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first: 1997-01-10
most recent: 2005-10-13
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“I thank the representative of Qatar for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Egypt. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Qatar. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Morocco for his kind words addressed tO me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Norway. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Algeria for his kind words addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Morocco. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of the United Arab Emirates for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker on my list is the representative of Algeria. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of the Sudan for the kind words he addressed to me, to my predecessor and to the Security Council. The next speaker is the representative of the United Arab Emirates. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“The Council must urge the parties to live up to their commitments and to comply with their obligations under international law and the agreements they have reached. In this context, my delegation is ready to consider, at an appropriate time, further action by the Council on this issue. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of the Sudan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“Such measures can only undermine the indispensable trust and confidence that the parties must build up in order to achieve a just, comprehensive and longstanding political settlement based on Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), and to establish a new relationship based on cooperation from which all countries and peoples of the region will benefit. In this regard, we appeal to the Israeli authorities to reconsider these decisions on the municipality of Jerusalem and to refrain from translating them into any concrete action, since this would only further derail the peace talks. We also appeal to the Israeli Government to accept, as quickly as possible, the current United States initiative, so that the peace process can resume. Portugal firmly believes that there is no alternative to the peace process in the Middle East.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“Furthermore, this decision follows a succession of unacceptable actions by the Israeli authorities against the Palestinian population in Jerusalem. Those actions violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, which applies de facto and de jure to the occupied territories, including Jerusalem. Unfortunately, these measures not only increase the frustration felt by all those who have been supporting the peace process, but they also encourage those forces on both sides which have been directly or indirectly opposing peace. This will also further complicate the task of those engaged in mediating or assisting the parties in the peace process in order to bring them together and help them overcome their differences.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“We would have expected to see the parties seated around the table, negotiating directly in a good atmosphere, enabling them to tackle the crucial issues which remain to be addressed. But unhelpful unilateral actions are creating serious obstacles to the peace process. I am referring in particular to the recent endorsement by the Government of Israel of plans to extend the municipal authority of Jerusalem in a way that will alter the status quo of the city and prejudge the outcome of the final status negotiations. We believe that this decision constitutes a violation of the numerous resolutions of the Security Council and General Assembly. We also believe that such a measure contravenes the terms of reference of the peace process and the spirit of the Oslo accords.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Portugal. Portugal fully subscribes to the statement made by the presidency of the European Union. The successful conclusion of the Hebron Protocol had led us to believe that Israel and the Palestinians would, at this moment, be focusing on the timely implementation of all the agreements they had already reached and would by now be starting talks on the final status. However, since then, the peace process has remained at a stalemate. That is why both the Council and the General Assembly, each according to its own responsibilities, are being called from time to time to deal with elements of disturbance that could jeopardize the peace process and disrupt international peace and security.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“I thank the Permanent Observer of Palestine for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Israel, to whom I give the floor.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“The Council is meeting in response to the request dated 23 June 1998 from the Charge d'affaires ad interim of the Permanent Mission of the Sudan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/ 1998/558). I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following documents: S/ 1998/481, S/l998/511, S/l998/535 and S/l998/557, letters dated 8, 15, 18 and 22 June 1998, respectively, from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General; and S/ 1998/579, letter dated 26 June 1998 from the Charge d'affaires ad interim of the Permanent Mission of the Sudan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council. The first speaker inscribed on my list is the Permanent Observer of Palestine, to whom I give the floor.