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Prince Sisowath Sirirath

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1994-11-09
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1994-11-09
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  1. “Yasushi Akashi, and we are full of admiration for him and confident that his efforts to restore peace and security to the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina will succeed, as they did, with the Council's help, in my own country. Whatever decision the Council takes today on this terrible situation, my delegation hopes that it will be on the right path towards a lasting peace. If not - and it may be ironic and unprofessional of me to say this - then the unfortunate people of Bosnia and Herzegovina will have to wait a little longer, until their death toll reaches that of Cambodia under Pol Pot, or perhaps equals that of Rwanda. Only then, perhaps, can peace be found for Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

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  2. “The international community continues to view this as a highly important issue, and Cambodia will continue to pray for a negotiated settlement and to hope that national reconciliation can be achieved soon among all the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We call upon all the rival factions to stop the fighting and to cooperate with the United Nations. My delegation commends the tireless efforts being 52 made by the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and its outstanding performance. Like the lives of the Bosnian people, the lives of UNPROFOR personnel are in constant danger. They are dedicated to their duty to uphold peace and security for the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cambodia, of course, is well acquainted with the Secretary-General's Special Representative in the former Yugoslavia, Mr.”

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  3. “My delegation hopes that the situation will not deteriorate to the point of anarchy, the point at which all hell breaks loose, as happened in Cambodia in 1975 and as happened recently in Rwanda, when the situation became hopeless. The Council has the power to give peace a chance, but peace cannot be achieved without stronger military pressure on the Bosnian Serbs. We have seen such situations before in every theatre of war throughout the world's history; no peace can be achieved when one side is weaker than the other and continues to offer to talk while the other side is stronger and continues to wage war.”

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  4. “Cambodia is also frustrated by the fact that its requests to friendly countries for arms to combat the Khmer Rouge have not been answered, while the massacre of innocent civilians has continued, including the recent killing of young Australian, British and French citizens. Cambodia's situation is perhaps not as alarming as that of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the similarity should be carefully considered and studied by the Council. A small faction like that of the Bosnian Serbs cannot be allowed to continue to hold the international community hostage by rejecting every effort and every proposal for peace, as the Khmer Rouge are doing in my country. How much longer can we allow this to go on, how much longer are we willing to wait?”

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  5. “It is clear to the whole world that the stubbornness of the Bosnian Serbs is equal to that of the Khmer Rouge. Cambodia feels that the time is ripe for, and is strongly in favour of, lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina. My delegation recalls the frustration experienced by many nations involved in the peace-keeping operations in Cambodia, when most of them favoured military action against the Khmer Rouge for its refusal to participate and to cooperate with the United Nations. A similar frustration is now being felt by those who wish to see a lifting of the arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

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  6. “While other countries, my own among them, enjoy the fruits of the reconstruction and development activities being carried out in various fields by donor countries through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bosnia and Herzegovina has been reduced to practically nothing. Cambodia has always striven for peace and believed that all avenues leading to talks and negotiations must be explored. It has become clear to my delegation that the 51 road to a negotiated settlement may be impossible to find. The Council should perhaps seriously consider lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia and Herzegovina, as proposed by the President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in his address to the General Assembly last September.”

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  7. “This situation strongly reminds me of a similar problem that arose in my country two years ago, when the Khmer Rouge, having agreed to come to the peace table in Paris with the rest of the Cambodian factions and the international community, in 1991, refused to allow the United Nations to demobilize its troops and supervise its zones of control, as agreed in the Paris Peace Accord. Instead, it captured and threatened to kill members of the Blue Helmet forces. This same action is being repeated today. The Bosnian Serbs are applying the same tactics as the Khmer Rouge is applying in my country. The precedent has now been set. This grave situation has consumed much of the United Nations limited financial and manpower resources.”

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  8. “The number of victims, refugees and displaced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues to rise each day. Their lives are being wasted needlessly, and this is going on without end. Living an undignified existence and in the constant fear of being killed, they have been reduced to a level unworthy of human beings. This is the saddest and most tragic story of all. It represents a challenge to all of us. The Bosnian Serbs in their aggression have not hesitated to attack towns and zones that are protected by the United Nations peace-keeping forces.”

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  9. “Cambodia sincerely empathizes with the profound suffering which the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have experienced ever since the outbreak of war and the adoption by the Bosnian Serb army of the policy of "ethnic cleansing". With the death of the charismatic leader Josip Broz Tito and the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia, new factional leaders, unwilling to compromise, emerged as feared warlords and tyrants, refusing to see the changes that were taking place all around them in Europe and elsewhere. This senseless, bloody conflict has been going on much too long. It continues to ravage innocent lives on all sides, because people have not accepted the fundamental truth of their common humanity - that life is the most precious gift of all.”

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  10. “Taking into account its image as one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement and its close, longstanding relationship with the former Yugoslavia, Cambodia refrained in the past from debating this issue because of its sensitivity, and felt that more time was needed to pave the way for an approach to a peaceful settlement. But, as time passed, as negative results continued to be seen and the offer of a lasting political solution was constantly rejected by the stronger Bosnian Serb party, it became obvious that the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a one-sided war of aggression perpetrated by the Bosnian Serb army against the weaker Croats and Bosnian Muslim peoples.”

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  11. “My delegation hopes that the meeting will finally lead to concrete measures that will change the course of the war. My delegation is therefore pleased to participate for the first time in the debate on this issue, and hopes to share with the Council the experiences of the horror of over two decades of war, the Pol Pot/Khmer Rouge genocidal regime and foreign occupation. With this in mind, my delegation was pleased to vote in favour last week of General Assembly resolution 49/10, on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. My delegation listened with great attention to the statement that has just been made by the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and fully joins in his heartbreaking plea for the lifting of the arms embargo imposed on his country.”

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  12. “First of all, may I congratulate you, Madam, on the manner in which you have been presiding over the work of the Council this month. My delegation is indeed privileged to be addressing the Council for the first time since Cambodia regained its truly democratically elected Government last year, under United Nations organization and supervision. This happy outcome resulted from the Council's continued support for the suffering Cambodian people over many years. Thanks to all the members of the Council, and in particular to the permanent members, Cambodia is today enjoying its long- lost freedom, a market economy, freedom of the press and the protection of human rights. Today my delegation is pleased to see the Council once again taking up a topic of the utmost importance: the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

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