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1. “For all those reasons, and bearing in mind the progress made so far in the Lusaka talks, Venezuela agrees with the Secretary-General's recommendation to extend the mandate of UNAVEM II for a limited period and to postpone any action to impose new sanctions against UNITA. This is a way to facilitate and encourage progress in the exploratory contacts between the parties and to gain their cooperation in humanitarian assistance activities in the country, in the hope and expectation that early next year a final agreement will be reached enabling the Secretary-General to present updated recommendations on the United Nations future role in Angola.”

   1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3323 (1993) · source

2. “In the same context, we must express concern about the persistent fragility of efforts to establish an effective cease- fire and about the delay in the process of achieving final political agreements between the parties in the light of the results of the elections of September 1992. We fully support the appeal to the parties to continue the process of perfecting their understanding so that, as soon as possible, the international community may once again be able to assess the means by which more effective assistance in the consolidation of lasting peace in Angola could be secured.”

   1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3323 (1993) · source

3. “We wish, in particular, to congratulate the Government of Zambia for having facilitated the most recent rounds of bilateral talks between the Government of Angola and UNITA, as a result of which many obstacles and misunderstandings with respect to implementation of the "Acordos" appear to have been overcome. Thus, we are pleased to note that the preliminary talks held in Lusaka led to a resumption of negotiations, which, in turn, have resulted in the formal adoption of a set of general and specific principles on the establishment of the cease-fire and practical modalities, including the timetable for the implementation of those principles.”

   1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3323 (1993) · source

4. “To all of the members of the Council, it has been a reminder and a warning of the continuing validity of the axiom that, without the will and cooperation of the parties to a conflict, demonstrated by strict compliance with their own mutual commitments and with their commitments to the international community, the United Nations should not, and cannot, become involved. Fortunately, the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Special Representative in the area of mediation and good offices, together with the efforts of the countries, within and outside the region, that are friendly towards Angola, have made it possible today to realize that full implementation of the "Acordos de Paz" is an imminent and real possibility.”

   1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3323 (1993) · source

5. “Today, the Secretary-General, in his report, confirms that there is a desire among the parties for peace and reconciliation - in our view, a prerequisite for the Council's commitment of the authority and resources of the United Nations or for Member States to make voluntary contributions with a view to securing a solution of the crisis. During the past two years Angola has been a model of what can be expected of the United Nations, of what the Organization can do to help put an end to a conflict; to lay the groundwork for the development of democracy in a country beset by ideological and strategic conflicts; to assist in a humanitarian crisis of alarming proportions; and to channel international assistance. But it has also been a disquieting case of delays, compromises, unfulfilled commitments and misunderstandings.”

   1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3323 (1993) · source

6. “Mr. TAYLHARDAT (Venezuela) (interpretation from Spanish): The encouraging developments in the situation in Angola that have taken place since the Security Council's adoption of its resolution 864 (1993) of 15 September this year led us to express the satisfaction of the Government of Venezuela with the current favourable prospects for the peace process in that country. This has been made possible by the joint determination of the Secretary-General and the Security Council to ensure the continuity of the commitment of the United Nations in Angola despite the very compelling reasons that existed until recently for abandoning the effort.”

   1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3323 (1993) · source

7. “This need is made even more patent by the General Assembly's decision, in resolution 47/236, that beginning on 16 June 1993 the costs of the Force not covered by voluntary contributions should be treated as expenses of the Organization to be borne by Member States in accordance with Article 17 of the Charter.”

   1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3322 (1993) · source

8. “peace missions are approved or existing ones are prolonged, their mandates should be very clearly defined and the pertinent resolutions should contain provisions aimed at establishing or defining their duration or the time when they will be ended. We believe that in the case of UNFICYP these considerations are also pertinent and that there is a need for the concerned parties to step up their efforts to create the conditions necessary for that operation, which is now approaching the thirtieth year of its existence, to come to an end within a more or less foreseeable time.”

   1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3322 (1993) · source

9. “We believe that at that time the Council should consider, as it has done in other cases, the future renewal of the mandate of UNFICYP in the light of real progress achieved towards the definitive solution of the conflict. Similarly, at that time the Council should not limit itself, as it has done today, to prolonging the mandate of UNFICYP; it should, rather, carry out a thorough evaluation of that mandate. The governing mandate of UNFICYP was originally established in 1964 in extremely vague and general terms. With the passage of time it has been assigned additional functions that have led the Force to carry out tasks that in many cases would not seem appropriate for a United Nations peace mission. In recent months we have heard the justified statements by some countries to the effect that when new.”

