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  1. “My country, Malaysia, continues to have serious doubts about the commitment to bring about a just and honourable peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, even when at every turn and opportunity we insist and plead for one. At a previous Council meeting on the subject of Bosnia and Herzegovina the Malaysian delegation appealed for moral and political leadership. No such effort has been forthcoming so far, unless this ultimatum is new evidence. In a few days we shall see. We have our doubts, but we accept that the ultimatum is an important, if small, step that can provide some semblance of justice to the Bosnians, if the air strikes follow upon non-compliance. Also, the ultimatum is but a small part of a larger need for a comprehensive and just settlement of the conflict.”

    1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source

  2. “NATO has hemmed and hawed and threatened before about possible air strikes, but they have never taken place. The slaughter of the Bosnians has not stopped, nor has the "ethnic cleansing", because the Serbs have not taken NATO threats seriously. So what can one make of the new NATO resolve? Are we at last seeing NATO authority living up to responsibility and action, with the necessary political will to carry out the strikes, or are we to be disappointed again? Will the new resolve not be diluted and fudged, mired in the interplay of European power politics in the Balkans that has brought to grief so many tens of thousands of Bosnians?”

    1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source

  3. “I thank you, Mr. President, and the other members of the Council for convening this meeting. I am very happy, Sir, to see you presiding, knowing very well your sense of fairness and commitment to the issues that have to be properly addressed in this Council. The decision by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Council to give a clear ultimatum to the Serbs to withdraw their heavy artillery was long overdue. That it has finally been taken and that it provides the promise of some respite for the beleaguered Bosnians in Sarajevo must be welcomed. Yet the next few days will be critical. The Serbs have broken promises and pledges before, so what can be expected of this one? And how does one ensure against actions of subterfuge or partial compliance?”

    1994-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption1 (1994) · source

  4. “What is the future of safe havens when the rest of Bosnia and Herzegovina is being allowed to be swallowed up? The single thrust of this draft resolution today is to give the Bosnians their inherent right under Article 51 to defend themselves. The draft resolution before us today is not expected to be adopted because a handful of members continue to insist that they must determine the course of action on the issue. Other Council members must reject this highly untenable situation now and restore to the Bosnians their right to self-defense.”

    1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source

  5. “Is resolution 713 (1991) still applicable to the Bosnians who are fighting for their lives? There is an argument being promoted that lifting the arms embargo for the Bosnians would lead to a greater escalation of violence, would affect humanitarian efforts and would threaten the concept of safe havens. My delegation appeals to Council members to examine this argument clearly. What further intensifications of fighting can one envisage when already there have been thousands killed and the Bosnians are huddled pitifully in places of refuge and their territory has shrunk into divided pockets of survival? What humanitarian efforts are we to safeguard when humanitarianism has been totally abandoned by an appeasement policy that has allowed armies their full sway?”

    1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source

  6. “As we meet here at United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Serbians and Croatians are launching joint attacks to grab more territory by force, in fulfilment of the Milosevic-Tudjman plan to dismember Bosnia and Herzegovina. Europe must realize full well that what the Serbs and Croats want is a total surrender by the Bosnian Muslims. My delegation would also appeal to individual Council members to examine again the premise behind the decision to adopt resolution 713 (1991) on the arms embargo. That resolution was predicated on the Security Council's being able to take effective steps to stop the strife and push back aggression. Those things never happened. On the contrary, at a cost borne by hundreds of thousands, and with immense tragedy, the dismemberment of Bosnia is in progress.”

    1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source

  7. “Regrettably, the intransigent position of a few countries is the obstacle to a review of resolution 713 (1991). Bosnia and Herzegovina, ironically enough and with tragic consequences, is a problem in Europe that Europeans have failed to solve but they are, at the same time, insistent that there can be no other means except those undertaken by certain countries of Europe themselves. We are seeing now the realization of our worst fears as a result of that situation: the virtual abandonment of the Vance-Owen plan in favour of the Milosevic-Tudjman proposal for the partitioning of Bosnia and Herzegovina into three states based on ethnic lines. Although full details of the proposal are not yet available, its acceptance means legitimizing Serbian acquisition of territory through the use of force and the abhorrent practice of ethnic cleansing.”

