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Richardson

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1993-02-22
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1998-07-13
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  1. “Mr, RICHARDSON (United Kingdom): Let me at the outset, Sir, congratulate you on your splendid job in the presidency, which already seems a rather longer month than its allotted span of 31 days. I also take this opportunity to join many others in warmly congratulating Ambassador Snoussi on the magnificent job he did in the presidency last month. The hour is fairly late. Others have been very eloquent about the Situation in Somalia, and I have no wish to go over ground that they have covered so ably. I should simply like to make a few points. First and foremost, a word of thanks is due to the United States and to all others that have contributed to the united Force, and without whose efforts and groundwork I doubt that we should be adopting the resolution on the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNISOM II) today.”

    1993-03-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3188 (1993) · source

  2. “In the longer term, we shall continue to support the study by the International Law Commission towards an international criminal court with general jurisdiction. We hope that the Secretary-General will be able to carry out his examination of the options for establishing a court as quickly as possible, consistent of course with a thorough examination of the many problems that the reports so far submitted have already identified. We look forward to his report to the Council in the near future and we recognize, of course, that a further resolution by this Council will be necessary once we have received the Secretary-General's report.”

    1993-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3175 (1993) · source

  3. “This work is a valuable contribution to the study by the Secretary-General, which we have requested in the resolution we have just adopted, of the most effective and feasible way of establishing a tribunal or a court. The Secretary-General's task will not be easy. The Commission of Experts' interim report notes the difficulties of identifying the perpetrators of these crimes. It is vital that whatever court or tribunal is established be provided with the necessary evidence. The Commission must therefore be given adequate resources to continue its work, and the Secretary~General will need to take account of legal difficulties such as those I have mentioned in examining the options to put to this Council. The court is, of course, an ad hoc legal framework to deal with war crimes committed only in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.”

    1993-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3175 (1993) · source

  4. “Those who have perpetrated these shocking breaches of international humanitarian law should be left in no doubt that they will be held individually responsible for their actions. We think it is vital that an international legal mechanism be established to bring those accused of war crimes, from whatever party to the conflict, to justice. Whatever mechanism is proposed to give effect to this resolution should reflect this and should have jurisdiction over all of the parties. We welcome the valuable work on'possible mechanisms by the French and Italian legal experts and by Ambassador Corell and his colleagues of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe.”

    1993-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3175 (1993) · source

  5. “We have been receiving for many months now continued reports of massive breaches of international humanitarian law and human rights in Bosnia. I want to mention in particular the abuse of women, the deliberate obstruction of humanitarian relief convoys, the forcible movements of population, the forcible surrender of property and the deliberate targeting of civilian populations. There has been an outburst of anger at these shocking developments. All parties share responsibility for these breaches. We believe that the Serbs have been most culpable in these hideous practices, but we also believe that all such actions must be condemned; they must be investigated; and the perpetrators must be called to account, whoever is responsible, throughout the territory of the former Yugoslavia.”

    1993-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3175 (1993) · source