   1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3322 (1993) · source

10. “We also consider that the decision to prolong the mandate of UNFICYP is closely linked with the stipulations of paragraph 12 and 13 of the resolution, in which the Security Council requests the Secretary-General to submit at the end of February a new report on the results of his efforts to achieve an agreement on a package of confidence-building measures, and in which it decides to carry out, on the basis of that report, a thorough study of the situation, including the question of the future role of the United Nations and, if necessary, to consider alternative ways of promoting the implementation in Cyprus of its resolutions.”

    1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3322 (1993) · source

11. “The draft resolution that we have just adopted includes the recommendation of the Secretary-General in paragraph 108 of his report, extending once more the presence of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus for a further period of six months, until 15 June 1994. Venezuela voted in favour of this resolution because it considers that, as the Secretary-General states, extension of the mandate of UNFICYP is justified in the present circumstances. Nevertheless, we believe this decision is intimately linked with the Security Council's appeal in paragraph 7 of the resolution to the leaders of the two Cypriot communities to promote tolerance and reconciliation between the two communities, as the Secretary- General recommends in paragraph 102 of his report.”

    1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3322 (1993) · source

12. “'The ancillary question is how long UNFICYP will remain on the island." 'We also agree with the Secretary-General that in weighing these questions the Council might take into account, inter alia, the following considerations: first, that each side has its own Perspective on the future of UNFICYP; secondly, that were UNFICYP to be withdrawn, the present buffer zone would be a vacuum that each side would want to fill; and, thirdly, that a negotiated settlement, mutually acceptable to the two communities in Cyprus, is needed and that there is every justification for demanding that all the parties involved work more effectively for a negotiated settlement, in return for the great efforts of the international comunity.”

    1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3322 (1993) · source

13. “It should also be recalled that on 14 September this year the General Assembly adopted resolution 47/236, on the financing of UNFICYP. We have read with interest the Secretary-General's report (S/26777), and we thank him for the complete and useful information it provides on the activities of the United Nations operation in Cyprus. We attach particular importance to the following statement by the Secretary-General in paragraph 101 of his report: "While UNFICYP has successfully kept the peace, the resulting opportunity has not been used properly by the two sides to reach an overall agreement. It is often asked whether UNFICYP is not part of the problem in Cyprus, rather than part of the solution.”

    1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3322 (1993) · source

14. “This reassessment, in accordance with the resolution, was also to consider the implications for the Force's future of progress on confidence~building measures and towards a political "settlement. In the same resolution the Council requested the Secretary-General to submit a report covering all aspects of the situation. In the letter which, as President of the Council during September, I addressed to the Secretary-General on 20 September, I said that the members of the Council were awaiting the report requested in resolution 831 (1993), and that on the basis of that report they intended to carry out a thorough analysis of the Situation and, if necessary, to consider other possible measures for implementing the resolutions on Cyprus.”

    1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3322 (1993) · source

15. “Mr. TAYLHARDAT (Venezuela) (interpretation from Spanish): Permit me first, Sir, to say how pleased we are to see you presiding over our work and to congratulate you on the effectiveness and competence with which you have been conducting our proceedings. I should also like to assure you of my delegation's cooperation in contributing to the success of your presidency. I also take this opportunity to convey our gratitude and appreciation to Ambassador Jose Luis Jesus of Cape Verde for his conduct of our proceedings during November. It should be recalled that in resolution 831 (1993) the Security Council decided to conduct a comprehensive reassessment of the United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) this December, at the time when it would consider extending the Force's mandate.”

    1993-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3322 (1993) · source

16. “Venezuela considers that the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) can and should continue to cooperate in the process of peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador, even beyond the mandate we shall renew today. The review of the timetable for implementing the most important aspects of the Accords will enable us to gauge the requirements of this additional undertaking, and we shall look forward to hearing the recommendations to be formulated by the Secretary-General on this matter.”

