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  1. “The two resolutions on the suspension of sanctions and the phased lifting of the arms embargo, just adopted by the Security Council and supported by the European Union, will, we hope, lead to those States' normalizing relations with each other and with the rest of the international community. The implementation of the agreements' provisions concerning regional stability and arms control and the holding of free and fair elections are crucial for these efforts. In this context, the European Union gives its full support to the request addressed to the parties concerned to assist in locating the two French pilots missing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to ensure their immediate and safe return. The wounds must be stanched, and together we must make peace last.”

    1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source

  2. “For this reason, the European Union is particularly pleased at the initialling in Dayton, Ohio, of the Peace Agreements by the Presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We urge the parties to sign the Agreements at the Paris peace conference, which will mark the end of the negotiations and the beginning of a process of stability and good neighbourliness for the entire region. The ratification and fulfilment in good faith of the Peace Agreement will be to the benefit of the peoples that have suffered the horrors of war for almost four years. The peace remains fragile and needs to be consolidated. The bases for mutual recognition between the States that have emerged in the territory of the former Yugoslavia have been established.”

    1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source

  3. “Mr. Yafiez-Barnuevo (Spain) (interpretation from Spanish): May I first of all, on behalf of my delegation, say how pleased we are to see you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council this month and in particular over this historic meeting of the Council. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania and Slovakia associate themselves with the content of this statement. Since the beginning of the crisis in the former Yugoslavia, the European Union has spared no effort in the search for a lasting solution through negotiation, and it was among the first to try to help alleviate the terrible suffering of the civilian population.”

    1995-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3595 (1995) · source

  4. “Nor must I fail to reiterate my delegation's complete readiness to cooperate in the tasks of this principal organ of the Organization.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  5. “The reconciliation process in El Salvador is also a milestone of crucial importance in establishing a stable and lasting peace in Central America and on the road towards forming a region of peace, liberty, democracy and development. The agencies in the United Nations system, other international institutions and the international community as a whole must contribute now, with the same intensity with which they contributed to re-establishing peace in El Salvador, to consolidating the peace and the development of El Salvador and the region as a whole. I should not like to finish, Mr. President, without expressing to you and your country our great satisfaction at seeing you preside over this meeting, and for welcoming the presence of my and other delegations in our own language.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  6. “Since five military and eight police observers from Spain were deployed in El Salvador in December 1991, Spain has maintained a presence that peaked in 1992 with a total of 124 military and 113 police observers, or half the total number of military observers and a third of the police. Also, the presence of civilian observers in the Division of Human Rights and in the election supervision process bear witness to Spain's commitment to this peace process. We have turned over a page in the book of El Salvador's political history, and also one in the activities of the United Nations in favour of peace in the world. But political history and United Nations activities continue, and the book is still open for the next page.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  7. “I should like to pay a special tribute to the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, to his predecessor, Mr. Javier Perez de Cuellar, and to his representatives in the peace process, firstly Mr. de Soto and Mr. Goulding and then his representatives who have headed ONUSAL - Mr. Riza, Mr. Ramirez Ocampo and now Mr. ter Horst - along with all the United Nations personnel at Headquarters on in the field, who have carried out a very positive task to the benefit of El Salvador and also to the United Nations itself. Amongst the personnel seconded to ONUSAL there has been a marked Spanish participation right from the outset of the operation through to its end.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  8. “We hope that this will not be the case, and that the success of the process we have gone through in El Salvador will not become the drop-off point for a slide back down into the evils that 14 years ago brought about the beginning of the conflict. As I mentioned earlier, this is basically up to the Salvadoran people and their representatives, but it does also depend in some wise on the support and attendance the Salvadorans receive from the international community. Spain has been a member of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General on the question of El Salvador and will continue to be so. Within the Group in previous years, as a member of the Security Council and also bilaterally, my country has been at the forefront in El Salvador, just as El Salvador has been at the forefront of the Spanish people's political awareness.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  9. “It is first and foremost up to the Salvadoran political and social forces, and the Salvadoran people themselves, to see to it that this process continues to a successful conclusion, and here the clear positions adopted by the President of the Republic and all the Salvadoran political forces represented in the Parliament are extraordinarily reassuring. In their turn, the United Nations system and the international community must go on lending their efforts. Other countries, including countries in the region, have seen how the efforts made in their national reconciliation processes have meant that the international community would deem it possible to cut back the degree and scope of its assistance: this is the so-called amnesia syndrome, which can have very adverse consequences in these types of situation.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  10. “None of this means that there are no aspects that still warrant the international community's attention, if not its concern. Central amongst these elements are the land transfers and ex-combatant reintegration programmes as set out in the peace agreements, which are to be implemented fully and as quickly as possible so as not to compromise the irreversibility of the progress made. Also, the electoral reform process must be continued and completed, as must strengthening the institutions for the protection of human rights.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  11. “The transformations are legion, and some of them are visible at a glance: the old National Police, which was bound up with the Armed Forces and a military concept of public order, has been replaced - albeit not without problems and delays - by a new National Civil Police, which the United Nations helped set up; the FMLN, the former guerilla force, is now a political force that is fully integrated into the political and institutional life of El Salvador; and a new system to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms has been set up, with institutions such as the National Counsel for the Defence of Human Rights and a reformed Supreme Court, within a process of building and consolidating the rule of law and in conformity with the recommendations of the Commission on the Truth.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  12. “The withdrawal of ONUSAL, which has been a key part of the transition in El Salvador from a situation of conflict to one of peace and reconciliation, is a corollary of the progress that has been made in that country. All of us who have been involved in the Salvadoran process in one way or another can look back and wonder at the profound differences between El Salvador of a few years ago and El Salvador today.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  13. “The day after tomorrow, ONUSAL's presence in El Salvador will be over, after almost four years. However, this will not mean an end to the United Nations presence there as ONUSAL will be replaced by a United Nations office to continue verifying the elements in the peace agreements that remain to be fulfilled, in accordance with the undertaking to verify the complete implementation of the agreements reiterated on many occasions by the principal organs of the United Nations. Also, the national institution for verifying implementation of the peace accords, the National Commission for the Consolidation of Peace (COPAZ), will continue carrying out its mandate.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  14. “Mr. Yafiez-Barnuevo (Spain) (interpretation from Spanish): In May 1991, the Security Council established the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) to monitor the agreements between the Government of El Salvador and the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN); ONUSAL's initial mandate was to verify the parties' fulfilment of the provisions of the San Jose Agreement on Human Rights. Subsequently, the Council, on the eve of the Chapultepec peace agreement at the beginning of 1992, decided to extend ONUSAL's mandate to include the whole verification process for the Chapultepec agreement too. At the same time, it terminated the mandate of the United Nations Observer Group in Central America, a large part of whose personnel moved seamlessly over into ONUSAL.”

