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“We expect that further constructive cooperation by the Government of Rwanda with UNAMIR and the Secretary-General's Special Representative will assist in the speediest possible achievement of national reconciliation and reconstruction. Russia, like a number of other States, is actively participating in international emergency assistance to Rwanda, and has been involved since the early stages of the crisis in rendering humanitarian assistance. In addition, there are Russian military observers in UNAMIR. On the political level, we continue to believe that the Arusha Agreement continues to define the framework for a peaceful settlement. We note the special role that the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and Rwanda's neighbouring countries are called upon to play.”
1995-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3542 (1995) · source
“We hope that the Rwandese authorities, in conjunction with the country's various political forces and with the assistance of the international community, will succeed in fully stabilizing the situation and in creating the necessary conditions for solving the problems spawned by the civil war, dealing with the aftermath and, above all, for the refugees to return to their homes. In the context of the new situation, we agree with the need to make certain adjustments to the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR), and believe that the Mission's new mandate, which was drafted taking the wishes of the Rwandese leadership into account and which the members of the Council have just adopted unanimously, retains an adequate United Nations presence and an active United Nations role in Rwanda.”
1995-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3542 (1995) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): First of all, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and also to express our gratitude to the Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Merimee, for his skilled guidance of our work in May. I should like also to welcome to our ranks the new Permanent Representative of China, Ambassador Qin Huasun, at this, the first official meeting of the Security Council in which he has participated. Russia, with unflagging attention, continues to follow the development of the situation in and around Rwanda: we note with satisfaction the indications of a gradual normalization of the situation.”
1995-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3542 (1995) · source
“We fully concur with those provisions and will support the draft resolution. The Russian delegation expresses the hope that the Israeli authorities will find it possible, at this crucial and extremely sensitive stage of the negotiating process in the Middle East, to reconsider their attitude towards the confiscation of Palestinian land in East Jerusalem. This would help keep up the momentum of the peace process, ensure that it continues to move forward and would help towards the establishment of genuine peace and good- neighbourliness between Arabs and Israelis.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3538 (1995) · source
“Our position basically coincided with the approach of all the other Council members, and this being the case, we believed that the best possible course would be to achieve a consensus reaction to Israel's actions - for example, in the form of a statement by the President. Unfortunately, that has not proved possible. However, we note with satisfaction that, during the discussions on the draft resolution, its sponsors took into account most of the amendments and proposals suggested and thereby made it more balanced and purposeful. In its present form, the draft resolution expresses first and foremost, heightened concern over the Israeli action, which violates Security Council resolutions and the Declaration of Principles, reaffirms that this action is null and void and calls upon Israel to rescind it.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3538 (1995) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): The Russian delegation played an active part in the discussion in the Security Council on the issue of the confiscation of Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem, and closely followed the process of achieving agreement on the draft resolution submitted by the Non-Aligned Movement group of countries. In so doing, we took as our premise that the question of Jerusalem, as is provided for in the Declaration of Principles, must be the subject of future negotiations on the final status of the Palestinian territories. Until then, any action to alter the status quo in Jerusalem cannot be considered otherwise than as contravening the spirit of the Palestinian-Israeli agreements and the peace process as a whole, a process of which the Russian Federation is a co- sponsor.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3538 (1995) · source
“This is especially timely because some of the most recent statements made by the Government of Croatia to the effect that there are other means besides political means to settle the conflict give us cause for serious concern. We think the resolution just adopted by the Council makes it obvious that, in spite of such statements, the Council clearly maintains that there is no alternative to a political settlement.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“In this connection, it is very important that under operative paragraph 10 of the resolution the Council "Demands that the parties refrain from taking any further military measures or actions and warns that in the event of failure to comply with this demand it will consider further steps needed to ensure such compliance." (resolution 994 (1995), para. 10) We expect that the parties addressed in that paragraph will draw the necessary conclusion. In two weeks the Secretary-General will report to the Security Council on the implementation of this resolution, and after that we shall consider whether additional steps are needed to bring about the full normalization of the situation.