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1992-01-31
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1992-01-31
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  1. “Yes, after so many years it may still be in its infancy, requiring the careful and vigilant nurturing of its parents, but I believe in my heart that it is alive and well. Our mission is to make it strong and sturdy through increased dedication and cooperation, and I know that we are up to the challenge. The nations represented here - like the larger community of the United Nations represented by so many Permanent Representatives in this Chamber today - have it in their power to act for peace and freedom. May God bless the United Nations as it pursues its noble goal.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  2. “Two weeks ago, this Council in unity sent a very strong message to Libya, and let me repeat today: resolution 731 (1992), passed unanimously by this body, the Security Council, calls on Libya to comply fully with the requests of three States members of this Council. I would just like to use this meeting today to call on Libya to heed the call of the Security Council of the United Nations. Last year in the Gulf, in concert, we responded to an attack on the sovereignty of one nation as an assault on the security of all. So let us make it our mission to give this principle the greatest practical meaning in the conduct of nations. Today we stand at another crossroads. For perhaps the first time since that hopeful moment in San Francisco, we can look at our Charter as a living, breathing document.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  3. “And we must make clear to the world and, most important, to the people of Iraq that no normalization is possible so long as Saddam Hussein remains there, remains in power. As on all the urgent issues I have mentioned today, progress comes from acting in concert. We must deal resolutely with these renegade regimes, if necessary by sanctions or stronger measures, to compel them to observe international standards of behaviour. We will not be blind to the dangers we still face. Terrorists and their State sponsors must know there will be serious consequences if they violate international law.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  4. “Drawing down the old cold-war arsenals will further ease that dread. But the spectre of mass destruction remains all too real, especially as some nations continue to push to acquire weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the United Nations mission: that security is a shared responsibility. And today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my country that we must keep sanctions in place and take the following steps to preserve our common security. We must continue to focus on Irag's capability to build or maintain weapons of mass destruction.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  5. “Yet realism requires us to remain vigilant in this time of transition: the danger of proliferation remains. Let me single out the remarks earlier by the President of the French Republic, President Mitterrand, on this subject: " Clarion call to do something about it. We must act together so that from this time forward people involved in sophisticated weapons programmes will redirect their energies to peaceful endeavours. We will do more, in cooperation with our allies, to ensure that dangerous materials and techology do not fall into the hands of terrorists or others. And we will continue to work with these new States to ensure a strong commitment in word and deed to all global non-proliferation standards. Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than at any time in the nuclear era.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  6. “Just three days ago, in my State of the Union message, I announced the steps - far-reaching unilateral steps - that we will take to reduce our nuclear arsenal, These steps affect each element in our strategic triad: the land, the sea and the air. In addition to those unilateral steps we are prepared to move forward on mutual arms reductions. I noted the constructive comments of President Yeltsin here today, and tomorrow in my meeting with him we will continue the search for common ground on this vitally important issue. He responded with aome very serious proposals just the other day. We welcome ~ the world welcomes - statements by several of the new States that won independence after the collapse of the USSR that they will abide by the nuclear non-proliferation Treaty.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  7. “But it is not absent those who would turn back the clock to the darker days of threats and bullying. Our world is still a dangerous world, rife with far too many terrible weapons. In my first address to the United Nations as President, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate chemical weapons and called on every nation to join us in that crusade. His Majesty King Hassan II of Morocco made that point so well right here today. What greater cause for this great body than to make certain the world has seen the last of these terrible weapons? So let us vow to make this year the year all nations at long last join to ban this scourge. There is much more to do regarding weapons of mass destruction.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  8. “It means an irrevocable commitment to democratic principles. It means equal rights for minorities. And above all it means the sanctity of even a single individual against the unjust power of the State. The will of the majority must never degenerate into the whim of the majority. This fundamental principle transcends all borders. Human dignity, the inalienable rights of man: these are not the possessions of the State. They are universal. In Asia, in Africa, in Europe, in the Americas the United Nations must stand with those who seek greater freedom and democracy. That is my deep belief, and that is the belief of the American people. And it is the belief that breathes life into the great principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Our changed world is a more hopeful world indeed.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  9. “We must be practical as well as principled as we seek to free people from the spectre of conflict. . We recognize every nation's obligation to invest in peace. As conflicts are resolved and violence subsides, then the institutions of free societies can take hold. As they do, they become our strongest safeguards against aggression and tyranny. Democracy; human rights; the rule of law - these are the building blocks of peace and freedom. We have witnessed change of enormous breadth and scope, all in but a few short years. A remarkable revolution has swept away the old regimes from Managua to Moscow. But everywhere, free Government and the institutions that give it form will take time to flourish and mature. Free elections give democracy a foothold, but true democracy means more than simply the rule of the majority.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  10. “Never before in its four decades have the United Nations blue helmets and blue berets been so engaged in the noble work of peace-keeping, even to the extent of building the foundation for free elections. And never before has the United Nations been so ready, and so compelled, to step up to the task of peace-making - both to resolve hot wars and to conduct that forward-looking mission known as preventive diplomacy. In the lives of millions of men and women around the world its import is simple: it can mean the difference between war and peace, healing and hatred. Where there is fear and despair, it can mean hope. We look to the Secretary-General to present to this Council his recommendations to ensure effective and efficient peace-keeping, peace-making and preventive diplomacy. We look forward to exploring these ideas together.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  11. “Today, for these brief remarks, I will not talk on the economic and social agenda so eloquently addressed by President Borja, but, rather, I will mention the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts, destabilizing renegade regimes that are on the horizon, terrorism,. and human rights; they all require our immediate attention. The world also challenges us to strengthen and sustain positive change. We must advance the momentous movement towards democracy and freedom - I believe our Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali called this "democratization" - and expand the circle of nations committed to human rights and the rule of law. It is an exciting opportunity for our United Nations. We must not allow it to slip away. Right now, across the globe, the United Nations is working night and day in the cause of peace.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  12. “Long before I came onto the scene, and long after I left, the United Nations was all too often paralysed by cruel ideological divisions and the struggle to contain Soviet expansion. Today all that has changed. The collapse of imperial communism and the end of the cold war breathe new life into the United Nations. It was just one year ago that the world saw this new invigorated United Nations in action as the Council stood fast against aggression, and stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter. Now it is time to step forward again, to make the internal reforms, accelerate the revitalization, accept the responsibilities necessary for a vigorous and effective United Nations. I want to assure the members of the Council and the Secretary-General that the United Nations can count on our full support in this task.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source

  13. “President BUSH: Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you for your key role in convening this first-ever summit of the United Nations Security Council. Mr. Secretary-General, I offer congratulations to you as you take office at this time of tremendous challenge and opportunity. For the United States it is a high honour to participate and speak at this history-making event. We meet at a moment of new beginnings - for this institution and for every Member nation. For most of its history the United Nations was caught in a cold-war crossfire. I think back to my days here in the early 1970s as a Permanent Representative and of the way polemics then displaced peace-keeping.”

    1992-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3046 (1992) · source