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1992-03-17
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  1. “Give us your support, and we will accomplish the task of restoring peace and democracy to Liberia in accordance 'with the wishes of the Liberian people and the political leaders of the West African subregion, ECOWAS.”

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

  2. “They should join in putting the weight of the United Nations behind the prohibition of army transfers to the warring factions in order to promote a conducive environment for free and fair elections in Liberia. They should join us in condemning the condemnable, namely war crimes and crimes against humanity, bearing in mind that those who appear to abet Charles Taylor's dutransigence are equally culpable, by association, of those hideous crimes. Our friends should hold themselves in readiness, under the United Nations, to Monitor elections in Liberia, when elections come, which we believe should be soon. But above all we say to thems Do not underestimate the capability and the resolve of our subregional body.”

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

  3. “In these critical days, this is the message we hope all friends will bear in mind. In our subregion, we do enjoy the friendship of many powerful countries by a long historical association. Now is the time for them to be true friends in our time of need. They must not use their influence, such as it way be, to play devil's advocate or to undermine the resolve of our organization. They should remain mindful of the fact that success in peace-keeping for our subregion is at the Same time success for our world body and for world peace. They should assist to the best of their ability in providing humanitarian aid to the teeming masses Of refugees unleashed on the subregion by Taylor's mindless onslaught.”

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

  4. “In the past two vears, Taylor has demonstrated prodigious perfidy by going back over and over again on agreements solemnly entered into in the presence of our most revered statesmen. His contempt for the mediation of ECOWAS leaders reached its height when he launched a massive attack on Monrovia in response to the general call for a cease-fire. The world has learned from long axperience that peace is neither secured nor maintained by forbearance alone. It has become well accepted over the years that a peace-keeping force can in the performance of its duties resort to the use of force to defend itself when it is a victim of unprovoked armed attack, to avert tragic incidents that constitute crimes against humanity, and to implement essential details of a peace plan over which parties to the conflict have agreed, as in the case of Liberia.”

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

  5. “He prefers to attempt to shoot his way into the executive mansion in Monrovia. In his pursuit of power through violence, he has constituted himself ss a scourge on his own people. Hoe is new no more than another tyrant on the African scene. In the past month the delicate peace that ECOMOG had succeeded in establishing has been shattered. Hatred and dreadful refugee problems stalk Monrovia once again, and the repercussions of the conflict bid fair to destabilize and engulf our entire subregion. Worse still, as our subregional organization noted at its last meeting, there is mounting evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Charles Taylor and his men, of which the recent murders of thousands of Liberians and foreigners, including five American nuns and more than 160 schoolchildren, may turn out to be only the tip of icebarg.”

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

  6. “Charies Taylor and his National Patrotic Front of Liberia have felt able to pile up against ECOMOG indignities and humiliations such as would in other circumstances have been quite beyond their powers. It is therefore a cruel misinterpretacion to try to portray ECOMOG as part of the problem in Liberia. Nothing could be further from the truth. And nothing could more tragically pander to Mr. Taylor's propaganda and that of 'the National Patriotic Front of Liberia. None of the member States of ECOMOG has any territorial ambitions in Liberia, wWone of them has any objectives of hegemony. Our principal goals consist of ending the carnage, promoting peace between the various factions and sthnic groups and establishing a firm basis for democratic elections. The main problem is that Taylor is afraid of elections.”

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

  7. “The Member States participating in ECOMOG do so at great cost, and in a situation fraught with the danger emanating from their own delicate preoccupstion with the tasks of nation-building. 'They have also sustained substantial costs in materials and mon. These sacrifices must be allowed to bear fruit. Otherwise, the cost in terms of security and stability in our subregion will be incalculable. Peace-keeping and peacemaking in our time require great diligence and resourcefulness and political will. We believe it is genevally accepted that the ECOMOG forces have approached their duty in a remarkably even-handed manner with forbearance and a high sense of responsibility. So great, in fact, has been their forbearance that in the past faw months Mr.”

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

  8. “Many things have been said in praise of the ECOMOG initiative but, in our view, by far the sost relevant was the observation that ECOMOG ~ the ECOWAS peace-keeping force - is a refreshing example of collective self-help in a subregion that has seen many conflicts and that, more often than noct, has depended on others to rescue it from its travails. Ip that sense, ECOMOG is an important building-block in the new world order of shared responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security which we seek to establish. But in a higher sense ECOMOG is an earnest of the resoive of the countries of the West African subregion not merely to pay lip-service to democracy. but to rise to its responsibilities snd stand up in its defence when the occasion calls, and in spite of the costs.”

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

  9. “The countries of the Economic Community of West African States, which went into Liberia through the ECOWAS cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG), were holding the fort not only for themselves but also for the United Nations in accordance with Chapter VIII of the Charter, as well as for other States which had a stake and a responsibility in the conflict but which were otherwise engaged. How we ere witness to the ordeal of ECOMOG, and we feel entitled to claim the staunch support of the United Nations.”

