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MERIMEE

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first: 1992-01-06
most recent: 1995-09-15
sittings or episodes: 178
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“Mr. MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): Two weeks ago the Council with near unanimity adopted resolution 836 (1993) on safe areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We thought it essential that today the Council should show its determination to continue on the path on which it set out with the adoption of that resolution. The new resolution we have just adopted approves the report of the Secretary-General and decides to authorize the reinforcement of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) to meet the additional requirements mentioned in paragraph 6 of the report as an initial report. This deployment is what we might call the "light" option - the only realistic option at present given the means that can be made available to UNPROFOR in the short term.”
1993-06-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3241 (1993) · source
“Caputo to resolve the crisis in Haiti have not been heeded by the de facto government, which for 20 months has opposed any serious settlement of the question of Haiti. It is this situation of total blockage that is before the Security Council for consideration. My delegation hopes that the adoption of sanctions against Haiti will soon make it possible to bring the perpetrators of the coup @'etat to the negotiating table in order to ~estore constitutional order in Haiti. We also hope that it will not be necessary for the Council to tighten these measures if, once again, no tangible result emerges from the talks that the Representative of the Secretaries-General wishes to continue to conduct with the parties.”
1993-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3238 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMEE (Frarce) (interpretation from French): Since the coup d'etat that prompted President Aristide, who was legitimately elected, to leave his country, France kas been following with special attention the tragic political events that have occurred in Haiti. In the hope that the de facto authorities might accept a return to legality, France also gave unswerving support to the efforts made by the Special Representative of the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS) to find an honourable solution enabling Haiti to return frlly to the international community. We must note here that the reasonable proposals put forward by Mr.”
1993-06-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3238 (1993) · source
“In particular, there needs to be a coalition plan - to be implemented under the authority of Prince Sihanouk, who has just been unanimously granted full powers by the Assembly - making it possible to expedite matters currently pending while the Constituent Assembly drafts the constitution.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“The time has come to work together under the unanimously recognized authority of His Royal Highness Prince Norodom Sihanouk, in a true spirit of national reconciliation, to put in place definitive institutional structures and rebuild the country. It is in this spirit that we find especially positive the decision of the Constituent Assembly during its inaugural meeting to recognize fully His Royal Highness Prince Norodom Sihanouk as Head of State. The last stage of the peace process now remains to be carried out, with the leading role of the United Nations.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“We urge them not to let this opportunity pass, an opportunity for which other peoples of the world might today envy them. This means, first and foremost, respecting the results of the elections, certified as free and fair by the United Nations, as the Cambodian parties have pledged to do when they signed the Paris Agreements. We hope that they will be guided by their patriotism, reason, restraint and sense of public interest by not calling into question, through violence, the results of the democratic process, and by taking care not to jeopardize the unity of the country, whick is also written into the Paris Agreements.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): My Government followed with deep satisfaction the electoral process in Cambodia and took note of its results. In voting in favour of this resolution, my delegation intended to emphasize that it fully subscribes to the statement of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General that the elections held in that country were free and fair We should like once again to pay tribute to the entire United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) team for the way in which it carried out its mission in particularly difficult and dangerous conditions. For the people of Cambodia, who demonstratec unambiguously their desire for peace and democracy, it is the dawn of a new era.”