    1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source

  8. “The members of the Council must take into account two resolutions of the General Assembly - resolution 46/242 and resolution 47/121 - that were adopted with big majorities and that underlined the collective stand that the Bosnians must be allowed to have recourse to arms to defend themselves. Recently, at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, a special declaration with a direct appeal to the Security Council was adopted, calling for the lifting of the arms embargo for the Bosnians. Council members cannot dismiss out of hand or be oblivious of the moral question before them: can a handful of countries in the Security Council continue to not even reconsider the possibility of reviewing the arms embargo, in the light of a huge chorus of appeals from the international community?”

    1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source

  9. “It should be pointed out that the application of the arms embargo on the Government of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is wrongly jirected, as resolution 713 (1991) was adopted before the Republic became independent of former Yugoslavia and joined as the one hundred and seventieth Member of the United Nations, on 22 May 1992. Coming to the Council once again, the Malaysian delegation finds it necessary to appeal to the conscience and moral judgement of each member of the Council over what further steps have to be taken to save Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

    1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source

  10. “The choice for the Security Council in addressing the Bosnian issue now, when genocide continues and a Member of the United Nations is being dismembered is clear: either it takes more determined and concrete action in accordance with its primary responsiblity under Article 24 of the Charter, using all the powers available under Chapter VII; or it lifts the arms embargo, which will allow the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to exercise its inherent right to individual and collective self-defence. No one can dispute the fact that the arms embargo in reality has affected only the Bosnians, and the Council's denial of the exercise of this right has led to the slaughtering of the Bosnians, denying them their most fundamental right - that is, the right to life itself.”

    1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source

  11. “Mr, RAZALI (Malaysia): The Malaysian delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the members of the Security Council for giving us the opportunity to speak this afternoon. There have been more than 40 resolutions adopted by the Security Council since 1991 to address aggression and genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. None of these resolutions has been effectively implemented. Basically, the Council has failed in its responsibility under Article 24 of the Charter to take prompt and effective action to restore international peace and stability.”

