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Marsico

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2000-03-15
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2000-05-25
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  1. “Annabi about developments in the talks concerning the future of the Armed Forces for the National Liberation of East Timor (Falintil), especially in the light of the position of the leaders of East Timor regarding the creation of armed forces for a future independent State.”

    2000-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4147 (2000) · source

  2. “With regard to the current situation on the island of Timor, I would like to express the solidarity and sorrow of the people and the Government of Argentina in respect of the serious flooding that has recently occurred. In this connection, we hope that UNTAET's assistance, and that of international humanitarian agencies, will help alleviate the suffering of those affected. It is also our hope that United Nations assistance will contribute to clearing up misinformation and preconceptions that apparently continue to exist in some refugee camps. This would make it easier for the people there to return to East Timor. Lastly, I would like to ask Mr.”

    2000-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4147 (2000) · source

  3. “We believe that this initiative on the part of UNTAET will make it possible to create conditions for the development of the essential institutions and political framework for the independent life of East Timor. In this context, I would like once again to express the appreciation and gratitude of the Argentine Republic for the excellent performance by Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello and all the personnel of UNTAET. In addition, we would like to congratulate the Indonesian authorities on their cooperative attitude towards the United Nations, a clear indication of which was the judicial process initiated against those responsible for the lamentable violent events that occurred in 1999. We trust that this positive trend will also help solve the refugee problem in West Timor.”

    2000-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4147 (2000) · source

  4. “Mr. Marsico (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): First of all, I wish to thank Mr. Annabi for the comprehensive and useful information he has given us. We note with satisfaction the positive evolution of the situation in East Timor, in particular as regards security. It should be stressed that, since early March, no incidents have been recorded along the frontier of the territory and that the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) has succeeded in developing good cooperation with the military authorities of Indonesia. It is also good to see the growing involvement of the East Timorese leaders in the decision-making process on the future of the territory.”

    2000-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4147 (2000) · source

  5. “Notwithstanding that, we hope that the measures we are adopting today will make it possible to make greater use of the natural resources of Angola for the progress of its people and not for fuelling the conflict, will reaffirm the repudiation by the international community of the violations of the sanctions regimes established by the Security Council, and, finally, will help to move the peace process in Angola forward, renewing political efforts underway to put an end to the conflict.”

    2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source

  6. “At the same time we welcome the establishment of a new Certificate of Origin for diamonds by the Government of Angola, which will facilitate better monitoring. For more than twenty years now, the international community has been striving to achieve a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Angola. Argentina can identify itself with these efforts, as in 1989 we despatched units when the operations of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola got underway. Notwithstanding the successive efforts of the international community, the results were inadequate to put an end to the conflict and to promote compliance with the 1991 "Accordos de Paz" or with the Lusaka Protocol of 1994. We acknowledge that the continuation of the conflict in Angola is not due to any single factor.”

    2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source

  7. “We note with satisfaction that the resolution incorporates a number of different Panel recommendations on the natural resources of Angola, whose very existence and abundance have played a significant role in prolonging the conflict: driving the war and facilitating the buying of arms and fuel and even of political sympathy. Under section B, referring to the trade in arms, we consider of particular importance the appeal to all States to be as diligent as they possibly can in confirming the end users. Under section D, referring to the diamond trade, we urge the imposition of significant penal measures against the illegal possession of diamonds in contravention of resolution 1173 (1998).”

    2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source

  8. “It stipulates that the Council, after review of the implementation of the measures set out in the resolutions on sanctions against UNITA - that is to say, resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997) and 1173 (1998) - and on the basis of the outcome thereof, will be prepared to take steps against those States that will have violated these sanctions. Likewise, the draft resolution that we are on the verge of adopting contains a series of measures and recommendations aimed at all States relating to diamonds, petroleum, arms, financial measures and travel and representational restrictions on UNITA abroad.”

    2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source

  9. “Today we are here to take a second step, as important as the first, by adopting a resolution which we believe will strengthen the sanctions regime against UNITA. We hope that thereby a political solution to the conflict in Angola will be promoted. This draft resolution, which we support in its entirety, contains a series of innovative elements. It recognizes the need to monitor sanctions, establishing for this purpose monitoring machinery with an initial duration of six months which will pursue the work started by the Panel.”

    2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source

  10. “Not only has it mobilized the States mentioned in the report, those in the diamond industry and arms producers, along with neighboring countries and countries in the sub-region, but it has also, as no other single event in the past, raised the awareness of the international community as a whole. For all these reasons, this is an invaluable report. More or less in parallel fashion, alongside this discussion, a series of exchanges of opinion has taken place on general issues bearing on sanctions which also benefitted from the specific results emerging from the Panel's work. We believe that both initiatives, whereby formal discussion on sanctions was begun, will enable the Council to incorporate specific measures in its work to improve across the board the use of the tool of sanctions.”

