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1995-01-19
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2020-01-22
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  1. “The update from the briefing on the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was heartening. My delegation was fortunate to have first- hand experience, having visited an UNRWA-funded school and medical centre in Jordan last year, and can testify to the crucial role it plays in providing essential services to the Palestinian people. Sri Lanka reiterates its full support for UNRWA’s work and welcomes the extension of its mandate until the end of June 2023.”

    2020-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8706Resumption1 (2020) · source

  2. “Sri Lanka continues to reaffirm its unwavering support and solidarity in the legitimate struggle of the Palestinian people for their inalienable rights and national aspirations, including their right to self-determination and for the establishment of an independent and sovereign State. Let us, as the international community, redouble our collective efforts and commitment to helping forge a peaceful, durable settlement of the situation in the Middle East and that of the question of Palestine. In conclusion, I wish to state that the sustained provision of vital humanitarian and socioeconomic assistance to the Palestinian people by the United Nations and the international community is commendable.”

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  3. “My delegation reiterates its support for resolutions 242 (1967), 497 (1981) and 2334 (2016), concerning the question of Palestine, as well as the implementation of all resolutions regarding the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, ending the occupation of the Palestinian territories and the cessation of all illegal settlement activities. Both parties to the conflict must create the necessary environment to facilitate peace. There is also an urgent need for mutual confidence-building measures to support efforts to resume dialogue and substantive negotiations.”

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  4. “All illegal settlement activities by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories must cease forthwith and comply with the provisions and responsibilities under international law. Policies and measures aimed at altering the demographic character, identity and legal status of the occupied territories must also stop. We remain concerned about the critical situation in Gaza as a result of the ongoing blockade and closure, which are entering their fourteenth year and have created a dire and deplorable socioeconomic situation for the Palestinian people. With half of its population of 1.8 million under the age of 15 years old, the blockade has had a grave effect on over 840,000 children. We join the international calls for the lifting of the blockade and for concerted action to improve the living standards of the Palestinian people.”

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  5. “We join the calls by the Secretary-General and the international community for the parties concerned to exercise restraint, and we urge greater diplomacy and dialogue. This year marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations. However, a solution to the Middle East conflict continues to elude us. Peace cannot come to the Middle East until the question of Palestine is addressed comprehensively and a just and lasting resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on the two-State solution, where both sides can coexist, is reached. We remain deeply concerned about the deterioration of the situation on the ground in the occupied Palestinian territories with the increase in settlement expansion, related attacks and the demolition of Palestinian homes and structures and the forced displacement of Palestinian civilians.”

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  6. “At the outset, I wish to thank the presidency of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for organizing this very important and timely open debate. My delegation also notes with appreciation the comprehensive briefings by Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General Mueller. Sri Lanka aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan on behalf of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. The briefings by the Under-Secretary-General and the Assistant Secretary-General highlighted the fragile situation in the Middle East and the grave situation in Palestine. This debate is taking place at a crucial time, when the region faces an escalation of tension and pressures.”

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  7. “We are grateful that the Agenda for Peace has remained open for improvement and that the Secretary-General has been responsive to the many suggestions that have been made in the two years since his original document was issued. We urge the process forward, not only in the Security Council but also in the General Assembly and in other forums, so that the decisions eventually reached, however hard, will be effectively carried out with the support and acceptance of the general membership of the Organization, on whose behalf the Council acts.”

    1995-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption2 (1995) · source

  8. “A balanced analysis is therefore necessary before the imposition of sanctions, not only to assess whether the threat to international peace and security would indeed be removed by sanctions, but also to avert the suffering of the innocent in the target State, as well as in other States. By the same token, a strong case exists for much closer and more regular scrutiny of the situation in respect of States currently under sanctions, particularly where vulnerable civilian populations are being adversely affected. The Secretariat deserves to be strengthened with additional staff and resources required to more effectively and expeditiously fulfil its functions in respect of Article 50 of the Charter. We would therefore welcome close study of the timely suggestions made by the Secretary-General in paragraph 75 of his position paper.”

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  9. “The consent of States, impartiality and the non-use of force, except in self-defence, are cardinal principles of peace-keeping. Finally, my delegation would like to comment on section E of chapter III of the Supplement, which relates to sanctions. We endorse the View that the purpose of sanctions is to modify and influence the behaviour of those who threaten international peace and security, and not to punish or otherwise exact retribution. All Member States are bound to comply with decisions relating to sanctions, and the imposition of sanctions therefore involves all Member States. The impact of sanctions, given the extent of global interdependence, affects more States today than ever before - some economically vulnerable States even more adversely than others.”

