The United States has just cast its vote in favour of a resolution which in effect removes the arms embargo placed upon the previous Government of Rwanda. The current Government of Rwanda has been seeking this change for a number of months, and we have supported its request from the beginning. The G…
I should like, first, to extend to you, Sir, my delegation’s congratulations on your assumption of the Council presidency for the month of August. We know that we will be in good and wise hands. We would also like to express
I should like to join other representatives by extending my delegation’s w…
At this our first opportunity during the month of May, may I extend the congratulations of my delegation to you on the assumption of the Council presidency. Clearly, this is the month for new French presidents. I wish to assure you of our cooperation and support. May I also take this opportunity to …
My Government joins with the Council and with the Government and people of France in expressing sorrow and anger at the recent murder of two French soldiers serving as peace-keepers in Bosnia. They died, as so many have died in that tragic land, at the hands of cowardly snipers. This resolution will…
May I begin by expressing my delegation's appreciation to Ambassador Li Zhaoxing for his excellent service as President of the Council this month and to you, Sir, for your very able substitution and quick gavel today. May I also express my delegation's indebtedness to the Permanent Representative of…
We believe that it is important that persons suspected of leading last spring’s genocide in Rwanda or in States neighbouring Rwanda should be detained until the International Tribunal for Rwanda can investigate and make decisions about prosecution. Their detention, as
I should like to highlight esp…
I should like to take this opportunity to welcome Foreign Minister Simão to the Security Council today. I should like to commend him for his excellent statement this afternoon and for the stress he placed on political pluralism, national reconciliation and multi-party democracy in Mozambique.
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The United States is pleased to support extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) for another three months. This follows the agreement of 21 December among the Liberian parties on a cease-fire and a political process for ending their five-year civil war. We …
Today we have decided to send a team of 40 United Nations military observers to Tajikistan to assist the parties in maintaining a cease-fire in a civil war that has claimed too many victims. With this decision, the Security Council and the international community have shown their willingness to invo…
In my capacity as representative of the host country, I should like to extend very warm congratulations to the Republic of Palau as it becomes the newest Member of the United Nations family. As the former Administering Authority of the Republic of Palau under the Trusteeship Agreement, the United St…
Let me congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency. I can attest that Ambassador Albright is most happy to be able to pass the reins of the presidency into your hands. We are sure you will meet the challenges of your office admirably, and you can count on our full support and assista…
The United States may claim with justification to be the champion of the independence of the Baltic States. During decades when this goal seemed a will-o’-the-wisp to many, my Government maintained in the words and substance of our policy that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were, and should be, indep…
The United States is pleased to co-sponsor the resolution on Afghanistan. This is a balanced resolution. It provides a rationale for emergency humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan; and it sets forth an appropriate underpinning for peacemaking efforts of the United Nations special mis…
The political future of Liberia depends on Liberians. Despite the commendable diplomatic efforts to bring the Liberian factions together made by the current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ghanaian President Rawlings, which we fully support, there is thus far no p…
Let me begin, Sir, by repeating President Clinton’s congratulations to you on your recent election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session. The United States is pleased to see you in the Chair, and we look forward to working with you to ensure a successful session.
I sh…
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 cries of the victims in Rwanda have been heard calling upon the Security Council to act. The sheer magnitude of the humanitarian disaster in that tragic country demands action. This Council has struggled to formulate a response that is both appropriate and effective. To do so we went to extraord…
The United States is pleased to see that the Liberian parties have made some progress, albeit limited, towards implementing the peace process since the Council’s last meeting on Liberia in February. However, we remain concerned by the delays and obstacles to the peace process erected by several of t…
My Government welcomes the recommendation of the Fifth Committee authorizing the Secretary-General to commit up to $11 million in funds for the war crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia this calendar year. It is our understanding that this amount, when combined with voluntary contributions, shou…
The United States Government is deeply saddened by the untimely and unfortunate deaths of President Habyarimana of Rwanda and President Ntaryamira of Burundi. That the attack on the lives of these two men should have occurred as they returned from a regional summit in Dar es Salaam, where they were …
