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Martinez Blanco

lines on the record: 437
first: 1994-11-09
most recent: 1996-12-11
sittings or episodes: 64
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“For this reason, my delegation urges the Bosnian Serb forces to respect the status of Srebrenica as a safe area in accordance with the Agreement of 18 April 1993, to cease their offensive actions against the safe areas immediately, and immediately and unconditionally to release the UNPROFOR personnel currently detained. My delegation also appeals to the parties to do their utmost to rectify the critical situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina by means of a comprehensive and peaceful settlement, and urges them to cooperate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other humanitarian organizations in order to relieve the suffering of the affected civilian population. I now resume my function as President of the Council. There are no further speakers.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3553 (1995) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of Honduras. The delegation of Honduras views with concern the latest developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It believes that the taking of Srebrenica by the Bosnian Serb forces is a totally unacceptable act that contravenes the relevant United Nations resolutions of 1993, which conferred on Srebrenica the status of safe area. My delegation also deplores the fact that the Bosnian Serb forces, in advancing on Srebrenica, carried out attacks on UNPROFOR personnel and detained some of them. These are deplorable events which deserve condemnation by the international community.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3553 (1995) · source
“I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution in document S/1995/560 in its provisional form as orally revised. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Botswana, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, Oman, Russian Federation, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President (interpretation from Spanish): There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously, in its provisional form as orally revised, as resolution 1004 (1995). I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3553 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Croatia for the kind words he addressed to me. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it, in its provisional form, as orally revised. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3553 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the kind words he addressed to me. I now call on the representative of Croatia.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3553 (1995) · source
“The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/ 1995/560, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I should like to draw to the attention of the members of the Council the following revision in the text of the draft resolution (8/1995/560) in its provisional form. In paragraph 4, the word "unharmed" should be added after the word "release". The first speaker is the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on whom I now call.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3553 (1995) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the representative of Croatia in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Misic' (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Mr. Nobilo (Croatia) took places at the Council table. The President (interpretation from Spanish):: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3553 (1995) · source
“Higgins and wish her every success in the high office to which she has been elected. I should also like to thank the tellers for their assistance. The Security Council has thus concluded its business for this meeting. The meeting rose at 11.35 am.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“>l<>l<>l< The President (interpretation from Spanish): I should like to inform the members of the Security Council that I have just received from the President of the General Assembly the following letter: "I have the honour to inform you that at the 105th plenary meeting of the General Assembly, held today for the purpose of electing one member of the International Court of Justice, the following candidate obtained an absoute majority of votes in the General Assembly: Ms. Rosalyn Higgins." As the Security Council and the General Assembly have agreed on the same candidate, the distinguished jurist Ms. Rosalyn Higgins of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been elected a member of the International Court of Justice for a term of office expiring 5 February 2000. I should like to congratulate Ms.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“>l<>l<>l< The President (interpretation from Spanish): The result of the voting is as follows: Number of ballot papers: 15 Number of invalid ballots: 0 Number of valid ballots: 15 Required majority: 8 Number of votes obtained: Ms. Rosalyn Higgins 15 The President (interpretation from Spanish): Ms. Rosalyn Higgins has accordingly received the required majority of votes in the Security Council. I shall communicate the result of the vote to the President of the General Assembly in writing. I request the Council to remain in session while we wait for the President of the General Assembly to inform the Council of the result of the voting in the Assembly.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“I should like to remind the Council that, as we agreed during our consultations, the ballots will not be counted until it has been verified that the ballot papers in the General Assembly have been collected. The Council will remain in session pending the receipt of that information. >k>l<>'rÂ» The President (interpretation from Spanish): I have now been informed that the ballot papers have been collected in the General Assembly. The counting of the ballots in the Security Council will now begin. The tellers will now count the ballots. As agreed in our consultations, there will be two independent countings of the ballots, one by each teller.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“Ubalijoro (Rwanda) and Mr. Cambridge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) acted as tellers. The President (interpretation from Spanish): May I take it that the Council is now ready to proceed with the election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Jennings? It is so decided. The President (interpretation from Spanish): I would ask the Conference Officer to distribute the ballot papers. Members of the Council should place an "X" in the box next to the name of the candidate for whom they wish to vote. *** The President (interpretation from Spanish): I take it that all members of the Council have now voted and I request the Conference Officer to collect the ballot papers. All the ballot papers have been collected.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“Votes may be cast only for a candidate whose name appears on the ballot paper, and each elector may vote for only one candidate, otherwise the ballot will be considered invalid. When a candidate has obtained the required majority, I shall notify the President of the General Assembly of the name of that candidate, and I shall request the Council to remain in session pending the receipt from the President of the General Assembly of the result of the voting in the Assembly. I shall now draw lots to select two delegations to serve as tellers. >l<>l<>l< The President (interpretation from Spanish): Rwanda and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have been drawn. I therefore request each of them to appoint one member of their respective delegations to serve as teller. At the invitation of the President, Mr.