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“Recent events have further confirmed the urgent need for the Security Council, its sanction Committee, the appropriate regional structures, and all States, primarily those bordering former Yugoslavia, to take the necessary measures to ensure an unconditional implementation of the ban established by resolution 713 (1991). The resolution the Security Council has just adopted does not in any way conclude its consideration of Croatia. The demands set forth in the presidential statements of 1 and 4 May have not yet been carried out in all their aspects. Therefore, the Council intends to keep this matter under consideration - and this includes the situation with regard to the resolution it has just adopted.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“6) We expect that the Secretary-General will be able to carry out effectively the request in the resolution to prepare a report on the humanitarian situation of the Serb population in Sector West. We must admit that we would have preferred the resolution to contain a clearer assessment of the situation that has arisen as a result of the Croatian attacks. Unfortunately, the resolution does not reflect such an important problem as the failure to observe the military embargo against Croatia, which made it possible for such a dangerous situation to arise.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“As we understand it, the adoption of the resolution will lead to a full restoration of the mandate of UNCRO, as already defined in previous Security Council resolutions. It will lead also to a full withdrawal of the forces of all sides from the zones of separation and will ensure the presence of United Nations personnel there. Furthermore, it will lead to the appropriate implementation of the cease-fire agreement and the Economic Agreement. In the resolution, the Security Council "demands that the Government of Croatia respect fully the rights of the Serb population including their freedom of movement and allow access to this population by international humanitarian organizations, in accordance with internationally recognized standards". (resolution 994 (1995), para.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“This forced us to consider the real need to adopt a Security Council resolution that would demonstrate that the Council did not intend to go along with crude violations of its decisions and that attempts to test the Council's determination in regard to its decisions had no chance of succeeding. The process of the preparation of the draft resolution in the Contact Group and then in the Security Council had a specific influence in itself on the Government of Croatia. The withdrawal of Croatian forces from the zones of separation has begun. However, although we have heard many promises, that withdrawal has not been completed. Our assumption is that the resolution we have just adopted will send a clear signal that the time for promises has passed and action is now needed.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“United Nations personnel have been put in extreme danger. There have been gross violations of human rights, and the mass exodus of the Serbian population from Western Slavonia and the uncertain situation of the people who are still there forcibly remind us of the concept of "ethnic cleansing". The statements by the President of the Security Council on 1 and 4 May were an important factor in normalizing the situation in Croatia. However, the demands set forth in those statements were simply ignored for a long time; indeed they have not yet been fully carried out.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): The delegation of the Russian Federation considers the resolution just adopted an important step by the Security Council in response to the extremely dangerous and alarming situation that has obtained in Croatia for some two and a half weeks now. Like the other members of the Council, we forcefully condemn Zagreb's military action in Sector West and the incursion by Croatian forces into the zones of separation in the other sectors. The aggressive actions by the Government forces throw down the gauntlet to the Security Council and the United Nations operation it established. It has threatened the process of restoring confidence, flagrantly violated the cease-fire agreement of 29 March 1994 and scotched the implementation of the Economic Agreement.”
1995-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3537 (1995) · source
“The only reliable way is to take timely and effective steps to maintain the momentum of the peace process and ensure that it makes progress. It is important to avoid at all cost both actions and public statements that could undermine the climate of businesslike cooperation between the parties. The international community must continue to lend its full support to the parties in their efforts, without, of course, thereby replacing direct, bilateral talks. As a sponsor of the Middle East peace process, Russia will continue energetically promoting the establishment of a comprehensive, lasting peace in the Middle East, and the inception of broad international cooperation there.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536 (1995) · source
“The Russian delegation hopes that the Israeli authorities will deem it possible and appropriate, given the current crucial and very sensitive stage of the negotiating process in the Middle East, to reconsider its view on the issue of confiscating Palestinian lands in Jerusalem. It is our understanding that the necessary legal machinery for this does indeed exist. This would be no more than consonant with the goal of establishing lasting peace and good-neighbourliness between Arabs and Israelis, as defined at the Madrid peace conference and in subsequent Arab-Israeli agreements. Experience shows that problems in the peace process cannot be solved by unilateral actions affecting sensitive aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536 (1995) · source
