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Submitted by: Chile
Signatories:
Date: 29-March-97
1. Believing that peace is possible in Israel,
2.
3. Confident that PM Benjamin Netanyahu will continue to work with Palestinian 4. Authority Yassar Arafat to uphold to peace process,
5.
6. Declaring international support for all peace endeavors,
7.
8. Keeping in mind the strong ethnic ties to the disputed regions in Israel,
9.
10. Seeking to set up a sole bipartisaned state acceptable to both the Israelis and 11. the Palestinians,
12.
13. Noting with regret the damaged state of peace in Israel,
14.
15. Viewing with appreciation both the Palestinian claims and Israeli claims to land 16. and political power,
17.
18. Welcoming unilateral international support for the Oslo Accord I and II,
19.
20. 1. Calls upon a representative of the Palestinian Authority to appear before this 21. body and present their people's case;
22.
23. 2. Also calls upon a representative from Israel to appear before this body and 24. present their countries case;
25.
26. 3. Trusts that executive advise come from Sec Gen Kofi Annan;
27.
28. 4. Expresses this council discouragement of the housing developments in Har 29. Homa;
30.
31. 5. Draws the attention of the Oslo Accords:
32. A) Reaffirms the autonomy guaranteed to the Palestinians in the Gaza 33. Strip and West Bank by former Israel PM Rabin,
34. B) Supports both the Palestinians and Israelis for following through on 35. the Oslo Accords,
36. C) Allows Palestinian Autonomous regions to publish governmental 37. information in Arabic,
38. D) Demands that all public transit and telecommunications be available 39. in both Hebrew and Arabic,
40. E) Proclaims that all security check points check both Israeli and
41. Palestinian commerce,
42. F) Requests that Israel consider allowing a member from the ruling
43. Palestinian party to be given a non voting seat in the Knesset to act as a 44. representative of Palestinian issues,
45. G) Establishes a common stamp and monetary unit;
46.
47. 6. Strongly affirms the recent agreement of Hebron and asks the following:
48. A) The military withdrawal continues as scheduled,
49. B) The Israeli Police protecting the Israeli citizens not be forced to
50. withdraw once control of Hebron is transferred to the Palestinians,
51. C) The Israeli citizens in all Palestinian regions maintain equal rights 52. and equal protection of the laws;
53.
54. 7. Strongly condemns any and all groups circumventing the peace process and 55. mandates the UN declare any such group as terrorists;
56.
57. 8. Emphasizes to the Israeli government the international community's desire to 58. establish a permanent peace;
59.
60. 9. Endorses with support any nation which aids in the peace process;
61.
62. 10. Declares to Israel that no foreign troops under the UN flag will be sent to 63. Israel so long as international peace is not in jeopardy;
64.
65. 11. Urges due process of laws be given to political prisoners held by both sides;
66.
67. 12. Hopes that any laws, agreements or accords circumventing the peace
68. process be declared null and void by the affected governmental bodies;
69.
70. 13. Demands that all provisions of this resolution go into effect immediately 71. after its adoption;
72.
73. 14. Decides to remain actively sized of this matter.
Emphasizes
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Re: The future of UN Peace Keeping Operations
Submitted to: The Security Council
Submitted by: Chile
Signatories:
Date: 29-March-97
1. Reaffirming the role of the United Nations as an international peace-keeping 2. organization,
3.
4. Understanding preventative diplomacy is the goal of the United Nations,
5.
6. Recognizing that methods of preventative diplomacy have been attempted and 7. have resulted in failure to resolve the conflict at hand,
8.
9. Realizing that current peace-keeping operations could be better organized and 10. managed then they currently are,
11.
12. Aware of the need for a definitive process for the implementation of future 13. peace-keeping operations,
14.
15. Deeply Concerned about the rising costs of peace-keeping operations,
16.
17. Taking into account Security Council debate on this pressing issue,
18.
19. Having considered the implications of premature military involvement in
20. peace-keeping operations,
21.
22. Having considered further the consequences of non-intervention in world
23. conflicts,
24.
25. Seeking to find common ground upon which to approach future peace-keeping 26 operations,
27.
28. 1. Supports the need for reform;
29.
30. 2. Appreciates member nations cooperation;
31.
