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1. “These tools are: first, encouragement to bring the parties together speedily; second, some international presence in the cities in the very short term; third, a quick decision on achievable or doable options for security arrangements; and fourth, swift action in the area of early reconstruction and an unequivocal choice in favour of the Afghanistan Support Group. In this way, the Council will have set up a coherent strategy that will allow the United Nations to move forward.”

   2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source

2. “I fully agree with Ambassador Lavrov's idea that Afghanistan is not the prerogative of the "six plus two". For the United Nations effort to succeed, it is important that not only the wider membership stays involved, but that also those countries providing the bulk of resources, are a participant in the policy- making process. Their level of commitment must be reflected by, for example, setting up a group of friends to support the work of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan. To conclude, I am grateful for Ambassador Brahimi's briefing this morning; he deserves our full support. The Security Council resolution has to provide him with the right tools to act promptly.”

   2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source

3. “It is therefore important that the Security Council resolution decides on possible and doable options on that. My third point is on reconstruction. The United Nations should take the lead in coordinating and organizing reconstruction and rehabilitation. Quick- impact projects in areas such as food, housing and water supply should be implemented without delay to support economic recovery. There is no need to set up new channels or structures for international aid. The Afghanistan Support Group can continue to act as the platform for donor coordination, supporting the United Nations. A humanitarian donor conference must be coordinated by the United Nations. The Security Council resolution must underpin the role of the United Nations and the Afghanistan Support Group.”

   2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source

4. “A central role for the United Nations, as a catalyst and adviser e not as a governor - is a necessity. The Security Council resolution must, in our View, encourage Ambassador Brahimi to act speedily. Secondly, as concerns security, the success of the military campaign against terrorism should not result in the predominance of a particular party or faction. More specifically, the possession of towns should not determine exclusively the outcome of the political process. The Security Council resolution must enable swift action to ensure as soon as possible some international, preferably United Nations, presence in the towns that changed hands in recent days. Very soon after that, transitional military arrangements will be essential to create a secure environment.”

   2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source

5. “The Netherlands fully associates itself with the statement of Belgium, which currently holds the Presidency of the European Union. Therefore, I will limit myself to three specific but interrelated issues - politics, security and reconstruction a to convey a message of urgency. First, concerning politics, as the military campaign proceeds, the realities on the ground in Afghanistan are changing quickly. This has direct consequences for the political weight that every segment of the Afghan population carries in negotiations on the future Government. It is urgent that Ambassador Brahimi start bringing parties together, as part of the fulfilment of the comprehensive proposals he presented this morning. A new political structure should be founded on Afghan ownership and should not be imposed from outside.”

   2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source

6. “I can inform the Council that the Netherlands will start its strategic lift next week and that our deployment should be complete by mid-December. The Security Council fully supports the work of the Organization of African Unity, in particular Algeria's efforts and those of concerned member States in order to reach a comprehensive peace arrangement. Finally, the Council stands ready to support an eventual peace arrangement. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 1.45 pm.”

   2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

7. “I would like to thank all the members of the Security Council for their contributions. As a result of this debate, I would like to underscore the following points. The conflict between the parties needs to be resolved through a comprehensive peace agreement. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) can fulfil a useful role in creating the conditions necessary to reach an arrangement, but its presence is not an alternative to such a peace arrangement. Several delegations expressed support for our suggestion that confidence-building measures should be adopted by both parties. I repeat my suggestion that a group of friends be established in support of the peace process. The full deployment of UNMEE must take place as soon as possible.”

   2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

8. “We will be prepared to work with interest on the draft statement to be prepared by the President of the Security Council, with the aim of adopting it next week. The President: I thank the representative of the Russian Federation for the kind words he addressed to me.”

   2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

9. “We share the concern about the serious humanitarian consequences of the conflict, which have led to a large-scale displacement of population and increased need for greater food aid. A resolution of these problems requires that priority attention be given by the international donor community and the United Nations specialized agencies. The Russian Federation will provide appropriate humanitarian assistance to the populations of Ethiopia and Eritrea, who have suffered as a result of drought and military action, and to the Ethiopian refugees who are in Sudanese territory. As a Security Council member and a sincere friend of the States of the Horn of Africa, Russia will continue to actively encourage the establishment of a lasting peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea.”

