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Sreenivasan

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1992-08-26
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1995-02-08
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  1. “The underlying cause of the recent conflict in Angola and in other parts of Africa has to be attributed primarily to the cold war. Fortunately, the cold war is over now. Durable peace must now be established so that the underlying problem of inadequate development can be tackled as a top priority. This is also the surest way of ensuring the establishment of sustained peace and prosperity in Angola and elsewhere.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  2. “This is a reflection of our earnest desire to help the international community to restore peace and normality in a country with which India has the friendliest of relations. Besides this contribution of troops, India has an ongoing bilateral programme of economic and technical cooperation with Angola. India's contribution to UNAVEM. III in Angola is part of the long-term, consistent and principled support that my country has extended to the cause of peace and security on the African continent. India has been at the forefront of United Nations peace-keeping operations, starting with Congo and including Namibia, Mozambique, Somalia, Liberia and Rwanda. India has always been in the forefront of championing African causes of freedom, justice and economic and social development.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  3. “Savimbi for an early meeting between them. It is our fervent hope that they will fulfil the expectations of the international community and the Angolan people and display the necessary political will to bring about political reconciliation and trust at all levels to ensure the establishment of a lasting peace and an end to all bloodshed in Angola. India has participated in the United Nations peace-keeping operations in Angola ever since their beginning in 1989. In the present phase we have already deployed 16 military observers. Twenty civilian observers will be joining them shortly. We have committed an infantry battalion and an engineering support company for UNAVEM. III. All these units will come fully equipped, and are ready for deployment.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  4. “At this critical time, when we are on the threshold of peace, it is important that the United Nations should give a decisive and early push towards a final settlement. This is the time to give a clear and unequivocal message to those elements that might still have some doubts or reservations about the future. In his report, the Secretary-General has proposed the phased deployment of troops and other personnel. There should be adequate flexibility provided in this regard to ensure that the progressive achievement of the tasks of UNAVEM. III is not delayed. We would also urge the Security Council to keep the termination date of the mission sufficiently flexible to ensure the fulfilment of the objectives of the mission. We wish to use this opportunity to appeal to His Excellency Mr. Eduardo dos Santos and Mr.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  5. “We are pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over this meeting of the Security Council. It is fitting and proper that it is under Botswana's presidency that the Security Council will be approving the establishment of the enlarged United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. III). This decision will reflect the international community's continued concern for and commitment to peace and reconciliation in Angola. Despite discouraging set-backs in the past, the United Nations has kept up its patient and persistent engagement in Angola. In Angola peace appears to be on the horizon. The people of Angola seek peace. The cease-fire is generally holding. There are prospects of a face-to-face meeting between the President of Angola and Mr. Savimbi.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  6. “Further, India will continue, as in the past, to effectively participate in United Nations peace-keeping operations, as part of its consistent and principled contribution to the maintenance of international peace and security.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  7. “As I have already indicated, it is imperative that the balance between the United Nations activities on the maintenance of international peace and security on the one hand and economic and social activities on the other be urgently restored. For this purpose, the present momentum in the discussions on an Agenda for Development must be maintained. Earlier in the debate the Permanent Representative of Indonesia, in his capacity as the Chairman of the Non- Aligned Movement, addressed the Council. My delegation would like to associate itself with his statement. Before I conclude, may I take this opportunity to reiterate my Government's continuing commitment to the objectives of the United Nations.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  8. “The Secretary-General has, in his Supplement, rightly pointed out that the discussions initiated in 1994 for the elaboration of an "Agenda for Development" have also served to advance international consensus on the crucial importance of economic and social development as the most secure basis for lasting peace. It is also his understanding that his Supplement to the Agenda for Peace is just for reflection and discussion, while the focus for discussions during the next six months should be on the Agenda for Development. We fully share the Secretary-General's belief that the focus during 1995 must be on the Agenda for Development.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  9. “Good offices are efforts under Chapter VI and are predicated on the consent of the parties concerned. The creation of norms, automatically applicable, would lead to dilution of the principle of consent and, on application, the confusion between peace-keeping and peace-enforcement, which the Secretary-General has clearly presented as mutually exclusive, would return. Similarly, we feel it necessary to urge caution with respect to the proposal for establishing small field missions. These, unless closely monitored and approved only after inter-governmental scrutiny, could easily lead to long-term and expensive entanglements.