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Yassin

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first: 1994-02-15
most recent: 1996-04-26
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“It is true that the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter establish the legal framework for cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, including the OAU. Yet we find that the States parties to the current dispute have resorted directly to the United Nations in order for it to adopt measures to condemn and punish Sudan. The OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution was established originally to play that role. It should have been given the opportunity it needed to prove its ability in this regard and should be enabled to intervene appropriately in the initial stages of any dispute in order for those disputes to be settled at the regional level.”
1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source
“Regardless of the validity of these claims, the objective of Security Council resolution 1044 (1996), as was reaffirmed by most of the members of the Council at that time, was to reaffirm the strong will of the international community to combat terrorism, to pursue terrorists and to support the efforts of the Organization of African Unity to arrive at a solution to the problem. It is abundantly clear from the consultations that were held prior to the adoption of Security Council resolution 1044 (1996) and the language used by the Council in its provisions that the emphasis is placed on the particular importance of the United Nations providing the necessary support for the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution so that it can arrive at an appropriate formula to resolve that question.”
1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source
“Mr. Yassin (Sudan) (interpretation from Arabic): I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are fully confident in your ability to lead the work of the Council to the desired success and to permit transparency in its work. We would also like to express our appreciation to your predecessor, Mr. Legwajla of Botswana, for his presidency of the Council last month. When Security Council resolution 1044 (1996) was adopted, the pretexts used by the Council were the claims that Sudan had not complied with the requests of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) as contained in its statements issued on ll September 1995 and 19 December 1995.”
1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source
“The Sudan is full of sincere men who continue to comply with the commands of our Lord. A nation like this cannot possibly support terrorism or assassination attempts.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“Our folklore and our heritage says that we must choose our neighbour before we choose the location of our house. Our folklore reaffirms that good neighbourliness is one of the most important things. It is also one of the tenets of our religion. Therefore, we say to our brothers to the north: the Sudan will continue to be sincere and to be giving and generous; it will always take care of the bonds of friendship and brotherhood; and it will always be your sanctuary in your hour of need. As for our brothers to the east: we have opened our houses to them; we have shared our food with them; we have kept our promises to them. They have lived with us. We are a part of them. They are a part of us. Their country is the twin sister of our country. Any evil that befalls them befalls us.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“We reaffirm our commitment to implement all the relevant decisions and resolutions concerning this matter. I would like to conclude my statement in Arabic by adding a few words that I have received from my country. (spoke in Arabic) I would like to salute you once again, Mr. President, and the members of your Council. I would like through you to put on record a few remarks. First, we the people of the Sudan have been endowed by God with certain unique characteristics. We are sincere and faithful. We do not show evil to anybody. Our country is open to guests and refugees. We follow the rules of good neighbourliness. We do not go back on our word. Betrayal is not one of our characteristics. We believe in God and all his messengers: Muhammad, Jesus, Moses. And we believe that the killing of one human being is a crime, an act of apostasy.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“This condemnation is reaffirmation of the view expressed by the Sudan Government, through its President in his press conference in Addis Ababa on the day of the deplorable incident, and of the sincere sentiment conveyed to the Egyptian Foreign Minister by our Foreign Minister in Addis Ababa. This position is mainly motivated by our principles and divine values, which condemn as criminal and unjustifiable all acts, methods and practices of terrorism, wherever and by whomever committed. Thirdly, my Government declares before this Council its readiness to cooperate fully and unconditionally with all the parties concerned. In this context, we pledge our tireless help to the Secretary-General of the OAU and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of the present draft resolution.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“We undertake to cooperate fully with him in fulfilling the task entrusted to him by the Council. Permit me in conclusion to emphasize the following three points. First, my Government reaffirms its categorical opposition to and condemnation of any forms or manifestations of international terrorism. No cause, reasoning or pretext of a political, religious or ideological nature, or of any other nature, however legitimate, can be invoked to justify acts of terrorism. The Sudan has ratified a series of international Conventions dealing with various aspects of the issue, as well as a number of bilateral agreements on judicial assistance and extradition. Secondly, the Sudan condemns in the strongest terms the assassination attempt against the Egyptian President.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The Sudanese delegation wishes to make one more appeal to the parties concerned to adopt a cooperative attitude so as to bring about a peaceful solution to the dispute. We also appeal to the Security Council to persuade the other parties to do the same. The Sudan Wishes to put on record that it abides by the United Nations Charter and that it accepts that all Security Council resolutions are binding and must be complied with. As concerns the OAU statements, the Sudan has reaffirmed its readiness to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General of the OAU, in accordance with the Charters of the OAU and the United Nations and with the norms of international law. My Government warmly welcomes the role that the Secretary-General is expected to play in resolving this issue.