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1. “I thank the representative of the United Kingdom for his kind words addressed to me. I would like to remind the members of the Council that, as we all know, Mr. Vieira de Mello has appointments around noon. Therefore, I ask the representatives to be as concise as possible.”

   2000-02-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4097 (2000) · source

2. “Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), document 8/2000/53. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Representative and Transitional Administrator in East Timor, regarding the situation in East Timor. I welcome Mr. Vieira de Mello, and I now give him the floor.”

   2000-02-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4097 (2000) · source

3. “The situation in East Timor Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) (S/2000/53) The President (spoke in Spanish): In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Representative and Transitional Administrator in East Timor. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. Vieira de Mello to take a seat at the Council table. 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.”

   2000-02-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4097 (2000) · source

4. “As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of February, I should like to take the opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, for his excellent service as President of the Security Council for the month of January 2000. I am sure I speak for all members of the Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Holbrooke for the diplomatic skills, energy, talent and dedication with which he conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”

   2000-02-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4097 (2000) · source

5. “During the Argentine presidency in February, with the contribution and cooperation of the Secretary-General and of all Members of the United Nations, we promise to do our utmost to ensure that the Security Council can continue to contribute to ensuring peace in Africa.”

   2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source

6. “We believe that UNAMSIL will make an important contribution to the Lome peace process and to stability in the subregion. Two important open debates on Africa were held in January: the oral briefing by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the debate on the impact of AIDS on peace and security in Africa. These two issues have led us to consider, as Vice-President Gore indicated to the Security Council on 10 January, a broader concept of threats to international peace and security, which we are charged with monitoring. Other African issues that were not taken up this month require our attention. Mr. President, you quite rightly called January the "Month of Africa". It has been a month of great effort, activity and creativity, a source of pride to you and to your delegation.”

   2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source

7. “Having said this, we cannot but express our concern at the continuing armed conflict and the humanitarian situation in Angola - a situation that Mrs. Ogata described on 13 January as being possibly the most serious in Africa. We would reiterate once again our belief that no military solution can bring long-term peace and stability to Angola, and that for this reason the conditions must be created for an open-ended political dialogue. In this context, we believe that a multidimensional United Nations presence must be maintained in Angola. This month we have successfully negotiated a draft resolution that calls for a considerable expansion of the composition and mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL). That draft, I hope, will be adopted next week.”

   2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source

8. “His words at the historic Security Council meeting of Wednesday, 19 January, showed the parties the course to follow. We reiterate our support for the Arusha process and for a dialogue that would include all the parties, with the ultimate objective of creating and strengthening an open, democratic and tolerant society in Burundi. The questions of Angola and Sierra Leone also received attention from the Security Council in January. We would like once again to thank Ambassador Fowler for his excellent briefing, at the meeting held on 18 January, on his most recent trip to Angola. The sanctions regime imposed on UNITA is, at long last, beginning to be effective. This is very important because we believe it will help to restore confidence in the Security Council.”

   2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source

9. “Thus Argentina commits itself to working constructively to ensure that the Security Council can adopt a resolution that will authorize the deployment, as speedily as possible, of 500 military observers, with reasonable security guarantees, as recommended by the Secretary-General in his report contained in document S/2000/30. In this connection we reiterate our firm position regarding respect for the territorial integrity and political sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the same time, we understand that there will be no lasting solution without an appropriate scheme of security guarantees for all the countries of the Great Lakes region. As regards Burundi, we trust that the experience and wisdom of President Mandela will contribute to national reconciliation.”

   2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source

10. “Your firm leadership, Sir, your tireless capacity for taking the initiative and your power to get people to meet have played a decisive role. The Great Lakes region has received particular attention throughout January, and we think that this was necessary. With regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, all of the parties present in New York have engaged in direct dialogue and renewed their commitment to the Lusaka Agreement. The momentum created during this recent period must not be lost. The United Nations has a role to play and an historic responsibility with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source

11. “Mr. Listre (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): Allow me first to associate myself with the words of solidarity that the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia addressed to the parties involved in the tragic air crash that took place yesterday and which particularly affects Kenya. We would also like to welcome and thank President Chiluba of Zambia for coming here this morning and for making such a brilliant, sincere and profound statement during our debate. We also welcome the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of South Africa and Namibia, who I would particularly like to thank for the warm words that they have extended to me. We believe that this has really been a meaningful month for Africa and the Security Council.”

