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2004-10-04
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2004-11-23
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  1. “We hope that the Tribunals will faithfully comply with the timelines set by the Council in the completion strategies. We understand that major fugitives are yet to be brought before the Tribunals and that any delay in their arrest would have an adverse impact on the Tribunals' work. We call on all concerned delegations to cooperate fully with the Tribunals so that all trials can end by 2008 and the Tribunals can be closed by 2010. My delegation would not want to see any further adjustments to the completion strategies.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  2. “We were informed last June that this requirement had been seriously affected by the hiring freeze, which not only limits the ability of the Tribunals to take on new staff to meet their increasing workload, but also prohibits hiring even to replace essential personnel who leave the Tribunals. The Tribunals also pleaded for support to improve their ability to retain qualified staff and rectify the severe staff shortage. We hope that this problem will be addressed in the near future, as it could affect the completion strategies. I hope that the concluding statements will further elaborate on why the problem still persists. My delegation is fully cognizant of the challenges and difficulties involved in achieving the completion strategies, specifically the requirement for the completion of all trials by 2008.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  3. “We believe that the bulk of the cases will need to be tried by national courts and that, aside from being a critical element of the completion strategy, the ability of the Tribunal to refer cases to competent national jurisdictions for trial will enhance the involvement of national Governments in bringing reconciliation and justice to the region. That will serve the process of healing wounds and strengthening the sense of nationhood of the republics in the former Yugoslavia. I hope that, in his closing statement, Judge Meron will be able to provide an indication of when cases of minor suspects could actually be transferred to national jurisdictions. Today, we again heard the plea of the Tribunals to have adequate personnel to perform their work.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  4. “We commend the efforts to establish institutions and rule-of-law mechanisms in the national jurisdictions of concerned countries to prevent impunity and to promote justice. We hope that the situation of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is now more hopeful and hope that the Tribunal will continue its work towards the achievement of the completion strategy. I would like to comment on the points raised in the report of the ICTY. We commend its efforts to contribute expertise to training seminars for judges and prosecutors in the former Yugoslavia so as to enhance the capability of national jurisdictions to try pending cases as well as to support the efforts to establish a War Crimes Chamber within the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  5. “We would like to begin by noting the conclusion of the election ofjudges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last Friday. We hope that that will provide impetus to the efforts of the Tribunal as we face the final years of its work. My delegation would like to thank the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the two Tribunals for their reports this morning. We note with satisfaction that, first, the Tribunals continue to operate at full capacity and secondly, since the last time the Council heard their reports, in June this year, the Tribunals have continued to improve the efficiency of their proceedings and to concentrate their focus on the most senior leaders suspected of being responsible for the most serious crimes.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  6. “Thus, we urge the parties to restart the peace process, established under the road map, which the Council endorsed in resolution 1515 (2003). We ask the parties to fulfil their obligations under the road map to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East.”

    2004-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5049 (2004) · source

  7. “We are gravely concerned that, unless strong will is exercised on all sides to curtail terrorism and violence, the peace process will not succeed. This conflict cannot continue unabated without seriously imperilling the opportunity of future generations of Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and harmony. Both sides should understand that there will be no winners in the conflict. We call on both sides to exercise restraint and refrain from acts of violence that further escalate the situation. We appeal to them to follow the path of peaceful negotiation to achieve the goal of two States living side by side in peace and security, in accordance with Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 1397 (2002). The conflict in the Middle East will never be resolved through violent means.”

    2004-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5049 (2004) · source

  8. “We call on Israel to stop its military assault and withdraw its approximately 200 tanks and armoured vehicles that are currently blanketing northern Gaza. At the same time, we also call on the Palestinian Authority to stop the rocket attacks by militant groups against Israel. Also today, Palestinian militants fired another round of Qassam rockets into an Israeli border town, wounding a man. We are deeply concerned about the fact that violence in the Middle East is continuing to be perpetrated by one side against the other, despite the clear expression of repugnance at such a state of affairs by the international community and the Security Council. The Middle East will not know peace unless the pattern of attack and reprisal is broken on both sides.”

    2004-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5049 (2004) · source

  9. “My delegation would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and your delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month. We would also like to thank Mr. Yafiez-Barnuevo for his able leadership of the Council last month. The Philippine delegation deplores the escalating violence in the Middle East. The recent escalation has been the bloodiest in the Gaza Strip over the past four yours. We are deeply concerned with the growing casualties, particularly of innocent civilians, and deplore in the strongest terms the ongoing bloodbath that claims young lives on both sides. We express our profound sympathies to the victims and their families. We urge Israel to halt its military raids in Gaza. Just today, three more civilians were killed by the Israeli military, including a lS-year-old girl inside her own house.”

    2004-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5049 (2004) · source