have asked to speak before the Council today. On the contrary, we will not remain unchanged by this experience, for it violates the precepts on which this Organization was established, and it calls to mind the words of a contemporary statesman: "History teaches perhaps few clear lessons.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Neither can we allow the violence of this conflict to paralyze us nor should we preside with indifference over what amounts to an attempt to extinguish a Member State. Bosnia and Herzegovina must not be allowed to become extinct. It is now clear that time is running out for the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Every day that passes brings closer the achievement of the goal of Serbian aggression and undermines further the victims' belief that the United Nations will act vigorously in defence of their rights. This faith should not become another casualty of this conflict. Much as the courage and fortitude of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina are admired, their struggle to live the lives they have chosen for themselves should not be seen as an isolated event the outcome of which hes no consequences for our own existence.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Town after town and one village after another falls to the guns of the aggressors, who have demonstrated their blatant disregard for the principles of international law and their utter disrespect for the norms of international law and civilized behaviour. Even as I speak here, the slaughter of the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina continues. The Sierra Leone delegation remains convinced that the international community, representing the conscience of humanity, cannot fail to be moved by the cries of pain and anguish raised by mothers and children who mourn daily for husbands and fathers they will never see again, for values they will never regain; and for homes to which they may never return.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“This Council's imposition of sanctions, the deployment of the United Nations Protection Force, the institution of an arms embargo and the ban of flights over the airspace of Bosnia and Hexzegovina were all designed to effect a speedy resolution of the conflict. Even the formula proposed by former Secretary of State Vance and former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Lord Owen, with all its misgivings, carried similar expectations that at the end of the day the suffering of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and our common humanity would prevent a further escalation of this conflict and bring it to an end. Yet this objective has not been realized, as the international community's will continues to be flouted.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Massacres, rapes, concentration camps - we have all been living witnesses of these and have seen them on our televisions - have been instruments with which the war has been pursued in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have witnessed the gravest violations of humanitarian law in recent times, as the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross recently reminded us, in addition to the wholesale displacement of communities within Bosnia and Herzegovina itself. The international community has not failed to condemn these unspeakable acts of barbarism and genocide, committed by agents who harbour the false belief that the world will remain indifferent to those atrocities. Equally serious and intensive efforts have been made to bring peace to the situation, to put an end to the carnage, and to minimize the prospect of escalation.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“So why do we talk about "ethnic cleansing" when we know full well that we are talking about an act which is being perpetrated against the conscience of the international community and the conscience of manxind? We are talking about aggression and genocide, two of the worst offences in the book. It is therefore for the Council, the sole responsibility of which is the maintenance of international peace and security, and which is responsible for protecting the rights and dignity and lives of humans, to rise to the occasion and take its responsibilities seriously. As a consequence of the Serbs' pursuit of their territorial ambitions, the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina has deepened.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Since that call was made by my Head of State some seven months ago, all of us have become unwilling spectators to a growing tragedy as the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina continue to pay the ultimate price for daring to aspire to the ideals of freedom and self-determination ershrined in the Charter of our Organization. My country feels deeply the plight of the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, victims of aggression and genocide. We talk about "ethnic cleansing", running away from what has been adumbrated and given imprimatur since 1949. I am referring to the genocide Convention. It is there in the books. Instead of calling things by their name, the Council speaks of "ethnic cleansing" because we know that certain responsibilities flow from any commission of the act of genocide.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Similar calls have been made repeatedly by peace- loving people all over the world who, mindful of the long twilight of uncertainty they endured during the cold war, had hoped - indeed, had expected -- that nations, large and small, would at last demonstrate a scrupulous adherence to the obligations they had assumed under the Charter of this Organization. Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States and the outlawing of aggression are guiding principles which shape and direct the policies of modern nations. They remain eternal, enduring as assurance for the security and protection of all States, and particularly Members of this Organization.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“I think that would be a travesty of Christianity - or of any religion, for that matter. We refuse to see this struggle in terms of Muslims and Christians, What we are observing in Bosnia and Herzegovina is man's inhumanity to man and certain motivations of territorial aggrandizement. It is the responsibility of the Security Council to put a stop to such ill intentions and motivations. Seven months ago, when the President of my country addressed the General Assembly, he stated that: "What the world continues to witness in the former Yugoslavia defies human comprehension. The gravity and consequences of that war are reminiscent of conduct that the world had wished was only a memory." (A/47/PV.9, pp. 39-40) He went on to call for an end to hostilities and the resolution of the conflict by peaceful means.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“So what we are witnessing in Bosnia and Herzegovina is not the failure of individual actions. As we,see it, it is the failure of the Council to act collectively: to rise to its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. And that is why we are speaking before this Council: to call on the Security Council to rise to its responsibility as the custodian of international peace and security and to put an end to the human suffering that is taking place in Bosnia and Herzegovina today. That is our purpose in coming here. We do not come here to address the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina in terms of religion. We refuse to accept that the perpetrators of crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina are acting in the name of any biblical injunction.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“We are also aware, of course, of the efforts made by certain European States to stem the tide of events in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are aware of the declared intention of President Clinton to put a stop to the atrocities being committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina today. We are aware of the intention of the Clinton Ajdministration. If only that Administration could carry the rest of the membership of the Security Council with it to engage the criminals in Bosnia and Herzegovina today. We applaud the Clinton Administration and call upon the American people to act on behalf of the international community to put an end to the travesty that is taking place in Bosnia and Herzegovina today, despite the unwillingness of certain members of the Security Council, perhaps not through malice but for other reasons, to act in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Thereby, not only are the principles of the Charter of this Organization being mocked and openly violated, but the credibility of the Security Council is being seriously undermined, We are indeed aware that the Council has taken some measures to put an and to such flagrant violations of international law as those being perpetrated in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are indeed aware that the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) has been deployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We salute ali those who are serving in that peace-keeping force on behalf of the international community for their courage - in particular General Morillon, whom we applaud for his efforts to save the lives of those hapless people of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“What we are witnessing also engages the fundamental principle and precept of this Organization - that is, the non-use of force against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a Member State of the Organization. Furthermore, what we are witnessing fundamentally engages the principles of human rights, including the right to life and the dignity and worth of the human person. Today, as the world watches, aggression and genocide are being committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina with impunity.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“Mr, KOROMA (Sierra Leone): If the events unfolding in Bosnia and Herzegovina today were intended merely to mock the Security Council, if the events unfolding in Bosnia and Herzegovina today were intended to challenge the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, if the outrages being perpetrated today in Bosnia and Herzegovina were intended merely to send shock waves through the conscience of the international community, then perhaps the tragedy could be tolerated by this Council. But, alas, what we are witnessing in Bosnia and Herzegovina today is not merely tragic; we are not only witnessing the anguish and suffering of a people.”
1993-04-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3203 (1993) · source
“A dacisive and resolute measure on the part of the Secucity Council will send the right message to all the factions in Liberia ~ but to Charles Taylor, in particular - that the international community expects them to comply with the peace efforts of ECOWAS in the interest of their country.”
1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source
“Sierra Leone, because of the ordeal it has had to experience as a result of its action on hehalf of the international community, calis on the United Nations to render it all necessary eilitary, economic and diplomatic support to enable it to resist Charles Taylor's aggression. The Economic Community of West African States also deserves the full support of this Organization, acting as it is, and at great coat to some of its Member States, on behalf of the international community to restore peace to Liberia. I am sure the Council does not want to see another Somalis in Liberia. The United Nations cannot fail to give its full support to ECOWAS. Otherwise, the renewed cali for greater cooperation between the United Nations and the regional organizations for the maintenance of international peace and security would have suffered a setback.”
1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source