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1996-02-06
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  1. “Without these humanitarian efforts, conflicts grow worse, and we all know that when it grows worse, a conflict naturally tends to affect even more the international peace and security that are the primary concern of the Security Council. To fulfil their missions properly, humanitarian agencies need the support of the international community. The most fundamental form of support in the field is safety. Our central point is that humanitarian workers in the field helping the victims of conflicts should be the focus of the Security Council's attention. Of late we have seen many attacks against United Nations or non- governmental-agency personnel, resulting in deaths and injuries. These people have become victims because they tried to help the victims of conflicts.”

    1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778 (1997) · source

  2. “The competence of the Council in this area is clear, if limited to consideration of measures or actions that can save innocent lives while political agreements are sought with a view to the establishment of peace and security. Mr. Park took the chair. There are many humanitarian agencies within the United Nations system, as well as non-governmental agencies, that are increasingly involved in humanitarian situations in conflict areas. Beginning with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), these agencies are working in the field to alleviate the harsh and cruel conditions faced by the victims of clashes, war and intolerance. The men and women of those agencies are carrying out a basic task to which the international community and the Security Council have not always attached its proper importance.”

    1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778 (1997) · source

  3. “As we know, the Charter gives the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. As originally framed, this implied the duty to address conflicts between States when these had international implications. Today the Council's agenda is increasingly devoted to internal conflicts in which not all the parties are sovereign States, but can also be groups or factions within those States. These conflicts are characterized by civil war, with the major humanitarian crises it brings; one of the main consequences is massive, aimless flows of refugees. This highlights the Security Council's humanitarian responsibility with regard to the conflicts of which it is seized.”

    1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778 (1997) · source

  4. “Mr. Larrain (Chile) (interpretation from Spanish): At the outset I wish to congratulate you warmly, Sir, and to say that we are honoured by your presence here today for this important Security Council debate. I congratulate you also on this great initiative to devote an open meeting of the Security Council to this item. As members know, the delegation of Chile has consistently stressed that this principal organ of the United Nations should accord high priority to humanitarian issues. Let me reiterate a number of ideas that my delegation has expressed in the past, to define the nature of the conflicts that the Security Council must deal with today, and to underline the consequent relevance of the humanitarian question.”

    1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778 (1997) · source

  5. “I should like to avail myself of this opportunity to pay a tribute, on behalf of Chile, to all of the civilian, military and police personnel of UNAVEM. III, as well as to the staff of the humanitarian programmes and agencies of the United Nations and of non-governmental organizations. They all have something in common - they are fighting to consolidate peace in Angola.”

    1996-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3722 (1996) · source

  6. “However, the Secretary-General's report gives us hope that the parties are finally managing to create a climate that will allow the country to secure peace and to begin the tremendous development tasks ahead of it. The formal announcement by UNITA that it has concluded the quartering of its troops and the declaration by the Angolan Government that nine UNITA Generals are joining the Angolan Armed Forces are very encouraging and important developments and which will contribute to increased confidence between the parties at this crucial time. As regards the current situation, we agree with the Secretary-General that the mandate of UNAVEM. III must be extended to 28 February of next year. Therefore, my delegation supports the draft resolution before us.”

    1996-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3722 (1996) · source

  7. “Mr. Larrain (Chile) (interpretation from Spanish): The international community is very interested in seeing real progress in the political process in Angola, recognizing the fact that Angola is working for the social and economic development of its population, which has suffered the ravages of war. To this end, Government and UNITA leaders must continue to implement the commitments entered into at Lusaka two years ago as well as the consolidated timetable for all outstanding tasks that was approved on 31 October by the Joint Commission. As stated in the report of the Secretary-General, the situation in Angola has remained stable, although tense. The ceasefire violations and the harassment of the troops of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) are causes for regret.”

    1996-12-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3722 (1996) · source

  8. “These are particularly discriminatory against women, and they are not only a serious violation of international humanitarian law but also create greater hardships for Afghan families and slow down the economic recovery so vital today. Lastly, we would like to express our pleasure at seeing the neighbouring countries of Central Asia participating in the debate today. We believe that they have a great deal to contribute in the form of needed regional cooperation to help restore peace and stability in Afghanistan. We cannot allow fear, insecurity and tragedy to continue to threaten the stability of this strategic region, which, as this century draws to a close and a new millennium dawns, should have a better future.”

