| Date | 18 October 2000 |
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| Started | 10:00 |
| Ended | 13:20 |
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Mr. Moushoutas (Cyprus)
The heavy demands on the Security Council to respond to conflicts, threats and breaches of the peace, are evident from the enormous work load carried out by the Council between 16 June 1999 and 15 June 2000. The record number of 144 formal meetings convened, the 194 informal consultations held, the 57 resolutions adopted and the over 85 reports considered, constitute the body of the annual report (A/55/2), which the Council, pursuant to Article 24 of the United Nations Charter, is submitting to the General Assembly, on whose behalf it acts. The very submission of the report, which is expected to contain substantive, analytical and material information on the work of the Council is itself evidence of its accountability to the general membership of the United Nations.
There is no doubt that the working methods of the Security Council have, in general, improved, although there is still room for further improvement. We welcome the inclusion again of the addendum to the report, the monthly assessments prepared by outgoing Presidents and the continuation of the daily briefings by the presidency, which are attended by a growing number of non-members of the Council.
The numbers show that, despite the decrease of closed-doors meetings, there are still far more of them than regular open formal meetings. Although there may be good reasons for these closed meetings to be called from time to time, by nature they lack openness and thus send a message of exclusion to the rest of the United Nations membership. No amount of briefings after the event can compensate for full transparency and the information received by witnessing the Council's open meetings.
Openness is of even more importance when peacekeeping operations are considered. The host country, whose consent is needed for the stationing of peacekeeping forces and which is therefore directly involved, and those participating as contributors or potential contributors to peacekeeping operations, have a right to be considered when these operations are discussed.
On the substantive side, the report demonstrates the broad spectrum of activities with which the Security Council is seized. Conflicts and crises in the world have not diminished. What is more, many long-standing problems -- including our own -- remain unresolved, due to lack of political will and the lack of action to implement the Council's mandatory resolutions and decisions. There should not be selectivity in the implementation of Security Council resolutions, for it shakes the faith of the general membership, especially that of the small States, in this main organ entrusted with the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
The Council must be strong. It must be able to face the new challenges of the new century. To do so, it must be primarily representative, reflecting the realities of a changed world. Increasing its membership on the basis of the equitable geographical distribution of seats, for both permanent and non-permanent members, will give the Council more legitimacy and strengthen its effectiveness. Secondly, the availability of funds and personnel is a necessary prerequisite for a strong Security Council, so that, as the Secretary-General stated, those who place their faith in it are never let down.
Turning to some other parts of the report, we offer several observations. First, there should be more restraint on the part of the Security Council in considering issues which may fall within the domain of the General Assembly. The need for a good relationship and coordination between the responsibilities of these two main organs cannot be overemphasized.
Secondly, the Security Council must become more sensitive to the collateral humanitarian impact of sanctions. Sanctions cause economic loss and create problems for innocent populations and for the neighbouring countries that observe such sanctions. We agree that sanctions should be very sparingly used, and we see a need to review the whole sanctions regime.
Thirdly, we agree with India about the incorporation into the report of an assessment by the Security Council of the usefulness and helpfulness of its own actions.
Fourthly, we continue to favour the German proposal with regard to giving explanations to the General Assembly after the exercise of a veto.
Fifthly, except in extraordinary situations of urgency, decisions of the Council should be taken after the debate is completed, and not before. Such a sequence in the voting will contribute to strengthening the positive impressions of the Council within and outside the United Nations, erasing any possible impression that the Council's decisions are taken routinely.
Sixthly, we support greater collaboration between the United Nations and regional organizations, as long as this collaboration is based on the United Nations Charter and on the promotion of goals in line with its provisions.
Finally, no reform, whatever its nature, can be more effective and useful than the will of the Security Council to implement its own resolutions and decisions.
Representing a country whose problem has remained on the United Nations agenda for the past several years, long awaiting a just solution on the basis of resolutions of the Security Council, we express our appreciation to the members of the Council, and congratulate the five newly elected members -- Colombia, Ireland, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore -- while pledging our cooperation and support.
Sir Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom)
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| /data/vhost/www.undemocracy.com/docs/trunk.py in |
| 194 if __name__ == "__main__": |
| 195 pathpart = os.getenv("PATH_INFO") |
| 196 maintrunk(pathpart) |
| 197 |
| 198 |
| maintrunk = <function maintrunk>, pathpart = '/generalassembly_55/meeting_36' |
| /data/vhost/www.undemocracy.com/docs/trunk.py in maintrunk(pathpart='/generalassembly_55/meeting_36') |
| 131 elif pagefunc == "gameeting": |
| 132 LogIncomingDB(hmap["docid"], hmap["gadice"] or "0", referrer, ipaddress, useragent, remadeurl) |
| 133 WriteHTML(hmap["htmlfile"], hmap["pdfinfo"], hmap["gadice"], hmap["highlightdoclink"]) |
| 134 elif pagefunc == "agendanumexpanded": |
| 135 LogIncomingDB(pagefunc, hmap["agendanum"], referrer, ipaddress, useragent, remadeurl) |
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| 322 if dclass == "spoken": |
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