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“I make the following points in my national capacity. The remit of the Panel was broad, focusing on illegal exploitation and the link between exploitation and the continuation of the conflict. The report of the Panel of Experts makes some very serious allegations against all parties to the conflict. Today's meeting has given those countries against which allegations are made an opportunity to respond. We have heard the concerns of some parties named in the report that the information is unsubstantiated or incorrect. Nonetheless, the allegations are of a sufficiently serious nature to merit thorough investigation by the relevant national authorities. The Irish Government expects the parties concerned to carry out such investigations and to extend every cooperation to the Panel of Experts in its future work.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source
“We support an extension of the mandate of the Panel to allow it to continue its work, and we look forward to receiving a comprehensive addendum to this report. We hope, in particular, that this will provide the international community with a fuller picture of the complexity and the extent to which the exploitation of resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo contributes to sustaining the conflict in the region. This would deepen the understanding of the international community of the range of issues which feed the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and assist our efforts to support the parties in advancing the peace process. Sweden, as Presidency of the European Union, will be making a statement later in today's debate. Ireland subscribes fully to the position of the European Union.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source
“May I also welcome the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Leonard She Okitundu, the Personal Envoy of the President of Rwanda, Mr. Patrick Mazimpaka, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, Mr. Amama Mbabazi, and the Minister of Finance of Burundi, Mr. Charles Nihangaza, and thank them for their participation in this discussion. May I also convey, on behalf of the Government and the people of Ireland, our sympathy and condolences to the Governments and the peoples of Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Switzerland, and to the families of the murdered representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The report of the Panel of Experts is being reviewed carefully by the Irish authorities.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source
“We would also strongly support further reports to the Council by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs. Robinson, following important fact-finding missions to areas of major conflict, and would support Arria-formula meetings of Council members being used more regularly in this area. Finally, I must re-emphasize that the Security Council alone cannot deal with the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. National Governments, the rest of the United Nations system and the wider international community must also work together in a joined-up way. We are making a start here today, and we will have an important opportunity, later in the week, to explore with the members of the Economic and Social Council and other important actors how to ensure a more coherent response to this challenge.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“We need to follow up on them and on the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General's two reports. Ireland supports the setting up of a working group of the Council charged with submitting to the Council practical proposals for implementing, within the terms of the Council's mandate, such recommendations as well as the commitments of resolution 1296 (2000). One such measure could be the drawing up of a checklist of requirements which could be applied, on a case-by-case basis, depending on the particular prevailing circumstances, to the establishment or renewal of peacekeeping mandates. One concrete example, in Ireland's view, is that all peacekeeping operations should contain a human rights component, funded from assessed contributions.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Those who commit grave offences under international humanitarian and human rights law must be brought to justice. Ireland has long been an advocate of the International Criminal Court. We urge its coming into operation as soon as possible. I noted Deputy Secretary-General Frechette's earlier strong emphasis on those points. In that regard, it is imperative that proper financing be provided to fund ad hoc criminal tribunals from the outset of their operation. Adequate financing is required so that the special court for Sierra Leone established under Security Council resolution 1315 (2000) last year can begin its investigative and prosecutorial responsibilities. We are hearing today some powerful and convincing arguments and recommendations.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Sixthly, the creation and entrenchment of robust legal structures which adequately defend the rights of civilians and act as a real deterrent to potential violators of international human rights law remains a vital component in a global approach to the protection of civilians. While the granting of amnesties in certain very restricted circumstances may, after deep reflection, be warranted, the granting of amnesties from prosecution to those who have committed gross violations of human rights should not be countenanced. We have seen all too clearly that amnesties are not a pragmatic, convenient fix to attain peace and reconciliation but in fact undermine those objectives by emboldening, and often empowering, the transgressor as well as by debilitating the development ofthe rule of law.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“The Secretary-General notes that no peacekeeping or peace-enforcement mission has yet been authorized to close down the assets of "hate media". We support action against the instruments of hate media in the context of peacekeeping and peace- enforcing missions. Channels for the dissemination of ultra-nationalistic and ethnocentric hate campaigns are a direct obstacle to the accomplishment of the mission and should be treated accordingly. In the longer term, there is clearly a need to develop educational systems and syllabuses which inculcate the values of tolerance and shared human rights. This is a challenge not just to national and local authorities, but also to other organs within the United Nations system, including the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Fifthly, we agree strongly with the Secretary- General's observations on the detrimental effects that media can have in fomenting and prolonging conflict, and with his comments on the positive practical role that media can play in building a culture of strong civil society. Ireland has supported the Integrated Regional Information Network, run by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. We attach particular importance to paragraph 18 of resolution 1296 (2000). Peacekeeping missions should, where appropriate, have a mass media component which can disseminate information about international humanitarian law, human rights law, peace education, children's protection and the activities of the United Nations.