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“The possibility of several thousand Bosnians having been butchered stirs the memory of the Katyn forest, where during the Second World War Stalin's murderers similarly butchered several thousand officers of the Polish Army. Confirmation of these reports would raise the spectre of war criminality in its most heinous form. Abuses by individuals occur in most wars, but wholesale murder of thousands requires organization and orders from high- level authorities. There is no doubt that these authorities - that is to say, every one of the responsible individuals - will be identified, tried by the International Tribunal, and for ever stigmatized and ostracized by the international community.”
1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3564 (1995) · source
“This Council expressed itself on the situation in Srebrenica and Zepa last month, and what concerns us here today is the aftermath of the Bosnian Serbs' overrunning of these two safe areas - if that is the right expression. Several thousand men and boys are missing. Bosnian Serb authorities have been refusing to provide any information about their fate or to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross, or any other outside observer for that matter, access to them. We fear the worst, and just today these fears have been strengthened by an important report in The New York Times and by evidence presented to the Council earlier by the United States delegation. These reports suggest that those missing have become victims of one of the greatest atrocities of this war.”
1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3564 (1995) · source
“In conclusion, we ought to acknowledge that as an incidental result of the Croatian military action the siege of Bihac came to an end. This is an important result from several points of view. How important it was from the humanitarian point of view will become particularly evident when we contrast the fate of the men of Bihac with that of the men of Srebrenica, which we will be considering in our very next meeting.”
1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source
“The situation of UNCRO has changed dramatically, and we are anxiously awaiting recommendations from the Secretary-General on how best to modify its mandate. We anticipate a need to strengthen the United Nations presence in Eastern Croatia, in the area adjacent to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We strongly warn the Croatian authorities against seeking a military solution in this area, for, in our analysis, such an attempt could lead to a full-fledged war involving far greater military forces, territory and civilian population than ever before, a war that would eclipse anything the South Slav States have witnessed so far. In this context, we appreciate the responsible attitude that States of the region have demonstrated to date and appeal to all parties to seek a solution to the issue of Eastern Slavonia through peaceful means.”
1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source
“Others were gravely abused. Even today, UNCRO and other United Nations personnel do not have the freedom of movement they urgently need to fulfil their obligations. We deplore the abuse to which certain Croat commanders subjected UNCRO personnel and demand that appropriate measures be taken against them. We call for full freedom of movement of United Nations personnel. But even as we in the Czech Republic mourn our dead, we are determined to continue shouldering our international responsibilities through our contribution to UNCRO. At this point let me thank from the depths of my heart, on behalf of my Government, all those who have expressed condolences, either here or in informal consultations, and extend our own condolences to the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark.”
1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source
“But they also bear a heavy responsibility to assure elementary dignity of the refugees and unconditionally to protect their human rights. Shelling refugee columns is not the best way to demonstrate respect for these rights. The Croatian authorities also have great responsibilities towards those ethnic Serbs who do elect to stay and to those who may decide to return. In fact, my Government urges them to create conditions in the newly reintegrated territories which will not only be conducive to stanching the refugee outflow but which will also facilitate and encourage the return of refugees. The Croatian authorities decided to launch their military offensive literally over the heads of United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UNCRO) personnel. Some, including two of my countrymen, lost their lives in the process.”
1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source
“It had always been the position of my Government that a political solution was preferable, and we are still not convinced that such a solution was impossible. One consequence of taking Knin and the former Sectors South and North is a wave of refugees unparalleled in the war to date, in a war which has already seen the most dramatic population shifts in Europe since the aftermath of the Second World War. This refugee wave amounts to massive ethnic cleansing of vast areas of Croatia. Whether the Serb refugees are leaving on their own account or not is immaterial, and we view with scepticism Croat observations that Serb propaganda is solely responsible for their exodus, and assertions that Serbs are welcome in a post-Krajina Croatia. The Croatian authorities will not, of course, hold people back by force.”
1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source
“This is the first time my delegation has spoken this month, Mr. President, so let me at the outset congratulate you on having assumed the presidency of the Security Council and thank Ambassador Martinez Blanco for the job he and his delegation did last month. The Government of Croatia has long intended to reintegrate parts of its sovereign territory that had been under the control of secessionist Croat Serb authorities. This was Croatia's sovereign right, and it can hardly be faulted for taking steps to this end. What my Government, however, does find strongly deplorable is the fact that the Croatian authorities elected to do so by military means, even at a time when not all diplomatic avenues had been completely exhausted.”