   2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

10. “In accordance with the obligations they have assumed regarding security, both parties must show maximum good will in creating a climate of mutual confidence. We highly appreciate the efforts of the OAU and its former Chairman, President Bouteflika of Algeria. We believe it is important that the Security Council continue to provide full support and encouragement to these efforts to ensure further progress in the political dialogue. Unblocking the crisis situation can only be ensured by political methods in the context of norms of international law. We have been consistently and purposefully supporting this approach in the Security Council and through contacts with all the parties involved.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

11. “Russia, like other Council members, is relying on this to help strengthen positive measures to resolve the Ethiopian-Eritrean territorial disagreements and to give the United Nations a constructive role in promoting the settlement process. It is important that at the resumed negotiations, to be held under the auspices of the OAU with the participation of the United Nations representative, the parties state their commitment to the resolution of the conflict by peaceful means. Maintaining the de facto ceasefire regime in the area serves as an eloquent confirmation of this commitment. Under present circumstances restraint and the good will of the parties are particularly significant, prohibiting all provocative acts that may complicate the situation in the conflict zone.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

12. “I would like to believe that the prospect for a peaceful settlement is not too remote. The road to it goes through the successful conduct of a peacekeeping mission of the United Nations aimed at promoting the implementation of the Algiers agreement of 18 June and through the parallel conduct of negotiations to achieve a final and lasting peace. Positive steps have already been taken in both areas. The first two stages of deployment of the United Nations peacekeeping mission have already occurred, with the cooperation of the parties. The formation of UNMEE troops, in accordance with resolution 1320 (2000), is proceeding at full speed.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

13. “I thank the representative of China for his kind words addressed to me. Mr. Granovsky (Russian Federation) (interpretation from Russian): The Russian delegation is grateful to the Secretary-General and to you, Mr. Minister, for the very important and valuable information on and analysis of the situation regarding the settlement of the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict. We share your assessment of the prospects for a settlement of this grievous inter-State conflict, that has divided two fraternal nations. We are pleased to note the dynamic deployment in the zone of conflict of a full scale United Nations peacekeeping operation. This has been made possible by the high level of cooperation between the parties and the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which are promoting the negotiation process among the parties.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

14. “That was done mostly in an arbitrary manner, in disregard of the rule of law. The persons expelled do not always automatically qualify as citizens of the other State, with the result that expelled persons may become stateless. I therefore proposed that both parties agree immediately to a moratorium on expulsions. That moratorium could end a year after advice by the ICRC has been received on how to tackle the problems of the different nationality laws. I have asked my delegation to consult with all members of the Council on the text of a presidential statement that would reflect our discussion today; I trust that we can agree on such a statement and adopt it next week.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

15. “Under the Third Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Prisoners of War, all prisoners of war should be released and repatriated without delay after the cessation of hostilities. As such a situation has existed since 18 June, there is no legal basis on which to detain prisoners of war. However, I realize that the release of prisoners of war is a sensitive issue. Therefore, I suggested a phased approach. An mutual release of an initial 250 prisoners should ideally take place by the end of this year. The fifth confidence-building measure is a mutual moratorium on arbitrary expulsions until such time as the nationality laws of Ethiopia and Eritrea have been adapted. Ethiopia has expelled many thousands of "Eritreans" and Eritrea has expelled many thousands of "Ethiopians".”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

16. “It is important that the opening of road access for the benefit of UNMEE take place soon, as the Secretary-General has said. But an air corridor is just as essential for the immediate deployment of UNMEE and should be established forthwith. In the future, these corridors should also be made available for civilian traffic. The third confidence-building measure is an exchange of maps showing mined areas. The presence of mines is proving to be a major obstacle for the population in the affected areas, and prevents the return of internally displaced persons. I therefore proposed that both countries should provide UNMEE with maps showing the exact location of mined areas. The fourth is the simultaneous release of an initial 250 prisoners of war by both parties.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

17. “The package of five initial confidence-building measures I proposed consists of the following. The first is the reciprocal and, if possible, immediate release and return of interned civilians under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War requires that internment should cease as soon as possible after the close of hostilities and that parties should endeavour to ensure the return of all internees to their last place of residence or to facilitate repatriation. As Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed a cessation-of-hostilities agreement, civilian internees must under international law be released immediately. The second is the opening of a land and air corridor for UNMEE.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

18. “In order to give further impetus to the peace process, I propose the establishment of a group of friends of the peace process. Furthermore, to help start to remedy the deep distrust between the two States, I proposed to the parties an initial five confidence- building measures. Agreement to such confidence-building measures would give the international community more confidence that the peace process is taken seriously. Those measures would also have a positive effect on the renewal of the mandate of UNMEE, which is dependent on progress in the negotiations and which would have a beneficial effect on the relations between the two States by beginning to dispel their mutual distrust. Both States reacted positively to our proposal and said they were willing to engage in such a reinforcement of the OAU-led peace process.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

