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184
Jan. 30 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
[At this point, the President and the Prime
Remarks to the United Nations
Minister held a private meeting, after which
Security Council in New York City
they again spoke to the press.]
January 31, 1992
The President. I might say, with the Japa-
nese journalists here, that I had a chance to
Thank you, Mr. President, for your key
tell the Prime Minister when he arrived here
role in convening this first-ever summit of
how grateful the United States is for the
the United Nations Security Council.
progress that we made on this visit and how
Fellow members and Mr. Secretary-Gen-
grateful I am personally to this Prime Min-
eral, congratulations to you, sir, as you take
ister and to everybody in Japan for their hos-
office at this time of tremendous challenge
pitality. The concern when I had that very,
and opportunity. And for the United States,
very brief illness, but the concern from the
it's a high honor to participate, to speak at
people there and the members of your Gov-
this history-making event.
ernment, Members of the Diet, I will never
We meet at a moment of new beginnings
forget it. It was very, very thoughtful. And
for this institution and, really, for every mem-
I want to take this opportunity to thank the
ber nation. And for most of its history, the
people of Japan because, on the business side
United Nations was caught in a cold-war
and the personal side, we could not have
crossfire. And I think back to my days here
been treated with more dignity and more
in the early seventies as a Permanent Rep-
care and more friendship.
resentative, of the way then polemics dis-
The Prime Minister. I am very much
placed peacekeeping. And long before I
honored to hear from you, Mr. President.
came on the scene and long after I left, the
And the Japanese people were really de-
U.N. was all too often paralyzed by cruel ide-
lighted to have you and Mrs. Bush in Tokyo.
ological divisions and the struggle to contain
And unfortunately, just a slight illness, but
Soviet expansion. And today, all that's
that perhaps brought you and Mrs. Bush
changed. And the collapse of imperial com-
closer to the Japanese, naturally.
munism and the end of the cold war breathe
new life into the United Nations.
This reminded me of when President Ford
came to Japan. And he inspected the parade,
It was just one year ago that the world
his pants were all too short. [Laughter] And
saw this new, invigorated United Nations in
it was on the TV, and that really made him
action as this Council stood fast against ag-
very familiar to Japanese TV watchers.
gression and stood for the sacred principles
enshrined in the U.N. Charter. And now it's
The President. I remember that. And
time to step forward again, make the internal
please tell His Majesty how much we appre-
reforms, accelerate the revitalization, accept
ciate the hospitality for me.
the responsibilities necessary for a vigorous
The Prime Minister. I will, sir.
and effective United Nations. I want to as-
sure the members of this Council and the
The President. But here you are, and
thank you for what you said here. But I
Secretary-General, the United Nations can
count on our full support in this task.
meant to-I never-this got all out of pro-
portion, and I think we're in good shape. And
Today, for these brief remarks, I'll talk not
I mean it.
on the economic and social agenda so elo-
quently addressed by President Borja, but
rather I'll mention the proliferation of mass
Note: The President spoke at 6:50 p.m. at
destruction, regional conflicts, destabilizing
the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. A tape was not
renegade regimes that are on the horizon,
available for verification of the content of
terrorism, human rights. They all require our
these remarks.
immediate attention.
ge Bush, 1992
Administration of George Bush, 1992 / Jan. 31
185
tions
The world also challenges us to strengthen
the rule of the majority. It means an irrev-
ork City
and sustain positive change. And we must ad-
ocable commitment to democratic principles.
vance the momentous movement toward de-
It means equal rights for minorities. And
mocracy and freedom-democratization I
above all, it means the sanctity of even a sin-
believe Boutros Ghali called this, our distin-
for your key
gle individual against the unjust power of the
guished Secretary-General-and expand the
state.
er summit of
circle of nations committed to human rights
uncil.
The will of the majority must never degen-
and the rule of law. It's an exciting oppor-
erate into the whim of majority. This fun-
ecretary-Gen-
tunity for our United Nations, and we must
damental principle transcends all borders.
.r, as you take
not allow it to slip away.
Human dignity, the inalienable rights of man,
ous challenge
Right now, across the globe, the U.N. is
these are not the possessions of the state.
United States,
working night and day in the cause of peace.
They're universal. In Asia, in Africa, in Eu-
e, to speak at
And never before in its four decades has the
rope, in the Americas, the United Nations
U.N.'s Blue Helmets and Blue Berets been
must stand with those who seek greater free-
so engaged in the noble work of peacekeep-
ew beginnings
dom and democracy. And that is my deep
ing, even to the extent of building the foun-
belief; that is the belief of the American peo-
or every mem-
dation for free elections. And never before
ts history, the
ple. And it's the belief that breathes life into
has the United Nations been so ready and
in a cold-war
the great principle of the universal dec-
so compelled to step up to the task of peace-
my days here
laration of human rights.
making, both to resolve hot wars and to con-
rmanent Rep-
Our changed world is a more hopeful
duct that forward-looking mission known as
world, indeed, but it is not absent those who
polemics dis-
preventive diplomacy.
ong before I
would turn back the clock to the darker days
We must be practical as well as principled
after I left, the
of threats and bullying. And our world is still
as we seek to free people from the specter
d by cruel ide-
a dangerous world, rife with far too many
of conflict. We recognize every nation's obli-
terrible weapons.
ggle to contain
gation to invest in peace. As conflicts are re-
In my first address here to the United Na-
ay, all that's
solved and violence subsides, then the insti-
imperial com-
tions as President, I challenged the Soviet
tutions of free societies can take hold. And
Id war breathe
Union to eliminate chemical weapons and
as they do, they become our strongest safe-
called on every nation to join us in this cru-
is.
guards against aggression and tyranny.
sade, His Majesty King Hassan of Morocco,
that the world
Democracy, human rights, the rule of law,
making this point so well right here today.
ited Nations in
these are the building blocks of peace and
What greater cause for this great body, to
ast against ag-
freedom. And in the lives of millions of men
make certain the world has seen the last of
cred principles
and women around the world its import is
these terrible weapons. And so, let us vow
r. And now it's
simple. It can mean the difference between
to make this year the year all nations at long
ke the internal
war and peace, healing and hatred, and
last join to ban this scourge.
lization, accept
where there is fear and despair, it really can
There is much more to do regarding weap-
for a vigorous
mean hope.
ons of mass destruction. Just 3 days ago, in
I want to as-
We look to the Secretary-General to
my State of the Union Message here, I an-
ouncil and the
present to this Council his recommendations
nounced the steps, far-reaching, unilateral
ed Nations can
to ensure effective and efficient peacekeep-
steps, that we will take to reduce our nuclear
is task.
ing, peacemaking, and preventive diplomacy.
arsenal. And these steps affect each element
rks, I'll talk not
And we look forward to exploring these ideas
in our strategic triad, the land, the sea, and
together.
the air.
agenda so elo-
:ent Borja, but
We have witnessed change of enormous
In addition to these unilateral steps, we
eration of mass
breadth and scope, all in but a few short
are prepared to move forward on mutual
S, destabilizing
years. A remarkable revolution has swept
arms reduction. I noted his constructive com-
on the horizon,
away the old regimes from Managua to Mos-
ments here today, and tomorrow, in my
all require our
cow. But everywhere, free government and
meeting with President Yeltsin, we will con-
the institutions that give it form will take time
tinue the search for common ground on this
to flourish and mature.
vitally important issue. He responded with
Free elections give democracy a foothold,
some very serious proposals just the other
but true democracy means more than simply
day.
186
Jan. 31 / Administration of George Bush, 1992
We welcome, the world welcomes, state-
we still face. Terrorists and their state spon-
ments by several of the new States that won
sors must know there will be serious con-
independence after the collapse of the
sequences if they violate international law.
U.S.S.R. that they will abide by the Nuclear
Two weeks ago, this Council, in unity, sent
Non-Proliferation Treaty. And yet, realism
a very strong message to Libya. And let me
requires us to remain vigilant in this time
repeat today Resolution 731, passed unani-
of transition.
mously by this body, by the Security Council,
The danger of proliferation remains. And
calls on Libya to comply fully with the re-
again, let me single out the earlier remarks
quests of three States on this Council. And
by the President of the French Republic,
I would just like to use this meeting today
President Mitterrand, on this subject, the
to call on Libya to heed the call of the Secu-
clarion call to do something about it. We
rity Council of the United Nations.
must act together so that from this time for-
Last year in the Gulf, in concert, we re-
ward, people involved in sophisticated weap-
sponded to an attack on the sovereignty of
ons programs redirect their energies to
one nation as an assault on the security of
peaceful endeavors.
all. So, let us make it our mission to give
We'll do more in cooperation with our al-
this principle the greatest practical meaning
lies to ensure that dangerous materials and
in the conduct of nations.
technology don't fall into the hands of terror-
Today, we stand at another crossroads.
ists or others. And we will continue to work
Perhaps the first time since that hopeful mo-
with these new States to ensure a strong
ment in San Francisco, we can look at our
commitment in word and deed to all global
Charter as a living, breathing document. And
nonproliferation standards.
yes, after so many years, it still may be in
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is
its infancy, requiring a careful and vigilant
more distant than at any time in the nuclear
nurturing of its parents, but I believe in my
era. Drawing down the old cold war arsenals
heart that it is alive and well.
will further ease that dread. But the specter
Our mission is to make it strong and sturdy
of mass destruction remains all too real, espe-
through increased dedication and coopera-
cially as some nations continue to push to
tion, and I know that we are up to the chal-
acquire weapons of mass destruction and the
means to deliver them.
lenge. The nations represented here, like the
larger community of the U.N. represented
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to
by so many Perm Reps here today, have it
the U.N.'s mission. Its security is a shared
responsibility. Today, this institution spear-
in their power to act for peace and freedom.
heads a quarantine against the outlaw regime
So, may God bless the United Nations as
of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief
it pursues its noble goal. Thank you, Mr.
