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1. “Finally, let me briefly touch on the important political dynamic because it has a huge impact on humanitarian aid, as pointed out by the emergency humanitarian coordinator, Mr. Oshima, and as issues raised by earlier speakers make clear. There was a dramatic shift in February, for which the Government of Angola has adjusted. Yet we still await the Secretary-General's report, recommending United Nations strategy to be adopted. Whether it is mine- clearing, dealing with UNITA ex-combatants and their families, et cetera, the delay only hurts the people in Angola. We look forward with great anticipation for the Secretariat to share their vision with us so that the suffering people deserving of assistance can be helped.”

   2002-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4575 (2002) · source

2. “We are committed to working with the Government of Angola, United Nations agencies and other donors to coordinate our priorities and next steps, both for immediate humanitarian needs and for broader issues such as the resettlement of internally displaced persons, former combatants and returning refugees. We look for the Government of Angola to provide leadership by committing to the welfare of its people. Donors cannot provide enough for all of Angola's needs. But Angola is different from most other countries in Southern Africa facing severe humanitarian crises because it is blessed with resources to care for its own citizens. We urge Angola quickly to direct significant resources to internal relief needs as the international community continues to assist it.”

   2002-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4575 (2002) · source

3. “We recognize the excellent work that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has done in Angola, coordinating humanitarian assistance and responding to overwhelming needs. The United States has been gratified to work alongside OCHA in an active response to Angola's humanitarian crisis. The United States has already delivered, or committed to providing, 97,000 metric tonnes of food and $2 million worth of non-food commodities, airlifted to family- quartering areas. This brings United States humanitarian assistance to Angola for the current fiscal year to $100 million.”

   2002-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4575 (2002) · source

4. “We are working hard in Afghanistan - we are clearing minefields, we are building roads, we are improving medical care - and we will work to help Afghanistan to develop an economy that can feed its people without feeding the world's demand for drugs. By helping to build an Afghanistan that is free and is a better place in which to live, we are working in the best traditions of America and, I hasten to add, in the best traditions of the United Nations.”

   2002-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4541 (2002) · source

5. “He said that we expect certain parties to try to undermine Afghanistan's efforts to build a lasting peace. We know that not only from intelligence but also from the history of military conflict in Afghanistan. It has been one of initial success, followed by long years of floundering and ultimate failure. We are not going to repeat that mistake. We will stay until the mission is done. We know that true peace will be achieved only when we give the Afghan people the means to achieve their own aspirations. Peace will be achieved by helping Afghanistan develop its own stable Government. Peace will be achieved by helping Afghanistan train and develop its own national army. And peace will be achieved through an education system for boys and girls that works.”

   2002-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4541 (2002) · source

6. “To that end, the United States continues to monitor and to examine very closely the security situation on the ground beyond Kabul, and we believe that the United States and coalition efforts to address the security imperatives beyond Kabul have been successful to date. We continue to envision potential security concerns outside Kabul being addressed as necessary by coalition and Operation Enduring Freedom forces. Finally, I would simply like to note the excellent work being done by Mr. Brahimi and his Deputy, Mr. Arnault. The truce brokered by Mr. Arnault in the north between Dostum and Atta is a nice example of Mr. Brahimi's effectiveness. It also represents the way forward, one step at a time. President Bush made a speech recently in which he outlined our efforts in the war against terrorism.”

   2002-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4541 (2002) · source

7. “The United States is contributing funding and other support for the loya jirga. We are contributing $3 million for air operations, $500 for Radio Kabul and public dissemination of Chairman Karzai's message on the loya jirga, and our funding monitors as part of a broader, $1.2 million grant to the Asia Foundation. We also have sent two logisticians to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to offer logistical support for this enormous effort to move people around the country. The loya jirga will not take place in a security vacuum. Clearly, the situation is still very fluid, and the United States will remain focused on this issue.”

   2002-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4541 (2002) · source

8. “Beyond the effort of training the troops, we are working intensively to ensure that they get paid, and we welcome the establishment of the United Nations Trust Fund, which will facilitate salary payments. I would like to comment, in brief, on one of the most critical milestones ahead: the loya jirga. As Under-Secretary-General Prendergast has reviewed for us this morning, there is forward movement taking place on the ground in Afghanistan. There have been isolated problems, but clear and steady progress is being made. We share the view that a successful and transparent loya jirga process is critical to the ultimate success of the Bonn process. I know that Mr. Brahimi's shop is working very hard to address the enormous logistical and other challenges that the loya jirga will bring, both in Kabul and in the nine regional jirga sites.”

