Throughout the current four-month mandate of UNOSOM there have been two constants in Somalia: continuing deterioration of the security situation and total lack of progress on political reconciliation. Each of the Secretary-General’s reports - in July, in August and again in September - has said the …
The Council’s vote today sends a strong political message to Haiti. With this vote, the international community again makes common cause with the Haitian people in their support for President Aristide. We reaffirm that sanctions will be lifted only when the legitimately elected President, Jean-Bertr…
Mr. President, distinguished members of the Security Council, Mr. Secretary-General, colleagues and friends, I am particularly honoured by the presence of each of you this morning and thank you for your attendance and attention. I am pleased to have an opportunity to review with you the status of ou…
Please accept, Sir, our congratulations on, and gratitude for, accepting the presidency this month. Your careful work and diplomacy have been most helpful in guiding us through our work. We would also like to thank Ambassador Vorontsov for the excellent work he did in his final month as the represen…
On behalf of my delegation, I want to commend you, Sir, and express our appreciation for the manner in which you have presided over the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly and for all the achievements it has made under your leadership.
The United States Government, together with our partne…
The United States Government has great respect for the important contribution to humanitarian matters made by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. We appreciate as well the contribution made by this organization to the work of international organizations, including the Economic and Social Council.…
This historic resolution authorizes Member States to use all necessary means to restore legitimate, constitutional authority to Haiti. In so doing, it brings to a climax the Council’s effort to restore democracy to the Haitian people, from whom it was stolen 34 long months ago. The resolution builds…
The adoption of the draft resolution in document A/48/801/Add.2 constitutes a historic step forward for the United Nations. The new Office of Internal Oversight Services (IOS) will make this Organization more efficient, more effective and more accountable. That will be good for the United Nations; i…
This draft resolution deals with a new and significant set of circumstances. For the first time, we have established a relationship between a United Nations observer mission and a peace-keeping force within a sovereign State of the former Soviet Union.
We have reaffirmed the Council’s commitment to…
The United States affirms in the strongest possible terms its support for the continued work in Haiti of the International Civilian Mission to Haiti (MICIVIH). As a joint mission, with personnel of both the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS), MICIVIH has been the internatio…
It is a special honour to me to be among the first to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. Knowing that you will bring to bear upon our full and ever-growing agenda the wisdom of experience and your wide-ranging diplomatic skills, I am confident that we are in …
Just one month ago, when the last resolution on Angola was adopted by the Security Council, we noted our deep concern over the increase in fighting and the resulting threat to the people of Angola. Since then, the humanitarian situation has deteriorated dramatically. Relief efforts have largely been…
Tonight the Council has adopted a necessary resolution. As suggested by the Secretary-General in his report, the Council has decided that the United Nations must now prepare for a rapidly changing situation in Haiti. We can and must be ready to act to support a restored democratic Government in Port…
Mr. President, in response to your repeated appeals, I shall be brief. To paraphrase President Lincoln: the world will little note nor long remember what I say here, but it will never forget what the people of South Africa have achieved.
Today’s vote is timely reaffirmation of the dramatic changes …
So much has been said about the tragedy in Rwanda - in this room, in the press, in our capitals. It is not necessary to catalogue once again the horrors of what has been taking place there, the tales of butchery, of slain orphans, nuns, mothers, hospital patients, innocent victims; it becomes almost…
It is with great pleasure, Sir, that I add my congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I am sure that
I would be seriously remiss if I did not also thank the Secretary-General and those most responsible for producing the report of 31 May which led to the resolution we ju…
The resolution we have adopted today comes at what the Secretary-General rightly calls "a defining moment" (S/1994/614, para. 70). This resolution underscores the growing impatience of the international community with the pace of progress towards national reconciliation in Somalia which is best evid…
The world yearns for peace. Peoples everywhere want to enrich life, not take it; they wish to build, not destroy. We in the Council, under your able leadership, Mr. President, have worked long hours to serve these aspirations and to advance the cause of peace. And where there is hope, none of us sti…
On behalf of the Government and people of the United States, I wish to extend sincere condolences to the people and Government of Chad and to the family of Ambassador Laoumaye Mekonyo Koumbairia.
I wish he could have been with us and lived to see the end of a difficult chapter in Chad’s history. It…
The step the Council takes today in renewing the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) signifies not only the continued success of this operation for the international community, but, moreover, a triumph for the people of El Salvador, a triumph of peace over adversit…
