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lines on the record: 54
first: 1992-11-16
most recent: 1995-12-15
sittings or episodes: 7
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“Sarajevo, as a united and undivided capital and as an open city for all its citizens, shall again be not only a symbol of the ethnic, religious and cultural diversity and richness of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but a new Babylon and the birthplace of new international hope and solidarity. We have endured horrendous suffering during this long aggression, and we hope we shall even better endure the challenges of peace. In conclusion, I would like remember and pay respect to all those Bosniacs, Croats and Serbs for Whom the promise of peace came too late.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“Not a single part of this peace package may be undermined, abandoned or deformed in its implementation, as that would shake confidence in the wholesomeness of the good intentions of the international community, a confidence which, after years of disappointment, has begun to return. Bosnia and Herzegovina and its people have the courage for peace. Our ultimate goal is an undivided Bosnia and Herzegovina, with democracy and human rights fully restored throughout the country and with prosperity for all. We do not want to build ethnic divisions or walls in our country. We have a long tradition of tolerance and of a common and harmonious life among diverse communities.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“But above all, we are committed to furthering existing democratic institutions and establishing new ones in order to restore the rule of law and order in every part of our country, which will guarantee safety, justice and respect for all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, regardless of their ethnic or religious background. Restoration of mutual confidence will be possible if Bosnian Serb authorities do the same in the territories that will be under their control at the beginning of the process of peace and normalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This will be possible if those who have committed war crimes are brought to justice and are prevented from playing any future political role. Justice must not be sacrificed, as such a sacrifice would only threaten to destroy this whole peace project.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“We have learned, despite painful concessions for peace, to define our victory in the lives that we can save and in the opportunity to rebuild and reinstate, throughout our country, democracy, the highest standards of human rights, safety and security for all our citizens, and at least a minimum of conditions necessary for a decent life. In this context, I should like once again to stress the reassurances of my Government to the Serb population that will come under the control of the Government of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation, emphasizing that we have always believed that a multi-ethnic Bosnia can be preserved only with Bosniacs, Croats, Serbs and others living together in equality, tolerance and respect for all. In the coming days, we will have to exercise enormous patience, sensitivity and forgiveness.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“However, they will also have to accept the fact that there will be no refuge from justice, since absolution from the crimes committed has never been, and will never be, a part of a peace deal. In this regard, the commitment to the pursuit of justice through the international war crimes Tribunal must be unwavering on our part and on the part of all members of the international community. Without justice, there shall be no reconciliation. Without reconciliation, this peace may not endure. As for us, we will not seek revenge.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“However, we believe that it is more just than the continuation of war and that, in the long run, it can work for all people in my country and against notorious war criminals and the crimes they have committed. We tend to believe that, in the course of time, this peace will mature and become just and that, through measures ensuring the return of refugees and guaranteeing human rights for all, the logic of peace, tolerance and coexistence shall gradually replace the logic of division along ethnic and religious lines, even on the side and in the minds of those who have pursued it for too long. They shall have to learn that the effects of crimes must be reversed and that they will have to abide by law and by the standards of civilized society, since that will be the only way to final peace.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“As a host country to the Implementation Force, we pledge our unwavering support, cooperation and, more important, partnership in the implementation of the Peace Agreement. With the Peace Agreement initialled in Dayton on 21 November and signed yesterday in Paris, one of the most savage aggressions against a Member State may have come to an end and the restoration of the culture of peace may be under way. In this regard, the international community must make sure that any further economic or other assistance be tailored in such a way as to promote peace, democracy and human rights for all. This Peace Agreement may have many faults now. Primarily, it can hardly be seen as a perfect or just one.