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1992-07-20
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1999-09-29
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  1. “Its purpose would be to elaborate effective measures to prevent the reselling of arms from the end users to third parties, and to close gaps in the relevant international instruments. Competent authorities of Ukraine are in possession of relevant information on illegal arms trafficking in some countries, and would be ready to share it with the Security Council, as well as with the Governments of concerned States. Ukrainian experts can participate in the work of a preparatory group to set up the agenda and work out the procedures for such an experts' meeting. I fully share the words of my Dutch colleague that Africa is a land not of troubles only, but of happiness as well; a continent not of catastrophe, but equally one of hope. I wish to assure the Council that Ukraine was together with Africa at the dawn of its liberation.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  2. “Such incidents indicate that international regulation in those areas has some serious breaches. Ukraine has always strictly followed the policy of selling arms and military equipment to legitimate Governments or to companies authorized by such Governments. We have established an effective and reliable export control regime for arms sales, and are taking further measures to tighten it. At the same time, global practice now shows that, no matter how strong the export control measures that a sovereign State can establish, it cannot give a total guarantee against subsequent violations by third parties. Therefore, Ukraine proposes to convene without delay, under the auspices of the United Nations, an international meeting of experts of major arms-producing countries.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  3. “Thirdly, many conflicts in Africa are aggravated by illicit arms sales and mercenary activity. Ukraine was one of the initiators of the drafting and adoption in 1989 of the International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, and it complies in good faith with its obligations. Ukrainian legislation envisages severe criminal penalties for such activities, which are punishable by imprisonment for up to 12 years. One of the acute problems often referred to is the need to strengthen arms embargoes and combat illicit arms flows in Africa. Ukraine commends the increased attention of the Security Council to these problems, and it is ready to fully cooperate in this field. We are seriously concerned about violations of the Council-imposed sanctions against the illegal arms trade.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  4. “Our experience in political mediation and peacekeeping activities can be of interest to African nations, especially in view of the ongoing debate about authorizing United Nations peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Sierra Leone. These first signs of increased attention by the Security Council to the problems of Africa will not only be important for the Lusaka and Lorne processes, but could also be of fundamental significance for the entire African continent. In this connection, particular emphasis certainly has to be placed on closer cooperation by the United Nations with the Organization of African Unity and African subregional organizations. All this will provide clear testimony as to whether the ill-famed "Afro-fatigue syndrome" and "Afro-pessimism" have definitely given way to "Afro-enthusiasm".”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  5. “One example is the successful resolution of the very delicate issues involved in bringing back, resettling and accommodating hundreds of thousands of deported Crimean Tartars, who enjoy all the rights of our democratic society and live in peace alongside other peoples of a multinational Ukraine. Furthermore, Ukraine is making a tangible contribution to resolving the complex security problems in its close neighbourhood, being a guarantor of peace in Transdniestria, Moldova; an active promoter of the peaceful settlement in Abkhazia, Georgia, and Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijan; and a negotiator and proponent of peaceful initiatives from the very beginning of the Kosovo conflict.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  6. “Secondly, we can see that many of the current conflicts in Africa are caused by militant separatism, inter-ethnic tensions or intolerance, or are initiated by rebellious groups which resort to military force to meet their dubious ends. In this context, upholding the principle of the territorial integrity of nations within their recognized borders, Ukraine resolutely condemns any violent actions by rebels against populations and legitimate Governments. We have gained experience in how to tackle such problems, both internally and in international relations. Ukraine has expertise in settling inter-ethnic tensions and promoting tolerance towards national minorities.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  7. “Miles of railroads, highways and pipelines, as well as power stations and industrial plants, were constructed by Ukrainians in many countries of the African continent. After a short break, caused by our transition period, we are trying now to revive and expand these old bonds to make our contribution to economic growth and social stability, and to keep in touch with Africans' needs and aspirations. That was the main reason why Ukraine participated, for the first time, in the July summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Algiers, where I headed the Ukrainian delegation. I am deeply grateful to the Government of Algeria for the kind invitation.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  8. “In addition, Ukraine fully comprehends the problems of Africa, as a nation that regained its independence only eight years ago, and thus had to build its new State practically from scratch; it had to create institutions, introduce legislation and economic reforms and strengthen national identity. Therefore, allow me to share some ideas on what contribution we can all make to the efforts of the African nations to cope with their challenges. First, we should promote advanced economic development of the region, both bilaterally and through concerted international efforts. For decades Ukraine maintained close traditional ties with African countries. Tens of thousands of African specialists graduated with higher education diplomas in Ukraine.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  9. “It is our common responsibility to bring peace, prosperity and sustainable development to this vast region. As a founding member of the United Nations, Ukraine has always followed closely developments on the African continent and it supported the quest for independence of the peoples of Africa. We have a long record of providing this support in the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly, previously called the Committee on decolonization. Ukraine was also a very active member of the Special Committee against Apartheid, contributing to the elimination of this shameful phenomenon. That experience gave us a better understanding of the deep roots of existing problems, as well as of the complexity of their resolution.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  10. “Extreme poverty and lack of sustainable development, starvation and insufficient medical care are the hidden roots of the numerous armed conflicts which have swept across the continent, while economic recession and the inadequate protection of democratic values give birth to internal political instability, rebellious separatism, terror and the suffering of millions of people. Therefore, as the highest universal Organization designed to promote global peace and security, the United Nations, and especially its Security Council, should pay primary attention to this most vulnerable continent. In this connection, my delegation believes that the kind of response provided so far by the Security Council to the real needs of the African continent should be invigorated and further pursued with the utmost perseverance and consistency.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  11. “Ukraine appreciates and supports the Netherlands initiative in organizing this open and serious debate, so much needed by the African nations and the Security Council itself. Let me also express gratitude to the Secretary-General for his briefing on this topic of fundamental importance for the United Nations. The debates in the General Assembly have clearly shown the major challenges and grievances of humankind, which, unfortunately, have become hyper-magnified, most of all in Africa.”

