YouSaid · the spoken record

O'Brien

lines on the record

135

first

1993-01-29

most recent

2012-12-10

sittings or episodes

27

sources

un-security-council

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

1. “We look forward to a strengthened, comprehensive and coordinated approach, and we back the United Nations, through Special Envoy Prodi, working with regional partners to achieve this. We have a common analysis and we have a common political will. We are all already united, so now is the time to grasp the opportunity that unity gives us and to deliver our vision.”

   2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source

2. “Together, we must help the region to build resilience to the shocks of scarcity, climate change, population growth and food insecurity, and lay the foundations for long-term development. The United Nations integrated strategy must the show the way, and I welcome Prime Minister Prodi's insistence that this be action-oriented, not just fine words. To ensure the sustainability of that development, we must work with our partners in the region to build institutions of good governance and stability. In that way, we can, together, fight terrorism and organized crime and build a better future for the people of the region. The United Kingdom believes that there is an urgent need for action to build stability and resilience and fight the scourge of terrorism and organized crime.”

   2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source

3. “While others work to advance stability in Mali, we look to Prime Minister Prodi, as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, to lead this critical work in the wider region. The United Nations integrated strategy for the Sahel must address the problems of fragility, poverty and insecurity comprehensively and with urgency. Only with such leadership will we be able to build stability and prosperity for all in the Sahel. Since February this year, the United Kingdom has committed over $90 million in humanitarian assistance to respond to the current crisis, which will reach at least 1.6 million people in need. But we know that such assistance can provide only short-term relief.”

   2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source

4. “We must show resolve against those - extremists, criminals, terrorists, kidnappers, destroyers of heritage, and human rights violators - who wish to exploit poverty and instability for their own ends. Nowhere is action more urgently needed than in the north of Mali. I welcome the work of Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and the United Nations to offer a political process to those in the north who want to work for a stronger, more just and united Mali, and to prepare the option of military action against those who seek to rule by hatred and terror. We must apply equal effort to both those initiatives. But in focusing on the urgent needs of Mali, we must not lose sight of the needs of the wider region, where many of the same drivers of conflict are present.”

   2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source

5. “For the sake of the people of the Sahel and the wider international community, we must get to the heart of these problems, and quickly, by addressing poverty, building resilience - as the Secretary-General himself so strongly stressed earlier today, citing his Sustainable Energy for All initiative as a solar exemplar in that part of the world - promoting political dialogue, renewing engagement with all acceptable interlocutors, including civil society organizations, and combating the scourge of terrorism and crime. Working in concert with the region, we must all share the responsibility of being the builders of stability, opportunity and decent lives. How can we achieve this?”

   2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source

6. “Food insecurity, compounded by political uncertainty, has led to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and refugees this year alone, as was just so graphically illustrated by High Commissioner Guterres, who rightly urged us to give humanitarian action equal strategic emphasis, along with the political and anti-violence strategies. Finally, there is insecurity, and the use and wider threat of terror, Violence and crime imported from outside the Sahel. Extremism imposed in the name of religion in the north of Mali is entirely contrary to the long traditions of tolerance, diversity and respect that characterize Islam in West and North-West Africa. The criminality that accompanies it is also an aberration imported from outside, however much it may subvert and poison local populations.”

   2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source

7. “First, fragility exists across much of the Sahel, where, for a variety of historical reasons, States are weak, borders are long and porous, and Governments are challenged by the need to serve diverse and growing populations over vast distances and with few resources. Despite remarkable achievements over the past 50 years, many States of the region remain fragily. Second are poverty and vulnerability. The Sahel is one of the most devastatingly poor parts of the world, with people surviving on the smallest possible incomes. These many millions of people are blighted by the lack of economic opportunity and unfair market access, and they are on the front line of the world's natural challenges, especially that of malnutrition.”

   2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source

8. “My Prime Minister, David Cameron, has asked me, as his Special Envoy for the Sahel, to convey his personal commitment to working with our partners here at the United Nations and in the region in order to tackle the challenges ahead. We recognize the responsibility that all United Nations Member States share to help the people of the Sahel, working in full partnership with those countries most affected, for instability in the Sahel threatens not only the security and livelihoods of people in the region, but also those of its neighbours and beyond. Events in Mali have made that only too clear. What are the challenges that we face?”