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“I also recognize the role that the United Nations has played in the promotion of human rights, though in some instances, regrettably, as has been the case in parts of my country under Serb control, it had little effect. I would also like to take a moment to remember all those committed and devoted peace-keepers and aid workers who have spent some of the last three-and-a-half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina trying to alleviate the suffering of the innocent civilians. In particular, we remember all those peace-keepers and humanitarian workers who have given their lives in the performance of their noble duties in my country. Their work and commitment will always be remembered with solemn gratitude, but also with sadness for their loss, by the people and the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“My special gratitude goes to President Clinton, his Administration, the American people and the United States Congress, and to the French people, President Chirac and the French Government for their recent hosting of the peace talks in Dayton and yesterday's signing ceremony in Paris. As we move on, ushering the new mission for the implementation of the Peace Agreement into my country - for too long a victim of aggression - I note with appreciation the overall efforts of the United Nations Peace Forces to help create the conditions for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to provide protection for various humanitarian actions, which has often placed many of them in perilous situations.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. The task before you is challenging and I recognize the able manner in which you have led the deliberations of this body so far. Allow me also to extend my sincere congratulations to Ambassador Al-Khussaiby of Oman, who presided over the Council last month. His leadership was outstanding. Today, the Council will decide upon a comprehensive resolution on the various aspects of the implementation of the Peace Agreement reached in Dayton and signed in Paris yesterday. Allow me to express our appreciation to all the members of the Contact Group for their tireless efforts towards a peace agreement in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1995-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3607 (1995) · source
“But we must be courageous, face the truth and acknowledge that this world could be in a healthier and more fortunate phase had greater responsibility been exercised, had principles been abided by, and had there been greater respect for the existing norms and principles upon which this Organization is based. which should be defended rather than arbitrarily interpreted by various bodies or individuals. It is our sincere hope and belief that this debate and the many contributions made to it by Member States will revitalize the Organization's approach to strengthening intemational peace and security in the future.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Regrettably, however, we have far too often witnessed the manipulation of information in various ways, including the suppression of accurate information, while unverified - or very difficult to verify - information is supplied. In this fashion, dealing with such individuals, who are certainly easily recognizable, it will be impossible rationally to resolve international crises or to enhance the credibility of the United Nations. It will also be difficult to pursue the new world order, which should promote peace and prosperity for all countries. It is certainly a success that this planet Earth has remained in its orbit, despite all that has been done to it in this century. and we recognize that this Organization deserves a great deal of credit for this success.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“This issue of accountability is as critical to the functioning of the United Nations as the issue of finances, because without accountability there is no credibility, without which the United Nations cannot function. My last point is that important bases for the development of policy and the formulation of important decisions and their successful implementation include a proper understanding of events, calling things by their proper names and ensuring the speedy provision of timely and exact information. This has been rightly emphasized by many speakers, particularly eloquently by the Ambassador of Ireland and, yesterday, by the representative of the United Kingdom.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Disregard for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of a Member State and a Security Council mandate, as was done by the Co-Chairmen of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia in their approval of illicit fuel shipments to the so-called Croatian Serbs, in violation of resolution 820 (1993). Failure to report and act on crimes against humanity, as was the case in mid-summer 1992, when UNPROFOR reports confirming the existence of concentration camps, where tens of thousands of men, women and children had been starved, tortured, raped and murdered, had been kept confidential. All of these actions in and of themselves warrant a serious inquiry into the individuals responsible for them. As they are only examples of a greater pattern, it is high time to create and develop mechanisms for accountability.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Bosnia has seen numerous cases of abuse by what is most probably only a small group of individuals. These cases include: Neglect for fact in an effort to equate legal Governments and criminal gangs, as evidenced by a 76-page report entitled "Who's Who of Former Yugoslavia", put out in June 1994 by the Department of United Nations Military Information in Zagreb, which was later admitted by United Nations officials to be factually marred. Suppression of fact in order to exonerate and protect those who have violated a safe area, as was the case in Gorazde, and to exonerate and protect those who have violated both safe area and international border, the so-called Knin Serbs.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“This action would directly threaten NATO pilots, reduce the NATO alliance to a bargaining chip and further set back what security mechanisms there are for the populations of the safe areas and the peace-keepers. The folly of this action is even more glaring when one considers the following excerpt from "An Agenda for Peace": "The fault [for unresolved conflicts] lies first in the lack of political will to seek a solution and second, in the lack of leverage at the disposal of a third party". (S/24111, para. 34) Despite the fact that in Bosnia only the Karadzic Serbs, in their rejection of the Contact Group peace plan, can be associated with the first fault, it was considered to neutralize further what little leverage - namely, NATO - was at the disposal of the UNPROFOR Commander in Bosnia.