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“Ali Al-Salafi, Charge d'affaires of the Office of the Permanent Observer for the League of Arab States to the United Nations, to participate in the Security Council's formal open debate on the situation in the occupied Arab territories, which will take place on Tuesday, 30 June 1998." This letter will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/1998/588. If I hear no objection, I shall take it that the Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 to His Excellency Mr. Al-Salafi. There being no objection, it is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“In accordance with past practice in this matter, I propose that the Council extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. There being no objection, it is so decided. I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated 29 June 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Bahrain to the United Nations, which reads as follows: "I have the honour to request the Security Council to extend an invitation under rule 39 of the rules of procedure to Mr.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated 29 June 1998 from the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, which reads as follows: "In my capacity as Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, I have the honour to request to participate, under rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, in the debate relating to the decision of the Government of Israel to expand the physical and administrative structure of Jerusalem." On previous occasions, the Security Council has extended invitations to representatives of other United Nations bodies in connection with the consideration of matters on its agenda.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“Nasser Al-Kidwa, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, to participate in the upcoming meeting of the Security Council on Tuesday, 30 June 1998, with regard to the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem." I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations to participate in the current debate in accordance with the rules of procedure and previous practice in this regard. There being on objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Al-Kidwa (Palestine) took a seat at the Council table.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“The President: I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter dated 26 June 1998 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, which will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol 8/1998/587 and which reads as follows: "I have the honour to request that, in accordance with its previous practice, the Security Council invite Dr.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“Gold (Israel) took a seat at the Council table; Mr. Baali (Algeria), Mr. Hossain (Bangladesh), Mr. Garcia (Colombia), Mr. Benitez Verso'n (Cuba), Mr. Elaraby (Egypt), Mr. Wibisono (Indonesia), Mr. Nejad Hosseinian (Islamic Republic ofIran), Mr. Hasan (Iraq), Mr. Abu-Nimah (Jordan), Mr. Abulhasan (Kuwait), Mr. Moubarak (Lebanon), Mr. Rastam (Malaysia), Mr. Ould Deddach (Mauritania), Mr. Snoussi (Morocco), Mr. Kolby (Norway), Mr. Al-Sameen (Oman), Mr. Al-Khalifa (Qatar), Mr. Al-Ahmed (Saudi Arabia), Mr. Erwa (Sudan), Mr. Wehbe (Syrian Arab Republic), Mr. Hachani (Tunisia), Mr. Samhan Al-Nuaimi (United Arab Emirates) and Mr. Al-Ashtal (Yemen) took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Algeria, Bangladesh, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr.”
1998-06-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3900 (1998) · source
“In favour: Bahrain, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, France, Gabon, Gambia, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1179 (1998). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 6.10 pm.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3898 (1998) · source
“If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolutions to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/1998/575. A vote was taken by Show of hands. In favour: Bahrain, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, France, Gabon, Gambia, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America The President: There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1178 (1998). I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/1998/576. A vote was taken by show of hands.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3898 (1998) · source
“The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cyprus, document S/1998/488 and Add.1; and the report of the Secretary-General on his mission of good offices in Cyprus, document S/1998/518. Members of the Council also have before them documents S/1998/575 and S/l998/576, which contain the texts of two draft resolutions prepared in the course of the Council's prior consultations. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the two draft resolutions (8/1998/575 and 8/1998/576) before it.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3898 (1998) · source
“"The Security Council recognizes the importance of special training of personnel involved in peacemaking, peacekeeping and peace-building activities on the needs, interests and rights of children, as well as on their treatment and protection. "The Security Council further recognizes that, whenever measures are adopted under Article 41 of the United Nations Charter, consideration should be given to their impact on the civilian population, bearing in mind the needs of children, in order to consider appropriate humanitarian exemptions." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/ 1998/ 18. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 6.05 p.m.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3897 (1998) · source
“"The Security Council, while dealing with situations of armed conflict, expresses its readiness to consider, when appropriate, means to assist with the effective provision and protection of humanitarian aid and assistance to civilian population in distress, in particular women and children; to consider appropriate responses whenever buildings or sites that usually have a significant presence of children, such as, inter alia, schools, playgrounds, hospitals, are specifically targeted; to support efforts aimed at obtaining commitments to put to an end the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts in violation of international law; to give special consideration to the disarmament and demobilization of child soldiers, and to the reintegration into society of children maimed or otherwise traumatized as a result of an armed conflict; and to support or promote child-focused mine clearance and mine-awareness programmes, as well as child-centred physical and social rehabilitation programmes.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3897 (1998) · source
