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Zlenko

lines on the record: 142
first: 1994-11-04
most recent: 2001-11-13
sittings or episodes: 17
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“Furthermore, the FRY, through its specific actions, has shown its desire to help restore peace in the region. Thus, the Government of the FRY has voluntarily closed the border between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and those parts of the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina which are under the control of Bosnian Serb forces, and has in good faith fulfilled the obligations it has assumed. This is borne out by the conclusions of all 13 reports sent to date to the Secretary-General of the United Nations by the Co-Chairmen of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3578 (1995) · source
“The reaction of the leadership of the FRY to the dramatic events that have unfolded in the Balkans have to a great extent determined and will continue to determine the course of their development. On that basis, Ukraine believes that the problem of lifting sanctions against the FRY is an important and inalienable part of the process of political settlement in the Balkans. There is a self-evident truth to be found in the report of the Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, "Supplement to An Agenda for Peace" when he says that "the purpose of sanctions is to modify the behaviour of a party that is threatening international peace and security and not to punish or otherwise exact retribution." (S/1995/1, para. 66). In the View of the delegation of Ukraine, the purpose of the sanctions against the FRY has already been achieved.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3578 (1995) · source
“An important element in these agreements is the suspension of NATO air action, which will cease following the implementation of their provisions by both parties to the conflict. The delegation of Ukraine hopes that this time the efforts of the international community to settle the Yugoslav conflict will lead to an end to war and to the establishment of a lasting peace in the Balkans. The issue under discussion today is very closely linked to the prospects for a peaceful settlement in the region, especially because it affects the interests of one of its main participants. It is no secret to anyone that the position of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) with regard to the conflict in the region and, in particular, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is crucial.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3578 (1995) · source
“Step by step, against a background of extremely active diplomatic efforts, the countries most closely concerned have found a formula to reconcile the warring parties within increasingly clear parameters. A truly diplomatic breakthrough was reached with the meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Geneva on 8 September last. On 14 September major agreements were reached, pursuant to which, in response to the withdrawal of heavy weapons by the Bosnian Serbs to a distance of 20 kilometres from Sarajevo, the armies of the Bosnian Government would cease hostilities within the exclusion zone. The achievement of these agreements, in our view, should establish a favourable background for continuing the peace talks.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3578 (1995) · source
“Mr. Zlenko (Ukraine) (interpretation from Russian): At one of the previous meetings of the Security Council, the delegation of Ukraine reserved the right to speak on the substance of the question of United Nations sanctions against Yugoslavia. Today we would like to exercise that right, and we thank you, Mr. President, for making it possible for us once again to address the members of the Security Council and other delegations present here in this Chamber. Ukraine notes with satisfaction that the peace process in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and, in particular, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is gaining momentum and is becoming more stable.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3578 (1995) · source
“The delegation of Ukraine will have occasion to speak in detail on this subject when the question of suspending the sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is considered in the future. In conclusion, Ukraine would like to express its appreciation for the efforts made by all the parties which have made it possible for the beginnings of direct peace talks in Bosnia and Herzegovina to take place, thus resuscitating the hope that a comprehensive and lasting peace will be reached in the Balkans.”
1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source
“First, in View of the very encouraging progress which has been achieved in the process of securing a peace settlement in the Balkans, it would be desirable to review the question of putting an end to any further bombing of military targets belonging to the Bosnian Serbs by aircraft of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). We believe that such a step would help create a favourable atmosphere at the talks and help to strengthen trust between the parties. A second matter, of even greater immediacy, is the question of lifting economic sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which, by its restraint and its well-thought-out position in connection with the most recent dramatic events in the conflict in the territory of the former Yugoslavia, has demonstrated its clear desire for peace.”
1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source
“At the same time, we should like to emphasize that Ukraine's only interest in the Balkans is to establish lasting peace, which will make it possible for our State to develop comprehensive and mutually advantageous relations with all the countries belonging to the former Yugoslavia. In the light of the progress achieved at the Geneva talks, Ukraine would like to repeat its invitation to the leaders of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to hold talks in Kiev on the whole range of issues relating to a peace settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in order to secure further progress in this matter. The Geneva agreements bring to the forefront two further problems.”