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“There have been too many instances in Bosnia alone, not to mention other peace-keeping or peacemaking missions, that necessitate an in-depth study as to how to ensure that individuals entrusted with mandates by this Organization do not deviate from them or from the principles of the Charter, standard ethical behaviour and common sense. For examples of such poor behaviour, we could go back as far as mid-summer 1992, yet we need only go back to this past Monday, when it was reported and confirmed that the Commander of UNPROFOR in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was ready to hand over flight plans of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to the Karadzic Serbs.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“The Secretary-General's assessment that none of the instruments available to maintain international peace and security can be used unless adequate resources are made available is one which I believe every Member State can agree with. But there is also the question of how finances made available are being spent. It is widely acknowledged, for example, that UNPROFOR in Zagreb has an excess of Land Rovers, regularly seen on the streets of the city. This money could have gone to a better end, such as defensive equipment for Bangladeshi peace-keepers in Bihac. As with any administrative organ, spending errors do take place and need to be corrected.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Impartiality cannot lead to progress if it means accepting the blocking of humanitarian convoys and of the delivery of fuel and other aid, in order to benefit the aims of conquest and siege, being resigned to entire units of UNPROFOR being taken hostage and informing those who have shelled hospitals in safe areas when and where the "cosmetic" or "proportionate" airstrike against an offending tank will take place. It is absolutely unacceptable that Security Council mandates are perverted to benefit those whose only international persona is that of international pariah and who reject peace in favour of a war inspired by an appetite for the territory and resources of a sovereign Member State as well as by xenophobic hatred.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“In a situation such as that in Bosnia, where mandates have been pronounced in reaction to "ethnic cleansing" and siege, impartiality is incompatible with the fulfilment of the safe area and aid delivery mandates, especially when, as pronounced by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Abuses in the Former Yugoslavia, "ethnic cleansing" and siege are practised as policy by the Serbian forces. This has led to a gross inconsistency in the pursuance of agreed policies and measures necessary for the implementation of Council mandates. In total disregard of the situation on the ground, a zealousness in diminishing the range and spirit of mandates has come to characterize the policy of some involved in UNPROFOR's chain of command.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“It is widely agreed that all conflicts have their peculiar characteristics, which the United Nations has often found itself to be ignorant of, thus pursuing an approach that has little impact on the conflict - or even a negative impact. As for the application of impartiality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it has very often served to undermine Security Council mandates, especially with respect to the protection of safe areas and the delivery of humanitarian aid.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Furthermore, those who are mediating must have an understanding of the background; they must understand exactly who the parties to a conflict are and their motives for fighting. Are their motives consistent with the Charter? What policies have they pursued? To what extent are they legitimate or illegitimate? These and other questions must be answered before one can decide whether or not impartiality should be applied. The finding in chapter III, section A, "Preventive diplomacy and peacemaking", that impartiality is essential to peace-keeping operations, is at least deserving of scrutiny and in no way deserves to be treated as an absolute. The United Nations must be careful as to what it judges to be a peace-keeping operation and the assumptions under which it will decide to work.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“We would concur with the assessment of the Supplement that the resolution of conflicts "requires patient diplomacy and the establishment of a political process that permits, over a period of time, the building of confidence and negotiated solutions to long-standing differences". (S/1995/1, para. 36) But it would be careless to accept such an assessment on absolute terms. Our case has demonstrated that political processes can be used as a cover for prolonging aggression. As for the time required, it must not be indefinite, and those involved in negotiations must, if necessary, be ready to swallow their pride, admit failure and pursue action that may be dramatically different to the failed process.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“26) are most welcome and, if it does this with diligence, it can greatly reduce the number of conflicts and the burden of the Department of Peace-Keeping. Regional organizations like the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), and others, can contribute to the success of the Department by regularly providing it with information, while the Organization as a whole must improve its credibility so that individual Member States will be more forthcoming in providing as well as asking for necessary assistance.