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Samhan

lines on the record: 159
first: 1992-11-16
most recent: 2001-04-23
sittings or episodes: 18
sources: un-security-council

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“This would make it possible to mitigate the dangers threatening civilians in conflict areas and would also ensure peace and security at the regional and international levels. This is what we all are seeking.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“It is for this reason that we appeal to the Security Council and to the States concerned to shoulder their historical responsibilities, through, inter alia, the implementation of the Council's resolutions and the urgent dispatch of observer forces. We also call upon the Israeli Government to abide by the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Lastly, we call for urgent action by the United Nations, in particular the Security Council, and by other regional and humanitarian organizations, to peacefully resolve these problems and situations of occupation, through, inter alia, recourse to the International Court of Justice, with a view to finding an international solution to such problems.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In this context, we wish to express our profound concern about the ignorance and silence of the international community, represented by the Security Council, with respect to the suffering of the defenceless Palestinian civilians at the hands of the Israeli occupation, which is committing criminal acts, blockading and destroying homes and the economic and social infrastructures. Israeli forces are violating the rights of civilians and taking hostages, including children, who are thrown into Israeli prisons, in addition to building more illegal settlements. All of those practices on the part of Israel are incompatible with the most fundamental principles of human rights and international law.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We reiterate the need to deal with various aspects of this problem, inter alia, the assumption by the Security Council and Member States of their political and legal responsibilities, with a view to resolving existing conflicts without the use of double standards and on the basis of the sovereign equality of countries and peoples, as specified in the Charter of the United Nations. It is necessary also to respect the specific features of each individual conflict. In an effort to maintain peace and security, the media must play a greater role in disseminating the truth about conflicts and mass violations of human rights.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In addition, it is urgent to provide civilians with medical, humanitarian and relief assistance. This should take place without any impediment whatsoever. At the same time, we wish to reiterate the need to pursue efforts at the regional and international levels to address the causes of armed conflict in a radical and comprehensive manner. This will require the creation of a culture of peace and tolerance, the implementation of confidence-building measures, preventive diplomacy, post-conflict disarmament and peace- building among former combatants, and the establishment of the requisite economic and social environment. Moreover, those responsible for crimes against civilians must be called to account. We welcome the recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his report aimed at improving the protection of civilians in armed conflict.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Millions of people - particularly in regions of Africa, Asia and the Balkans - are, on a daily basis, the victims of murder, acts of aggression, blockages, ethnic cleansing, forced displacement and the use of internationally prohibited weapons. This is a grave violation of international humanitarian law. The United Arab Emirates wishes to express its grave concern at the fact that these violations are continuing on a regular and flagrant basis. Violations of human rights are being committed against women and children in many areas of tension and in the context of civil and regional wars. We wish to reiterate the need to deal with these problems on the basis of international obligations, ensuring that the belligerents respect the Charter of the United Nations, international law and human rights.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Despite treaties on international laws and human rights - first and foremost the 1949 Geneva Conventions - regional and international events have shown that military action brought about by conflicts, acts of aggression, ethnic and religious cleansing and occupation, in addition to the deterioration of the economic and social situation in many countries - particularly the least developed ones - has targeted civilians, particularly women and children and other vulnerable segments of society, namely refugees and displaced persons. Immoral means are being used by executors of such military actions to achieve their inhumane goals. Statistics show that civilians represent more than 75 per cent of the victims of war.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Samhan (United Arab Emirates) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to wish you every success. I wish also to thank the Secretary-General for his report, which contains invaluable information and recommendations that will help to protect civilians in armed conflicts. We would like also to express our appreciation for the efforts made by humanitarian agencies.”
