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Natchaba

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1992-11-19
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1992-11-19
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  1. “The risks of African marginalization are real if the considerable economic and financial difficulties besetting the continent are accompanied by an increase in the persistence and aggravation of conflicts. Action here and now to put an end to the sufferings of the Liberian people and to restore peace in Liberia is the message the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States are sending to the Security Council, a message to which they expect an energetic and urgent response to match the new prestige of the United Nations and the increasing authority and effectiveness of the Security Council.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  2. “In any case, the internatioual community will soon be called upon - that is, atter the restoration of peace ~ to make an adequate contribution to the rebuilding of Liberia and to the return and reintegration of refugees and Gisplaced persons. After the end of the cold war and the spectacular increase in the United Nations family, the peoples of the world cherish the legitimate hope of living in a new era of peace, stability and prosperity. That means that today, more than ever, the world Organization is facing a historic responsibility, namely, to serve as an essential anchor for the initiatives taken in various parts of the world to prevent threats tu peace and to settle conflicts peacefully.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  3. “Zt 4s thus important that the Security Council, the principal organ of the world Organization for maintaining international peace and security, give its full support to ECOWAS efforts and initiatives. That is why we feel it essential that the Council adopt a number of urgent measures, namely, the levying of an embargo against arms and military 'equipment destined for Liberia, with the exception of those for ECOMOG, and authorizing the Secretary-General to appoint a Special Representative to Liberia in order to evaluate the situation and to consider the means of deploying a United Nations observer group with the mandate of assisting ECOMOG 4n monitoring the cease-fire and the electorai process.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  4. “In so doing, they had in mind Chapter VIII of the Charter, which lays down that the Security Council shall encourage the development of pacific settlement of local disputes through regional arrangements or sgencies and that the Council shall, where appropriate, utilize such regional arrangements or agencies for enforcement action under its authority. They also had in mind the absolute need to adopt measures likely to compel all parties to the conflict to comply scrupulously with the Yamossoukro IV Accords. In requesting assistance from the Security Council, ECOWAS, as a subregional mechanism for promoting peace and security, intends to reaffirm its dedication to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to break the deadlock in the peace process in Liberia.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  5. “However, non-compliance with the cease-fire by the National Patriotic Pront of Libaria (NPPL) of Charlies Taylor, the scope and increasa in the atrocities and the risk of engulfing other countries in the subregion, the sometimes death-dealing attacks perpetrated by Taylor's men against ECOMOG soldiers, the cold-blooded killing of foreign nuns - all of these facts demonstrate clearly the great complexity of the Liberian conflict and the need for obtaining the support of the Security Council in efforts at solving this dispute. It is in this context that the Heads of State ond Government of ECOWAS, faithful to their commitment to find a peaceful solution, deemed it absolutely necessary to involve fully the international community in efforts at settling the Lilvrian crisis.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  6. “Also significant is the deployment of the Monitoring Group of ECOKAS (ECOMOG), a neutral peace-keeping force, responsible especially for eniuring compiiance with the cease-fire and for the encampment and disarming of the warring factions. Here we should like to pay a most earnest tribute to the men of ECOMOG whu, at risk to their lives, are facing with determination the death-dealing folly of Charlies Taylor's faction. Thus, the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS have fully confirmed the relevance and usefulness of the regional approach to international peace ane security.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  7. “From one meeting to another, from Lome to Ysmasaoukro, from one summit meeting to another, from Vabar to Cotonou and Abuja, the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS have given irrefutable preof of their determination to prevent the disintegration of Liberia, to put an end to the inhuman suffering of the Liberian people, to eliminate threats to neighbouring countries and to create the necessary conditions fur the dawning o7 a r=w constitutional order, based on democracy and serving as a guarantee for national unity, social cohesion and political stability. Significant in this regard is the peace plan of ECOWAS, which offers the best framework for restoring peace in Liberia.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  8. “Massive efforts made so far by the Heade of State of ECOWAS to solve the conflict in Liberia proceed from the noble desire to proserve peace and stability ae factors for hastening subregional economic integration and bringing the peoples of West Africa closer together. Our Heads of State and ' Government, in a movement of solidarity and exemplary joint action, have beun making their contribution to a peaceful settlement of this conflict, thereby affirming their determination to eliminate forever a tragedy that could engulf the entire subregion.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  9. “Presented at the outset, and even for a long time, as a mere civil war and hence an internal matter, the Liberian crigis hag quickly become a powerful breeding ground for economic, polit:ical and social destabilization in other countries of West Africa, in particular, the neighbouring countries of Liberia. In this connection, we should emphasize that each country in the subregion might have its own potential Liberia. In Liberia our Heads of State have spared no effort, put as President Eyadems of Togo has always stated, everyone can become tired except those who are seeking peace. Yes, we are seeking peace - peace for our brothers in Liberia.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  10. “Mr. NATCHABA (Togo) (interpretation from French): First of ail, I should like to psy a tribute to you, Mr. President, to your predecessor and to all the members of the Security Council for the sense of responsibility demonstrated in acceding to the request of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to convene the Council in order to consider the situation in Liberia. As it is being held at a particularly critical moment in the Liberian tragedy, this meeting no doubt will go dows in history as an effort in conflict settlement. If we analyse it, the tragedy of the Liberian people for several years has been calling for universal awareness and international solidarity, because of the scope of material loss and the loss of human lives and of the numerous ramifications of the conflict for the West African subregion.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source