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1992-03-17
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1992-10-30
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  1. “My Government strongly supports the draft resolution before us, which we hope will contribute to a rapid and paaceful conclusion of the process laid out in the "Acordos de Paz".”

    1992-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3130 (1992) · source

  2. “These goals can be achieved only if violence is ended, troops are returned to their barracks, and meaningful political dialogue is resumed at the highest level. We call on the parties to implement these actions urgently. Furthermore, it is imperative that President dos Santos and Dr, Savimbi hold a summit maeting immediately to overcome the current crisis. We will hold responsible any party which refuses to engage in dialogue to end this crisis, thereby jeopardizing the entire pesce process. My Government reiterates its wholehearted and continuing support for the personnel of UNAVEM II and for the Secretary-General's Special Representative, who has performed with distinction, creativity, steadfastness and courage in exceptionally difficult circumstances.”

    1992-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3130 (1992) · source

  3. “The United States deplores, in the strongest terms, the renewed outbreak of hostilities in Angola and calls for the immediate cessation of ail acts of violence and all offensive military movements. It is essential that President dos Santos and Dr. Savimbi act decisively to stop the spiral of violence from leading Angola towards renewed civil war. We are deeply concerned by the reports that UNITA is trying to extend its authority over parts of Angolan territory. If true, this would represent a major breach of the Peace Accords, which we would condemn. The United States will continue, in full cooperation with the United Nations, to seek peace, national reconciliaticn and democracy in Angola.”

    1992-10-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3130 (1992) · source

  4. “Finally, we believe that other bodies in the UAited Nations system should be guided by this action of the Security Council and the General Assembly on this matter.”

    1992-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3116 (1992) · source

  5. “To state the obvious, a country which is not a member of the United Nations cannot participate in the work of the General Assembly. The resolution's call to have the Security Council review the matter once again before the end of the fall session of the General Assembly simply refers to a willingness on the part of the Council co consider an expected application from Serbia and Montenegro. The resolution makes it clear that, in the view of the Couscil. Serbia and must apply for membership in the United Nations and should be held to the criteria in the United Nations Charter if it does so. The criteria require that the applicant be both willing and able to fulfil United Nations obligations, including compliance with Chapter VII Security Council resolutions.”

    1992-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3116 (1992) · source

  6. “We are gratified that the current resolution endorses this view and recommends that the General Assembly take action to confirm that the membership of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has expired and that because Serbia and Montenegro is not the continuation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia it must apply for membership if it wishes to participate in the United Nations. I would like to comment cn the provision of Che resolution that Serbia and Montenegro shall not participate in the work of the General Assembly. This provision flows inevitably from the determination by the Council and the General Assembly that Serbia and Montenegro is not the continuation of the former Yugoslavia ang must apply for membership in the United Nations.”

    1992-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3116 (1992) · source

  7. “We find ourselves in an unprecedented situation. For the first time, the United Nations is facing the dissolution of one of its Members without agreement by the successor States on the status of the original United Nations seat. Moreover, none of the former republics of the former Yugoslavia is so clearly a predominant portion of the original State as to be entitled to be treated as the continuation of that State. For these reasons, and in the absence of agreement among the former republics on this issue, my Government has made it clear all along that we cannot accept Serbia and Montenegro's claim: to the former Yugoslavia's United Nations seat.”

    1992-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3116 (1992) · source

  8. “This resolution is also intended to reassure the Commission that prior Counc resolutions do not preclude demarcation of the offshore boundary, and to urge the Commission to conclude its demarcation of the boundary subject to the Commission's terms of reference set forth in the Secretcry-General's report of 2 May 1991. Finally, the United Nations joins other Council members in reiterating Suppest for the Council's quarantee of the inviolability 9f the international boundary being demarcated by the Commission, as stated in paragraph 4 of resolution 687 (1991). We too urge Irag and Kuwait to cooperate fully with the work of the Commission.”

    1992-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3108 (1992) · source

  9. “'The United States strongly supports the resolution the Council has just adopted on the work of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Boundary Demarcation Comission. As the resolution states: "through the demarcation process, the Commission is not reallocating territory between Kuwait and Irag, but it is simply carrying out the technical task secessary to demarcate for the first time the precise coordinates of the boundary". That task has been completed with reference to the land boundary. We commend the Commigsion for resolutely completing this part of its work. The United States looks forward to the Secretary-General carrying out the necessary realignment of the demilitarized zone at the earliest practicable time, with the consequent removal of the Iraqi police posts within Kuwaiti territory.”