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

  10. “Permit me, Sir, on behalf of my delegation to join earlier speakers in extending to you warm congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. I have no doubt that with your rich experience the work of the Council as it tackles flash-points of political tension world-wide is indeed in competent and able hands. My delegation also wishes to express its gratitude to all the other members of the Security Council for their quick response to the request of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for a discussion of the Liberian crisis. Iwo years ago, when the United Nations was facing its ordeal in the Persian Gulf, the Liberian crisis was already a fact. Let us recall the @eplorable carnage in Liberia, which shamed the world during those traumatic days.”

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

  11. “We see no reason why the Security Council cannot act now on the request of the OAU. The Secretary-General, in consultation with all the parties involved, can work out the modalities of carrying out our proposal, recognizing that our primary objective is to put an end to violence and intimidation and thereby to help create a climate conducive to successful negotiation and transition to a non-racial and democratic society in South Africa. We believe that the Security Council shares our hopes and aspirations for a new South Africa which can be a pillar of cooperation and development in our subregion and a new South Africa of which all its peoples can be proud. Peace is indivisible and a threat to peace anywhere is a threat to peace everywhere.”

    1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source

  12. “We also believe it is correct to observe that, since the OAU team arrived in South Africa on that mission, the township violence has virtually disappeared. Different parties are, of course, entitled to different conclusions from that observation, but one thing cannot be denied, namely, that the presence of an cutside monitoring body of OAU ambassadors brought with it a salutary effect to the townships. Our OAU team was there on the ground for less than two weeks and such lowering of the violence level was noticeable. The organization has decided to send another monitoring team to South Africa for a much longer pericd. If we, in our humble way, could make such a noticeable impact, what then could a United Nations mission not achieve in a different environment.”

    1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source

  13. “We fully support the presentation made by the Senegalese Foreign Minister on behalf of the Organization of African Unity. While we welcome the initiative of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali in suggesting a good will mission to South Africa, we firmly believe that the problem at hand requires at least a two-prong approach if the issue of violence is to be ffectively tackled. Two months ago the OAU monitoring or fact-finding team on violence visited South Africa and had useful discussions with all those concerned. The report of that mission was submitted to the OAU Summit in Dakar last month. For this Security Council debate, what we believe is important is the immediate implementation of the conditions requested by the ANC and all the liberation movements in South Africa.”

    1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source

  14. “We call for the creation of conditions that will allow a return by all to CODESA. My delegation also firmly believes that it is in the interest of all South Africans for the democratization process to continue in order to enable the emergence of a united and non-racial democratic South Africa. Most importantly, all sides must agree to negotiate in good faith. We, as a country, have followed the evolution of events in South Africa, some with satisfaction but some, unfortunately, with consternation and despair. We have, however, remained convinced that there is a compelling need for all avenues to be explored, both within South Africa and outside it, in order to bring the situation under control. It is for this reason that the Security Council has been requested to address this issue by our continental organization.”

    1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source

  15. “Unfortunately, we cannot but observe the inability of the South African Government to meet this obligation to society. It was for this reason that my President, General Ibrahim Babangida, in his address to the Dakar Summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), called again on the South African Government to assume its full responsibility in this direction. It must equally be said that the liberation movements should themselves assume their own responsibility in this regard. The Government of South Africa and ail leaders of the South African peoples should do everything possible to dissuade the perpetrators of violence in South Africa from engaging in the wanton carnage. We maintain the view that the end of violence will facilitate the reopening of negotiations which will rekindle hope in that country.”

    1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source

  16. “The recent developments in South Africa, in particular the cycle of violence which culminated in the Boipatong massacre, cannot but disturb all men of conscience and lovers of peace. These killings have naturally created an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty and mistrust in South Africa. The killings have also seriously jeopardized the peaceful process of transition to a non-racial democratic South Africa. While the National Peace Accord stressed the responsibility of all South Africans in the maintenance of peace as a conducive atmosphere for free political activity, my delegation firmly believes that it is the primary responsibility of the Government of South Africa to maintain law and order and protect the lives and property of its citizens.”

    1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source

  17. “Having had the opportunity to listen carefully to earlier speakers, my country has the honour to add its voice to those of other countries representing the continent of Africa before this distinguished Council to address the ongoing tragic violence in South Africa. Today's Council meeting is propitious. As the principal organ of the world body charged with the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, the Council, we believe, has a duty to assess the situation in South Africa and take the necessary steps that would assist not only in ending the violence in that country, but also ensure that the stalled talks are resumed urgently, leading to the early establishment of a non-racial constitution and a democratically elected Government in South Africa.”