1993-06-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3237 (1993) · source
“By adopting this draft resolution the Council will demonstrate that the international community is not standing idly by. It has not resigned itself to a solution of despair that would end with UNPROFOR's withdrawal from the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina and which would amount to letting the parties fight it out. Thus, the Council is shouldering its responsibilities and maintaining a steady course: the untiring search for a political solution.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“To carry out the new mandate, the draft resolution explicitly provides for the possibility of using force to respond to bombardments against the safe areas, to armed incursions into them or to any deliberate obstacles to the freedom of movement of UNPROFOR or of protected humanitarian convoys. It also provides for the use of air power within and around the safe areas in order to support UNPROFOR in the fulfilment of its mandate, if necessary. I want to conclude by reiterating the fact that the draft resolution is only a first step towards the implementation of the provisions of the Vance-Owen Plan. It provides for the speedy implementation of provisions. of that Plan in the areas where they have been agreed to by the parties directly concerned.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“Through changes in and the strengthening of UNPROFOR, its provisions are aimed at ensuring the protection of the safe areas by deterring attacks against them, by monitoring the cease-fire, by promoting the withdrawal of military units other than those of the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and by occupying several key points on the ground. Those provisions would be implemented in parallel with the mandate established in resolutions 770 (1992) and 776 (1992) and would not affect UNPROFOR's current task of protecting the delivery of humanitarian aid.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“, The draft resolution addresses an immediate, vital humanitarian objective: ensuring the survival of civilian populations in the safe areas. It also addresses a paramount political objective: maintaining the territorial basis needed for the development and implementation of the Peace Plan for Bosnia and. Herzegovina. In that connection, I want to stress that the designation and protection of safe areas is not an end in itself, but only a temporary measure: a step towards a just and lasting political solution. This must be understood as a positive contribution to the process begun by the Vance-Owen Plan, which remains the basis for any settlement. I wish also to note the realistic and operational nature of the draft resolution.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“For those two reasons they are completely unacceptable. . As members know, France was the first country to have committed troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina, first in Sarajevo then in the Bihac area; along with others - the United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, Egypt and Ukraine - we remain there to ease the situation of Muslim civilians. On the basis of its experience and in order to confront the situation I have just described, my Government, on 19 May, issued a memorandum on the concept of safe areas. Following the adoption, at Washington on 22 May, of a joint programme of action, France and its partners proposed that the Council adopt a draft resolution ensuring full respect for the safe areas named in resolution 824 (1993) and to that end to extend the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR).”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): The Security Council is meeting today to consider its response to the deterioration of the Situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina following a hopeful moment: the signature by the three parties concerned of the peace plan proposed by Mr. Vance and Lord Owen. Military attacks, the acquisition of territory by force and the practice of "ethnic cleansing" have continued in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the stubborn refusal by the Bosnian Serb party to accept the Peace Plan, despite its having signed it on 2 May at Athens. Those practices aim at retaining the maximum territory in contradiction of the principles contained in the Plan; . they result in ever-increasing suffering by the civilian population in the areas designated for Muslim communities.”
1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source
“It is also a very great victory for the Cambodian people, who were able to express themselves freely on their own future and who fully spoke out for peace and democracy. It is appropriate to pay tribute to the determination and political maturity that they demonstrated on this occasion. The leaders of the parties must now understand the message addressed to them by the people. Democratic principles must be respected by all. France recalls the commitment made by all parties to respect the outcome of the elections. We call upon Cambodians to draw the right conclusions from this vote and to establish, under the unanimously recognized authority of Prince Sihanouk, a broad coalition in a genuine spirit of national reconciliation.”
1993-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3227 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): My delegation is pleased to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency, and we would like to express our thanks to Ambassador Vorontsov for the manner in which he conducted the work of the Council last month. My delegation is very happy with the major success of the elections in Cambodia. This is a resounding achievement for the United Nations, which, for the first time, organized the entire electoral process in a country. My delegation once again wishes to pay tribute to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the entire United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) team, who carried out their mission extremely well by making it possible to hold these free and equitable elections in a context that looked rather difficult.”