    1993-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3247 (1993) · source

  12. “Malaysia, and I am sure many of the Members of the international community, stand ready to play their part and join the United States ina United Nations collective enforcement action. If, under certain circumstances, the Council is still unable to act, then the time will come for the Members of the United Nations to consider working towards a Uniting-for-Peace resolution at a special session of the General Assembly.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  13. “The situation in Bosnia, whatever the original causes, must now be seen solely as deliberate actions designed to forge together a Greater Serbia territory by any number of killings, rape and other forms of brutalization, The Council has to act to stop the further expansion of the "killing fields". The Council cannot remain in analysis paralysis, deaf to the chorus of dying voices seeking help. If there is ever any clear role and responsibility for the United States to lead in the Council it is now ~ to provide a lifeline to the suffering Bosnians, whatever it takes. There is general acceptance that now only the United States can galvanize the Council into action that can save the Bosnians from extermination. The United States is right in expecting support from the international community for selective enforcement actions in Bosnia.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  14. “That region is undergoing a grave revival of ethnic strife, intolerance and conflict that threatens Europe's own standards. By refusing to support military action against Serbian "ethnic cleansing", the Europeans are in danger of allowing a revival of appeasement and genocide. The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lady Thatcher, recently excoriated current European leaders for their impassivity. Furthermore, Europe has not only been unable to decide in concert to stop the atrocities, but would appear to have been obstructing the possible role of others, including that of the United States.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  15. “We are witnessing crimes against humanity being committed by the Serbs that threaten to blot out the gains accrued from the end of the cold war, from a revitalized United Nations and from the emerging consensus on values that govern States and societies. What adds to further cynicism is the fact that when women, children, innocent civilians and refugees of Srebrenica were being bombarded by the Serbs, necessary actions were held back for political consolidation reasons elsewhere. As the Council's effectiveness remains in question, my delegation has no choice but to use this debate to direct our appeal to the United States, both its Government and its people, to help Bosnia. My delegation finds no assurance in the actions of Europe.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  16. “In upholding the rule of law within the framework of collective security, the United Nations, in concert and with universally accepted premises, would readily raise united armies to enforce its decisions and punish perpetrators such as those that are now committing atrocities in Bosnia. The United Nations may yet take some years to develop such an approach to collective security, but events do not choose opportune moments to present challenges, and the Council cannot allow the views of a few to determine when it should act while Bosnians continue to be slaughtered. Ready or not, the Council is confronted with the Bosnian situation now.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  17. “The Council must clearly manifest its resolute will to ensure by all necessary means acceptance of the plan by the Serbian side. Half-hearted measures would amount to acquiescence to the Serbian onslaught. At the same time, the question looms ever larger over the continued unwillingness on the part of the Council to take more resolute measures and to respect General Assembly resolutions 46/242 and 47/121. As long as the Council remains in such a state, the Serbs will roll on in ruthless pursuit of a perverse grand design for a Greater Serbia. My delegation understands how unready the United Nations is for the necessary tasks in Bosnia.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  18. “We are also disheartened that the Council succumbed to positions taken by certain of its permanent members that delayed the adoption by the Security Council of both resolutions 816 (1993), on the enforcement of no-fly zones, and 820 (1993), on economic Sanctions. As regards the peace plan, while reluctantly recognizing its significant shortcomings, Malaysia accepts the view of the Secretary-General, stated in his report in document $/25479, that: "The Co-Chairmen's peace package provides the only mechanism available for the re-establishment of peace, with justice and respect for human rights, in Bosnia and Herzegovina". (8/25479, para 30) However, we question the status of the plan now with two parties signing and the continued rejection by the Bosnian Serbs and the continuing rampage of the Serbs.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  19. “In addition, the caucus of non-aligned members has been asking the Council to consider such measures for the last several weeks, and the Malaysian delegation would like to express its deep appreciation to the non-aligned caucus for its efforts. The Malaysian delegation would like to take this opportunity to express its serious concern over the actions of certain Council members in obstructing repeated desperate requests for emergency meetings of the Council to address the growing deterioration of the situation in Bosnia. Those actions are tantamount to applying a surreptitious veto.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  20. “The desperate situation on the ground in Bosnia calls for effective and concrete action to be taken by the Council as a matter of urgency. In this regard, Malaysia would like to urge the Council to take the following measures: placing heavy weaponry under United Nations control; the creation of safe havens which, among other things, would require steps to stop Serbian bombardments and ensure the free and uninterrupted flow of relief supplies: interdiction of the supply lines of the Serbian forces in Bosnia; and the lifting of the arms embargo with respect to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter. These are not new proposals. They are contained in General Assembly resolutions 46/242 of 25 August 1992 and 47/121 of 18 December 1992.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  21. “While Malaysia welcomes the recent adoption of resolution 820 (1993) by the Council on the tightening of economic sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), we regret that the sanctions measures are not comprehensive enough given that the Serbian aggression against Bosnia has been going on for more than a year. Our main concern is that the tightening of Sanctions under resolution 820 (1993) will not have the immediate effect of protecting the Bosnian Muslims from continuing Serbian heavy bombardments on civilian centres, particularly Sarajevo and Bihac, and will still leave Bosnian Muslims vulnerable to Serbian attacks and interruptions of United Nations relief supplies to other areas.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source

  22. “Allow me to join others in extending my delegation's congratulations to you, Sir, on your being President of the Council for this month. May I also congratulate Ambassador Terence O'Brien of New Zealand for the sterling work he performed last month with great skill and great effort. Today's meeting may have mixed motives, since there have been weeks of opposition from certain members for a formal debate. My delegation hopes that our meeting today is related to the terrible plight of Srebrenica and the implication of its possible fall in terms of the Council's reputation and effectiveness and of the many thousands who will suffer.”

    1993-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3201 (1993) · source