    1992-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3095 (1992) · source

  18. “Finally, Africa urges the Security Council to send a clear and definitive message to all the Somali factions by dispatching a military observer mission to monitor the cease-fire and encourage a quick return to democracy in the country.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  19. “To this end, Nigeria, in line with its obligations under the Charter and as a further contribution to the peace process in Somalia, is prepared to host the Somali national reconciliation conference in Abuja, our new capital, under the joint auspices of the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the League of Arab States. We hope and expect that all the leaders of the warring factions will attend the conference and reach agreement on the political future of Somalia. Africa calls on all the parties to the Somali conflict to cease hostilities immediately and observe the jointly negotiated cease-fire. They must do so to promote the process of reconciliation and of political settlement in Somalia.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  20. “Our appreciation goes also to the staff of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Committee of the Red Cross inside Somalia for their special courage and dedication in helping to provide assistance to the population and, most recently, in facilitating my own visit to that country. We urge the Security Council to maintain the momentum for the peace process by sending immediately United Nations observers to maintain the cease-fire and enable the process of national reconciliation in Somalia to proceed.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  21. “Africa notes with considerable interest the efforts of the United Nations in crisis management, in peacemaking and peace-keeping. We suggest that Africa deserves the same qualitative and quantitative attention which has been paid to other regions - and perhaps much more because of its weak economic base. There is need to have a strong and visible United Nations presence in the conflict areas in Africa. We commend the efforts of the Secretary-General in collaboration with the regional organizations in the quest for a durable peace in Somalia. We should also like to place on record our appreciation to the special envoy of the Secretary-General to Somalia for his efforts during his recent visit.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  22. “The Security Council not only must conduct preventive diplomacy in line with its new orientation and thrust, but must be seen to do so effectively in the case of Somalia, which is the most recent test case, the most recent disaster, on our continent. We welcome the cooperation between the United Nations and the regional organizations in addressing issues of concern to the international community. We believe that such cooperation in the case of the OAU and the United Nations shovld result in the peaceful resolution of the Somali conflict, as, indeed, of other conflicts in Africa. The United Nations, as the conscience of the international community, should perforce encourage a political process that ensures the unity and the viability of the Somali State as it pursues national reconciliation and reconstruction.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  23. “The situation in Somalia should qualify for direct action by the Security Council in line with the provisions of the United Nations Charter. In short, the Security Council should take a definitive step to establish a United Nations presence in Somalia through the deployment of a military observer mission to monitor the cease-fire. This, in the view of the OAU and in our view as Africans, is the minimum action expected from the Security Council; otherwise Africa will be left with no other impression than that its problems are of limited concern to the international community, and particularly the United Nations.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  24. “The Council urged them to cooperate with the joint mission to Somalia comprising the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the United Nations, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the League of Arab States in its efforts to conclude a cease-fire agreement aimed at the restoration of peace and stability in Somalia in line with Security Council resolution 733 (1992) of 23 January this year. I am greatly heartened that the Security Council, which has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, is sufficiently seized of this question and has undertaken some efforts in this regard. Africa places a premium on the capacity of the Security Council to be responsive to situations which are likely to constitute a threat to international peace and security.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  25. “There is abundant evidence that the fighting soldiers are themselves getting tired of the war and would rather lay down their arms. This notwithstanding, Africa - would be pleased to see a better demonstration of a political disposition on the part of the wider international community to deal seriously with the Somali situation and in a manner which sends a clear message to the warring factions that the continuing carnage is not only senseless but unacceptable. It is against this backdrop that at the recent meeting of the Council of Ministers in Addis Ababa, from 24 to 28 February this year, the Council called upon the belligerent factions in Mogadiscio to honour fully the pledges they had made here in New York on 14 February this year to cease hostilities immediately and to maintain a cease-fire.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  26. “The carnage has been mindless, and it has also brought in its wake loss of property, hunger, poverty and forced migration of Somalis across their national frontiers. Men, women and children have been turned into refugees with consequential implications for the neighbouring States. In the life of every nation there are periods of growth and development just as there are periods of pain and difficulties. What we are witnessing in Somalia is a disintegrative force of change along clannist lines and power play among its political and military elites. Africa has watched with extreme concern the volumetric increase in frustration incident on the reluctance of the warring factions in Somalia to end this fratricidal war, in the interest of their national unity.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  27. “It is a distinct privilege for me to convey to you, Mr. President, and to the esteemed members of the Security Council the warmest greetings of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), General Ibrahim Babangida and to thank you for granting me the opportunity to address the Council on his behalf on a subject that Africa and the international community at large are at present grappling with. I should also like to take the opportunity to congratulate Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghaii on his appointment to the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations. Somalia, a member of the OAU, is currently embroiled in an internecine civil war that has destablilized the political and socio-economic set-up of that country and brought untold hardship to its population.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source