    1993-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3321 (1993) · source

17. “This inspires us to say that El Salvador has before it a historic opportunity for renewal and that it should not allow the actions of any extremist element to thwart this opportunity. The political violence and resistance to change that have re-emerged still have their partisans in certain sectors. The elections and the full implementation of the Peace Accords, to which the presidential candidates have made a commitment, will marginalize those sectors even more until they understand that only institutional renewal and the reforms advocated in the Peace Accords will make it possible to channel the aspirations of all Salvadorians. This will be a primary responsibility of the winners of the elections held in March of next year. It would be extremely disguieting if the United Nations were to detach itself from this process.”

    1993-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3321 (1993) · source

18. “The important point, in our view, is that throughout the process both sides have maintained the will to make peace prevail and to deal in a constructive spirit with the problems and delays that have arisen, striving to identify their specific causes and find agreed solutions. We also understand that the concerns of both parties are magnified and take on unforeseen connotations in an electoral context. For all those reasons, we appeal to the parties to continue to serve as an example for the United Nations in their efforts to solve the complex problems of peace and national reconciliation. We also express our admiration for the pride and dignity with which they have faced all their difficulties.”

    1993-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3321 (1993) · source

19. “It should also publicly confirm its commitment to continuing to support El Salvador as it has done to date, if necessary beyond the end of the electoral process, so as to give full meaning to the aim of firm and lasting peace which has been its target from the outset. The draft resolution before the Council identifies, on the basis of the Secretary-General's report, the most delicate pending problems. It would be ingenuous to believe that, in the daily renewal of the country's institutional and political life resulting from the implementation of the Accords, there would be no resistance, uncertainty, practical difficulties or shortcomings.”

    1993-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3321 (1993) · source

20. “I wish to place on record the appreciation of the Government of Venezuela for the Secretary-General's dedication, personally and through the work of senior Secretariat officials, and that of his Special Representative, Mr. Augusto Ramirez-Ocampo, and all the personnel of ONUSAL in striving to find solutions to the various problems associated with the implementation of the Accords. The Salvadorian nation is today in the midst of an electoral process that will culminate in March 1994. If these elections are to have their full significance for peace and national reconciliation, the full implementation of the Peace Accords is of critical importance. The international community should do everything possible to assist in achieving these goals.”

    1993-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3321 (1993) · source

21. “Mr. TAYLHARDAT (Venezuela) (interpretation from Spanish): The draft resolution before the Security Council renews the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) until 31 May 1994, thus reaffirming the importance of the Peace Accords and of international assistance in verifying them and ensuring their full implementation. Venezuela welcomes the progress made in this process, the complexity and sensitive nature of which is familiar to us all. As a member country of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General, Venezuela has worked objectively and constructively to contribute to the peace process.”

    1993-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3321 (1993) · source

22. “We therefore agree with the fundamental approach of this resolution in focusing on and emphasizing the efforts to achieve a political solution involving the Governments of the region, the regional organizations and all the parties, particularly the people and those leaders and organizations wielding influence on the political life of the country and able to contribute to furthering national reconciliation. Those are the main reasons why my delegation voted in favour of the resolution we have just adopted.”

    1993-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3317 (1993) · source

23. “We also believe that it is timely and appropriate, as the resolution states, to send to the Somali people a clear and precise message that the international community is prepared to continue and intensify its efforts to help further the process of national reconstruction and to promote the stability, rehabilitation and political reconciliation of the country, recalling at the same time the high priority being given by UNOSOM II to continuing to help the Somali people to promote the process of national reconciliation and establishment of democratic institutions.”

    1993-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3317 (1993) · source

24. “As the Secretary-General states in his report, the overwhelming majority of the Somali people want the United Nations to continue to support the process of reconciliation agreed upon by their representatives in Addis Ababa in January and March 1993. Hence we believe that it is appropriate to stress, as the resolution does, that the fundamental mission of the United Nations in this new stage at which it finds itself, as the mandate is being renewed for an additional six-month period, is primarily to promote stability, rehabilitation and political reconciliation in Somalia. This is clearly the general thrust of the resolution.”

    1993-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3317 (1993) · source

25. “This has considerably lessened the suffering of the Somali people which goes back to the earlier tragic and explosive Situation that led to the international community deciding to provide emergency humanitarian assistance and to ensure that the humanitarian work would proceed with this peace-keeping operation, the largest, most complex and most important ever carried out by the United Nations. We would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the Secretary-General, his Special Representative and all the personnel of UNOSOM II for their achievements. In our opinion the resolution just adopted correctly places the future efforts of the United Nations clearly and unequivocally within the framework of the new orientation to be given to United Nations action in Somalia.”