2001-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4312Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The Arab Group would also like to request the Israeli side to strictly adhere to its commitments as well as to political and legal undertakings stipulated in the agreements it has concluded with the Palestinian side, in particular those related to the removal of settlements and to putting an end to the occupation of all Arab and Palestinian territories that have been occupied since 1967, including Al-Quds al-Sharif and the Syrian Golan, and to complete its withdrawal from the occupied Lebanese territories, and to remove all weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, in order to promote confidence-building measures leading to the realization of peace, stability and security in the region.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“In conclusion, the Arab Group would like once again to reiterate its full support of and solidarity with the Palestinian people and its National Authority in their continued search to realize their legitimate rights to establish their own independent State, with Al-Quds as its capital. The Arab Group would also like to reaffirm its determination to continue the march towards a just and comprehensive peace based on resolutions of the international legitimacy, particularly resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and the principle of land for peace, as well as towards the implementation of General Assembly resolution 194 (III) on the return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland, Palestine.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“Such measures should include, first, bringing the highest degree of pressure to bear on the Israeli Government to force it to immediately cease its wanton aggression against the Palestinian people and to lift its siege of their cities and villages and to allow access to humanitarian assistance - financial, relief, and otherwise - without any further delay; secondly, securing the adoption by the Security Council of the draft resolution that was submitted to it last December calling for the formation of an international observer force to provide protection to the Palestinian people; and thirdly, proceeding to provide urgent financial, economic and humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“We are confident and fully convinced that the situation would not have deteriorated to such a serious stage had the Security Council responded by adopting the draft resolution submitted by the Non-Aligned caucus last December calling for the formation of an international observer force to protect the Palestinian people from all these violations and crimes committed by Israel against it. The Arab Group hopes that today's Council meeting will result in the adoption of immediate and urgent measures that would reflect the Council's responsibility in the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“The United Arab Emirates, on behalf of the Arab Group, expresses its strong condemnation and grave concern regarding this serious military escalation by Israel - aggression that has resulted in the death of 400 innocent Palestinians, particularly women and children, in addition to the injury and crippling of thousands of other innocent Palestinian inhabitants - and considers the Al-Aksa intifada a reflection of Palestinian desperation and frustration and one of the simplest means of self-defence against the Israeli war machine and the heavily armed settlers who possess internationally prohibited weapons that they use against the Palestinian people, who can only defend themselves, their sons and their rights, by throwing stones at their killers in the Israeli army.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“They are preventing access to food supplies and medicines, in addition to other necessary humanitarian needs, and are severing communications with all Palestinian areas by establishing checkpoints, military and otherwise, around Palestinian villages and cities in order to partition the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and to transform them into 60 cantons very similar to collective detention centres. This is a most horrendous act and a violation of human rights. Furthermore, they continue to implement unprecedented policies aimed at destroying the human, social and economic infrastructures of the Palestinian people, coupled with the withholding of financial entitlements to the Palestinian Authority that are measured in millions of dollars.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“One example of this was the massacre at Sabra and Chatila in 1982, when hundreds of unarmed women and children fell victim. Mr. Sharon's Deputy and Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, committed a similar criminal act, witnessed by the entire world, against the inhabitants of Qana in southern Lebanon. Even United Nations forces in Lebanon were not spared by that act of aggression. Today the Palestinian people face the same systematic pattern of terror and aggression. Since December, Israeli military forces have been implementing a serious design of deliberate killing, siege and closure of Palestinian villages and cities.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“Security Council resolution 1322 (2000) and the resolutions of the tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly, as well as resolutions adopted by human rights and other related bodies, have all requested the Israeli Government as the occupying power to cease immediately all practices of deliberate killing, in particular of women and children, and to cease its bombardment of and aggression against unarmed Palestinian people and the strict closure of Palestinian cities and villages. However, since Sharon's assumption of the present Government, he has exposed his real intentions and designs, which are more aggressive towards the Palestinians and Arabs and which could be considered an extension of his historic criminal policies.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“The Security Council is meeting today to discuss the situation and serious developments on the Palestinian scene, particularly in light of the new Israeli Government's continuation of its policies of systematic economic siege, the destruction of human, social and economic infrastructure and its practices of terrorism and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people, in addition to its rejection of cooperation with the Mitchell fact-finding mission on aggression against the Palestinian people, one of the most horrendous acts of aggression in the history of humankind, particularly with regard to human rights.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“Mr. Samhan (United Arab Emirates) (spoke in Arabic): Mr. President, allow me first, on behalf of the Arab Group, over which I have the honour to preside, to extend to you our congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We are confident that your expertise and thorough knowledge of international relations will greatly contribute to the Council's role in maintaining international peace and security. On this occasion, I would not fail to extend our appreciation to His Excellency the Permanent Representative of brotherly Tunisia for his successful presidency of the Council last month and for the positive results that have been achieved.”
