1556 (2004) SC
59
Session
| Draft symbol | S/2004/453 |
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| Adopted symbol | 1556 (2004) |
| Sponsors (1) | |
| P5 Positions |
Russia
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United States
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United Kingdom
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China
✓
France
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| UN Document | 1556 (2004) ↗ |
Vote Consensus — S/PV.5015
Speeches following this vote (13)
Mr. Danforth
For years, a number of nations in Africa, Europe and North America have worked hard to encourage a peace process in Sudan. We hoped for a country that would be a model of ethnic reconciliation. We anticipated helping Sudan build its infrastructure, allowing it to develop its resources and agricultural potential. The last thing we wanted to do was lay the groundwork for sanctions.
But the Governm…
Mr. Baali
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the three countries representing Africa on the Council — Angola, Benin and my own country, Algeria. I would like, at the outset, to express our satisfaction at the adoption of the resolution on the situation in Darfur — a very important and sensitive issue that has been before the Council for several weeks and the subject of arduous and delicate negotiation…
Mr. Denisov
I would like first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for your warm words of welcome. I shall do everything in my power to strengthen our cooperation in the interests of international peace and security.
The humanitarian and political situation in the Sudanese province of Darfur remains complex. Unfortunately, large-scale violations of human rights and the norms of international humanitarian la…
Mr. Pleuger
We welcome the fact that, after long and difficult negotiations, the Council has adopted this resolution. Negotiations are always a process of give and take, but in the end we believe that the signal the Council is now sending to Khartoum is unambiguous. The Government of the Sudan has been given a chance to avoid the imposition of sanctions by demonstrating, within the next 30 days and in a clea…
Mr. De Palacio España
The gravity of the situation we are facing in Darfur calls for a clear and urgent response by the Security Council. We believe that the text just adopted, which Spain sponsored, fulfils those requirements. In a balanced manner, the resolution reminds the Sudanese
Government of the responsibilities derived from the commitments it has assumed, which are set out in the joint communiqué signed on 3 …
Mr. Sardenberg
My delegation understands that the resolution just adopted is part of a sequence of decisions to be taken in due time by the international community — and in particular by the Security Council — with a view to promoting peace and security, alleviating the suffering of more than 1 million people and putting an end to the humanitarian disaster in the Darfur region.
Those decisions will have to add…
Mr. De La Sablière
France was a sponsor of the resolution we have just adopted on the situation in Darfur. Along with the efforts of the Secretary-General, the resolution, which is in line with the Council’s policy in recent weeks, combines dialogue and strong pressure on the Government of Sudan to protect the population of Darfur. That is our only goal in the resolution.
The primary responsibility of the Governme…
Mr. Khalid
The people and Government of Pakistan are as concerned about the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan as the other members of the international community. All the people suffering as a result of this crisis are part of the Islamic ummah. Pakistan fully shares the humanitarian objectives of the resolution just adopted.
Pakistan has welcomed the involvement of the Secretary-General in…
Mr. Andereya
The international community has made persistent appeals to the Sudanese authorities to enforce law and order in the Darfur region and to bring to justice those responsible for the crimes committed against the civilian population.
The Chilean Government co-sponsored today’s resolution on the basis of its deep conviction that it is not possible to continue to hope for action by the authorities res…
Mr. Baja
We voted in favour of resolution 1556 (2004) in response to the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Whether what is happening there is genocide or ethnic cleansing should not be the priority question at the moment. The fact is, people are dying, and women are being raped and homes and property destroyed. The collective conscience of the international community must arrest that catastrophe.
Sovereignt…
The President
In my national capacity, I wish to make some remarks explaining Romania’s vote on resolution 1556 (2004), just adopted.
Romania voted in favour of the resolution. We believe that the action taken today binds together in a meaningful way a framework and a process by which the international community — the United Nations, the African Union, the European Union, the League of Arab States, and indivi…
Mr. Erwa
As I address the Council, I am overwhelmed by sorrow at the Council’s hasty adoption this morning of a resolution on the situation in Darfur at a time when my Government is in a race against time to implement its agreement with the United Nations. Perhaps the adoption of the resolution answers many of the questions that the Darfur crisis has raised for us.
The military rebellion in Darfur, which…
The President
There are no speakers remaining on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter.
Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.4988
Speeches following this vote (5)
Mr. Trautwein
Germany welcomes the United Nations commitment to supporting the implementation of a future north-south peace agreement for the Sudan, which is highlighted in the resolution the Council has just adopted unanimously. This agreement, when truly implemented, will offer the possibility of finding an end to this long-lasting conflict, which has cost so many lives.
While there has been significant pro…
Mr. Cunningham
I would just like to draw the attention of Council members to the statement issued yesterday by the leaders of the Group of Eight, in which they warmly welcomed the 26 May signing by the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement of protocols on power-sharing, on Abyei, and on the two areas of the Southern Blue Nile and the Nuba Mountains. They urged the parties to reach a…
Mr. Baali
My delegation welcomes the recent conclusion in Naivasha, Kenya, of the three protocols to agreements that, along with those reached over the past two years, now pave the way to a peaceful settlement of the conflict that has gone on too long in the southern Sudan.
While we welcome the efforts undertaken by the parties to the conflict and the regional and international mediators, which may lead t…
Mr. Akram
The civil war that has afflicted the Sudan for the larger part of its independent history is most unfortunate. Its consequences have been severe for the people of the country and for the region.
Pakistan welcomes the progress made towards a negotiated and mutually acceptable settlement of the conflict. We welcome the engagement of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African Union…
The President
There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.
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