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“Here I wish to echo Ambassador Levitte's concern, in the context of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about how the dangerous vacuum created by military withdrawal is to be addressed effectively. Fourthly, the report draws attention to the particular position of internally displaced persons. Internally displaced persons suffer through the failure of their own countries to respond to their needs, and because there is no established system of international protection and assistance for them. Ireland supports strongly the activities of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Mr. Francis Mading Deng. We welcome the use of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“We welcome the agreement between the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, of June 2000, to ensure close cooperation on this issue, and their agreement to deploy, as appropriate, multidisciplinary assessment teams to evaluate the situation on the ground in emerging crisis areas. We believe that the development of clear criteria and procedures for the identification and separation of armed elements in situations of massive population displacement should be a core element of any follow- up to this discussion. My conviction in this area is underpinned by my recent visit to southern African States in my capacity as Chairman of the Angola/UNITA sanctions Committee.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“We welcome the action of the Secretary- General in requesting the Inter-Agency Standing Committee to develop a manual for access negotiations and strategies, including benchmarks for engagement and disengagement. This is an area of enormous practical importance, and we look forward to progress here. Thirdly, the Secretary-General draws attention to the actual and potential further effects of the presence of armed elements among civilians in refugee camps. Failures to deal with this issue have had disastrous but predictable consequences. The Secretary-General's report points to a number of practical difficulties and makes a number of important recommendations in this area.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“No matter how diverse the circumstances of conflict situations, there are certain basic guiding principles relevant to all agencies. Agencies in such difficult situations need to preserve the perception of their neutrality and to avoid provocation by the armed groups in question by ensuring absolute transparency in their work. They must also achieve the sometimes very difficult objective of avoiding being played off against each other by their interlocutors. The report rightly asserts how essential it is to develop more coordinated and creative approaches to access negotiations, for example, by pooling agency interests consistent with their mandates, and by agreeing on mutually complementary sectoral negotiations.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“First, Ireland reaffirms the need for all States to comply strictly with their obligations under international law. National Governments have primary responsibility for ensuring the protection of civilians - both their own citizens and refugees within their borders. They must observe international instruments providing for humanitarian access as an inviolable right of those adversely affected in conflict situations. This is a frequently repeated mantra, but the core message must issue unambiguously from our deliberations. Secondly, we must address the growing need for humanitarian agencies to deal directly with armed elements in a conflict situation in order to secure access to refugees and internally displaced persons in need of aid.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“We must therefore move beyond rhetoric to specific action. The Secretary-General is absolutely correct in demanding that we implement the action which he has recommended and which we ourselves agree is required. The Security Council must act within the terms of its own mandate and capabilities, but we must cooperate proactively with the rest of the United Nations system and the wider international community to ensure a fully coherent and effective response. You, Mr. President, have rightly asked that we take an action-oriented approach in our statements today. In support of that, I will make some specific observations and related proposals, adding that Ireland fully associates itself with the statement that will shortly be made by Sweden on behalf of the European Union.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“The Secretary-General's report represents a challenge to the Security Council, to the United Nations system and to the wider international community, which requires action- focused responses. The Secretary-General presents a compelling case for a culture of protection for civilians in armed conflict. We know only too well that conflicts are increasingly internal, rather than inter-State. Article3 common to the four Geneva Conventions remains of singular importance in this regard. Civilians are frequently the principal object of violence rather than incidental victims. The shocking number of civilian victims in recent conflicts adds urgency to our work here today. As High Commissioner Robinson said earlier, civilians look to the United Nations to help them. She also said that victims are often denied the right to be heard.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312 (2001) · source
“I am pleased to inform members that, following your suggestion this morning, Sir, and as a result of further consultations, we appear to have resolved some expressed concerns surrounding the draft resolution. The draft reflecting the agreement is before members for their consideration. I might perhaps read out the revised text of the new draft fourth preambular paragraph, as agreed: "Recognizing the importance attached, inter alia, to the monitoring, for as long as is necessary, of the implementation of the provisions contained in resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997) and 1173 (1998);" I hope that members will now be able to agree on this revised text.”
