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1. “Africa will not be found wanting in political will and commitment to seize the opportunities that may be presented, for Africans have stated on several occasions that the development and welfare of Africa are primarily the responsibility of the Africans themselves.”

   1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

2. “More than further studies and analysis, Africa longs to see the translation of plans and programmes from the drawing boards to the implementation stage. The United Nations Programme for Africa's Economic Recovery and Development and the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, and now the United Nations Special Initiative on Africa, were all seminal documents. Like the Secretary-General, we appeal for the political will of the United Nations in particular and the international community in general, to give a new momentum to Africa's push for peace and development. Accordingly, we support the Secretary-General's proposals on follow- up activity by the Security Council at the ministerial level.”

   1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

3. “But it is also true that the seed of democracy cannot germinate, let alone thrive, in the soil of mass poverty, illiteracy, hunger and disease. We therefore appeal to the international community to come to Africa's assistance by supportng that continent's own efforts, which stem from a recognition of the need for accelerated human resources training, technology transfer, debt remission, capital investment and access to international markets on the basis of equitable terms of trade. We agree entirely with the report of the Secretary- General on these important matters. Finally, at this stage, no one can claim to be ignorant of Africa's special situation or of the fact that as a region it requires special attention.”

   1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

4. “Peace and stability are predicated not just on economic and social development and the elimination of absolute poverty. Africa has been seriously addressing the issue of good governance, particularly the enhancement of human rights and further democratization of the continent, as spelt out in the OAU's Addis Ababa Declaration. African leaders have endeavoured to do this collectively through the instrumentality of the OAU. The OAU has monitored no fewer than 40 multi-party elections and referendums so far in this decade alone. But democratic elections alone are not the sum total of democracy. Africa has embarked on the protracted process of building the institutions of democracy and instilling and nurturing a culture of democracy where once there was that of autocracy and military rule.”

   1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

5. “As we lay the foundations of the new partnership I talked about earlier, it is Africa's hope that the international community will go beyond facts and figures and be more human and personal, rather than statistical, in its dealings with Africa. I wish to recall the words of the President of Zimbabwe, who said in his address before this Council on 25 September 1997, "we strongly believe that the peace and security that we so ardently seek to achieve cannot be attained in the conditions of abject poverty that are prevalent in Africa today. We are convinced that a politically stable, prosperous and vibrant Africa is the best place to contribute to greater global peace and security." [S/PV.3819, p. 3] We commend the Secretary-General's perception that there is an intrinsic link between development, peace and security.”

   1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

6. “As a result, we have on our hands cases of African countries whose economic statistics are improving, and are even impressive, but are not matched by an improvement in the conditions of living of the bulk of the African people. Some of those countries are actually de-industrializing, and are no nearer to eradicating absolute poverty among the generality of their people. Many African countries continue to spend more on debt servicing than they do an education or health, or on education and health combined in some cases. We cannot have economic development without an impact on poverty alleviation. We therefore support the Secretary-General's perception that economic development must manifest itself in the quality of life and the standard of living of the African people.”

   1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

7. “Of late there has been talk of an African renaissance. News of renewed economic growth in Africa has for the most part been communicated to the international community in terms of statistical figures such as percentages of gross domestic product, reduced budget deficits and curtailed public expenditure, as well as lower inflation rates. However, such statistics are largely silent on what is really happening to the African people at large. Whereas the structural adjustment programmes prescribed for many African countries by the Bretton Woods institutions have often reflected impressive figures, they have also had a very severe and adverse impact on African societies in terms of curtailed social spending, particularly on health and education facilities, and in terms of growing unemployment.”

   1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

8. “This is why African countries are keen to address the equally important matter of building capacities for early and effective responses to conflict on the political and diplomatic front, as well as rapid and effective deployment of peacekeepers on the military front. That was the collective decision of the OAU Assembly of Heads of State and Government when it issued its Addis Ababa Declaration in June 1995. Since then, there has been a proliferation of initiatives on capacity-building in Africa in the realm of rapid deployment and peacekeeping. I wish to reiterate Africa's desire that such efforts, if well- intentioned and properly coordinated by channelling them through the OAU or its subregional organizations, could greatly supplement Africa's own efforts at ensuring peace and stability on the continent.”

