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lines on the record: 58
first: 1993-06-18
most recent: 1994-04-27
sittings or episodes: 6
sources: un-security-council

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“There are no further speakers. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 9.25 p.m. 41”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Albania for the kind words he addressed to me and to my Foreign Minister. I now call on the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who has asked to make a statement. 40”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Albania. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Bangladesh for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Azerbaijan. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Bangladesh. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Croatia for the kind words he addressed to me and my delegation. The next speaker is the representative of Sudan. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Norway for his kind words 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.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Norway. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“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.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of India for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Sweden. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Canada for her kind words about me and New Zealand's Permanent Representative. The next speaker is the representative of India. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“But most of all we believe that it could destroy, once and for all, any prospect of a negotiated comprehensive peace. The United Nations would in effect be abandoning the issue to be resolved by war. As we said a year ago, at some point the Council may have to admit that a negotiated solution is unachievable and draw the appropriate consequences. But that would be a counsel of despair condemning even greater numbers of people to the carnage of war. NATO has at last begun to exhibit precisely the kind of resolve which the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with their friends, including the OIC countries and New Zealand, have long been demanding. We believe that now is not the time for such a choice. I now resume my function as President of the Security Council. The next speaker is the representative of Canada.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“Anything less is open to misunderstanding and, as we have seen, can be costly in lives. Some speakers in this debate have referred to the arms embargo imposed on the former Yugoslavia by the Security Council in September 1991. My Government remains concerned that any decision to lift the embargo could have serious consequences and could indeed harm directly the interests of those such a step might be designed to assist. The Serbian Army is the largest and most powerful in the region. It is difficult to conceive that it would be benign in the face of such a decision by the Security Council. Nor could there be any guarantee that weapons would reach their appropriate destination. New Zealand does not believe that increasing the fire power of any of the protagonists is, of itself, conducive to a resolution of this bitter conflict.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“Earlier today, we adopted a resolution which at last put on a credible basis the second part of the foundation for peace in Bosnia - the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) presence. By authorizing an increase in UNPROFOR personnel levels we not only provided the resources for the United Nations to do the job it had been given, but also sent a clear message to the Serbs about the political commitment to back up the words of resolutions. The third critical element of the foundation for achieving peace in Bosnia is an acceleration of the comprehensive negotiations involving all interested parties. We welcome the steps that have been taken in recent days to give new energy to the negotiating process. It is crucial that the international community speak with a consistent and firm voice.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“In February, in the face of the most appalling attacks on Sarajevo the members of the United Nations reached the point that they were ready to contemplate the use of force, under the authority of the Security Council, because those who were defying the Council's resolutions had shown themselves impervious to any other form of inducement or pressure. Last week we saw another demonstration of the positive impact of forceful resolve. The response to the decisions taken by the North Atlantic Council at the request of the Secretary-General to deter the attacks on Gorazde demonstrated, as did events in Sarajevo in February, that the judgment underlying resolution 836 (1993) was correct. The application of force has no merit on its own. It must be part of the foundation on which a durable peace settlement is constructed.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“Less than a week ago the Security Council had a lengthy debate on the situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the few days since then, we have once again seen that with sufficient resolve and authority the United Nations and the international community can bring about a change in what seemed only a week ago to be a desperate situation. New Zealand has been amongst those members of the Security Council who, for over a year, have been arguing that the Bosnian Serb party would only negotiate seriously when the international community made it clear that force would be used in support of the negotiating process. That is why we so strongly supported resolution 836 (1993) and why, since that time, we have insisted that air strikes could play a positive role.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Djibouti for his compliments to me. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It is an honour for me to preside over this meeting of the Security Council and to hear statements from a number of my Ministerial colleagues, representing States members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). New Zealand acknowledges the particular interest that the OIC and its member States have in the situation in the Republic 28 of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We welcome that interest and we trust that a means will be found to ensure that the viewpoint represented by the Organization is taken fully into account in the international negotiating process.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece, His Excellency Mr. Karolos Papoulias. I welcome him and invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank His Excellency Mr. Algabid for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, His Excellency Mr. Irfan Ljubljankic, on whom I now call.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Egypt for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is Mr. Hamid Algabid, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to whom the Council has extended an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Tunisia for the compliments he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Egypt. