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Owada

lines on the record: 494
first: 1994-12-16
most recent: 1998-09-29
sittings or episodes: 57
sources: un-security-council

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“I thank the representative of Colombia for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Lebanon. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“In this regard, we agree with the Secretary- General's proposal that the Security Council should convene at the ministerial level once every two years and at the summit level once every five years. We also hope that concern for African issues, especially those relating to peace and development, will not be addressed by one intergovernmental body only, but will be dealt with at the highest levels across the board in all organs of the United Nations system. The President: I thank the representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Colombia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“My country would like to underscore the need for the United Nations to increase its support of the capacity of the OAU and subregional groups to carry out conflict prevention, management and resolution. We also strongly oppose any policies aimed at creating any military or security arrangements under any pretext coming from outside the continent or without the consent of the OAU. Africa, in the final analysis, has no ally except itself. Experience has taught us that African skill and wisdom, when not impeded by foreign Powers, can indeed find peaceful and practical solutions to African conflicts and disputes. Finally, my delegation fervently hopes that today's meeting will not prove to be an isolated event or a single occasion.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Fourthly, my country welcomes the consolidation of cooperation between the United Nations and the OAU in the area of the peaceful settlement of disputes. We see this as a natural matter which lies within the provisions of Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter that afford regional arrangements an important role in the maintenance of international peace and security. As my country looks forward to the promotion of this cooperation, we call upon the United Nations, the primary custodian of international peace and security, to enhance the capacity of the OAU to prevent, manage and settle disputes and promote peacekeeping efforts. This should be done through supporting the Mechanism established in 1993 by the OAU for this purpose.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“My country would also cite the military arrangements that are being made outside Africa in order to prepare for possible interference in certain African countries. Thirdly, my country, whose people have suffered for over six years as a result of the harmful impact of the illegal collective sanctions which this Council was pressured to adopt, would warn against the slippery slope of hasty adoption of such sanctions irrespective of pressures or temptations. This stems from my country's belief in the futility of such sanctions in the first place, and its recognition of their devastating effects on the living conditions of entire peoples. We also believe that resort to peaceful channels and means for the resolution of conflicts is the only way to secure lasting peace and security.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“It is inadmissible that only African States should have their expenditures for the acquisition of armament restricted to a certain percentage without regard to the particular circumstances of each State. In this context, the proposal of the Secretary-General, whether regarding the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms or the volume of military spending, should be reviewed. In this regard, we must recall that a number of African countries are threatened today by a non- African country that has an enormous arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and refuses to subject those weapons to any international supervision, while being supported by a permanent member of this Council.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Thus it would lift the sanctions imposed on the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and adopt one of the options to resolve the dispute proposed by the OAU and the League of Arab States and endorsed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Non-Aligned Movement and the majority of the members of the Security Council, or await the ruling of the International Court of Justice, which stressed that it has jurisdiction to consider the dispute and the purely legal nature of that dispute. Therefore, there remains no moral/political or legal justification for the maintenance of sanctions. Secondly, my delegation strongly supports the right of all States to acquire the means of self-defence and believes that it is their exclusive, inherent right in view of the potential of foreign threats.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Now that Libya has agreed that the two accused Libyans can be tried under Scottish law, by Scottish judges but in a third country or at the International Court of Justice, we feel that this offer should receive your serious consideration so that matters can move forward. The Organization of African Unity stands ready to assist in trying to break the present impasse." [S/PV.3819, p- 4] The Secretary-General of the OAU and the ministers who spoke at that Council meeting agreed with this statement. If the Security Council does indeed wish to help resolve African problems, it only has to act today in accordance with the wishes expressed in no uncertain terms by the African nations and the international community as a whole before the Security Council on 20 March 1998.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“This interest in the dispute on the part of the OAU was expressed by His Excellency President Mugabe of the Republic of Zimbabwe, current Chairman of the OAU, during his statement before the Security Council on 25 September 1997: "I would be remiss were I not to raise another matter of concern to the African continent that requires the attention of the Council and that was debated at the last summit meeting of the Organization of African Unity, namely, the need to find a solution to the dispute between Libya, the United States of America and the United Kingdom over the Lockerbie tragedy. In addition to the families of those who lost their lives, many other innocent third persons continue to suffer as a result of the sanctions imposed on Libya.