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1993-06-18

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1994-04-27

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1. “We must ensure that United Nations personnel are adequately protected - especially those whom this Council mandates to go into difficult situations in the cause of maintaining international peace and security and those who risk their lives in the no less noble cause of delivering humanitarian relief to the victims of conflict. During our presidency of the Council in March the Security Council adopted a presidential statement on this issue in connection with the Secretary-General's report "An Agenda for Peace". As a result of the request made in the March statement, the Secretary-General produced the excellent report on the nature and adequacy of existing arrangements for the protection of United Nations personnel which we shall approve in the draft resolution we are to adopt today.”

   1993-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3283 (1993) · source

2. “Thank you very much, Mr. President, for your very warm welcome and for the opportunity of speaking to this draft resolution. New Zealand welcomes the draft resolution on the safety and security of United Nations personnel, which the Security Council is about to adopt. As Council members will be aware, New Zealand has made the issue of the safety of United Nations personnel a particular priority since we began our term on the Council at the beginning of this year. Events since then, particularly in Somalia, Cambodia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, have underscored the urgency of the issue.”

   1993-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3283 (1993) · source

3. “We are pleased that the resolution takes account of this aspect. Finally, my delegation warmly welcomes the resumed delivery of humanitarian assistance to all parts of the country.”

   1993-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3281 (1993) · source

4. “My delegation is also very pleased that the issue of safety of United Nations personnel features prominently in the resolution. We warmly welcome the decision by the Liberian parties to establish an interim government. We urge the establishment as soon as possible of mechanisms to enable political reconciliation and the conduct of early elections. We emphasize the importance of the provisions in the Cotonou Agreement relating to disarmament and demobilization. Recent history in other places has shown us the disastrous consequences that can follow if disarmament and demobilization obligations are not carried out. The Security Council will be following this aspect with close attention. We are also very conscious of the burdens that the war in Liberia has created for Liberia's neighbours.”

   1993-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3281 (1993) · source

5. “This resolution sets an important precedent for United Nations cooperation with regional organizations. We pay tribute to the work of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and to the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The regional countries have played an important and responsible role in the peace process. We look forward to the participation of other African States, in partnership with the United Nations and with ECOWAS, in bringing a lasting peace to Liberia. New Zealand is very pleased that the resolution spells out clearly and precisely the role the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) is to perform. In particular, my delegation welcomes the fact that the mandate and the command and control issues are clearly set out.”

   1993-09-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3281 (1993) · source

6. “We sympathize with those nations that have lost soldiers in these incidents. These events make it all the more imperative to implement speedily today's resolution and resolution 836 (1993).”

   1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source

7. “The provision for air power to be deployed in this way and for this purpose is a key element in resolution 836 (1993). At long last, United Nations military observers have been permitted to enter Gorazde, one of the six safe areas designated in resolution 836 (1993). What they have found there confirms our worst fears about what happened in Gorazde in the weeks before the observers were admitted. It is good that the military observers are now in Gorazde, but it is not enough. All parties must respect the safe areas, must comply fully with resolution 836 (1993) and must commit themselves to a negotiated settlement of the conflict which rages in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Latest reports available to Council members seem to indicate an increase in the level of incidents against United Nations personnel.”

   1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source

8. “We may be on the verge of change in the overall political context in Bosnia, but New Zealand supports the resolution just adopted because we wish to see Security Council resolution 836 (1993) implemented as effectively and quickly as possible. The present resolution constitutes a valuable initial step towards that goal. Its implementation depends, of course, on sufficient forces and material being made available. We thank those Member States that have indicated that they will be able to contribute personnel to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) for the purposes of this extended mandate. We also welcome the offer made by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to provide air power in and around the safe areas in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in support of UNPROFOR.”

   1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source