   2002-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4541 (2002) · source

9. “At the end of April, 140 United States Special Forces troops, with the mission of training the Afghan army, arrived in Afghanistan, and they have gotten down to the business of standing up a national army. A total of 1,800 sets of uniforms from the United States arrived in Kabul last week and were issued to soldiers immediately. The first battalion of the Afghan national army is presently attired and has the personal equipment necessary to proceed with their training course. Training of the first contingent of troops has already begun. We welcome the arrival of French trainers to Kabul. The French will train the second battalion starting on 1 June, as well as one additional battalion later in the training programme.”

   2002-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4541 (2002) · source

10. “Despite the considerable activity and commitment on the part of the international community, we all recognize that there is much that remains to be done in Afghanistan. Last week, together with Mr. Brahimi, we held security discussions in Geneva with 45 nations, including the Afghanistan Interim Authority and United Nations representatives. Participants used the meeting to review existing efforts to assist the Afghanistan Interim Authority with security and to coordinate continued international efforts. Since we last met, we have made progress on a number of initiatives. We continue to believe that capable and transparent Afghan institutions are the key to long-term security for the Afghan people. To that end, United States efforts to begin training the Afghan national army are well under way.”

    2002-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4541 (2002) · source

11. “I would like to thank Sir Kieran Prendergast for his briefing today and to note that we are particularly pleased to formalize the resolution extending the mandate of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for another six months. As we all know, the war on terrorism will be a long one. An earlier arena of that struggle has been and is in Afghanistan. The United States is committed to stay until the mission is done, and the United States is pleased to join with the United Nations to support a free, stable, durable Afghanistan. In that context, I also welcome Turkey's commitment to assume the command of ISAF, and I thank the United Kingdom once again for ajob well done.”

    2002-05-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4541 (2002) · source

12. “I cannot finish today without expressing for the record the appreciation of the United States for the outstanding work of Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello and the UNTAET team. It is appropriate that we hear East Timorese voices today as we talk about the future, but it is equally appropriate that we commend and thank the Secretary-General's Special Representative for his hard work over the last two and one half years.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

13. “We have previously urged that the East Timorese help this process by avoiding political infighting, focusing on a democratic, peaceful way forward, practising fiscal strictness and programme rigour, and capturing as much as the United Nations and others can teach, and quickly, in setting the right priorities. I will repeat those urgings, because I have two such important East Timorese leaders alongside me. We will also continue to encourage the United Nations to stay on schedule with the downsizing it has set for itself, progressively devolving responsibility to increasingly capable East Timor institutions. When we have that, we can truly talk about a United Nations success story. The United States expects to participate in the East Timor independence ceremony.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

14. “We have allocated more than $26 million in bilateral assistance to East Timor this fiscal year, which for us began September 2001. Even as we prepare to approve a further two-year United Nations presence, the United States continues to believe that a good definition of success in East Timor will be when the last United Nations peacekeepers leave and an independent and stable East Timor stands up on its own. To get there, the United Nations and the East Timorese will need to work with the widest range of bilateral donors and interested agencies to ensure that as the extraordinary measures, from finance through peacekeeping, progressively diminish to nothing within two years, other appropriate mechanisms of support are in place.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

15. “The Secretary-General's report provides welcome detail on how UNMISET and the East Timorese Government will coordinate with international financial institutions and bilateral donors. We have always believed that the United Nations cannot, and indeed should not, be the only game in town. We encourage prompt implementation of, and full attention to, these coordination mechanisms. Bilaterally, the United States plans to establish diplomatic relations with East Timor immediately after independence. We will speak more about our donor plans during the upcoming Dili conference. But I want to reassure the Council that the United States remains committed to East Timor. From 1999 to the present, we have committed nearly $180 million in bilateral assistance for East Timor, independent of our contributions to United Nations peacekeeping.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

16. “We would join the Secretary-General in noting how important the development of these two institutions will be for East Timor's future and in urging yet more countries, some of which had constraints before East Timor became independent, to look at providing assistance. The Secretary-General's information about slow progress in the judicial sector raises concern. The United States has provided substantial assistance in that area, and we have approved another $600,000 worth of projects on the justice/accountability issue alone for the current year. Our justice-oriented grants to East Timor since 1999 have totalled more than $13.5 million. We encourage East Timor to make progress in this critical sector a priority.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