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  10. “Barring peace-enforcement, and in exceptional cases where consent is a matter of practical and realistic impossibility, consent must be a prerequisite for United Nations activity. At the same time, my delegation is not at all sure that the United Nations should have an independent capacity for peace enforcement. Similarly, while India has agreed to contribute to stand-by forces as presently constituted, we doubt the validity of the concept of a standing force for the United Nations. The suggestion that there is need to create a climate of opinion or ethos within the international community in which the norm would be for Member States to accept the offer of United Nations good offices is well taken. However, this needs to be thought through.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  11. “The Secretary-General acknowledges in paragraph 6 of the Supplement that some of the ideas contained in "An Agenda for Peace" have not proved themselves. The unprecedented growth of peace-keeping operations has imposed a strain on Member States, resulting in a dearth of personnel and funding, even for mandated operations. The delay in the reimbursement of troop costs makes it difficult for developing countries to participate in the operations. In certain countries public opinion is agitated over the loss of peace-keepers' lives and the existing anomalies in death and disability benefits. A pragmatic and realistic approach is clearly called for. It is obvious that the United Nations would be well advised to return to the traditional format of peace-keeping and to the customary caution with which these operations were established.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  12. “We have long called for such a mechanism to be established. In our view, the mechanism should be established by the Security Council, and it must contain the element of automaticity of application. The Security Council could consider establishing a fund for this purpose financed from assessed contributions, as peace-keeping operations are, at the very time the Council imposes sanctions. The Secretary-General has made in his Supplement some new proposals and also resuscitated some old yet significant ones made in "An Agenda for Peace". We have not had the time for a detailed examination of some of these proposals, yet it would be inappropriate for us not to convey our preliminary reaction to some of them, even at this stage.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  13. “We also agree that it is necessary to resist the temptation to use military power to speed up the process of resolution of conflicts. Peace-keeping and peace enforcement are indeed, clearly, alternative techniques. In the section on sanctions, the Secretary-General has highlighted certain issues that should engage the serious attention of the international community in the light of recent experience. The issues raised by the Secretary-General are both philosophical and practical, and they are revealing and thought-provoking. As we address the overall question of sanctions, we trust that these issues will also be appropriately addressed. It is important to ensure that the means are as justifiable as the ends. We have noted the Security Council's suggestion concerning the establishment of a mechanism to implement Article 50 of the Charter.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  14. “We are equally gratified that the Secretary- General has highlighted the point that the logic of peace-keeping flows from political and military premises quite distinct from those of enforcement, and that the dynamics of the latter are incompatible with the political process that peace-keeping is intended to facilitate. We trust that the Security Council will bear these lessons of recent history in mind as it proceeds to deal with the challenging situations that lie ahead. We agree with the Secretary-General that conflicts that the United Nations is asked to resolve usually have deep roots and have defied the peacemaking efforts of others, and that their resolution requires patience, diplomacy and the establishment of a political process that will lead to a mutually acceptable political settlement.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  15. “This not only highlights the principal focus of United Nations activities in the recent past, but also underlines the need to restore the balance between peace-keeping operations and the vital activities of the United Nations in the economic and social sectors. We are gratified to note that the clear lesson drawn in the Supplement from recent experience of peace-keeping operations is that respect for certain basic principles of peace-keeping is essential to success. These are consent, impartiality and the non-use of force except in cases of self-defence.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  16. “As the issues addressed have direct and long-term implications for the work of the United Nations in fulfilling the objectives of the Charter, it is the expectation of my delegation that this debate of the Security Council is just the beginning of a series of wide-ranging discussions on the issues raised by the Secretary-General - a process that will necessarily continue in greater detail during the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. By then we shall have gained more experience in different areas and shall also have received the central documents on the Agenda for Peace and the Agenda for Development to which the Secretary-General referred in his press conference of 5 January 1995. The focus of the "Supplement to an Agenda for Peace" is understandably on peace-keeping operations.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  17. “My delegation is pleased, Sir, that this important debate is taking place under your sagacious presidency. We are particularly appreciative of your personal contribution to transparency in the functioning of the Security Council through your regular briefing of the general membership on the formal and informal proceedings of the Council. We have undertaken a preliminary analysis and assessment of the "Supplement to an Agenda for Peace", which has been thoughtfully prepared and presented by the Secretary-General as we enter the fiftieth anniversary year of the United Nations. We have taken note of the fact that the Secretary-General has presented his Supplement as a document of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly.”