1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source
“The parties to the negotiations must shed their prejudices about each other and show political courage, which will make it possible to break out of the vicious circle of violence and fratricidal war in the Balkans. Ukraine is aware of all the difficulties involved in the Bosnian conflict, and has always felt for that reason that only by peaceful processes and a readiness to compromise by all the parties to the conflict will it be possible to resolve this problem. In its earnest desire to render assistance to the parties to the conflict, Ukraine, through its President, Leonid Kuchma, has expressed its readiness to provide its own services as mediator in the resumed peace process.”
1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source
“We believe that the agreement reached on the parameters of the territorial division between the various component parts of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, based on the Washington Agreements, and the Serb Republic, as well as the fact that both parties have been guaranteed the right to enjoy special relations with neighbouring countries, provided there is respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, are fully consonant with the interests of all national groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and are well balanced. At the same time, we realize that these major decisions simply mark the beginning of the difficult path to peace in that sorely tried country; much still remains to be done.”
1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source
“We believe that this meeting is timely in View of the meeting in Geneva, and particularly the outcome of that meeting, as well as the situation prevailing in the Balkans today. Ukraine was very much given hope by the results of the Geneva meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We believe that the situation in the Balkans has now reached an important breakthrough. Direct dialogue has been resumed between the parties to the bloody conflict on the territory of one of the former Yugoslav republics. The fundamental principles agreed upon by the Foreign Ministers of the three countries in Geneva, we believe, lay a sound foundation on which to build a peace settlement in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source
“Mr. Zlenko (Ukraine) (interpretation from Russian): First, Sir, on behalf of the delegation of Ukraine, may I congratulate you most sincerely on your accession to your very important post as President of the Security Council and express our conviction that your political and diplomatic talents, as a person who occupies a very important place at the United Nations, will help in resolving some of the most complex problems which we face. I should also like to express our gratitude to Mr. Wisnumurti for the skilled way in which he guided the Council's work during August. It is a matter of particular satisfaction for us to speak here at this meeting of the Security Council, which was convened at the urgent request of the Russian Federation.”
1995-09-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3575 (1995) · source
“We hope that the Security Council's adoption of this draft resolution on security assurances to the non-nuclear- weapon States parties to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons will play a positive role in achieving a decision on the indefinite extension of the Treaty at its 1995 Review and Extension Conference.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source
“An exceptionally positive role in this regard could be played by the commitment of the nuclear States to pursue the speediest possible conclusion of a comprehensive nuclear test-ban treaty, as well as the drafting and signing of an agreement on the prohibition of the production and accumulation of fissile materials for military purposes. In this framework, the international community should also rely on the immediate ratification by the States parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty of agreements resulting from SALT II, as well as subsequent urgent steps towards nuclear disarmament and other nuclear States' joining in this process as soon as possible.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source
“It is therefore logical to come to the conclusion that additional security assurances for the non-nuclear States would be the nuclear States' mutual commitment not to use nuclear weapons first. This, in turn, would lay a solid foundation for the multi-objective system of measures to strengthen trust between other nations. There can also be added the renunciation of the unanimity principle when dealing with issues in the Security Council on the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. The reaffirmation by the nuclear States of their commitment to a nuclear-weapon-free world would be a key stabilizing element of such a system.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source
“This would, on the one hand, unify the scope of the assurances given; on the other, it could strengthen the psychological and political authority, as well as the efficiency, of such assurances. It is obvious that differences in the substance of the nuclear sections of the military doctrines of the permanent members of the Security Council, to our regret, blocked agreement on such a format of the document. We believe that the significance of the negative assurances given now by the nuclear States could be substantially strengthened if they were supported by the tools to monitor their implementation. Given the fact that only five States are officially recognized now as nuclear Powers, one can assume that the nuclear security assurances are ultimately directed at the nuclear nations, to deter each other.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source
“This concern is taken into account in the provision that has been determined to the effect that the Security Council will recommend proper procedures concerning compensation to victims of aggression in accordance with the norms of international law. We should also like to draw Council's attention to the fact that these procedures should be extended to third countries that suffer as a result of actions by an aggressor. Let me express some specific considerations regarding the substance of the issue under discussion. We pay tribute to the realism demonstrated by the nuclear-weapon States, which have promulgated negative security assurances to the non-nuclear-weapon States parties to the NPT in their unilateral statements. Nevertheless, in our view, it would be better if these assurances could be given in the form of a joint declaration.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source
