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1997-10-23
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1997-10-29
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  1. “In the meantime, we call upon UNITA to comply fully with its obligations under the Lusaka Protocol and resolution 1127 (1997) without any further delay. My delegation would like to commend the troika countries and the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Alioune Blondin Beye, for the positive role they have played in the Angolan peace process. We cannot but encourage them to continue their efforts.”

    1997-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3827 (1997) · source

  2. “This situation is very disappointing considering that it could have been avoided altogether if the parties in Angola, and UNITA in particular, had fully and unconditionally complied with the provisions of the Lusaka Protocol. We are equally disheartened by the fact that the two protagonists, President Dos Santos and Mr. Savimbi, have not met despite the numerous calls by the international community for them to do so. Kenya believes that a meeting between these two leaders, even if symbolic, would have contributed to confidence-building, thereby moving the peace process forward. In this regard, we are encouraged by the information that the two leaders are planning to meet early next month. We hope that the meeting will lead to a quick resolution of the remaining issues in the peace process.”

    1997-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3827 (1997) · source

  3. “The Angolan peace process is at a critical and very sensitive stage where utmost cooperation is required in order for the parties to meet their obligations and to make irreversible progress. The international community has provided resources and manpower to facilitate the peace process in Angola. It is therefore disheartening that the parties, and in particular UNITA, have not taken full advantage of the resources made available to them in order successfully to complete the peace process. Kenya will vote in favour of draft resolution S/ 1997/ 823. However, my delegation had hoped that by this time we would be talking of programmes and projects for the economic rehabilitation of Angola. Instead, we are discussing the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) and the imposition of sanctions.”

    1997-10-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3827 (1997) · source

  4. “However, it does not clearly portray the balance and tone of the reports in question, and it is for those reasons that my delegation will abstain in the voting.”

    1997-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3826 (1997) · source

  5. “Chief among these is the biological weapons programme, in which there has been almost no progress recorded. The other important issue is, of course, that of the methods of work. Here, UNSCOM. has experienced difficulties in both the disclosure and the verification phases. Incidents of the Iraq Government's denial of access to certain sites, as set out in annex I to the report (S/ 1997/774) before us, continue to concern us, and we strongly insist that all such hindrances be removed by the Government, to enable UNSCOM. to perform its functions. The report also states that, in the overall context of the Commission's work, inspections were conducted without let or hindrance. The draft before us (S/1997/816) takes on board some of the issues we have referred to.”

    1997-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3826 (1997) · source

  6. “Such a message, uncompromised and unified, would have allowed the Council to speak with one voice, as requested by the Executive Chairman of UNSCOM. We were encouraged, for instance, that for the most part the reports of UN SCOM. and the IAEA indicate that during the period under review, significant progress was on several fronts, and particularly in the missile and chemical weapons areas. We would like to see the cooperation between the Government of Iraq and UNSCOM, which made this progress possible, further enhanced to allow UNSCOM. to carry out its mandate in full. We believe that sending a strong message while acknowledging progress made, however insignificant, are not mutually exclusive actions. The UNSCOM. report, on the one hand, points to some issues that justifiably need the attention of this Council.”

    1997-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3826 (1997) · source

  7. “I would like, first of all, to express the appreciation of the Kenyan delegation for the efforts made by the sponsors of today's draft resolution in an attempt to accommodate the views and comments of all delegations. The goal of the international community remains to ensure that the process of disarming Iraq continues unhindered until all threats that it poses or could pose in future are removed. We believe that the reports of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) provide a platform on which our message to Iraq - to fully comply with its obligations under the relevant Security Council resolutions and to cooperate with UNSCOM. - should have been based.”

    1997-10-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3826 (1997) · source