   2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source

9. “I am grateful to you, Sir, for convening this timely and important debate, and to the Secretary-General; the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, Prime Minister Prodi; the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Guterres; and to Minister for Foreign Affairs Diby for their briefings. I am very pleased to follow United States Permanent Representative Rice, and I look forward to hearing more from our colleagues from the region, including the African Union, the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, and the Maghreb Arab Union. The United Kingdom approaches the problems of the region with respect, with care and with a clear sense of purpose.”

   2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source

10. “The very range and complexity of United Nations peace-keeping commitments in these times compels this Council to provide explicit assurances for all United Nations personnel, military and civilian, who go in harm's way. The statement contained in the resolution that we have just adopted should, we think, enhance the basis of security of all United Nations personnel. And New Zealand, which has itself personnel deployed in Somalia, is very conscious of the exemplary role played by Pakistan right from the outset in that country. This resolution is one, therefore, that we commend, because it will help all of those personnel. It is a resolution adopted for their sake, although it cannot itself provide consolation to Pakistan in this time of tragic loss.”

    1993-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3229 (1993) · source

11. “We condemn these deplorable and unprovoked attacks in Somalia. Like others who have spoken this afternoon, we extend sympathy and condolences to Pakistan and to the families of those who were lost. These tragic events certainly stress yet again the importance of the Council declaring clearly that such attacks on United Nations personnel are unacceptable, wherever they occur and by whomsoever they are committed; and that the United Nations has the authority and will enhance that authority to bring such malefactors who menace United Nations personnel to justice by due process of law. This is a position to which New Zealand attaches greatest significance.”

    1993-06-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3229 (1993) · source

12. “We know - and we have listened attentively to the statements preceding this one - that some of our partners on the Council retain doubts about the integrity and effectiveness of the decision we are being asked to take today. New Zealand believes that, to the extent humanly possible, and because of the particular and significant implications in the draft resolution before us that I have touched upon, the Council should seek to act by consensus in this vitally important matter. On the understandings I have just outlined, New Zealand will vote for the draft resolution.”

    1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source

13. “Once adopted, this decision means that all eyes will be upon them. Expectations will be very high, and New Zealand acknowledges too, and applauds, the substantial efforts of the UNPROFOR commanders on the ground in Bosnia. They too carry a heavy responsibility, but in the event that the Serbs do not cease their aggressions, all who bear these important responsibilities must ensure, subject to operational considerations on the ground, that action provided for in the present decision is swiftly taken, by the use of air power. In a real and direct sense, the draft resolution constitutes the political directive from the Council to the UNPROFOR commanders for the present stage.”

    1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source

14. “We must send a clear message, obviously, to the Serbs, now, to cease, conclusively, their activities in and around these denominated safe areas, or face the swift consequences. Any message less than this - as a first step - would be, in our view, gravely damaging to the Council's reputation and, indeed, to the United Nations as a whole. To adopt this draft resolution today, for the Serbian attacks to continue and for us to do nothing would call into serious question the Council's integrity, and everybody needs to be concerned about that. New Zealand does recognize the special responsibilities of those Member States that will undertake the tasks required under paragraph 10. We acknowledge the heavy burden that they carry on their shoulders, particularly the key countries that have proposed today's draft resolution for our decision.”

    1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source

15. “Under your able guidance, Mr. President, New Zealand has participated, over the past few days, in informal consultations, as well as in bilateral exchanges, with the purpose, amongst other things, of establishing clearly the letter and spirit of the proposed resolution in this vitally important regard. It is of immense importance to us, and of vitally significant reassurance, that we have not encountered any doubts about the intent of immediacy in the proposed decision in regard to the designated areas, as I have explained; the use of air power is imminent unless the Serbs desist, right now and straight away. On this understanding, New Zealand will therefore vote for the draft resolution.”