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The Sudan's answer to the allegations by the co-sponsors of the draft resolution, as well as to those made by the Egyptian Foreign Minister at the September and December meetings of the Central Organ, is the invitation extended by the Foreign Minister of the Sudan to the Secretary-General of the OAU to visit the Sudan and establish a fact-finding mission consisting of all the interested African countries - in particular, the members of the Central Organ - to verify the allegations that the Sudan is assisting, supporting and facilitating terrorist activities and giving shelter and sanctuary to terrorist elements. It is easy to air such allegations, but it is also difficult to hide an act of aggression.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The Sudan has repeatedly expressed its readiness to cooperate with them and has even invited them to send investigation teams for this purpose, an initiative that they have rejected. I would like to express the Sudan's readiness to hand over to Ethiopia those Egyptian terrorists, if they are found within the Sudanese boundaries and territories. As regards relations between the Sudan and its neighbours, reflected in paragraph 4(b), as mentioned by my colleague the Ambassador of Ethiopia, it was not the Sudan that committed aggression against the territories of its neighbours or occupied part of their territories. The Council might recall the acts of aggression committed against the Sudanese territories. All African States are equally obligated to respect the Charters of the OAU and the United Nations and the sovereignty of States.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The language of operative paragraph 4(a) completely ignores the 19 December decision of the Central Organ, the last meeting held by the OAU, in which the Sudan was called upon to look for, locate and - if they were found and apprehended - extradite the three terrorists. Moreover, the draft resolution reflects a new dimension of Security Council resolutions, based on hypotheses and assumptions. In this case, it assumes that the three Egyptian suspects are in the hands of the Government of the Sudan and that all the Government needs to do is to take immediate action to extradite them to Ethiopia. If the countries concerned, Egypt and Ethiopia, are in possession of such information on the whereabouts of the terrorists, we urge them now, before the Council, to provide the Sudan with that information.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“Its original authors spared no effort to inject into the draft all negative elements, relevant or irrelevant, with only one objective: to implicate the Sudan, as the symbol of international terrorism. Moreover, despite their claim that the draft resolution is intended to support the OAU, the Central Organ's statement of 19 December 1995, when the Sudan contributed new information on the issue, was not taken into consideration. The authors were even very selective, including in the draft only those paragraphs adopted in the absence of the Sudanese Foreign Minister, paragraphs which serve their purpose of incriminating the Sudan. Operative paragraph 4(a) and (b) is a clear, indisputable example of the real intentions of the original authors of the draft resolution.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The draft resolution before the Council for adoption today seek to achieve two main objectives: first, to send a clear message that the international community is determined to deal firmly with terrorism; and, secondly, to ensure that the perpetrators of the attempt are brought to justice. The Sudan strongly supports these two aims. However, the draft resolution is imbalanced for a number of reasons: it does not take into consideration the repeated position of the Sudan, which is to cooperate fully and unconditionally. Besides referring to Ethiopia's hastiness in bringing this matter before the Security Council, we cannot fail to note the hasty manner in which this draft resolution was prepared.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“My country has continued to adopt this cooperative attitude. On the basis of the OAU decisions, it has taken concrete, practical measures and has requested the Secretary-General of the OAU to contact the Sudanese authorities with a view to implementing these decisions. In brief, these are the measures my country has taken since the beginning of the dispute. Regrettably, the response of the States concerned has been to push the issue through the Security Council. It has been argued that the Security Council decided to consider this question because the Sudanese authorities did not cooperate in implementing the OAU resolutions. Whatever pretexts are invoked to justify this position, we wish to reaffirm that the Sudan has always abided by the resolutions of the OAU and any resolutions adopted by the United Nations.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“4) The statement was adopted on 19 December 1995. Surprisingly enough, the very day of its adoption, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Ethiopia flew here to New York to bring the matter to the attention of the Security Council, which he addressed informally on 21 December. Why such haste? Why do some members of the Council refuse to await the outcome of the OAU efforts on the question? Why are they exerting pressure on the Security Council to consider the question at the same time as the OAU is considering it? All that I have said clearly shows that the impasse in finding a solution to the problem has not been created by any lack of cooperation on the part of the Sudanese authorities. The impasse has been created by the other parties, which have rejected all initiatives designed to bring about a fair and equitable conclusion to the matter.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“Although the Sudan was disappointed at the outcome of the Central Organ meeting, it has loyally accepted the verdict and continued its cooperation by responding to the OAU mission, headed by an envoy of the Secretary-General of the OAU, which visited the Sudan. The report of the Secretary-General was put before the meeting of the Central Organ of the OAU of 19 December 1995. Our Minister of Foreign Affairs was invited to attend and address the meeting. The statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting clearly indicated that there was new information, which convinced the meeting to urge my Government "to take the necessary measures to look for, locate and extradite the three [suspects]". (5/1996/10, annex II, para. 3) The Central Organ also decided "to remain seized with the issue". (ibid., para.