2001-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4311 (2001) · source
“Peres yesterday, and Israeli people in general today, will take from the tenor of our discussions the message that the United Nations and the Security Council seek only to promote peace between Israel and its neighbours. If we have pointed to some hard facts, it is solely with the objective of promoting necessary careful reassessment of certain practices that, in our considered judgement, are obstacles to peace. We suggest that it is in Israel's own overall national interest to do so. We suggest careful assessment of our comments and advice on that basis. Ireland, for its part, will seek to encourage and support action by the Council that will make a real contribution to ending the tragic conflict between the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, which has disfigured the entire region for far too long.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“I was very pleased to hear this morning the welcome expressed by the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the meeting yesterday between Deputy Prime Minister Peres and the Security Council. I agree with Ambassador Al-Kidwa that this was good and that Mr. Peres is indeed a veteran politician. Israel's engagement with the Council was a most welcome development. We hope and believe that this should lead to an ongoing framework for engagement and cooperative dialogue with Minister Peres and his Government. It is of the highest importance that it should do so. In this regard, we look forward very much to Prime Minister Sharon's forthcoming meeting with the Secretary-General. I very much hope that Mr.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“On the contrary, unlike television cameras, experienced international military and police observers would readily detect riots, stone-throwing or other forms of violence that are mounted with the object of inducing repression and would report accordingly to all sides concerned. The Ambassador of Singapore perhaps put it best at yesterday's private meeting when he said that a monitoring mission could act as a catalyst in breaking down the psychological barriers to a resumption of the peace process. Deputy Prime Minister Peres in fact referred in stark terms to these psychological barriers yesterday. It goes without saying that it is very important that any such measure is formulated so as to receive the widest possible support in the Council.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The proposal for an international observer mission, which has been raised by a number of delegations, has the potential to help the parties in the current situation. I would appeal to the Israeli delegation and the Israeli authorities not to characterise this proposal as something it is not, and was never intended to be. There is no suggestion that this observer mission could prevent individual acts of terrorism. There is no question of it interposing itself between opposing forces or being able to stop a riot. Neither can it reasonably be regarded as an incitement to violence. The fear has been expressed that the presence of observers would induce Palestinians to stage violent events with the aim of provoking repressive action.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The Security Council a long time ago established the basis for a solution in the form of resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). For a long time - since the establishment of the Madrid principles and especially since the Oslo Agreement - the Council has stood aside and left it to the parties, with the assistance of mediators, to advance the peace process and to achieve a final settlement on a basis that meets the essential interests of all sides. The peace process has been in difficulties before. This time, however, the difficulties are so grievous and the international ramifications so potentially grave that my Government are convinced that the Council must again look closely at all elements of the situation and work to help the parties to resolve the conflict.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We heard, too, that the Israeli Government would now cooperate with the fact-finding mission. This is also important and positive, and we look forward to the follow-through. We will also follow this process, carefully. More is needed. The revenues due to the Palestinian Authority must be restored to it. It is simply not in the interests of peace, and it cannot be in the interest of Israel itself, for the financial and institutional situation of its interlocutor to be undermined and possibly destroyed. There is a need to re-establish continuity in the peace process. No partner should be asked to accept a situation where it is obliged every so often to restart negotiations from a different position. It is self-evident that this cannot make for a viable and stable process.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“This requires positive action. It requires engagement, not disengagement. It requires the full support of all around this table and of all Members of the United Nations. The message that goes out from this debate must not be one of negativity or barren recrimination. Reprehensible actions must be condemned by the Council: that is no more than our duty. But beyond that, there is a need to be forward- looking and to offer understanding, encouragement and support. Yesterday we heard from Deputy Prime Minister Peres of the Israeli Government's decision to ease the closures and blockades and to enable the restoration of some normality to the lives of the Palestinian people. We welcome this positive decision, and we will watch developments in this regard carefully.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“There is the mounting violence, the failure on both sides to live up to the commitments made at Sharm el-Sheik, the collective punishments, the closures and restrictions on movement, the resultant devastating impact on the Palestinian people and on the Palestinian economy, the disastrous financial situation of the Palestinian Authority, the increasing terrorism, the extrajudicial killings, and the receding prospect for Israel of secure and recognized borders and acceptance in its region. I have enumerated these matters not with the purpose of holding either of the parties up to obloquy, but rather to emphasize the dimensions of the problem, its international character, and the responsibility of the Security Council in relation to it. There is a clear and urgent need for a committed return to the negotiating process.