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“It is even more surprising because the dispute has been, since its inception, at the centre of interest of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) at the highest level. The OAU has over the years made continuous efforts to reach an expeditious, peaceful and fair solution that would uncover the truth and end the unjust suffering of the Arab people of Libya, who have been the victims of unjustified sanctions whose illegality has been proven.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“A refusal to pay compensation and to offer an apology can be understood only as a perpetuation of a racist attitude that looks down upon the peoples of Africa. These were general remarks on the causes and sources of conflict in the African continent. My delegation would now like to make some specific remarks on the content, or lack thereof, of the report. First, my delegation is extremely surprised that the report does not make any reference whatsoever to a conflict that has a negative impact on peace and security on the African continent as well as on the development efforts there. I am referring to the existing dispute over the Lockerbie issue between the United States of America and the United Kingdom on one hand, and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on the other.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“As if all this were not enough, the United States has enacted legislation to block cooperation between those States and other countries. The responsibility for everything that occurred in Africa in the past and that is now taking place should be borne by those who originally caused it. The time has come for the Powers that colonized Africa, exploited its wealth and resources and enslaved its peoples to offer solemn apologies and pay full reparations for all the damage wrought by colonialism. As Mr. Robert Mugabe, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Chairman of the Organization of African Unity, stated before the General Assembly and the Security Council, Africa seeks no charity from anyone; rather, it claims a restoration of its rights.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“It is illogical that the international community should stand idly by, throwing crumbs of charity to Africa and giving lip-service that solves no problems, satisfies no hunger and offers no genuine hope of salvation. If the developed countries do have the good faith and political will to assist in the development of Africa, they should at least desist from taking any measure that would hinder the development efforts of the African countries. One such measure is the imposition of arbitrary economic sanctions, such as those imposed by the United States of America on Libya, the Sudan and Nigeria - freezing their assets, severing political and economic relations, and denying them access to technology needed for growth and progress.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“It is Africa's full right to demand debt cancellation and it is the duty of creditors seriously to consider that request if they are truly troubled by the deteriorating humanitarian, social and economic conditions in Africa and if they truly see themselves as the future economic and trade partners of Africa and not the new colonialists of the continent. Any relationship, including economic and trade relations, if anchored in equality, would have highly tangible benefits. However, it is unfair at this point to require the African States to engage in competition, to their detriment, with those who have progressed at Africa's expense and have had a head start of centuries. It is, indeed, unreasonable that Africa should be left to languish in the grip of intra- and inter-State conflicts and backwardness.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“There will be no peace without development, growth and economic prosperity. There will be no development and prosperity under the heavy debts burdening Africa. Until the unconscionable terms of assistance imposed by financial institutions, intergovernmental or private, are rescinded; until Africa's debts, in which Powers vying for control of the continent have ensnared African States, are written off; and until fair economic and trade cooperation agreements that take into account the particular circumstances of every African State are reached between Africa and the developed countries, the African Governments will find themselves unable to satisfy the basic needs of their peoples and will remain caught in a vicious circle of conflict over the remaining meagre resources.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“This has resulted in the African Governments' being forced to sell their economic sectors, including their mining and forestry interests. To whom were these resources sold? Not, of course, to the private entrepreneurs of Africa, but to the foreign companies and monopolies, whose primary concern is to make enormous profits and satisfy the needs of their shareholders in advanced economic and financial centres. Is this not an injustice to Africa and an infringement of the sovereignty of its peoples? Those who wish to assist Africa should help to train African nationals and to promote Africa's capacity to exploit the continent's resources and primary commodities. Thus, risks and returns would be shared within a partnership. Africa has as yet no economy and no market and there can therefore be no African partnership in the market economy.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The trade relations laid down by the colonial Powers resulted in long-term distortions, affecting African economies and economic structures. The consequences of this are still being felt today. The conventional patterns of trade that prevailed during the colonial era, which focused on mining, the extraction of raw materials and their transfer outside Africa, have not significantly changed. Moreover, no significant investment was made in the infrastructure, such as in roads, railroads, ports, education or health, among other things. The trade agreements offered to Africa continue to impose certain conditions that result in inequalities. These conditions include demands of unrestricted foreign investment in all areas and an orientation towards privatization.