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1. “Community development can be instrumental in providing an atmosphere in which hostile factions can work together. Of course, women and men must participate equally in that process. In Bougainville, New Zealand has been pleased to provide, by means of our Development Cooperation Programme, support for the peace process, including the restoration of civil authority and a variety of vocational training programmes with a focus on reintegration. We have found it possible to offer various training programmes in which former antagonists learn new skills side by side. But even so, in Bougainville the former combatants retain their arms although, to their credit, those arms have not been used against the uniquely unarmed peacekeeping force, the Peace Monitoring Group.”

   2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118Resumption1 (2000) · source

2. “We believe that options for improving the availability of police to the United Nations need to be urgently explored. However, a timely response is possible only if good quick-response systems for deploying key personnel, such as civilian police, and for delivering the means to rebuild basic civilian administration are already in place. Such arrangements do not yet exist across the United Nations system. This is the challenge that the United Nations needs to address as a priority. Identifying appropriate post-conflict roles for former combatants is inevitably one of the most challenging tasks in peace-building. Obviously, each situation will require its own unique solutions. Our experience in both East Timor and Bougainville underlines, however, the importance of the early involvement of the local population in the reconstruction process.”

   2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118Resumption1 (2000) · source

3. “We believe this is recognized by UNTAET, the World Bank and other international donors, but we would emphasize the important contribution that timely responses in this field, going beyond emergency humanitarian aid, make to the peace-building effort. One practical area that my delegation believes requires more attention relates to the provision of civilian police. Inevitably, appropriate numbers of civilian police cannot be found as quickly as can military forces; countries simply do not keep civilian police detachments available for rapid deployment overseas. But the process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex- combatants can be fatally impaired if sufficient numbers of civilian police cannot be deployed rapidly.”

   2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118Resumption1 (2000) · source

4. “The World Bank and other major donors also responded at an early stage with the implementation of a donor coordination programme. These responses were delivered in a reasonably timely manner. There has also been an urgent need to re-establish a basic civil administration, a legal system, and the foundation for a functioning economy. This has been done with greater difficulty. Bureaucratic procedures such as those used for recruitment for the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) seem to underlie some of the unfortunate delays. While it would not be realistic to expect the international community to rebuild East T imor's shattered economy overnight, we have already seen many signs of the social stresses inevitable in the period before employment-generating projects get under way.”

   2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118Resumption1 (2000) · source

5. “It would not be helpful for the Council to seek to define very detailed policy approaches which would be applicable in all situations. Nevertheless, my delegation believes that there are some key principles which do have general application and deserve greater recognition. Most important of all, we would place timeliness of response at the top of any list of key principles. In the case of East Timor, New Zealand and others moved quickly, under effective Australian leadership, to provide the military force necessary to re-establish security, as mandated by the Council. United Nations agencies, led by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), responded reasonably promptly with humanitarian relief.”

   2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118Resumption1 (2000) · source

6. “I should like to say at the outset, Sir, how pleased my delegation is to participate under your presidency in a debate of the Security Council on this crucially important subject. We believe that the complexities of post-conflict peace-building and the challenges posed to the United Nations and the international community generally deserve thorough consideration. New Zealand has had recent experience of the challenges of post-conflict peace-building during the current operation in East Timor, as well as during our ongoing substantial role in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, and elsewhere. An important point to be made, we believe, is that obviously no two post-conflict peace-building situations are the same.”

   2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118Resumption1 (2000) · source

7. “They are those staff who are often locally recruited for a United Nations mission in a wide range of disciplines, depending on the needs of the particular mission, and include interpreters, drivers, clerks, cleaners and others. Recent experience in East Timor, in particular, showed that such people can become principal targets for violence because of their association with the United Nations. We believe that more must be done to ensure their protection, including their better integration into security planning for missions. In conclusion, we are glad the Council is seized once again of this important issue, and we look forward to solid outcomes from this debate.”

   2000-02-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4100Resumption1 (2000) · source

8. “In this context, the inclusion of deliberate attacks on personnel involved in a humanitarian situation or peacekeeping mission in the Rome Statute as a war crime over which the International Criminal Court will have jurisdiction is a welcome step forward and an acknowledgement of the seriousness of the plight faced by personnel in these situations. We hope that the Court will provide an effective forum for enforcing those protections which currently exist under international humanitarian law, and that it will contribute towards ending the impunity enjoyed by perpetrators of such attacks in the past. There is a particular category of United Nations staff to whose needs I wish to draw attention today.”