   1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

9. “In this regard we call upon the Secretary-General to send a team to OAU headquarters to: take measures to speed up the establishment of an early warning system there; provide technical assistance and training of personnel, including a staff exchange programme; institutionalize the exchange and coordination of information between the respective early warning systems of the OAU and the United Nations; provide needed logistical support; and mobilize financial support for the OAU Peace Fund. Africa fully supports the Secretary-General's perception, and is fully cognizant, of the fact that early detection of incipient conflict is not enough to ensure peace and stability.”

   1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

10. “We therefore call upon the international community not only to put its full weight behind Africa's peace initiatives, but also to assess and buttress the OAU's institutional and operational capacity in the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts in Africa. Let me recall and emphasize here that the Cairo Declaration of 1993 stipulated that the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution would have as its primary objective "the anticipation and prevention of conflicts" [A/48/322, annex II, AHG/DECL.3 (XXIX) Rev.I, para. I 5]. Accordingly, we would have wanted the report to give greater emphasis to conflict prevention, which is the chief plank in the OAU doctrine on Africa's conflicts. The Secretary-General's report emphasizes the need for concrete action.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

11. “Despite Africa's resolve and determination to take greater responsibility for the resolution of African crises, including armed conflict, we wish to support the Secretary-General's perception, and to reiterate our full cognizance, of the fact that there can never be an exclusively African agenda for peace: it will always be a United Nations agenda to which the entire international community must subscribe and lend its support. The presence on 25 September 1997 of the OAU Chairman and the OAU Secretary-General at the special ministerial meeting emphasized the continent's desire for special treatment by the United Nations in general and by the Security Council in particular.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

12. “The wide spectrum of issues covered in the Secretary-General's report clearly reflects the complexity of the African agenda and the need for it to be adopted most urgently as an international agenda. For Africa is the world's poorest region, has been disproportionately afflicted by intra-State conflicts, and therefore merits the special attention of the United Nations in particular and the international community in general. Over the past few months we have witnessed a dramatic broadening of the horizons of peace and stability in Africa. The return of peace and democracy in Liberia and Sierra Leone as well as the significant strides towards peace in Angola bear ample testimony to Africa's renewed quest for democracy, peace and stability.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

13. “I have the honour to deliver a statement on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity, His Excellency President Robert Mugabe of the Republic of Zimbabwe. I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting to allow the Security Council and interested delegations to consider the Secretary-General's report entitled "The causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa". When the Security Council met in a special ministerial meeting on 25 September 1997, a new partnership was launched between the OAU and the United Nations, between Africa and the international community. We are deeply grateful to the Secretary- General for his objective and comprehensive report, which, in our View, constitutes the first effort at giving content to this partnership.”

    1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source

14. “At this crucial stage we call upon the Security Council to maintain the momentum generated by the two historic International Court of Justice decisions by removing the sanctions regime, which, besides causing a great deal of suffering among the Libyan people, continues to impart a confrontational rather than a conciliatory tone to the whole dispute. It is time the International Court of Justice was given a chance to exercise its jurisdiction in order to bring this matter to a definitive conclusion.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

15. “Those options are holding the trial of the suspects in a third and neutral country to be determined by the Security Council; having the suspects tried by Scottish judges at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, in accordance with Scottish law; and establishing a special criminal tribunal at International Court of Justice headquarters at The Hague to try the suspects. The Government of Libya has proved flexible and well disposed towards these compromise proposals. It has even stated that it does not question the fairness of Scottish law and the integrity of Scottish judges. The Libyan Government insists on a neutral venue.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

16. “Previous speakers have referred to the statement delivered to this Council on 25 September last year by the current Chairman of the OAU, my own President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe. We in the OAU have consistently invoked the universal trend towards peace and detente in the post-cold-war era and called for a peaceful resolution of all issues, including this crisis. In the letter addressed to the President of the Security Council by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Zimbabwe in his capacity as Chairman of the OAU Committee of Five on this matter, the OAU renewed its call on the Security Council to consider seriously the three compromise options submitted jointly by the OAU and the League of Arab States, and supported by the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

17. “The two decisions of the Court on the dispute between the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, on the one hand, and the United States of America and the United Kingdom, on the other, over the Lockerbie incident constitute a turning point in this dispute and should pave the way for a fair, just and peaceful solution. Those decisions, in our view, have effectively ended the diplomatic dispute concerning jurisdiction over the Lockerbie affair and have provided a firm basis for the removal of the sanctions, which have brought untold suffering and hardship to the innocent people of Libya for seven years now. We have once more listened to the voice of Africa through the representative of the Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