    1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source

  9. “However, we must bear in mind that it is Afghan people themselves who must do everything in their power to bind the wounds of war and re-establish their institutions, rebuild the social fabric and reconstruct a State that has fallen apart after long years of war and suffering. Another aspect of the conflict that is of serious concern to my delegation are the recent violations of international humanitarian law. No Afghan faction, on the pretext of respecting cultural or religious tradition, can trample on the human rights of the population or limit basic freedoms. We therefore call for a repeal of the excessive measures that have been taken against the people by the Taliban leaders about which the press has written to extensively this week.”

    1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source

  10. “We believe that it is time to put an end to such trafficking and that the United Nations should encourage a process of disarmament for all the factions, using the positive experience acquired in other regions in this regard. Consideration of a possible arms embargo, an initiative already proposed in the Security Council, is one possibility my delegation believes deserving of thorough consideration, and we would support it. Linked to the problem of armaments is the serious scourge of drug trafficking, which we believe must also be dealt with decisively, since it clearly poses a threat to any effort to bring about the country's social and economic reconstruction. We appeal to the international community to lend its support and generous assistance to the stage of reconstruction, which, we hope, will begin very soon.”

    1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source

  11. “The people of Afghanistan have suffered enormous losses because of that phenomenon. Full respect for Afghanistan's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, as well as the right of the people to determine their own future, cannot continue to be mere rhetorical figures. The international community, including neighbouring States and others of the region, must contribute to ensuring respect for this principle, which is enshrined in the United Nations Charter. Illicit arms trafficking and the flow of arms to parties to the conflict, for whatever motive, provide support to those who advocate the military solution to the conflict over negotiated agreements.”

    1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source

  12. “The establishment of a broad- based transitional Government acceptable to all Afghans is a necessary first step to establishing the bases for peace and national reconstruction. The dynamic events of the past few weeks should encourage us to devise a clear means of reaching the first stages of reconciliation and agreement among all the Afghan factions. Their leaders must realize that victory by force of arms is illusory and can lead only to continued suffering for the entire population, which, already weakened by war, truly desires reconciliation and peace. Along with the appeal to the leaders of the factions to support political negotiations over armed conflict, we must also urge that, without further delay, an end he put to foreign intervention in the Afghan conflict.”

    1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source

  13. “Norbert H011, to whom my delegation wishes to express its appreciation and reiterate its full support, has made enormous efforts in recent months to bring about a cessation of hostilities and a negotiated transfer of power in Kabul through the establishment of a fully representative and broad-based council of State. My delegation strongly believes that the parties involved cannot continue indefinitely to ignore the international community's appeal to halt the armed conflict, set aside their differences and undertake to join in a broad political negotiating process. My delegation believes that the measures adopted by the General Assembly in February of this year could lead to an immediate start of national reconciliation and the resurgence of Afghanistan.”

    1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source

  14. “Mr. Larrain (Chile)(interpretati0n from Spanish): Just six months ago, in April, the Security Council held a formal meeting in which many delegations participated in an orientation debate over the grave crisis in Afghanistan. At that time the international community expressed its serious concern at the continuation of the Afghan conflict and evidenced a real desire to give new impetus to negotiations and to help factions overcome their internal differences so that they could resume their progress towards reconstruction as soon as possible. In conjunction with that, the Secretary-General took important steps aimed at strengthening and rationalizing the United Nations political presence in Afghanistan. The new head of the Special Mission to Afghanistan, Mr.”

    1996-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3705 (1996) · source

  15. “I wish in conclusion to stress that we favour the Council beginning a general discussion of this matter, with a View to adapting its procedures to the new challenges it faces.”

    1996-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3676 (1996) · source

  16. “Hence, in-depth discussion is required in the general context of the future role of the Security Council and the United Nations in the maintenance of comprehensive peace. The case of Haiti is an example of a situation demanding a subjective assessment of the country's internal problems that require the support of the international community. It is therefore legitimate that there should be varying assessments of the new mandate's characteristics, even though support per se has never been in question. This was an evaluation that also covered various sensitive aspects of the matter, such as a Government's capacity to maintain political stability and civic peace, both areas linked directly to the exercise of sovereignty.”

