When this Council decided three and a half years ago to establish a United Nations peace-keeping presence in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, there were many who expressed doubts as to whether that country’s independence could be sustained. Such dire predictions have been proved wrong. The…
My delegation assisted in drafting this draft resolution, and we will vote in favour of it. We strongly support the efforts of the international community to counter the illicit arming and training of Rwandan elements dedicated to conducting armed attacks against Rwanda and to ensure that the arms e…
It is a source of satisfaction to my delegation that the Council has now unanimously adopted a clear, strong and balanced resolution, which we believe will underpin the efforts being made to resolve the present crisis.
The British Government remains deeply concerned about the situation as it affect…
This is likely to be a long debate, and my delegation has already expressed its views on another aspect of the Middle East question. I do not therefore intend to speak at great length. There is a tendency in the work of this Council towards more open debates as a way of orienting the Council’s consi…
We welcome the adoption of this resolution, which successfully concludes many months — indeed years — of work to devise and agree to an export/import mechanism for Iraq, as requested in Security Council resolution 715 (1991). The efforts of the Special Commission, the International Atomic Energy Age…
It is my Government’s firm hope and belief that the Basic Agreement on Eastern Slavonia signed on 12 November 1995 represents a watershed, opening the way for the reintegration of Eastern Slavonia into Croatia and thereby restoring that country’s territorial integrity. Since 1992, when United Nation…
The actions of the Bosnian Serbs over the past few days in the Srebrenica area represent the latest in a long line of failures by them to keep faith with the international community. Their actions, both in their attacks on the civilian population in Srebrenica and in their intimidation and violence …