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“What was the response of the Government of Ethiopia to these efforts? It responded to the Sudanese request for additional information with more than rejection. Ethiopia preferred to bring the matter to the attention of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The latter, without formally inviting the Sudan to attend the meeting, passed its resolution of 11 September 1995, in clear violation of the most basic principles of the established procedural rules of international organizations and basic principles of natural justice. It is an established rule of law in the legal systems of all civilized nations that there can be no accusation without sufficient evidence, that the accused has the right to be heard and that he is innocent until his guilt is proved.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“This fact was also conveyed to the Ethiopian authorities, which were asked for additional information that could help the Sudanese Committee in its work. Moreover, in its cooperation efforts the Sudan has expressed its readiness to cooperate with the relevant authorities in the States concerned - namely, Egypt and Ethiopia. We have expressed our readiness to cooperate with all the parties concerned in their investigations. In addition, my country has reintroduced visa restrictions for entering the Sudan, which had been lifted in the past for some nationalities. These measures have been adopted at great cost to our friendly relations with a number of countries. However, this action was taken to cater to concerns expressed by the Ethiopian Government and to assert the Sudan's cooperation and good will.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The report of the investigations was communicated to the Ethiopian Government within only 10 days of the receipt of its letter. The report, while expressing the difficulties the Committee experienced due to the lack of adequate information, reached the conclusion that there was no clue whatsoever showing that two of the terrorists entered the Sudan at any time before or after the incident. Concerning the third suspect, the investigation confirmed entry into the Sudan of a person bearing one of the three names given by the Ethiopian authorities, on a regular flight of Sudan Airways from Addis Ababa, and his disembarkation card was submitted to the Ethiopian Government in good faith. However, due to the time that had elapsed- 32 days - the Committee could not definitely locate this suspect.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“My delegation believes it would be useful now to recall the steps taken by the Sudan, with the aim of demonstrating the extent to which the Sudanese authorities have cooperated and how much they want completely to uncover all the facts relating to those Egyptian suspects. In that context, I repeat formally before the Council today that upon receipt of the Ethiopian request the competent authorities in the Sudan acted promptly in response. The President of the Republic of the Sudan himself decreed the establishment of a high-level investigation committee from the relevant authorities and endowed it with all the necessary powers to undertake thorough investigations into the matter, with a view to its carrying out its task in the shortest possible time.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“The Sudan is particularly outraged at the tragic incident of the terrorist assassination attempt on the life of the Egyptian President and condemned it, as it has done before on many other occasions involving attacks on the life of other Egyptian Presidents and Ministers, including the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister for Culture. We believe that due punishment should be meted out to the terrorists responsible for this act. Two weeks ago, in an informal meeting with the members of the Security Council, our Foreign Minister reviewed what the Sudan has done in the face of the requests concerning the three Egyptian suspects.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“We have consistently stated that the Sudan will not allow its territory, nationals or institutions to be used in any manner whatsoever for direct or indirect terrorist activities. The Sudan is prepared to apply the severest punishments to all persons implicated in such acts. We are fully aware of the pain, the suffering and the carnage that terrorism wreaks, and it is our belief that no cause or objective can ever justify it. It is our belief that members of the international community must stand shoulder to shoulder in ensuring the eradication of all forms of terrorism, which we believe is a serious threat to international peace and security. I should like also to reiterate the Sudan's position concerning the assassination attempt on President Mubarak's life.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“Today the Security Council is considering the letter presented by Ethiopia concerning the deplorable terrorist assassination attempt against President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. In its submission to the Security Council, Ethiopia accuses the Government of the Sudan of sheltering three suspects of Egyptian nationality and requests that the Sudan be called upon to cooperate in this matter. This is occurring without consideration being given to the efforts already made by the Sudan towards solving the issue and without awaiting the outcome of the ongoing regional efforts. Before starting to address the issue, let me reiterate the position of the Sudan concerning terrorism. The Sudan condemns, in the strongest terms, terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“At the outset, Sir, on the last day of your presidency, permit me, on behalf of my delegation, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We are confident that your presidency will contribute to the success of the Security Council's work in a manner that will achieve justice and maintain the purposes and principles for which the United Nations was created. Let me also pay tribute to His Excellency Ambassador Lavrov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for the exemplary manner in which he led the work of the Security Council during the month of December. He demonstrated a high standard of wisdom and selflessness during his presidency.”