President.
of my country that we must keep sanctions
in place and take the following steps to pre-
Note: The President spoke at 12:18 p.m. in
serve our common security: We must con-
the Security Council Chamber at the United
tinue to focus on Iraq's capability to build
Nations. In his remarks, he referred to Prime
or maintain weapons of mass destruction.
And we must make clear to the world and,
Minister John Major of the United Kingdom,
Acting President of the United Nations Secu-
most important, to the people of Iraq that
rity Council, and President Rodrigo Borja of
no normalization is possible so long as Sad-
Ecuador.
dam Hussein remains there, remains in
power.
As on all of the urgent issues I've men-
tioned today, progress comes from acting in
concert, and we must deal résolutely with
Points of Light Recognition Program
these renegade regimes, if necessary, by
sanctions or stronger measures, to compel
The President named the following individ-
them to observe international standards of
uals and institutions as exemplars of his com-
behavior. We will not be blind to the dangers
mitment to making community service
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 JAN 28
P
January
28, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
STEPHEN G. RADEMAKER SR
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: The Security Council of the
United Nations -- January 31, 1992
Pursuant to Phil Brady's request, Counsel's Office has reviewed
the above-referenced matter and has no objection, subject to the
changes noted on the attached text.
Attachment
CC: Phillip D. Brady
MASTER
McGroarty/Bunton
January 27, 1992
02 JAN27 36
7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security Council President, Prime Minister
Major], fellow members: It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the heads
of government of the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN ideal. Just one year ago, the
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the
internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
responsible. / I assure the members of this Council and
Secretary General Gahli: the UN can count on America's full
support in this task.
Reform is made even more urgent now. Since the beginning,
the UN's blue helmets took an active part in peacekeeping. In
the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking. / Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway -- but any
matter that threatens international peace and security. This
Irretary several
authority will enables the UN1 to exercise its good offices in
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
simple: it is the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. //
As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper.
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
international security, we must give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow.
Free elections give democracy a foothold -- but true democracy
means more than simply the rule of the majority. It means the
safeguarding of minority rights -- it means the sanctity of even
a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of and
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons.
address to the united
my
States Congress,
Earlier this week in the/State of the Union, I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
(Mcclure)
In additional to these unilateral steps, we will seek
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
as renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
join
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty -- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
and
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -^from
ist
terror/groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
could
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
Working in common purpose, we must isolate these renegade regimes
-- and when necessary, impose on them a kind of quarantine for
the greater good of the world community.
Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the
outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. No
normalization is possible so long as Saddam remains in power. //
In Iraq, as in all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / The nations
represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace.
//
May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
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REMARKS:
The attached remarks have been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
32 JAN 29 P2: 20
January 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVE DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Dur
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY
COUNCIL SUMMIT
I. SUMMARY
On Friday, January 31, 1992 at 11:00 a.m. you will deliver
remarks to the United Nations Security Council in the council's
meeting chamber at the United Nations in New York. This session
marks the first time the Security Council has convened with heads
of state and government.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 18 minutes / teleprompter) speak
of the new opportunities now open to the United Nations.
You will focus on the peacekeeping and peacemaking functions
of the United Nations, as well as the issues of nuclear arms
control, non-proliferation, and the quarantine against Iraq.
McGroarty/Bunton
January 29, 1992
4:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
11:00 AM
Mr. Secretary General {Boutros-Ghali}: congratulations to
you, sir, as you take office at this time of tremendous
opportunity. / Mr. President {Security Council President, Prime
Minister Major}, fellow members: It is a high honor to speak
today at this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of
the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN and the ideals it/represents. Just
one year ago, the world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks
and months after Saddam Hussein swept into Kuwait, this Council
stood fast against aggression -- stood for the sacred principles
enshrined in the UN Charter.
3
2
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers -- to a renewed sense that security is a shared
responsibility. The challenge now is to move forward -- to
continue the internal reforms, the revitalization that will make
the UN more responsive and more responsible. / I assure the
members of this Council and Secretary General Boutros-Ghali: the
UN can count on America's full support in this task.
An effective United Nations is even more urgent now. For
the past four decades, the UN's blue helmets and blue berets have
taken an active part in peacekeeping. In the future, the United
Nations will increasingly be called on to undertake the task of
peacemaking -- both to resolve hot wars and to conduct the
forward-looking mission that goes by the name "preventive
diplomacy." In the lives of millions of men and women around the
world, the meaning of "preventive diplomacy" is simple: it can
be the difference between war and peace / life and death /
healing and hatred. That difference is hope. //
The future will see an increase in UN peacekeeping
operations. We support UN peacekeeping -- the shared
responsibility for fostering world stability.
Each nation here understands the need to invest in peace.
But each one of us also owes it to our own people to carry out
this mission with an eye to efficiency. / We look to the
Secretary General to present to this Council his plans to ensure
effective and efficient peacekeeping, peacemaking and preventive
diplomacy. We will work with everyone at this table to explore
3
these ideas together. We must be practical as well as principled
as we seek to free people from the specter of conflict. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. This revolution is grounded in a bedrock
belief in democratic values -- values that put the individual at
the epicenter of change. //
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government -- and the institutions that give it
form -- will take time to flourish and grow. Free elections give
democracy a foothold -- but true democracy means more than simply
the rule of the majority. It means an irrevocable commitment to
democratic principles. It means equal rights for minorities --
and above all, it means the sanctity of even a single individual
against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend the powerless -- to
protect the fundamental rights of freedoms of all people
everywhere. //
4
Human dignity knows no borders. In Asia, in Africa or in
the Americas, the United Nations must stand with those who seek
greater freedom and democracy. / That is my deep belief. /
That is the belief of the American people. / And it is the
belief that breathes life into the great principles of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons. Let us make this the year
all nations at long last join to ban this scourge. //
Just three days ago in the State of the Union, I announced
the steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our
nuclear arsenals. These steps affect each element in our
strategic triad -- land, sea, and air. / We will stop B-2
production after the purchase of 20 planes and halt the purchase
of advanced cruise missiles. We will cease production of new
warheads for our sea-based ballistic missiles. We will stop
altogether new production of the land-based Peacekeeper, and
we'll cancel the small ICBM program. //
In addition to these unilateral steps, the U.S. is prepared
to move forward on mutual arms reductions. This weekend, at Camp
David, I will meet with President Yeltsin of the Russian
Federation. The question of nuclear arms reductions will top
5
our agenda, and I feel confident we'll make progress in the
search for common ground. //
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will ease the dread of global war. But the specter
of mass destruction will remain all too real -- especially as
some regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction and the
means to deliver them.
In 1990, in the great hall of the General Assembly, I called
on all nations to work to strengthen non-proliferation efforts.
The world community rose to meet that challenge. Newly-free
Lithuania, South Africa and other African states joined the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. France and China also
committed to join that Treaty. Argentina and Brazil adopted
international safeguards over all their nuclear activities. And
the U.S. and other nations strengthened controls over the export
of technologies related to the nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons and the missiles used to deliver these deadly weapons.
And under my Middle East Arms Control initiative, the five
leading conventional arms suppliers agreed to observe restraint
in their exports to that troubled region -- and will meet in
Washington next month to continue their work.
But the progress we've made cannot blind us to the dangers
we still face. We welcome -- the world welcomes -- statements by
several of the former Soviet republics that they will abide by
the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Yet realism requires us to remain
6
vigilant in this time of transition. So long as the drama in the
former lands of the Soviet Union is far from over, the danger of
proliferation remains. The U.S. will continue to work with the
former Soviet republics to ensure a strong commitment in word and
deed to non-proliferation.
we must act together so that people involved in
sophisticated weapons programs devote their energies from this
time forward to peaceful endeavors. We will do more, in
cooperation with our allies, to ensure that dangerous materials
in the former USSR do not move beyond those borders or fall into
the hands of terrorists.
Terrorists and their state sponsors must know there will be
serious consequences if they violate international law.
We must deal resolutely with such renegades -- if necessary
by sanctions or stronger measures -- to compel them to observe
international norms. Two weeks ago this Council sent such a
message to Libya. Let me repeat today: Resolution 731 -- passed
unanimously by the Security Council -- calls on Libya to comply
fully with the requests of three states on this Council. I call
on Libya today to heed the call of this Council. //
We must work together to secure the world against the
actions of renegade regimes. Today, this institution spearheads
a quarantine against the outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is
the strong belief of my country that we must keep sanctions in
place -- and take the following steps to preserve our common
security:
7
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
groundbreaking step of this Council in setting up the UN Special
Commission, we must monitor the destruction of these deadly
weapons. We will accept nothing short of full disclosure --
nothing short of complete compliance. //
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- under the terms of Security Council Resolutions 706
and 712 -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. All of us await
the day we can welcome Iraq once more into the community of
nations. But no normalization is possible so long as Saddam
remains in power. //
In Iraq, as on all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / In the Gulf
War, we responded to an attack on the sovereignty of one nation
as an assault on the security of all. Let us make it our mission
to give this principle the greatest practical meaning in the
conduct of nations.
//
8
The nations represented here -- like the larger community of
the UN -- have it in their power to act for peace. May God bless
the United Nations as it pursues this noble goal.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 29, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAVE DEMAREST
TONY SNOW TS
FROM:
DAN MC GROARTY Dmr
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY
COUNCIL SUMMIT
I. SUMMARY
On Friday, January 31, 1992 at 11:00 a.m. you will deliver
remarks to the United Nations Security Council in the council's
meeting chamber at the United Nations in New York. This session
marks the first time the Security Council has convened with heads
of state and government.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 18 minutes / teleprompter) speak
of the new opportunities now open to the United Nations.
You will focus on the peacekeeping and peacemaking functions
of the United Nations, as well as the issues of nuclear arms
control, non-proliferation, and the quarantine against Iraq.