“"The Security Council recognizes the importance of the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, supports his activities and welcomes his cooperation with all relevant programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations system which he deems appropriate. "The Security Council expresses its intention to pay serious attention to the situation of children affected by armed conflicts and, to this end, to maintain contact, as appropriate, with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and with the relevant programmes, funds and agencies of the United Nations system.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3897 (1998) · source
“"The Security Council strongly condemns the targeting of children in armed conflicts, including their humiliation, brutalization, sexual abuse, abduction and forced displacement, as well as their recruitment and use in hostilities in violation of international law, and calls upon all parties concerned to put an end to such activities. "The Security Council calls upon all parties concerned to comply strictly with their obligations under international law, in particular their obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, the Additional Protocols of 1977 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989. The Council stresses the obligation of all States to prosecute those responsible for grave breaches of international humanitarian law.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3897 (1998) · source
“In accordance with the decision taken at the Council's 3896th meeting, I invite the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Mr. Olara Otunnu, to take a seat at the Council table. The Council will now continue its consideration of the item on its agenda. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council expresses its grave concern at the harmful impact of armed conflict on children.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3897 (1998) · source
“As the Nobel Prize-winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, "It is immoral that adults should want children to fight their wars for them There is simply no excuse, no acceptable argument for arming children." I conclude by reaffirming the strong support of Portugal for the mandate of and the action being developed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. I hope that this open debate and the presidential statement to he delivered later on will represent useful tools to assist his endeavours to protect children in situations of armed conflict all over the world. I new resume my functions as President of the Council. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Council will continue its consideration of this item at its next meeting, to be converted immediately after the adjournment of this meeting.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“It is a fortunate coincidence that this debate among Members of the United Nations promoted by the Security Council precedes by one day the launching by a coalition of non-governmental organizations of a global campaign entitled "Stop Using Child Soldiers". This coalition includes Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Jesuit Refugees Service, the Quaker United Nations Office, the Radda Barnen Save the Children and the Terre des Hommes. The general mobilization required to combat the use of children in armed conflict will obviously need to awaken public opinion - from those sitting in front of their television sets to those who are grass-roots combatants. The partnership of the United Nations and its Member States with civil society - namely, the non-governmental organizations and the media - is vital to eradicate this scourge.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“The exposure of children to the consequences of armed conflicts is made banal by the recruitment of individuals under 18 years of age into their regular armies. These are young men and women who are not allowed to vote but are considered fit to enter combat. This is what Ambassador Otunnu told the Council on 11 June, defending his belief that it is necessary to establish internationally a minimum age of 18 years for military recruitment, through the optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Portugal hopes that the working group of the Commission on Human Rights established for that purpose will soon complete its work successfully.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“In this context, I recall a joint statement issued on 17 June 1998 by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Otunnu, the Executive Director of UNICEF, the High Commissioners for Refugees and for Human Rights and the Emergency Relief Coordinator: "The perpetrators of these atrocities are deaf to appeals from the international community We believe that much of the criminal violence in armed conflicts and rebellions is the result of impunity." To that end, the creation of an international criminal court, which Portugal wishes to see come to fruition in Rome, will be of decisive importance - an independent and well-equipped court to try and punish war criminals and those responsible for crimes against humanity, a court that will have the protection of the rights of children as an integral part of its statute and mandate, one that will take into account as a mitigating factor the young age of the accused while considering it an aggravating factor in the behaviour of adults when children have been involved in committing the crime.