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The European Union warned at that time that the disproportionate use of force would only aggravate the situation further. This warning was not heeded and was, unfortunately, vindicated by the tragic events which followed. I wish to stress that we also condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing attacks on Israeli people. They are utterly wrong in themselves and they will do nothing to bring about the justice desired and deserved by the Palestinian people. The current situation has given rise to a particularly vicious nexus of problems that have very serious political, economic, social and moral ramifications.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“It is clear, however, that the current phase of violence arises primarily out of the frustration to which long years of occupation have given rise. The Foreign Ministers of the European Union, in their ministerial declaration of 15 November last, pointed out that the lack of progress achieved in the peace process, including on the problem of the settlements, lies at the heart of the Palestinian people's frustration and of the violence. My authorities were concerned and horrified at the widespread use of lethal force against Palestinians and at the failure to use non-lethal methods that are so readily available, especially in the early stages of the current disturbances. Last October, the Council quite properly condemned the excessive use of force, in resolution 1322 (2000).”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“I wish to associate my delegation fully with the statement to be made shortly by the Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union. Ireland has long desired a just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We believe this can only be brought about on the basis of an agreement that respects Israel's right to peace and security and, at the same time, secures the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people. It is greatly regretted that the hard work to achieve a final status agreement solution during the lifetime of the previous Israeli Government did not bear fruit and that once again the Palestinian territories have been engulfed in violence. There are deep differences regarding the causes of, and responsibility for, the violence.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Thirdly, the message of the membership to the Monitoring Mechanism itself is clearly that it is on the right track and that it should continue its work with continued determination and diligence. Fourthly, I feel empowered by today's debate to convey a clear message to all concerned that the Security Council and the United Nations system and associated systems will maintain their vigilance, their expectations of all concerned States and parties, and their determination that support for UNITA's violent agenda must be ended definitively. Together we intend that what must be done will be done to bring peace to all the people of Angola. As Chairman of the sanctions Committee, I will take this clear message from today's open debate in the Security Council.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“In that regard, I will shortly visit a number of countries, including Angola. I feel able, very briefly, to draw four clear conclusions from today's extensive debate. First, the Security Council and the wider United Nations membership have reiterated their determination under the resolutions concerned to erode and eradicate international support for UNITA's capacity to use violence for political objectives against the people of Angola. Secondly, there is overwhelming support for maintaining the sanctions regime and the necessary mechanisms targeted against UNITA for as long as necessary, and pending further consideration of a permanent monitoring mechanism referred to by various delegations today.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Mr. Ryan: I have listened with great care to the interventions of the members of the Council and the large number of other speakers. It is very clear from the debate that the issue and the effectiveness of sanctions against UNITA continue to be of great concern to Member States. I know that Ambassador Larrain and the members ofthe Monitoring Mechanism have also listened carefully to the debate and that they will wish to draw on it in discussions with the sanctions Committee. In the interim, the members of the Mechanism will now undertake some important visits to Angola and to some other concerned States and organizations. An essential part of my own responsibility will be to follow up on the report of the Monitoring Mechanism with involved States, organizations and individuals.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“With the Council's support, the Committee will work closely with all States, international organizations, agencies and individuals to erode systematically UNITA's remaining military capacity. Our ultimate objective is to bring closer the day when all the people of Angola, 1 million of whom have lost their lives in this 30-year war, will be freed from the threat of violence and will be able to work together in peace to rebuild their country.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Crucially, and largely because of our incremental progress, it is riskier and less attractive for State and commercial suppliers to engage in business with UNITA. In my role as Chairman I will work in a positive, forward-looking manner to convince all concerned that they can and must end their assistance to UNITA - assistance that is in defiance of the will of the international community. Determination and financial resources will be required to implement the Mechanism's essential recommendations. However, the challenges that they pose and their cost do not diminish their absolute necessity. An effective, monitored sanctions regime will, over time, remove any international support for politically motivated violence in Angola.