    2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source

12. “Thus, we repeat again our support for the French idea - eloquently reiterated today by the French Minister Delegate for Cooperation and Francophonie - that, when the proper circumstances exist, a general conference on the Great Lakes should be convened under the joint auspices of the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity to address the situation in that region as a whole. As you observed, Mr. President, my country will assume the presidency of the Security Council next month. We stand ready to continue to work on this issue with the Council and with other interested States, so that these deliberations may bear fruit in the form of a Security Council resolution that will facilitate the resolution of this tragic conflict.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092Resumption1 (2000) · source

13. “Let me repeat today in this open meeting what we have said in the past, and what we reaffirmed on Wednesday 19 January during the debate on the situation in Burundi, in the presence of President Nelson Mandela: there will be no stable solution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without the promotion and consolidation of democratic institutions and good governance in all the countries of the Great Lakes region, and unless we recognize that the problems there are not solely military in nature or security-related. They are also, and in large part, problems of development.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092Resumption1 (2000) · source

14. “We agree with the Secretary-General, who said in his recent report that the United Nations presence should come about gradually and that the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should be expanded. At the same time, we wish to be clear on something that is of particular concern to us: all the parties concerned must give firm guarantees of the safety, security and freedom of movement of United Nations personnel. We know that we cannot demand absolute guarantees; that would place a nearly impossible condition on the deployment of United Nations forces in a conflict zone. But we require from the parties involved an unambiguous commitment to the ceasefire and to the granting of reasonable security guarantees, something to which all the parties have made a commitment.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092Resumption1 (2000) · source

15. “In addition to the external dimension to which I have referred, the conflict has an internal dimension to which most other participants have alluded today, and which is recognized in the Lusaka Agreement: the inter-Congolese dialogue with the ultimate goal of establishing a democratic constitutional structure in which all sectors of Congolese society will be represented. Here, the appointment of the former President of Botswana, Sir Ketumile Masire, as facilitator, with the assent of all parties, is a first step towards national reconciliation. We believe that the United Nations has a role to play and a historical responsibility to shoulder in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092Resumption1 (2000) · source

16. “That said, it is clear that there will be no lasting solution unless due account is taken of the legitimate security concerns of all countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular Rwanda and Uganda, and unless a system of explicit and objective guarantees is agreed upon. In that context, the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of the various militias based mainly in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - generically known as "negative forces" - is an essential and complex element that must be carefully and wisely studied.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092Resumption1 (2000) · source

17. “Unquestionably, the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is essentially political in nature. But we believe it cannot be analysed or effectively resolved without consideration of other key principles of international law such as respect for the territorial integrity and political independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, non-interference in its internal affairs, the withdrawal of all foreign forces that are on its territory without its explicit consent, the inalienable right to individual or collective self-defence, and the illegality of the acquisition of territory by force. To these, let me add another principal that has a long history both in Latin America and in Africa: the inviolability of boundaries.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092Resumption1 (2000) · source

18. “We believe that resolution 1234 (1999), which the Security Council adopted unanimously, and the Lusaka Agreement, which was signed by all the parties, constitute the proper political and legal conceptual framework for putting an end to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But there has not been enough political will to implement its provisions. The ceasefire has been frequently violated since the Agreement was signed in July 1999, and the redeployment of forces stipulated in the Agreement has not taken place. The situation grows increasingly fragile. As the Secretary-General has noted in paragraph 51 of his report, contained in document S/2000/30 of 17 January 2000, there is no military solution to the conflict. The present situation on the ground demonstrates this very clearly.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092Resumption1 (2000) · source

19. “Mr. Listre (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I wish at the outset to express our pleasure that heads of State of the African countries concerned with the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been present at this meeting, along with the representative of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Their participation in this debate is an indication that the present conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has the greatest potential for destabilization of any since the end of the decolonization process. The persistence of that conflict has an impact on peace and security in the Great Lakes region, limits economic and social development there, and above all thwarts the expectation of the more than 50 million civilians affected by the war that they will be able to live in dignity.”

    2000-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4092Resumption1 (2000) · source

20. “For that reason, we would like to support France's proposal to convene, when conditions are favourable, a general conference on the Great Lakes region under the joint auspices of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations.”