    1995-04-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3528 (1995) · source

  15. “It is Spain's earnest hope that the people of Angola, who have endured the devastating consequences of a bloody civil war, will be able to begin to build on the foundations of reconciliation and reconstruction of the country, with the assistance of the international community and the United Nations. Angola is thus already participating in the mainstream of democratization and progress which pervades all of southern Africa and leads it towards a better future.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  16. “The series of important gestures made by both the Government and UNITA to date - among which we stress the smooth establishment of the Joint Commission in Luanda, the two meetings held by the Chiefs of Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces and UNITA, and the agreements reached between them - are encouraging signs which should help us to appreciate the will of the parties to fulfil their respective commitments to the cause of peace, so widely desired. As the Spanish poet Antonio Machado said: "In walking, we have no path before us; it is in walking that the trail is blazed". We believe that the parties resumed their journey along that path by signing the Lusaka Protocol. The international community is at their side and encourages them through the draft resolution which the Council is about to adopt.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  17. “III are intended to ensure that this will occur in the best possible conditions and with the firm support and cooperation of the parties. We trust that the Secretary-General will soon be able to inform the Council that these requirements have been met. We are all aware that the decision which the Security Council intends to adopt today marks the beginning of the final stage of the peace process in Angola, which may yet encounter certain difficulties. We are convinced that the commitment of the parties and the support of the international community will make it possible to overcome any obstacles, which we hope will prove to be minor, as reconciliation allows any lingering suspicions or mistrust to be set aside. A meeting between the President of Angola and the President of UNITA would represent a very important step in the right direction.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  18. “We are pleased to note the significant attendance by Foreign Ministers and the depth of today's debate, which demonstrate great support for the establishment of UNAVEM. III and its rapid deployment. Spain, which has close ties of friendship and cooperation with Angola, joins in the expression of good wishes and active support, and is confident that the draft resolution before the Council will be adopted unanimously. We wish to emphasize the importance of the rapid deployment of UNAVEM. III in order to consolidate the progress achieved in the peace process and to implement the Lusaka Protocol. We understand that the provisions of the draft resolution relating to the effective deployment of the components of UNAVEM.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  19. “Blondin Beye, the observer States and States of the region. My delegation welcomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Angola, Mr. Venancio de Moura, whose presence underscores the firm political will of his Government to comply with the commitments undertaken in the "Acordos de Paz" and the Lusaka Protocol and to ensure that these commitments are strengthened through a significant United Nations presence in the country throughout the period of implementation. The decision of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity to send a ministerial delegation to New York to attend this debate demonstrates the keen interest of the African continent in ensuring that the national reconciliation efforts of the Angolan parties are accompanied by a firm commitment by the international community.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  20. “Spain, which during its recent membership of the Security Council worked with other members to make a positive contribution to the Angolan peace process, wishes on this occasion to join the other States Members of the United Nations in welcoming the establishment of a new peace-keeping operation, expanding the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM. II) to become UNAVEM. III. This marks a new phase of the United Nations presence in Angola, one which we hope will be the final stage of a long peace process. This decisive stage has been reached on the basis of the signing of the Lusaka Protocol on 20 November 1994 between the Government of Angola and UNITA, which was accomplished with the assistance of the United Nations through the efforts of the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Mr.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source

  21. “Mr. Yafiez-Barnuevo (Spain) (interpretation from Spanish): Allow me first to convey the satisfaction of the Spanish delegation at seeing you, Sir, preside over the Security Council for the month of February. We are aware of the symbolism of the Council's being presided over at this meeting by an African country, a neighbour of Angola. I am certain that your proven diplomatic qualities will ensure the success and wise conduct of the Council's work. We also wish to congratulate Ambassador Cardenas, and the Argentine delegation as a whole, for the very competent and effective manner in which he led the Council in January.”

    1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499 (1995) · source