1993-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3227 (1993) · source
“We would call on these two countries now to demonstrate a spirit of conciliation and willingness to achieve peace by recognizing that the Demarcation Commission has worked in their best interests on the basis of the principles that they themselves had established.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3224 (1993) · source
“On the basis of an agreement between Irag and Kuwait which was submitted to the United Nations and is still in effect to this day, it has carried out-the technical task of demarcating a boundary whose limits had been set by the States themselves a long time ago. The report which has been submitted to us quite unambiguously shows that the Commission has not attributed any territory to one side or the other and has not encroached on the sovereignty of either State in any way, The resolution adopted by the Security Council recalls that we are committed. to the inviolability and unalterability of this boundary. We hope this is the end of the dispute, which has affected peace and security in the region for decades and culminated in the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3224 (1993) · source
“Mr, MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): By adopting resolution 773 (1992) on 26 August 1992,' the Security Council expressed its appreciation for the work done by the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission, the first stage of whose work was represented by decisions regarding the land boundary. The Commission has now completed demarcation, and so it is only natural that the Council should take note of this in a new resolution. The Commission is made up of independent experts who were able to work in a completely dispassionate manner, to benefit from expert opinion and use state-of-the-art cartographic and geographic techniques, and to allow each of the parties concerned to assert their legitimate rights. It has produced a report of an impartiality and professionalism that must be saluted.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3224 (1993) · source
“These relate, first and foremost, to speeding up the land transfer programme, which should make it possible for the former combatants to rejoin civilian life, and also for order to be kept, particularly by the progressive replacement of the national police force by the new police force that is now being established and by completing the programme to destroy weapons. Lastly, it is essential that the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Commission and the Commission on the Truth be implemented. In conclusion, that is why my delegation calls on the parties to continue to cooperate in order to ensure that the peace Agreement leads to total success, that is, to the restoration of democracy, which alone is capable of ensuring the root-and-branch reunification of Salvadorian society.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3223 (1993) · source
“It also has to do with the exemplary work ONUSAL has carried out in the field. We have noted that the peace Accord signed at Mexico on 16 January 1992 is continuing to be implemented. Two of its main objectives have been successully completed: the cease-fire that made it possible to put an official end to the armed conflict on 15 December last, and the transformation of the FMLN into a political party. Other important objectives are alse being achieved. The parties must continue their efforts so that the peace process becomes truly irreversible. Specifically, if the elections are to be held ina favourable atmosphere, it is vital that a number of measures are carried out in full and as quickly as possible.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3223 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMER (France) (interpretation from French): Our Council has just adopted, unanimously, resolution 832 (1993), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) for six additional months and to broaden that mandate to include the supervision of the elections that are to be held in El Salvador in March next year. Those elections, as is emphasized by the Secretary-General in the report he has submitted to us on the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador, will probably represent the culmination of the whole peace process. My delegation welcomes the fact that it is now possible to imagine a completely democratic ending to the armed conflict that has bathed El Salvador in blood for over 10 years now. This outcome can be attributed mainly to the cooperation of the parties concerned.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3223 (1993) · source
“We call on the parties to show political intelligence, courage and generosity, making the gestures necessary for reconciliation and reunification. We expect European States that support a system of collective security based on the peaceful settlement of disputes to show their determination to implement their principles and to make efforts that should not be unilateral.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3222 (1993) · source
“Keeping the balance between voluntary contributions, primarily from the Greek and Cypriot Governments, and the collective effort will be indispensable to maintaining UNFICYP. Every year the Council will reassess the Force, on the basis of a report to be prepared by the Secretary-General. It will explore necessary measures to adapt the machinery to the realities of the day. In our view, it will be a question of gradually converting the unit into a force of observers until eventually, when the political situation permits, it is disbanded. This original procedure will ensure that we are careful not to let any settlement process to which we are committed to become bogged down, The protagonists will be in New York for a little longer yet. We place great hopes in their meeting. We would regret it if the talks came to an impasse.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3222 (1993) · source