19. “Yet, at the same time, the mutual distrust between Ethiopia and Eritrea remains as deep as ever, causing the peace process to move very slowly indeed. I impressed upon the representatives of both States that UNMEE can only provide a breathing space to facilitate the resolution of their differences. It cannot and should not be considered as the solution to the conflict itself. I stressed that their differences should be resolved by the conclusion without delay of a comprehensive and final peace settlement. Nevertheless, I fear that there is a possibility that both parties may get used to the presence of UNMEE and become dependent on it in the way that the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus now seems indispensable to Cyprus.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

20. “Ali Said Abdella, and the Minister of Defence, Mr. Sebhat Ephrem. Furthermore, my delegation and I had extensive talks with representatives of the OAU, representatives of UNMEE and Mr. Anthony Lake, and with various humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia and in Eritrea. I came away from my talks in Ethiopia and in Eritrea with the impression that both parties have a genuine desire for peace and are eager to start reconstruction and development. In the peace process ably led by Algeria and the OAU, some progress seems to have been made on issues such as compensation and the investigation into the origins of the conflict. And I hope a breakthrough will be possible in the not-too- distant future on the question of demarcation of the border.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

21. “The Netherlands has offered to support regional peacekeeping initiatives out of a peace fund which we established recently, just as we already support regional conflict prevention. Let me turn now to the question of Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Dutch-Canadian battalion of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) will arrive in the region by mid-December. With that in mind, I visited Ethiopia and Eritrea last week, and I would now like to share with the Council some of my observations, which might also be of interest to other troop-contributing countries present here today. In Ethiopia, I saw the Prime Minister, Mr. Meles Zenawi, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Seyoum Mesfin. In Eritrea, I held talks with the President, Mr. Isaias Afewerki, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

22. “That is why the Dutch Prime Minister chaired last year's debate on Africa; that is why my colleague, our Minister for Development Cooperation, will chair an open meeting on post-conflict peace-building in Guinea-Bissau at the end of this month; that is why a significant proportion of our development budget goes to Africa; that is why Ambassador van Walsum has travelled to Africa several times; that is why I visited Africa last week; and that is why I am here. In Nigeria, I discussed with President Obasanjo the promotion of peace and security in West Africa. As we Europeans have learned in recent history, regional cooperation initiatives are crucial as a means of transforming old feuds into new prosperity. The Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the subregional organizations therefore deserve our full support.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

23. “Once again, the Secretary- General has reinforced our conviction that Africa matters, both as a continent of concern and as a land of promise. It matters to the Security Council. In the past six months, the Council has sent missions to Central Africa, Ethiopia/Eritrea and West Africa, attesting to its newfound readiness to reach out to Africa, its people and its leaders. Africa matters to the Netherlands. A stable, prosperous Africa is good, first of all, for its own people, but it is also good for us. That is why stability, development and economic growth in Africa are a priority of our foreign policy.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

24. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. I call on the Secretary-General.”

    2000-11-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4227 (2000) · source

25. “The Council encourages Member States to participate actively and constructively in the conference and any preparatory meetings, taking into account the recommendations contained in this Statement, with a view to ensuring that the conference makes a meaningful and lasting contribution to reducing the incidence of illicit arms trafficking." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/99/28. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 12 noon.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

26. “"The Security Council requests the Secretary- General to develop a reference manual for use in the field on ecologically safe methods of weapons destruction in order better to enable Member States to ensure the disposal of weapons voluntarily surrendered by civilians or retrieved from former combatants. The Council invites Member States to facilitate the preparation of such a manual. "The Security Council welcomes the recommendations of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms (A/54/258), including the convening of an international conference on the illicit arms trade in all its aspects no later than 2001, noting the offer by Switzerland to host the conference.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

27. “The Council recalls the precedents for such moratoria and the international support extended for their implementation. "The Security Council recognizes the importance of incorporating, as appropriate, within specific peace agreements, with the consent of the parties, and on a case-by-case basis within United Nations peacekeeping mandates, clear terms for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants, including the safe and timely disposal of arms and ammunition. The Council requests the Secretary-General to provide the negotiators of peace accords with a record of best practice based upon experience in the field.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

28. “The Council encourages Member States to provide the Sanctions Committees with available information on alleged violations of arms embargoes and recommends that the Chairmen of the Sanctions Committees invite relevant persons from organs, organizations and Committees of the United Nations system, as well as other intergovernmental and regional organizations and other parties concerned, to provide information on issues relating to the implementation and enforcement of arms embargoes. "The Security Council also calls for measures to discourage arms flows to countries or regions engaged in or emerging from armed conflicts. The Council encourages Member States to establish and abide by voluntary national or regional moratoria on arms transfers with a View to facilitating the process of reconciliation in these countries or regions.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