32. 3. Calls upon Sec Gen Kofi Annan to set up contact groups that:
33. A) Are composed of areas that maintain strong cultural / geographic / 34. ethnic ties, this includes, but is not limited to existing regional
35. organizations,
36. B) Serve as mediators in the process of preventative diplomacy,
37. C) Report to the SC in the case of a conflict to request action,
38.
39. 4. Reactivates the Military Staff Committee (MSC);
40.
41. 5. Recommends the following changes to the MSC:
42. A) In addition to the permanent five (5) members of the SC, the
43. committee will include nations directly involved, nations contributing 44. troops and the contact group;
45.
46. 6. Urges that the MSC play the following role:
47. A) It will recommend action to be taken for troops provided,
48. B) It will supervise the nation building / humanitarian forces that will 49. enter the post conflict situation,
50. C) It will continually analyze the purpose, process and goals of the
51. mission,
52. D) It will report to the SC on all matters;
53.
54. 7. Requests a comprehensive publication of the purpose, objective, and time 55. frame for the proposed peace-keeping operation from the MSC;
56.
57. 8. Calls upon the Sec Gen to comment upon the recommendations of the MSC;
58.
59. 9. Further invites the Sec Gen to advise the SC as to the proper course of
60. action;
61.
62. 10. Encourages all UN member states to commit necessary troops, supplies, and 63. funds to ensure the success of the future peace-keeping operations;
64.
65. 11. Reaffirms that the SC has ultimate authority on all matters relating to the 66. peace-keeping operation;
67.
68. 12. Decides to remain actively sized of this matter.
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Re.: The crisis in the former Yugoslavia
Submitted to: The Security Council
Submitted by: Chile
Signatories:
Date: 29-March-1997
1. Appreciating member nations cooperation,
2.
3. Concerned by the existing conflicts in the former Yugoslavia which has
4. resulted in heavy material damage,
5.
6. Deeply concerned in particular in the border areas of neighboring countries,
7.
8. Desiring a lasting peace in the Balkan Peninsula,
9.
10. Guided by the Proximity Peace Accords signed in Dayton, Ohio, United States 11. of America, on 21-November-1995,
12.
13. Reaffirming the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of 14. Bosnia and Herzegovina,
15.
16. Keeping in mind the following agreements on human rights:
17. 1) 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of 18. Genocide,
19. 2) 1949 Geneva Conventions I, II, III and IV on the Protection of the 20. Victims of War, and the 1977 Geneva Protocols I and II thereto,
21. 3) 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1966 22. Protocol thereto,
23. 4) 1957 Convention on the Nationality of Married Women,
24. 5) 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,
25. 6) 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of 26. Racial Discrimination,
27. 7) 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the
28. 1966 and 1989 Optional Protocols thereto,
29. 8) 1966 Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
30. 9) 1979 Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination 31. Against Women,
32. 10) 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
33. Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
34. 11) 1987 European Convention on the Prevention of Torture and
35. Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
36. 12) 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child,
37. 13) 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All 38. Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,
39. 14) 1992 European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages,
40. 15) 1994 Framework Convention for the Protection of National
41. Minorities,
42.
43. Deeply Concerned with the lack of cooperation received from the
44. involved parties concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the
45. Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),
46.
47. Realizing the refugee problem,
48.
49. Fully aware of the uncertainties produced following the 1996 municipal
50. elections,
51.
52. Having adopted the General Framework Agreement,
53.
54. Recalls the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina set up in Annex 4 of the 55. General Framework Agreement and its adoption by:
56. 1) A. Izetbegovic for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
57. 2) K. Zubak for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
58. 3) N. Koljevic for the Republika Srpska,
59.
60. Observes the role which the International Police Task Force (IPTF) has played 61. following the adoption of the General Framework Agreement,
62.
63. Seeking the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Stabilization Force 64. (SFOR) which is a continuation of NATO's Implementation Force (IFOR) role 65. to be decreasing with the transition of power back to the central government of 66. Bosnia and Herzegovina,
67.
68. Expecting the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to 69. continue to monitor and verify the democratic election process existing in
70. Bosnia and Herzegovina,
71.