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“The Council can concede neither credibility nor legitimacy to such criminals, regardless of the part they might play in the resolution of the conflict. Here I am referring to concrete situations under consideration by the Council: the monstrous child mutilations committed by the leaders of the FARC/RUF in Sierra Leone; the cruel abduction of Ugandan children to reinforce the ranks of the Lord's Resistance Army; or the decisions taken in Afghanistan to prevent girls from attending school or having access to hospitals. The Security Council clearly has a political and ethical role to play in putting a stop to this impunity - a role complementary to the action of tribunals which must be assured at the national and international levels.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“It should watch over the protection of and respect for the rights of children, specifically through the mandates it gives to peacekeeping and peace-building operations. Within United Nations missions, priority should be given to programmes for national reconstruction and the social rehabilitation of children and youth. The Council should seek to assess in advance the impact of any sanctions regime on the situation of children and vulnerable groups, such as pregnant and nursing mothers, thus ensuring the necessary humanitarian exemptions to minimize their negative effects. Above all, however, the Council should combat, through its action, the sense of impunity in those belligerents responsible for the atrocities and abuses committed against children, whether they happen to be acting on behalf of Governments or not.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“The Security Council, in the exercise of its functions and responsibilities, and when deliberating what action it will take in any conflict, cannot fail to participate in this collective effort by the United Nations system. It must participate through reaction against the abuse and violations of the rights of children committed by the parties. Through the adoption of measures appropriate to each case, the parties should be led to respect effectively their obligations under international law, particularly under the Geneva Conventions and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Council should condemn the involvement of children in armed conflict, particularly their mobilization by regular forces or armed groups.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“Taking the lead is the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which has carried out notable efforts to alert us to the dimensions of the problem and to promote actions designed to counter it. But we also have the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and other Secretariat departments, such as the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations; as well as programmes, funds and agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Food Programme (WFP); and, finally, the international financial institutions, namely, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“We cannot continue to overestimate certain principles of relations between States and Governments at the expense of the rights of citizens whom those very States and Governments are supposed to protect - and, indeed, exist to protect. Peace and security, stability and prosperity, even national sovereignty: these goals are attainable only if human security is also assured, including that of children - especially that of children. The effect of armed conflict on children is one of those problems that, because of its seriousness, scope and nature, is relevant to the entire United Nations system and, directly or indirectly, falls into the area of competence of various departments, organs, programmes, funds and agencies.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“It is, however, paradoxical that practically every Member State of the United Nations has subscribed to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most inclusive of all instruments of international law, ratified by 191 countries; and yet, every day, we see a rapid increase in the number of children killed, injured, violated, exploited, uprooted and without support, in great part due to the effects of armed violence. At the threshold of the new millennium, despite the achievements of our species in many fields, that which distinguishes us from other creatures is at risk: the very essence of humanity, respect for the dignity of the human being - and in this case, the most vulnerable of all human beings. We in the United Nations have to act to stop or to minimize the suffering of children in armed conflict.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“Ambassador Otunnu has also called our attention to the failure of the local systems of traditional values that have always prevailed in any society, culture or region in defence of the innocent and the most vulnerable, especially children. We have, however, made some significant progress. The convergence of the efforts of all allowed us to take a major step in this struggle by adopting the Convention on the indiscriminate use of landmines, to which my country has the honour to have subscribed. Alongside other countries, and in a similar partnership with various non- governmental organizations, Portugal is now committed to bringing about the adoption of a convention to control the use of small arms.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“Those same technological advances permit the manufacture of mines and chemical and biological weapons, which blindly victimize the non- combatant population. On the other hand, despite the existence of normative international instruments - the Geneva Conventions, their respective Additional Protocols and the Convention on the Rights of the Child drawn up by the United Nations - and the extremely important role played by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the minimum standards of respect for human rights in situations of war are systematically ignored and violated both by governmental forces and by non-State actors.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“The Security Council is called upon on a daily basis to deliberate on situations and conflicts that illustrate the perverse development in the conduct of war in recent years, namely, that civilian populations - above all women and children - are increasingly affected by armed conflicts and transformed into the targets and tools of war. It is disheartening to compare, as Ambassador Otunnu did, the numbers of victims of current conflicts with those of the world wars of this century. On the one hand, technological advances explain that abhorrent development by permitting, for example, the production of small arms, which are easily manipulated by child soldiers, and stimulates the recruitment of children into armies and armed groups.