“With a political settlement of the Cypriot question, its structure will gradually be adapted to new needs created by the implementation of confidence-building measures and progress in political negotiations, for which the set of ideas established by the Secretary-General following intensive talks with all the parties will constitute the framework. 8/PV.3222 9 In financial terms, a new balance has been established, a balance between voluntary contributions by those who benefit from the protection given by the United Nations forces and mandatory contributions by States. The principle of collective responsibility has been reaffirmed. We attach great importance to this. But we also wish to highlight another, equally important principle, that the beneficiaries must help finance their security, to the extent that they are able.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3222 (1993) · source
“When peace-keeping operations are increasing in regions experiencing genuine tragedies, placing crushing human and financial burdens on the United Nations, the implications of this new text should be understood by those who benefit from such operations. Agreeing that the financing of UNFICYP should change from being by voluntary contributions to mandatory contributions amounts to requiring that all Member States assume responsibility in a conflict which has lasted for nearly 30 years, even though the broad outlines of reconciliation have long been defined. This effort must be reciprocated. The wording of the resolution clearly spells out what we expect. UNFICYP will not be deployed for ever.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3222 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): The adoption of this resolution today, while the Cypriot communities, under United Nations aegis, are here discussing their future, seems to me to be striking proof of the international community's support for a peaceful settlement of their dispute. I also see in this coincidence a significant fact: the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) must from now on operate in conditions of reunification and reconciliation instead of simply being a buffer preventing violent confrontations. By the resolution the international community is making a significant effort to help of the Cypriots.”
1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3222 (1993) · source
“France is pleased, therefore, that the initiative that it took this past February has led to such a resounding expression by the United Nations of our common resolve not to tolerate infamy and to assert the rule of law. My country hopes that this message will be understood by all and that it will help silence the guns on the territory of the former Yugoslavia.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“Thirdly, we believe that, pursuant to Article 9, paragraph 2, the Tribunal may intervene at any stage of the procedure and assert its primacy, including from the stage of investigation where appropriate, in the situations covered under Article 10, paragraph 2. Resolution 827 (1993) was adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter. The threat to international peace and security created by the serious situation in the former Yugoslavia justifies recourse to those provisions. This resolution, which is a decision within the meaning of Article 25 of the Charter, thus now applies to all States. This means, specifically, that all States are required to cooperate fully with the Tribunal, even if this obliges them to amend certain provisions of their domestic law.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“That work has made it possible for us to adopt the draft Statute very quickly and without amendment, I should like to make a few brief comments on this subject: firstly, the expression "laws or customs of war" used in Article 3 of the Statute covers specifically, in the opinion of France, all the obligations that flow from the humanitarian law agreements in force on the territory of the former Yugoslavia at the time when the offences were committed, Secondly, with regard to Article 5, that Article applies to all the acts set out therein when committed in violation of the law during a period of armed conflict on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, within the context of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population for national, political, ethnic, racial or religious reasons.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“The Statute was worked out at the request of the Security Council, pursuant to resolution 808 (1993), by the Secretary-General and his colleagues, in particular Mr. Carl-August Fleischhauer, in a very short period of time, and my delegation wishes to pay a tribute to the outstanding quality of their work.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): In adopting resolution 827 (1993), the Security Council has just established an International Tribunal that will prosecute, judge and punish people from any community who have committed or continue to commit crimes in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. The Nuremberg Tribunal and the Tokyo tribunal judged, on behalf of humanity in its entirety, those who had breached the most elementary rules. Those Tribunals were established by the victors at the end of a war. 'Today, through the Security Council, it is the international community that is establishing the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia. The Statute of the Tribunal that we have adopted under resolution 827 (1993) defines its competence and mandate.”
1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source
“On that point, the French Government wishes to pay tribute to the resolute action of the Secretary-General's Special Representative and the entire UNTAC team, who have permitted the holding of the electoral campaign and made possible the holding of the election, despite the difficult conditions in which it must take place. It is important for our Council to send a clear and unanimous message reaffirming its commitment to endorsing the results of the elections, provided that they are certified free and fair by the United Nations, and issuing a warning to any party that might be tempted to resort to violence in order to challenge the democratic process. Before this decisive election for the future of the Cambodian people begins, France appeals for respect for democratic principles, for reason, and for faith in the future of Cambodia.”