    1993-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3317 (1993) · source

26. “Mr. TAYLHARDAT (Venezuela) (interpretation from Spanish): First, we would like to express our satisfaction with the report presented by the Secretary-General in document S/26738. This is a wide-ranging, comprehensive and balanced document. After referring to the serious situation in which the Somali people find themselves - and it was that situation which led to the Organization's presence in the country - the Secretary-General in his report gives a balanced presentation of the work done by the United Nations in Somalia as it endeavours to rebuild the political, social and material infrastructure of the country. We are happy to note the very positive results that have been achieved.”

    1993-11-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3317 (1993) · source

27. “We believe that he has not yet exhausted all his possibilities for action and we trust that he will continue to exert efforts to secure the cooperation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in the quest for a solution that will render unnecessary the implementation of the measures provided for in this resolution and lead to the lifting of the measures imposed by previous resolutions of the Council.”

    1993-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3312 (1993) · source

28. “In voting in favour of resolution 883 (1993), my delegation hopes and trusts that the alleged perpetrators of these acts will appear before the competent court before the expiration of the deadline set for the entry into force of the measures provided for in the resolution. We appeal to all the parties involved in this problem to continue to demonstrate the spirit of compromise they have shown so far in the quest for a solution in harmony with the spirit and purpose of the various resolutions adopted by the Council on this subject. In conclusion, we express to the Secretary-General our gratitude for the important role he has played in regard to this problem.”

    1993-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3312 (1993) · source

29. “Venezuela was heartened when, as noted in the seventh preambular paragraph of resolution 883 (1993), the Government of Libya stated its intention to encourage those charged with the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 to appear for trial and its willingness to cooperate with the French authorities in elucidating the case of the bombing of UTA flight 772. Unfortunately, those charged did not appear. This fact, together with the lack of a full and effective response to the requests and decisions contained in Security Council resolutions 731 (1992) and 748 (1992), has led the Council to adopt today's resolution, which provides for new and more drastic measures. The purpose of these measures is to demonstrate the international community's firm resolve to punish those guilty of committing acts of terrorism.”

    1993-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3312 (1993) · source

30. “As is pointed out in General Assembly resolution 44/29, acts of international terrorism not only result in irreparable loss of human life and in material damage but also have a deleterious effect on international relations because of the harm they do to international peace and security. This is reflected in the resolution we have just adopted, which has its roots in deplorable acts of terrorism whose scope has led the international community, represented in the Security Council, to adopt measures to ensure that those charged with such abominable actions are brought to justice and punished to the full extent of the law. My delegation would have preferred that the situation referred to in the resolution just adopted be resolved without the need to resort to the application of such severe measures as those set forth in it.”

    1993-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3312 (1993) · source

31. “Mr. TAYLHARDAT (Venezuela) (interpretation from Spanish): Venezuela condemns terrorism in all its forms, regardless of its sponsors or the causes that are alleged to justify it, be they political, economic, social, religious or of any other kind. That is a position my country has consistently upheld in all international forums. Accordingly, we have supported international measures and initiatives aimed at combating and eradicating that hateful form of struggle. Terrorism is a cowardly act, one that cloaks itself in anonymity, sacrifices human life and wreaks destruction to achieve its goals, with total contempt for the most basic individual rights.”

    1993-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3312 (1993) · source

32. “Peace and reconciliation will be lasting only if justice prevails and if every abuse, without distinction, is brought to the Tribunal's attention and those responsible are tried. With this election, the process of constituting the Tribunal comes to an end. Now one of the most important pillars of the peace process will be able to begin its work and make its contribution to bringing to trial those allegedly guilty of violations of international humanitarian law committed in the former Yugoslavia. For Venezuela, this is a very important appointment and a great honour, and I can assure the Council that Mr. Ramon Escovar Salom will come up to the international community's expectations in the way he carries out his duties.”

    1993-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3296 (1993) · source

33. “Mr. TAYLHARDAT (Venezuela) (interpretation from Spanish): The delegation of Venezuela wishes to thank all the members of the Council for the support for and confidence placed in, Mr. Ramon Escovar Salom to discharge the very important duties of Prosecutor of the International Tribunal established to pass judgement on serious violations of international humanitarian law in the former Yugoslavia. We also wish to thank the Secretary-General for nominating him. The importance of this post, in our view, lies in the fact that only justice will be able to contribute to healing, in time, the deep wounds caused by the losses of human life and all the spiritual and moral injuries that the war in the former Yugoslavia has inflicted on all the parties involved.”