1996-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3627 (1996) · source
“We believe that, if the Security Council derogates from its responsibility on the basis of unacceptable excuses, there will be an entrenchment of a serious situation that may well pull the Middle East region down into a new period of tension, with the concomitant adverse impact on international and regional peace and security.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“The international community must make public its rejection and condemnation of Israel's policies of fait accompli, which are in violation of international law, of resolutions that have the force of international law and of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. The Council must convince Israel that peace cannot be achieved by unilateral decisions based on the principle of the use of force. My delegation appeals to the Security Council, and particularly to its permanent members, to heed the voice of reason in an issue of great religious sensitivity: it must take decisive action on the basis of the principles of the Charter and of international law.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“The Security Council has a great responsibility: it must stand rock solid for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace; it must reaffirm its credibility by denouncing the measures taken by Israel to confiscate Palestinian land in and around Jerusalem, in building settlements and in continuing the excavations which threaten the foundations and safety of the holy Al-Aqsa mosque. The Council must call on Israel to rescind these measures forthwith and not to undertake any such ventures in the future. The Security Council must also reaffirm the unlawfulness of such measures. And it must act to implement the provisions of the Charter in order to ensure the full implementation of the Council's resolutions, without exception.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Such a peace will be achieved only if Israel sets aside its expansionist ambitions and withdraws from all the occupied Arab territories; will be achieved only if Israel recognizes the legitimate and indivisible rights of the Palestinian people, including its right to self- determination and to the establishment of its own independent State with Jerusalem as its capital; such a peace will be achieved only if Israel fully commits itself to implementing resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 425 (1978), and also resolutions 252 (1968), 271 (1969), 476 (1980), 478 (1980) and 672 (1990) relating to the status of Jerusalem.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“What Israel wants is the surrender of the Arab States and the international community's support for its expansionist policies. Israel is placing obstacles in the way of peace by all available means. It refuses to withdraw from the Syrian Golan and southern Lebanon under the pretext of security concerns, even though it is the aggressor State and the occupying Power. What Israel wants is the international community's acquiescence to what it has tried to impose by force. The peace that we want, a peace based on right, justice and the rule of law, is a comprehensive, just and lasting peace.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“The Government of Sudan believes that the Palestinians, by signing the Declaration of Principles, have taken a position that must be respected. We supported that position although we knew full well that Israel is not serious in wanting peace. What Israel wants is surrender, which would allow it to continue to occupy Arab lands, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif. Surrender would prevent the return of Palestinian refugees to the lands from which they were dispersed by unending war and by settlement policies that have allowed Israel to seize all Palestinian territories and turn the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, which are supported by the international community and include their right to create their own independent State with Jerusalem as its capital, into pipe dreams.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“In addition, the resolution calls on the international community not to recognize, under any circumstances whatsoever, any changes made by Israel - the occupying Power - to the legal and demographic status of the City of Jerusalem, and also calls on the international community to reject Israel's allegation that Jerusalem is its eternal capital. My Government strongly condemns the measures taken by Israel in an attempt to entrench its policy of fait accompli: the annexation of East Jerusalem, the confiscation of land, the expulsion of Palestinians from the City and its closure against them, the construction of settlements and the continuing excavations that threaten the safety and foundations of the holy Al-Aqsa mosque.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“That resolution reaffirms that Al-Quds Al-Sharif is an indivisible part of the territories occupied by Israel in 1967 and that Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) apply to it. The resolution also stresses the significance of the status of Al-Quds Al-Sharif for the Arab world, both Muslim and Christian. It also condemns Israel's decision to confiscate the 53 hectares of Palestinian land because it violates international law, flies in the face of its norms, contravenes the resolutions of the Security Council and the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 Relative to the Protection of Civilians Persons in Time of War, and finally because it threatens peace.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Israel would not have built 35,000 settler units in and around Al-Quds Al-Sharif had it expected to suffer the consequences of flouting international law in general and the binding resolutions of the Security Council in particular. While we know full well that Israel would not have defied the international community without the unjust support and the reprehensible help it received from its allies, we must ask where is the wisdom in setting aside all the progress that has been made in the international arena in the post-cold-war period and the individual contributions of States towards peace and conciliation? Will the alliance policy remain unchanged? The Council of the League of Arab States adopted its resolution 5487 unanimously on 6 May 1995.