McGroarty/Bunton
January 29, 1992
1:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
11:00 AM
Mr. Secretary General {Boutros-Ghali}: congratulations to
you, sir, as you take office at this time of tremendous
opportunity. / Mr. President {Security Council President, Prime
Minister Major}, fellow members: It is a high honor to speak
today at this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of
the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN and the ideals it represents. Just
one year ago, the world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks
and months after Saddam Hussein swept into Kuwait, this Council
stood fast against aggression -- stood for the sacred principles
enshrined in the UN Charter.
2
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers -- to a renewed sense that security is a shared
responsibility. The challenge now is to move forward -- to
continue the internal reforms, the revitalization that will make
the UN more responsive and more responsible. / I assure the
members of this Council and Secretary General Boutros-Ghali: the
UN can count on America's full support in this task.
An effective United Nations is even more urgent now. Since
the beginning, the UN's blue helmets and blue berets took an
active part in peacekeeping. In the future, the United Nations
will increasingly be called on to undertake the task of
peacemaking. This can include the exercise of the Secretary
General's good offices in disputes before they break into open,
armed conflict.
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
simple: it can be the difference between war and peace / life
and death / healing and hatred. That difference is hope. //
The future will see an increase in UN peacekeeping
operations. We support and welcome these missions -- this shared
responsibility for fostering world stability.
Each nation here understands the need to invest in peace.
But each one of us also owes it to our own people to carry out
this mission with an eye to efficiency. / We look to the
Secretary General to present to this Council his plans to ensure
3
effective and efficient peacekeeping, peacemaking and preventive
diplomacy. We will work with everyone at this table to explore
these ideas together. We must be practical as well as principled
as we seek to free people from the specter of conflict. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. This revolution is grounded in a bedrock
belief in democratic values -- values that put the individual at
the epicenter of change.
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government -- and the institutions that give it
form -- will take time to flourish and grow. Free elections give
democracy a foothold -- but true democracy means more than simply
the rule of the majority. It means an irrevocable commitment to
democratic principles. It means equal rights for minorities --
and above all, it means the sanctity of even a single individual
against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend the powerless -- to
4
protect the fundamental rights of freedoms of all people
everywhere. //
Human dignity knows no borders. In Asia, in Africa or in
the Americas, the United Nations must stand with those who seek
greater freedom and democracy. / That is my deep belief. /
That is the belief of the American people. / And it is the
belief that breathes life into the great principles of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons. Let us make this the year
all nations at long last join to ban this scourge. //
Just three days ago in the State of the Union, I announced
the steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our
nuclear arsenals. These steps affect each element in our
strategic triad -- land, sea, and air. / We will stop B-2
production after the purchase of 20 planes and halt the purchase
of advanced cruise missiles. We will cease production of new
warheads for our sea-based ballistic missiles. We will stop
altogether new production of the land-based Peacekeeper, and
we'll cancel the small ICBM program. //
In addition to these unilateral steps, the U.S. is prepared
to move forward on mutual arms reductions. This weekend, at Camp
5
David, I will meet with President Yeltsin of the Russian
Federation. The question of nuclear arms reductions will top
our agenda, and I feel confident we'll make progress in the
search for common ground. //
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will ease the dread of global war. But the specter
of mass destruction will remain all too real -- especially as
renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction and
the means to deliver them.
In 1990, in the great hall of the General Assembly, I called
on all nations to work to strengthen non-proliferation efforts.
The world community rose to meet that challenge. Newly-free
Lithuania, South Africa and other African states joined the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. France and China also
committed to join that Treaty. Argentina and Brazil adopted
international safeguards over all their nuclear activities. And
the U.S. and other nations strengthened controls over the export
of technologies related to the nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons and the missiles used to deliver these deadly weapons.
And under my Middle East Arms Control initiative, the five
leading conventional arms suppliers agreed to observe restraint
in their exports to that troubled region -- and will meet in
Washington next month to continue their work.
But the progress we've made cannot blind us to the dangers
we still face. We welcome -- the world welcomes -- statements by
6
several of the former Soviet republics that they will abide by
the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Yet realism requires us to remain
vigilant in this time of transition. So long as the drama in the
former lands of the Soviet Union is far from over, the danger of
proliferation remains. The U.S. will continue to work with the
former Soviet republics to ensure a strong commitment in word and
deed to non-proliferation.
We must act together so that people involved in
sophisticated weapons programs devote their energies from this
time forward to peaceful endeavors. We will do more, in
cooperation with our allies, to ensure that dangerous materials
in the former USSR do not fall into the hands of terrorists.
Terrorists and their state sponsors must know there will be
serious consequences if they violate international law.
We must deal resolutely with such renegades -- if necessary
by sanctions or stronger measures -- to compel them to observe
international norms. Two weeks ago this Council sent such a
message to Libya. Let me repeat today: Resolution 731 -- passed
unanimously by the Security Council -- calls on Libya to comply
fully with the requests of three states on this Council. I call
on Libya today to heed the will of the world community. //
We must work together to secure the world against the
actions of renegade regimes. Today, this institution spearheads
a quarantine against the outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is
the strong belief of my country that we must keep sanctions in
7
place -- and take the following steps to preserve our common
security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
groundbreaking step of this Council in setting up the UN Special
Commission, we must monitor the destruction of these deadly
weapons. We will accept nothing short of full disclosure --
nothing short of complete compliance. //
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- under the terms of Security Council Resolutions 706
and 712 -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. All of us await
the day we can welcome Iraq once more into the community of
nations. But no normalization is possible so long as Saddam
remains in power. //
In Iraq, as on all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / In the Gulf
War, we responded to an attack on the sovereignty of one nation
as an assault on the security of all. Let us make it our mission
to give this principle the greatest practical meaning in the
conduct of nations.
//
8
The nations represented here . -- like the larger community of
the UN -- have it in their power to act for peace. May God bless
the United States of America -- and all nations united in pursuit
of this noble goal.
# # #
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[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
11:00 AM
Mr. Secretary General {Boutros-Ghali}: congratulations to
you, sir, as you take office at this time of tremendous
opportunity.
/ Mr. President {Security Council President, Prime
Minister Major}, fellow members: It is a high honor to speak
today at this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of
the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
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The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN and the ideals it represents. Just
one year ago, the world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks
and months after Saddam Hussein swept into Kuwait, this Council
stood fast against aggression -- stood for the sacred principles
enshrined in the UN Charter.
2
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers -- to a renewed sense that security is a shared
responsibility. The challenge now is to move forward -- to
continue the internal reforms, the revitalization that will make
the UN more responsive and more responsible. / I assure the
members of this Council and Secretary General Boutros-Ghali: the
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Secretary General to present to this Council his plans to ensure
3
effective and efficient peacekeeping, peacemaking and preventive
diplomacy. We will work with everyone at this table to explore
these ideas together. We must be practical as well as principled
as we seek to free people from the specter of conflict. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. This revolution is grounded in a bedrock
belief in democratic values -- values that put the individual at
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Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government -- and the institutions that give it
form -- will take time to flourish and grow. Free elections give
democracy a foothold -- but true democracy means more than simply
the rule of the majority. It means an irrevocable commitment to
democratic principles. It means equal rights for minorities --
and above all, it means the sanctity of even a single individual
against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend the powerless -- to
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greater freedom and democracy. / That is my deep belief. /
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belief that breathes life into the great principles of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons. Let us make this the year
all nations at long last join to ban this scourge.
Just three days ago in the my State of the Union I announced
address
the steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our
nuclear arsenals. These steps affect each element in our
strategic triad -- land, sea, and air. / We will stop B-2
production after the purchase of 20 planes and halt the purchase
of advanced cruise missiles. We will cease production of new
warheads for our sea-based ballistic missiles. We will stop
altogether new production of the land-based Peacekeeper, and
we'll cancel the small ICBM program. 11.
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our agenda, and I feel confident we 11 make progress in the
search for common ground on this vitally important issue,
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will ease the dread of global war. But the specter
of mass destruction will remain all too real -- especially as
renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction and
the means to deliver them.
In 1990, in the great hall of the General Assembly, I called
on all nations to work to strengthen non-proliferation efforts.
The world community rose to meet that challenge. Newly-free
Lithuania, South Africa and other African states joined the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. France and China also
committed to join that Treaty. Argentina and Brazil adopted
international safeguards over all their nuclear activities. And
the U.S. and other nations strengthened controls over the export
of technologies related to the nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons and the missiles used to deliver these deadly weapons.
And under my Middle East Arms Control initiative, the five
leading conventional arms suppliers agreed to observe restraint
in their exports to that troubled region -- and will meet in
Washington next month to continue their work.
But the progress we've made cannot blind us to the dangers
we still face. We welcome -- the world welcomes -- statements by
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vigilant in this time of transition. So long as the drama in the
former lands of the Soviet Union is far from over, the danger of
proliferation remains. The U.S. will continue to work with the
these new states
former Soviet republics to ensure a strong commitment in word and
deed to non-proliferation.
We must act together so that people involved in
sophisticated weapons programs devote their energies from this
time forward to peaceful endeavors. We will do more, in
cooperation with our allies, to ensure that dangerous materials and
technology
in the former USSR do not fall into the hands of terrorists.
Terrorists and their state sponsors must know there will be
serious consequences if they violate international law.
We must deal resolutely with such renegades -- if necessary
by sanctions or stronger measures -- to compel them to observe
international norms. Two weeks ago this Council sent such a
message to Libya. Let me repeat today: Resolution 731 -- passed
unanimously by the Security Council -- calls on Libya to comply
fully with the requests of three states on this Council. I call
on Libya today to heed the will of the world community. //
We must work together to secure the world against the
actions of renegade regimes. Today, this institution spearheads
a quarantine against the outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is
the strong belief of my country that we must keep sanctions in
7
place -- and take the following steps to preserve our common
security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
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Commission, we must monitor the destruction of these deadly
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to give this principle the greatest practical meaning in the
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The nations represented here -- like the larger community of
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7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security Council President, Prime Minister
Major], fellow members: It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the heads
of government of the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
stef
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN ideal. Just one year ago, the
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the
internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
responsible. / I assure the members of this Council and
Secretary General Gahli: the UN can count on America's full
support in this task.