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“Article 15 of the Statute of the Court provides that "A member of the Court elected to replace a member whose term of office has not expired shall hold office for the remainder of his predecessor's term." Accordingly, the member elected to fill the remainder of the term left vacant by the resignation of Judge Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings will serve until 5 February 2000. The voting will be by secret ballot. When we proceed to the vote, members of the Council will receive a ballot paper containing the name of the candidate. No withdrawal will be accepted once the ballot papers have been distributed. However, it would be possible to withdraw between ballots. Members of the Council will be requested to place an "X" next to the name of the candidate for whom they wish to vote.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“Document S/1995/556 and Add.1 contain the nominations by national groups received by the Secretary-General after 21 June 1995. Document S/ 1995/529 contains the curriculum vitae of the candidate nominated by national groups. The Security Council also has before it a memorandum by the Secretary-General (S/1995/527) describing the present composition of the Court and setting out the procedure to be followed in the conduct of the election. I should like to remind the Council that under Article 10, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, "Those candidates who obtain an absolute majority of votes in the General Assembly and in the Security Council shall be considered as elected." The required majority in the Security Council is eight votes.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“I should like to recall that at its 3510th meeting, on 22 March 1995, the Security Council adopted resolution 980 (1995), in which it decided that the election to fill the vacancy in the International Court of Justice should take place on 12 July 1995 at a meeting of the Security Council and at a meeting of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. This morning the Security Council and the General Assembly will proceed independently with the election, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Statute of the Court, for the purpose of filling this vacancy. The list of candidates nominated by national groups and received by the Secretary-General as of 21 June 1995, the deadline for receipt of nominations, is contained in document S/1995/528.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“I should like at the outset of the meeting to express deepest sympathy to the Government and people of China for the tragic loss of life and extensive material damage which have resulted from the recent floods in that country. I call on the representative of China.”
1995-07-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3552 (1995) · source
“I now resume my functions as President of the Council. There are no further speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 5.50 pm.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“We are grateful for that report, which concludes by certifying that the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continues to fulfil its commitment to close the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina and that there have been no commercial transshipments across that border. My delegation also notes that the Mission of the Conference, some minor incidents notwithstanding, enjoys full freedom of movement in that country and enjoys the cooperation of the Yugoslav authorities, which are effectively implementing the legislation relating to the closure of the border. We hope that the adoption of today's resolution, for which my delegation voted in favour, will serve to stimulate the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to step up their efforts to make the closure of the international border more effective.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of China for the kind words he addressed to me. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as representative of Honduras. My delegation was pleased to receive the conclusions of the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) and the Committee's certification of the closure of the borders between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and those areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of Bosnian Serb forces, as contained in the report submitted by the Secretary-General on the activities of the Mission of the Conference.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Oman for his kind words addressed to me. I shall now put draft resolution S/1995/537 to the vote. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Botswana, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America Against: None Abstaining: Russian Federation The President (interpretation from Spanish): The result of the voting is as follows: 14 votes in favour, none against and one abstention. The draft resolution has therefore been adopted as resolution 1003 (1995). I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. If I hear no objection I shall put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“I thank the representative of Croatia for the kind words he addressed to me. In accordance with the decision taken earlier in the meeting, I now invite Ambassador Dragomir Djokic to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“I thank the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Croatia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“Members of the Council have also received photocopies of a letter dated 5 July 1995 from the Charge d'affaires ad interim of the Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations and the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, which will be issued as document S/ 1995/538. The first speaker on my list is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, His Excellency Mr. Muhamed Sacirbey, whom I welcome and whom I invite to make his statement.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“Members of the Council have before them the letter dated 25 June 1995 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting the report by the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, concerning the operations of the International Conference's Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (S/1995/510). Members of the Council also have before them document S/ 1995/537, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by the Czech Republic, France, Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“Sacirbey (Bosnia and Herzegovina) took a place at the Council table; Mr. Nobilo (Croatia) took the place reserved for him at the side of the Council Chamber. The President (interpretation from Spanish): I have also received a request dated 5 July 1995 from Ambassador Dragomir Djokic to address the Council. With the consent of the Council, I propose to invite him to address the Council in the course of the discussion of the item before it. There being no objection, it is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Letter dated 25 June 1995 from the Secretary- General addressed to the President of the Security Council (8/1995/510) The President (interpretation from Spanish): I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of July, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute on behalf of the Council to His Excellency Mr. Detlev Graf Zu Rantzau, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of June 1995. I am sure that I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Graf Zu Rantzau for the great diplomatic skill and unfailing courtesy with which he conducted the Council's business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted.”