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“The need for collective action to overcome this scourge led Portugal to propose that members of the Security Council hear the Special Representative, which occurred in informal consultations last 11 June; and it was the impact of what he reported to the members of the Council that gave birth to the idea to hold this debate here today, open to all Members of the United Nations. My delegation listened carefully to Ambassador Otunnu's forceful statement today and will spare no effort to translate his specific proposals into action.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of Portugal. Portugal fully subscribes to the statement made earlier by the Presidency of the European Union. The Graca Machel report on the impact of armed conflicts on children, submitted to the General Assembly in 1996, revealed to the international community the extent of the suffering of child victims of armed conflicts throughout the world. The painful awareness of this scourge led the Members of the United Nations to request the Secretary-General to name a Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ambassador Olara Otunnu. I thank him and welcome his presence among us here today.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Liberia for her kind words addressed to me. The next speaker on my list is the representative of Azerbaijan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of Azerbaijan and Liberia, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Kouliev (Azerbaijan) and Ms. Osode (Liberia) took the seats reserved for them at the side of the Council Chamber. The President: The next speaker is the representative of Liberia.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“We therefore believe that recruiting children into armed forces and participation by children in hostilities should be included on the list of war crimes in the draft statute of the international criminal court. Let me conclude by citing a remark made some years ago by a former Secretary-General, Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, a remark that remains valid today: "The way in which a society treats its children reflects not only how compassionate and caring it is, but also its sense of justice, its commitment to the future and its desire to improve the human condition... This is an indisputable truth, both for the community of nations and for each individual nation." The President: I thank the representative of El Salvador for the kind words he addressed to me.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“That report presents important evidence on the various ways in which children are abused and brutalized in war, and offers alternatives and recommendations for action in a number of areas. Negotiations are now under way at Rome on the establishment of an international criminal court, which provides a good opportunity to engage in a full debate and to adopt key decisions on children in armed conflict. The international community might consider laying down clear, firm rules prohibiting the continued active participation of children in armed conflict - which already constitutes a flagrant violation of existing international norms contained in the instruments of international humanitarian law and in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“We therefore think it essential to join in calling for the settlement of conflicts through dialogue and negotiation, and for a radical change in the objectives of war, including civil war, that would ban forever the direct or indirect employment or involvement of children. The international community has been formulating important initiatives to put an end to this phenomenon, which endangers the lives, health and emotional well-being of children directly involved in hostilities, which destroys the human and financial resources needed to rebuild nations devastated by war and which jeopardizes the viability and governability of countries over the longer term. Among these initiatives I would highlight the report of the expert of the Secretary-General, Ms. Graca Machel, on the impact of armed conflict on children.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“El Salvador fully shares the international concern at the growing number of children in various parts of the world who are recruited or who volunteer to participate in hostilities. That concern is all the greater as we daily see the harmful after-effects of war on our own children: more refugees, more displaced persons, sexual abuse and exploitation, drug addiction, alcoholism, increased numbers of children maimed by landmines, children left orphaned, mental illness and psychological trauma. All of this makes for an uncertain future for our societies and for the persistence of the vicious cycle of poverty. For more than a decade, we in El Salvador have experienced the horrors of war, but the most vulnerable among us - women and children - have suffered the most.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Romania for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of El Salvador. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. Castaneda Cornejo (El Salvador) (interpretation from Spanish): I congratulate you, Mr. President, on the important initiative to convene this meeting of the Security Council to address a universal issue that is of great humanitarian import. We wish also to express our satisfaction at the appointment of Ambassador Olara Otunnu as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. As he carries out his mandate, he is kindling growing interest by Governments in taking genuine measures to meet this urgent and important challenge.”
1998-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3896 (1998) · source