2001-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295 (2001) · source
“We also believe in the vanguard role that women can play in international affairs, especially in the area of economic, social and human development. The participation of women should be guaranteed in international decision-making and in peacekeeping operations in order to ensure security, stability and sustainable development at the regional, national and international levels.”
2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source
“This international mechanism of deterrence could help to limit the growing violence and the serious violations of the fundamental human rights of women and children. In conclusion, the United Arab Emirates believes that the acts of violence and massive violations of the human rights of powerless innocent civilians, particularly women and children, are creating abnormal conditions of bloodshed, oppression, inequality and racial and religious discrimination. We therefore stress the importance of disseminating a culture of peace, respect for the basic international norms and standards for the treatment of women, and the legitimate rights guaranteed by religions and national and international laws and norms.”
2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source
“The persistence of this situation demonstrates that certain States of the international community use double standards in their approach to these events. The international community has rejected such behaviour through resolutions recently adopted by the Security Council and the General Assembly. Israel's actions run counter to the letter and spirit of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, to international humanitarian law and norms, and to the primacy of respect for international law. We therefore demand that an independent, neutral commission of inquiry be established and that an international criminal tribunal be set up, on the model of those already created by the Security Council, to prosecute and try the perpetrators of the crimes committed against the Palestinian people, in particular Palestinian women and children.”
2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source
“My country deplores this situation and calls on Israel to end its massive violations of human rights in the Palestinian territories. For the fourth week running, the international press has been broadcasting images and reports highlighting these criminal abuses and violations. I refer in particular to the Palestinian mother who was killed in the presence of her nine children. Another woman, old and infirm, who was merely trying to get to her workplace, was also gunned down. Furthermore, an unprecedented number of Palestinians have died or been wounded. These examples speak volumes about the serious human rights violations being committed by the Israeli forces, particularly against women and children.”
2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source
“This requires the Security Council to follow up the implementation of its resolutions on these various conflicts. The Council must coordinate its work with international, national and regional organizations and agencies in order to find peaceful solutions to these conflicts as soon as possible. Without such a commitment, the people of those States - especially women and children - will continue to suffer the effects of instability and insecurity, which in turn fuel violence, extremism and frustration. The United Arab Emirates has closely followed the situation in the occupied Arab and Palestinian territories, which has experienced a serious exacerbation of violence and aggression, including the Israeli blockade against the Palestinian people, in which women and children suffer the most.”
2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source
“These various developments have highlighted the gravity of the situation of women, who suffer from racial discrimination, ethnic cleansing, rape, forced displacement and other phenomena, particularly in countries where war, internal conflict and occupation continue to rage. Furthermore, the imbalances in economic and social relations between the developed and the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, have their own negative impact. These phenomena have aggravated illiteracy and poverty, which in turn have increased the suffering of women and children. If this situation persists, particularly in regions of Africa, Asia and the Middle East that still labour under the yoke of occupation and war, it will present enormous challenges to the international community.”
2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source
“They have demonstrated sufficient scientific and technical knowledge and competence to allow them to adapt to events and developments in their societies and the world at large. However, despite all the regional and international conferences that have been held on the topic of women in the past two decades, which have addressed all the problems and attempted to meet all the challenges that have been encountered in seeking to enhance women's participation at the national, regional and international levels, the role of women in the maintenance of international peace and security still falls short of our aspirations for contemporary international relations.”
2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source
“Mr. Samhan (United Arab Emirates) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I wish to express our gratitude to you, Sir, for your efforts to strengthen the role of women in the sphere of international peace and security. We support the statements made by Ms. King and Ms. Heyzer, which reflect the international community's concerns about the advancement of women in the area of peace, security and sustainable development. In recent decades, women in many States throughout the world, the United Nations, its specialized agencies and regional and international organizations have been assigned important posts. They have played a leading role equal to that of men in reconstruction and in economic, social, cultural and human development.”