72. Appalled by the Yugoslav Federal and the Republic of Serbia, their militaries, 73. the Jugoslavenska Narodna Armija [Yugoslav People's Army](JNA) & Vojska 74. Jugoslavije [Army of Yugoslavia] (VJ), and agencies, and their paramilitary 75. agents actions during the war, they committed widespread atrocities in Croatia 76. and Bosnia against both civilians and prisoners of war (POW's), these
77. atrocities included the criminal acts of murder, expulsion, rape, detention in 78. concentration camps, forced labor, torture, mutilation and the looting and
79. destruction of property, and how all of these acts were perpetrated on a large 80. scale, and often with severe brutality,
81.
82. Alarmed by the actions of President Slobodan Milosevic by virtue of his formal 83. positions and informal power base, and how he exercised power, influence, and 84. control over the Yugoslav Federal and Republic of Serbia forces, military,
85. agencies and paramilitary agents responsible for the commission of war crimes, 86. and by virtue of his official and / or effective control over forces responsible for 87. the commission of war crimes, that he may be individually responsible for
88. ordering, planning or instigating those crimes,
89.
90. Welcoming the unilateral support for the peace process,
91.
92. Recalling this councils primary responsibility under the Charter of the United 93. Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security,
94.
95. Recalling also the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United
96. Nations,
97.
98. 1. Authorizes the central government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to become 99. responsible for the following matters:
100. A) Foreign policy,
101. B) Foreign trade policy,
102. C) Customs policy,
103. D) Monetary policy,
104. E) Immigration policy and regulation,
105. F) Refugee policy and regulation,
106. G) Asylum policy and regulation,
107. H) Establishment and operation of local and international
108. communications facilities,
109. I) International criminal law enforcement,
110. J) Inter-entity criminal law enforcement,
111. K) Regulation of inter-entity transportation,
112. L) Air traffic control;
113.
114. 2. Has Resolved that the central government of Bosnia and Herzegovina may 115. regulate citizenship within its boundaries with international endorsement
116. provided that:
117. A) The official policy be regulated by the Parliamentary Assembly of 118. Bosnia and Herzegovina,
119. B) No person shall be deprived of citizenship in Bosnia and Herzegovina 120. arbitrarily,
121. C) Citizenship may not be denied on grounds such as:
122. 1) Sex,
123. 2) Color,
124. 3) Race,
125. 4) Language,
126. 5) Religion,
127. 6) Political affiliation,
128. 7) National origin,
129. 8) Social origin,
130. 9) Minority affiliation,
131. 10) Property,
132. 11) Birth,
133. D) Persons who were citizens of the Republic of Bosnia and
134. Herzegovina prior to 6-April-1992 automatically become citizens of 135. Bosnia and Herzegovina,
136. E) The right to regulate citizenship by the Parliamentary Assembly of 137. Bosnia and Herzegovina comes only after the 6-April-1992,
138. F) Fundamental human rights be protected as mandated by the Human 139. Rights Commission for the former Bosnia and Herzegovina,
140. G) The rights and freedoms set forth in the European Convention for 141. the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its 142. protocols shall apply directly to Bosnia and Herzegovina,
143. H) Human rights shall include but not be limited to:
144. 1) The right to life,
145. 2) The right not to be subjected to torture or to inhuman or 146. degrading treatment or punishment,
147. 3) The right not to be held in slavery,
148. 4) The right not to perform forced or compulsory labor,
149. 5) The right to liberty of person,
150. 6) The right of security of person,
151. 7) The right to a fair hearing in civil and criminal maters,
152. 8) The right to private and family life, home, and
153. correspondence,
154. 9) Freedom of thought,
155. 10) Freedom of conscience,
156. 11) Freedom of religion,
157. 12) Freedom of expression,
158. 13) Freedom of peaceful assembly,
159. 14) Freedom of association with others,
160. 15) The right to marry and found a family,
161. 16) The right to property,
162. 17) The right to education,
163. 18) The right to liberty of movement,
164. 19) The right to liberty of residence;
165.
166. 3. Recommends that the Security Council (SC) calls on those governments most 167. involved in the implementation of the Proximity Peace Accords, the European 168. Union (EU) and the countries of the contact group (France, Germany, Russian 169. Federation, United Kingdom and the United States), to break the cycle of
170. impunity which has thus far characterized the post mordum conflict in the 171. former Yugoslavia and do all in their power to ensure that those persons
172. indicted by the ICTY in particular those whose whereabouts are known are 173. arrested, surrendered to The Hague, and put on trial,
174. A) In addition, in order to ensure that justice prevails, it is critical that 175. the ICTY has the necessary resources,
177. 1)Urges all member nations to make additional resources
178. available to the ICTY including put not limited to:
179. a)Monetary funds,
180. b)Equipment,
181. c)Seconded staff with appropriate qualifications,
182. B) Mandates the SFOR troops to actively seek out and arrest indicted 183. persons of war crimes in the former nation of Yugoslavia in accordance 184. with the Office of the Prosecutor for the ICTY, NATO Command and 185. the recommendation of UN Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan;
186.