    1993-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3296 (1993) · source

34. “From this forum we convey our condolences to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the lawful Government of Haiti, and to the late Minister's widow and family. Finally, we call upon the Haitian authorities to identify and punish those responsible for this crime and to take effective measures to avoid a repetition of such abhorrent assassinations, the ultimate purpose of which is obviously to terrorize political leaders and the public and to frustrate United Nations action to promote democracy in Haiti.”

    1993-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3293 (1993) · source

35. “In the face of these developments we have no alternative but to exercise the options afforded by the Charter. In so doing the Council adopted resolution 873 (1993), thus showing the international community's resolute determination. The draft resolution we are considering today is aimed at complementing that resolution and at ensuring its effective implementation. For these reasons Venezuela, together with the other countries members of the group of "Friends of the Secretary-General for Haiti", is submitting for the approval of the Security Council draft resolution S/26586, which, we trust, will be unanimously adopted as further confirmation of the international community's resolve. In conclusion, I should like to express utter repudiation and condemnation of the assassination of the Minister of Justice for Haiti.”

    1993-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3293 (1993) · source

36. “The recent events in Haiti and the general insecurity prevailing in that country, which have prevented the deployment of the United Nations Mission and led to the evacuation of international personnel already there, constitutes open contempt for the will of the international community, as expressed in Council resolutions, in its efforts to restore democratic order and its determination to ensure the conditions for the consolidation of democratic legality in that country. Today we find ourselves faced with grave new developments. They suggest the impossibility of translating into reality the commitment to ensure the return of President Aristide on 30 October and jeopardize the entire international effort to restore democracy in Haiti.”

    1993-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3293 (1993) · source

37. “The threats against the United Nations officials - in particular against the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Dante Caputo - and the demonstrations in the capital show that the military and police authorities continue to be opposed to fulfilling the commitments solemnly entered into in the Governors Island Agreement, and have pledged themselves to prevent their fulfilment.”

    1993-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3293 (1993) · source

38. “The commitment made to Haiti by the international community would appear to be on the verge of coming to naught as a result of the behaviour of the military and police authorities of Haiti, who, in open defiance of the United Nations, continues to promote and encourage acts of harassment and aggression against the legitimate Government of Haiti and against the international community, as represented by the OAS and United Nations missions in Haiti. The assassination of the Minister of Justice of Haiti and of those who were with him is yet another step in the escalation of violence going on in Haiti to obstruct international action - violence to which the military authorities, and more specifically those who control the police force in that country, remain indifferent and complaisant.”

    1993-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3293 (1993) · source

39. “Mr. TAYLHARDAT (Venezuela) (interpretation from Spanish): The international community has an irrevocable commitment to democracy in Haiti. This Organization and the Organization of American States (OAS) facilitated the electoral process of December 1990 and of 1991, which enabled the people of Haiti, for the first time in their history, democratically and freely to elect those governing them. The universal condemnation of the coup d'etat of September 1991, which frustrated the hopes for democracy that had emerged from those elections, and the successive efforts by the United Nations and the OAS to restore democratic order in Haiti have been made clear by the various resolutions adopted by both organizations.”

    1993-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3293 (1993) · source

40. “In these circumstances we believe that it is essential to send an unambiguous signal to those who are challenging the authority of the Security Council and the international community, which has committed itself to guaranteeing the implementation of the Governors Island Agreement. Our purpose to assist in the return of democracy to Haiti is firm and we will not hesitate to take all measures to ensure that we attain that goal. In conclusion, I should like to draw attention to the importance my delegation attaches to the presence this afternoon at this meeting of the distinguished Ministers and representatives of a number of the countries of the Caribbean Community, which indicates the concern aroused in all of the countries of the region by the situation prevailing in Haiti.”

    1993-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3291 (1993) · source

41. “Accordingly, my delegation supports the reimposition of sanctions on Haiti in view of the fact that, as was indicated, the Armed Forces of Haiti, one of the parties to the Governors Island Agreement, not only have not carried out their commitments in good faith but have also placed obstacles in the way of the deployment of the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH). The report submitted to us by the Secretary-General is eloquent in this respect, indicating that the Armed Forces have not heeded the instructions given by the constitutional Government of Haiti, thereby violating the principle of the subordination of the Armed Forces to the civilian authorities and demonstrating a clear and explicit lack of will to cooperate in the restoration of democracy.”