Reform is made even more urgent now. Since the beginning,
the UN's blue helmets took an active part in peacekeeping. In
the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking. / Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway -- but any
matter that threatens international peace and security. This
authority will enable the UN to exercise its good offices in
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
simple: it is the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. //
As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper.
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
international security, we must give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow.
Free elections give democracy a foothold -- but true democracy
means more than simply the rule of the majority. It means the
safeguarding of minority rights -- it means the sanctity of even
a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons.
Earlier this week in the State of the Union, I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
In additional to these unilateral steps, we will seek
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
as renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty --- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -- from
terror groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
Working in common purpose, we must isolate these renegade regimes
-- and when necessary, impose on them a kind of quarantine for
the greater good of the world community.
Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the
outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. No
normalization is possible so long as Saddam remains in power. //
In Iraq, as in all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / The nations
represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace.
//
May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
# # #
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302299
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92 WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
JAN 29 All : 33
DATE. 01/27/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE-COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 01/28
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS-
Jan. 31
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
-
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
PETERSMEYER
-
DARMAN
PORTER
-
BRADY
ROGICH
-
BROMLEY
SMITH
-
CARD
FINDLAY
SNOW
DEMAREST
KAUFMAN
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m., Tuesday, 01/28, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
Tony Snow
RESPONSE: TO:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
January 29, 1992
NSC staff concurs unb. with changes needto as clear marked.
Needs more We will
nexthoftand areready
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Are BRENT SCOWCROFT
Assistant to the President
to to assist now. assist now,
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
January 27, 1992
02 JAN27 P7:36
7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
I wish to
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security Council President, Prime Minister
ofthe Security Council
Major], fellow members: It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the heads
state and
Boutros-
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of Agovernment of the UN Security Council. Tasic begins his tenure Hake you
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
office at a
time
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
of
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
great
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
Cold was
challenge,
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
opportunity,
//
&
expectation
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
and the it represents.
breathed new life into the UN ideals Just one year ago, the
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Hussein
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
The
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the revitalize.
and internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
tion
and the responsiously 108 the henity Councile
within the UN to maintain speace +
security is more graminent than ever The
UN is actively involved in the search for peace in
responsible. / Boutros- I assure the members of this Council and conflicts
Secretary General Gahli: the UN can count on America's full
around
the
support in this task.
an effective united nations
world.
Reform 1 is made even more urgent now.
Since the beginning,
the UN's blue helmets took an active part in peacekeeping. In
I believe
the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking. Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway -- but any
matter that threatens international peace and security This includes
authority will enable the UN to exercise its good offices in some
receise of the Secretary General's
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
can be
was and peace
simple: it is the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. //
Insert
As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
2A
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
2
INSERT 2A
The UN blue helmets and blue berets also bring hope, with UN
peacekeeping operations now increasingly feasible and in demand.
We support and welcome these operations -- this shared
responsibility for fostering world stability. At the same time,
we will work with the new Secretary General and all of you to
ensure that each peacekeeping endeavor is planned and carried out
as efficiently as possible. Peace and security are worth the
price, but at a time when many governments are facing multiple
demands on their resources, we must be able to reassure our
citizens that the investment in peace is a well-spent investment
in their own wellbeing.
Today we will ask the Secretary General to set forth his ideas
about strengthening and making more efficient the UN's capacity
for preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, and peacekeeping. Now is
the time; now is the opportunity to reflect on and realize what
the Founders dreamed. As we explore these ideas together, we must
do so thoughtfully and in consonance with the spirit of the newly
cooperative world community. We must be practical but we must
find ways to continue to free people from the spectre of conflict.
are based on belief in democratic values and
recognition that the individual is central to change +
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international security, we must give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations.
together
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peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
governments
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year the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
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and to build the
everywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow. that institutions
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It means an irrevocable commitment to democratic principles. essential
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a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
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For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of and
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons. Let us conclude the
chemical weapons fan this year. Let
every noti on join the U.S. in a pledge now
to join it.
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For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world must
work together in the name of human rights. Together, we must
resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that the will of the
majority never degenerates into majority whim at the expense of
those who are powerless to resist oppression. That means
enlisting the powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental
rights and freedoms of all people everywhere. The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights sets forth these principles; it
discriminates against no one. Human dignity knows no borders.
Whether in Asia, Africa, or the Americas, the United Nations
needs to stand with those who seek greater freedom and democracy.
This is my strong personal view, a strong American view, and
should, most importantly, be a strong view that can truly unite
nations throughout the globe. It is one of the reasons bringing
us to this forum today where all nations can gather to
constructively discuss their differences.
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address conthess
my
Earlier this week in the State of the Union), I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
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recepional steps inth Be The Repull
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
especially
^ ᵃˢ renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
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There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
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France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty -- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -- from
terror groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
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SUBSTITUTION FOR 3 PARAS BEGINNING "There has been real progress
toward nonproliferation."
In 1990, standing before the General Assembly I called for
strengthened nonproliferation efforts. The international
community rose to meet the challenge. Several states, including
South Africa, and newly Lithwania, joined the Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Treaty. France and China also committed to join
that Treaty. Argentina and Brazil adopted international
safeguards over all their nuclear activities. The United States
and other nations strengthened controls over the export of
technologies related to the development of missiles and chemical
and biological weapons.
And under my Middle East Arms Control initiative, the five
leading conventional arms suppliers agreed to observe guidelines
of restraint in their exports to that troubled region, and will
continue their work in Washington next month.
But we continue to face real dangers. While we are heartened by
the intention of several of the former Soviet republics to abide
by the Non-Proliferation Treaty, we must be vigilant lest the
dramatic changes in that region accelerate the spread of weapons
of mass destruction. Wesecretary of State Baker and Under
Secretary Bartholomew have begun a process of cooperation with
the former Soviet republics to enlist their support for and
implementation of -- international nonproliferation norms.
We will do more, in cooperation with our allies, to ensure that
dangerous materials in the former Soviet Union do not contribute
to the proliferation of these weapons beyond those borders or
into the hands of terrorists. We must also act together so that
people involved in sophisticated weapon programs devote their
energies henceforth to peaceful endeavors.
Likewise, we need to act together to strengthen existing
safeguards against the transfer, possession, and use of the
technologies of weapons of mass destruction.
We must strengthen our resolve, also, so that terrorists and
their state sponsors know there will be serious consequences for
both if they violate international law. We must deal resolutely
with such renegades, if necessary by sanctions or stronger
measures, to compel them to observe international norms and to
insure international peace and security. Thus, two weeks ago the
Council correctly decided that it must act and unanimously
adopted Resolution 731 calling on Libya to comply fully with the
requests of three states on this Council. Now, full and
effective implimentation with 731 is required.
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outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
until there is a change of leadership in Iraq!
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
and the Security Counect has adopted UNSCR 706 and 712 to alleviate
of Iraq pains us all, We stand ready to provide humanitarian that
suffering.
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
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is long
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represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace. //
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need lead
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May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
# # #
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Cocument 302299
No.
0582
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
92 JAN 29 All : 33
DATE. 01/27/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE-CCMMENT DUE BY 2:00 p.m. 01/28
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS-
Jan. 31
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
-
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROP
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
-
BRADY
ROGICH
-
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
FINDLAY
DEMAREST
SNOW
KAUFMAN
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m., Tuesday, 01/28, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
Tony Snow
RESPONSE: TO:
PHILLIP Dr DRADY
January 29, 1992
NSC staff concurs unb. with changes need to as clear marked.
/ Veeds more We will
nextchoftard areready
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Are BRENT SCOWCROFT
Assistant to the President
to assist now,
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
January 27, 1992
2 JAN27 P7: 36
7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
Dwish to
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security ofthes Council President, Prime Minister
Council
Major], fellow members: It is á high honor to speak today at
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as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
Cold was
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
&
expectate
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN ideal Just one year ago, the
Aide the it represents.
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Hnasein
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
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Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the
and internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
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Since the beginning
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the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking.
Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway
but
any
matter that threatens international peace and security This includes
authority will enable the UN to exercise its good offices in some
reercise of the Secretary General's
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
can
be
simple: it is/the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. //
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As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
2A
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
2
INSERT 2A
The UN blue helmets and blue berets also bring hope, with UN
peacekeeping operations now increasingly feasible and in demand.
We support and welcome these operations -- this shared
responsibility for fostering world stability. At the same time,
we will work with the new Secretary General and all of you to
ensure that each peacekeeping endeavor is planned and carried out
as efficiently as possible. Peace and security are worth the
price, but at a time when many governments are facing multiple
demands on their resources, we must be able to reassure our
citizens that the investment in peace is a well-spent investment
in their own wellbeing.
Today we will ask the Secretary General to set forth his ideas
about strengthening and making more efficient the UN's capacity
for preventive diplomacy, peacemaking, and peacekeeping. Now is
the time; now is the opportunity to reflect on and realize what
the Founders dreamed. As we explore these ideas together, we must
do so thoughtfully and in consonance with the spirit of the newly
cooperative world community. We must be practical but we must
find ways to continue to free people from the spectre of conflict.
are base d on belie in democ ate natures and
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Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
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everywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow. mist
can.
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a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
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For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of and
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons. Let us conclude the
chemical weapons Lan this year. Let
every nation join the U.S. in a pladge - nor
to join it.
3
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For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world must
work together in the name of human rights. Together, we must
resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that the will of the
majority never degenerates into majority whim at the expense of
those who are powerless to resist oppression. That means
enlisting the powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental
rights and freedoms of all people everywhere. The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights sets forth these principles; it
discriminates against no one. Human dignity knows no borders.