1995-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3563 (1995) · source
“It is therefore all the more disturbing that, at the working level, this cooperation "has not always been satisfactory", to quote the Secretary-General (8/1995/473, para. 20). We salute the ECOWAS countries that have been shouldering the burden of ECOMOG, but we are particularly concerned that ECOMOG provide the necessary security for UNOMIL personnel, in line with the Cotonou Agreement, as specified in paragraph 12 of the resolution we have just adopted.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“To note, as does the preamble of today's resolution, that a "concerted and harmonized effort would be helpful to advance the peace process" (resolution 100] (1995), sixth preamhular paragraph) is a very self-effacing way of telling Liberia's neighbours: Stop meddling. Stop supplying the factions with arms. Stop pursuing your own objectives at the expense of Liberia's peace. There is one other troubling aspect of the Liberian situation: the shortcomings in cooperation between UNOMIL and the Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The parallel and concerted functioning of the two forces has been viewed as a model for Chapter VIII-style cooperation between a United Nations observer mission and a regional force in other parts of the world as well.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“But my country, for one - which for several years now has contributed soldiers to UNOMIL - will be hard pressed not to demand its withdrawal if, come September, the conditions outlined in operative paragraph 4 of resolution 1001 (1995) are not met. Of course, if left alone, factions can fight only up to a point - only until their resources are exhausted. We therefore highlight again the importance of the arms embargo this Council has imposed on Liberia. And we note with distress that external support and what the Secretary-General delicately describes as the "lack of harmonization" of the policies of Liberia's neighbours (5/1995/473, para. I]), contribute to the tearing of that country asunder.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“Today, these same factions are dangling another promise of hope in front of the Security Council. But many of us are fed up. We have voted to extend the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) for another two-and-a-half months. But we insist that, during this period, the wrangling concerning Liberia's Council of State finally end and that it be installed, that a real cease-fire come into effect, that all forces disengage and that a serious timetable be agreed upon to deal with all other aspects of the Akosombo and Accra agreements, especially as concerns disarmament. The factions are understandably interested in keeping UNOMIL in the country, not only for economic reasons, but also for public relations purposes.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“The factions of the civil war are splitting into ever smaller, ever more vicious, ever more self-centred splinter groups whose members are frequently interested in little more than self-aggrandizement, personal gain, killing for the sake of killing, and drugs. It is precisely the people of Liberia who bear the ultimate responsibility for achieving peace and national reconciliation. The price the international community is prepared to pay to help them in this effort is fast reaching its limits. The last time we discussed Liberia in this forum, there was a glimmer of hope extended by the factions: the meeting in Abuja. That meeting was postponed from one date to the next and in the end achieved results which, to be generous, we can only describe as modest. Charles Taylor's absence from Abuja was in our View inexcusable.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“Allow me, too, to congratulate you, Sir, on your service as your country's representative on the Security Council this year, culminating in your skilful management of the Council as its President this month. Your tenure among us has amounted to a fitting capstone to your long and distinguished diplomatic career, and we will miss you. Liberia is in imminent danger of becoming another failure for the peace-keeping efforts of the United Nations. It has been said all too often that there is no place for peace-keepers where there is no peace to keep. This is demonstrably the case in that tormented country.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“The Security Council, thus, through this draft resolution would emphasize once again that peaceful negotiations, not war, are the way to settle the conflict; peaceful negotiations which should take the Contact Group peace plan as a starting point. We are happy to have the very welcome agreement of the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the deployment of the rapid-reaction force - and from the legal point of View, no other party can veto it, of course. However, practical considerations make it necessary that conversations and contacts should proceed with all parties, in order to win their acquiescence, if not their agreement, at least ex post facto if not in advance. We encourage the Secretary-General to proceed with efforts along these lines.”