    1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source

  18. “The Graft resolution we are considering calls for the establishment cf a mandatory arms embargo on Liberia. Given the situation currently prevailing in the country, such an embargo should help in reducing hostilities and bloodshed, besides sending a clear political signal to the parties that the international comunity is serious in demanding peace. Equally importantly, tiie Secre.ary-Geueral is being requested to send a special representative to Liberia urgently, to meet with all parties concerned and to ovaluate the situstion so that the Council can have before it an independent analysis of the situation on the basis of which it can act. It is ou hope that all par ies in Lit--ria will extend their full situation faithfully. My deleyatioa will await the Secretary-General's recommendations wi'h iaterest.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  19. “Once again, the Council cailed on the parties to respact and implement the various Accords of the peace process and refrain from actions which endanger the security of neighbouring States. As the statements we have heard today from the countric f the region make evident, such action has been to little avail and the situation has Geteriorsted further. The Yamoussoukro Accords still remain only partly implemented, and ECOWAS efforts to obtain their implementation have resulted only in further hostilities. ECOWAS therefore has rightly appealed for the Council's support in the furtherance of its efforts. The Liberian Foreign Minister himself hus requested action by the Security Council. We believe that it is incumbent on the Council to respond.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  20. “Indeed, the Security Council] has been seized of the situation in Liberia since early last year. In January 1991 the Security Council backed ECOWAS eftorts and called on the parties to the conflict to respect the agreements they thomselves had signed and to cooperate with ECOWAS to restore peace and security in Liberia. There were some signs of improvement in the situation initially, with the formation of the Interim Government of Natlonal Unity, but by May 1992 the conflict showed signs of deterioration again. The Council pronounced itself once more through a presidential statement declaring that the Yamoussoukro Accords, worked out under ECOWAS auspices, offered the best possible framework for a peaceful resolution of the Liberian conflict by creating the necessary conditions for five and tair elections in Liberia.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  21. “Regrettably, Gespite these efforts, hostilities have continued. Since it began three years ago, the fighting in liberia has resulted in thousands of casualties and untold suffering for even greater numbers of peopie. While the country has been devastated, innocent civilians hava been the victims of this fratricidal conflict. Large numbers of refugees have fled their homes into neighbouring countries. Several hundreds of my own country's nationals have had to be evacuated from Monrovia, and those that remained continue to be in danger. There is clearly an international dimension to the situation that presents a direct threat to regional peace and security. The efforts of ECOWAS, in this regional context, have also received the endorsement of the Organizstion of African Unity.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  22. “We in the Council are honoured today by the presence of seven Ministers of States members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). They have taken the initiative of coming to New York to Graw our attention to the exceptionally serious, indeed tragic, situation prevailing in Liberia, and to request this Council to assist in the very considerable and commendable efforts chat ECOWAS itself has been exerting to find a solution to this crisis. We have Listened with attention to their statements today. A great deal of thought and wisdom has been invested by the highest authorities of the countries of the region, and their efforts have resulted in a serins of agreements, to which the Liberian parties themselves have subscribed, designed to achieve a peaceful solution to the crisis in that country.”

    1992-11-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3138 (1992) · source

  23. “Boundaries are an extremely sensitive issue and must be freely settled by the countries in the exercise of their sovereignty. Any other course would only lay the groundwork for potential trouble in the future, In this particular case, however, we have voted that what the Council was doing was to recognize that a boundary agreed to by Irag and Kuwait in the exercise of their full sovereignty and between the highest authorities of the two countries, with their sgreement duly registered at the United Nations, oxists, and to call upon them to respect its inviolability. The Council itself was not establishing any new boundary between Iraq and Kuwait, but only making arrangements for the demarcation of an alxeady agreed boundary. It is in this light that my delegation views the work of the Boundary Commission.”

    1992-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3108 (1992) · source

  24. “My delegation has just voted in favour of resolution 773 (1992), which welcomes the work of the Irag-Kuwait Boundary Commission and its decisions regarding demarcation. The Boundary Commission has carried out its work in accordance with the mandate given to it by the Secretary-General following the adoption of resolution 687 (1991) on 3 April 1991. While supporting resolution 687 (1991), my delegation had at that time expressed its views on several aspects of concern to us, including on its provisions relating to the international boundary. My delegation would like to take this opportunity to reiterate the salient points of its concern on this matter. As we said in April 1991, my delegation will never support any decision whereby the Security Council would impose arbitrarily a boundary line batween two countries.”

    1992-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3108 (1992) · source