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2000-10-26
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2003-04-11
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  1. “We are aware of our commitment emanating from the Millennium Declaration and remain committed to strengthening African capabilities in the field of conflict prevention and to enhancing technical and financial assistance, so that by 2010 African countries and regional and subregional organizations will be able to engage more efficiently to prevent and resolve violent conflicts on the continent, as laid down in the African Action Plan by the G-8 leaders at Kananaskis.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  2. “We will have important speakers from Africa later, in particular from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which is already playing such an important role in the conflict- prevention and peacekeeping operations and activities of the Security Council. I should like to welcome once again the efforts that have been made to establish and strengthen the African security architecture through the pan-African Peace and Security Council.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  3. “As far as regional organizations are concerned, the Charter itself reflects a link between Article 52 - the main Article of Chapter VIII - and the responsibilities of the General Assembly, through the reference to Article 35 in paragraph 4 of Article 52. The General Assembly is currently involved in an important process aimed at discussing and further developing a draft resolution on conflict prevention. A dialogue between the Council and the General Assembly could be of help to both bodies and might serve as an early-warning mechanism for regional powers, and vice-versa for the Security Council, as a source of information for openings and limits regions might have in influencing and mastering emerging crises. As a last point, let me say something about Africa.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  4. “We might even use this important issue as a starting point to do away with antiquated practices and customs of the Council, such as the Arria and other formulas, that do not help to increase the transparency and efficiency of the Council's work. Having heard nine years of debate in the General Assembly in the Open-ended Working Group on Council reform, I think that today we need to bring some fresh air into the work of this body. Fourthly, for many, many reasons, the Security Council needs to improve and strengthen its channel of dialogue with the General Assembly. As far as this is concerned, we are already on a good track.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  5. “If the primacy of the Council with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security is rejected, the very foundations of international law, as represented by the Charter, will be brought into question. No other universally accepted legal basis for constraining wanton acts of violence ex1sts. It is imperative that regional security operations remain mandated by the Council if the legal basis of the international security system is to be maintained. Thirdly, to bring this primacy of the United Nations and the Security Council and the complementarity of regional organizations into synch with one another, we strongly suggest that the dialogue between the Council and the regional organizations be put on a regular and substantive basis. We might be able to do it already, within the framework of the Arria formula.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  6. “The Secretary-General has just mentioned the fact that many of the challenges we are facing are global, with the potential to threaten not only our stability but our very survival. The United Nations is simply not capable of coping alone with challenges of this dimension - either logistically or financially. A supportive and increasingly complementary interchange between the United Nations and regional organizations becomes ever more important. The second point is that, however, the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security lies with the United Nations. The Security Council is the central forum for international conflict management.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  7. “I will try to limit myself to a few points in an attempt to contribute positively to this ongoing debate, which is part of an overall process of reform of the United Nations - a process which has developed in particular since the Millennium Assembly and which has underlined how relevant this Organization remains today as the vital cornerstone of multilateral cooperation. My first point is that, while the United Nations has been extending and strengthening continuously its instruments for conflict management over the past decade - from early warning to prevention, and from peacekeeping to, in particular, post-conflict peace- building - expectations directed towards the Organization have risen dramatically.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  8. “It is in particular the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe which have significantly developed their capabilities in the past in the areas of conflict-prevention and cooperation with the United Nations. The remarkably promising development of relationships between the United Nations and regional organizations can be followed in the annual reports of the Secretary-General since 1997-98, and I believe that we owe it in particular to the initiatives of the incumbent Secretary-General that the potential of Chapter VIII now seems to be unfolding in a very positive manner.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  9. “We very much welcome the initiative of the Mexican presidency to discuss questions related to Chapter VIII of the Charter. I would like to remind colleagues that this is in the tradition of the founding Conference of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945, where Mexico and the other Latin American States played a vital role in drafting that particular Chapter of the Charter, based on the Act of Chapultepec which, only a month before - March 1945 - had been adopted in Mexico City. So you, Sir, are acting in a very good tradition. It goes without saying that I fully associate myself with, and argue along the lines of, the statement of the European Union, which will be made later. This is clearly not only an automatic place holder.”

    2003-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4739 (2003) · source

  10. “I should like to recall that good governance is an important element and an important objective in the Millennium Declaration, which was adopted by our heads of State three years ago. Unfortunately, it does not fall under the heading of "Millennium Development Goals". I very much hope that, when Millennium Development Goals are mentioned in future discussions of this issue as a justified appeal to donors to help us cope with these problems, this third element of good governance also becomes an important objective.”

    2003-04-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4736 (2003) · source

  11. “Morris mentioned that there are two intertwined problems - the scourge of HIV/AIDS and the food crisis - and he and others have vaguely referred to man-made problems. Are there not three intertwined elements that create the deadly brew that makes it almost impossible to cope with these sorts of problems worldwide? Is not the combination of bad governance, HIV/AIDS and the food crisis the problem that we are facing today? In that context, my question is the following. Would Mr. Morris agree that, without a sound approach to the establishment of good governance worldwide, any isolated effort to come to grips with HIV/AIDS or the food crisis would remain a piecemeal approach?”

    2003-04-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4736 (2003) · source

  12. “I thank Mr. Morris very much for a superb presentation and, in particular, for his continuous efforts to brief the Council. I would like to challenge somewhat one of the initial observations that he made in saying that we routinely accept a situation in Africa that we would not otherwise accept in other parts of the world. Are we really routinely accepting such a situation in Africa? Is it not more something like, may I say, donor fatigue? I recall correctly that some 10 years ago, there was another serious food crisis in Southern Africa, and the international community responded very efficiently to the call of the WFP and others to cope with that crisis. Now, we are again faced with the same situation. Mr.”