1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source
“Several aspects of this draft resolution are important for us: it preserves the peace-keeping nature of UNPROFOR. It is easy to argue - now, regrettably and alarmingly, perhaps even more than at other times - that in Bosnia and Herzegovina there is no peace to keep. But the important aspect is that, peace or not, UNPROFOR is not turning into a peacemaking or a peace-enforcement operation. For this reason, too, we are satisfied that Chapter VII of the Charter is invoked only in the context of UNPROFOR's self-defence and freedom of movement, and that the draft resolution is in this regard not breaking any new ground. We also reiterate the impartial status of UNPROFOR.”
1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source
“On the initiative of France and Britain, the two countries whose UNPROFOR contingents are the largest, and of the Netherlands, we are now authorizing the sending of a rapid-reaction force which will bring into better alignment the mandate of UNPROFOR and the means at its disposal. A tank or an armoured personnel carrier is surely the appropriate instrument to assure safe passage in sniper or ambush territory or to remove obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian supplies, the kind of instrument we have always needed. It will not help with the release of the hostages who are still in captivity, who include two of our nationals, but surely it will prevent a repetition of such action. In this respect, the rapid-reaction force fills the space between persuasion and air power.”
1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source
“As events of the past weeks have demonstrated, that caution was appropriate. From the military point of View, UNPROFOR indeed turned out to be extremely vulnerable, and the Bosnian Serb hostage- taking demonstrated that for all to see. The taking of hostages is reprehensible and despicable. It has been described as a terrorist act, and we agree with that description. It cannot be tolerated by the international community. The hostage crisis is a crisis for all of UNPROFOR at least, and is the main reason why the Czech Republic supports, indeed has joined in sponsoring, the draft resolution before the Council.”
1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source
“The disparity between the objectives and the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), on the one hand, and the wherewithal at its disposal, on the other has always been one of the most vexing problems bedeviling that operation. In seeking compliance with Security Council resolutions, and indeed in protecting its own personnel, UNPROFOR has had a widely bifurcated choice between two options: its own persuasive abilities, and air power. UNPROFOR'S persuasive abilities, never a terribly strong choice, have been dissipating with every additional failure, with every additional concession. And yet UNPROFOR leadership demonstrated a marked reluctance, a distaste even, for employing air power, a reluctance that bothered many observers, who felt it overly cautious.”
1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3543 (1995) · source
“On the other hand, one wonders, since the Israeli Government has no expropriative intentions for the future, how indispensable it was to expropriate land last month. The Declaration of Principles envisages a discussion of issues affecting Jerusalem to take place in a little more distant future. Also, it envisages resolving issues such as this one between the parties themselves. We are sorry that this did not happen; of course, this does not stop the Security Council from dealing with a matter that violates the spirit if not, perhaps, the letter of the Declaration, and it is therefore quite proper to debate the issue here and to vote on the draft resolution. In conclusion, I wish to reiterate my country's wholehearted support for the Middle East peace process.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3538 (1995) · source
“The position of my country on the current situation in Jerusalem was expressed through you, Mr. President, when you delivered the statement of the European Union during the Council's recent meeting on this agenda item. Today I shall add just one or two remarks. Whatever the motivations for doing so, and whatever its purpose, we find the expropriation of land in East Jerusalem to be ill-timed, unwise and, indeed, in violation of relevant Security Council resolutions. We do, however, take note of the decision by the Israeli Government of 14 May 1995 according to which it has no intention of carrying out additional expropriations of land in East Jerusalem for housing purposes, and we would have preferred this decision to be reflected in the draft resolution.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3538 (1995) · source
“This resolution reacts mostly to actions of the Croatian Government and its forces. The Croatian Serb party, however, has not lagged behind in taking control of adjacent parts of the zones of separation. The resolution has not forgotten this fact, and, therefore, paragraph 2 demands a complete withdrawal of both parties and paragraph 10 demands that both parties refrain from taking further military actions. The Council will be very carefully following developments from now on.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“This move, among others, exposed our peace-keepers to hostile fire and thus endangered them in an absolutely unacceptable fashion. Our resolution today focuses on securing the complete withdrawal of Croatian Government forces from the zones of separation with no further procrastination whilst acknowledging the extent of the withdrawal effected to date. It further calls for strict observance of the human rights of Croatian Serbs in Western Slavonia. It also pays due attention to the Economic Agreement, and especially to safety and security along the crucial Zagreb-Belgrade highway. All these points should drive home one message: Zagreb should inextricably associate itself with the logic of peace. Military adventures might be tempting, but they will certainly not be condoned by the Council.