    1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source

16. “Now, it is vitally important, in our view, that this message is clearly understood: if the Serbs refuse to abandon their aggression, the draft resolution does not require any further study by the Council, or an additional report from the Secretary-General, or, strictly, even a further meeting of the Security Council itself. It does not even require the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) to be strengthened beforehand; action can be taken forthwith under the terms cf paragraph 10 of the draft text. Deadlines are not required. So, if UNPROFOR is prevented on the ground from carrying out its tasks in terms of this draft resolution, including denial of access to any. area; if humanitarian assistance continues to be interdicted and aggressions endure, actions in terms of this draft resolution - as a first step - will and must be taken.”

    1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source

17. “The draft resolution makes that point explicitly, and it is very important that it does so. Such a decision must have a political context, and without such a framework it would be meaningless gesture for this Council to contemplate adoption of such a decision. New Zealand has very carefully considered the position it should take in respect of this proposed. resolution, which is, as I have said, but a first step. One feature above all others does warrant emphasis here, in our view; both the letter and the spirit of the text clearly provide that, if the Council adopts this decision, the Serbs must cease, immediately and conclusively, their present aggression and outrages in respect of the areas designated in the draft resolution. Unless they do so, a response in the form of air strikes can ensue.”

    1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source

18. “The decision that the Security Council is being asked to take today is significant. There are several features of the proposed decision that make it abundantly clear that this draft resolution is not, and cannot be, the complete answer to the dreadful outrage and violence that continues inside Bosnia. It is a distressing fact that the safe areas - as already designated by earlier Security Council decisions, which New Zealand supported, to meet immediate humanitarian needs - have not been respected. The lives of people within those areas remain at risk from Serb attack. The humanitarian effort is faltering because of wholly unjustified interdiction by Serbs. The draft resolution is, as it stands, no more than a first step along the road back to justice, sanity and legality throughout Bosnia.”

    1993-06-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3228 (1993) · source

19. “In the end, however, responsibility for Cambodia's future prosperity lies primarily with the Cambodians themselves. We encourage the Constituent Assembly that is to be formed and all Cambodians to work and to cooperate to that end.”

    1993-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3227 (1993) · source

20. “The holding of the elections has been a great achievement. It is imperative that their results be respected by all the Cambodian parties. They must recognize that the Cambodian people have spoken out clearly in favour of democracy and peace. Efforts to cast doubt on the validity of the elections or to overturn their results must not be tolerated. The ball is now in the Cambodians' court. Once the results have been declared, the winning parties will need to get together and organize an interim consultative Cabinet, and write the Constitution so that a longer-term Government can be formed. That should set the country on a stable course to growth and development. New Zealand, in conjunction with the international community, will continue to support that process.”

    1993-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3227 (1993) · source

21. “We salute the efforts of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) for this significant achievement. We pay particular tribute to Mr. Akashi, whose statement emphasizing the freeness and fairness of the elections is before us today, and the UNTAC personnel and United Nations volunteers, including those who gave their lives in order to ensure that the Cambodian people were able to undertake this demonstration of self-determination. Obviously, New Zealand derives satisfaction from the contribution that individual New Zealanders made through the efforts of military personnel, polling station observers, fingerprint experts and others working with the United Nations in Cambodia. All have undertaken their task unstintingly and sometimes at considerable risk to their personal safety.”

    1993-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3227 (1993) · source

22. “First, Sir, may I say how pleased we are to see you assume the important functions of President. We are sure that during this month the Security Council will be in the very best of hands. May we also, through you, Sir, convey our deep admiration to Ambassador Vorontsov for the truly masterful way in which he conducted our affairs last month. New Zealand considers that the elections held last week in Cambodia are a victory for the people of Cambodia as well as for democracy. As a neighbour in the Asia-Pacific region, New Zealand is delighted that the elections have been held successfully. They represent a major positive step forward towards peace, stability and growth in Cambodia. The level of voting in the elections - nearly 90 per cent of registered voters - makes this unprecedented United Nations exercise an undoubted success.”

    1993-06-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3227 (1993) · source

23. “Like others, New Zealand commends the adoption of this resolution and the work of the Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Commission. We are gratified by the fact that a New Zealand team was involved with the Commission and that New Zealand was thereby able to contribute directly over the past two years to the actual work of boundary demarcation, employing the most up-to-date, modern technical methods. It is our strong hope that the final demarcation of the boundary will contribute to furthering peace and security in the region. Like fellow Council members who have spoken this afternoon, New Zealand calls upon the two parties concerned now to respect and abide fully by the boundary demarcated by the Commission.”