    2000-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4091 (2000) · source

21. “In this context, we reiterate our condemnation of the assassination of United Nations Children's Fund and World Food Programme personnel which took place in Rutana on 12 October 1999. This crime cannot go unpunished. Its perpetrators must be tried and punished in accordance with the law. We believe that the question of Burundi is inextricably linked to the regional context. Peace and stability in Burundi will be strengthened through the consolidation of the rule of law in all countries of the Great Lakes region. We do not believe that the problems afflicting the Great Lakes region are exclusively political or security-related.”

    2000-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4091 (2000) · source

22. “The data on malnutrition, infant mortality, basic services and health care speak for themselves. Despite the lifting of regional economic sanctions in February last, Burundi has not regained the market share it lost as a result of the economic embargo, and the people are not receiving their "peace dividend". That is why we call upon the donor States to consider resuming development assistance, to the extent that security conditions permit. We believe that making conditions for economic assistance more flexible will strengthen the Arusha process. Another cause for concern is the security and freedom of movement of United Nations and associated personnel operating in Burundi. We call on all the parties to the conflict to respect their status.”

    2000-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4091 (2000) · source

23. “Otherwise, the political arena will be taken over by extremists, and the forces of moderation, Hutu and Tutsi alike, the very ones who worked to launch the peace process, will, regrettably, be marginalized. With regard to the Arusha process in particular, we believe that in order to be effective it must reflect the realities on the ground and be open to the participation of all groups and sectors, with no exclusions or self-exclusions. We also trust that all of the parties will heed, in good faith, with an open mind and a sense of compromise, the advice and proposals provided by President Mandela on the basis of more than 30 years of tireless struggle for freedom, human dignity and the rule of law in Africa. We believe that the economic and social situation in Burundi is not unrelated to the growing climate of tension in that country.”

    2000-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4091 (2000) · source

24. “Moreover, we are deeply concerned about the policy of forced regroupment of more than 340,000 persons ordered by the Government of Burundi. We believe that this policy contravenes recognized principles of international humanitarian law and must cease. In this context, and bearing in mind the difficult living conditions in the aforementioned camps, we call on the Government of Burundi to give full access to humanitarian personnel and human rights monitors. There can be no doubt that the internal partnership between the Government and the National Assembly as well as the Arusha process are forums for negotiation and dialogue that must be maintained and enhanced.”

    2000-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4091 (2000) · source

25. “Mr. Listre (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): We welcome the convening of this open briefing on the situation in Burundi and in particular the presence of President Nelson Mandela. The analysis that President Mandela has shared with us and the excellent briefing by the Secretary-General have enabled us to better understand the deep-rooted causes of the conflict in Burundi and the vital commitments that are necessary to reach a peaceful, negotiated and participatory solution. We believe that this solution should reflect the reasonable aspirations of the majority while fully safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the minority. The first step towards reconciliation is an immediate ceasefire and the cessation of all attacks on the civilian population by armed groups. These indiscriminate attacks deserve our strongest condemnation.”

    2000-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4091 (2000) · source

26. “In our view, one of the Office's priorities should be to continue programmes intended to strengthen the administration of justice and to be vigilant with regard to the effective enjoyment of human rights. Finally, we lend our full support to Ambassador Gambari of Nigeria, whom the Secretary-General recently appointed as his Special Adviser on Africa, with special focus on Angola among other issues.”

    2000-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4090 (2000) · source

27. “Turning to the humanitarian situation, the difficult conditions endured by a large part of the civilian population - there are almost 2 million internally displaced persons, most of them in remote areas - must be addressed. We are particularly disturbed by the data on victims of anti-personnel landmines, many of whom are women and children. All of this means that humanitarian assistance must be a priority for the international community. Here, there should be a generous response to the 2000 United Nations Consolidated Inter-agency Appeal for Angola. We support a multifaceted United Nations presence in Angola, and we hope that the United Nations Office in Angola can become operational as soon as possible.”

    2000-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4090 (2000) · source

28. “Since becoming Chairman of the sanctions Committee a year ago, he has undertaken intensive activities to enhance the effectiveness of the sanctions, as confirmed in his clear and accurate briefing this morning on his trip to the region, for which we thank him. We want to express our concern about the military situation, in particular about the risk of the conflict spilling over beyond Angola's borders. We reiterate what we have said on previous occasions: there is no viable, long-term military solution. The solution has to be a political one, achieved through dialogue with the participation of all sectors, especially civil society.”