187. 4. Resolves that the High Representative should create the following 188. organs within his jurisdiction to determine accountability:
189. A) Appoint an ad hoc commissions of inquiry for the purpose of:
190. 1) Determining accountability,
191. 2) Investigate actions or situations that pose serious 192. threats to the attainment of the Proximity Peace Accords 193. goals, with a view to establishing responsibility
194. therefor:
195. a) The ad hoc commission should have credibility 196. independent of the Office of the High
197. Representative,
198. b) The ad hoc commission should be able to
199. complete their assignments quickly without
200. creating cumbersome procedures,
201. B) Create a Proximity Peace Accords Implementation Council 202. (PPAIC) chaired by the High Representative with the power to 203. dismiss obstructionist officials, on the PPAIC only, such a body 204. should be formed along the lines of the proposal of Christian 205. Schwartz-Schilling at the Petersburg Conference on 25-April-206. 1996, dealing with cases presented to it by the ad hoc
207. commission of inquiry, and should include the following:
208. 1) Representatives of all groups,
209. 2) A built-in international majority;
210.
211. 5. Requests that High Representative make the following additions to his
212. reintegration policy:
213. A) Increase telephone communications between the Federation and 214. Republika Srpska as outlined in the Proximity Peace Accords in Annex 215. 9, this should be part of an aggressive public information campaign,
216. B) The introduction of a neutral system of vehicle registration which 217. would conceal a vehicle's municipality of origin;
218.
219. 6. Demands that the central government of Bosnia and Herzegovina cooperate 220. with the Mine Action Centre (MAC) and their personnel and programs
221. demining the Bosnian countryside;
222.
223. 7. Welcomes the appointment by the Secretary General of a senior civilian
224. official for the restoration of essential public services in and around Sarajevo in
225. accordance with the provisions of resolution 900;
226.
227. 8. Commends in this context the setting up of an Interim Coordination Board 228. (ICBO) to assess the situation in Sarajevo in order to facilitate the task of the 229. senior official;
230.
231. 9. Welcomes the establishment by the Secretary General of a voluntary trust 232. fund for the restoration of essential public services in and around Sarajevo, in 233. accordance with the provisions of resolution 900;
234.
235. 10. Notes with appreciation the steps being taken by the Secretary General, 236. United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) and other United Nations 237. agencies and humanitarian organizations to restore normal life to all areas of 238. Bosnia and Herzegovina, encourages them to continue their efforts, and, in this 239. context, requests the Secretary General to consider ways and means of further 240. enhancing the work of the civilian section of UNPROFOR;
241.
242. 11. Welcomes the presence of UNPROFOR personnel and the arrival of
243. humanitarian convoys in Maglaj;
244.
245. 12. Welcomes also the contribution of UNPROFOR, within its available
246. resources, to the restoration of safety and security to the area in and around 247. Maglaj in order to promote the well-being of its civilians;
248.
249. 13. Requests the Secretary General to keep the council regularly informed on 250. the developments in regard to the implementation of UNPROFOR's mandate;
251.
252. 14. Declares accordingly as international terrorist organization:
253. A) Serbian Chetnik Movement,
254. B) Arkan's Tigers;
255.
256. 15. Demands that an investigation be launched by the ICTY for the possible 257. indictment of President Slobodan Milosevic, of the Federal Republic of
258. Yugoslavia (FRY), on the charges of crimes against humanity;
259.
260. 16. Further demands that the United Nations Criminal Assessment Team
261. (UNCAT) revisit the following perceived detention camps for the purpose of 262. locating more evidence to aid the ICTY in their cases against indicted persons 263. and help them to bring to justice and prosecute those still at large,
264. A) Foca KP Dom,
265. B) Keraterm,
266. C) Luka,
267. D) Manjaca,
268. E) Omarska,
269. F) Trnopoije,
270. G) Susica,
271. H) Vukovar;
272.
