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1995-04-21
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1995-09-26
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  1. “Through our work on the Security Council, we have also demonstrated that the Czech Republic does not focus on European conflicts alone, to the exclusion of crises elsewhere in the world, even if their connection with our immediate foreign policy interests is not readily apparent. We hope that while working on the Security Council we have not disappointed those many friendly Member States that voted for our election. We have been doing our best to improve the transparency of the Council, to improve communication between Council members and non-members, and especially with troop contributors, and to represent, to some degree at least, also the stance of other small and medium-sized countries. These are general themes which we hope all non-permanent members will pursue in the future.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  2. “Let me assure you, though, that we are prepared to make immediate and full payments of our share as soon as this is formally requested by the Secretary-General. In a few months, the Czech Republic will complete its tenure on the Security Council. We have reflected a lot on the role of non-permanent members, above all of small countries such as ours. Logically, the role of such countries in global politics cannot be as significant as that of the permanent members. Nevertheless, the Czech Republic maintains and has been pursuing its own foreign policy interests. While the broad contours of our foreign policy generally coincide with those of other traditional democratic countries, we try to offer fresh accents, fresh arguments, fresh insights and fresh approaches.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  3. “The importance of this is closely connected to the increasing participation of regional organizations and the division of labour between those organizations and the United Nations in peace-keeping, preventive diplomacy and other areas, in an effort to create a new international security system. As for such cooperation specifically between the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, my country advocates its increased facilitation. We support reforming the system of financing peace- keeping operations, which should, above all, differentiate Member States on the basis of objective and clear criteria. The Czech Republic has still not been assigned to any group of Members and thus has not been contributing to peace-keeping funds.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  4. “The role of the United Nations peace forces in the former Yugoslavia and the financial crisis of peace-keeping in general are forcing us to completely reconsider peace- keeping. The Czech Republic supports continuously improving the efficiency of United Nations peace-keeping activities. We do not subscribe to one-sided, pessimistic views regarding the results of these operations, but try not to underestimate their shortcomings either. My Government supports enhancing United Nations cooperation with regional organizations and arrangements on the basis of Chapter VIII of the Charter.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  5. “Active and complex approaches to peace-building and peacemaking have been our primary means of implementing the results of negotiations. Continuous improvement in information-sharing between Security Council members and other United Nations Member States, enhanced cooperation between the Security Council and the Secretariat, increased transparency of the Council's decision-making and increased and equitable representation on the Council are among the main instruments for improving the Council's efficiency. Much has already been achieved. One very important highway leads us to Security Council reform via the General Assembly. But other very significant routes for improvement are fully within the Council's own competences.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  6. “Post- cold-war realities in international relations have engendered a cooperative working atmosphere in the Council. They have allowed the Council to become a flexible and effective instrument of the United Nations. The new climate has been full of promises and expectations. It has also, however, brought many new challenges. We have done our best to meet these challenges. My country is committed to the Security Council's assuming a greater role in various aspects of conflict management and in uncovering the very roots of conflicts. The aim of playing such a role, along with the practice of preventive diplomacy, has been to create the conditions and atmosphere for parties in dispute to enter into serious and sincere negotiations, thus restoring stability and peace in the regions where tension prevails.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  7. “Let me join previous speakers in congratulating you, Madam President, on presiding over this very special meeting of the Security Council. The United Nations is turning 50, but the idea behind it is much older. Our Organization was established as a consequence of the Second World War and is based on the experience of its predecessor, the League of Nations. It has one clear objective: to rid future generations of the scourge of war. The Security Council was intended to play a crucial role in this effort, having been given the responsibility for maintaining international peace, order and security. The fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations leads us therefore, to reflect not only on the results and the future of the Organization in general, but above all on further improvements in the functioning of this vital organ.”

    1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source

  8. “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 5.35 p.m.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  9. “However, as we adopt another resolution on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, let us not lose sight of the big picture. This resolution, with the continuing abatement of the sanctions, and the functioning of the ICFY Mission are only tools, instruments, in an effort to get the Bosnian Serbs, the most recalcitrant party to the conflict, to accept the Contact Group peace plan. And even this peace plan is only an instrument to bring about peace and normalcy in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We will have to take many more such small, partial steps - many of which will turn out not to have any effect at all - before we attain the final objective. I now resume my function as President of the Council. There are no further names on the list of speakers.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  10. “Some other of these worrisome undertones, however, have to do with the Mission itself - including its critical financial situation, with the attendant need to decrease its s1ze. We feel the ICFY Mission is doing a terrific job, given the resources it has at hand, even if the political position of Pale has hardly shifted during the period of its operation. Keeping up the pressure on Pale and continuing to recognize Belgrade's cooperation by maintaining the regime of abated sanctions, first enacted in resolution 943 (1994), is the best way ahead. In fact, my delegation would have preferred an extension of this regime significantly beyond the 5 July deadline we have now adopted - both for technical and for financial reasons, but also because we do feel Belgrade is substantively cooperating.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  11. “Reports of the ICFY Co-Chairmen of the last 100 days all contain one main message: the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is continuing to meet its commitment to closing the land border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is a major chord. In addition, though, there are worrisome undertones. Some of these have to do with the situation on the border. Borders cannot perhaps be sealed hermetically, but they should not be too porous. The phantom helicopter flights are also troubling. The rupture of telecommunications contacts with Pale that the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had instituted was welcome, and we encourage them to resume those contacts. These and other aspects are addressed in the resolution we have just adopted.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  12. “I thank the representative of the United Kingdom for the kind words he addressed to my delegation. I shall now make a statement in my national capacity. First, on behalf of the Czech Republic and its Government and people, I wish to join all those who have expressed their sorrow and sympathy to Ambassador Albright and the American people in connection with the terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City. I turn now to the matter at hand. On balance, the Czech Republic views the results of the operations of the ICFY Mission in the former Yugoslavia as successful. This balance is determined by a mix of technical and political considerations.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  13. “I thank the representative of China for the kind words he addressed to me. I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/ 1995/319. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Botswana, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America Against: None Abstaining: China, Russian Federation The President: There were 13 votes in favour, none against and 2 abstentions. The draft resolution has been adopted as resolution 988 (1995). I shall now call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements following the voting.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  14. “I thank the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina for his kind words. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided. I shall first call on those members of the Council who wish to make statements before the voting.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  15. “In accordance with the decision taken earlier in the meeting, I now invite Ambassador Dragomir Djokic to take a place at the Council table and to make his statement.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  16. “Members of the Council also have before them document S/ 1995/319, which contains the text of a draft resolution submitted by the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the following other documents: S/1995/301, letter dated 13 April 1995 from the Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council; and 5/1995/309, letter dated 15 April 1995 from the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  17. “With the consent of the Council, I would propose to invite him to address the Council in the course of the discussion of the item before it. There being no objection, it is so decided. 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. Members of the Council have before them document S/ 1995/302, which contains the text of a letter dated 13 April 1995 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, transmitting the report of the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source

  18. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Mnhamed Sacirbey (Bosnia and Herzegovina) took a place at the Council table. The President: I have also received a request dated 21 April 1995 from Ambassador Dragomir Djokic to address the Council.”

    1995-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3522 (1995) · source