18. “My delegation is delighted that you, Sir, the Foreign Minister of the Gambia, are presiding over these proceedings. Zimbabwe sympathizes and empathizes with the bereaved families of the victims of international terrorism. My country has stated before, and reiterates today, its deeply rooted stance against all forms of terrorism, whether perpetrated in the air, on land or on the high seas. We have also stated that we share the fundamental principle of jurisprudence that a suspect is considered innocent until proven guilty. Today we are meeting following a historic ruling by the International Court of Justice.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

19. “Although we will soon be withdrawing the battalion which is now stationed in Angola, Zimbabwean military observers will stay on and remain available to the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA). We are deeply convinced that the continued presence of the United Nations in Angola is much needed in order to facilitate the full implementation of the remaining provisions of the Lusaka Protocol and to enhance the peace process. We therefore fully support the recommendation of the Secretary-General that the mandate of MONUA be extended for three months, until 30 April 1998, as outlined in his report. I happen to know also that this extension accords fully with the wishes of the Organization of African Unity.”

    1998-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3850 (1998) · source

20. “We wish quickly to point out, however, that whereas the latest agreement reaffirms the commitment of the Government and of UNITA to the peace process, its implementation without further prevarication or procrastination would actually give the people of Angola an unprecedented opportunity to stand, firmly and irrevocably, on the very threshold of peace in their country. We therefore appeal to the Government of Angola and to UNITA, in the interest of peace and progress in their own country, to adhere to and make good on their commitments - commitments that they voluntarily entered into. We also welcome and encourage the ongoing contacts to facilitate the meeting, inside Angola, of President Dos Santos and Mr. Jonas Savimbi. Zimbabwe has contributed some of its very scarce resources in support of the peace process in Angola.”

    1998-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3850 (1998) · source

21. “In this regard, we welcome as a new ray of hope the lO-point agreement reached on 9 January 1998 on the new implementation timetable, which envisages that major progress should be achieved by the end of February 1998, when the UNITA leadership is expected to install itself in Luanda and to transfer its two strongholds to the control of State administration. In our View, the new implementation timetable addresses the remaining aspects of the peace process, which are: full normalization of State administration throughout the country, including the areas of Andulo and Bailundo; demobilization of UNITA troops; and the transformation of the UNITA radio into a non-partisan facility.”

    1998-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3850 (1998) · source

22. “While Zimbabwe is encouraged that peace in Angola remains within sight and within reach, and that the Government and UNITA continue to express their willingness to fulfil their remaining obligations, we are seriously concerned at the persistent delays in the actual and full implementation of the Lusaka Protocol. We agree entirely with the Secretary-General that there is an urgent need, particularly on the part of UNITA, to display a greater sense of urgency in implementing the provisions of the Lusaka Protocol and of the relevant Security Council resolutions.”

    1998-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3850 (1998) · source

23. “Accordingly, Zimbabwe has already informed the Secretary- General that its contingent of observers, as well as Force Commander Major-General Philip Sibanda, will remain at the service of the United Nations Observer Mission.”

    1997-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3814 (1997) · source

24. “We are displeased with UNITA's performance and, at the same time, we wish to demonstrate and reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that the Angolan peace process and that country's destiny are not further jeopardized by narrow, selfish or partisan interests. In the meantime, we call upon the people of Angola to show maximum restraint and to refrain from any action which might lead to a renewal of hostilities. Finally, Zimbabwe supports the Secretary-General's recommendation to postpone the withdrawal of the United Nations military units from Angola until the end of October 1997, with the understanding that the drawdown would be completed in November this year, taking into account the situation on the ground and progress in implementing the remaining relevant aspects of the peace process.”

    1997-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3814 (1997) · source

25. “The peace process in Angola has generally progressed in fits and starts, and too often this has been owing to UNITA's inertia, as well as to last-minute and minimal moves which came only in response to international threats of harsher measures and mounting pressure to keep the peace process alive. Clearly, such a situation should not be allowed to persist, let alone to prevail. We therefore call upon all those who can make a contribution to help put the peace process on track to do so. In this regard, Zimbabwe would fully support a decision of the Security Council to implement further punitive and coercive measures against UNITA and would urge the Council to adopt unanimously the draft resolution now before it.”