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“In this connection, it should also be noted that, for now, the Monitoring Mechanism has been granted a limited extension of its mandate. In the case of UNITA, it will clearly be necessary for the Council to maintain the effectiveness of the sanctions regime until the established objectives ofthe resolutions concerned are achieved. The United Nations sanctions regime against UNITA is working. This is the result of sustained efforts over time on the basis of the Security Council's decisions and, flowing from them, the work of the established Monitoring Mechanism and the cooperation of involved States and relevant organizations. It is now much more difficult and more expensive for UNITA to conduct business with the suppliers of essential materials.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“This monitoring work, together with the wide publicity the various reports have received, will, if we reiterate our determination and match it with sustained cooperative action, encourage very careful reflection by any States, organizations and individuals, whoever they may be, who might hitherto have considered it safe to seek to derive financial gain from these conflicts or who, at Government level, might be tempted to turn a blind eye towards the now largely identified profiteers, whether within or externally connected into theirjurisdictions. Against this background, it should be noted that the United Nations presently lacks the necessary permanent capacity for following up on the findings of the report of the Panel of Experts and of the report of the Monitoring Mechanism.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“All these ingredients, new and already familiar, are needed in full measure over the next phase and for as long as it will take in upholding the sanctions regime against UNITA. A particularly important aspect of the work of the Panel of Experts and the Monitoring Mechanism is the clear evidence of the involvement of the same people, as well as the same organizations and corporations, in two at least, and very probably more, of the major conflicts in Africa with which the Council is presently preoccupied. The Angola case history and the work of the Monitoring Mechanism have directed a sharp, investigative beam into hitherto largely uninspected but highly organized and active networks, driven for the most part by State, commercial or personal greed for profit, regardless ofthe cost in human lives and misery.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“This new thinking has breathed a renewed sense of capacity into some intractable cases which had hitherto been regarded as close to the outer edge of our collective capacity, if not beyond it. We have reached this point only recently, as was correctly noted by Minister Miranda in this Chamber last April. However, progress - real progress - on the most difficult cases requires not only good new thinking; it also requires, essentially, good, old-fashioned ingredients, including political will and determination, preparedness to stay the course for as long as it takes and a direct engagement with all involved States, international organizations, agencies and individuals.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Beginning in 1993 and continuing today, we have worked to put into place, piece by piece, the crucial elements of a regime that would undermine and, over some time, eradicate UNITA's capacity to pursue violently its political objective - an objective on which the people of Angola have adjudicated democratically. The Security Council resorts to a sanctions regime only in prescribed, restricted circumstances when it has exhausted all other available approaches. Sanctions regimes, by their character, also require careful judgement, in addition to tenacity, to make them work effectively and to keep them on target. The Council has recently done innovative work on sanctions issues, not least in developing mechanisms such as experts' panels and monitoring mechanisms.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“What is clear about all ofthem is that they require action by the United Nations, by individual States and by the international community. It is also clear that effective response to and action on these recommendations will require committed and sustained engagement not only by the Security Council and the United Nations system - including, for example, the International Civil Aviation Organization - but also and essentially by certain organizations outside the United Nations system. If the international community is to implement effectively the recommendations contained in the report, it will require persistence and financial resources. I am confident that, collectively, we possess and will demonstrate such resolve. The history of sanctions against UNITA has been and continues to be an incremental one.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“I would draw the particular attention of the Security Council to these recommendations and to further recommendations contained in paragraphs 224 and 244-245. I would also draw the attention of the Security Council to the conclusions drawn by the Mechanism, which are contained in part XII, paragraphs 246-254. Resolution 1295 (2000) expresses the intention of the Security Council to review the situation regarding the implementation of the measures contained in resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997) and 1173 (1998) on the basis of information provided, inter alia, by the Monitoring Mechanism. Today's meeting provides us all with an opportunity to take stock in this regard. The Mechanism's recommendations range from the general to the highly specific.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“As regards the report of the Panel of Experts, the Mechanism focused its efforts on four main areas which the Panel had exposed as susceptible to sanctions-busting. The first area - arms and military equipment - is detailed in parts 11, III, IV and V ofthe Mechanism's report. The second area - UNITA representation and travel and residence outside Angola of senior UNITA officials and their adult families - is detailed in part VIII. The third - the role of transport in the violation of the sanctions against UNITA - is detailed in part IX. The fourth - sanctions on diamond trading and financial assets - is detailed in part X. Based on its findings, the Mechanism has made a number of specific recommendations in all four areas. These are contained in part XI, paragraphs 228-243, of the final report.