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Reyn

lines on the record: 2
first: 1998-04-09
most recent: 1998-04-09
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: un-security-council

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“We welcome the Security Council's action. Indeed, this action also shows the international community's growing determination to stop uncontrolled trafficking in small arms. We hope that the International Commission will be able to complete its inquiry and to make specific recommendations to put an end to the illegal flow of arms into the region. In the past, the importance my country attaches to the Commission's work was expressed by a contribution to the Trust Fund of approximately $100,000. My Government is now considering a further contribution to the Fund, the amount of which will be announced at a later time. Belgium will continue to cooperate fully with the Commission in order to help in its inquiry.”
1998-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3870 (1998) · source
“Mr. Reyn (Belgium) (interpretation from French): I should also like to congratulate you, Sir, on your reassumption of the presidency of the Security Council. My delegation would at the outset like to express its full support for the statement made by delegation of the United Kingdom on behalf of the European Union. Belgium welcomes the reactivation of the International Commission of Inquiry, which is charged with investigating reports of the sale and supply of arms and related materiel to the former Rwandan government forces and militias in the Great Lakes region. There is no doubt that the free flow of arms jeopardizes the efforts under way to improve the social, economic and political situation in the region. Arms trafficking is a destabilizing element in the Great Lakes region on which the international community can have an impact.”
1998-04-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3870 (1998) · source