    1993-05-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3224 (1993) · source

24. “Its task is to apply independently and impartially the rules of customary international law and, we believe, conventional law applicable in the territory of the former . Yugoslavia. The Tribunal must be left to carry out its work until it has discharged its mandate under its Statute or until the Council decides that its work shall be brought to an end;”

    1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source

25. “We recall that in the Secretary-General's report of 2 February, the Co~Chairmen of the International Conference specifically state that human rights and humanitarian issues are the core elements of the peacemaking process in the former Yugoslavia. In restating then their advocacy of the creation of the Tribunal, Messrs. Vance and Owen stated that the situation on the ground was not acceptable, Since February, of course, that situation has not improved; quite the contrary. It is important here to underline this, because our decision tonight, and indeed the tribunal itself, does have a context. The Co-Chairmen set it explicitly within the peacemaking process. Implementation of that process and the work of the Tribunal must mutually reinforce one another. We must remember, however, that the Tribunal is a court.”

    1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source

26. “New Zealand considers that it is imperative that persons responsible for acts of "ethnic cleansing", the forced expulsion of people, systematic rape, torture and murder are brought to trial and are punished. The establishment of the Tribunal by this resolution ensures that we have in place an effective mechanism to achieve these ends. As is noted in the resolution and in the Secretary-General's report, the establishment of the Tribunal and the prosecution of persons suspected of crimes against international humanitarian law is closely related to the wider efforts to restore peace and security to the former Yugoslavia. This is an important point.”

    1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source

27. “New Zealand welcomes the adoption of this resolution, which it co-sponsored. We particularly commend the report of the Secretary-General, including the Statute for the Tribunal to try persons responsible for violations of international humanitarian law in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Like others here tonight, we congratulate the Secretary-General for the lucidity of his report and for the comprehensiveness of the Statute, which in large measure accords with New Zealand's own perceptions of what the Tribunal should do. We consider that it is appropriate that the Council has approved the Statute in toto here tonight. The atrocities reportedly committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, notably in Bosnia and Herzegovina, have horrified and continue to horrify all of us.”

    1993-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3217 (1993) · source

28. “We condemn too attacks on UNTAC personnel, especially the volunteers and international polling-station observers, who, like those from New Zealand, are civilians from outside Government service and have made considerable personal sacrifice, despite manifest risks, to help the Cambodian authorities and people at this critically important time. The parties in Cambodia must bear closely in mind that they carry primary responsibility for the future of Cambodia. As a fellow country of the Asia and Pacific region, we encourage all political groups and all Cambodians to take the opportunity created through the forthcoming elections to build and ° foster a new and peaceful era in Cambodia. The world will be watching closely in the week ahead.”

    1993-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3213 (1993) · source

29. “New Zealand welcomes the adoption of this resolution. We especially welcome the important fact that the Council has given the full weight of unanimous support to the decision by the Secretary-General, and by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), under the admirable leadership of Mr. Akashi, that the elections should proceed despite recent despicable efforts to disrupt their preparation. New Zealand joins others here to deplore all recent incidents of political and ethnic violence in Cambodia.”

    1993-05-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3213 (1993) · source

30. “Many in the international community and in the Asia-Pacific region, New Zealand among them, may be prepared to consider a new and more positive chapter in relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea if concerns about its nuclear programmes are adequately addressed. Conversely, if the Democratic People's Republic of Korea continues on its current path, we are concerned that this will have worrying consequences for both international and regional stability and will severely compromise the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's prospects of being accepted as a partner in the Asia-Pacific region.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

31. “145) When he addressed the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session, the New Zealand Prime Minister emphasized the dangers of nuclear proliferation and the need to strengthen the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) safeguards regime. Accordingly, New Zealand strongly supports and was a co-sponsor of the draft resolution. We call earnestly on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to abide by its safequards agreement with the IAEA and to rescind its notice of withdrawal from the nuclear non-proliferation Treaty. Such action would, we believe, have positive benefits for global and regional security and for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea itself.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

