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  1. “We support the permanent membership of Germany and Japan. There is a need now to move from debate to real negotiation and decisions. May I conclude by reaffirming my country's continuing dedication, in word and in deed, to strengthening the vital work of this Council and of the United Nations in international peace and security.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  2. “Then who will pick up the cost of the still greater conflict and humanitarian suffering that is likely to ensue? This question cannot be answered in the Security Council, but it needs to find an answer soon. One other important question hangs over the Council: that of its future size and composition. Britain's position is well known, and I have just reiterated it in the General Assembly. In our view, the productive habit of consensus is related to manageable numbers, and larger numbers do not in themselves guarantee a more representative Council. We support an enlargement of the Council commensurate with the need to maintain its effectiveness. We recognize that certain countries, by virtue of their global interests and their contribution to international peace, should be invited to accept the responsibilities of permanent members.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  3. “We are also working with others to develop new mechanisms here, in Africa and in operations in the field which we hope will strengthen the United Nations capacity for conflict-prevention, peace-keeping and peace- building in accordance with the Charter. But, even in this commemorative gathering, none of us can ignore the stark fact that the impending financial crisis of the United Nations could undermine our collective endeavours. Important Members are not paying their contributions. There has been recourse to the voluntary financing of peace-keeping activities. And troop contributors are bearing the United Nations burden of debt for unfunded peace-keeping and regular budget activities. This situation cannot go on. The day may not be far off when the creditors will revolt.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  4. “These peace-keepers operate in difficult and often remote and hostile environments. Many lessons, political and operational, have been learned. Nothing would have been possible without the contributions of the troop- contributing Members of the United Nations. The improvements in transparency between Council members and troop contributors are among the most important recent developments in the affairs of the Council. Britain is proud that it is currently the largest contributor of troops to United Nations peace-keeping operations. The men and women of our armed forces can be found with the United Nations from Georgia to Angola.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  5. “In recent years - in Europe, in Asia, in Africa and in Latin America - the Council has faced the problems of States torn apart by civil conflict and complex crises in which the political, military and humanitarian dimensions are inextricably intertwined. It remains the body to which people look to solve the most intractable crises. Despite the criticisms, despite the reverses, the record remains, in our view, overwhelmingly positive. The management of peace-keeping operations mandated here has stretched resources and placed even greater burdens on the Member States of the United Nations. Few national ministries of defence are as small as the Department of Peace-keeping Operations of this Organization, which has only 300 staff supervising the activities of no less than 70,000 troops in the field.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  6. “But the recent emergence of new and very different threats to international peace and security have also presented the Council with new and more complex challenges. Members of the Council have united in tackling the threats posed by international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and by naked aggression such as that which occurred in Kuwait in 1990. Nothing has done more to strain consensus than the dreadful war in Bosnia, but the fact that Council members have continued to place a high value on working by consensus has undoubtedly helped to contain the conflict, to prevent the poison spreading into a wider international area and to sustain the hope of peace.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  7. “Allow me first to congratulate you, Madam President, on presiding over this historic meeting of the Security Council. The world in which the United Nations Charter was drafted 50 years ago was very different from the one in which we now live. But the Charter and the Security Council have stood the test of time. They remain central to the management of international relations. Even during the cold war, Security Council resolutions played an important part in efforts to sustain a fragile peace in areas of conflict such as the Middle East and Cyprus, and in pointing the way to just solutions. Peace-keeping operations were mandated, and the concept of peace-keeping developed. The end of the cold war also made it possible for the Security Council to work by consensus in a way which has transformed its influence and its effectiveness.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source