2000-10-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4208Resumption2 (2000) · source
“In conclusion, we reaffirm our full solidarity with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian National Authority, and support their legitimate aspirations to an independent State, with Holy Jerusalem as its capital; the return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland, Palestine; and the removal of illegal Israeli colonialist settlements. We also emphasize that a just and lasting peace in the region requires the implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), based on the principle of land for peace. Without the Israeli Government's full compliance with those resolutions, based on international legitimacy, the problem in the Middle East will continue, resulting in an instability in the region that will reflect on international peace and security.”
2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source
“The United Arab Emirates strongly condemns these dangerous developments and incidents, the violations and brutal crimes that the Israeli forces continue to commit, and holds the Israeli Government fully responsible for the results of these crimes against the Palestinian people and for peace and security in the region. Therefore, we call on the co-sponsors of the peace process, other active countries and the Security Council to assume their legal, political and historical responsibilities. The Council, being responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, must defend its relevant resolutions on the Palestinian question by immediately implementing the necessary measures to end the oppression and brutal murders carried out by the Israeli forces throughout the occupied Palestinian territories.”
2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source
“Despite the Paris meeting yesterday between the two parties, in the presence of the Secretary-General and the United States Secretary of State, to seek a ceasefire and a peaceful solution to the present situation, based on United Nations resolutions and the agreements concluded between the two parties, the Israeli Government continues to carry out massacres and aggression against the Palestinian people and to put them in detention. The number of martyrs exceeds 74, and there are more than 2,000 wounded, most in a critical condition. Israeli forces continue to destroy electricity stations in Palestinian towns and villages. Furthermore, they are arresting and incarcerating Palestinians simply because they are defending their legitimate rights, covered by resolutions on international legitimacy, as do other people of the world.”
2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source
“These violations contradict, in letter and substance, all the norms of international humanitarian law, including the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949. They emphasize the need for the two parties, the Palestinians and the Israelis, to resume negotiations in order to seek a peaceful solution based on relevant resolutions and international legitimacy. There is also a need for an impartial international committee to investigate the causes of the crimes perpetrated against the Palestinian people and prevent the recurrence of such crimes, in conformity with international law.”
2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source
“Among such activities were two messages from His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, to the President of the United States of America and the President of France, as well as contacts by our Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and with the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, with a view to taking decisive, effective international and bilateral measures to protect the Palestinian people and the holy places, and to put an end to the ongoing crimes perpetrated by the Israeli forces against unarmed Palestinians, including stone- throwing children and women.”
2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source
“Previous Israeli Governments perpetrated similar brutal crimes against unarmed Palestinians, starting with the massacres at Kafr Kassim and Deir Yassin, proceeding with the occupation of Palestine in 1948, which was completed in 1967, and continuing with the Sabra and Shatila massacres - which were orchestrated and supervised by Ariel Sharon himself in Lebanon in 1982 - and other subsequent massacres that we are still witnessing. The political leadership of the United Arab Emirates accords the highest importance to the unfortunate developments in the occupied Palestinian territories, and was among the first to engage in political and diplomatic contacts with a view to containing the situation.”
2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source
“The shameful images broadcast worldwide by the media clearly showed the brutality of the massacres and other crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces against unarmed Palestinians, including women and children. They have used weapons of all kinds - including helicopters, tanks, heavy artillery, missiles and weapons that are subject to international prohibitions - to kill stone-throwing children and to erode the peace process. It was supremely ironical - and unacceptable - that members of the Israeli security services disguised themselves in Palestinian uniforms to arrest and imprison Palestinian children and young people during the funerals of the martyrs. In fact, this is not the first time that such things have taken place.”