   2000-02-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4100Resumption1 (2000) · source

9. “Recent examples of brutal violence in East Timor against personnel of the United Nations Mission in East Timor illustrate the scope for possible broadening of the United Nations operations covered. Additionally, the Convention, crucially important as it is, does not accommodate humanitarian workers not specifically tied into a United Nations operation. This currently poorly protected group is in need of strengthened protection under international law. We are sympathetic to the elaboration of a protocol to extend the range of protection afforded by the Convention.”

   2000-02-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4100Resumption1 (2000) · source

10. “In recent months Member States have also endured the murders of staff members of the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Food Programme in Burundi and the savage death of a United Nations official in a public place in Pristina, Kosovo. The Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, which my own country and Ukraine had a lead role in developing in 1994 and which, of course, New Zealand ratified some time ago, offers a framework for dealing with some of these crimes. But the protections offered by that instrument will remain fragmented in their application until many more States have become party to it. Furthermore, perhaps its scope does not go far enough. The categories of United Nations operation that the Convention covers are somewhat narrow.”

    2000-02-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4100Resumption1 (2000) · source

11. “That video recording was, of course, part of the report made by Ambassador Fowler to the Council on his visit to Angola in his capacity as Chairman of the Committee established under Security Council resolution 864 (1993). The two C-l30 aircraft were carrying a total of 23 staff of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola. The premeditated destruction of those aircraft would be one of the most flagrant crimes against this Organization and its personnel ever recorded. According to the evidence presented on the videotape, the soldier who fired the missile on each occasion was promoted as a result. We hope that the evidence brought back by Ambassador Fowler is thoroughly studied. It is essential that the perpetrators be brought to justice, however long it takes. There can be no impunity for crimes of such a nature.”

    2000-02-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4100Resumption1 (2000) · source

12. “May I begin, Sir, by congratulating you on your decision to hold this open debate on a subject which remains one of most important facing Member States. Let me say also that it is a particular pleasure to appear under your presidency, given the close collaboration, going back many years, between our two delegations on Security-Council-related matters. Like others, we welcomed very much the thoughtful contributions of the Deputy Secretary-General and of Ms. Bertini at the outset of the debate this morning. Three weeks ago in this Chamber many of us watched with astonishment videotaped testimony from a former UNITA guerrilla to the effect that the shooting down of two United Nations aircraft in Angola in December 1998 and in January 1999 had been deliberately ordered.”

    2000-02-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4100Resumption1 (2000) · source

13. “Through our membership in United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized agencies active in this field, the countries of the South Pacific will continue to support all efforts for effective measures to combat the spread of this disease. Our South Pacific region is about as distant from Africa as can be. But as they face these awesome challenges, we would like to underline our solidarity with our friends in Africa.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

14. “In his 1998 report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (S/1998/318), the Secretary-General recognized that AIDS and the public health crisis facing Africa have serious consequences for the economic and social progress which is central to reducing conflict in the region. AIDS is a global problem. It does not recognize national borders. It is therefore imperative that a concerted global effort be made by the international community to combat this disease around the world, but the scale of the problem in Africa makes that region's needs unique.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

15. “I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the following members of the South Pacific Forum: Australia, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and New Zealand. Despite the length of this list, our statement is very short. We welcome the focus by the Security Council on the issue of AIDS and its impact on peace and security in Africa. We also endorse the broadening of participation of non-members in the work of this Council. The sheer magnitude and severity of the AIDS epidemic in Africa warrants urgent attention. The spread of the disease in the region is, to borrow the words of the Executive Director of UNAIDS, nothing short of an unprecedented human disaster, eroding human, social and economic development and needing a response of emergency proportions.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

16. “The Security Council, we suggest, should make far greater use on these issues of its relationship with the Economic and Social Council, provided for in Article 65 of the Charter.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

17. “The other side of this coin, of course, is that the parties to a dispute who have agreed on the need for a United Nations peacekeeping presence are obliged to do everything in their power to ensure the security of peacekeepers and the safety of other United Nations and associated personnel. There should, we believe, be a greater focus on prevention, especially through the Secretary- General's exercising his early-warning role, as provided for in Article 99 of the Charter. Finally, as has been extensively reported, the root causes of much of the conflict in the region include the high level of poverty and underdevelopment and the inequalities in opportunity among different groups.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