    1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049Resumption1 (1999) · source

  12. “Doubtless, there is no need to mention the fact that preventive measures, if they are taken, cost the international community a great deal less than involvement in a situation at later and more dangerous stages. This is precisely what the Secretary-General was talking about in his report "An Agenda for Peace". This is exactly the kind of sound and far-sighted approach that we all need in order to avert a disaster which could affect us all. Now, at a time when Ukraine is resolving the question of genuine guarantees for its security, I should like to emphasize, without exaggerating, that a great deal depends on the description the Council gives of the situation, and we hope that the Security Council will live up to the hopes placed in it. We must not forget the lessons of history.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  13. “Ukraine urgently calls on the Security Council to use its full authority to condemn and countermand the illegal decision by the Russian Parliament and declare it invalid, and to warn against further steps which might threaten international peace and security throughout the world. In Ukraine, appropriate reactions are expected from the Security Council to meet the danger of the present situation. The lack of such a response could undermine confidence in this authoritative United Nations body, which bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, and in which many States of the world see the guarantee of their security. In this case, the Security Council must carry out an act of preventive diplomacy and prevent an escalation of illegal actions.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  14. “The development of this situation, in our view, is capable of leading to friction between Ukraine and Russia, and the continuation of such friction could threaten the maintenance of international peace and security. Ukraine calls upon the Security Council to describe the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation of 9 July 1993 on the status of Sevastopol as contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, since it is an encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine and interference in its internal affairs.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  15. “As a consequence, certain Ukrainian Members of Parliament have begun to come out firmly against ratification of the Treaty, quite rightly seeing in the action of their Russian colleagues a threat not only to national but also to international peace and security. It is not difficult to guess where such a pattern of action and reaction could lead. The arguments I have addressed have obliged us to raise the question of the existence of this unambiguous territorial claim against Ukraine concerning the Ukrainian city of Sevastopol, and, on the basis of paragraph 1 of Article 35 of the United Nations Charter, to inform the Security Council of the situation that has arisen as a result of the decision by the Supreme Soviet, the Parliament of the Russian Federation.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  16. “However, behind the careful tapestry of carefully formulated diplomatic sentences we did not hear an unambiguous answer to the question which is now one of great concern to Ukraine and the entire civilized world: have these territorial claims in fact come to an end? The answer to this question, as they say, has yet to be heard. Perhaps the Security Council will provide it. In considering the situation, we must not forget that Ukraine and Russia are both major European States and that there are nuclear weapons on their territories. The Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation is having an extremely adverse effect on the atmosphere of the debate in the Ukrainian Parliament on the question of ratifying the Treaty reducing and limiting strategic weapons.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  17. “However, such an approach is not to the liking of certain influential political forces in Russia, which, ignoring civilized norms of behaviour, do not wish to give up these throw-backs to imperial thinking in policy towards Ukraine and the other States that are former Republics of the USSR. They are trying to sow enmity between peoples to provoke conflict in the region in order to destroy peace and stability on the continent. In Ukraine, as in other countries, the statement by the President of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin on 10 July, and that of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 11 July, did not pass unnoticed and we welcome them. This reaction by the executive institutions was natural and understandable.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  18. “As was stated by the President of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk: "We do not identify this decision by the Russian Parliament with the will of the Russian people and we believe that Russians who hold to positions of peace and friendly relations with Ukraine do not support the Decree by their Parliament." It is well known that the President and Prime Ministers of both States are making efforts to resolve the existing differences, as a result of which positive trends have recently been noted in Ukrainian-Russian relations. Incidentally, today talks took place between the Presidents of Ukraine and Russia with a view to seeking specific ways to reduce tension. Agreement has been reached concerning a further meeting of the two Presidents.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  19. “They are openly and cynically declariny their lack of concern about possible human casualties. Calls are being heard to deprive the deputies of the Ukrainian Parliament in Sevastapol of their powers and to hold elections to the Russian Supreme Soviet. Who can say with certainty that these are only the naive fantasies of irresponsible elements? For the purpose of protecting territorial integrity, wha: should be done by Ukraine's organs and institutions of authority in this situation in their own home?”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  20. “The significance of the Russian legislature's decision of 9 July cannot possibly be understated. In essence, this is a time bomb, and the one who wields it cannot imagine its full destructive force. Immediately after it was adopted, the instigators of this destructive decision by the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation hastened from Moscow to Sevastopol in order to implement it instantly. There is an allegedly spontaneous process forming illegal structures of Russian authority under way in the city, and those behind it are already issuing a call to arms, threatening to call into action the Black Sea fleet and special subdivisions of the Russian armed forces and are attempting to form air assault detachments. Agitators are threatening to turn Sevastopol and the Crimea into a new Dnestr region, a Karabakh or an Abkhazia.