17. “Sharma, to be the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General upon the establishment of UNMISET. We encourage the leaders of East Timor to work closely with him and with the United Nations leadership on the peacekeeping forces and the civilian political side of the implementation plan for the successor mission. The Secretary-General's report talks specifically about the development needs of the East Timor Defence Force and the East Timor Police Service. We have provided personnel and trainers to both the Defence Force and the Police Service, and we expect to continue those services after independence. Furthermore, we recently started a logistics contract that is providing crucial support to the Defence Force in both Lospalos and Metinaro.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

18. “To ensure that, I encourage our East Timor colleagues and the United Nations to finalize the memorandums which will govern the command-and- control relationships between United Nations peacekeepers and police and their East Timor counterparts and institutions. We support the maximum level of coordination and cooperation while preserving the usual prerogatives, privileges and immunities. We hope that the United Nations and the East Timor Government will be looking for ways to accelerate the proposed downsizing and devolution to leave East Timor master of its own fate as soon as possible while acknowledging the need to move judiciously to avoid destabilization. Secretary-General Annan has chosen our colleague, the Indian Permanent Representative Mr.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

19. “I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his briefing. I welcome President-elect Gusmao and Chief Minister Alkatiri, and on behalf of the United States Government I would like to congratulate Mr. Gusmao for his electoral victory and both of them for making East Timor's transition to democracy and independence a model of peace, hopefulness and success. The most important thing now is to consolidate gains and avoid instability in the next phase. For these reasons, we endorse the recommendations in the Secretary-General's recent report and expect to support a resolution establishing the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) soon, and certainly before independence.”

    2002-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4522 (2002) · source

20. “The United States will continue to work with WFP under the new leadership of James Morris to ensure that the nutritional needs of people in dire circumstances are met, and we look forward to working closely with other members of the international community to meet that goal. Once again, thank you, Ms. Bertini, for ajob well done.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

21. “Some of those resources may be available for helping post-conflict countries recover. The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has restructured to coordinate humanitarian assistance more effectively in post-conflict situations. In order to increase food security in poor countries, American development efforts will have more of a focus on agricultural activities. The United States thanks Executive Director Catherine Bertini and her staff for their extraordinary efforts over the past decade to advance both WFP's internal reforms and the overall United Nations reform agenda. Again, we wish to compliment her for her considerable accomplishments and success with WFP.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

22. “The challenge to the international community is to find the mechanisms and resources to address those needs. Our shared experience with both natural and man-made disasters tells us that we must focus on prevention, preparation and reducing risks beforehand. In Afghanistan, the international community has recognized the need to move from relief to recovery with ongoing international engagement. Despite significant contributions of food aid from the United States, WFP is facing a significant shortfall in its latest emergency appeal for Afghanistan. The United State calls on all donors to work closely together so that we can close that gap. In Monterrey, President Bush announced that the United States is doubling its official development assistance contributions within the next three years.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

23. “We commend WFP for focusing on feeding women and children, those mostly likely to starve in a crisis situation. In just one example of the vital difference WFP makes in the lives of women and children, the women's bakeries run by WFP in Afghanistan, as described by Ms. Bertini earlier, provide a livelihood and restore dignity to women who would otherwise be reduced to begging for food for their families. The basic needs of civilians affected by armed conflict do not end when a ceasefire agreement is signed. Ms. Bertini has often pointed that out, and nowhere is it more true than in Afghanistan today. The fighting may have stopped, but homes need to be rebuilt, landmines must be removed, damaged irrigation systems must be repaired and crops must be planted. In other post-conflict countries, needs are similar.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

24. “Ofthat total, the United States contributed $6.34 billion, or 41 per cent. While WFP provides food in all the areas where there are peacekeeping operations, it is also present in many places where peacekeepers are not. The dedicated men and women who work for WFP endure difficult and dangerous conditions, bringing lifesaving food aid to hungry people, mostly women and children, in war-torn regions. These needy people are often internally displaced or refugees, uprooted from their homes. Fighting makes it impossible for them to plant and harvest their own crops. The deprivation that war brings to civilians in Angola, Afghanistan, western Africa and the Congo would be unimaginably higher if not for the valiant efforts of WFP to feed hungry people in those places.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

25. “I join other speakers in welcoming Catherine Bertini to the Security Council again. It has been my pleasure to know Ms. Bertini for almost 20 years. We both hail from Chicago. She served an outstanding tenure as an Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture prior to becoming an international civil servant. Ms. Bertini has been an outstanding public servant in all her positions. She is a strong leader and a person with an effective and good heart. She has done an outstanding job during her 10 years at the helm of the World Food Programme (WFP), bringing assistance to some of the world's neediest people. The United States supports the World Food Programme through its contributions, both in dollars and in food. Overall donor support to WFP from 1992 to 2001 totalled $15.54 billion.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