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Israel is doing this despite the resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly, without fear of having the clear provisions of the Charter for such cases applied to it, provisions which the Security Council has quickly applied in other cases and without as much justification. The decision by the Council when it considered the settlements issue on 28 February last not to take any measures against Israel gave it moral support for its policy of imposing a fait accompli. These are the facts that must be told. Israel would not have chosen to confiscate 53 hectares of Palestinian land - bringing the total area of Palestinian land confiscated by Israel in Al-Quds Al- Sharif since the 1967 occupation to more than 2,400 hectares - had the Security Council taken firm decisions, and implemented them, to put an end to such violations.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“They condemn Israel's attempts to alter the status of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and call on Israel to put an end to its illegal settlement policies and measures. The Council heard the statement by the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Mr. Nasser Al-Kidwa in which he emphasized that Israel has one objective: the indefinite annexation of East Jerusalem and the declaration of a unified Jerusalem as Israel's capital. It is attempting to achieve that objective by emptying East Jerusalem of its Palestinian inhabitants through a policy of land confiscation and placing obstacles of all kinds in the way of Palestinians' building homes. Furthermore, Israel is continuing to build settlements and to bring in Jewish immigrants in order to entrench the policy of fait accompli.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Its resolutions must uphold international law without double standards and without exception. The Security Council did adopt resolutions 252 (1968), 271 (1969), 475 (1980) and 478 (1980) and also 672 (1990), all of which relate to the issue of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. They set out Israel's responsibility - Israel, the occupying Power in the Arab lands - not to undermine the legal and demographic status of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. They also call on the international community not to recognize any measures taken by the occupying Power that contravene the Charter of the United Nations, international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. Those resolutions deem such measures by the occupying Power as illegal, indeed null and void.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“We have all heard previous speakers express their condemnation, or at least their dissatisfaction, in respect of the dangers now facing the city of Jerusalem, a Holy City to all revealed religions and particularly for Islam, which considers Al-Quds Al-Sharif the second most important kiblah for Muslims and the place whence the prophet Mohammed ascended, upon whom may God's blessings fall. Jerusalem is also the cradle of Christianity. The issue before the Security Council today is therefore one of the utmost gravity. Any failure to resolve the issue and arrive at a just solution will inflame the feelings of the Ummah and lead to fury and the mobilization of all its resources to deal with the issue. The Security Council will be put to the test in terms of its credibility and its will and ability to adopt decisive and just resolutions.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“Mr. Yassin (Sudan) (interpretation from Arabic): I should like to thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to address the Security Council. Allow me at the outset to join those who have preceded me in congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I am confident that, with your diplomatic skills, your experience and wisdom, a just and equitable resolution will be achieved. I should also like to express our thanks to Ambassador Kovanda for his efforts in guiding the work of the Security Council last month.”
1995-05-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3536Resumption2 (1995) · source
“A just, lasting and comprehensive peace cannot be achieved in the context of Israel's policies; it can come about only when there is respect for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, when Israel withdraws from all the occupied Arab 10 territories, and when a Palestinian State has been established, with Jerusalem as its capital. Sudan joins in urging the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities under the Charter so that the just, lasting and comprehensive peace desired by the entire world can be achieved.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“We want the Council to take action. We want it to show it has the political will to implement its decisions on the Arab and Palestinian causes, in particular resolutions 465 (1980) and 681 (1990). The Palestinian people has freely chosen peace, and that decision is fully respected by the Government of Sudan and by most other Arab Islamic countries. But the massacre in the Al-Ibrahimi mosque, and Israeli procrastination with respect to implementing existing arrangements, have shocked the world and proved that Israel is perpetuating the cold-war conditions that the rest of the world has left behind. The Council should investigate this crime, a crime that proves that Israel does not desire peace.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“Secondly, the Council should take action to ensure international protection for the defenceless Palestinian people in the face of terrorism and the tyranny of Zionist gangs supported by the occupation authorities. Thirdly, urgent measures should be taken to disarm the Zionist gangs. Fourthly, Israeli settlements in all the occupied Arab territories should be dismantled, pursuant to United Nations resolutions. The massacre in the mosque of Ibrahim has exposed the true face of the Zionist regime and the true worth of its claims to be seeking peace. It puts on the shoulders of the international community, as represented here in this Council, the responsibility to ensure justice, not to apply double standards and to affirm fundamental principles: the protection of all peoples, regardless of race or religion, and the defence of their rights.