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“African communities knew neither tyranny nor human rights violations before colonialism. Disputes between tribes, communities or African political entities were resolved peacefully by the wise elders and leaders of Africa. Despite that, we cannot belittle the political and moral responsibility of all local political actors. It is their responsibility to avoid by all possible means the tragedies and disasters that arose from the fragmentation of their societies and to explore every available means of ensuring harmony and peaceful coexistence among all sectors of those communities. Africa remains in its early stages of development and therefore has every right to choose the political and economic formulas suitable to its particular environment. In the economic arena, Africa has fared no better than in its social and political spheres.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Kingdoms and States in Africa which enjoyed a high civilizational and cultural level were arbitrarily divided and groups and ethnicities were arbitrarily and unjustly fragmented. Likewise, unrelated areas, peoples and tribes were joined together. The review contained in the report of the Secretary- General reveals that the full spectrum of Africa's problems of political instability in some regions and economic underdevelopment in most if not all countries arose as a result of the practices of those who drew the political boundaries of Africa's countries. Not a single African State demarcated its own political borders with its neighbours. The colonial Powers did that; they divided tribes and communities and sowed the seeds of the violent conflict that we are now witnessing in most parts of the continent.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The report contains many subjects and proposals that merit serious examination and deliberate study by bodies of the United Nations. My delegation will only make preliminary remarks on the report at this stage. Following an in-depth analysis, we will define our position regarding the subjects and the proposals contained therein when the report is discussed by other relevant bodies. I would like to state at the outset that the Secretary- General indeed put his finger on the root causes of the perennial problems when he identified the results of the policies and strategies of the Congress of Berlin in 1885 as the primary causes which fuel conflict and division afflicting several African societies. The colonial Powers attending the Congress of Berlin partitioned Africa into territorial units.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of the United Republic of Tanzania for his kind words addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement. Mr. Ibrahim (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (interpretation from Arabic): I would like to extend my congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I would also like to express our gratitude and appreciation for the skill demonstrated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Gambia and members of his delegation in their stewardship of the Council last month. We also thank the Secretary-General for his report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of India for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of the United Republic of Tanzania. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of India. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Pakistan for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Indonesia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Pakistan. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker is the representative of Bangladesh. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Morocco for the kind words he addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Norway. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“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.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Algeria for his kind words addressed to me and to my predecessor. The next speaker is the representative of Ukraine. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Argentina for his kind words addressed to me, to my predecessor and to the Deputy Secretary-General. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Algeria. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Argentina. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of the Republic of Korea 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.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Tunisia for the kind words he addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of the Republic of Korea. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Tunisia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Canada. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker on my list is the representative of Germany. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker is Mrs. Sylvie Junod, Head of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross to the United Nations, to whom the Council has extended an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure. I invite her to take a seat at the Council table and to make her statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker is Mrs. Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to whom the Council has extended an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure. I invite her to take a seat at the Council table and to make her statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Frechette, is going to replace him in his chair and I am given to understand that this is the first time in history that someone other than the Secretary-General has sat there. I would like to welcome the Deputy Secretary-General. The next speaker is the representative of South Africa. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Nigeria for the kind words he addressed to me. Before I call on the next speaker inscribed on my list, I should like to make a very brief announcement. Members of the Council will recall that the Secretary-General made his best efforts to sit through the morning session of this meeting. He came again to sit in on part of this afternoon's session, but unfortunately he has left, leaving the message that he had another pressing engagement this afternoon. I would like to take this opportunity to express gratitude on my part, as President of the Security Council, for his strong interest in attending this meeting. The Secretary-General asked me to say that the Deputy Secretary-General, Mrs.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I thank the representative of Mauritania for his kind words addressed to me. The next speaker is the representative of Nigeria. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of Mauritania. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in which he requests 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 that representative 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. Mwamba Kapanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo) took a seat at the side of the Council table.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“There are a number of speakers remaining on my list. In View of the lateness of the hour and with the concurrence of the members of the Council, I intend to suspend the meeting. The meeting was suspended at 1.30 pm.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source
“In fact, in the last five years, we in Japan have been offering our sweat and toil amounting to 5.4 billion dollars. I wish to conclude my statement by offering the pledge that the people of Japan will continue to work with the people in Africa for the peace and development of Africa. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. The next speaker on my list is the representative of Zimbabwe. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source
“In concluding my statement today, I should like to underscore the importance of mobilizing the political will of all the participants in the process, whether in Africa or on other continents, to address resolutely the myriads of problems that the continent of Africa faces today. In fact, it is almost trite to emphasize the critical importance of political will. However, it is important to bear in mind that it is so easy to speak of the importance of political will, especially that of others but not of one's own. What is needed now is a commitment on the part of each one of us to mobilizing our own political will. As I have stated earlier, Japan has been offering its share of contribution to conflict prevention and development in Africa through various means available to it.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source
“However, the report is so rich in its contents, as well as in its implications, that to draw concrete conclusions by way of policy recommendations of the Security Council through an open debate of a day or two will simply not suffice. In View of this and in the light of the importance of this report, I should like to suggest that a working group be established in the Security Council to study in depth each and every recommendation contained in the report and to devise a plan of concrete action that might be taken by the Council. The Council could oversee this process, reviewing the progress made by the working group on a regular basis. The outcome of this exercise could then be submitted to the Security Council for consideration at a meeting convened possibly at the ministerial level in September.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source
“Fifth, in the same vein, it is important to realize that we have recently been witnessing an unfortunate trend in which humanitarian activities are faced with serious problems of security which critically hamper their activities. In fact, they are often in need of support and protection by military components of peacekeeping operations. Increasingly, protection by the military components is becoming necessary in order, for example, to ensure the distribution of humanitarian relief supplies or to separate the innocent civilian refugees from ex-combatants and criminals in refugee camps. It is Japan's strong belief that we in the Security Council must urgently focus much more attention on this issue. I have so far tried to pick out only a few of what my delegation regards as the more important aspects of the report of the Secretary-General.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source
“The recommendation of the Secretary-General on this score contains interesting suggestions which merit our serious consideration. Fourth, on the humanitarian front, I should like to emphasize that in considering humanitarian assistance to the civilian population who are the victims of conflicts, it is essential to take into account, from the very beginning and in a long-term perspective, the requirement of post-conflict peace-building efforts. Through all the stages of conflict management, from the stage of conflict prevention to those of peacemaking, peacekeeping, and post-conflict peace- building, the whole process has to be looked at as a process in continuum, and to be treated in an integral manner in our consideration of conflict management in Africa.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source
“Third, in today's world where the use of force as an enforcement measure is becoming increasingly difficult, Japan considers that non-military sanctions can prove useful provided that they are applied judiciously and in a targeted manner. In applying a sanction, three major factors will have to be kept closely in mind: its appropriateness in relation to the desired objective, its effectiveness in implementation on the part of participating parties, and its impact upon the humanitarian situation in the targeted country. Thus, it is the considered View of Japan that the international community should conduct a thorough study of these different aspects of the sanction, so that the sanction can be a truly useful and effective instrument for enforcing peace with justice upon the party in breach of its sacred obligations under the Charter.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875 (1998) · source