    1996-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3676 (1996) · source

  17. “Operations have taken place that constitute true exceptions to the principle of non- intervention. The conflicts in Cambodia, El Salvador and Georgia have characteristics that place them in a category distinct from that of conventional international conflicts. Similarly, various interventions in Africa lack the thousands of years of history and diplomatic practice that apply to the control of traditional threats to peace. It was only to be expected that the new situation facing the Security Council, despite the Council's wealth of experience and long tradition in the handling of international conflicts, poses new challenges to its members; these must be met through the creation of the tools needed to address these new needs.”

    1996-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3676 (1996) · source

  18. “Yet in the current decade, the Security Council has commenced a new approach to its functions by attempting to control threats to peace arising from problems within States, not between them. With the fundamental political changes that took place at the end of the 1980s, the internal problems of various countries have been attracting international attention; this has led the Council to adopt measures in that connection. The viewpoint from which these conflicts is seen has changed, and the continuation or worsening of such conflicts has given rise to concern about avoiding the worldwide repercussions they could have. The Security Council has thus found it necessary to assess these situations and involve itself in the internal affairs of States at the request of the authorities of the States concerned.”

    1996-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3676 (1996) · source

  19. “Moreover, we hail the Council's reaffirmation of its solidarity with the people of Haiti through the establishment of the new United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH). We wish on behalf of the Government of Chile to express our sincere gratitude to the delegations of Canada, China, the Russian Federation and the United States, and to all others that have made it possible to continue the task of political stabilization in Haiti. Under the United Nations Charter, the main purpose of the Organization is the maintenance of international peace and security. Over the past 50 years, the United Nations, in carrying out that mandate, has gained broad experience in neutralizing threats to peace arising from conflicts between States.”

    1996-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3676 (1996) · source

  20. “Mr. Larrain (Chile) (interpretation from Spanish): I wish first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the situation in Haiti; we are grateful too for all the endeavours of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and of the entire team of the United Nations Mission in that country. This is a very special occasion: the culmination of an important phase in the process of restoring democracy to a brother country with a tragic political history. It is also the conclusion of one of the most successful missions in the history of United Nations peace-keeping operations. The Security Council and the entire Organization should draw satisfaction from both these facts.”

    1996-06-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3676 (1996) · source

  21. “We therefore fully support the draft resolution on this question, since we consider that there is no justification for the attitude shown by Iraq in refusing to allow recent inspections by the Special Commission. We call on the Government of Iraq not to stray from the path of full cooperation agreed upon with regard to the Special Commission. Lastly, my delegation wishes to reaffirm its full support for the Commission and its Chairman, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, for the efforts they have made to implement the mandate of the resolutions of this Council.”

    1996-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3672 (1996) · source

  22. “Mr. Larrain (Chile) (interpretation from Spanish): My delegation offers you, Sir, its warmest congratulations on seeing you preside over the Council's work. While wishing you great success in these responsibilities, we reiterate our offer of fullest cooperation. I also wish to convey our gratitude to Ambassador Qin Huasun and his delegation for their excellent work in May. My delegation wishes to express its uneasiness and concern over the incidents of 11 and 12 June, reported by the Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission, a Special Commission inspection team was denied access to sites the Commission had designated. Such behaviour constitutes an undeniable violation of the spirit of Security Council resolutions.”

    1996-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3672 (1996) · source

  23. “We have supported the further extension for two months of the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III) because we are optimistic enough to trust that Angolan leaders will make fresh and greater efforts to consolidate the peace process in their country and to ensure that the United Nations can maintain its stabilizing presence in support of the integrity of Angola. It is time for those leaders to recognize that, after so much suffering, what is most important is not the leaders themselves, or their own interests, but rather the people of Angola as a whole, who want peace and tranquility for their families. That is what the world expects of Angola.”

    1996-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3662 (1996) · source

  24. “Qualitative aspects of the demobilization process, especially relating to the type of weapons being handed over, signal a lack of good will in the fulfillment of commitments. This is another source of legitimate concern for the international community. We believe that the leaders have displayed insufficient political will to make progress in the peace progress. We consider that, if the Council is to continue its support for Angola, this lack of political will must be reversed through genuine demonstrations of a readiness to fulfil agreements that have been reached in the course of the long process of negotiating peace in Angola. One concrete demonstration of change towards a willingness to meet commitments would be the establishment without further delay of the independent United Nations radio for which this Council has so often called.”