26. “We believe that, ultimately, the Somali people control their own political destiny and must choose to lay down their arms and end the interminable cycle of violence that has engulfed Somalia since 1991. Nonetheless, we also recognize that the international community and we must do our part. The international community has once again turned its attention to Somalia and is ready to demonstrate its commitment to assist in political reconciliation and economic development. It is now up to the Somali people to turn away from "warlordism" for their "States" which seek to play a constructive role, to demonstrate their willingness to put the failures of the past behind them and to work together for a new Somalia.”

    2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487 (2002) · source

27. “We support Somali and regional efforts intended to promote national reconciliation and to overcome the long-term governance challenges that terrorists have exploited to make Somalia a base. Specifically, we call upon all Somali parties to attend the April national reconciliation conference in Kenya - sponsored by President Moi, endorsed by both Ethiopia and Djibouti and carried out under the auspices of the lntergovernmental Authority on Development - without reservation or preconditions. We also call upon neighbouring States to play a constructive role in efforts aimed at Somali political reconciliation and request that they encourage all Somali parties to attend the conference and approach it with the goal of fostering political stability in Somalia.”

    2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487 (2002) · source

28. “We also seek to prevent developments in Somalia from threatening regional peace and stability. Security Council resolution 733 (1992), which calls for a general and complete embargo on all deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Somalia, remains in force and is relevant to the fight against terrorism as well as to the quest for peace and reconciliation. All States have a continued obligation to implement resolution 733 (1992) fully and completely. We appreciate the leadership demonstrated by Bulgaria in convening the Committee established pursuant to resolution 733 (1992) and stand ready to assist the Committee in developing strategies that will result in an effective arms embargo for Somalia.”

    2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487 (2002) · source

29. “As members recall, the inter-agency composition of the United Nations mission was intended to ensure that those United Nations departments responsible for conducting operations in Somalia would have an opportunity to evaluate the security situation on the ground from the perspective of their humanitarian and political operational requirements. Those officials contributed to the final assessment contained in the report. We believe that those United Nations departments, in conjunction with United Nations security officials, are best suited to make a judgement concerning the United Nations presence in Somalia. We remain committed to removing the terrorist threat in Somalia and ensuring against the use of Somalia as a terrorist base. To that end, we call upon all parties in Somalia to observe the provisions of Council resolution 1373 (2001).”

    2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487 (2002) · source

30. “The United States supports the Secretary- General's recommendation for the establishment of a friends of Somalia group constituted both in Nairobi and here in New York. We would also like to express our appreciation to Mr. David Stephan, the former Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, for his dedicated and tireless work. We welcome Mr. Winston Tubman, the Secretary-General's new Representative for Somalia, and pledge to work with him as we move forward. We fully concur with the assessment of the security situation in Somalia, based upon the recommendations of the United Nations headquarters inter-agency mission and their recommendation not to re-establish the peace-building office in Mogadishu at this time.”

    2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487 (2002) · source

31. “We, too, remain concerned over continued violence throughout Somalia. In particular, we condemn those responsible for the recent death of a worker for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the kidnapping of the UNICEF programme director based in Mogadishu. Those incidents point out once again the very dangers that United Nations personnel face each day in Somalia. We commend the United Nations for its continued efforts to assist civilians in need through the provision of humanitarian assistance and promoting economic development where feasible. We share the Security Council's concern over the worsening humanitarian situation, which is compounded by the level of violence, which threatens to reduce humanitarian assistance operations.”

    2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487 (2002) · source

32. “We would like to welcome our Somali friends, Foreign Minister Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim and other members of the Transitional National Government, back to the Security Council. We thank them for their statements to the Council this morning. We note their efforts to comply with the provisions of Council resolution 1373 (2001) and appreciate their contributions to date in the war against terrorism. The United States remains committed to working with all Somalis dedicated to the tasks of combating terrorism, ensuring a secure environment for the delivery of humanitarian assistance, promoting economic development and overcoming long-term governance challenges. We thank the Secretary-General for the recent report on Somalia and share his concern over the lack of progress on political reconciliation.”