    2000-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4090 (2000) · source

29. “Mr. Listre (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I wish first to welcome to the Council Chamber the Vice-Minister of External Relations of Angola, who gave us a clear and persuasive briefing this morning. I am also grateful for the report of the Secretary-General, on which the Under- Secretary-General, Mr. Kieran Prendergast, briefed the Council; this too was most instructive and useful for our debate. We take the view that the sanctions regime against UNITA is a very important factor in the Angolan crisis. The effectiveness of that regime is directly dependent on political and military developments, and on the Angolan Government's confidence in United Nations action, which we believe needs to be strengthened. In that connection, we wish to highlight the work of Ambassador Robert Fowler.”

    2000-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4090 (2000) · source

30. “Such resources were obtained for Kosovo and for East Timor, a response on the part of the international community that left no doubt about the commitment of the donors to those peoples. But as the Ambassador of the United Kingdom so wisely said, similar resources are not found with the same ease for some African conflicts, because the causes of those conflicts are not addressed, and so it often seems that the funds are going into, as he said, a bottomless box. I believe, Mr. President, that your decision to make January the "month of Africa" is wise and commendable. We hope that Africa continues to receive the same response from the international community that others have received with respect to these issues.”

    2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source

31. “In our opinion, the protection of refugees will also involve guaranteeing access and security for the humanitarian workers who help them. In recent years there has been an increase in the number of incidents in which the staff of the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies have lost their lives. That is a worrying problem; we believe that it should concern the entire international community and that requires urgent resolution. In this context, we would like Mrs. Ogata to tell us, perhaps during this meeting, what measures she believes are possible or in her judgement should be adopted to enhance the security of humanitarian workers in such operations. But above and beyond any concrete measures that the Council might adopt, it is clear that any action that is undertaken will require considerable resources.”

    2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source

32. “1 should like to refer briefly to the issue of security and the well-being of refugees and internally displaced persons. In addition to the instruments at our disposal, the report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, issued last September, contains various recommendations on protecting refugees and internally displaced persons, which we believe should guide the Council. Many of those recommendations can and should be implemented as quickly as possible, particularly those relating to humanitarian access and the security of people in the camps. In this context, we should like to thank Canada for its initiative to follow up the implementation of those recommendations, which are currently being analysed by the Security Council working group chaired by that country.”

    2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source

33. “With regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we hope the debates scheduled to take place during this month will give an impetus to the Lusaka peace process. In Sierra Leone, we hope that an enhanced United Nations presence will help to stabilize the peace that was obtained with such difficulty through the Lome Agreement. In Burundi, the designation as facilitator of the Arusha process of former President Mandela, to whom we will have the opportunity of listening later this month, must also be supported by this Council. We believe that it is very important for Africans to see that there are no double standards in the way those problems are dealt with. That is why the message sent by this Council must be clear; the Council must respond effectively.”

    2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source

34. “Many of them are women and children, which makes the problem even more tragic. We must ask ourselves what we can do in the Council to deal with these recurrent crises. In our view, there is a direct correlation between conflict and the forced displacement of people. The Council should therefore find a speedy and lasting solution to the first problem, with a view to eliminating the causes of the second. I should like to endorse the graphic words of the representative of the United Kingdom, who described the very tragic and difficult situation of not dealing with the causes of conflict and the discouragement on the part of the international community with regard to continuing to help in a situation which cannot be resolved if such causes are not dealt with.”

    2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source

35. “Her statement, which was as pertinent and enlightening as always, reaffirms our conviction that the refugee problem is complex and urgent from a humanitarian standpoint and from the perspective of providing protection. While the urgency of the situation is not restricted to Africa - last year we witnessed dramatic refugee flows in Kosovo and East Timor - the persistence of the problem on the African continent requires particular attention. The statistics on Africa speak for themselves. The conflicts in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Burundi and other countries of the region have resulted in millions of refugees and internally displaced persons, most of whom are living in great insecurity under horribly unsanitary conditions, as Mrs. Ogata has explained.”