1993-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3213 (1993) · source
“The violence and acts of intimidation committed by those who reject democratic debate have not succeeded in deterring almost 5 million Cambodians from registering to vote or preventing the formation of 20 parties - 17 of which, it should be emphasized, have come into being thanks to the presence of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) - or preventing tens of thousands of people from participating daily in political meetings in almost every part of the country. That bears witness to the restoration of political debate and political life in the country. It is an unprecedented event, which the serious difficulties encountered in implementing the Paris Agreements should not be allowed to obscure.”
1993-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3213 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMER (France) (interpretation from French): The resolution that the Security Council has just unanimously adopted attests once again to the international community's commitment to assisting the Cambodian people freely to decide its future. In a few days' time the Cambodian people, which has experienced years of tragedy, civil war and isolation, will be able to express its will through the holding of free and democratic elections organized by the United Nations. The determination of the Cambodian people in this regard is remarkable and commendable.”
1993-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3213 (1993) · source
“This coming 12 June, when the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's withdrawal from the Non-Proliferation Treaty becomes effective, is a date that is today very much on our minds. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea must realize that the passing of that deadline will not exonerate it and that it will prompt our Council, as is provided for in the resolution we have adopted, to draw all the appropriate conclusions.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“Now that we are at last seeing readiness on the part of the Pyongyang authorities to enter into a special bilateral dialogue with one of the members of the Council, a depository State of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, this resolution represents, above all, a solemn and firm appeal by the Council for reason - that is to say, an appeal for respect for commitments freely entered into and for keeping the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the international community. This text is not, therefore, an end in itself. However much importance is attached in this forum to the primacy of dialogue, my delegation believes that the Council cannot much longer be acquiescent in the face of the procrastination of the Pyongyang authorities. They should be fully aware that the patience of the international community is not unlimited.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“The resolution we have just adopted, in the drafting of which my delegation took an active part, attests to this resolve to settle a disturbing Situation which, it should once more be noted, represents an important disagreement between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the whole of the international community and not, as some would sometimes portray it, a Simple bilateral crisis. The above notwithstanding, the text of the resolution is not intended to be threatening, and it does take into account some of the prospects opening up in parallel to our multilateral framework.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“At the same time, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has not yet announced its intention to revoke its decision to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). This state of affairs makes it necessary today for the Council to manifest, clearly and unambiguously, its determination to see the emergence of an early settlement for this grave situation which seriously jeopardizes both the stability of the Korean peninsula and, to an even greater extent, the future of non~proliferation regimes.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): One month ago, the members of our Council clearly expressed, in the form of a presidential statement, their concern over the situation upon which we were briefed in this forum on 6 April by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). We must take note that since that time, there has been no fundamental change in the situation. Despite the urgent appeals of the international community, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea continues, as is indicated by the various communications received by the Council, in its refusal to fully comply with the commitments undertaken under the safeguards agreement entered into with the IAEA.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source
“European States members of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe would then have to define as a priority objective the application of the principle of the peaceful settlement of disputes to which they have committed themselves; this would permit the United Nations Force very quickly to become a observer force with the mandate of overseeing the implementation of confidence-building measures and the reconciliation process.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“I think it important to welcome the generous gestures made by the Governments of Cyprus and Greece, which reflected their sense of responsibility and their concern to take in hand one of the elements of their security. Those additionai efforts will merit specific mention when the Council sets about redefining the structure of UNTICYP, for voluntary contributions supplemented by the assessed contributions of Members are clearly an essential element for maintaining the Force. I have no doubt that our task would be facilitated even further if manifestations of political courage and imagination showed the Council that the parties had the intention of speedily tackling the political solution of their disputes if the parties displayed an indisputable will for reconciliation.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“Mr, MERIMEER (France) (interpretation from French): My delegation supported draft resolution S/25693 in order to take note of the progress that had been made, and so as not to block the consensus that seemed to be emerging on the text. We regret that negotiations over the past week, despite the spirit of compromise on the part of all, could not overcome the remaining objections of some. In our view, however, the Council's inability to adopt the draft resolution does not mean the end of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP); it only means that the text requires further improvement and that additional consultations are needed to reach, within a reasonable time, a solution acceptable to all.”