    1993-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3291 (1993) · source

42. “Mr. TAYLHARDAT (Venezuela) (interpretation from Spanish): My delegation has taken note, with deep concern, of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Haiti in the light of the latest events that have taken place in that country. In this report, submitted at the request of the Council, the Secretary- General tells this body that the military authorities of Haiti have not carried out in good faith the commitments assumed in the Governors Island Agreement. That lack of compliance with the obligations imposed in the Agreement obviously reflects a situation that is a threat to peace and security in the region and requires the Council to take action under Chapter VII of the Charter.”

    1993-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3291 (1993) · source

43. “I would like to emphasize the reaffirmation of the Security Council's commitment to ensure the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Croatia and that of all the Member States where UNPROFOR is deployed.”

    1993-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3286 (1993) · source

44. “When the Security Council extends the mandate of this Force, it has taken into account all of these elements, without forgetting that its main objective is to ensure that firm peace agreements are reached and that a period finally begins for reconstruction of civilian society and of political structures based on tolerance and respect for the rights of all minorities. The delegation of Venezuela has voted in favour of extending UNPROFOR's mandate as expressed in this resolution, which is the result of a balanced, objective and careful analysis of the present Situation. As a result of this resolution, the civilian population will continue to have a minimum guarantee of security while political and diplomatic efforts to restore peace continue.”

    1993-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3286 (1993) · source

45. “UNPROFOR has gradually become an extremely complex and difficult operation as a result of the functions it has had to assume in fulfilment of the resolutions of this Council. From a peace-keeping operation deployed in the United Nations protected areas, it has gradually expanded its mandate, which now also includes Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It is not only a multidimensional, complex and extremely dangerous operation, but also an operation which is very closely linked to the negotiating process and the humanitarian crisis in the region.”

    1993-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3286 (1993) · source

46. “Our delegation would like to express its concern over the frequent violations of the cease-fire, the flagrant violations of the arms embargo and the increasingly constant attacks on United Nations personnel and the personnel of other international humanitarian organizations. These violations are committed by all parties to the conflict and are serious obstacles to the implementation of the United Nations Protection Force's mandate. Only if there is respect for and full implementation of the cease-fire agreements and the resolutions of the Security Council will UNPROFOR be able to discharge its mandate and contribute to the full exercise of sovereignty by the Croatian Government over the United Nations protected areas and the "pink zones".”

    1993-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3286 (1993) · source

47. “Our delegation understands the problems created for the Republic of Croatia by the difficulties UNPROFOR is facing in implementing the peace plan. Venezuela fully agrees that it is a matter of urgency to restore the sovereignty of the Government of Croatia in the United Nations protected areas. We are also aware that, for Croatia, the lack of progress in the implementation of UNPROFOR's mandate poses a constant threat to its territorial integrity. However, we must also keep in mind the Council's obligation to prevent any resumption of hostilities in Croatia, which would have inevitable consequences for peace and security throughout the region, particularly for the civilian population.”

    1993-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3286 (1993) · source

48. “The renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has been approved in exceptional circumstances in the context of the peace efforts of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia: firstly, despite the innumerable difficulties inherent in the complexity of the conflict, negotiations on Bosnia and Herzegovina are continuing, and we trust that they will soon come to a successful conclusion; and, secondly, in Croatia we find ourselves faced with a set of agreements which, because it has not been possible to implement them, are affecting UNPROFOR's credibility and its ability to operate there.”

    1993-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3286 (1993) · source

49. “Mr. TAYLHARDAT (Venezuela) (interpretation from Spanish): Mr. President, allow me first of all to thank you for the kind and generous comments that you and other members of the Council have made in connection with my term as President during September. I should also like to thank the other members of the Council for their commendations. I, in my turn, thank the members of the Council for the support and very valuable cooperation I received during my term, without which my work as President of this important body would have been more difficult. I should also like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your accession to the presidency, and to assure you that I personally, and the delegation of Venezuela, are prepared to offer you all possible cooperation in order to contribute to the success of your presidency.”

    1993-10-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3286 (1993) · source

50. “There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 869 (1993). There are no speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 6.50 p.m.”

    1993-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3284 (1993) · source