    2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source

36. “Mr. Listre (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to enable us to listen to the valuable information that Mrs. Ogata has provided, not only to the members of the Security Council but to all the States Members of the United Nations. We believe that this practice contributes greatly to enhancing transparency in the work of the Council. We should like to thank Mrs. Ogata for her work at the head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and to thank all of the staff of that agency, which this year is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary.”

    2000-01-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4089 (2000) · source

37. “I cannot conclude my statement without quoting the Secretary-Generals words of 6 December 1999: "We must make the struggle against AIDS a true priority in our work throughout Africa, on an equal footing with our work for peace and security." (SG/SM/7247, p. 3) The Republic of Argentina fully agrees with that statement and undertakes to provide its fullest cooperation. Lastly, I must thank, on behalf of our delegation, the delegation of the United States of America for having brought such an important issue to the Council for discussion.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

38. “Fifthly, we believe it necessary to intensify the coordination among international organizations, non- governmental organizations and governmental authorities. Lastly, we cannot fail to mention the situation of AIDS orphans, which, as UNICEF has pointed out, is indeed a unique tragedy in both its scope and nature. It deserves priority attention and an emergency response. We have just heard the situation described most eloquently. We believe that the United Nations must restate its commitment to tackle this epidemic, which is particularly serious in Africa, where it affects one out of four people, but which also exists throughout the world, including Latin American and the Caribbean, as was demonstrated by the data that was presented by the United Nations Development Programme Administrator, Mr. Malloch Brown.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

39. “The third step should be more active participation by civil society, including non-governmental organizations. Fourthly, we believe that insofar as is possible we should increase cooperation among international organizations. In this respect, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank, inter alia, all do important work in the area of prevention, dissemination of information, education, and technical and financial assistance. This work should continue, intensify and, ultimately, be coordinated with the work of regional organizations.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

40. “At the present time the international community is allocating inadequate resources to programmes to combat AIDS. The level of international response must be commensurate with the spread of the epidemic, which is increasing three times faster than the resources allocated to control it. Likewise, an increase in official development assistance, which has been declining in recent years, is necessary. This is the principal responsibility of those that have more resources - in other words, the developed countries. In this context, in the spirit of the G-8 summit held in Cologne in June 1999, we should consider reducing the debt of the African countries most seriously affected by AIDS and least able to muster the resources to combat it. We also believe that the private sector has an important part to play in mobilizing resources.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

41. “The actions that are taken, or not taken, over the next five years in combating AIDS will be decisive for the future of the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and indeed that of all humankind. In this connection, we would venture to make the following suggestions as to measures that should be taken. In the View of the Republic of Argentina, the first step should be to recognize that AIDS is not exclusively a health problem but also affects development and, consequently, security - a key issue in the elaboration of national and regional policies. We believe that combating AIDS should be a part of national development agendas along with issues relating to combating illiteracy, hunger and infant malnutrition. The second step, we believe, should be increasing financial assistance to this end.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

42. “We have no doubt that AIDS erodes the potential for human, social and economic development - elements that are at the root of most current conflicts, both of international conflicts and of domestic ones with international repercussions. The magnitude of the AIDS problem in Africa is evidenced by the fact that the question is being taken up in an open meeting of the Security Council, with the participation of the Vice-President of the United States of America, Mr. Al Gore, and of the President of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, for the first time in the history of the Council, as well as by the high-level participation of Members of the Organization in the debate.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

43. “We have also said that peace and development are two sides of the same coin. There can be no lasting peace where the basic conditions for subsistence, education and health are not guaranteed for the inhabitants. It is in this framework linking the concepts of human security, peace and development that we believe the serious issue of AIDS should be considered as a factor leading to situations that have an effect on international security. In this regard, we consider it appropriate to recall that His Holiness Pope Paul VI, in his 1967 encyclical on the development of peoples entitled Populorum Progressio, stated that development was the new name of peace.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

44. “Mr. Listre (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): As this is my first statement in the Security Council, I should like to extend my greetings to you, Mr. President, and to all the members of the Council, the Secretary-General and the staff of the Secretariat, who so efficiently contribute to the work of the most important body responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. Argentina has for some time maintained that, with the end of the cold war, it has become easier to recognize the fact that threats to international peace and security are not exclusively related to the threat or the use of force, but that they instead encompass a broader criterion that has been called human security. I acknowledge that this concept is still evolving and that it is not yet clearly defined.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source