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the Minister of State and Member of the Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia for his kind words. The next speaker is the representative of Tunisia. I invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Senegal for the complimentary words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the Minister of State and member of the Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed I. Massoud. I welcome His Excellency, and invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Senegal. I welcome His Excellency and invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the Foreign Minister of Malaysia for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr Ali Akbar Velayati. I welcome His Excellency and invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia. I welcome His Excellency and invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I thank the Foreign Minister of Pakistan for the personal comments he addressed to me. The next speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey, His Excellency Mr. Hikmet Cetin. I welcome him, and invite him to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“There being no objection, it is so decided. I have also received a request dated 26 April 1994 from Ambassador Dragomir Djoki¢ to address the Council. With the consent of the Council, I would 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 the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in response to the request contained in a letter dated 22 April 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, document S/1994/492. The first speaker is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated 27 April 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, which reads as follows: "In my capacity as the Chairman of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) in New York, I have the honour to request you to permit Mr. Hamid Algabid, the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to participate, under rule 39 of the rules of procedure, in the Security Council debate being held on Wednesday, 27 April 1994, on 'The situation in the om Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina'. That letter has been published as a document of the Security Council under symbol S/1994/507. If I hear no objection, I shall take it that the Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 to His Excellency Mr. Algabid.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“On behalf of the Security Council, I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and invite His Excellency to take a place at the Council table. Mr. Ljubljankic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) took a place at the Council table; at the invitation of the President, Mr. Kulla_ (Albania), Mr. Aliyev (Azerbaijan), Mr. Rahman (Bangladesh), Mrs. Frechette (Canada), Mr. Drobnjak (Croatia), Mr. Elaraby (Egypt), Mr. Papoulias (Greece), Mr. Ansari (India), Mr. Velayati (Islamic Republic of Tran), Mr. Badawi (Malaysia), Mr. Lian (Norway), Sheikh Massoud (Saudi Arabia), Mr. Niasse (Senegal), Mr. Eltinay (Sudan), Mr. Salander (Sweden), Mr. Abdellah (Tunisia) and Mr. Cetin (Turkey) took the places reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Malaysia, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia and Turkey, 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.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I should like, at the outset of the meeting, to acknowledge the presence at the Council table of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, His Excellency Mr. Aseff Ahmed Ali, to whom, on behalf of the Council, I extend a warm welcome. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Letter dated 22 April 1994 from the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1994/492)”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3370 (1994) · source
“I now resume my functions as President of the Security 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 12.45 p.m.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3369 (1994) · source
“Recent events do not alter the fundamental character of UNPROFOR. It can facilitate negotiations, secure the delivery of humanitarian relief, monitor agreements already reached and use all necessary means, including force, to protect its personnel and secure these objectives. However, it is not authorized to impose peace in Bosnia by force of arms, nor to fight a war against or on behalf of any of the parties to the conflict. UNPROFOR's mission is not easy. It is not made any easier by ill-informed criticism of its performance. My Government firmly believes that UNPROFOR has done a superb job with the resources at its disposal. The additional resources authorized in this resolution are the minimum to enable UNPROFOR to do its job. We are therefore very pleased to support the resolution.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3369 (1994) · source
“Without them we shall simply find ourselves at a dead end, with peace in only one part of Bosnia attained at the expense of conflict springing up elsewhere because UNPROFOR personnel are so thin on the ground. Even so, the Secretary-General, the Chief of Mission and the Force Commander will have to make very difficult tactical decisions on how and where they deploy the personnel of the operation. Let us recall that the original mandate for UNPROFOR was "to create the conditions of peace and security required for the negotiation of an overall settlement of the Yugoslav crisis" and that "it would not prejudge the outcome of such negotiations." (S/23280, annex II, para. 1) Although this mandate was avowedly of an interim character, it remains, with its many extensions in time, space and function, the foundation of UNPROFOR's mission.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3369 (1994) · source
“I thank the representative of Brazil for his kind comments. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. When this Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) for a further six months at the end of March, New Zealand was very concerned that it was not possible to increase the numbers of UNPROFOR personnel to the necessary level that would enable the Force to perform appropriately the difficult new tasks that we had given it. We are pleased that it has now been possible to reach agreement on this issue. Events over the past four weeks have reinforced our belief that UNPROFOR does, indeed, need those additional resources.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3369 (1994) · source
“There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 914 (1994). I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3369 (1994) · source
“In favour: Argentina, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Djibouti, France, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3369 (1994) · source
“The Security Council will now resume its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/1994/487, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by France, the Russian Federation, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to vote on the draft resolution before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3369 (1994) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which he requests 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 that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and tule 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) took a place at the Council table.”
1994-04-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3369 (1994) · source
“Finally, New Zealand recognizes the implications for regional security of a deteriorating situation in Georgia, and we welcome the willingness of regional countries - in particular, the Russian Federation as facilitator - to play a constructive role in seeking a solution in this difficult area.”