“At the same time, we welcome the confirmation by the nuclear-weapon States members of the Security Council of their commitments to place on the Security Council's agenda, as a matter of urgency, the question of assurances against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons against the non-nuclear-weapon States members of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to draft and adopt decisions aimed at supporting victims of such actions with all the necessary assistance. We appreciate the fact that the draft resolution takes into account the concern felt by the majority of non- nuclear-weapon States over the possible catastrophic consequences of the use of nuclear weapons against them, which would entail huge loss of life alongside the material and financial losses.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source
“We believe that the Memorandum on Security Assurances in Connection with Ukraine's Accession to the NPT, which was signed in Budapest on 5 December 1994, can form the basis for elaborating a universal, legally binding document on assurances. It is clear, nevertheless, that some provisions of this Memorandum, reflecting as they do the unique situation in Ukraine, cannot serve as a precedent in all cases. We consider the draft resolution as a first step towards eliminating the contradictions that exist between the nuclear-weapon and non-nuclear-weapon Member States of the NPT on the problem of assurances.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source
“As is well known, Ukraine acceded to the NPT after thorough and sometimes heated discussions in the Parliament and in the country as a whole of all aspects of our participation in the Treaty and, above all, of the consequences of accession to the NPT for the security of Ukraine. The agreement upon the quadripartite document on the provision to Ukraine of guarantees of its national security on the part of the United States of America, Great Britain and Russia and the unilateral statements on the matter by France and China were the principal factors and that had a key role in the Ukrainian Parliament's decision in favour.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source
“Mr. President, first of all let me congratulate you on the occasion of your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. I should like to express my gratitude to your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, Ambassador Li Zhaoxing, for his skilful and fruitful guidance of the work of the Council last month. From our point of View, it is deeply symbolic that the delegation of Ukraine should have the opportunity to be the first to make a statement at the meeting of the Security Council devoted to the issue of the provision to the non-nuclear-weapon States parties to the Treaty on the N on-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) of security assurances.”
1995-04-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3514 (1995) · source
“Our analysis of the position paper presented by the Secretary-General is by no means exhausted by the points I have already made. Regarding the report as a point of departure for a thoroughgoing discussion of ways and means of enhancing the capacity of the world community to react effectively to the challenges of the day, the Ukrainian delegation intends to take an active part in the work on a comprehensive concept of peacemaking activity on the part of the United Nations in the twenty- first century.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Here, the functions of appreciation of the economic losses already sustained by States, study of the economic, political and social consequences of the application of sanctions, coordination of efforts to minimize their consequences for the most vulnerable groups of the population and also for outside countries, and monitoring of their implementation could be entrusted to a standing committee of the Security Council on sanctions. The inability of the world community to provide a swift and effective answer to the problems arising from the application of sanctions may undermine trust in the very institution of sanctions and call into question the very principle of collective activity in the implementation of enforcement measures by the United Nations.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“But this, in our view, is clearly inadequate. What we need are bold and concrete proposals, appropriate practical steps, both on the part of the international community as a whole and on the part of its individual members. In this regard, we believe it appropriate to return once again to the question of creating a special compensatory mechanism that would include a compensation fund. What requires further study as one of the possible elements of this mechanism is the question of reducing the contribution for the financing of peace-keeping operations by the total losses which would have been calculated by United Nations methodology.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“In recent years, in connection with the active use by the Security Council of economic enforcement measures as an important instrument of international efforts to resolve regional conflicts, the problem of the negative consequences of sanctions in general and their effect on outside countries in particular has taken on an entirely new resonance. The Security Council imposes sanctions on behalf of the whole international community. Therefore, all its members should bear the responsibility for their implementation and their consequences. The urgent need to help countries that have encountered difficulties, as a result of the application of sanctions, in solving their special economic problems is recognized by practically everyone today. This is also recognized in the position paper of the Secretary-General.