    2002-03-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4487 (2002) · source

33. “President, let me also extend my warmest thanks to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations here in New York and to UNMEE on the ground for their work in planning our visit and making our arrangements. I was most impressed with the knowledge, dedication and patience of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations staff who travelled with us and of the UNMEE representatives with whom we met in each country. I also extend, through you, Mr. President, my appreciation to the Governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea for their hospitality during our visits and for their willingness to engage in frank discussions with us.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

34. “In our view, after a technical rollover in UNMEE's current mandate this month, the Council should take up the issue of demining and the respective roles of the parties and UNMEE later this spring. The United States calls upon both parties to work with UNMEE in the interim to develop realistic plans for carrying out their demining commitments in the best way possible. The parties need to engage with UNMEE in good faith on this issue so that the Secretary-General will have all the information he needs in order to make useful recommendations. Let me close by echoing the comments of others in thanking you, Mr. President, and your staff on the Norwegian delegation for orchestrating such a productive and successful mission. I also wish to thank Ambassador Kolby for his effective leadership. Through you, Mr.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

35. “In making his recommendations, the Secretary-General will need to consider the demining capacity of the parties, UNMEE's current demining capabilities and the political need for demarcation to be completed as expeditiously as possible. The Secretary- General will also need to consider the parties' existing commitment to carry out demining, the importance of the confidence-building contribution the parties carrying out demining can provide and the need to limit UNMEE's costs and size as much as possible. We look forward to considering the Secretary- General's recommendations. Those recommendations will, by necessity, follow after the Commission's decision, in late March.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

36. “To help both sides prepare to carry out that demining responsibility, the United States Government has provided demining training and resources to both the Ethiopian and Eritrean Governments. In each country, an American contractor is currently overseeing two trained companies in surveying and demining. Given that background, we are disappointed that during the mission we heard no evidence that either side is preparing plans for how they can carry out the needed demining. There has been inadequate consultation between the parties and UNMEE on the demining plans ofthe parties. The United States Government supports the proposal contained in paragraph 35 of the mission's report that the Council request the Secretary-General to submit recommendations at an early stage on how to implement demarcation, including the necessary demining.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

37. “Secondly, the United States remains concerned at the parties' lack of planning on how they will implement the demining required to complete border demarcation. As the mission notes in paragraph 21 of its report, under the Algiers Agreements the primary responsibility for demining lies with the parties. The United States Government envisioned that UNMEE would provide technical demining advice and training support to the parties. But we look to the parties to undertake, in line with their commitments, the actual demining needed for demarcation. In our view, the parties' original decision to carry out demining themselves was important, because their demining efforts would be valuable confidence-building measures. Having the parties engage in demining could create an environment of good faith as the implementation phase moves forward.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

38. “The parties need to identify a third party or mechanism to which they can turn for direct mediation or good offices, as they work out implementation issues in coordination with UNMEE. This forum or third party could be the "911" the parties could call when they cannot reach agreement on an implementation issue, or when they need clarification of one side's action to avoid a spiral of counter-actions. As the mission's report suggests, this is a role that one or more of the friends of Ethiopia and Eritrea or the witnesses to the Algiers Agreements might play. We encourage the parties to consider this suggestion and, in coordination with UNMEE, to identify now an organization or third parties that could play that role during the next phase of the peace process.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

39. “In the ceasefire and Algiers Agreements, the parties laid down the basic principles to govern the post-implementation period, but the exact implementation procedures and responsibilities for implementation need to be worked out and confirmed. In the absence of confirmation on the exact sequence of steps during the implementation phase, the risks of miscalculation by either side remain high. We urge the parties to move forward now, without waiting for the Commission's decision to be announced, and to work with UNMEE on spelling out the procedures for implementation as soon as possible. We also agree with the report's recommendation that the parties would benefit from having another parallel forum or interlocutor for discussion of broader implementation issues and problem-solving.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

40. “First, the mission's discussions in both capitals only reaffirmed our View that the parties need to act quickly to work out the modalities of implementation. We do not doubt that both parties will carry out their commitments under the Algiers Agreements and that they are committed to maintaining peace. Unfortunately, we also do not doubt that the lack of direct communication and trust between the parties risks having a simple misunderstanding by one side spiral into a series of miscalculations that could lead to a breakdown of this peace process. For that reason, both Governments need to fully engage with UNMEE to reach an understanding on the modalities of implementation.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

41. “With this early action to reaffirm their commitments to honour the Commission's decision, the groundwork has been laid for the two Governments, the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and this Council to turn to the next stage in the peace process - the modalities of implementing the Commission's decision. I believe that that should be the focus of the Council's attention, and that is what I would like to focus on in my brief remarks today. The report of the Council mission contains recommendations on the main issues relating to implementation. My delegation endorses those recommendations. There are two points I would like to make in the light of those recommendations in order to clarify United States thinking as the Council and the parties focus on implementation of the Commission decision.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

