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1996-01-24
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  1. “In expressing this hope, my delegation would nevertheless remind the signatories to that Agreement, specifically, the various factions, that restoring peace depends first and foremost on no one but themselves, and that the international community obviously cannot support a peace process indefinitely if they themselves do not clearly demonstrate the political will to respect and implement the commitments they freely entered into. In this connection, the statement by the Foreign Minister of Liberia, for which we thank him, gives us hope.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  2. “It is this same awareness, moreover, that has led the President, since the beginning of the crisis, to keep his door open to any faction that wishes to meet with him. In conclusion, my delegation once again thanks the Security Council for its involvement, which has been crucial to the quest for a solution to the Liberian crisis, and hopes that the Council will extend UNOMIL's mandate, in so far as it is quite clear that more time is needed to make up for the delays in the timetable for implementing the Abuja Agreement.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  3. “That being the case, and if the financial resources are sufficient, there can be no doubt that the various players will shoulder their responsibilities, be they ECOMOG, UNOMIL, United Nations institutions or the non-governmental organizations working in the fields of human rights, and humanitarian law, or on the return of refugees or the elections to establish a democratic regime. For its part, the Government of Togo, and the President of the Republic in particular, General Gnassingbe Eyadema, have on no occasion held back in their efforts to contribute whatever they could to solving this sad crisis. They will continue to do so in the full awareness - and this is something our President never fails to stress - that Togo cannot go unscathed when it is its neighbour's house that is on fire.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  4. “My delegation reaffirms that it is entirely the responsibility of the Council of State to seek ways and means, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement, to maintain the momentum of the peace process and establish the necessary basic conditions for genuine national reconciliation in Liberia. Taking our lead from the Secretary-General, we can remind the international community as a whole that the peace process that was set in motion thanks to its exemplary support is now at a crucial turning-point. The international community's support is therefore once again needed to counter the setbacks that have occurred in implementing the peace Agreement.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  5. “The mandate the Council granted UNOMIL - which my delegation welcomes - under resolution 1020 (1995) of 10 November 1995 is a good and relevant one; what it needs is more effort and more will to carry it out. Thus, our efforts in respect of the factions must be directed towards prevailing on them to respect fully the commitments they entered into, of their own free will, at Abuja, and to relearn the reflexes of peace. It is up to the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) and UNOMIL to play their allotted roles to the full, despite the risks and dangers, in disarming the troops, in cantoning them in their allotted areas and in reintegrating the former combatants.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  6. “Six months cannot wipe out the rancour, the frustrations, the ambitions and the hatred of a war so rich in atrocity as the one in Liberia. Confidence cannot be restored as easily as it was once destroyed. The cease-fire violations that have taken place here and there are, if I may say so, par for the course. You can be sure, Mr. President, that it give me no pleasure to say what I am about to, but I shall do so because I believe I have to, because I must appeal to the members of the Security Council and, through them, to the international community not to yield yet again to the prevailing mood of afro-pessimism and make Liberia yet another orphan of peace.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  7. “Indeed, while the international community as a whole welcomed the signing of the Agreement to the point of showing its satisfaction in concrete terms by pledging substantial contributions at the last Conference on Assistance to Liberia, and while the States Members of the Economic Community of West African States saw their tireless efforts to put an end to the violence and chaos in Liberia as finally being rewarded, were we to be forced to accept the idea that we had been wrong and that the dogs of war would again win out over the forces behind the momentum for peace? Naturally, my delegation's response is that no, we have not been wrong. In our view, the hardest part came after the Agreement had been signed.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  8. “As we read the report, there is a temptation to believe that the hopes born out of the peace process set in motion by the signing of the Abuja Agreement in August 1995 are on the road to extinction, and we are tempted to say to ourselves that once again the rock of Sisyphus has rolled back down.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source

  9. “Mr. Ta'ama (Togo) (interpretation from French): The Togolese delegation would first of all like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the skill with which you are conducting the Security Council's deliberations, and to thank you for giving us this opportunity to speak before the Council on the situation in Liberia. We wish particularly to thank the Secretary-General for his most thorough report on the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia, which covers developments in the situation in Liberia since the report of 18 December 1995 (S/1995/1042), and the implementation of UNOMIL's new mandate.”

    1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source