2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source
“The present incidents began on 28 September when the leader of the Likud party, Ariel Sharon, accompanied by a large number of Israeli troops, stormed the forecourt of Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The next day, Israeli forces, under orders from the Israeli Government, launched unprecedented, brutal attacks on worshippers. This provoked and exacerbated tensions and heightened anger not only among Palestinians but throughout the Arab and Muslim world and among all members of the international community. It revealed Israel's dangerous, insidious intention to consolidate its occupation of the Palestinian territories, including Holy Jerusalem, the cradle of human civilization, of tolerance, and of the religious beliefs of the majority of the world's peoples.”
2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source
“Mr. Samhan (United Arab Emirates) (spoke in Arabic): It gives me pleasure, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. We are fully convinced that your expertise in international affairs will be a major contribution to the success of the Council's work this month. We wish also to convey to your predecessor, His Excellency the Permanent Representative of Mali, our thanks for his unstinting efforts and for the outcome of the Council's work, especially during its millennium summit. This meeting is of particular importance in terms of putting an end to the volatile and extremely dangerous situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
2000-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4204Resumption2 (2000) · source
“In this regard, we call for appropriate training for those working to provide humanitarian assistance during armed conflict. Finally, we reaffirm the need to respect all international efforts aimed at furthering the role of the Security Council in the peaceful settlement of armed conflict and the protection of civilians in time of war, recognizing that this role should not violate the principles enshrined in the Charter and the provisions of international law. We reiterate the need to strengthen the consultations between the Council and interested States, in particular in coordinating joint efforts, in information exchange and in the dissemination of the culture of peace so as to ensure a better international understanding of human rights, thereby enabling humankind to live in prosperity and peace.”
1999-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072 (1999) · source
“However, we believe that this should not be an alternative to resolving such conflicts and violations of human rights, but rather an integral part of peacekeeping operations and programmes and initiatives for national reconciliation. We reaffirm the need for neutrality and transparency in the activities of the Security Council and other parties involved so as to limit the suffering of civilians in armed conflicts. This should be carried out with full respect for the sovereignty of States, their territorial integrity and political unity and in accordance with the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of States, which is stipulated in international law. We reaffirm the need to respect the security and safety of United Nations staff as well as those of other international missions in such territory.”
1999-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072 (1999) · source
“In the judicial sphere, it is essential to ensure regional and international cooperation for pursuing and sentencing those responsible for crimes of genocide during armed conflicts so that we can eradicate that dangerous phenomenon, which is in violation of the provisions of international humanitarian law and all human rights conventions on the treatment of civilians in time of war. That is why we reaffirm the responsibility of the international community to support national, regional and international mechanisms to deal with this dangerous phenomenon, in particular crimes of genocide and the taking of United Nations personnel and humanitarian aid workers as hostages. The United Arab Emirates has noted the humanitarian assistance provided in the regions affected by conflicts.”
1999-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072 (1999) · source
“While we support proposals aimed at further coordination and cooperation between the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice and international regional and subregional organizations so that peacekeeping and preventive forces can be swiftly deployed with the aim of resolving existing crises or preventing others from erupting, we also reaffirm the need to further develop the role of the Security Council in post-conflict peace-building. That role should involve joint and neutral programmes to disarm, demobilize and rehabilitate ex-combatants as well as to ensure the return of refugees and provide development aid to meet the growing needs of the countries affected. Support must also be provided for the human, economic and social development of the peoples in those countries.”
1999-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072 (1999) · source
“This means that the international community, and in particular the Security Council, which is responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security, must act transparently, methodically and with no double standards whatsoever in order to resolve these problems peacefully and in accordance with Security Council resolutions, the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.”
1999-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072 (1999) · source
“Mr. Samhan (United Arab Emirates) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to express my appreciation and gratitude to you, Mr. President, for holding this open debate on the role of the Security Council in the prevention of armed conflicts. Allow me also to express our thanks to the Secretary-General for the role he has played in the maintenance of international peace and security. Although we are living at a historic time, on the eve of the third millennium, certain problems remain unresolved and the challenges facing humankind continue to grow. They result from the pursuit of armed conflicts, both civil and regional, as well as from instances of occupation and the effect that occupation has on regional and international peace and security.”
1999-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4072 (1999) · source
“In conclusion, we hope that the Security Council will come to a consensus on measures to promote international and regional cooperation to lead Africa into a new era in which it will play a more significant part in international relations and in which its peoples will enjoy security, peace, stability and development.”
