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2003-02-19

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2003-02-19

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1. “This is particularly true of its responsibility to see to it that all its resolutions are implemented and to take appropriate measures if they are not. The Council should therefore continue to be seized of the situation in Iraq and invest every effort within its powers mandated by the Charter to make Iraq comply with resolution 1441 (2002). The authority of the Security Council must not be questioned, and the patience of the international community should not be tested. Sharing the profound global concern over the crisis in Iraq and convinced that the unity of the international community is very important in the current situation, Serbia and Montenegro pledges its full support to all decisions of the Security Council and in particular stands ready to contribute to its efforts to implement resolution 1441 (2002).”

   2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source

2. “There is no doubt that every effort must be made to preserve international peace and security, strengthen the process of non-proliferation of arms of mass destruction and secure Iraq's full cooperation with the United Nations. Such full cooperation means that Iraqi authorities must immediately provide unhindered access to all relevant information, documents, locations and persons to the inspectors. Serbia and Montenegro considers that Iraq must without delay disarm comprehensively and verifiably and provide credible evidence that it has done so. That is the road to a peaceful solution of the crisis for which we are all striving. Great responsibility lies with the Security Council, which under the Charter has the primary role in maintaining international peace and security.”

   2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source

3. “It is up to the Iraqi regime to take this opportunity and end this crisis by fully cooperating with the international inspectors and disarming, as demanded by the Security Council. Failing to do so, the Iraqi regime will bear all the consequences. Serbia and Montenegro fully supports resolution 1441 (2002) and the work of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It has followed UNMOVIC and IAEA reports with great attention and is of the opinion that the Security Council should consider them and assess the degree of Iraq's cooperation on a continuous basis.”

   2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source

4. “Serbia and Montenegro has been following the crisis over Iraq with great attention and concern, well aware that it threatens international peace and security. The crisis is fraught with serious consequences not only for the Middle East, but for the international order as such. Iraq must comply fully and unequivocally with all provisions of the relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly resolution 1441 (2002). That resolution, by which the Iraqi regime was given a chance to fulfil its international obligations as mandated by the United Nations, and the return of inspectors are the test and the opportunity that the international community presented to Baghdad to resolve the problem.”

   2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source