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“The active application of sanctions raises a multitude of questions, which the Secretary-General has attempted to answer in his position paper. While paying a tribute to the efforts of the Secretary-General to this end, I should like to share with the Council our own views on this score. A fundamental contradiction in the practice of sanctions is that when they are introduced the main foundation is the interest of the international community, but when they are lifted the dominant factor is national interests - sometimes not even genuine ones - on the part of individual States. Furthermore, a particularly glaring contradiction lies in the interpretation of the degree to which the goals of sanctions have been attained, an interpretation based on a subjective appreciation by States of their end results.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“In these circumstances, the Secretary- General's proposal for the creation of a rapid reaction force is in our view worthy of our attention. This would be a strategic reserve for the Security Council, prepared for deployment in case of an urgent need for the dispatch of a peace-keeping force. We believe that the availability to the United Nations of such units would in itself exercise a restraining effect on the actions of potential parties to a conflict. In our view, the need also arises for further study of such elements of this idea as command of the force and criteria for representatives of national contingents in a peace-keeping force. Here, criteria should take into account historical, political and geographical factors.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“The delegation of Ukraine believes it would be appropriate to consider the question of expanding this practice and also the possibility of including in the membership of these regional sub-committees representatives of appropriate countries that are contributing troops to peace-keeping operations deployed in a given region. In the final analysis, the success of peace-keeping operations depends to a large extent on swift deployment of national contingents provided by States to the United Nations. In this regard, Ukraine has supported the idea of the creating of, and has given its assent to participation in, what is known as a United Nations reserve force. At the same time, experience has shown that the existence of a reserve force does not in itself lead to bringing it swiftly into play.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Many practical difficulties in the sphere of the command and management of peace-keeping operations could, in our view, be performed by revitalizing provisions of the Charter of the United Nations that, in our view, have been forgotten - and wrongly so. I refer in particular to Article 47, which defines the role and functions of the Military Staff Committee. According to paragraph 4 of that Article, that Committee, "with the authorization of the Security Council and after consultation with appropriate regional agencies, may establish regional sub-committees".”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“In our view, this is a task that could be successfully performed only by professional conflict specialists who had been formally trained and would be represented within the structure of the United Nations Secretariat - for example, within the Department of Peace-keeping Operations. An analysis of recent successes and failures in peace-keeping operations shows that an imperative in producing the mandate for operations and in laying down their fundamental principles is clear-cut observance of universally accepted norms of international law, in particular respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of frontiers.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“And insistence on this should not be viewed by States as an attempt to interfere in their domestic affairs. This role, in our view, could be entrusted to the standing institution of international mediators being set up in the Office of the Secretary-General. It could include the most authoritative and eminent politicians and statesmen, representing all continents. At the same time, they could be entrusted with certain functions of other instruments for ensuring peace and security - in particular, post-conflict peace-building, an important element of which is monitoring of elections. Another important aspect of preventive diplomacy is that of seeking individual approaches to emerging conflicts.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“In this connection, I should like to draw the Council's attention to a truth which is as old as the world itself but which, unfortunately, is often disregarded: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That is why placing stress on active preventive diplomacy that would make it possible to avert new conflicts should become the hallmark of the work of the United Nations in the area of maintaining international peace and security. The delegation of Ukraine believes that the United Nations must make active use, both bilaterally and multilaterally, of its potential for persuasion vis-a-vis the parties to a conflict. It is important constantly to expand and bring into active play a whole arsenal of methods of persuasion, so as to prevail upon the leadership of those parties to make use of the Organization's peacemaking services.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“In this regard, promoting the observance of human rights and cooperating with the United Nations in this sphere - including the dispatch of fact-finding verification missions - should be a moral injunction, incumbent upon all States without exception. Such missions will, in our View, promote the creation of a climate of freedom from fear, which, as Dag Hammarskjold said, is the quintessence of the whole philosophy of human rights. In our View, the part of the position paper in which the Secretary-General sets forth his view of the role and place of individual instruments for ensuring peace and security within the peacemaking activities of the United Nations are worthy of our particular attention.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“The poison of ethnic and religious intolerance has increasingly afflicted States and even entire regions, giving rise to a dangerous corrosion of the emergent post- confrontational system of international relations. How can we not be concerned at the fact that such conflicts are so often accompanied by unprecedented violations of human rights and are marked by considerable casualties among peaceful civilians? This is a challenge to the very basis of their rights - that is, the right to life. The defence of human rights in contemporary circumstances can no longer be considered as the exclusively domestic affair of a given State.