32. “New Zealanders have strong feelings about nuclear weapons. We are greatly concerned at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's announcement of its intention to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. We regard the Treaty as constituting a fundamental plank in the international disarmament and arms control regime. We consider adherence to the Treaty as substantive proof of a State's commitment to nuclear weapons control. Like others who have spoken this evening, New Zealand fully subscribes to the statement made by the Security Council on 31 January 1992 at the level of Heads of State and Government that "The proliferation of all weapons of mass destruction constitutes a threat to international peace and security." (S/PV.3046, p.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3212 (1993) · source

33. “And the vote, moreover, sends a wholly discordant message as the United Nations stands on the threshold of other vitally important peace-keeping operation decisions.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source

34. “New Zealand fully backs the efforts being made towards a resolution of the political situation, and in this regard supports the forthcoming round of talks that the Secretary-General will be holding later this month with the parties in New York. These must be pursued. As a fellow island State and a Commonwealth member, New Zealand looks forward to an early durable solution in Cyprus, one that means the United Nations peace-keeping operation is no longer required, and we take this opportunity to pay a tribute to the many Blue Helmets who have been deployed in Cyprus over the years in the quest for a lasting peace. They deserve better from this Council than today's unfortunate decision.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source

35. “New Zealand was among the early contributors to United Nations peace-keeping in Cyprus in the mid-1960s. It was hard then to foresee that the operation would still be in place nearly 30 years later, but it is deeply regrettable to witness today the exercise of the veto which prevents a decision that was reasonable, logical and practical in the draft resolution for which New Zealand voted. While New Zealand welcomes the voluntary contributions made to Cyprus peace-keeping in the past, and the promised contributions in the future, New Zealand believes that support for peace-keeping is, at the end of the day, the responsibility of all United Nations Members.”

    1993-05-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3211 (1993) · source

36. “This resolution is one which we expect will stand alongside other decisions that the Council will take shortly in response to the outcome of the Athens meeting of last weekend and the totally unacceptable and cynical reaction to the outcome of that meeting by the Bosnian Serbs. The Council must not now relent in its pursuit of peace and stability in Bosnia.”

    1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source

37. “However, the measures endorsed in this resolution are in no sense a complete answer to the sufSering and outrageous acts that are occurring, especially, but not only, in eastern Bosnia. They are intended, none the less, to send a direct, unambiguous political message: that the well-being and safety of populations in the regions concerned are and will remain a legitimate concern of the Council. New Zealand calls upon the Bosnian Serbs to take very careful heed of the present decisions of the Council and to implement and observe the safe areas forthwith in the places enumerated in the resolution.”

    1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source

38. “Congratulations, Mr. President, on assuming the helm of this Council. I am confident that this ship is in good hands this month. My heartiest congratulations go also to my neighbour, the Permanent Representative of Pakistan, who conducted the Council's deliberations with exemplazy distinction last month. As others have remarked, this resolution has its origins in the mission that the Security Council sent to Bosnia 10 days ago. The decision we have taken here illustrates, I think, the usefulness of such missions, which give the Council some better insight into the complexity and challenge that confront our Organization in the area of former Yugoslavia in these times. New Zealand was privileged to be represented on the mission.”

    1993-05-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3208 (1993) · source

39. “The Council's determination to respond to the violation of its decisions and its resolutions has been underestimated by those implicated in this sad situation on the ground, and the decision here tonight that we should take should help to correct that misapprehension. The draft resolution that we are about to vote on represents an enhancement of the Council's support for the Vance-Owen plan. Like my Spanish colleague, I would like to pay a tribute to both the Co-Chairmen, especially Secretary Vance, who is to step down at the end of this month. His contribution will not be forgotten. The draft resolution that we are about to vote on must drive home the message that peaceful negotiation is and must be the way forward, and that message needs to be driven home again and again.”