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Following the submission of the report of the Monitoring Mechanism, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) forwarded the report to the President of the Security Council on 21 December to enable its circulation for the information of all the States Members of the United Nations. Subsequently, the Committee undertook detailed analysis of the report of the Mechanism at meetings which I convened on 16 and 26 January last, and the Committee then decided to recommend today's meeting ofthe Security Council. The work of the Mechanism had two points of departure: first, the report of the Panel of Experts and, secondly, the current situation on the ground in Angola.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“It had earlier submitted to the Committee, on 23 October, its interim report. Its members visited 19 countries in connection with their agenda, which evolved directly from the report of the Panel of Experts. In conducting its work, the Mechanism employed only the strictest evidentiary standards in its investigations. It also allowed the right of reply to all those against whom allegations concerning sanctions violations had been made. These exemplary procedures further enhance the authority and transparency which, I believe, characterize the report before us.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“The Mechanism was mandated to collect additional relevant information and to investigate relevant leads relating to ongoing violations of resolutions 864 (1993), 1127 (1997) and 1173 (1998). It was also charged with investigating any relevant leads initiated by the Panel of Experts. Four of the five members of the Mechanism - Ambassador Juan Larrain, its Chairman, Ms. Christine Gordon, Mr. James Manzou and Mr. Ismaila Seck - are here at the Council table. Ambassador Lena Sundh is in Africa on official duties. They are to be commended for the commitment and diligence they have demonstrated in discharging a complex task characterized by frequent apparent intractabilities. The Mechanism commenced its work on 20 July and submitted its report to my predecessor on 21 December last.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Ireland will not be making a national statement today and associates itself fully with the statement which Sweden, the Presidency of the European Union, will be making on behalf ofthe Union. Following the adoption last April of resolution 1295 (2000), the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Committee, established on 11 July, 2000, a Monitoring Mechanism consisting of five experts. It is important to recall that the decision to establish the Mechanism was taken by the Council after its consideration of the report of the Panel of Experts on Angola Sanctions (S/2000/203). It was clear to the Council that the ongoing realities of the situation required systematic, sustained further action. For this reason, the Monitoring Mechanism was established.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“I also wish to extend my appreciation and admiration to my Canadian predecessors, who chaired the Committee for the two years before I assumed this position. Their work was widely commended. It has also had, I believe, a wider, beneficial knock-on effect. Its dynamic, its sharply focused character and its persistence in dealing with the hard realities thrown up one by one in the specific case of Angola have impacted significantly upon the ongoing wider debate within the United Nations regarding our sanctions policies, both in general and in specific cases. I speak today as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993), rather than in my national capacity.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Mr. Ryan: In my capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola, I wish to express my thanks to you, Sir, for arranging this meeting ofthe Council in open format. The situation in Angola continues to be of concern to the United Nations membership as a whole and to the international community. It requires the attention and scrutiny which this meeting of the Council permits. We are here to discuss the final report of the Monitoring Mechanism, which has been presented to the Council pursuant to resolution 1295 (2000). I should like at the outset to welcome the presence of the Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Angola, Mr. Joao Bernardo de Miranda.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Ireland urges President Kagame to continue his contacts with all the parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We look forward to further progress in advance of the forthcoming New York meeting with the members of the Lusaka Political Committee.”
2001-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4273 (2001) · source
“We encourage all parties to give the United Nations panel of experts established to investigate this situation all the information it requires. We hope that Rwanda will build on the readiness, which is already shown, to cooperate with the panel in its work. The events ofthe past few days have given rise to a rare stirring of hope for the Congo and for the region as a whole. We still await the longed-for wind of change, but there is at least a sense of movement in the air. The visits to the United Nations of President Kagame and of President Joseph Kabila, and their meeting in Washington, have shown that the dynamic for peace can come from within the region itself. The Secretary-General earlier complimented the statesmanship which enabled that meeting to take place, and we agree with that.”
2001-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4273 (2001) · source
“We join the Secretary-General in our interest in hearing from President Kagame about the timetable he would envisage for implementing the Harare disengagement plan, in particular when we can expect Rwandan troops to withdraw from Pueto, as we understand this to be under discussion between his Government and the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). Ireland looks forward with anticipation to the report that the Secretary-General is now preparing, which will contain a revised concept of operations for MONUC. At the same time, we are concerned about any illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the various parties to the conflict. It is seriously damaging the international standing of those who are allegedly involved.”
2001-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4273 (2001) · source