“As a sponsor of the Middle East peace process and as a State that on 13 September 1993 signed, as a witness, the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles, Russia has consistently tried to do its utmost to promote the implementation of the provisions of the Declaration and to promote progress in Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on introducing Palestinian self-rule in Gaza and the West Bank. As is well known, the Declaration provides that the future of Jerusalem is to be the subject of future negotiations on the final status of the Palestinian territories. Until then, any action to alter the status quo in Jerusalem can be viewed only as contravening the spirit of the Palestinian-Israeli agreements and of the peace process as a whole.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536 (1995) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): The Russian Federation notes with regret that the item on the situation in the occupied Arab territories is before the Security Council for its consideration now for the second time this year. We are disturbed that once again the Middle East peace process has run into difficulties that have prompted the Palestinians, with the support of the League of Arab States and the Islamic Group at the United Nations, to request the Security Council to consider the Israeli Government's decision to confiscate Palestinian lands in the area of East Jerusalem. Russia was one of the delegations that supported that request during the Council's informal consultations. My country's position on this matter was clearly set out in a statement of 6 May 1995 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536 (1995) · source
“As representative of the country presiding over the CIS, I should like to reaffirm our readiness to develop this cooperation further in the interests of ensuring the optimal conditions for a political settlement. We expect that the resolution we have just adopted will also help achieve such a settlement.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“We note also that the resolution expresses great appreciation for the contribution of UNOMIG and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) peace-keeping force in stabilizing the situation in the zone of conflict and satisfaction at the close cooperation between them. We note also that it welcomed the additional measures both have taken to improve conditions for a safe and orderly return of refugees. We believe that those measures will help to improve the effectiveness of both missions in Abkhazia. We are grateful to the leadership and, indeed, to all the personnel of UNOMIG for the extremely difficult work they have been doing. We are pleased at the spirit of mutual confidence and comradeship that has been demonstrated in the day-to-day contacts between UNOMIG and the CIS peace-keeping force.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“As facilitator, we attach the greatest importance to coordinating our efforts in close cooperation with the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Georgia, Ambassador Edward Brunner. We are seriously disturbed at the unacceptably slow rate of return of refugees, which is the fault of the Abkhaz side. Ensuring a safe return en masse of the refugees is a key issue whose solution will to a large extent determine the progress made on the other problems involved in settling the conflict. We hope that the strong position taken by the Security Council will finally be heeded by the Abkhaz side and have an impact on it. We attach fundamental importance to the resolution's renewed call on States to contribute to the voluntary fund in support of the implementation of the Agreement on a Cease-fire and Separation of Forces, including demining.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“The parties reaffirmed their commitments not to allow the resumption of armed confrontations and agreed that they must and will live in a single State. At the same time, however, serious differences of views remained in their approaches to how that State should be organized. On 11 May, the consultations resumed. I think it important that the Security Council has welcomed and supported the continuing consultations on the question of a new constitution for Georgia, based on federative principles, within the context of a comprehensive political settlement. We also appreciate the support expressed by the Council for the Russian Federation's efforts as facilitator in intensifying the quest for a peaceful settlement to the conflict.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“The Russian Federation is seriously concerned at the minimal progress made in the negotiations, including those on the political status of Abkhazia. We find very timely the Security Council's reaffirmation of its call for substantive progress in the Georgian-Abkhaz talks, under United Nations auspices, which are being conducted with the assistance of the Russian Federation as facilitator and with the participation of representatives of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe. The Russian side is actively working in this direction. During the consultations in Moscow between 18 April and 6 May with representatives of the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Abkhaz leaders, it proved possible to come up with a number of agreements in principle.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“The Russian Federation has always assumed that a comprehensive settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict is possible only on the basis of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and for the rights of the multi-ethnic people of that country. The resolution just adopted, in addition to the regular extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG), contains some weighty political provisions. Its adoption is confirmation of the international community's commitment to ensuring a political settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia - with the understanding, of course, that the main responsibility for finding ways to resolve the crisis lies with the parties to the conflict.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): Firstly, Mr. President, allow me to join in congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of May and to express our delegation's readiness to do its utmost to support you in your work. We should also like to express our appreciation to the Ambassador of the Czech Republic for his excellent leadership last month. I should also like to welcome to this meeting of the Council the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Georgia, Alexander Chikvaidze. We listened very carefully to his statement, and we agree with his basic assessment of the situation.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“We are in any event convinced that that approach does not enhance the Council's options in its efforts to achieve a political settlement. The sad thing is that this is taking place right at this present critical moment, when we are all justifiably feeling profound alarm over the future course of events in the region of the former Yugoslavia. We would like to hope that in future the Security Council will be able to offer a more responsible political approach in its decisions guided not by the considerations of the moment, but by the interests of achieving a comprehensive, lasting and truly just settlement in the former Yugoslavia.