1999-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption3 (1999) · source
“Also, unofficial assistance from private sector projects and national charitable associations such as the Red Crescent and the Zayid charitable association all help enable the countries of Africa to deal with their current crises and implement major development projects, especially as part of plans to rehabilitate national economies in line with the requirements of globalization, change, trade and economic relations. Investments and assistance from the United Arab Emirates to Africa amount to over $5 billion. We reiterate that the economic sanctions imposed on our sister country, Libya, must be lifted now that it has honoured all its obligations in respect of the Lockerbie issue.”
1999-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption3 (1999) · source
“We urge also that foreign investment should be encouraged and that the African countries should be provided with the facilities and support they need to export their products to world markets without constraint. The United Arab Emirates, which shares bonds of friendship, history and culture with the countries of Africa, is keen to strengthening mutual cooperation with many of those countries, especially in the field of exchange of information and of experts in all cultural, economic and social fields. The United Arab Emirates also provides all manner of support, loans and official and unofficial humanitarian and development assistance through the Abu Dhabi and other financial and development funds to which it contributes.”
1999-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption3 (1999) · source
“We welcome the recommendations and resolutions of the recent OAU Summit in our sister State, Algeria, which expressed the desire and resolve of OAU leaders both to continue efforts towards a peaceful settlement to the current conflicts and to undertake the necessary reforms of the social and economic development institutions in their countries more comprehensively. We also urge the developed countries and regional and international development institutions to provide assistance, grants and loans - official and unofficial - to African countries and to cancel their external debts, especially those of the poorest countries, to help them improve their economic, social and human capacities.”
1999-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption3 (1999) · source
“We therefore believe that the responsibility for addressing these situations and phenomena falls to the African countries themselves, especially responsibility for showing the political will to implement ceasefire measures, halt the bloodshed and respond to peaceful efforts to promote security and stability at the national and regional levels. We call also upon the international community, especially the Security Council, to revitalize peacekeeping operations, preventive diplomacy and post-conflict peace- building. They must also implement the resolutions under international law on halting trade and trafficking in small arms and other materiel to areas of tension, and strengthen coordination and cooperation mechanisms between the United Nations and OAU.”
1999-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption3 (1999) · source
“The debate in the Security Council today reflects the keen interest of the international community in continuing its efforts to effect positive change in Africa by settling or containing the current regional and civil conflicts and meeting the humanitarian and development needs of its peoples and States. The United Arab Emirates agrees with the Secretary- General's important analysis and recommendations contained in his progress report on the situation in Africa. However, it is concerned about the increasing trend in weapons acquisitions in conflicts and towards increasing power struggles between factions over power itself and over natural resources. This in turn has led to infrastructure destruction and to an increase in the number of internally and externally displaced persons, especially women, children and the elderly.”
1999-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption3 (1999) · source
“Mr. Samhan (United Arab Emirates) (Spoke in Arabic): Mr. President, I join preceding speakers in congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and wish you every success. I also express our thanks and appreciation to my colleague, the Ambassador and representative of Namibia, for his guidance of the presidency of the Council last month and wish him every success also. We thank the Secretary- General for his valuable statement, and for his report and the recommendations it contains for the Security Council concerning the developing situation in Africa, particularly in respect of the need for peace, security and social and economic development.”
1999-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption3 (1999) · source
“This would fulfil the aspirations of the countries of the region for stability, peace, and social and economic development.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source
“The United Arab Emirates reaffirms the importance of the resumption of negotiations on all tracks, including the Syrian and Lebanese tracks, in order to achieve a just, lasting and peaceful settlement based on the Madrid Conference framework, the principle of land for peace, the agreements concluded and the relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 425 (1978). The just and lasting peace sought by the Arab countries is a strategic objective that requires a corresponding commitment from the Israeli Government. That Government should ensure the restoration of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, the complete Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab and Palestinian territories, including Al-Quds, the Syrian Golan and southern Lebanon.”
1997-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3745Resumption1 (1997) · source