S/1994/1197 SC
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Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.3445
Speeches following this vote (7)
Mrs. Albright
Angola has been racked by war for more than 20 years, with millions of Angolan victims. One of Africa’s richest countries has become one of its poorest nations. The real question is whether Angola can become a real nation; we hope so.
The Lusaka Peace Talks will soon produce a peace agreement. The question is whether they will produce real peace; we hope so on that point also.
The resolution we…
Mr. Mérimée
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 952 (1994), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM II) until 8 December 1994.
This extension is a special one. After the delays and the slow pace noted by the Security Council in the peace negotiations between the parties, we are today in a position to note substantial progress in the discussions. This progr…
Mr. Sardenberg
The comprehensive report of the Secretary-General dated 20 October last, for which we are grateful, provides the Security Council with information on the situation in Angola and on the latest political developments regarding the next steps in the Peace Process. The account therein gives us reason to be hopeful that the prompt and successful conclusion of the Lusaka process is in the offing. The a…
Mr. Yañez-Barnuevo
The Security Council’s adoption of resolution 952 (1994) indicates the firm hope of members of the Council that by 31 October at the latest the Lusaka Protocol will be initialled, putting an end to a lengthy negotiating process between the Government of Angola and the União Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA), and opening the way to a new, auspicious stage in the Angolan peace p…
Mr. Lavrov
The Russian Federation hails the positive results recently achieved in the Lusaka negotiations, which bring an end to a complex and important stage in the negotiating process among Angolans, and which guide that process towards a positive conclusion.
The Lusaka Protocol, we all hope, will be initialled in a few days’ time. This will be a major step towards the restoration of peace in Angola. In …
Mr. Li Zhaoxing
With the assistance of the international community, the two Angolan parties have finally made a breakthrough after nearly a year of arduous negotiations. The Lusaka peace talks will soon be brought to a successful conclusion and an agreement will soon be initialled. The peace process for Angola is therefore at a crucial historic moment.
These are all very encouraging developments. The Chinese de…
The President
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of the United Kingdom.
The Security Council has adopted this resolution at an important and delicate moment in the long-drawn-out peace process in Angola. The British Government is encouraged by the progress made recently in the Lusaka Peace Talks and urges the parties to initial the agreement this weekend and establish and implem…
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