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“As a result, on thorough reading the draft resolution begs the following question: can it be considered a positive stimulus and if so, then why have the views of the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, whose policy, in the final analysis, has made it possible to establish control over the border, not been taken into account? We have serious doubts as to whether this draft is intended to encourage those who support the Contact Group peace plan. Rather, what is involved is in principle a new approach, that may have very undesirable consequences. It may very well hand a trump card - or may even have already handed it - to those who are urging the Bosnian Serbs not to accept the peace plan, and to prosecute the war on to victory.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“The new draft resolution also calls on the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to sever telecommunication links with the Bosnian Serbs. And yet the Security Council itself, in resolution 942 (1994), unequivocally excluded telecommunications from the scope of application of the sanctions. We find it difficult to grasp the logic here. All these measures not only contradict the conclusions of the Co-Chairmen, but in essence reflect yet another attempt to introduce a double standard into the work of the Council. In this instance, the Security Council is beginning to get into unwarranted micromanagement, whereas in other instances it closes its eyes to flagrant violations of its own decisions, as has long been happening with respect to the embargo on arms shipments to the republics of the former Yugoslavia.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“One could cite a whole range of other provisions that are puzzling, to put it mildly. For example, paragraph 2 in essence proposes to establish harsh restrictions on the volume of fuel in the tanks of Yugoslav and other aircraft. Applying this requirement may create serious and unwarranted difficulties for permitted flights, not to mention that the Security Council's desire to manage the technical details of the amounts of fuel in fuel tanks would appear odd, to say the least. The same paragraph, incidentally, ole jure introduces additional restrictions on the supply of aviation fuel to Belgrade, even though resolution 943 (1994) suspended the restrictions on the provisions of the goods and services needed for international air links with Belgrade.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“We reaffirm our firm support for the activities of the Co-Chairmen and of the ICFY Mission, and reject attempts to disparage them. For example, the draft resolution attempts to link the voluntary decision by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to close its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina to the situation on its border with Croatia. This is a serious step towards changing the mandate of the ICFY Mission, and it is being proposed without consulting Belgrade. It is beyond our understanding why it was necessary to cut back the draft resolution's duration to 75 days when a mechanism, which is still operational was agreed upon in September last year that provides for the immediate reimposition of full sanctions should the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia fail to implement its decision to close the border.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“This time, we presented for the Council's consideration our own draft resolution, based on resolution 970 (1995); actually, our draft set out the minimum the Security Council could do to further encourage the constructive line Belgrade is taking. Unfortunately, all our proposals have gone unheeded. Instead, with each regular extension of the partial suspension of sanctions, the Security Council has been inclined to make yet more fresh demands on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This trend is reflected in today's draft resolution, too, which contains many alarming innovations - this despite the views of the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the ICFY, on whose conclusions doubts are in essence being cast without any convincing grounds whatever for so doing.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has shown itself to be a serious partner of the Contact Group and of the entire international community in the quest for peace. Under these circumstances, the Council would seem to have had every justification for adopting further positive stimuli, especially since it stated its resolve as early as resolution 943 (1994) to keep the situation under close review and to consider further steps to ease sanctions. As a minimum, it should long ago have made the partial suspension of sanctions indefinite, as repeatedly proposed by the Russian Federation.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“Its cooperation with the ICFY Mission remains very good and is steadily improving as experience in working together is acquired. Problems that arise are resolved speedily and constructively. Of course, no Government can seal its borders 100 per cent, so there are isolated cases of smuggling and other situations. But the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as clearly indicated in the reports from the ICFY, is actively facilitating their resolution. Many are alarmed by the reports of cross-border helicopter flights; here, as we all know, much remains uncertain and requires further investigation. In any case, the border has been substantially closed for nine months, and this has been a major factor on the side of the earliest possible achievement of a political settlement to the crisis.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“The Security Council responded by adopting resolution 943 (1994), partially suspending restrictions on commercial flights, the ferry service between Bar and Bari and cultural and sporting exchanges. We should honestly recognize that this response was not entirely adequate or commensurate with the significance of Belgrade's closure of the border: essentially, these were symbolic measures that did not really ease the burden of economic and trade sanctions. Since that time, and as corroborated by numerous reports of the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the ICFY, including the latest report - annexed to document S/1995/302 of 13 April - the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has stuck strictly to its decision.