29. “The Council therefore requests the Secretary-General to specifically include the humanitarian and socio-economic implications of the excessive and destabilizing accumulation and transfer of small arms and light weapons, including their illicit production and trade, in the relevant studies he is currently undertaking. "The Security Council calls for effective implementation of arms embargoes, imposed by the Council in its relevant resolutions.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

30. “"The Security Council notes with satisfaction the growing attention paid within the United Nations system to the problems associated with the destabilizing accumulation of small arms. The Council welcomes the initiative by the Secretary- General for Coordinating Action on Small Arms (CASA), designed to ensure a coherent and coordinated approach to the small arms issue within the United Nations system. "The Security Council notes that although the humanitarian impact of small arms in a conflict situation is verifiably serious, a detailed analysis is not available.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

31. “Initiatives, such as the work done by the Southern African Development Community and the Southern African Regional Police Commissioners Coordinating Organization, illustrate how regional cooperation can be harnessed to tackle small arms proliferation. The Council recognizes that while regions may sometimes benefit from the experiences of others, one region's experience cannot be extended to others without taking into account their different characteristics. "The Security Council also welcomes and encourages efforts to prevent and combat the excessive and destabilizing accumulation of and illicit trafficking in small arms and invites Member States to involve civil society in these efforts.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

32. “These initiatives at the regional level include the Economic Community of West African States moratorium on the production and trade in small arms, the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and Other Related Materials, the European Union Joint Action on Small Arms and the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports. At the global level, the Council welcomes the negotiation process on the elaboration of an international convention against transnational organized crime, including a draft protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, ammunition and other related materials. "The Security Council emphasizes the importance of regional cooperation in tackling the issue of illicit trafficking in small arms.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

33. “The Council recognizes that small arms are traded globally for legitimate security and commercial considerations. Bearing in mind the considerable volume of this trade, the Council underlines the vital importance of effective national regulations and controls on small arms transfers. The Council also encourages the Governments of arms-exporting countries to exercise the highest degree of responsibility in these transactions. "The Security Council emphasizes that the prevention of illicit trafficking is of immediate concern in the global search for ways and means to curb the wrongful use of small arms, including their use by terrorists. "The Security Council welcomes the various initiatives that are currently under way, globally and regionally, to address the issue.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

34. “In this regard, the Council acknowledges that the challenge posed by small arms is multifaceted and involves security, humanitarian and development dimensions. "The Security Council is deeply concerned that countries involved in, emerging from, or close to protracted armed conflicts are particularly vulnerable to violence resulting from the indiscriminate use of small arms in armed conflict. In this regard, the Council recalls the report of the Secretary-General on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict of 8 September (S/1999/957) and its resolution 1265 (1999) of 17 September 1999. "The Security Council emphasizes that the right of individual and collective self-defence recognized in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and the legitimate security demands of all countries should be fully taken into account.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

35. “Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council recalls its primary responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security, in view of which its attention is drawn inevitably to small arms and light weapons as the most frequently used weapons in the majority of recent armed conflicts. "The Security Council notes with grave concern that the destabilizing accumulation of small arms has contributed to the intensity and duration of armed conflicts. The Council also notes that the easy availability of small arms can be a contributing factor to undermining peace agreements, complicating peace-building efforts and impeding political, economic and social development.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

36. “The Security Council should, whenever possible, incorporate adequate measures in United Nations peacekeeping mandates to prevent small arms from causing additional pain and suffering after a conflict has ended. Small arms pose big challenges to all of us, not least of all to the Security Council. I thank all members for being here today and for taking up this challenge. I now resume my function as President of the Council.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

37. “The Security Council can play an important role in alerting Member States to the detrimental consequences of continued arms flows to zones of tension and regions in conflict. The Council should encourage Member States to refrain from these potentially harmful exports. The second area is that of full implementation of Security Council arms embargoes. The Council could consider looking into ways to enhance the effectiveness of present arms embargoes - for example, by reviewing the functioning of all existing sanctions committees. The third area is the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants. Former combatants and surplus arms are a dangerous, sometimes even deadly, combination.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

38. “Let me assure the Council that we in the Netherlands stand ready to give further impetus to this highly important process. Knowing that this readiness is shared by many countries, I would like to suggest that, when the time is ripe, we will offer our services. A group of Friends of the conference could considerably alleviate the preparatory work in the run-up to the conference. In this process, the Security Council has its own distinctive role to play, a role that should not be confined to verbal support alone. Allow me to share with members some thoughts on three areas in which the Council can offer added value. The first area is voluntary moratoriums on arms exports to tension zones and conflict regions.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