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Not all of these changes have justified the hopes of the peoples of the world for peaceful, safe and stable development. This is primarily because the positive processes around the world have not been pursued, while the negative trends and phenomena have not been identified or prevented in good time. As a result, old threats have been exaggerated while the international community has minimized new, more destructive threats. In this context, the position paper of the Secretary- General of the United Nations, "Supplement to An Agenda for Peace", is in our view an attempt to assess and respond to the many current challenges connected primarily with the emergence of a new generation of conflicts.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“All of this has contributed to the constructive decisions that have been adopted in connection with certain complicated international problems. I also wish to express my appreciation to the Ambassador of Rwanda for his successful work as President of the Council in December. At the beginning of this, my first statement before the Security Council this year, I wish to extend a warm welcome to the new non-permanent members of the Council. The States Members of the United Nations have placed great confidence in them. I express my appreciation to the five members of the Council that have carried out with dignity the difficult mission entrusted to them by the international community. (spoke in Russian) The dramatic changes that have occurred throughout the world in recent times are, to varying degrees connected with the end of the cold war.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“I should like to join you, Mr. President, in conveying my Government's sorrow and condolences to the people of Japan, including the families who lost loved ones during the horrible earthquake there. (spoke in Spanish) Allow me at the outset to join in the congratulations that have been extended to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. Directing the work of one of the most important bodies of the United Nations entails shouldering great responsibilities and making decisions that affect the future. It is a great honour for a diplomat and politician. In recent days, we have had occasion to witness your diplomatic skills, your tact and your ability to relate to colleagues.”
1995-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3492Resumption1 (1995) · source
“The delegation of Ukraine views it as essential that this should also discussed between the members of the Council and potential troop-contributing countries in order to avoid possible misunderstandings between the Secretariat, the Security Council and States. We hope that the procedures which we are discussing today will prove their effectiveness in the very nearest future.”
1994-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3449 (1994) · source
“These meetings might be used not only to discuss events in the field but also to share the experience of every troop-contributing State in order to improve the efficiency of the operation. As far as the proposal to convene specific and ad hoc meetings is concerned, the delegation of Ukraine would also like to see among their participants the representatives of the regional organizations that are engaged in support of peace-keeping operations, for example, in the case of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Another important issue which we suggest the Security Council and troop-contributing States think about together is the procedures of the formation of a United Nations force.”
1994-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3449 (1994) · source
“It is with great sorrow that I inform 23 the Council of a new loss in our battalion at Sarajevo, which occurred very recently. In this connection, we hope that the draft convention that will be submitted next week to the Sixth Committee will enjoy unanimous support and be adopted by consensus at this session of the General Assembly. We would also like to commend the efforts of the delegations of New Zealand and Argentina and more personally those countries' Ambassadors for their contributions to this exercise. Their joint proposals reflect the common ideas and preoccupations which exist among the troop-contributing countries. In our view the proposal to convene informal discussions involving the members of the Council and all troop-contributing countries every second week of the 24 month should be supported.”
1994-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3449 (1994) · source
“At the same time it has become obvious that troop-contributing countries non-members of the Council should get the right to voice their preoccupations and objections, if any. In Ukraine, we came across a situation when the field commanders of the Ukrainian contingent submitted reasonable practical proposals as how to make their important mission more effective - for example, how to enhance protection of personnel and minimize the risk of fatalities. But the mechanism of consultations between the Security Council, the Secretariat and _ the troop-contributing countries is far from effective. The field experience of our troops in the territory of the former Yugoslavia has explicitly proved the necessity of a solid legal basis for the protection of United Nations and related personnel.”
1994-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3449 (1994) · source
“Let me congratulate you, Madam President, upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. The delegation of Ukraine is confident that your experience and outstanding diplomatic skills will help you to find effective solutions to the problems the Security Council is now facing. Let me also convey, through you, our appreciation to your predecessor, Sir David Hannay, for his excellent work done in October. This meeting of the Security Council is long overdue. The scope and scale of United Nations peace- keeping operations, their successes and failures, experience and shortcomings clearly called for scrupulous and thorough investigation on the part of the Security Council.”
1994-11-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3449 (1994) · source