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“The Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia then requested the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) to send an international Mission to the border to assist in implementing that decision. In both instances, the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia acted on its own initiative, thereby demonstrating its readiness to cooperate actively with the international community in the efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement, including through the exertion of serious pressure on the Bosnian Serb leadership to change its unconstructive position. This was a courageous and far from easy step, but despite the inevitable attendant problems the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has held firm over implementing its decision.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“Russia will be unable to support the draft resolution before the Council, because, in our view, it is not consistent with the principle of positive and negative incentives previously agreed in the Contact Group and in the Security Council; according to the principle, those that support the peace plan would be encouraged while pressure would be exerted on those that reject it. That principle was intended to be an effective tool in the effort to reach a peaceful settlement. It might be appropriate today, though, to ask just how effectively that tool is being used. I would, in that connection, recall the background to this issue. In August last year, the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of its own free will decided to close its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina to all except humanitarian goods.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): It gives me sincere pleasure to welcome you, Sir, First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, as President of today's meeting of the Security Council. The Russian delegation wishes also to convey its profound condolences to the United States on the tragic loss in Oklahoma City of the lives of Americans, including children, who fell victim to a horrific terrorist act. This senselessly cruel and barbarous crime demonstrates yet again the need for the most resolute joint efforts by the international community to suppress the threat posed by extremism and terrorism, which has become global in scale.”
1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source
“We are convinced that it is possible if the Contact Group plan is taken as the starting point, to achieve agreements to suit everyone on a just constitutional arrangement for Bosnia and Herzegovina that will ensure equal rights for all the peoples living there. I should very much like to hope that the Bosnian parties will react appropriately to the Council's resolution and that they will not allow new outbreaks of large-scale war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which would have unforeseeable consequences.”
1995-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3521 (1995) · source
“I need hardly mention the constant and massive violations of the arms embargo against Bosnia, which are being conducted practically in the open. In this connection, we think it extremely important that the resolution clearly shows that the Council is convinced of the unacceptability of using military means to achieve a settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Security Council has clearly stated that violating the no-fly zone is inadmissible, that the agreements of 23 and 31 December 1994 must be strictly observed and also extended, and that the peace talks must be resumed as a matter of urgency.”
1995-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3521 (1995) · source
“Another indicator of the worsening situation can be seen in the fact that recently a military helicopter reported by the Secretariat as belonging either to the Bosnia and Herzegovina Government army or to the Bosnian Croats was used to attack a Bosnian Serb position in the area of Donji Vakuf. That is the most flagrant violation of the no-fly zone since the relevant Security Council resolution was adopted, and is indicative of the danger that air power and not just heavy ground-based weaponry will be brought into play in the Bosnian conflict. The shelling by the Bosnian Serbs of Dubrovnik airport is also a cause for great concern, as is the earlier attack by units of the Croatian regular army and Bosnian Croat formations from the Livno area in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1995-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3521 (1995) · source
“In a whole range of areas, there is no halt to military actions, in clear violation of the agreements of 21 and 31 December last year between the Bosnian parties on a cease-fire and on a complete cessation of hostilities. The situation is being aggravated by attempted offensives from the Government forces and by disproportionate responses from the Bosnian Serbs, including acts against the civilian population which is absolutely inadmissible. This is all leading inexorably towards an escalation in the conflict, to yet more victims and further suffering.”
1995-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3521 (1995) · source
“The number of deaths in UNPROFOR is already close to 200, not to mention the hundreds of wounded and other victims. Unfortunately, these losses are the result not only of accidents, but also of deliberate acts by all the Bosnian parties against UNPROFOR personnel as they were carrying out their duties. Many Blue Helmets have suffered as a result of artillery, mortar and sniper fire. We expect the resolution to serve as a serious signal and warning to all who would indulge in aggressive and provocative acts against the United Nations Protection Force. The safety of international personnel is directly affected by the overall situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Unfortunately, the situation there continues to worsen.”