    1992-08-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3108 (1992) · source

  10. “The broadening of the mandate of UNAVEM II to include electoral monitoring is one small step in the effort on all sides to help ensure that the elections in September can take place in a peaceful and proper atmosphere. However, as with the cease-fire already in-place, the responsibility for elections must properly rest not with the United Nations but with the Angolans. It is they who must believe in elections with sufficient fervour and resolve that the endeavour will bring into being a Government chosen by the people of Angola. We pledge our best efforts to ensuring that, with hard work, continued commitment and the support and assistance of the United Nations and the international community, this exercise in democracy will be successful and open the door to the recovery of this war-devastated, but potentially wealthy, nation.”

    1992-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3062 (1992) · source

  11. “My Government is gratified by the progress being made towards peace and democratic rule in Angola. Great strides have been made since the Signing of the "Acordos de Paz" last May in Lisbon. The cease-fire has held and all parties have begun to work together on the common goals of demobilization, the establishment of a national army and election planning. The progress is slow, but all parties must be commended for taking the first steps in the right direction of cooperating rather than fighting. Armed conflict produced nothing but hardship for the people of Angola in the last i7 years. They have now chosen the path of dialogue and reconciliation. We applaud the accomplishments made, but they will mean little unless there are free and fair multiparty elections in September as the goal of the entire peace process.”

    1992-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3062 (1992) · source

  12. “. As an observer of the Angola peace process, the United States is especially pleased to support the draft resolution, which will expand the responsibilities of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM II) to include electoral monitoring. We believe that the United Nations has an important role to play in that process, and commend the Secretariat for putting together a plan that should accomplish this goal. We will continue to work with the Secretariat and with other members of the Council to ensure that monitoring of Angolan elections is as efficient and cost-effective as possible. The direction outlined by the Secretary-General, with the very capable assistance of Special Representative Anstee and others, is a very useful and positive one.”

    1992-03-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3062 (1992) · source

  13. “President, the Council today is acting expeditiously so that the United Nations, in cooperation with other international organizations, can provide intensified assistance to the Somalis as they seek to overcome their horrendous, multifaceted crisis. We wish them well and look forward to receiving and acting upon the Secretary-General's next report as soon as possible.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  14. “No United Nations monitoring mechanism to supervise a cease-fire can be put into a situation where there is no effective cease-fire. The United Nations cannot deliver humanitarian assistance where an active conflict is under way. For all these reasons, we call upon all parties to cease hostilities immediately. When an effective cease-fire is achieved, all parties to the conflict must be willing to accept international supervision of it in order for United Nations monitors to operate with a modicum of safety. Without such agreements firmly in place, we would be placing the monitors in an excessively dangerous situation. Upon the return of the technical team from Somalia, and the Secretary-General's next report to the Council, we shall have to consider seriously whether these conditions can be met. Under your leadership, Mr.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  15. “A more concerted, well-articulated and tightly coordinated humanitarian assistance effort is urgently needed now. To these ends, it is important to work towards a cessation of ail hostilities and a political settlement. Unfortunately, while two of the warring factions in the capital of Mogadiscio have signed cease-fire agreements with representatives of the United Nations and three regional organizations, the cease-fire does not appear to be holding. This cease-fire must be strictly and effectively adhered to in good faith before the Security Council can send in United Nations monitors. Prior experience in peace-keeping operations throughout the world has shown us that the United Nations cannot perform effectively in a situation where the parties to the conflict are unwilling to create the conditions necessary to enable it to do so.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source

  16. “The human suffering in Somalia over the past several months has been a tragedy of heartbreaking magnitude. "Innocent Somalis, including thousands of women and children, have faced starvation, disease and death as a result of the brutal struggles for control over territory that have racked this unfortunate country. The United States Government sees a cease-fire, the establishment of a process of national reconciliation and the provision of humanitarian assistance and relief to these unfortunate victims as the primary goals of the international community in Somalia. Not only must the alleviation of human suffering be intensified as soon as possible, but it is also clear that a cease-fire is unlikely to be effective without the provision of humanitarian relief. One will not work without the other.”

    1992-03-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3060 (1992) · source