1994-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3332 (1994) · source
“New Zealand is firmly of the view that any new United Nations peace-keeping operation in Georgia would have to be structured along traditional lines. New Zealand is particularly concerned about the plight of the many thousands who have been made refugees by the fighting in Abkhazia. We understand the concern of the Government of Georgia for the problems associated with the return of these refugees to their homes. Displaced persons must be able to resume their ordinary lives without fear of violence or intimidation. Progress on this front is clearly an important indicator of the commitment of the parties. We are pleased that today's resolution reaffirms the rights of all refugees to return to their homes.”
1994-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3332 (1994) · source
“The Secretary-General - rightly, in our view - recommended against the United Nations taking a decision now to establish a more elaborate peace-keeping operation in Georgia. The current de facto cease-fire is not a sure foundation for a peace-keeping operation of the kind requested by the parties or for decisions on the nature and duration of such an operation. The negotiations, which will resume next month, give the parties a further opportunity to demonstrate that they are genuinely and fully committed to resolving their differences by peaceful means. It is on the basis of the outcome of those negotiations that the members of the Council will examine the Secretary-General's next report on the situation in Georgia. New Zealand will want to scrutinize closely proposals for an expanded peace-keeping force.”
1994-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3332 (1994) · source
“When resolution 881 (1993) was adopted in November 1993, the continuation of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was made dependent on further progress in the negotiations between the parties. It was also agreed that UNOMIG should not be withdrawn if that withdrawal itself might adversely affect the peace process. New Zealand believes that UNOMIG's presence in Georgia, although modest, is a reminder that the United Nations and the international community are concerned about developments in Georgia and wish to assist in creating a constructive environment for further peace negotiations. For that reason, we support the continuation of UNOMIG's mandate for a further period of five weeks.”
1994-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3332 (1994) · source
“We will then bring home to those who are responsible for attacks on peace-keeping and humanitarian-relief personnel that their actions will never be tolerated and that they will be held personally responsible for the consequences of their actions.”
1993-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3283 (1993) · source
“We will be proposing that the General Assembly adopt a new international convention along the lines of other international conventions establishing criminal responsibility. This new convention should establish beyond doubt that those who attack United Nations personnel, and those who order the commission of such attacks, commit a crime punishable by any country in which they may be found. I am pleased to note that the Secretary-General's report endorses the conclusion of a new international convention in this area and that the draft resolution we are about to adopt welcomes our initiative in the General Assembly. We look forward to working with all Members of the United Nations in moving as quickly as possible to the establishment of clear international rules in this area.”
1993-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3283 (1993) · source
“One matter that this draft resolution does not address directly is the responsibility of individuals who attack United Nations personnel. It does not do so because it was the consensus of the Council that, while such matters can properly be taken up by the Council in the specific circumstances of a particular incident or operation, a more general pronouncement of individual responsibility for attacks on United Nations personnel is more appropriately the business of the General Assembly. In this connection, as Council members know, at New Zealand's initiative, the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly has on its agenda a new item on responsibility for attacks on United Nations and associated personnel and measures to ensure that those responsible for such attacks are brought to justice.”
1993-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3283 (1993) · source
“It determines that on each such occasion the Council will require the host country requesting the operation to take appropriate steps to ensure the safety of all persons engaged in the operation, and to conclude without delay an agreement establishing the legal framework under which the United Nations personnel will operate. These practical steps, which too often have been honoured in the breach rather than in the observance, will go some way towards ensuring that there is no misunderstanding between the United Nations and the host country of the responsibilities that go with any request for the dispatch of a United Nations mission. I am pleased to note that even before the adoption of today's draft resolution, the Council has in recent weeks moved to establish a more consistent practice in this area.”
1993-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3283 (1993) · source
“It also confirms that if a host country fails or is unable to adequately protect United Nations personnel, the Council will take appropriate action. This might include specific steps to deal with those who attack United Nations personnel. In line with the Secretary-General's proposals and, I would note, in line with suggestions New Zealand put before this Council in March, today's draft resolution puts special emphasis on those matters which the Council should address when deciding to establish or to renew a peace-keeping operation.”
1993-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3283 (1993) · source
“New Zealand welcomes the Secretary-General's thoughtful proposals about what further steps should be taken to protect United Nations personnel. We appreciate the Secretary-General's commitment to undertake additional steps within his area of responsibility to increase the level of protection for his people in the field. The Secretary-General's report confirms that the protection of United Nations personnel is a multifaceted issue that must be tackled on a number of fronts. It requires concerted action by this Council, by the General Assembly, and by the Secretary-General. The draft resolution before us confirms that attacks on personnel engaged in operations mandated by this Council will be considered interference in the exercise of the Council's responsibilities. It warns that the Council will take appropriate measures in any such case.”
1993-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3283 (1993) · source