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“The Supplement also rightly points out - and our situation offers an example - that humanitarian endeavours are hampered. "because the relief of a particular population is contrary to the war aims of one or other of the parties". (ibid., para. 18) That is why today the Karadzic Serbs continue to block Sarajevo's blue route, and why they do not allow wood shipments to the city. As was confirmed Tuesday by United Nations spokesman Chris Janowski, "They just want to keep people cold and miserable". The temperature in Sarajevo yesterday was minus 20 degrees Celsius; today it is even lower. The creation of the Department of Political Affairs and its ability to "follow political developments worldwide" (ibid., para.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“First and foremost, we would like to fully associate ourselves with paragraph 16 of the Supplement. We are indeed of the view that the personnel of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), particularly those outside the top command circles, have performed with great courage, commitment and bravery under incredibly harsh and frustrating circumstances. As for chapter II of the Supplement, "Quantitative and Qualitative Changes," we concur with the finding that most post-cold-war conflicts are of an intra-State nature, "though some of them, especially in the former Yugoslavia, have some inter-State dimensions also". (S/Z995/J, para. 11) The Bosnian experience has provided one of the most clear-cut examples of the Supplement's finding that "civilians are the main victims and often the main targets" (ibid., para. 12) of such conflicts.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Barely three months after the aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina had started, the Secretary-General delivered "An Agenda for Peace", emphasizing the objective of achieving "a United Nations capable of maintaining international peace and security, of securing justice and human rights and of promoting, in the words of the Charter, 'social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom'." (S/24II], para. 3) Since then, the United Nations has been through both success and failure, and has been given numerous lessons which, as the Secretary-General rightly states in paragraph 6 of the Supplement, we must learn if we are to attain the objectives of the Charter. It is in this context of first hand experience that we will make our statement today.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“The original "Agenda for Peace" was one of several appropriate channels through which this Organization began to address the post-cold-war challenges. It offered some enlightening analyses and many ideas that can benefit the pursuits of the United Nations. The "Supplement to An Agenda for Peace" is no less valuable a document in its acknowledgment that the international community continues to be in transition, and that at this moment there can be no absolute theories or methods. The situation in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was one of the first challenges encountered by the international community and this Organization, and it remains a challenge.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Let me begin by expressing, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, our most sincere condolences to the Government of Japan and to the families of the victims of the earthquake that struck Kobe. We are confident, though, that with resolve and perseverance the people of Japan will overcome the tragedy that has befallen them. It is indeed reassuring to see Ambassador Cardenas at the helm of this ship, and we are confident that he will guide it with skill and diligence. Allow me at the outset to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his ongoing efforts and study concerning the ways to strengthen international peace and security, as expressed in his "Agenda for Peace" and its supplement.”
1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source
“If this resolution is adopted, we are hoping to see a new course of action evolve, but today's reports indicate otherwise. Unless a new course is undertaken, one characterized by determination and not by impotence, then not only Bosnia but this Organization will suffer serious consequences. The international community should ask itself how far it can retreat from continued Serbian encroachments - encroachments not just against Bosnian land and people, but against Security Council resolutions, the Charter, and all relevant principles of international law and order. What kind of "new reality" will this retreat create? And finally, who will venture once more to ask my Government to face this new reality in the making?”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“This would come at the expense of the peace plan drawn up by the Contact Group itself, at the expense of unitary and multi-ethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the expense of the Bosnian population and at the expense of regional stability. Yet Bosnians are not the only ones gravely concerned at this abandonment and appeasement, for this abandonment and appeasement come also at the expense of this Organization and the Charter on which it is based. What are the smaller nations of the United Nations, some with very powerful and aggressive neighbours, to think? For more than two and a half years, the standards set by the Geneva Conventions and by the Charter have plummeted, so much so that future aggressors can only scoff at the idea of international resolve.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“Why then has the Council not called for an update on the success, or lack thereof, of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) monitoring mission? The only thing worse than having military factors abdicate commitments and appease the arrogant and aggressive actions of Bosnian and Krajina Serbs is for civilian factors to do the same. Yet, it is being widely reported that the Contact Group, the civilian factors entrusted with bringing peace to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, are now considering allowing war criminals in Pale to confederate with Serbia and Montenegro, and also considering making further territorial concessions to the Pale Serbs.