Whether in Asia, Africa, or the Americas, the United Nations
needs to stand with those who seek greater freedom and democracy.
This is my strong personal view, a strong American view, and
should, most importantly, be a strong view that can truly unite
nations throughout the globe. It is one of the reasons bringing
us to this forum today where all nations can gather to
constructively discuss their differences.
3A
my
Earlier this week in the State of the Union, I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
In additional to these unilateral steps, we will persul seek
recepional steps enth Be The Passio Repull
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
especially But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
^ ᵃs as renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
INSERT
There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
4A
France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty -- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -- from
terror groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
4
Humanice wellas
Hufrican
SUBSTITUTION FOR 3 PARAS BEGINNING "There has been real progress ind
toward nonproliferation.
In 1990, standing before the General Assembly I called for
strengthened nonproliferation efforts. The international
community rose to meet the challenge. Several states, including
South Africa,
joined the Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Treaty. France and China also committed to join
that Treaty. Argentina and Brazil adopted international
safeguards over all their nuclear activities. The United States
and other nations strengthened controls over the export of
technologies related to the development of missiles and chemical
and biological weapons.
And under my Middle East Arms Control initiative, the five
leading conventional arms suppliers agreed to observe guidelines
of restraint in their exports to that troubled region, and will
continue their work in Washington next month.
But we continue to face real dangers. While we are heartened by
the intention of several of the former Soviet republics to abide
by the Non-Proliferation Treaty, we must be vigilant lest the
dramatic changes in that region accelerate the spread of weapons
of mass destruction. Wesecretary of State Baker and Under
Secretary Bartholomew have begun a process of cooperation with
the former Soviet republics to enlist their support for and
implementation of
conproliferation norms.
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We will do more, in cooperation with our allies, to ensure that
dangerous materials in the former Soviet Union do not contribute
to the proliferation of these weapons beyond those borders or
into the hands of terrorists. We must also act together so that
people involved in sophisticated weapon programs devote their
energies henceforth to peaceful endeavors.
Likewise, we need to act together to strengthen existing
safeguards against the transfer, possession, and use of the
technologies of weapons of mass destruction.
We must strengthen our resolve, also, so that terrorists and
their state sponsors know there will be serious consequences for
both if they violate international law. We must deal resolutely
with such renegades, if necessary by sanctions or stronger
measures, to compel them to observe international norms and to
insure international peace and security. Thus, two weeks ago the
Council correctly decided that it must act and unanimously
adopted Resolution 731 calling on Libya to comply fully with the
&
requests of three states on this Council. Now, full and
effective implæmentation with 731 is required.
4A
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Working in-common purpose, we must isolate these renegade regimes
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-- and when necessary, impose on them a kind of quarantine for
the greater good of the world community.
Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the
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outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
until there is a change of leadership in Iray
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
UNSCR
of Iraq pains us all, We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
Iragi
community
with compliance these
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
resolutions,
and other
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
UNSC resulations,
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. No
is long
overdue.
normalization is possible so long as Saddam remains in power. //
on
In Iraq, as in all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / The nations
represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace. //
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into lists this This
May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
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DATE. 01/27/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 01/28
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS-
Jan. 31
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
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SKINNER
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SCOWCROFT
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DARMAN
PORTER
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BROMLEY
SMITH
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CARD
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Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m., Tuesday, 01/28, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE: No comment. Thanks.
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PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 JAN 28 A9: 18
January 28, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR DAN MCGROARTY
FROM:
John S. Gardner J.K.
SUBJECT:
UNSC Speech
This was a nice speech. Besides a few minor comments
written on the draft, I have just one comment:
P. 2, carryover para. at bottom: Why is it necessarily true to
say that "an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is seen as
an assault on the security of all"? This is clearly true in the
case of Iraq/Kuwait. But I'm afraid the Irans, Myanmars, and
Kenyas of this world will take this as justification for their
belief that any foreign intervention -- for human rights,
nonproliferation, economic reform, etc., represents an attack on
their sovereignty. Is there another way to make the point --
perhaps by restricting it to military action?
Thanks.
Dan-
Commission/Council. on Foreign Relations commence!
& assume you be already received Trilateral
got
McGroarty/Bunton
January 27, 1992
92 JAN27 P7: 36
7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security Council President, Prime Minister
Major], fellow members: It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the heads
of government of the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN ideal. Just one year ago, the
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the
internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
Otherwise, it sounds like financial
support, which is not popular at home.
Ghali
responsible. / I assure the members of this Council and
Secretary efforts General Gahli: the UN can count on America's full
support in this task.
Reform is made even more urgent now. Since the beginning,
the UN's blue helmets took an active part in peacekeeping. In
the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking. / Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway -- but any
matter that threatens international peace and security. This
authority will enable the UN to exercise its good offices in
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
simple: it is the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. //
As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper.
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
see memo.
international security, we must give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow.
Free elections give democracy a foothold -- but true democracy
means more than simply the rule of the majority. It means the
safeguarding of minority rights -- it means the sanctity of even
a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons.
Earlier this week in the State of the Union, I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
In additional to these unilateral steps, we will seek
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
as renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
donth South america
There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty -- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -- from
terror groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
Working in common purpose, we must isolate these renegade regimes
-- and when necessary, impose on them a kind of quarantine for
the greater good of the world community.
Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the
outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. No
normalization is possible so long as Saddam remains in power. //
In Iraq, as in all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / The nations
represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace. //
May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
# # #
Document No.
302299
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE. 01/27/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 01/28
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS-
Jan. 31
ACTION FYI
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VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
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SKINNER
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REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m., Tuesday, 01/28, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
January 27, 1992
02 JAN27 P7: 36
7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security Council President, Prime Minister
Major], fellow members: It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the heads
of government of the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN ideal. Just one year ago, the
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the
internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
responsible. / I assure the members of this Council and
Secretary General Gahli: the UN can count on America's full
support in this task.
Reform is made even more urgent now. Since the beginning,
the UN's blue helmets took an active part in peacekeeping. In
the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking. / Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway -- but any
matter that threatens international peace and security. This
authority will enable the UN to exercise its good offices in
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
simple: it is the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. //
As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper.
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
international security, we must give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow.
Free elections give democracy a foothold -- but true democracy
means more than simply the rule of the majority. It means the
safeguarding of minority rights -- it means the sanctity of even
a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons.
Earlier this week in the State of the Union, I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
In additional to these unilateral steps, we will seek
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
as renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty -- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -- from
terror groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
Working in common purpose, we must isolate these renegade regimes
-- and when necessary, impose on them a kind of quarantine for
the greater good of the world community.
Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the
outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. No
normalization is possible so long as Saddam remains in power. //
In Iraq, as in all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / The nations
represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace. //
May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
# # #
E
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
92 JAN 29
AQ January 28, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR TONY SNOW
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: The Security Council of
the United Nations
We have reviewed the attached Presidential remarks and
have no comments from a policy standpoint.
CC: Phil Brady
Document No.
302299
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE. 01/27/92
ACTION/CONCURRENCE-COMMENT DUE BY: 2:00 p.m. 01/28
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS-
Jan. 31
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
HORNER
SKINNER
MCCLURE
SCOWCROFT
N
PETERSMEYER
DARMAN
PORTER
BRADY
ROGICH
BROMLEY
SMITH
CARD
FINDLAY
SNOW
DEMAREST
KAUFMAN
FITZWATER
GRAY
HOLIDAY
REMARKS:
Please provide any comments directly to Tony Snow no later than
2:00 p.m., Tuesday, 01/28, with a copy to this office. Thanks.
RESPONSE:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President
and Staff Secretary
Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
January 27, 1992
22 JAN27 36
7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security Council President, Prime Minister
Major], fellow members: It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the heads
of government of the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN ideal. Just one year ago, the
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the
internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
responsible. / I assure the members of this Council and
Secretary General Gahli: the UN can count on America's full
support in this task.
Reform is made even more urgent now. Since the beginning,
the UN's blue helmets took an active part in peacekeeping. In
the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking. / Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway -- but any
matter that threatens international peace and security. This
authority will enable the UN to exercise its good offices in
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
simple: it is the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. //
As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper.
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
international security, we must give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations. 11
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow.
Free elections give democracy a foothold -- but true democracy
means more than simply the rule of the majority. It means the
safeguarding of minority rights -- it means the sanctity of even
a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons.
Earlier this week in the State of the Union, I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
In additional to these unilateral steps, we will seek
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
as renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty -- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -- from
terror groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
Working in common purpose, we must isolate these renegade regimes
-- and when necessary, impose on them a kind of quarantine for
the greater good of the world community.
Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the
outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. No
normalization is possible so long as Saddam remains in power. //
In Iraq, as in all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / The nations
represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace. //
May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
# # #
mcclure
itypo
McGroarty/Bunton
January 27, 1992
7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security Council President, Prime Minister
Major], fellow members: It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the heads
of government of the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN ideal. Just one year ago, the
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the
internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
responsible. / I assure the members of this Council and
Secretary General Gahli: the UN can count on America's full
support in this task.
Reform is made even more urgent now. Since the beginning,
the UN's blue helmets took an active part in peacekeeping. In
the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking. / Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway -- but any
matter that threatens international peace and security. This
authority will enable the UN to exercise its good offices in
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
simple: it is the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. //
As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper.
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
international security, we must give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow.
Free elections give democracy a foothold -- but true democracy
means more than simply the rule of the majority. It means the
safeguarding of minority rights -- it means the sanctity of even
a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons.
Earlier this week in the State of the Union, I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
+
In additional to these unilateral steps, we will seek
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
as renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty -- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -- from
terror groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
Working in common purpose, we must isolate these renegade regimes
-- and when necessary, impose on them a kind of quarantine for
the greater good of the world community.
Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the
outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. No
normalization is possible so long as Saddam remains in power. //
In Iraq, as in all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / The nations
represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace. //
May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
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Ext. 2702
McGroarty/Bunton
January 27, 1992
22 JAN27 P7: 36
7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security Council President, Prime Minister
Major], fellow members: It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the heads
of government of the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN ideal. Just one year ago, the
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the
internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
responsible. / I assure the members of this Council and
Secretary General Gahli: the UN can count on America's full
support in this task.
Reform is made even more urgent now. Since the beginning,
the UN's blue helmets took an active part in peacekeeping. In
the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking. / Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway -- but any
matter that threatens international peace and security. This
authority will enable the UN to exercise its good offices in
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
simple: it is the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. //
As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper.
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
international security, we must give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
everywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow.
Free elections give democracy a foothold -- but true democracy
means more than simply the rule of the majority. It means the
safeguarding of minority rights -- it means the sanctity of even
a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons.
Earlier this week in the State of the Union, I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
In additional to these unilateral steps, we will seek
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
as renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty -- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -- from
terror groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
Working in common purpose, we must isolate these renegade regimes
-- and when necessary, impose on them a kind of quarantine for
the greater good of the world community.
Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the
outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. No
normalization is possible so long as Saddam remains in power. //
In Iraq, as in all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / The nations
represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace. //
May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
# # #
McGroarty/Bunton:
January 27, 1992
7:30 pm
[UNSC]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
XX:00 AM
Mr. President [Security Council President, Prime Minister
Major], fellow members: It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the heads
of government of the UN Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in the crossfire. I think back to my days here
as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced peacekeeping. Long
before I came here, and long after I left, the UN was all too
often paralyzed by the larger struggle between the superpowers.
//
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War
breathed new life into the UN ideal. Just one year ago, the
world saw the new UN in action. In the weeks and months after
Saddam swept into Kuwait, this Council stood fast against
aggression -- stood for the sacred principles enshrined in the UN
Charter.
Our triumph in the Gulf is testament to the UN's new-found
powers. The challenge now is to move forward -- to continue the
internal reforms that will make the UN more responsive and more
responsible. / I assure the members of this Council and
Secretary General Gahli: the UN can count on America's full
support in this task.
Reform is made even more urgent now. Since the beginning,
the UN's blue helmets took an active part in peacekeeping. In
the future, the United Nations will increasingly be called on to
undertake the task of peacemaking. / Under the broad authority
of Article 99 of the UN Charter, the Secretary General may bring
before this body not simply conflicts already underway -- but any
matter that threatens international peace and security. This
authority will enable the UN to exercise its good offices in
disputes before they break into open, armed conflict. //
Here in the corridors of this building, this forward-looking
mission goes by the name "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of
millions of men and women around the world, its meaning is
simple: it is the difference between healing and hatred. That
difference is hope. / /
As proof of the UN's new prospects for peacemaking, we
pledge today our full support to a historic Declaration Against
Global Aggression. Fellow members, as President of a country
whose first act of nationhood took the form of a Declaration, the
power of the pledge we make today goes far beyond mere words on
paper.
This Declaration gives voice to a simple truth: our world
will be safer, when an attack on the sovereignty of one nation is
seen as an assault on the security of all. For the sake of
international security, we must give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations. //
Nations working toward the same ideal can help keep the
peace. But ultimately, the strongest safeguard against
aggression remains democratic rule.
Look at the changes we've witnessed and worked for this past
year -- the revolution that's swept away the old regimes from
Managua to Moscow. The individual is at the epicenter of change.
Nation after nation has broken free to democracy. But
èverywhere, free government will take time to flourish and grow.
Free elections give democracy a foothold -- but true democracy
means more than simply the rule of the majority. It means the
safeguarding of minority rights -- it means the sanctity of even
a single individual against the unjust power of the state.
For the sake of true democracy, the nations of the world
must work together in the name of human rights. Together, we
must resolve to uphold the rule of law -- so that majority will
never degenerates into majority whim. That means enlisting the
powers of the United Nations to defend fundamental rights of
freedoms of all people everywhere. //
The UN must also enlist itself in the effort to eliminate
weapons of mass destruction. In my first address as President to
the United Nations, I challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate
chemical weapons -- and I called on every nation to join us in
this crusade. // Let us work to make certain the world has seen
the last of these terrible weapons.
Earlier this week in the State of the Union, I announced the
steps my country will take / unilaterally / to reduce our nuclear
arsenals: [LIST STEPS ANNOUNCED IN STATE OF THE UNION].
In additional to these unilateral steps, we will seek
agreements. This weekend, I will meet with President Yeltsin of
the Russian Republic. Our aim: [OUTLINE/UPDATE OBJECTIVES?].
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will help people in every nation breathe easier.
But the specter of mass destruction will remain all too real --
as renegade regimes work to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
There has been real progress toward non-proliferation. Both
France and China have dropped their longstanding opposition and
stated their intent to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Russia
has indicated its intent to abide by the treaty -- as have
Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan. Among
the newly-freed Baltic states, Lithuania has signed the NPT --
and Estonia and Latvia have expressed their intent to do the
same.
But all of us face real danger from renegade regimes -- from
terror groups who scorn the very principles we hold dear. In
their hands, even a single nuclear weapon can pose immense
danger.
Our challenge is clear: we must impose strict controls and
strengthen existing safeguards on the transfer, possession and
use of the technologies associated with such deadly weapons.
Working in common purpose, we must isolate these renegade regimes
-- and when necessary, impose on them a kind of quarantine for
the greater good of the world community.
Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine against the
outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong belief of my
country that we must keep strong sanctions in place -- and take
the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
mandate of the UN Special Commission, we must monitor the
destruction of these deadly weapons. We will accept nothing
short of full disclosure -- nothing short of complete compliance.
//
Second, we call on Iraq to abide by all Security Council
Resolutions. The hardship and suffering of the innocent people
of Iraq pains us all. We stand ready to provide humanitarian
assistance -- the moment Saddam accepts the will of the world
community.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. No
normalization is possible so long as Saddam remains in power. //
In Iraq, as in all of the urgent issues I've mentioned
today, progress comes from acting in concert. / The nations
represented here -- like the larger community of the UN -- have
it in their power to act for peace. //
May God bless the United States -- and all nations united in
pursuit of this noble goal.
# # #
Bunt
McGroarty/Bunton
January 29, 1992
4:30 pm
[DYKE.UN]
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
JANUARY 31, 1992
11:00 AM
Mr. President {Security Council President, Prime Minister
Major}, fellow members. Mr. Secretary General {Boutros-Ghali}:
congratulations to you, sir, as you take office at this time of
tremendous opportunity. It is a high honor to speak today at
this history-making event -- the first-ever summit of the UN
Security Council.
We meet at a moment of new beginnings -- for this
institution and every member-nation. For most of its history,
the UN was caught in a Cold War crossfire. I think back to my
days here as Perm Rep: of the way polemics displaced
peacekeeping. Long before I came here, and long after I left,
the UN was all too often paralyzed by cruel ideological
divisions, and the struggle to contain Soviet expansion.
Today, all that has changed.
The collapse of imperial communism and the end of the Cold
War breathed new life into the UN. It was just one year ago that
the world saw this new invigorated UN in action as this Council
stood fast against aggression -- and stood for the sacred
principles enshrined in the UN Charter.
2
Now it is time to step forward again -- make the internal
reforms, accelerate the revitalization, accept the
responsibilities necessary for a vigorous and effective United
Nations. I assure the members of this Council and Secretary
General Boutros-Ghali: the UN can count on America's full
support in this task.
One need not look far to see the urgency of our cause.
Proliferation of the weapons of mass destruction, regional
conflicts, destabilizing renegade regimes, terrorism -- all
require our immediate attention.
At the same time the world also challenges us to strengthen
and sustain positive change. We must advance the momentous
movement toward democracy and freedom, and expand the circle of
nations committed to human rights and the rule of law. This is
an exciting opportunity for our United Nations. We must not
allow it to slip away.
Right now, across the globe, the U.N. is working day and
night in the cause of peace. Never before in its four decades,
have the UN's blue helmets and blue berets been so engaged in the
noble work of peacekeeping, even to the extent of building the
foundation for free elections.
And never before has the United Nations been so ready, and
so compelled, to step up to the task of peacemaking --- both to
resolve hot wars and to conduct that forward-looking mission
known as "preventive diplomacy." In the lives of millions of men
and women around the world, its import is simple: it can mean
3
the difference between war and peace, healing and hatred. Where
there is fear and despair, it can mean hope.
The United States supports a shared responsibility for
peacekeeping
We look to the Secretary General to present to
recommendations
this Council his plans to ensure effective and efficient
peacekeeping, peacemaking, and preventive diplomacy. We look
forward to exploring these ideas together. We must be practical
as well as principled as we seek to free people from the specter
of conflict.
We recognize every nation's obligation to invest in peace.
As conflicts are resolved and violence subsides, then the
institutions of free societies can take hold. As they do, they
become our strongest safeguards against aggression and tyranny.
Democracy. Human rights. The rule of law. These are the
building blocks of peace and freedom.
We have witnessed change of enormous breadth and scope --
all in but a few short years. A remarkable revolution has swept
away the old regimes from Managua to Moscow. But everywhere,
free government -- and the institutions that give it form -- will
take time to flourish and mature.
Free elections give democracy a foothold -- but true
democracy means more than simply the rule of the majority. It
means an irrevocable commitment to democratic principles. It
means equal rights for minorities -- and above all, it means the
sanctity of even a single individual against the unjust power of
the state. The will of the majority must never degenerate into
4
the whim of the majority. This fundamental principle transcends
all borders.
Human dignity, the inalienable Rights of Man, these are not
the possessions of the State. They are universal. In Asia,
including China, in Africa, in Europe or in the Americas, the
United Nations must stand with those who seek greater freedom and
democracy. That is my deep belief. That is the belief of the
American people. And it is the belief that breathes life into
the great principles of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
Our changed world is a more hopeful world indeed. But it is
not absent those who would turn back the clock to the darker days
of threats and bullying. Our world is still a dangerous world,
rife with far too many terrible weapons.