1995-07-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3551 (1995) · source
“Finally, in our view the Liberian factions bear direct responsibility for the existing crisis and, therefore, only they can decide the fate of the Liberian people. My delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution in the hope that it will make a decisive contribution to the promotion of peace, reconciliation and stability in Liberia.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“My delegation, which participated in the preparation of the draft resolution now before the Council, is of the view that it contains a clear and concise message for the parties: if, within the period for which UNOMIL's mandate in Liberia is to be extended, they do not comply with four essential requirements, namely, the installation of the Council of State, the re-establishment of the cease-fire, the disengagement of all forces and the creation of an agreed timetable and schedule for the implementation of all other aspects of the agreements, in particular the disarmament process, the Council, following the submission of a report by the Secretary-General, will convert UNOMIL into a good offices mission.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“If the parties do not avail themselves of this opportunity, the presence of the United Nations in Liberia can no longer be justified and, as indicated in the report, it might be envisaged that UNOMIL become a good offices mission with a small military cell which would maintain liaison with ECOMOG.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“We are not underrating this progress. However, questions remain unsolved which are relevant to ending the crisis in Liberia. The parties must agree to an effective cease-fire, a separation of forces and a timetable and schedule for the peace process. Until hostilities in Liberia cease, the number of refugees and displaced persons will increase, violations of human rights will continue and the humanitarian situation will further deteriorate. In his report, the Secretary-General recommends that a new opportunity be given to the parties to take concrete steps demonstrating their political will to end the crisis. In principle, and in View of the progress made in Abuja, my delegation agrees with this recommendation provided, however, that the parties fully cooperate in achieving peace by the end of the three-month period proposed.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“Mr. Martinez Blanco (Honduras) (interpretation from Spanish): Firstly, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for the Eleventh Progress Report on the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) (S/l995/473). After considering this report, my delegation would like to express its regret that no significant progress has been achieved in Liberia and that the parties have as yet not reached a final agreement to install a Council of State and re-establish the cease-fire, measures essential to the implementation of the Accra Agreement. The summit meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held in Abuja, Nigeria, in May demonstrates that some progress has been made on installing the Council of State and that a meeting of the parties to prepare an agreement in this regard is expected.”
1995-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3549 (1995) · source
“My delegation supports the Secretary-General's recommendation to extend UNMOT's mandate for an additional period until 16 December 1995, on condition that the parties keep up their commitments to an effective cease- fire, national reconciliation and the promotion of democracy. We also support his recommendation to deploy a group of observers in northern Afghanistan, in the way he suggests. My delegation will therefore vote in favour of the draft resolution before the Council.”
1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3544 (1995) · source
“With regard to confidence-building measures, we believe that the voluntary return of refugees is an important element for establishing the necessary favourable climate for national reconciliation. We are therefore pleased to see that the Government of Tajikistan has committed itself to assisting the return and reintegration of refugees and displaced persons in dignity and safety. In this context, it is important for international organizations and States to provide the refugees and the Joint Commission with the necessary financial and material support. Finally, we wish to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General, his Special Envoy and the regional organizations that have fostered the dialogue between the Tajik parties for their renewed efforts for peace in Tajikistan.”
1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3544 (1995) · source
“We also welcome the decision taken in Kabul on 19 May by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the leader of the Islamic Revival Movement to extend the Tehran Agreement on a cease-fire until 26 August this year. My delegation believes that direct dialogue between the Tajik parties is essential for reaching a comprehensive political settlement of the conflict. We therefore urge the parties to continue their dialogue so that they can overcome the outstanding problems and make substantive progress on institutional issues in order to consolidate Tajikistan's statehood. We also urge them to cooperate fully with UNMOT, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy, the Commonwealth of Independent States Peace-keeping Force, the Russian border forces and the Mission to Tajikistan of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.”
1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3544 (1995) · source
“Mr. Martinez Blanco (Honduras) (interpretation from Spanish): My delegation wishes to express its gratitude to the Secretary-General for his report dated 10 June 1995 on the situation in Tajikistan and the activities carried out by the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT). My delegation believes that the conflict in Tajikistan must be resolved through peaceful means. Consequently, we welcomed the results of the fourth round of talks between the parties, held in Almaty from 22 May to 1 June this year, where, while the parties were unable to reach mutually acceptable solutions in the political and institutional sphere, they did achieve important agreements on the exchange of detainees and prisoners of war and on the voluntary return of refugees.”