39. “Coherence is called for in our search for practical ways and means to curb the wrongful use of small arms. And coherence should apply to the efforts of the international community - individual countries, regional organizations and civil society alike. Efforts are made around the globe to address this issue affecting so many civilians. Allow me to pick up on a point made by the Secretary-General in drawing members' attention to the valuable contribution of civil society, in particular IANSA, the International Action Network on Small Arms. I personally believe that this Council, too, could have benefited from its input, its broad expertise and its forward-looking views. But, in any case, let us see to it that the voice of civil society is heard in the preparations for the small arms conference in 2001.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

40. “I thank the Secretary of State of the United States of America for her important statement and for her kind words addressed to the Netherlands and to me. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. I have listened with great interest to the views expressed this morning. I will not attempt to summarize or analyse all the points that have been made. It seems we all agree that small arms pose challenges which the Security Council, in view of its mandate, has to address. I believe the principle that should guide us in our efforts to tackle the small arms issue in essence boils down to one notion: coherence. We need a coherent approach in addressing the issue of small arms proliferation, taking into account all aspects of this highly complex issue.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

41. “I thank the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Gambia for his kind words addressed to the Netherlands. I now call on the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Her Excellency Mrs. Madeleine Korbel Albright.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

42. “I thank the Minister of State, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Francophonie for the kind words he addressed to the delegation of the Netherlands. The next speaker is the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Gambia, His Excellency Dr. Momodou Lamin Sadat Jobe.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

43. “I thank the representative of Namibia for his kind words addressed to me. I call on the Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Francophonie of Gabon, His Excellency Mr. Jean Ping.”

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44. “In the light of its interest in this matter, the State of Bahrain will endorse the statement by the President which the Council will issue today. The President: I call on the representative of Namibia.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

45. “The Council is duty bound also to affirm its stand against the illicit traffic in such arms and against terrorism and transnational organized crime. It is further bound to prevent the supplies of weapons and funds from reaching terrorists and fanatics. We must restrict their actions by tightening immigration and residence laws, depriving them of safe havens and freedom of action. It augurs well for this important matter that the Security Council has included it in its agenda, which has a direct bearing on peace and stability in many regions of the world. We hope that this meeting will be a good beginning and will lead to agreement between all States Members of the United Nations on a definitive, unanimous position to eliminate the risks and painful consequences of the misuse of small arms.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

46. “Of particular importance here are the efforts that will be made in the light of the outcome of that conference and of the report of the panel of Governmental Experts on small arms to be submitted to the General Assembly at its current session. The report will contain a number of ideas and recommendations that should contribute to successful preparations for the conference. It behooves our Council, concerned as it is with the maintenance of international peace and security, to call upon the parties involved in the trade in such arms to heed the appeals of all peace-loving nations; also, it must call upon regional and international organizations to take measures to ensure that the flow of such arms to conflict zones and to those involved in such conflicts is halted.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

47. “They also obstruct the provision of humanitarian assistance to civilian refugees and displaced persons in areas of conflict. In keeping with Bahrain's firm commitment to the maintenance of world security and stability and to putting an end to all conflicts, my country supported the resolutions on small arms adopted by the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. Bahrain again advocates the development of specific regulations to govern the flow of small arms. We therefore support all international efforts to contain and prevent the illicit traffic in such weapons in the context of preparations for the international conference to be held in 2001.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

48. “Many parts of the world are now embroiled in violence and turmoil, which has a negative effect on their economic and social development programmes and on national and individual safety and security. The many conflicts raging today in Africa and elsewhere are the clearest testimony to the threat posed by the use of these weapons, which are readily available to groups involved in armed conflicts. Moreover, the human suffering caused by such conflicts - including the death and injury of a vast number of innocent people, mainly children, women and the elderly, and the displacement of thousands - now haunts the conscience of the international community. This should make us take immediate action to check the flow of these weapons and to combat illicit trafficking in them. These weapons are not merely dangerous.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

49. “I thank the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of China for the kind words he addressed to the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands. I call next on the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bahrain, His Excellency Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa. Shaikh Al-Khalifa (Bahrain) (spoke in Arabic): It gives me great pleasure, Sir, to express to you our great appreciation for your country's initiative and for your own efforts in convening this Security Council debate on the question of small arms, which is a source of concern for the international community. The international community has for some time understood the danger posed by the proliferation of these weapons and their role in fueling ethnic conflicts. They have been used by transnational organized criminal groups and fanatic terrorist elements.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source

50. “I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada for the kind words he addressed to me. I now call on the representative of the Russian Federation.”

    1999-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4048 (1999) · source