18. “New Zealand is deeply concerned at the apparent trend over the past few years - to which there have been just some exceptions - away from financing peacekeeping by means of assessed contributions towards relying to far too great an extent on voluntary trust funds instead. This strikes at the collective responsibility that lies at the heart of the Charter. In practical terms it means that those regions that fail to attract donor support will not receive from the United Nations the response they are entitled to. My delegation was therefore particularly pleased to hear the clear view expressed on this by the Secretary-General just this morning.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

19. “I join others in very warmly welcoming this British initiative to hold this open debate today. I am very conscious that there are many States with a very much stronger claim than mine to the Council's time on this critical subject. I will therefore be very brief and approach the subject from the perspective of New Zealand's experience as a small contributor to peacekeeping efforts in Africa. Our commitments have included Angola, Somalia, Mozambique and Sierra Leone, as well as refugee relief in the Great Lakes region. There is a widespread and understandable feeling that Africa is not getting a fair deal when it comes to the provision of United Nations peacekeeping resources. The credibility of the Council requires that it be seen as even-handed in its attention to crises, wherever they occur and whether CNN is there or not.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

20. “The Carnegie Commission, in its 1997 Final Report on preventing deadly conflict, wrote of the need to create a culture of prevention. This included such measures as preventive diplomacy and early warning to deal with imminent violence, and other measures, such as the promotion of well-being and justice, to deal with the root causes of violence. There can be no institution better placed than the United Nations to take on this multifaceted task. We look forward to the Security Council's continuing to carry out its key leadership role on behalf of Member States as part of this endeavour.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

21. “If, as we believe the Charter intends, "international peace and security" is to mean more than the absence of war or even an absence of the threat of war, the contributions of the other organs of the United Nations, including the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, are of obvious importance in laying the foundations which are necessary. Finally, there is the role of the Secretary-General's special political missions. These are typically small-scale but effective interventions, such as the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB), Papua New Guinea. UNPOB and the regionally provided Peace Monitoring Group play a critical confidence-building and indeed conflict-prevention role as the parties to the dispute engage on the political issues concerned.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

22. “And, regarding a completely different theatre, we also wish to acknowledge the efforts of Ambassador Fowler, as chair of the Angola sanctions Committee, to investigate the illegal trade in diamonds and arms that has brought so much misery to that region. While the Council has primary responsibility for international peace and security, there are other important actors within the system. There is a strong link between international peace and security, on the one hand, and disarmament and development on the other.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

23. “The authorization of the multinational International Force, East Timor (INTERFET) - and, subsequently, of the Transitional Administration and peacekeeping force within it - were also done by the Council as quickly as the extraordinary requirements of one member's legislature would allow. New Zealand will remain a significant contributor to INT ERFET and to the peacekeeping operation that will succeed it, we hope very soon. While we are speaking on the subject of East Timor we would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Ambassador Holbrooke on his very recent personal contribution to efforts to ease the plight of East Timorese refugees in Indonesia.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

24. “Against these persistent negative features, which we hope can be resolved in the future, I am pleased to say that from my delegation's perspective there have also been some very positive developments in the Council's recent handling of its conflict-prevention responsibilities. Perhaps the highlight was the rapid dispatch of a mission of the Security Council to Indonesia and to East Timor in response to the violence following the popular consultation. The mission was a crucial step in helping to end the bloodshed. And we acknowledge as we have before the distinguished leadership of the Permanent Representative of Namibia.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

25. “As so many speakers observed during the general debate of the General Assembly, this instrument wreaked havoc on the Council's conflict-prevention capacity in 1999. It started with the untimely termination of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP), a successful preventive-deployment mission in a highly sensitive area. It exerted its unwelcome influence when the Council was by-passed in the decision by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to bomb Yugoslavia. And it dogs the Council's efforts to arrive at a new weapons- inspection regime to replace the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM), which departed Iraq before Operation Desert Fox almost a year ago.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

26. “There is also a view that the Council's effectiveness in conflict prevention is hindered by its working methods. The Council does so much of its work these days, perhaps 90 per cent, through informal consultations. Non- members do not have access. We are aware that among some Security Council members there is concern that this practice denies the Council the opportunity to invite representatives of States directly affected by a matter which the Council is considering to participate in substantive discussion of it. We can also envisage that there might be occasions when the chance for Council members to deliver a strong, collective and private view directly to the parties to a dispute could be a very useful step towards resolving it. Finally there is that old incubus, the veto.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