    1997-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3814 (1997) · source

26. “We join the international community in demanding that UNITA implement immediately all its obligations under the Lusaka Protocol, including the total dismantling of its armed forces and so-called mining police and their integration into the national army, the transformation of its radio station VORGAN into a non-partisan broadcasting facility and full cooperation in the process of normalizing State administration throughout Angola. I wish to recall that on several occasions in the past the Security Council came close to implementing punitive measures against UNITA owing to that party's persistent failure to fulfil the commitments it freely entered into within the framework of the Lusaka Protocol.”

    1997-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3814 (1997) · source

27. “Zimbabwe is deeply concerned about recent and current developments in Angola. The peace process, in which lie all our hopes for a stable and prosperous Angola, has not only lost momentum, but has actually come under serious threat over the past few months and is in mortal danger of collapse. The renewal of civil war is a grim prospect that cannot be altogether be discounted. It has taken awfully long, particularly for UNITA, to implement fully the obligations under the Lusaka Protocol. This, along with the resultant renewal of sporadic hostile activities and reports and rumours of arms build-ups, recruitment drives and training camps, has dangerously undermined the peace process in Angola.”

    1997-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3814 (1997) · source

28. “I wish to state in conclusion that Africa stands solidly and unreservedly behind President Kabbah and the elected Government of Sierra Leone, unreservedly condemns the coup d 'etat and calls upon the Security Council in particular and the international community at large unconditionally to support the efforts of ECOWAS and the OAU in seeking the non-recognition and demise of the military regime in Sierra Leone and in working for the restoration of the democratically elected Government in that country.”

    1997-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3797 (1997) · source

29. “The OAU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, meeting in its thirty-third session, at Harare, from 2 to 4 June 1997, "strongly and unequivocally" condemned the coup d'e'tat that took place in Sierra Leone on 25 May. That coup d'e'tat, mounted and executed on OAU Day - Africa Day - and on the eve of the meeting of the Council of Ministers and the summit of Heads of State and Government, was not only a blatant affront to the continental organization but also a brazen challenge to the will and determination of the OAU, the will and determination not only to resolve violent conflicts now plaguing the continent but to safeguard and defend and nurture democracy in Africa. The coup d'e'tat was also a challenge and an act of defiance to the United Nations and indeed to the entire international community.”

    1997-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3797 (1997) · source

30. “I wish to register the delegation' appreciation for this opportunity to participate in these extremely important Security Council deliberations on the extremely grave situation now prevailing in Sierra Leone. On behalf of His Excellency President R.G. Mugabe, who is the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), I wish to state categorically that the OAU fully and unreservedly supports the initiative of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea and Ghana, member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Their mission is as noble as their efforts are praiseworthy.”

    1997-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3797 (1997) · source

31. “We can only urge the continued provision of this and other forms of assistance to facilitate the social reintegration of ex-combatants, the resettlement of displaced persons and the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Angolan national economy in order to consolidate the gains of the peace process.”

    1997-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3795 (1997) · source

32. “We urge the Government of Angola, and in particular UNITA, to make haste and complete the remaining political and military aspects of the peace process, including the normalization of State administration throughout the national territory in accordance with the agreed timetable and procedures; the transformation of the UNITA radio station into a non- partisan broadcasting facility; the registration and demobilization of all remaining military elements; the elimination of all obstacles to the free circulation of people and goods; and the disarmament of the civilian population. Lastly, we are grateful to the international community for providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Angola as they traverse this long period of discomfort.”

    1997-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3795 (1997) · source

33. “Zimbabwe is confident that this careful and systematic transition in the United Nations involvement in Angola will afford the people of that country the political, moral and even psychological support they need as they incrementally tighten their own grip on the reins of peace.”

    1997-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3795 (1997) · source

34. “We also supported the Council's decision to consider the Secretary-General's specific proposals at this current stage. In this regard, and having studied the objectives, the mandate and the organizational structure recommended by the Secretary-General in section VII of his report contained in document S/ 1997/438, my delegation unreservedly supports the creation of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA). Zimbabwe's personnel who participated in UNAVEM. III under the overall command of Major-General Sibanda of Zimbabwe, remain available to the Observer Mission.”