In my first address to the United Nations as President, I
challenged the Soviet Union to eliminate chemical weapons -- and
I called on every nation to join us in this crusade. What
greater cause for this great body: to make certain the world has
seen the last of these terrible weapons. Let us make this the
year all nations at long last join to ban this scourge.
But there is much more to do regarding weapons of mass
destruction. Just three days ago in my State of the Union
far reaching,
Address, I announced the steps unilateral steps -- my country
will take to reduce our nuclear arsenal. These steps affect each
element in our strategic triad -- land, sea, and air.
5
We will stop B-2 production after the purchase of 20 planes
and halt the purchase of advanced cruise missiles. We will cease
production of new warheads for our sea-based ballistic missiles.
We will stop altogether new production of the land-based
Peacekeeper, and we'll cancel the small ICBM program.
In addition to these unilateral steps, the U.S. is prepared
to move forward on mutual arms reductions. Tomorrow in my
meeting with President Yeltsin we will continue the search for
common ground on this vitally important issue.
We welcome -- the world welcomes -- statements by several of
the new states that won independence after the collapse of the
U.S.S.R. that they will abide by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty. Yet realism requires us to remain vigilant in this time
of transition -- the danger of proliferation remains.
We must act together so that from this time forward people
involved in sophisticated weapons programs redirect their
energies to peaceful endeavors. The U.S. will do more, in
cooperation with our allies, to ensure that dangerous materials
and technology do not move beyond those borders or fall into the
hands of terrorists or others. And we will continue to work
with these new states to ensure a strong commitment in word and
deed to all global non-proliferation standards.
In 1990, in the great hall of the General Assembly, I called
on all nations to redouble [our] non-proliferation efforts. The
has reassurvingly risen
world community rose to meet that challenge.
Newly
free
Lithuania, South Africa and other African states joined the
6
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. France and China have also
committed to join that Treaty. Argentina and Brazil adopted
international safeguards over all their nuclear activities.
Wo Beyond strengthened sufferents,
those that, who the have U.S. and joined other the nations treaty and streigthend
tightend controls over the export of technologies related to nuclear,
chemical and biological weapons and the missiles used to deliver
them. For example under our Middle East Arms Control
nitiative the five leading conventional arms suppliers agreed
?
ta observe restraint in their exports to that troubled region
and will meet in Washington next month to continue that
important work
Today, the threat of global nuclear war is more distant than
at any other time in the nuclear era. Drawing down the old Cold
War arsenals will further ease that dread. But the specter of
mass destruction remains all too real -- especially as some
nations continue the push to acquire weapons of mass destruction
and the means to deliver them.
We must work together to secure the world against the
actions of renegade regimes. Our triumph in the Gulf is
testament to the UN's mission -- that security is a shared
responsibility. Today, this institution spearheads a quarantine
against the outlaw regime of Saddam Hussein. It is the strong
belief of my country that we must keep sanctions in place -- and
take the following steps to preserve our common security:
First, we must continue to focus on Iraq's capability to
build or maintain weapons of mass destruction. Following the
7
groundbreaking step of this Council in setting up the UN Special
Commission, we must monitor the destruction of these deadly
weapons. We must accept nothing short of full disclosure --
nothing short of complete compliance.
Second, Iraq must abide by all Security Council Resolutions.
The hardship and suffering of the innocent people of Iraq pains
us all and the Security Council has adopted UNSCR 706 and 712 to
alleviate that suffering. Iraqi compliance with these
resolutions, and other UNSC resolutions, is long overdue.
Finally, we must make clear to the world -- and most
important, to the people of Iraq -- that the international
community remains united against Saddam Hussein. All of us await
the day we can welcome Iraq once more into the community of
nations. But no normalization is possible so long as Saddam
remains in power.
As on all of the urgent issues I've mentioned today,
progress comes from acting in concert. $ we must deal resolutely
with renegades regimes if necessary by sanctions or stronger measures
-- to compel them to observe international standards of behavior
Farth
We will not be blind to the dangers we still face.
Terrorists and their state sponsors must know there will be
serious consequences if they violate international law.
Two weeks ago this Council sent such a message to Libya.
Let me repeat today: Resolution 731 -- passed unanimously by the
Security Council -- calls on Libya to comply fully with the
8
requests of three states on this Council. I call on Libya today
to heed the call of this Council.
Last year, in the Gulf, we responded to an attack on the
sovereignty of one nation as an assault on the security of all.
Let us make it our mission to give this principle the greatest
practical meaning in the conduct of nations.
Today we stand at another crossroads. For perhaps the first
time since that hopeful moment in San Francisco, we can look at
the United Nations Charter as a living, breathing document. Yes,
after so many years, it may still be in its infancy, requiring
the careful and vigilant nurturing of its parents, but I believe
in my heart that it is alive and well Our mission is to make it
strong and sturdy of I know we are up to the challenge.
through increased dedications and corporation
The nations represented here -- like the larger community of
the UN -- have it in their power to act for peace and freedom.
May God bless the United Nations as it pursues this noble goal.
# # #
*by burden sharting
THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK \ JANUARY 31, 1992 \ 12:30 PM
MR. PRESIDENT {SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PRIME
MINISTER MAJOR}, FELLOW MEMBERS. MR. SECRETARY GENERAL
{Boutros-GHALI}: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, SIR, AS YOU
TAKE OFFICE AT THIS TIME OF TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY. IT
IS A HIGH HONOR TO SPEAK TODAY AT THIS HISTORY-MAKING
EVENT -- THE FIRST-EVER SUMMIT OF THE U.N. SECURITY
COUNCIL.
- 2 -
WE MEET AT A MOMENT OF NEW BEGINNINGS -- FOR THIS
INSTITUTION AND EVERY MEMBER-NATION. FOR MOST OF ITS
HISTORY, THE U.N. WAS CAUGHT IN A COLD WAR CROSSFIRE.
I THINK BACK TO MY DAYS HERE AS PERM REP: OF THE WAY
POLEMICS DISPLACED PEACEKEEPING. LONG BEFORE I CAME
HERE, AND LONG AFTER I LEFT, THE U.N. WAS ALL TOO OFTEN
PARALYZED BY CRUEL IDEOLOGICAL DIVISIONS, AND THE
STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN SOVIET EXPANSION.
TODAY, ALL THAT HAS CHANGED.
- 3 -
THE COLLAPSE OF IMPERIAL COMMUNISM AND THE END OF
THE COLD WAR BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO THE U.N. IT WAS
JUST ONE YEAR AGO THAT THE WORLD SAW THIS NEW
INVIGORATED U.N. IN ACTION AS THIS COUNCIL STOOD FAST
AGAINST AGGRESSION -- AND STOOD FOR THE SACRED
PRINCIPLES ENSHRINED IN THE U.N. CHARTER.
Now IT IS TIME TO STEP FORWARD AGAIN -- MAKE THE
INTERNAL REFORMS, ACCELERATE THE REVITALIZATION, ACCEPT
THE RESPONSIBILITIES NECESSARY FOR A VIGOROUS AND
EFFECTIVE UNITED NATIONS.
- 4 -
I ASSURE THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND SECRETARY
GENERAL BOUTROS-GHALI: THE U.N. CAN COUNT ON AMERICA'S
FULL SUPPORT IN THIS TASK.
ONE NEED NOT LOOK FAR TO SEE THE URGENCY OF OUR
CAUSE. PROLIFERATION OF THE WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION, REGIONAL CONFLICTS, DESTABILIZING RENEGADE
REGIMES, TERRORISM -- ALL REQUIRE OUR IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION.
- 5 -
AT THE SAME TIME THE WORLD ALSO CHALLENGES US TO
STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN POSITIVE CHANGE. WE MUST
ADVANCE THE MOMENTOUS MOVEMENT TOWARD DEMOCRACY AND
FREEDOM, AND EXPAND THE CIRCLE OF NATIONS COMMITTED TO
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW. THIS IS AN EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR UNITED NATIONS. WE MUST NOT ALLOW
IT TO SLIP AWAY.
RIGHT NOW, ACROSS THE GLOBE, THE U.N. IS WORKING
DAY AND NIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE.
- 6 -
NEVER BEFORE IN ITS FOUR DECADES, HAVE THE U.N.'s BLUE
HELMETS AND BLUE BERETS BEEN so ENGAGED IN THE NOBLE
WORK OF PEACEKEEPING, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF BUILDING
THE FOUNDATION FOR FREE ELECTIONS.
AND NEVER BEFORE HAS THE UNITED NATIONS BEEN so
READY, AND so COMPELLED, TO STEP UP TO THE TASK OF
PEACEMAKING -- BOTH TO RESOLVE HOT WARS AND TO CONDUCT
THAT FORWARD-LOOKING MISSION KNOWN AS "PREVENTIVE
DIPLOMACY."
- 7 -
IN THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE
WORLD, ITS IMPORT IS SIMPLE: IT CAN MEAN THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE, HEALING AND HATRED.
WHERE THERE IS FEAR AND DESPAIR, IT CAN MEAN HOPE.
WE LOOK TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL To PRESENT TO THIS
COUNCIL HIS RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT PEACEKEEPING, PEACEMAKING, AND PREVENTIVE
DIPLOMACY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING THESE IDEAS
TOGETHER.
- 8 -
WE MUST BE PRACTICAL AS WELL AS PRINCIPLED AS WE SEEK
TO FREE PEOPLE FROM THE SPECTER OF CONFLICT.
WE RECOGNIZE EVERY NATION'S OBLIGATION TO INVEST IN
PEACE. As CONFLICTS ARE RESOLVED AND VIOLENCE
SUBSIDES, THEN THE INSTITUTIONS OF FREE SOCIETIES CAN
TAKE HOLD. As THEY DO, THEY BECOME OUR STRONGEST
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST AGGRESSION AND TYRANNY. DEMOCRACY.