27. “If the Security Council has failed to carry out its responsibilities effectively in the past, it would not seem to be a failure of system design but a consequence of other factors. Two key factors of course are political will and resources. Member States look to the Council members to show leadership, given their special responsibilities. This includes, at the very least, timely, complete and unconditional payment of assessed contributions. It also includes a willingness on the part of Council members to ensure that the United Nations will have the wherewithal to do the job that has been mandated, whether it is sufficient troops to defend a "safe area" or money to pay for the restoration of public services in post-conflict peace-building under the Council's mandate.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

28. “The provisions of Chapter VII give the Security Council enormous powers to deal with threats to the peace or acts of aggression, and they impose serious obligations on the wider membership to assist the Council. Finally, the Secretary-General is given a particular role under Article 99, a role that would seem quite relevant to the idea of "early warning" so often mentioned in discussions of preventive diplomacy. He is able to bring any matter that in his opinion may threaten international peace and security to the attention of the Council. The Charter, although more than half a century old, therefore contains a comprehensive, relevant and entirely practical set of options for conflict prevention, in the Articles I have referred to and elsewhere. And it empowers the Council, primarily, to use them.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

29. “The Security Council is given primary - but not exclusive - responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It exercises this responsibility on behalf of the wider membership. In Article 33 an impressive bag of tools is provided within the Charter for the peaceful settlement of disputes. These include "negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements", and so forth. The Security Council is also empowered, under Article 34, to investigate any dispute or situation which might give rise to a dispute that might endanger international peace and security.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

30. “At the regional level, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum is doing important work on the concepts and principles of preventive diplomacy. This renewed focus and discussion, including today's open debate, is most timely, given the events of this year now almost passed and the considerable resurgence in United Nations peacekeeping. The United Nations Charter clearly envisages a strong conflict-prevention role for this Organization. Article 1, paragraph 1, speaks of "effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace". The second part of this paragraph also envisages the "adjustment or settlement" by peaceful means of "disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace".”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

31. “Other contributors on the subject included the then Foreign Minister of Australia, Senator Gareth Evans, who put forward the idea of "cooperative security". A further substantial contribution was made in 1997 by the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. Among other things the Commission identified some of the chief impediments to preventive action. These included on the one hand a reluctance of countries closest to a conflict to want preventive assistance at the time when it could be most effective and, on the other hand, a certain "intervention fatigue" on the part of those States most capable of offering assistance. Most recently we have to hand the valuable action plan offered by the Swedish Government in the pamphlet "Preventing violent conflict", written against the background of the human catastrophe in Kosovo.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

32. “I would like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, for arranging this open debate. The topic is a vitally important one. The question of how the international community, through collective action, can effectively prevent armed conflict has been much studied and discussed over the past decade. We remember that at the end of January 1992 the Security Council, meeting for the first time at the level of heads of State or Government, asked the then Secretary- General to prepare recommendations on strengthening the United Nations capacity for preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peacekeeping. The result was "An Agenda for Peace", whose precepts were to be sorely tested in peacekeeping operations in Bosnia, Rwanda and Somalia.”

    1999-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072Resumption1 (1999) · source

33. “New Zealand considers in particular that the establishment of the United Nations peacekeeping force will enhance the security of the operation and allow for the burden-sharing that should rightly lie at the heart of United Nations collective security measures.”

    1999-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4057 (1999) · source

34. “As we have informed the Secretary-General, this contribution will be made available to the military component of the United Nations Transitional Administration to be authorized today. The New Zealand Government is of the View that the replacement of the multinational force by a United Nations peacekeeping force within the United Nations Transitional Administration should proceed without delay once the draft resolution has been adopted. The reasons, symbolic and practical, for the replacement of the multinational force by the United Nations force as soon as possible, as was originally envisaged when resolution 1264 (1999) was adopted and which is now provided for by the draft resolution establishing UNTAET, are compelling.”