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  21. “I should like, in particular, to draw the Council's attention to the fact that in this case we are dealing with a decision of the highest legislative organ of a neighbouring nuslear Power whose international commitments extend equally to the legislative and the executive branches. It is quite clear that this decision by the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation is in essence an overt territorial claim by one State against another. The internal political struggle in any country in the world cannot and must not spread beyond its State borders and affect the interests of other States. Otherwise, the entire system of international relations would be called into question. A failure to see and understand this means that one is deliberately departing from reality and being held captive by illusions.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  22. “Attempts to implement this decision by the Russian authorities, which are already beginning, could lead to appropriate actions by Ukraine for the purpose of defending its sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability. The development of the resulting situation, taking into account the complex trends towards international-relations crises in the Eastern European region, could have unforeseeable consequences and seriously threaten the maintenance of international peace and security. This has convinced the leadership of Ukraine that this situation, in accordance with Article 34. requires consideration by so authoritative a body as the Security Council, to which we are appealing, in accordance with our right under Article 35.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  23. “Ukraine considers the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation to be veid of any legal validity or any legal consequences for Ukraine, inasmuch as, in accordance with the 1978 Constitution of Ukraine and the 1978 Constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic - adopted, incidentally, before the Ukrainian one - Sevastopol is indisputably recognized as an integral part of Ukraine. Hence, the question of the status of the city of Sevastopol falls exclusively within the competence of Ukraine. The situation that has arisen as a consequence of this well-known Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation is highly dangerous.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  24. “The Charter, which is the fundamental legal document for today's international relations and which has been violated in this case by the Russian Parliament, was previously ratified by the Supreme Soviet of the former USSR, whose seat in the Security Council is now occupied by the Russian Federation. Thus, there is sufficient basis for the Security Council to describe the actions of the Parliament of the Russian Federation as incompatible with the United Nations Charter. In its Decree of 14 July this year, the Ukrainian Parliament described the decision by the Supreme Soviet of Russia as an "aggressive political act" against Ukraine.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  25. “It is a clear encroachment on Ukraine's territorial inviolability, a revision of existing boundaries, interference in Ukraine's internal affairs and, in both spirit and letter, incompatible with the purposes and principles of the United Nations. This decision is a flagrant violation of the international commitments flowing from Russia's membership in the United Nations, its participation in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Treaty between Ukraine and Russia ratified by that very same Russian Parliament on 19 November 1990, which has been registered with the United Nations Secretariat in accordance with the United Nations Charter.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  26. “In fact, for the first time, the highest legislative body in Russia has overtly and unambiguously put forward territorial claims to Ukraine and has wrapped in legal form that which on numerous occasions throughout the last two years has manifested itself in the stztements of sertain irresponsible politicians of the Russian Federation. That is the particular danger in the decision now under consideration. That action of the Russian Parliament has drawn unambiguous condemnation from the President, the executive and legislative branches and all political parties an movements in Ukraine. This irresponsible decision by the Russian Parliament can be described only as a flagrant flouting of the fundamental principles and norms of international law, in particular paragraph 4 of Article 2 of the United Nations Charter.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  27. “As the Council is already aware, on 9 July this year the Supreme Soviet, the Parliament of the Russian Federation, adopted a Decree concerning the status of the city of Sevastopol in which, in reference to that Ukrainian city, it is affirmed that "it has Russian federal status within the administrative and territorial borders of the city district as of December 1991". In that Decree the Council of Ministers, the Government of the Russian Federation, the Central Bank of Russia and the Rvssian Federal Ministries and Departments are entrusted vith the task of "working out a State programme to ensure the status of the city of Sevastopol", and the >arliamentary Committee on Constitutional Legislation is charged with drafting a law to enshrine this illegal decision in the Constitution.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source

  28. “Mr. TARASYUK (Ukraine) (interpretation form Russian): Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the important and responsible post of President of the Security Council for the month of July. We are convinced that your great experience, professional qualities and diplomatic skills will assist the Council in seeking the best way to solve the problem on today's agenda, in the interests of the States involved and also in the interest of strengthening international peace and security. The delegation of Ukraine would also like to express its gratitude to the Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations for his successful guidance of the work of the Security Council during the month of June.”

    1992-07-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3256 (1992) · source