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  10. “When eventually decided in respect of a conflict situation, the peace-keeping operation should be conducive to its eventual settlement, and not confuse or confound it. When the United Nations intervenes, the objectives it seeks to fulfil must be clearly understood and embodied in coherent peace-keeping mandates which enjoy the support of the general membership of the United Nations. Resources needed to pursue and attain these objectives within realistic time frames must be anticipated, and their availability ensured, so as to permit a credible and sustainable level of effective engagement. Efficient, cost-effective management and rational utilization of these resources are vital in order to retain States' confidence in the United Nations.”

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  11. “The United Nations should scrupulously respect the principles of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of States and should not intrude into areas which lie within their domestic jurisdiction. The Department of Political Affairs, which has been organized in the Secretariat to follow international developments, should maintain close touch with Member States so as to be alive to complexities involved in each unique situation and to ensure the accuracy and fairness of political assessments that are being made. Reluctance to seek recourse to the United Nations - which the Secretary-General notes and regrets - will be reduced only to the extent to which States develop confidence and faith in the Organization.”

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  12. “The representative of Indonesia, in his statement, which we support, dealt also with many other issues of concern to my delegation. I therefore need to make only some brief supplementary comments. My delegation has in other forums stressed the importance of what we have called the "before" of peace-keeping. It is essential that the United Nations have a clear and accurate understanding of the complexities of any situation in which it contemplates involvement or intervention. Every encouragement should be given to national domestic efforts being pursued to promote the peaceful settlement of disputes before the United Nations intervenes.”

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  13. “First, the global tectonic rumbles which began in the late 1980s have not yet settled. Further changes will take place, not necessarily for the better. We are by no means yet on a yellow brick road leading to the end of history. Secondly, the responses of the United Nations to these developments are likely to continue counting not only successes but failures. The Organization must therefore develop essentially consensual courses of action - not to mention garnering essential resources - to respond to new eventualities. As the representative of Indonesia, speaking on behalf of the non-aligned countries, suggested, the current debate on the Supplement could thus be advanced further with the participation of all Members through some suitable mechanism. The comments made by the representative of Slovenia are relevant in this connection.”

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  14. “Since June 1992 many of these activities have been guided by approaches outlined in the Agenda for Peace. In some situations the approaches adopted have been less successful than in others. The experiences gained, whether negative or positive, have been the subject of constant assessment by the Council and by the General Assembly, as well as by individual Member States. The Secretary-General has not been insensitive to all this, as the Supplement - a frank and thought-provoking paper - clearly shows. It is the latest, but hopefully not the last, document in what we see as an incremental exercise to improve and hone the capacity of the United Nations to more effectively and efficiently respond to threats to international peace and security. We would welcome the continuation of this process, for two reasons.”

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  15. “"An Agenda for Development" thus extended the horizons of "An Agenda for Peace". It has served, as the Secretary-General's Supplement puts it, to advance international consensus on the crucial importance of economic and social development as the most secure basis for lasting peace. We now hope for a practical manifestation of this consensus through the effecting of a balance between peace-keeping activities and pressing socio-economic imperatives. Two years ago "An Agenda for Peace" offered a new vision to guide post-cold-war approaches to preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, peace-keeping and peace-building. The Organization has come to be increasingly involved in a wide range of often controversial United Nations experimental activities relating to peace and security.”

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  16. “Since "An Agenda for Peace" was first issued in June 1992, three annual reports of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization have reviewed its basic premise. As a welcome corrective to what was primarily a political emphasis in the original Agenda for Peace, we have also seen the Secretary-General's "An Agenda for Development", exploring the nexus between political concerns and underlying economic factors. The Agenda for Development seeks to identify the multiple dimensions of development. Peace, the economy, the environment, society and democracy were all seen as essential dimensions of development. While peace was thus seen as providing the most secure context for lasting development, there has also been recognition of the reality that political conflicts have, at root, economic and social causes.”

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  17. “The Secretary-General in his introduction to the Supplement recalls the political climate surrounding the first Security Council meeting held at Heads of State level in January 1992. He describes it in paragraph 1 as "a time of hope and change". The 1990s represent, as Charles Dickens described an earlier period of change, not only "the spring of hope" but also "the winter of despair". The cold war may certainly be over, but that late and not much-lamented phenomenon was not the sole cause for the constraints placed upon the United Nations, or, as the representative of New Zealand would have it, for making the United Nations crawl. There are other maladies, particularly economic ones, which lie outside cold war complications.”

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  18. “At the outset, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, and the other members of the Security Council for the opportunity to present Sri Lanka's Views on the Supplement to the Secretary- General's "An Agenda for Peace". Sri Lanka would also like to extend its deepest condolences to the people and Government of Japan on the tragic loss of life and devastation caused by the earthquake in the region of Kobe. During your stewardship of the Council, Mr. President, we have experienced welcome advances in the process towards greater openness in the Council's work. My delegation greatly appreciates your approach. We are also grateful to the Permanent Representative of Rwanda for the efficient conduct of the Council's work during December.”

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