    1999-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4057 (1999) · source

35. “New Zealand welcomes the draft resolution by which the Council would establish a United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). This marks a significant step forward on East Timor's road to independence, the option that the overwhelming majority of East Timorese voters chose in the popular consultation conducted by the United Nations on 30 August. New Zealand is committed to assisting the United Nations in this important task. A sizeable part of that commitment is the substantial contribution of New Zealand Defence Force personnel to the multinational Force - the International Force, East Timor (INTERFET) - which was mandated by the Security Council under resolution 1264 (1999).”

    1999-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4057 (1999) · source

36. “We did so as a friend and regional partner, and we are gratified by the response of the Indonesian Government. In responding to the crisis in East Timor we have sought to be helpful, constructive and forward-looking. We welcome Australia's role in making this multinational force possible. While it has proved necessary at this time for the Council to establish a multinational force in view of the urgency of the situation, I would like to place on record New Zealand's expectation of its early replacement by a United Nations peacekeeping operation, as envisaged in the resolution. We look forward to seeing the Secretary-General's recommendations to the Security Council in this regard as soon as possible.”

    1999-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4045 (1999) · source

37. “New Zealand welcomes the Council's adoption this morning of the resolution authorizing the deployment of a multinational force to East Timor in response to the Indonesian Govemment's decision to invite an international peacekeeping presence through the United Nations. My country will be among the earliest participants, with others from the region. Speed is of the essence in View of the gravity of the humanitarian situation in East Timor. We welcome Indonesia's pledges of full cooperation in dealing with the crisis. Cooperation from all arms of the Indonesian Government will be critical to the success of the operation authorized this morning. New Zealand was among those countries which urged Indonesia to invite an international peacekeeping presence.”

    1999-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4045 (1999) · source

38. “In particular, we urge Indonesia to permit, protect and support international relief agencies - both United Nations and non-governmental - that are ready to return to East Timor to deal with the humanitarian crisis looming for the many tens of thousands of internally displaced East Timorese. At this time of crisis immediate attention must be given to their welfare, but none of us must be deflected from a continuing commitment to the realization of the outcome of the 30 August ballot and of the aspirations the people of East Timor so clearly and incontrovertibly expressed in it.”

    1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

39. “We are greatly concerned for them and for the others at UNAMET headquarters, for all of whose safety the Indonesian authorities are responsible. We have backed the purpose of the Security Council mission that is Visiting Indonesia and East Timor and pledge support for a continuing and future United Nations presence in the territory. The Secretary-General has urged the Indonesian Government to accept the offer a number of Governments have made to contribute to a collective effort to help Indonesia restore order in East Timor and care for the welfare of the East Timorese people. On behalf of the New Zealand Government, I reaffirm our willingness to assist in this way. We join the Secretary-General in appealing to Indonesia to respond positively to the international community's concern.”

    1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

40. “It has thus far declined the offers of its friends to help. The world knows, as a result of the 30 August ballot, the true aspirations and democratically expressed wishes of the people of East Timor. That fact can never be disguised or ignored. Those trying to subvert the ballot outcome by abhorrent and Violent means and to deny the right of self- determination must be held accountable. On this too we agree entirely with the Secretary-General. New Zealand has been a consistent supporter of United Nations efforts to resolve the situation in East Timor. We welcomed the Tripartite Agreements of 5 May and readily provided contributions of finance and personnel to the United Nations Mission in East Timor. A small number of brave New Zealanders remain at UNAMET headquarters in Dili.”

    1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

41. “Unquestionably, we have seen deliberate and systematic attempts to sabotage the 5 May Agreements and the outcome of the 30 August ballot, with evidence of complicity on the part of Indonesian military and police authorities. The New Zealand Prime Minister announced yesterday that close military cooperation with Indonesia was inappropriate under the circumstances that the Indonesian armed forces had allowed to develop in East Timor. Bilateral defence exercises and military training programmes have accordingly been suspended and are under review. The Secretary-General's statement yesterday recorded Indonesia's failure to meet its responsibility to maintain order and security in East Timor during and after the ballot, even with the introduction of martial law. Its repeated assurances that it will do so have proved hollow.”

    1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

42. “I welcome this opportunity to address the Council on this important subject. New Zealanders have been appalled at the tragedy that has unfolded in East Timor since the historic ballot conducted by the United Nations on 30 August. Despite the fact that the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) has been forced to withdraw to Dili, that church and non-governmental organizations have been forced to abandon their activities, and that international media have been threatened and forced to leave, there is no hiding the widespread destruction and killings, the forced transportation of thousands, and the displacement of tens of thousands of East Timorese who just days ago voted freely on their future for the first time in their history.”