    1997-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3795 (1997) · source

35. “In this regard, we look forward to more progress in the normalization of State administration in all areas, particularly those which were under UNIT A control; the demobilization of ex-combatants; and the formation of the unified Angolan Armed Forces. We also call upon all those who can make a contribution to maintain and pursue an intensive and relentless public-awareness campaign towards the effective narrowing and eventual elimination of the psychological and political barriers which still exist within the Angolan community. When the Security Council last met formally on the question of Angola, my delegation wholeheartedly welcomed the Secretary-General's recommendations with regard to the creation of an Observer Mission to succeed the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III).”

    1997-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3795 (1997) · source

36. “Despite the recent apprehensions over tensions caused by developments both inside Angola and in the neighbouring subregion of Central Africa, we remain optimistic that the peace process in Angola will not only remain on course but also eventually bring tranquillity and stability to that country. We are therefore in happy agreement with the Secretary-General that despite persistent difficulties and delays, events in Angola have generally been moving in a positive direction. We appeal to the Government of Angola and to UNITA to resolve all lingering threats to the peace process in the same selfless spirit of cooperation and tolerance which characterized the initial steps of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation.”

    1997-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3795 (1997) · source

37. “I wish to thank you, Sir, for giving me the floor at this eleventh hour and to apologize for the fact that I was unable to take the floor at the time that countries participating under rule 37 were making their contributions. The Government and people of Zimbabwe have continued to follow developments in Angola with great attention and immense interest. My delegation is therefore pleased to participate in this open debate on the situation in Angola. Following the formation of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation, we were greatly encouraged by the holding of the first meeting of the Council of Ministers on 18 April and by the convening on 22 April of a plenary session of the National Assembly at which several deputies, including UNITA members, were elected to posts in various parliamentary commissions.”

    1997-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3795 (1997) · source

38. “It is also of crucial importance that the international community undergird the peace-building efforts that must now commence. These should include the post-war reconstruction of the shattered infrastructure and the resettlement of refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as meeting the daunting challenge of landmine clearance. We pay tribute to UNAVEM. III, to the Secretary-General and his Special Representative, to the troika of observers, to the Organization of African Unity and to the countries of the subregion, for their collective and cumulative contributions helped create the requisite quantum leap in the Angola peace process.”

    1997-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3769 (1997) · source

39. “As we look forward to the consolidation of peace in Angola, we in southern Africa will continue to put our full weight behind the efforts to promote that process. Through its chairmanship of the Organization of African Unity Ad Hoc Committee on Angola and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security, Zimbabwe will continue to use its good offices to widen the frontiers of peace. I wish to conclude by stating that we welcome and fully support the Secretary-General's recommendation to extend the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III) to 30 June, as well as to create a follow-up mission in the form of a United Nations observer mission in Angola.”

    1997-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3769 (1997) · source

40. “It is the earnest hope of the people of the region that Angola's new but achievement-studded calendar heralds a new breath of the spirit of cooperation and mutual accommodation which was the hallmark of the Lusaka accords. In this regard, we call upon the people of Angola to ride upon this tide of success, goodwill and great expectations, and move expeditiously to conclude the political, military and administrative assignments which they have committed themselves to in order to make lasting peace an irreversible reality in their country. We look forward to more progress, inter alia in the normalization of State administration throughout the entire country, the completion of the formation of the united armed forces and the national police, and the demobilization of the remainder of UNITA's military personnel.”

    1997-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3769 (1997) · source

41. “Savimbi's status, the swearing in of UNITA deputies and the historic inauguration of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation have given the people of Angola a firm grip on the reins of peace, and raised our hopes that a new day is dawning in that country - and all this in spite of the litany of past disappointments and failed peace efforts. Zimbabwe most heartily congratulates the people of Angola on their remarkable steps forward in the peace process. The personal presence of His Excellency the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, at the inauguration of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation in Luanda was an eloquent expression of my country's, and indeed the subregion's, unwavering support for the peace process in Angola, and of our abiding goodwill towards the brotherly people of Angola.”

    1997-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3769 (1997) · source

42. “It is with immense delight and rekindled hope that my delegation welcomes the inauguration of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation in Angola. I cannot but echo most resoundingly the Secretary-General's observation that "Never before has the country been so close to the final resolution of its devastating conflict and to the attainment of lasting peace". (S/J 997/304, para. 17) The dramatic events of the past two weeks clearly demonstrate that the people of Angola hold their destiny in their own hands. Crucial steps which had remained glued to the drawing boards and measures which had overstayed their time on the list of things to do have, all of a sudden, made a dramatic transformation and have been inscribed on the list of achievements, real achievements. The regularization of Mr.”