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“I have to inform the Council that today President Izetbegovic sent a letter to the Secretary-General alerting him that Karadzic's Serbs have installed systems of surface-to-air missiles around the safe areas of Gorazde, Zepa and Srebrenica. Rather than permitting action against the surface-to- air missiles which threaten NATO pilots in the Bihac region, the UNPROFOR command has chosen to ground NATO jets, abrogating the mandated enforcement of the "no-fly zone", and only two weeks after "Krajina Serb" jets strafed and bombed Bihac civilians. Even more discouraging is the fact that some Council members have not publicly asked where these air-defence systems came from, and when.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) jets supplementing UNPROFOR's efforts have been fired upon, while Serb forces have recently been equipped with air defence systems. More than 400 UNPROFOR soldiers have been, in United Nations parlance, "detained", by Serbian forces. Serbian forces today fired three rockets into the Presidency building while the Special Representative of the Secretary-General was in the building, detailing the provisions of a cease-fire to which my Government agreed days ago. Regrettably, today's news suggests that the UNPROFOR command is not yet ready or willing to meet these challenges, but is once again taking a path that by now is spattered with blood, costly failure, and broken promises.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“In short, this resolution would, if adopted, pragmatically respond to the challenges that the transgressing Serb parties have presented to this Council and to UNPROFOR itself. On the other hand, the failure of this resolution would signify an evasion of responsibility, as well as ignoring and abrogating decisions of the Security Council. However, we are of the view that those members who fail to support this draft resolution would practically be associating themselves with the Knin and Pale authorities. And if some consider it now acceptable to send fuel to Knin and Pale, what will be considered acceptable later? But even as we speak, we are being presented with new Serb challenges and outrages to international law and order.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“The legal and, moreover, the practical absurdity of the mission's actions are self-evident. It is unfortunate that because of an absence of will on the part of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) command to implement Security Council resolutions, this Council must, for the second time in as many weeks, consider mandates already in existence. Nevertheless, we would welcome this resolution, as it sends the message that strategic resources such as fuel, directed to the so-called Krajina Serbs cannot be used for the pursuit of war and for violations of international law, nor can they be used for the benefit of the Bosnian Serb party. It would also give some desperately required reinforcement to the clear mandate on the delivery of humanitarian aid.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“In this latest offensive, the Krajina Serbs have blatantly and with impunity violated, first, an international border; secondly, a United Nations-designated safe area; thirdly, a United Nations-established no-fly zone; fourthly, the demilitarized status of the United Nations Protected Areas; and fifthly, the Vance plan for Croatia. The Krajina Serbs have also sent some of this fuel to their cohorts in Bosnia, thus undermining the objectives that the Security Council set in resolution 943 (1994), adopted only 10 weeks ago. These fuel shipments have also allowed both the Croatian and the Bosnian Serbs to fire upon United Nations peace-keeping troops, putting these committed soldiers in direct jeopardy of life and limb and forcing them to abandon posts established within the Bihac safe area.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“26) With total clarity, paragraph 12 prohibits the "import to, export from and transshipment through the United Nations Protected Areas in the Republic of Croatia and those areas of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the control of Bosnian Serb forces, with the exception of essential humanitarian supplies", saying that they "shall be permitted only with proper authorization" from the Governments of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Furthermore, this fuel is in addition to the fuel which the so-called Krajina Serbs regularly receive under other decisions, and has subsequently been used to carry out their war efforts against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“The need for this draft resolution has been brought about not just because of the failure of resolution 820 (1993) - and specifically paragraph 12 - to be implemented, but also because the monitoring Mission of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia itself has, wittingly or unwittingly, facilitated the violation of paragraph 12, as indicated in the 2 November report of the International Conference's Co- Chairmen, whereby: "fuel is transported on 52 specially designated trucks ... Normally, convoys of some 20 trucks, escorted by police, transit into Croatia ... trucks leave Belgrade two to three times a week." (S/1994/1246, para.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“Allow me from the outset to congratulate His Excellency Ambassador Bakuramutsa on his assumption of the presidency of this Security Council. We are fully confident that he will ably lead this Council in confronting all the challenges it may encounter, especially at this time, when the credibility and even the utility of this Organization are in question. Also, allow me to commend Her Excellency Ambassador Albright on the determined, eloquent and energetic fashion in which she led November's deliberations. The draft resolution before us this evening is a manifestation of why the Security Council and the United Nations as a whole are in a position in which their credibility and utility are in question.”