    1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

43. “New Zealand's views on the importance of adequately funding Security Council-mandated operations, such as UNAMET, are also familiar. The United Nations capacity to bring peace and security to areas of conflict around the world is significantly influenced by decisions on funding. As a founding Member of the United Nations, we recognized from the outset the importance of Article 17 of the Charter and the obligations flowing from it. Ad hoc voluntary arrangements can be no credible or reliable substitute. Finally, we would like to reiterate our appreciation and respect for the manner in which the Secretary-General and his officials are carrying out their responsibilities on the question of East Timor.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4038 (1999) · source

44. “But there is no hiding the fact that the requirement for ensuring a secure environment devoid of violence or other forms of intimidation, as a prerequisite for the holding of a free and fair ballot, has not been fully met. As ballot day approaches, there has been an upsurge in violence by pro-autonomy militia and a disturbing number of attacks directed specifically at UNAMET staff, facilities and residences. Members will know of New Zealand's initiative in bringing to this Council some years ago our concerns about the safety of United Nations personnel. These concerns have not diminished. We urge Indonesia, particularly the military authorities in Indonesia, to redouble their efforts to ensure security and calm in the run-up to the ballot and the period thereafter.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4038 (1999) · source

45. “In this regard, it will be very important to get clear, public and ongoing commitments from leaders of both the pro-autonomy and pro-independence sides to respect the outcome - in all parts of East Timor. The Government of Indonesia has a key role to play in this process, not least because of its continuing responsibility to maintain peace and security in East Timor. New Zealand is confident that Indonesia has the capacity to ensure that the ballot is conducted in a safe and secure environment. We believe that it is possible for both sides to accept the ballot result without resorting to violence. Those who are predicting bloodshed also have in their power the ability to prevent such an outcome.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4038 (1999) · source

46. “We have been an early contributor to UNAMET and will increase our support in the second phase of the operation that the Security Council will approve today. We will be doubling the number of New Zealand Defence Force military liaison officers from 5 to 10 and increasing the number of civilian police officers from 10 to 15. The future of East Timor now lies with the East Timorese. There should be no winners and losers. As the draft resolution highlights, the United Nations needs to continue to reassure all groups that they will have a role to play in the political life of East Timor after the ballot. Work towards reconciliation and the establishment of confidence between all groups will be critical over this interim phase.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4038 (1999) · source

47. “Today's decision will provide an assurance to the people of East Timor that the United Nations is committed to their future; it underlines the continuing commitment of the United Nations to the process, until the Indonesian Parliament is able to give effect to the outcome of the popular consultation, whatever that may be. During the interim phase immediately following the ballot, UNAMET will face a range of different tasks. Its structure has to reflect these new demands, and New Zealand welcomes the revised composition of UNAMET set out in the draft resolution. New Zealand has given steadfast encouragement to the United Nations tripartite negotiations that produced the 5 May Agreement.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4038 (1999) · source

48. “It had to move quickly, in difficult circumstances, to establish a presence in East Timor and to prepare for the popular consultation. This was UNAMET's primary task, as mandated under resolution 1246 (1999) of 11 June 1999. New Zealand is confident that UNAMET will continue to carry out its responsibilities in managing the consultation on 30 August capably, efficiently and with absolute impartiality. It is right that the Security Council should now look to the next stages of this important process. There can be no cooling-off period for UNAMET.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4038 (1999) · source

49. “It is a particular pleasure to address a Security Council over which you, Sir, are presiding. New Zealand is pleased to join with other Members involved in the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) in welcoming the proposed decision of the Security Council today on the interim phase of its operation in East Timor. We are approaching the day of the direct ballot. The campaign period concludes today, leaving a two-day cooling-off period. On Monday, the people of East Timor will have the opportunity to determine their own future. They have shown, by their determination to register for the ballot in overwhelming numbers, that they want to have this say. For the boldness of vision in creating this opportunity, President Habibie's Government can take great credit. The United Nations Mission can also take great credit.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4038 (1999) · source

50. “Clearly there are opportunities for us all as Member States, as well as our international agencies, to work together and share experience in all such situations, to bring about the best outcomes for those children affected by armed conflict.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037Resumption1 (1999) · source