    1993-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3200 (1993) · source

40. “The Council is meeting now, basically, because all of its earlier calls upon the Bosnian Serbs to choose the way of peace have not been heeded. New Zealand sincerely regrets that. The manner in which the Bosnian Serbs have turned their backs upon the peace process of the Geneva Conference Chairmen is deeply regrettable and it does demand a response by this Council. In the weeks since the Bosnian Serb delegation quit the negotiating process in New York, a pattern of aggression and outrage has continued unabated. The continued hostility, punctuated as it has been with cease-fires of doubtful integrity, is deplorable by all standards of humanity. Too many promises have been broken, too many obligations ignored.”

    1993-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3200 (1993) · source

41. “We therefore fully support the call in the resolution we have just adopted for the Government of Mozambique and RENAMO to take urgent steps to comply with their various obligations and commitments under the Agreement, and for the United Nations itself to discharge its' responsibilities effectively and promptly. At the bottom line, the political will that has enabled the cease-fire to be maintained in Mozambique must also provide the impetus for both sides to address together the outstanding issues pertaining to peace in Mozambique, because in the end it is the. cooperative efforts of Mozambicans themselves that must primarily lay the foundations for enduring peace and well-being in that important country.”

    1993-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3198 (1993) · source

42. “We congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming your office. I know that the Security Council will be in the very best of hands during April. New Zealand commends the efforts of the Government of Mozambique and of RENAMO to maintain, substantially, a cease-fire in the country. The success of the ongoing negotiating process depends vitally on the maintenance of such peace, and we urge continuing restraint. In this connection, my delegation listened with great attentiveness 'to the most important contribution by the Ambassador of Mozambique earlier in our discussion today. Like other members of the Council, New Zealand is concerned over the delay in the implementation of provisions of the General Peace Agreement.”

    1993-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3198 (1993) · source

43. “There are no further speakers on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 5.45 p.m.”

    1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source

44. “In so doing it sends a strong signal to the parties to the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina that the Council will not tolerate violations of its resolutions and decisions. As we see it, the sole objective of the Council in taking this and other decisions relating to the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina is to bring to an end the conflict in that country and provide the foundations for a durable peace. It is in that context that the New Zealand delegation looks to the signature by the Bosnian Serbs of the documents which have been placed on the table before them. The choice is theirs. In adopting the resolution the Council is also declaring that there must, and will, be consequences if one of the parties to the conflict remains recalcitrant, I now resume my functions as President of the Council.”

    1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source

45. “I should like to make a short statement on behalf of the Government of New Zealand. In adopting the resolution on the enforcement of the no-fly' zone in the airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Security Council has just taken a significant political step in its efforts to bring an end to the conflict in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Five months ago the Council resolved to ban military flights in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since then there have been repeated violations of that ban, culminating in reports of flights involving combat activity earlier this month. The Council has now, New Zealand believes, taken a necessary step in a measured and considered way to provide for the enforcement of that resolution.”

    1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source

46. “The result of the voting is as follows: 14 votes in favour, none against, and 1 abstention. The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 816 (1993). I shail now call on those representatives who wish to make statements after the voting.”

    1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source

47. “I now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/25440. A vote was taken by show of hands, In favour: Brazil, Cape Verde, Djibouti, France, Hungary, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela Abstaining: China”

    1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source

48. “If I hear no objection, I shall take it that that is the case. There being no objection, it is so decided. Before putting the draft resolution to the vote, I shall call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”

    1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source

49. “Members of the Council also have before them document S/25440, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by France, Morocco, Pakistan, Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and _the United States of America. I should like to draw the attention of members of the Council to the following documents: 8S/25459, letter dated 22 March 1993 from the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; and S/25450 and S/25467, letters dated 22 and 23 March 1993, respectively, from the Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Yugoslavia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it.”

    1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source

50. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in response to the requests contained in letters dated 18 March 1993 from the Permanent Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of Turkey to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council, documents S/25434 and $/25437, respectively. Members of the Council have before them communications dated 6, 13, 20, 27 November and 4 December 1992, 12, 16, 19 and 22 March 1993 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, contained in documents 8/24783, S/24810, S/24840, S/24870, S/24900 and Addenda 1 to 31, $/25443, S/25444, S/25456 and S/25457, respectively.”

    1993-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3191 (1993) · source