    2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source

  11. “Mr. Marsico (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I should like to thank you, Mr. President and Foreign Minister of Canada, for having once again honored us with your presence here. I should also like to thank the Foreign Minister of Angola, Mr. Miranda, for having once again joined us here today. A little more than a month ago we met to consider the report of the Panel of Experts on violations of sanctions against UNITA, introduced by Ambassador Fowler in his capacity as Chairman of the Angola sanctions Committee. The submission of that report had significant impact and we believe it will continue to have positive repercussions.”

    2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129 (2000) · source

  12. “The course of action we now take depends on each and every one of us. For our part we hope that a further report in four or five years time will not find us in the same situation.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113 (2000) · source

  13. “It should serve to remind us of all that remains to be done with respect to other sanctions Committees. In this regard, it contains a number of elements that we feel might be of use to the panel of experts on sanctions recently set up by the Security Council under the leadership of Ambassador Fowler, and which will be reporting to the Council in a month's time. In conclusion, I would like to recall that in 1994 the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch published a lengthy report on the violations of the sanctions regime then in force in Angola. That report anticipated some of the conclusions of the current Panel. We hope that today the international community is better prepared to react to this kind of information and that we will be able to take good advantage of this new opportunity.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113 (2000) · source

  14. “The Panel's report is a genuine effort to clarify fully certain relevant issues, such as how the sanctions are being violated, who is violating them and what measures can be taken to make sanctions a more effective instrument in the Angolan peace process. To this end, the Panel is presenting the Security Council with 39 recommendations and a set of conclusions. In the coming weeks we shall have to study them carefully and act accordingly. However, it is noteworthy that in recent days the information contained in the report has already produced significant repercussions: many Governments and forums have started a number of investigations. We encourage these endeavours and trust that the appropriate corrective measures will be taken with equal determination. This report is useful not only for Angola.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113 (2000) · source

  15. “It should be significant also in the context of sanctions. This comment serves also to remind us once again of the need to consider seriously the desirability of establishing more effective monitoring mechanisms for sanctions regimes. We wonder what message is sent by a sanctions regime without effective controls. Over the last 20 years the international community has invested considerable sums in the peace process in Angola. How much in the way of resources, however, has been allocated to the effective monitoring of these sanctions? What consequences might there have been for the Angolan peace process if there had been more effective monitoring of the sanctions regime?”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113 (2000) · source

  16. “The strategic value of diamonds was recognized by the Security Council when in 1998 it incorporated into the sanctions regime a ban on the sale of diamonds from UNITA sources. The continued conflict in Angola has no single origin. However, the presentation of this report, the attention that it has attracted and the fact that we all have come to meet here today should be used not only to promote enhanced implementation of the sanctions but also to step up political efforts to put an end to the conflict in Angola. The report, as we read it, raises many issues that go beyond identifying violations or attributing blame. I believe that we need to ask ourselves what we need to do to ensure that this kind of situation does not recur. In the area of peacekeeping operations, the concept of "lessons learned" is a meaningful one.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113 (2000) · source

  17. “For more than 20 years, the international community has been striving to secure a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Angola. My country can identify itself with these efforts; indeed, from 1989 onwards it has deployed personnel there, since the operations of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola began. Despite that presence and the successive efforts of the international community, the results have not been not sufficient to bring the conflict to an end or to promote compliance with the 1991 Peace Accord or the 1994 Lusaka Protocol. In this conflict, the existence and abundance of natural resources, and of diamonds in particular, have played a significant role in perpetuating the conflict by fostering war, facilitating the purchase of weapons, fuels and even of political support.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113 (2000) · source

  18. “Mr. Marsico (Argentina) (spoke in Spanish): I should like at the outset, Mr. President, to thank you for convening this open briefing. You are well aware of the importance that we attach to this kind of meeting. I wish also especially to thank Ambassador Robert Fowler, the Chairman of the sanctions Committee on Angola, for his introduction to the report of the Panel of Experts, contained in document S/2000/203, and, through him, all of the members of the Panel. Furthermore, I wish to welcome the presence at this meeting of the Minister of External Relations of Angola, which I deem of the greatest importance, and of Minister Peter Hain of the United Kingdom, who has honoured us once again with his presence, sharing with us his tremendous and broad-ranging personal and professional experience in matters relating to Africa.”

    2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113 (2000) · source