1994-12-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3475 (1994) · source
“Let me conclude by stating that the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina stands ready to cooperate with the newly elected Government of South Africa, as our dreams are one and the same, and looks forward to doing so.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbian extremists continue their campaigns of extermination and expulsion; in Italy, France, Germany and Great Britain and in the former communist countries neo-fascists engage in harassment and murder of minority populations; and even here in the United States, one-time presidential candidate David Duke called on white Americans to help white separatists in South Africa create their own ethnically homogeneous State, an idea, I believe, we all find repulsive. We members of the family of nations must help the Government of South Africa fend off those extremists, who still pursue dreams of ethnic and racial division and domination. It is our moral duty, as well as our legal duty.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“de Klerk, and many others like them, who forsook the ways of the past to take on the responsibilities of the present and create a future for this brave South Africa. The myths of racial division were rejected for the truths of democratic pluralism. The legitimacy of these truths was demonstrated to all the world in April during the first all- race, multi-party elections, which were free and fair, as witnessed by the international community. Now a just and prosperous future for all South Africans is being moulded by a united, democratic, non-racial Government, inaugurated earlier this month. By challenges still exist for South Africans and the international community. In ideology and in practice, racism and racial discrimination pose dangerous threats to pluralism and equality everywhere.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“The Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina would like to take this opportunity to offer its most heartfelt congratulations to the newly elected Government and the people of South Africa on their accession to a society based upon freedom, democracy and respect of human rights. The resolution to be adopted today by the Security Council is yet another milestone in South Africa's return to normality and the family of nations. The lifting of the sanctions imposed by all the relevant resolutions will help stimulate the economic development needed to facilitate the democratic trends in South Africa. The people of South Africa, now free of apartheid, should also be free of poverty. 18 But now there is a new South Africa, spawned by the wisdom and courage of President Nelson Mandela, and the vision of Vice-President F. W.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“Allow me at the outset, Sir, to express the honour our delegation feels in being able to address the Security Council, headed by you, at this historic meeting. Also allow me to commend your Ambassador, His Excellency Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, for his distinguished leadership and skill in directing the work of the Council, and to express my appreciation to the previous President, His Excellency Ambassador Colin Keating, for his courageous and fruitful job during the very trying month of April. It is a special honour to be able to welcome His Excellency Mr. Thabo Mbeki, the First Executive Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, who moments ago eloquently presented the dreams and concerns of the South African people.”
1994-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3379 (1994) · source
“Though my delegation does not find any legal basis on which the Council should accommodate the representative of a State that is not a United Nations Member, we believe that each of us, after all, has benefited from this small inconsistency. After hearing the statement made by Mr. Djokic, I believe the Council was only assured that tonight's very often-quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Churkin was absolutely right. 56”
1994-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3367 (1994) · source
“Indeed, he has of!ercd some new and alas again distorted "facts", fabricated and signed with the same hand that has left its bloody signature in the Bosnian wounds. Allowing Mr. Djokic to address the Security Council today, I am afraid that we in this Chamber all got more than we bargained for.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Djokic's Government fulfilled its promises, the aggression in Bosnia and He:segovina would already be over. In addition, he did not tet] the Council anything that his Government has even tried to do. Instead of choosing a conciliatory approach, instead of being an envoy who is a little self-critical who conveys messages of good will if not of good deeds, he has repeated most of the o14 insinuations used by Serbian propagandists and their masters since che onset of the crisis in former Yugoslavia. To blame Bosnian Muslims, Croats and Busnian leaders, Mr. Djokic has ayain'elaborated old. unfounded accusations that the Belgrade leaders used as justification of their aggression, abhorrent "ethnic cleansing" and genecide in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“There appears to be no legal precedent or procedure that would ailow the delegation in question to participate in these discussions, and we believe that this was done by the Council strictly out of yood will, But it seems to me that good will towards the Belgrade regime has again failed to pay. Mr. Djokic told this Council what his Government has done so far to centribute to the peaceful resolution of the war in Bosnia. The word "war" is an janappropriate notion. It cannot ve called a war when heavily armed forces are fighting barehanded civilians. He has obviously confused notions. He has tried to camouflage terrorism and introduce it as thouga it were simply a war. That is nothing suprising. In fact Mr. Djokic told the Council what his Government has promised to do. If Mr.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source
“Allow me, Mr. President, to extend my deep appreciation to you for convening chese meetings of the Security Council in respect of the horrific situation in my country. Allow me also to express my gratitude to the Contact Groug of the Organization of the Islamic Conference for its role in bringing about these meetings. Finally I wish to express my deep appreciation to all delegations, from that of Afghanistan to that of Zimbabwe, that have spoken in our support at these meetings. Let me also say that my delegation was deeply puzzled by the participation of a representative of the so-called government of the so-called Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the work of this body, especally when one considers the conclusions of the Security Council in its resolution 777 (1992) and General Aaseubly resolution 46/242.”
1992-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3137 (1992) · source