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Security Council Provisional Fifty-Third Year United Nations S/PV.3931 Security Council Provisional Fifty-third Year 3931st Meeting Thursday, 24 September 1998, 10 a.m. New York President: Ms. Hjelm-Wallén ................................. (Sweden) Members: Bahrain ......................................... Mr.Al-Khalifa Brazil .......................................... Mr.Lampreia China .......................................... Mr.Tang Jiaxuan Costa Rica ....................................... Mr.Rojas López France .......................................... Mr.Védrine Gabon .......................................... Mr.OyeMba Gambia ......................................... Mr.Jobe Japan .......................................... Mr.Koumura Kenya .......................................... Mr.Godana Portugal ........................................ Mr.Gama Russian Federation ................................. Mr.Lavrov Slovenia ........................................ Mr.Frlec United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ........ Mr.Cook United States of America ............................ Mrs. Albright Agenda The situation in Africa Report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (S/1998/318) 98-85876 (E) This record contains the original text of speeches delivered in English and interpretations of speeches delivered in the other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to original speeches only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and be sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned, within one week of the date of publication, to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room C-178. Security Council 3931st meeting Fifty-third year 24 September 1998 The meeting was called to order at 10.25 a.m. America are represented by their Ministers for Foreign Affairs. I welcome their presence at the Council table. Adoption of the agenda I should also like to acknowledge and welcome the The President: Members of the Security Council will presence of other Ministers for Foreign Affairs in the recall that the date and agenda for this meeting were agreed Council Chamber today. Their presence is an affirmation upon by members of the Council in its prior consultations. of the importance of the subject matter to be addressed at this meeting. The spirit of cooperation demonstrated by The agenda was adopted. all those present here, which has made this meeting possible, is greatly appreciated by all of us. The situation in Africa The Security Council will now resume its Report of the Secretary-General on the causes of consideration of the item on its agenda. conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa (S/1998/318) The Security Council is today holding its second ministerial meeting on Africa. Members of the Security Invitation to His Excellency Mr. Blaise Compaoré, Council have before them document S/1998/318, which President of Burkina Faso and current Chairman of the contains the report of the Secretary-General on the causes Organization of African Unity of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, which was submitted The President: In accordance with the understanding pursuant to the request of the Council at its first reached in the Council’s prior consultations, I request the ministerial meeting on Africa. Chief of Protocol to escort His Excellency Mr. Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso and current Chairman I should like to draw the attention of the members of of the Organization of African Unity, to a seat at the the Council to document S/1998/876, which contains the Council table. text of a letter dated 18 September 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Mr. Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso and Nations, transmitting a letter of the same date from the current Chairman of the Organization of African Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Unity, was escorted to a seat at the Council table. of Austria, in his capacity as President of the Council of Ministers of the European Union, addressed to the Invitation to Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary- President of the Security Council. General of the Organization of African Unity I should like to recall that the Secretary-General The President: In accordance with the understanding formally presented his report at a meeting of the Council reached in the Council’s prior consultations, I invite on 16 April 1998, at which numerous delegations spoke. His Excellency Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim, Secretary-General At its 3886th meeting, held on 28 May 1998, the Council of the Organization of African Unity, to take a seat at the adopted resolution 1170 (1998), by which, inter alia,it Council table. decided to establish an ad hoc Working Group to review all the recommendations in the report related to the At the invitation of the President, Mr. Salim Ahmed maintenance of international peace and security, in Salim, Secretary-General of the Organization of accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. The African Unity, took a seat at the Council table. ad hoc Working Group was asked to submit specific proposals for concrete action for consideration by the Representation by and welcome to Foreign Ministers Council by September 1998. The President: I am pleased to acknowledge that, at I should like to recall also that on the basis of this meeting of the Security Council, Bahrain, Brazil, recommendations made by the ad hoc working group, the China, Costa Rica, France, Gabon, the Gambia, Japan, Security Council recently adopted two resolutions and a Kenya, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, the United Kingdom of presidential statement. Resolution 1196 (1998) of 16 Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of September 1998 concerned strengthening the effectiveness of arms embargoes imposed by the Council; resolution 2 Security Council 3931st meeting Fifty-third year 24 September 1998 1197 (1998) of 18 September 1998 dealt with strengthening challenge that it must deal with at all costs. This is the the coordination between the United Nations and regional case of Angola, of Somalia and of others. and subregional organizations in the areas of conflict prevention and maintenance of peace; and presidential Added to these endless crises are new conflicts statement S/PRST/1998/28 of 16 September 1998 dealt with which clamour equally for our attention because of their strengthening Africa’s peacekeeping capacity. complexity and the grave dangers they pose to the subregion where they are occurring and on the continent It is my privilege to call now on the President of as a whole. Ethiopia and Eritrea are on the brink of a Burkina Faso and current Chairman of the Organization of full-scale conflagration. Since its thirty-fourth summit, the African Unity. His Excellency, Mr. Blaise Compaoré. I Organization of African Unity (OAU) has been doing its welcome His Excellency and invite him to make his utmost to contain the situation. For that purpose, I went statement. to Addis Ababa and Asmara, accompanied by President Mugabe of Zimbabwe, President Bizimungu of Rwanda President Compaoré (Burkina Faso)(interpretation and the Foreign Minister of Djibouti. from French): I am sure everyone will understand that I feel particularly heartened and appreciative that, at a time That mission had the merit of containing the further when I have come to speak on behalf of Africa before the development of the situation following the appeal that we international community, the Security Council should be issued to the two parties to show restraint and refrain devoting a special meeting to the situation prevailing on our from any act which might provoke escalation. I would continent. I hail this commendable initiative which gives like therefore to take the opportunity of this meeting to me the opportunity to share with the Council some of our express once again to the leaders of those two countries concerns. our great appreciation for their commitment to giving peace a chance, and we welcome the trust they place in I would like to commend you and thank you very the Organization of African Unity to assist them in sincerely, Madam President, for the sustained interest that settling their dispute peacefully. you are taking in the problems of Africa. I am confident that your presidency of the Council will be of great benefit We are still pursuing our endeavours. At present I to our Organization. am in consultations with my counterparts with a view to holding a meeting shortly in Ouagadougou, at which we To the Secretary-General, I wish to express once again hope to present the two parties with specific proposals. In our great satisfaction at the work he is accomplishing daily our view, the solution to this conflict will require the in the service of peace. unreserved support and assistance of the international community, and most particularly of the United Nations, As I said in the General Assembly, Africa’s security for the efforts of the Organization of African Unity and problems are huge and complicated. However, we are its proposals. convinced that with unity and the cooperation of the United Nations we will be able to face all our trials, and with the Likewise, the OAU will need to work closely with solidarity of the international community, we will win the the United Nations in managing and resolving the serious battle for peace.
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