General Assembly: 2007-10-04 High-level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace
remain the main target of our action. In conclusion, I would like to share a good wish with all participants of this meeting. A small cave has been carved into the stone of Mount Titano, where the small and millenary Republic of San Marino is situated. This space is devotedSecurity Council: 2006-06-22 Role of United Nations
represents a step towards the worldwide eradication of that option. That in turn relieves Governments and other actors negotiating peace agreements from the pressure to cave into demands for amnesty, as they cannot promise what international law effectively prohibits. Both the Security Council and the Secretary-General, in their activities aimed
Security Council: 2003-03-07 Kuwait
show that Iraq is still not cooperating. The inspectors should not have to look under every rock, go to every crossroads and peer into every cave for evidence, for proof. We must not allow Iraq to shift the burden of proof onto the inspectors. Nor can we return to the
Security Council: 2003-02-14 Kuwait
good knowledge of the industrial and scientific landscape of Iraq, as well as of its missile capability, but, as before, we do not know every cave and corner. Inspections are effectively helping to bridge the gap in knowledge that arose due to the absence of inspections between December 1998 and
General Assembly: 2002-12-04 United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage
recorded for us facts and experiences, either through the carving of sculpture in stone, metal or writing on stone or leather, such as poetry or cave drawings. These are all forms of human testimony to the long and arduous road that humankind has traversed -- a long chain of variedSecurity Council: 2002-01-18 Terrorist acts
the Security Council Chamber -- the millions of Syrian and Palestinian refugees, the Qana massacre, the Sabra and Shatila massacre and the massacre of the Cave of the Patriarchs, among others, let alone the continued Israeli occupation of Arab territories. Once again, we ask, if this is not terrorism, what
Security Council: 1999-12-17 Kuwait (vote)
end of the tunnel. The thoughtless use of this phrase almost made it sound as if the Council had locked Iraq up in a dark cave with no exit. However, the existing resolutions, in particular resolution 687 (1991), already clearly illuminate the exit: sanctions will be lifted once Iraq has
General Assembly: 1994-11-30 Question of Palestine
the very useful role played recently by the Security Council when it adopted resolution 904 (1994) after the tragic events that took place in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. While welcoming this very positive role, which contributed directly to the peace process, we believe that both the SecuritySecurity Council: 1994-03-18 Palestinian question (vote)
should be accompanied by confidence-building measures such as the continuing freeing of prisoners in addition to what has already been done. The massacre at the Cave of the Patriarchs constitutes a further attempt on the part of certain extremists to thwart the prospects of peace between the Arabs and the