273. 17. Requests for the OSCE to determine if the 1996 municipal elections are 274. valid and what if any action should be taken if the elections are determined to 275. be null and void, and report back to the SC of their recommendations in a 276. timely fashion;
277.
278. 18. Authorizes Secretary General Annan to set up a Municipal Bosnian
279. Observer Mission (UNMBOM) to be sent to outreach communities in Bosnia 280. and Herzegovina and expresses this council's recommendations as follows:
281. A) A team of five (5) will be sent to each community,
282. B) It will be composed of the following:
283. 1) An observer from SFOR,
284. 2) An observer from OSCE,
285. 3) An observer from ICJ,
286. 4) An observer from ICRC,
287. 5) An observer appointed by UNHCR,
288. C) The team will report to the Head Quarters (HQ) of any apparent 289. breaches of the peace, violations of criminal or international law,
290. discrimination, possible conflicts or special events which may hinder the 291. implementation of the Proximity Peace Accords,
292. D) HQ will be located in Sarajevo,
293. E) A team will also be sent to the following communities:
294. 1) Bihac,
295. 2) Prejedo,
296. 3) Doboj,
297. 4) Breko,
298. 5) Tulza,
299. 6) Srebrencia,
300. 7) Zepa,
301. 8) Gorazde,
302. 9) Mostar,
303. 10) Livno,
304. 11) Teslic,
305. 12) Banja Luka,
306. 13) Donji Vakuf,
307. 14) Zenica,
308. F) HQ will report any incident which it determines to be of grave
309. importance to the SC immediately,
310. G) HQ reports directly to the SC,
311. H) A report of every incident is compiled and reviewed every six (6) 312. months and sent to the Secretary General for his evaluation of the 313. Observer Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
314.
315. 19. Approves the establishment of an Arbitration Steering Board (ASB), the 316. ASB will resolve all land disputes between the Inter Entities (Federation of 317. Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska) of the Republic of Bosnia 318. and Herzegovina, it will be composed of the following three (3) members
319. A) President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina or someone 320. appointed by him,
321. B) President of the Republika Srpska or someone appointed by him,
322. C) A member appointed by the ICJ,
323. D) The appointed representative by the ICJ will not cast a vote unless a 324. situation of gridlock exists between the other members of the ASB;
325.
326. 20. Proclaims that the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall provide 327. information through the tracing mechanisms of the ICRC on all persons
328. unaccounted for, and further pledges to cooperate fully with the ICRC in its 329. efforts to determine the identities, whereabouts and fate of those unaccounted 330. for;
331.
332. 21. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.
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Re: The crisis in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Submitted to: The Security Council
Submitted by: Chile
Date: 29-March-97
1. Alarmed by the recent acts of aggression,
2.
3. Noting the sovereignty of Rwanda and Brundi,
4.
5. Deeply Conscience that military intervention has not brought peace to the
6. region,
7.
8. Encourages all nations to work together on nation building,
9.
10. Realizing that the conflict is deep rooted both ethnically and politically,
11.
12. Keeping in mind that the region does not support an influx of foreign troops 13. sent to the region,
14.
15. 1. Calls upon Sec Gen Kofi Annan to set up a contact group;
16.
17. 2. Requests that country-side rebuilding be the main goal of the council,
18. A) Hopes the ICRC aids in any mission,
19. B) Hopes that NGO's play a major role rather then foreign
20. governments;
21.
22. 3. Demands the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) and the 23. International Court of Justice (ICJ) to investigate crimes against humanity and 24. prosecute guilty parties;
25.
26. 4. Recommends the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider child
27. immunizations for children in the region;
28.
29. 5. Endorses any effort taken by international business in locating in the region 30. causing a positive economic stimulation;
31.
32. 6. Further requests that a representative from the Sec Gen's office approach 33. the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development on behalf of the region 34. and ask for funds to be allocated for agricultural stimulation;
35.
36. 7. Designates UN Social Development (UNSOLDEV) to establish an
37. educational campaign of ethnic education bringing about equality and
38. acceptance of all people;
39.
40. 8. Requests the UN High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) to launch an 41. investigation into the possible angles of positively, effectively working with the 42. permanent relocation of refugees and displaced persons in the region;
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