1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source
“Their participation in this humanitarian mission would be an increased quarantee of protection for the unfortunate civilian populations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose lives we all wish to save and whose hardships we all wish to lighten.”
1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source
“In that regard, the example of the city of Srebrenica has given us valuable experience by showing us both the limits and advantages arising from the establishment of a safe area. The most important thing is protection, to save the human lives seriously threatened by the extension of the conflict. France, heavily represented at the military level in Bosnia and Herzegovina under United Nations auspices, is already fulfilling its duty to protect the safe areas in the Bihac region and in Sarajevo itself. I should like to make an urgent appeal to the United Nations Member States that are parties to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe - major guarantors of international peace and security ~ to contribute as soon as possible to assuming and protecting other safe areas.”
1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source
“True, the information at our disposal is fragmentary, but the Council's concern is heightened by the fact that the military observers whom the United Nations Protection Force tried to send to Zepa to gain an overview of the situation were prevented from reaching their destination. In requesting all the parties concerned henceforth to treat the cities of Zepa, Gorazde, Tuzla, Bihac and Sarajevo as safe areas, free from armed attacks and from any other hostile acts likely to endanger the well-being and the safety of their inhabitants, the Security Council intends first and foremost to send the clearest and most humanitarian signal to the fighting parties: The civilian populations must no longer be made to bear the consequences of the Bosnian conflict.”
1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): I should like to extend to you, Sir, the congratulations of my delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. My delegation also wholeheartedly endorses the compliments you addressed to Ambassador Marker, our President last month. The draft resolution before us today is intended to convey the feelings and concern of our Council in the face of what must be considered a further deterioration in the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a growing threat to the security of the civilian populations in a number of communities, particularly in the eastern part of the country.”
1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source
“We welcome the Council's endorsement, with respect to the central question of the withdrawal of forces, of a formula that enjoyed nearly unanimous support within the CSCE. Finally, humanitarian assistance is the third element of our action. We are therefore particularly gratified that the Security Council has strongly reffirmed the principle of unimpeded access by civilians to aid. I conclude by reiterating that France will spare no effort, on the multilateral level, to promote dialogue and the quest for a negotiated peace and, on the bilateral level, to bring a moderating influence to bear on the parties.”
1993-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3205 (1993) · source
“Here the preambular part of the resolution seems to us to strike a reasonable balance between acknowledging that tension exists between Armenia and Azerbaijan and recognizing the localized nature of the fighting. Secondly, everything should be done to promote a negotiated settlement. As a country that participates in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), France is playing an active role in that framework, particularly in what has come to be called the Minsk Group. The committee of high-level CSCE officials met from last Monday to last Wednesday at Prague; we regret that it was impossible on that occasion for the parties to arrive at any conclusion.”
1993-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3205 (1993) · source
“Mr. MERIMEE (France) (interpretation from French): My delegation welcomes the Council's unanimous adoption of resolution 822 (1993) on the situation in Nagorny-Karabakh. In this way the international community is expressing its interest in a painful conflict to which the authorities and the public of my country attach very special interest. The French Government is guided in all it does with respect to this conflict by three principles; we. welcome the fact that these are faithfully reflected in the resolution the Council has just adopted: First, we think it essential to prevent these clashes from turning into a conflict between States.”
1993-04-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3205 (1993) · source
“Just as our determination went one step further with resolution 816 (1993), so today we are not ruling out going even further if it proves necessary so to do.”
1993-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3200 (1993) · source