1995-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3544 (1995) · source
“Lastly, my delegation believes that recognition of the rights of the Palestinian people is a necessary condition for attaining the objective of a lasting peace in the Middle East, and that, in the negotiations towards a peace, it is essential for there to be continuous progress and for inflexible or discouraging attitudes to be avoided at all costs.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536 (1995) · source
“This is why my delegation, as other permanent representatives have stated, considers unacceptable the confiscation, by the Israeli Government, of Palestinian lands in the city of Jerusalem. Those acts violate international law, the relevant resolutions of this Council and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, and in our view, could also affect the resolution of other sensitive matters in the negotiating process, such as the question of the settlements or the recognition of sovereignty. My delegation believes that the peace process must be preserved. Therefore, we are of the view that the Government of Israel must respect its international commitments and that, as occupying Power and party to the negotiations, it must refrain from imposing limitations on the Palestinian people's exercise of its rights.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536 (1995) · source
“Unfortunately, at the present time the peace process is confronted by problems that are the result of practices that could frustrate any possibility of success in the negotiations. Jerusalem, as we all know, remains a central issue, not only for the Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims, but also for Israelis the world over. East Jerusalem is a religious, cultural, economic and political centre for the Palestinian people. It is an important part of their life, and therefore a territory where they legitimately can and should exercise their rights freely. T 0 try to take sovereign action over all Jerusalem simply shows a lack of realism and can only lead to obstructing the possibility of completely changing the present situation into one of true peace.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536 (1995) · source
“That event, together with the signing of the Declaration of Principles between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel and the historic meeting in Washington in September 1993, were factors that made it possible for the parties to recognize each other and for the Middle East region to enter into a new stage, which the international community welcomed as an encouraging sign in that negotiation and respect for the norms and principles of international law would replace the tension and the violence that for so long had afflicted the peoples of the region. With the initiation of this new era in the relations between Palestinians and Israelis it was hoped that those practices that might mean a return to the past or that might obstruct the transition to the negotiation of a definitive agreement would be abandoned.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536 (1995) · source
“Mr. Martinez Blanco (Honduras) (interpretation from Spanish ): My delegation has always felt that the success of the peace process in the Middle East depends to a great extent on compliance with the commitments agreed by the parties and on guaranteeing the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. There have been many achievements since the Madrid Peace Conference three years ago.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536 (1995) · source
“My delegation has taken due note of the report of the Secretary-General and endorses his recommendation to extend the mandate of UNOMIG for another six months, bearing in mind that the States members of the Commonwealth of Independent States seem ready to extend the mandate of the peace-keeping force with a view to preventing open confrontation and any resumption of the conflict.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“However, we are pleased that the cooperation between UNOMIG and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the peace-keeping force of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is continuing to develop satisfactorily. In conclusion, we take the view that the international community in general and the Council in particular must continue to pay close attention to the negotiating process in order to ensure that the parties comply fully with their political commitments and, especially, to ensure that they guarantee full respect for international humanitarian law, particularly as it relates to protection for refugees and displaced persons.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“Another difficulty is to be found in the restrictions being imposed by the Government of Georgia and the Abkhaz authorities on the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) military observers, which are keeping them from doing their job of supervising weapons stockpiles and patrolling. So long as the parties do not show themselves determined to improve the situation in those zones and to cooperate extensively with UNOMIG, we believe it will be difficult to create favourable conditions for the voluntary return of the refugees.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“44) We therefore feel that it is necessary for the de'marches of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General vis-a-vis the Government of Georgia and the Abkhazian authorities to be continued, with the assistance of the Russian Federation as facilitator and the involvement of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. One element contributing to the exacerbation of difficulties is the situation of insecurity spawned by offences committed in the Gali region and the kind of weaponry in the hands of the local residents, which, in turn, makes possible the violation of the provisions of the Agreement on a cease-fire and the separation of forces, signed in May 1994 in Moscow.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“This, in turn, ties the hands of the Quadripartite Commission, which, as the Secretary-General's report tells us, has not met since 16 February of this year. We urgently appeal to the parties to resume political dialogue to prevent the situation from deteriorating further. As the Secretary-General rightly says in paragraph 44 of his report, "tense political stalemates in which neither peace nor war prevail do not allow the creation of the stability and public confidence essential for economic assistance, reconstruction and a return to normality for the people concerned." (S/1995/342, para.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“According to the report, the opposing positions involve, on one hand, a solution on the basis of a federal State within the borders of Georgia and, on the other hand, the solution favoured by the Abkhazians - one based on a union between two equal States. As a result, the repatriation of refugees and displaced persons is paralysed, because the parties continue to apply different criteria as to the way repatriation is to take place or the numbers it is to involve. These differences are preventing compliance with the stipulations of the Quadripartite Agreement signed in Moscow in 1994 as to the voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons - an Agreement designed to guarantee the safety and security of those individuals.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“Mr. Martinez Blanco (Honduras) (interpretation from Spanish): My delegation welcomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia and his joining in the work of the Security Council today. My delegation is obliged to the Secretary-General for the submission of his report on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia, in compliance with resolution 971 (1995) dated 12 January. In that report we are told that, by and large, there has been no progress in the political negotiations between Georgia and Abkhazia and that the current situation reflects a stalemate, which, in our judgement, might, were it to persist, lead to an open clash between the parties to the conflict.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source