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“Instead of peace, the Palestinian people know only oppression and the denial of its legitimate rights, which have been recognized by the international community in resolutions of the United Nations and in the provisions of its Charter. The eyes of the world are turned towards this Council to judge the credibility of claims that there is a new world order, after the supposed end of the cold war. The international community expects the Council to take the following measures. First the Council should condemn Israel for its failure to protect civilians under its occupation and should hold Israel fully responsible for the massacre in Hebron.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“The world has heard the denials of those who proclaim themselves defenders of human rights, while they have been aiming their propaganda and political weapons against Arabs and Muslims whom they accuse of practising terrorism. They have gone so far as to draw up a list of countries that they accuse of practising terrorism and protecting terrorists. But these champions of human rights have shut their eyes to Israeli State terrorism. They have given this country their blessing and have provided Israel with money and arms to wipe out and terrorize the Palestinian people and to empty the Palestinian territory of its population so as to make the dream of a greater Israel come true. This is Israel's ultimate objective, even though it pretends to work for peace. The peace that Israel wants is capitulation and acceptance of the status quo.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“As the Foreign Ministry of the Sudan has noted, this crime confirms that there is collusion between the Zionist occupation forces and the criminals, who felt they had a free hand to kill and terrorize defenceless Palestinians, unarmed except for their faith in God and in the justice of their cause. This collusion is proven by the Israeli authorities' provision of full protection to the Jewish settlers in the temple next to the Al-Ibrahimi mosque. It is also demonstrated by the Israeli forces' massacre of other Palestinian citizens in the angry demonstrations following the massacre. Since Israel bears full responsibility for the massacre, it should take all necessary measures, in keeping with the Fourth Geneva Convention, to protect the population under its occupation.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“I am grateful for this opportunity to address the Council in connection with the most abhorrent crime that took place in the Al-Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron during the holy month of Ramadan, at dawn on Friday, 25 February, taking the lives of about 70 worshippers and wounding hundreds more as they prayed. This massacre committed by Israeli settlers against the defenceless civilian population of Palestine has profoundly shocked the entire world because its victims were worshippers at prayer in the holy month of Ramadan and because it left a great many dead and wounded.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“Mr. Yassin (Sudan) (interpretation from Arabic): I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Iam sure that France - the France of history and the Revolution, the fount of freedom and justice - will guarantee us a clear- sighted and fruitful presidency this month. I should also like to congratulate our friend Ambassador Roble Olhaye on his wise and patient guidance of the Council last month. I should also like to congratulate the Secretary- General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and to pay tribute to him for the positive and effective role he has played. His approach to his role and his performance of his functions derive from his competence and his respect for the sovereignty of States.”
1994-03-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3342 (1994) · source
“I should also like to associate myself with those calling upon the Security Council to follow the example of the General Assembly in lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia so that it can exercise its right to self-defence under Article 51 of the Charter, thus enabling it to meet its arms requirements and receive assistance from its brothers to deter Serbian aggression. Lastly, I cannot but express appreciation to the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for his long-awaited and brave initiative. I hope he will pursue this initiative with a profound interest in saving the innocents in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“Sudan has always stood in full sympathy with the Muslim people of Bosnia, who are the object of conspiracies and annihilation. We have declared our stand on the side of that people, which is undergoing its ordeal because of its religion. We call upon the international community and the Security Council to heed the dictates of conscience and justice and to renounce selectivity and0 double standards when dealing with the destiny of a people threatened with annihilation. In conformity with the responsibilities of Sudan as a Member of the United Nations and in response to the appeal of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, I am honoured to announce that Sudan is willing to put Sudanese forces to work in the context of the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source
“Also, the ultimatum was confined to calling upon the Serbs to withdraw their heavy weapons while calling upon the Bosnian Government to give up its weapons in the context of the demilitarization of Sarajevo. These actions shield the Serbian forces with the international forces. This results in the continued siege of Sarajevo by the Serbs while they maintain their military capabilities, shelling Sarajevo and other Muslim cities in Bosnia with the heavy weapons that no one called on them to give up. At the same time, there are some who want to reward the aggressor by giving up the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force by calling upon the Bosnian Government to make those concessions that appease the aggressor.”
1994-02-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3336Resumption2 (1994) · source