    1997-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3769 (1997) · source

43. “The peace-loving people of Angola will remain restless until the respite offered under the Lusaka Protocol transforms itself into a lasting peace. We in Zimbabwe and in southern Africa in general join the people of Angola in holding fast to the dream that led to the commitments of the Lusaka accord, and in demanding that those commitments be implemented in order to normalize the situation in Angola and in the entire subregion, in the interest of international peace and security. In conclusion, my delegation welcomes the unanimous adoption of the latest resolution, 1087 (1996), and particularly the extension of the mandate of UNAVEM. III to 28 February 1997.”

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

44. “We now understand that that declaration has been belatedly made by UNITA, a typical example of UNITA's now-well-known tactic of making a meaningful move only when the Security Council meets to consider further steps to be taken to give impetus to the peace process. We warmly welcome the news of the incorporation of the nine UNITA generals into the Angolan Army. My delegation could not agree more with the Secretary-General that as we approach the end of the two- year period foreseen in the initial mandate of UNAVEM. III, the countdown towards the completion of that operation can only be gradual and progressive. We also agree, and most unreservedly so, that several crucial tasks of the peace process are far from complete and that Angola will continue to need the stabilizing presence of the United Nations forces.”

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

45. “We also wish to reiterate our strong view that a meeting in Angola between President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Mr. Savimbi would be most timely and appropriate at this stage. Above all, until today we were going to demand that UNITA be pressured to make the formal and written declaration required of it in paragraph 12 (e) of Security Council resolution 1075 (1996), stating that all UNITA soldiers had been quartered and that UNITA had no more weapons and military equipment in its possession, in order to remove any obstacles to the extension of State administration throughout Angola.”

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

46. “Time is marching on and, at this very critical moment, we join the people of Angola in demanding and expecting no less than landmark decisions and measures on the part of the Government of Angola and UNITA. For the people of Angola, the disquieting news of the final expiry of the initial mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III) on 28 February 1997 must be counterbalanced by unprecedented breakthroughs in the peace process. In this regard, my delegation joins the Secretary- General in appealing to all who can make a contribution to facilitating the return to Luanda of UNITA deputies to the National Assembly, the establishment of the Government of National Unity and Reconciliation, and the cooperation of UNITA in the search for an agreement on the special status of its leader.”

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

47. “We remain particularly disturbed by the fact that, even at this late stage in the peace process, progress has often come only in response to increased pressure applied by the international community, particularly on UNITA. The peace process in Angola has reached a critical stage for both the people of that country and the international community as a whole. Statistics on cantonment, demobilization and reintegration alone, important as these processes are, can no longer impress either the people of Angola or the international community. Progress in those areas alone, even if it were more resounding and more satisfactory than it is today, could no longer serve as an adequate measure or reflection of progress for the peace process as a whole.”

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

48. “My delegation notes with regret and disappointment that two years have come and gone since the signing of the Lusaka Protocol and that we still lack the requisite measure of progress to show that the peace process in Angola has come of age. When this Council met last time to consider the situation in Angola, it expressed in strong terms its concern over the dangerously slow pace of implementation of the Lusaka Protocol and enumerated a series of requirements which UNITA had promptly to fulfil. We fully share the critical observation of the Secretary-General that the peace process in Angola has continued to progress in "fits and starts".”

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

49. “Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December 1996. My delegation is confident that the Council will benefit immensely from your wide experience and able leadership. Allow me also to express my delegation's gratitude and appreciation to your predecessor, Ambassador Wisnumurti of Indonesia, for the manner in which he presided over the affairs of the Council last month. My delegation wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for his two most informative reports on the situation in Angola, dated 19 November and 2 December 1996.”

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

50. “We agree with the Secretary-General's observation that the demobilization and socio-economic integration of former combatants is an essential precondition for lasting peace in Angola. We therefore look forward to his recommendations on this issue, as promised in his report. The Government of Zimbabwe recognizes with great appreciation the commendable efforts of all those Governments, non-governmental organizations and other agencies that have come to the assistance of the people of Angola in their hour of need through the provision of humanitarian aid in its multifarious forms. We can only encourage them to continue doing everything possible to sustain their current and future efforts. Finally, my delegation supports the Secretary-General's recommendation with regard to the extension of the mandate of UNAVEM. III.”

    1996-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3679 (1996) · source