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“One of the reasons for the intensive international effort to keep peace-keepers in Croatia was that there was indeed a peace to keep, certainly since the March 1994 cease-fire agreement. It was a difficult peace with very slow progress towards national reconciliation; nevertheless, progress there was, and the Economic Agreement of December 1994 was one of its most important manifestations. The alternative to a United Nations presence, many felt, was an all-out war. All the more surprising, therefore, was the Croatian Government offensive against Sector West some two weeks ago, and even this apparently limited military move may have been only a part of a broader pattern, for in other sectors too Croatian Government forces penetrated the zones of separation and appeared to be digging in for the long term.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“The Czech Republic has been consistently concerned over developments in countries of the southern Slavs, and perhaps most of all in Croatia, for it is precisely there that a Czech mechanized battalion has been active for several years as part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), which is now being transformed into the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia (UN CRO). We have been aware of the long-standing differences between UNPROFOR and the Croatian authorities which eventually led those authorities to give notice to the United Nations peace-keeping Force. This difficult issue eventually got resolved, to what appeared to be everybody's satisfaction, with the authorization of UNCRO in resolution 981 (1995) and the provisions of its mandate in resolution 990 (1995).”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“Like other delegations, we are grateful for information that the Russian delegation provides on the CIS operation, and would be even more grateful if it were more frequent and in writing.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“We also appreciate the assistance provided by the Russian Federation as facilitator and by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in searching for a comprehensive political settlement. Coordination between these several organisms is, of course, an absolute must. My fifth and final point, on the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) forces: We are heartened and encouraged by their cooperation. At this moment, they constitute a stabilizing factor rather than one that is resolving the problem. Without their presence, though, another flare-up of uncontrollable hostilities would be extremely likely. This is why we are in favour of extending the UN OMIG mandate and welcome the fact that the CIS forces apparently intend to stay until the end of 1995.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“A federal arrangement for the country would be very appropriate, with as much autonomy as feasible devolving to its constituent parts. But we do not see much merit in a confederation, which in practice would amount to a break- up of the country, or in any "federation of independent entities", which in practice would amount to a confederation and thus again to the break-up of the country. This is why the resolution welcomes and encourages consultations regarding a new constitution for the country based precisely on federal principles. In this context, we reiterate our full confidence in Ambassador Brunner's efforts in this regard, undertaken on behalf of the Secretary-General.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“We thus want to underscore here the fact that the eighth preambular paragraph, which recalls the 1994 Budapest summit declaration of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, is intended to refer especially to the following sentence of that document: "[The participating States] expressed their deep concern over 'ethnic cleansing', the massive expulsion of people, predominantly Georgian, from their living areas and the deaths of large numbers of innocent civilians." (S/1994/1435, p. 20) Fourth point: While we are anxious for any political solution to the crisis that would be agreeable to both the Government of Georgia and the Abkhaz leaders, we welcome their understanding that such a solution is to be based on Georgia's territorial integrity.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“Today, therefore, we request the Secretary-General to look into possibilities that might be available for improving the observance of human rights in the region in general. Third point: What has been doing on in Abkhazia is "ethnic cleansing". Resolution 993 (1995), which we have just adopted, recognizes this fact but couches it in impenetrable language. Instead of calling a spade a spade, our resolution refers to a garden, assuming that the reader will grasp that there is a tool shed in the garden and a spade in the tool shed. This language should be decoded, of course, if only for the record.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“My delegation is pleased that we are invoking the timetable of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the return of displaced persons. The main obstacle to their return is still the continuing intransigent position of Abkhaz authorities. Second point: The most problematic region is Gali. This is where most displaced people are from; this is where most of them therefore want to return to; yet this is where lawlessness is most rampant. The return of the original population to Gali should be the cornerstone of the whole repatriation programme. But in order for this to succeed, their basic human rights have to be respected, a task for which the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) does not have a mandate, let alone the wherewithal.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“The situation in Abkhazia and its fallout on the rest of Georgia can be characterized in one sentence: Nothing much has changed, and this is, on balance, bad. My delegation, for one, is alarmed by this state of affairs, and feels that several points are worth making in elaborating upon that one sentence. First point: The key to resolving the situation is the return of those who have fled Abkhazia to their former homes. Whatever political understanding might eventually be reached by politicians of the opposing parties, it would be intolerable if that understanding were based on demographic changes that have been brought about by military means. There are some 200,000 refugees and displaced persons, and only the tiniest trickle of them is returning under the voluntary repatriation programme.