    1996-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3662 (1996) · source

  25. “The important agreements reached by the Government and UNITA in the course of talks between their top leaders, which the Council welcomed enthusiastically, have regrettably been repudiated in practice. The first signs that agreements were being obstructed were statements that it had been a mistake to accept those agreements. Such attitudes seriously affect the process and gravely undermine belief that negotiations were carried out in good faith. We urge Angolan leaders to avoid making statements that engender such uncertainty about what has been agreed. UNITA must shoulder its responsibilities in key areas such as the timely quartering of its troops and the speedy incorporation of its forces into the joint armed forces; it should, as soon as possible, provide personnel to act as bodyguards for UNITA leaders.”

    1996-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3662 (1996) · source

  26. “This is a problem that the Council must emphasize and that obliges it to request that urgent measures be adopted, particularly by the Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA), to accelerate the process, consolidate the progress achieved thus far, and move towards the results to which the international community and the people of Angola aspire. We deplore in particular the death of two peace- keepers, from Jordan and Zimbabwe, and of a British representative of OXFAM, which occurred during an ambush. We call upon both the Government of Angola and UNITA to inform the Security Council of the identity of those responsible for that attack.”

    1996-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3662 (1996) · source

  27. “Mr. Larrain (Chile) (interpretation from Spanish): I wish, Sir, to express my delegation's pleasure at seeing you presiding over the work of the Security Council; we wish you every success as you discharge your important responsibilities and once again offer you and your delegation our full support. I wish also to express thanks for the very generous words addressed to Ambassador Somavia in connection with his work as President of the Council last month. We are grateful to the Secretary-General for the report he has submitted. We agree with its assessment that there is an overall situation of progress in the process and believe that this should be duly acknowledged. Yet it is a source of deep concern that there are delays in meeting the objectives agreed upon in the Lusaka Protocol, particularly with respect to demobilization.”

    1996-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3662 (1996) · source

  28. “We make a special appeal that the will of the people of Angola, freely expressed through electoral mechanisms that reflect democratic practices, be recognized and heeded. The current international political situation presents developing countries with many challenges regarding their place in the new structure of world power, and also with great opportunities for development within the new structures of the international economy. To benefit from the new circumstances requires more energy and creativity than that used to wage war. This is the greatest challenge confronting the political leaders of the developing world.”

    1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source

  29. “III troops and that this hostile attitude strongly affects the willingness of the international community to continue to lend its support to Angola, thus threatening the very foundations of the peace process. We wish once again to draw the attention of the Angolan political leaders, especially those of UNITA, to the need to spare their populations further suffering. All that energy that was devoted for so many years to war and destruction should now be channelled into building a solid foundation for the development of the country. The fruitless sacrifice of the people of Angola during so many years of conflict must come to an end and give way to better days, in keeping with the changes that have taken place in the world.”

    1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source

  30. “There can be no doubt that the support of the international community is strongly influenced by outbreaks of violence such as those that occurred recently in the Soyo region. One way of offsetting the discouragement resulting from this type of event is for the troop-quartering process to resume immediately, proceeding as circumstances allow, and for the cease-fire to be strictly respected. We deeply regret the campaign of threats and hostility against the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III). The parties to the conflict must commit themselves to putting an end to this harassment and give assurances to the United Nations that will allow its organs to continue with their work in the field. We believe that there can be no justification for such attacks against UNAVEM.”

    1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source

  31. “Mr. Larrain (Chile) (interpretation from Spanish): I should like first of all, Madam, to express my delegation's satisfaction at seeing you preside over the Council. Needless to say, you can count on Chile's unwavering cooperation in the fulfilment of your important tasks. I wish also to express my delegation's appreciation to Ambassador Weston for his outstanding presidency during the month of January. I should like to say that we are grateful for the report submitted to us by the Secretary-General, which describes the status of the peace process in Angola. We note that the peace process continues to be marked by the instability that existed prior to the Lusaka agreements remain, and we believe it necessary to appeal to the parties to redouble their efforts to implement fully the commitments undertaken on that occasion.”

    1996-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3628 (1996) · source