1995-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3521 (1995) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): The Russian delegation supported the unanimous resolution aimed at ensuring the safety of the personnel of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Together with other Council members, we once again convey our condolences to France, whose citizens on this occasion have fallen victim to terrorist acts, for which there can be no justification. Russia, which has sent its own national contingent and a significant number of military and civilian police observers to Bosnia and Herzegovina, knows very well how high is the risk to the lives and the safety of the international personnel as they carry out their peace- keeping functions in that region.”
1995-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3521 (1995) · source
“At the same time, we call on Iraq to cooperate constructively with the Secretary-General in order to ensure that this useful initiative is given practical effect.”
1995-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3519 (1995) · source
“A number of the resolution' s provisions, paragraph 6 in particular, touch on issues in the bilateral relations between Iraq and Turkey, which issues should be resolved within that framework. We hope that these remaining problems will be satisfactorily settled during the forthcoming contacts between the Secretary-General and the Government of Iraq, which are provided for in the resolution. In order to begin the implementation of the resolution as soon as possible, we urge the Secretary-General to negotiate generally acceptable procedures so that the resolution can really be effective and not remain so much paper, which, unfortunately, has happened with previous Security Council resolutions on this matter.”
1995-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3519 (1995) · source
“We also note the constructive position taken by the delegation of Iraq during the negotiations on the text of the resolution adopted today. We hope that this is yet another sign of Baghdad's policy as regards cooperation with the Security Council on all relevant issues. We feel that through the work carried out we were able to improve the text of the resolution substantially. Unfortunately, it did not prove possible to solve all the problems. This had to do primarily with the fact that the principles of Iraq's sovereignty that are reaffirmed in the resolution are not always backed up by specific procedures for giving practical effect to those principles, in particular in respect of Iraq's northern provinces, where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating and the fault is not only Baghdad's.”
1995-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3519 (1995) · source
“It is of no small importance that the resolution affirms the obligation of all States to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq and makes provision for the Government of Iraq to participate in agreeing specific ways of implementing this act of humanitarian relief. The text clearly states that the measures proposed for Iraq are temporary and do not substitute for any future agreement to lift the oil embargo against Iraq under the terms of paragraph 22 of resolution 687 (1991), once Baghdad has fulfilled the disarmament requirements imposed on it by the Security Council. We expect that if Iraq continues its constructive cooperation with the United Nations Special Commission, it will in the near future enable us to solve this problem.”
1995-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3519 (1995) · source
“For it to do so, the resolution must not be a mere instrument of propaganda; rather, it must be implementable, which it can be only with the cooperation of the Iraqi Government. This was also the premise underlying our work with the sponsors of the resolution, the other members of the Security Council, and also Iraq. Together with a large group of delegations, we proposed specific amendments to the sponsors, and we note with satisfaction that, as a result of consultations, we managed to have included provisions ensuring that its noble objectives will be attained, and this made it possible for us to vote in favour of the resolution.”
1995-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3519 (1995) · source
“Mr. Lavrov (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): Russia is extremely concerned over the acute humanitarian situation in Iraq, which has reached the critical mark because of the effects of sanctions, and we believe that those sanctions must be eased in response to the constructive steps already taken by Iraq, so motivating Baghdad to comply fully with the resolutions of the Security Council. We believe that it is necessary for urgent and effective measures to be taken to ease sanctions and alleviate the situation of the Iraqi population. With this in mind, our delegation played an active part in the elaboration of the resolution that has just been unanimously adopted by attempting to ensure that it really achieves its humanitarian objective.”
1995-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3519 (1995) · source
“I should also like to emphasize that the adoption of the resolution supplements the commitments already made by the Russian Federation concerning the signing of the relevant clarifications to the Protocols to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean - the Treaty of Tlatelolco - and the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty - the Treaty of Rarotonga. The Russian Federation supports proposals for similar zones in Africa, the Middle East, South-East Asia and the Korean peninsula. We believe that the Security Council's adoption of today's resolution will help strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime, international security and world stability.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source