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency for the month of May. Your energy and diligence have already left a splendid imprint on the Council's work. It is furthermore a great pleasure to welcome in our midst Foreign Minister Chikvaidze and his colleagues. We recall an equally welcome visit just about a year ago from President Shevardnadze, from whom the Minister has brought us greetings. Before turning to the matter at hand, let me further thank all those previous speakers who had words of appreciation for my delegation's work in April, work in which we enjoyed the true and unstinting assistance of every single delegation around this table - for which we are very grateful.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“There are no further speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 12.20 pm.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“I now put to the vote the draft resolution in document S/1995/335. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Botswana, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, Oman, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (interpretation from Spanish): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 991 (1995). I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of El Salvador for his kind words addressed to me. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. If I hear no objection I shall put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Brazil for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of El Salvador, on whom I now call.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Venezuela for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Brazil. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Spain for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Venezuela. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Spain. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Colombia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“Bivero (Venezuela) took the places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President (interpretation from Spanish): The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador, document S/ 1995/220. Members of the Council also have before them document S/ 1995/335, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. The first speaker is the representative of Mexico. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Spain and Venezuela in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Castaneda- Cornejo (El Salvador) took a place at the Council table; Mr. Valle (Brazil), Mr. Garcia (Colombia), Mr. Tello (Mexico), Mr. Yanez-Barnuevo (Spain) and Mr.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source
“A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Botswana, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, Oman, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 990 (1995). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 10.45 am.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3527 (1995) · source
“Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to paragraph 4 of Security Council resolution 981 (1995), document S/ 1995/320. Members of the Council also have before them document S/1995/334, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. Members have received photocopies of a letter dated 28 April 1995 from the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, which will be issued as a document of the Council under the symbol 8/1995/339. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3527 (1995) · source
“I have received a letter from the representative of Croatia in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Nobilo (Croatia) took a place at the Council table. The President: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3527 (1995) · source
“The Council welcomes the Dar-es-Salaam trilateral agreement of 12 April 1995, on the voluntary repatriation of Rwandese refugees from Tanzania. "The Security Council reaffirms the view that an international conference would contribute substantially to peace and security in the subregion. It welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General to carry out consultations with all concerned so that such a conference can be held at the earliest possible date. "The Security Council will remain seized of the matter." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/ 1995/22. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 4.15 pm.”
1995-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3526 (1995) · source
“"The Security Council requests the Government of Rwanda to facilitate the delivery and distribution of humanitarian assistance to refugees and displaced persons in need, in conformity with the principles and current practice of UNHCR. It invites States and donor agencies to deliver on their earlier commitments and to further increase their assistance. It urges all Governments in the region to keep their borders open for this purpose. "The Security Council appeals to all States to act in accordance with recommendations adopted in the Regional Conference on Assistance to Refugees, Returnees and Displaced Persons in the Great Lakes Region held in Bujumbura in February 1995, in order to contribute to facilitate the return of refugees.”
1995-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3526 (1995) · source
“The Council calls on the international community to assist the Government of Rwanda in re-establishing the justice system as a contribution to confidence-building and the maintenance of law and order. "The Security Council expresses its appreciation for the action of those States which have arrested and detained persons following the adoption of resolution 978 (1995). It urges States, in accordance with that resolution, to arrest and detain persons against whom there is sufficient evidence of responsibility for acts within the jurisdiction of the International Tribunal for Rwanda. It requests the Secretary-General to facilitate the rapid establishment of the Tribunal.”
1995-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3526 (1995) · source
“"The Security Council expresses grave concern at the situation created by the overcrowded prisons in Rwanda which has resulted in the death of numerous persons in custody and requests the Secretary-General to consider urgently measures which could be taken quickly in conjunction with the Government of Rwanda and humanitarian agencies to improve the conditions of those in detention or under investigation. The Council emphasizes that the development of the Rwandese justice system continues to be an important factor in creating conditions of security, law and order, conducive to the return of refugees from abroad and of displaced persons to their homes.”
1995-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3526 (1995) · source