    2003-04-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4736 (2003) · source

  13. “It is no more than a theoretical possibility that they would commit crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the ICC. To assert the necessity of excluding this merely theoretical possibility would, in our view, be tantamount to compromising both the Rome Statute and the integrity of mission personnel. We urge the members of the Security Council to find a solution, on a case-by-case basis, which safeguards the integrity of the Security Council, with its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, as well as of international peace missions and the international treaty regimes.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568Resumption1 (2002) · source

  14. “Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter requires the existence of a threat to the peace, a breach of the peace or an act of aggression - none of which, in our view, is present in this case. The Security Council would thus be running the risk of undermining its own authority and credibility. It is the strong belief of Germany that - beyond the case-by-case possibilities clearly provided for in article 16 of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Statute - the Security Council would do itself and the world community a disservice if it adopted a resolution under Chapter VII of the Charter to, in effect, amend an important treaty ratified by 76 States. We commend peace mission personnel, both collectively and individually, for their admirable performance under conditions which more often than not are difficult and dangerous.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568Resumption1 (2002) · source

  15. “Germany fully supports the position of the European Union as presented by the Danish Presidency. We will therefore restrict ourselves to some additional elements we deem particularly important. Germany has considered itself a major driving force in the creation of an International Criminal Court (ICC) from the very beginning. One of the major lessons we have learned from the past is that impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes must not be allowed to stand. The Security Council has been asked to invoke Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, beyond the extension of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) mandate, to obtain immunity for peace mission personnel.”

    2002-07-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4568Resumption1 (2002) · source

  16. “It goes without saying that, as in the past, Germany is fully committed to render its support to the Dayton peace process in all its aspects, and to the work of the High Representative. We are of the opinion that Wolfgang Petritsch is doing an excellent job in Sarajevo. However, in concluding, I would not like to forget to mention the most crucial issues yet to be solved as an indispensable condition of bringing peace to the region: the overall security situation, the existence of two - if not, de facto, three - armies, and the completion of the disarmament process under annex 1.B ofthe Dayton Peace Accord. We would very much appreciate it if the High Representative could cast some light on these items and issues in his next report to the Council.”

    2000-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4209 (2000) · source

  17. “Petritsch must be congratulated on progress achieved over the last month, in particular in the four key areas he mentioned: first, in establishment of a new Council of Ministers, which I hope will finally resume responsibility as the Government of the country; secondly, the ruling of the Constitutional Court that all three constituent peoples, and others, are considered to be equal in both entities - and we would appreciate perhaps receiving more information about the strategy envisaged to implement this most important ruling; thirdly, the increased number of minority returns - although one should remember that against the backdrop of the overall number of refugees, those returns still remain a trickle and not a broad current; and, fourthly, the progress achieved to foster the independence of local media and to continue judicial reform.”

    2000-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4209 (2000) · source

  18. “We can only strongly encourage the High Representative - albeit with political sensitivity and a watchful eye, which goes without saying - to continue his energetic approach by taking full advantage of the powers vested in him to ensure that implementation stays on track. As we have just heard from our British colleague, five years of Dayton implementation have gone by. I think we have wasted enough time and, I should add, enough funds. Clearly, Mr.”

    2000-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4209 (2000) · source

  19. “Both neighbouring countries - Croatia and Yugoslavia - are entitled to form a special relationship with their respective ethnic communities, a relationship that we call upon the High Representative to actively assist in formulating, thus adding an important element of stability to the region. Dayton is an irreversible process; it cannot be reiterated often enough to those political forces in the country who still tend to look backwards. In addition, Dayton is an irreversible process in all its aspects and phases, including all measures taken by the High Representative after Sintra and Bonn to implement the Accord with the powers given to him by the Peace Implementation Council.”

    2000-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4209 (2000) · source

  20. “As the Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina has just mentioned the "misdeed" of the international community on the adoption of the passport law, I would like to remind him that on 17 December 1997, after two years of Dayton implementation, the passport law was the only law, and remained for a very long time the only law, of Bosnia and Herzegovina which was properly adopted in the Bosnian Parliament. Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing a crucial election on 11 November and the people really now have a choice. We call on President Kostunica to take the step of establishing diplomatic relations - without preconditions, as has been underlined on numerous occasions in the Peace Implementation Council - with Bosnia and Herzegovina as soon as possible, without further delay.”

    2000-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4209 (2000) · source

  21. “This- and we have heard it already from Mr. Petritsch - has finally put the onus on the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Governments of both entities to deliver. The country is a decade behind, we have just learned from Mr. Petritsch, and the political leaders who have desperately failed in their responsibilities - I point only to the deplorable and appalling record of the Council of Ministers and the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina - should be strongly reminded of their responsibilities to the international community and, most important, their people.”

    2000-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4209 (2000) · source

  22. “I take this opportunity to express my appreciation for the, as always, comprehensive and succinct briefing we have just received from Mr. Petritsch. Germany took note with satisfaction of the Council's decision to organize this meeting in a manner that would allow non- members to express their opinion. We hope that this has set, once and for all, a good precedent. We are convinced that this open-minded approach to this issue reflects the forward-looking manner in which the Council is about to implement the respective decisions ofthe Brahimi Panel which are addressed to it directly. After the democratic change of power in Zagreb, the recent developments in Belgrade have finally opened the doors wide for reaching regional stability, adding a new and hopefully decisive momentum to the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accord.”

    2000-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4209 (2000) · source