42. “I would like to thank you, Mr. President, in your capacity as the Norwegian Foreign Minister, for the strong interest that your country has shown in this issue and the critical role you have already played in advancing the peace process. I would also like to note at the outset my appreciation and debt to Ambassador Kolby for his leadership with respect to the mission, the report and this particular issue in general. The Council mission travelled to Ethiopia and Eritrea to underscore the international community's support for the statesmanship that both Governments are demonstrating in resolving their border conflict through peaceful means. In particular, we travelled to the region to convey the Council's welcome for the public statements both Governments have made reaffirming that the Boundary Commission's decision is final and binding.”

    2002-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4485 (2002) · source

43. “My delegation looks forward to building on and improving the Council's work, to maintaining transparency and interaction and to making the Council more effective.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

44. “Finally, we have just finished a major discussion on Africa and how the Council can better engage with and support our African friends. As a result of that discussion, under the leadership of Mauritius, we have adopted today a significant statement looking to future steps we can take. We have also agreed to consider establishing a working group to help us continue this effort and to enhance coordination with the Economic and Social Council. The United States wants to be sure that it has focus, is substantive and makes a concrete contribution to the Council's work. Last year the Security Council had 83 formal meetings on Africa. We hope in the future that we can all find a way to have fewer speeches and more results. Again, this is an excellent beginning to the new year, a very heavy agenda. We did many things well.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

45. “We appreciate Ambassador Strommen's willingness to take on the responsibility of chairing our Working Group on peacekeeping and look forward to his leadership. The Counter-Terrorism Committee Chairman reported to the Council, and its work is very well in hand. This will be a major component of our work in the coming months. This is a real success for the Council and for the international community. We also heard from Afghan Interim Authority Chairman Karzai in a meeting that was a model of efficiency. Afghanistan will be much on our minds in the next months as we build on the success, which the Chairman described, and address the challenges of which we are all aware. Again, we have a strong basis for further United Nations actions and Council involvement.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

46. “We join in commending you, Sir, and your entire team for your outstanding tenure as our Council President. We feel the Security Council did a good job in January, taking significant steps in several important areas. We have built a sound basis for the next couple of months. I will not review everything that we did, but want to cite a couple of major items which point to the future. We have set in place further new ideas and procedures for developing a more transparent, interactive relationship with troop contributors. This is important for United Nations peacekeeping and for the Council's continued effort to do its job well. We will keep trying to improve the usefulness of consultations under resolution 1353 (2001), and develop the new mechanism we have put in place. This will unfold over the next couple of months.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

47. “And we look forward to independence, not because of some celebration, as there is too much work ahead to celebrate too long, but because East Timor's progress is truly historic.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4462 (2002) · source

48. “We welcome ongoing efforts to reduce UNTAET's military force level to 5,000 by May, and we support plans to downsize the United Nations civilian police (CIVPOL), keeping the focus on executive policing and the increasingly important work of training the East Timor Police Service. The progress made with the East Timor Police Service and Defence Force is an example of how to move East Timor towards self-reliance, transferring operational responsibilities to East Timorese authorities as quickly as possible. The United States pledges to continue its bilateral support for East Timor, as well as its support within the United Nations context. We also look forward to working with an independent East Timor to help develop the entrepreneurial and commercial activities that will be crucial to its prosperity.”

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49. “To get there, the United Nations and the East Timorese need to work with the widest range of bilateral donors, interested agencies and non-governmental organizations to ensure that other appropriate mechanisms of support are put in place as the extraordinary measures financed through peacekeeping assessments progressively diminish within the next two years. The United Nations must help this process by staying on schedule with the downsizing it has set for itself between now and independence, and I laud Mr. Vieira de Mello for doing that so well. The Organization must do so by carefully planning to move from the independence day successor mission numbers to a goal of zero peacekeeping finance support by mid- 2004.”

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50. “United Nations peacekeeping is not a substitute for, or a short cut around, the long-term development process. In his most recent report, the Secretary- General speaks of independence day, 20 May, as a new starting point from which the international community and an independent East Timor will need to forge a new kind of partnership. We look forward to East Timor's moving into normal relationships with the international community and assuming responsibility for its own affairs, within the context of a decreasing peacekeeping role and an increasing traditional development framework.”

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