HUMAN RIGHTS. THE RULE OF LAW. THESE ARE THE BUILDING
BLOCKS OF PEACE AND FREEDOM.
- 9 -
WE HAVE WITNESSED CHANGE OF ENORMOUS BREADTH AND
SCOPE -- ALL IN BUT A FEW SHORT YEARS. A REMARKABLE
REVOLUTION HAS SWEPT AWAY THE OLD REGIMES FROM MANAGUA
TO Moscow. BUT EVERYWHERE, FREE GOVERNMENT -- AND THE
INSTITUTIONS THAT GIVE IT FORM -- WILL TAKE TIME TO
FLOURISH AND MATURE.
FREE ELECTIONS GIVE DEMOCRACY A FOOTHOLD -- BUT
TRUE DEMOCRACY MEANS MORE THAN SIMPLY THE RULE OF THE
MAJORITY.
- 10 -
IT MEANS AN IRREVOCABLE COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRATIC
PRINCIPLES. IT MEANS EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MINORITIES --
AND ABOVE ALL, IT MEANS THE SANCTITY OF EVEN A SINGLE
INDIVIDUAL AGAINST THE UNJUST POWER OF THE STATE. THE
WILL OF THE MAJORITY MUST NEVER DEGENERATE INTO THE
WHIM OF THE MAJORITY. THIS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE
TRANSCENDS ALL BORDERS.
HUMAN DIGNITY, THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF MAN, THESE
ARE NOT THE POSSESSIONS OF THE STATE.
- 11 -
THEY ARE UNIVERSAL. IN ASIA, IN AFRICA, IN EUROPE OR
IN THE AMERICAS, THE UNITED NATIONS MUST STAND WITH
THOSE WHO SEEK GREATER FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. THAT IS
MY DEEP BELIEF. THAT IS THE BELIEF OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. AND IT IS THE BELIEF THAT BREATHES LIFE INTO
THE GREAT PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
OUR CHANGED WORLD IS A MORE HOPEFUL WORLD INDEED.
- 12 -
BUT IT IS NOT ABSENT THOSE WHO WOULD TURN BACK THE
CLOCK TO THE DARKER DAYS OF THREATS AND BULLYING. OUR
WORLD IS STILL A DANGEROUS WORLD, RIFE WITH FAR TOO
MANY TERRIBLE WEAPONS.
IN MY FIRST ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS AS
PRESIDENT, I CHALLENGED THE SOVIET UNION TO ELIMINATE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS -- AND I CALLED ON EVERY NATION TO
JOIN US IN THIS CRUSADE. WHAT GREATER CAUSE FOR THIS
GREAT BODY: TO MAKE CERTAIN THE WORLD HAS SEEN THE
LAST OF THESE TERRIBLE WEAPONS.
- 13 -
LET US MAKE THIS THE YEAR ALL NATIONS AT LONG LAST JOIN
TO BAN THIS SCOURGE.
BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO DO REGARDING WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION. JUST THREE DAYS AGO IN MY STATE OF
THE UNION ADDRESS, I ANNOUNCED THE STEPS --
FAR-REACHING, UNILATERAL STEPS -- MY COUNTRY WILL TAKE
TO REDUCE OUR NUCLEAR ARSENAL. THESE STEPS AFFECT EACH
ELEMENT IN OUR STRATEGIC TRIAD -- LAND, SEA, AND AIR.
- 14 -
IN ADDITION TO THESE UNILATERAL STEPS, THE U.S. IS
PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD ON MUTUAL ARMS REDUCTIONS.
TOMORROW IN MY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT YELTSIN WE WILL
CONTINUE THE SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND ON THIS VITALLY
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
WE WELCOME -- THE WORLD WELCOMES -- STATEMENTS BY
SEVERAL OF THE NEW STATES THAT WON INDEPENDENCE AFTER
THE COLLAPSE OF THE U.S.S.R. THAT THEY WILL ABIDE BY
THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY.
- 15 -
YET REALISM REQUIRES US TO REMAIN VIGILANT IN THIS TIME
OF TRANSITION -- THE DANGER OF PROLIFERATION REMAINS.
WE MUST ACT TOGETHER so THAT FROM THIS TIME FORWARD
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS PROGRAMS
REDIRECT THEIR ENERGIES TO PEACEFUL ENDEAVORS. THE
U.S. WILL DO MORE, IN COOPERATION WITH OUR ALLIES, TO
ENSURE THAT DANGEROUS MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY DO NOT
FALL INTO THE HANDS OF TERRORISTS OR OTHERS.
- 16 -
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THESE NEW STATES TO
ENSURE A STRONG COMMITMENT IN WORD AND DEED TO ALL
GLOBAL NON-PROLIFERATION STANDARDS.
IN 1990, IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
I CALLED ON ALL NATIONS TO REDOUBLE OUR NON-
PROLIFERATION EFFORTS. THE WORLD COMMUNITY HAS
REASSURINGLY RISEN TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE.
- 17 -
BEYOND THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED THE TREATY AND
STRENGTHENED SAFEGUARDS, THE U.S. AND OTHER NATIONS
TIGHTENED CONTROLS OVER THE EXPORT OF TECHNOLOGIES
RELATED TO NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND
THE MISSILES USED TO DELIVER THEM.
TODAY, THE THREAT OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR WAR IS MORE
DISTANT THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN THE NUCLEAR ERA.
DRAWING DOWN THE OLD COLD WAR ARSENALS WILL FURTHER
EASE THAT DREAD.
- 18 -
BUT THE SPECTER OF MASS DESTRUCTION REMAINS ALL TOO
REAL -- ESPECIALLY AS SOME NATIONS CONTINUE THE PUSH TO
ACQUIRE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THE MEANS TO
DELIVER THEM.
OUR TRIUMPH IN THE GULF IS TESTAMENT TO THE U.N.'s
MISSION --THAT SECURITY IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
TODAY, THIS INSTITUTION SPEARHEADS A QUARANTINE AGAINST
THE OUTLAW REGIME OF SADDAM HUSSEIN.
- 19 -
IT IS THE STRONG BELIEF OF MY COUNTRY THAT WE MUST KEEP
SANCTIONS IN PLACE -- AND TAKE THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO
PRESERVE OUR COMMON SECURITY:
WE MUST CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IRAQ'S CAPABILITY TO
BUILD OR MAINTAIN WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
- 20 -
[FOLLOWING THE GROUNDBREAKING STEP OF THIS COUNCIL IN
SETTING UP THE U.N. SPECIAL COMMISSION, WE MUST MONITOR
THE DESTRUCTION OF THESE DEADLY WEAPONS. WE MUST
ACCEPT NOTHING SHORT OF FULL DISCLOSURE -- NOTHING
SHORT OF COMPLETE COMPLIANCE.
IRAQ MUST ABIDE BY ALL SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTIONS. THE HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING OF THE
INNOCENT PEOPLE OF IRAQ PAINS US ALL AND THE SECURITY
COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED UNSCR 706 AND 712 TO ALLEVIATE THAT
SUFFERING. IRAQI COMPLIANCE WITH THESE RESOLUTIONS, AND
OTHER U.N.S.C. RESOLUTIONS IS LONG OVERDUE.]
- 21 -
AND, WE MUST MAKE CLEAR TO THE WORLD -- AND MOST
IMPORTANT, TO THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ -- THAT [THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REMAINS UNITED AGAINST SADDAM
HUSSEIN. ALL OF US AWAIT THE DAY WE CAN WELCOME IRAQ
ONCE MORE INTO THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS. BUT] NO
NORMALIZATION IS POSSIBLE so LONG AS SADDAM REMAINS IN
POWER.
As ON ALL OF THE URGENT ISSUES I'VE MENTIONED
TODAY, PROGRESS COMES FROM ACTING IN CONCERT.
- 22 -
WE MUST DEAL RESOLUTELY WITH RENEGADE REGIMES -- IF
NECESSARY BY SANCTIONS OR STRONGER MEASURES -- To
COMPEL THEM TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF
BEHAVIOR. WE WILL NOT BE BLIND TO THE DANGERS WE STILL
FACE. TERRORISTS AND THEIR STATE SPONSORS MUST KNOW
THERE WILL BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF THEY VIOLATE
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Two WEEKS AGO THIS COUNCIL SENT SUCH A MESSAGE TO
LIBYA.
- 23 -
LET ME REPEAT TODAY: RESOLUTION 731 -- PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL -- CALLS ON LIBYA
TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE REQUESTS OF THREE STATES ON
THIS COUNCIL. I CALL ON LIBYA TODAY TO HEED THE CALL
OF THIS COUNCIL.
LAST YEAR, IN THE GULF, WE RESPONDED TO AN ATTACK
ON THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ONE NATION AS AN ASSAULT ON THE
SECURITY OF ALL.
- 24 -
LET US MAKE IT OUR MISSION TO GIVE THIS PRINCIPLE THE
GREATEST PRACTICAL MEANING IN THE CONDUCT OF NATIONS.
TODAY WE STAND AT ANOTHER CROSSROADS. FOR PERHAPS
THE FIRST TIME SINCE THAT HOPEFUL MOMENT IN SAN
FRANCISCO, WE CAN LOOK AT THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER AS
A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT. YES, AFTER so MANY
YEARS, IT MAY STILL BE IN ITS INFANCY, REQUIRING THE
CAREFUL AND VIGILANT NURTURING OF ITS PARENTS, BUT I
BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT IT IS ALIVE AND WELL.
- 25 -
OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE IT STRONG AND STURDY THROUGH
INCREASED DEDICATION AND COOPERATION. I KNOW WE ARE UP
TO THE CHALLENGE.
THE NATIONS REPRESENTED HERE -- LIKE THE LARGER
COMMUNITY OF THE U.N. -- HAVE IT IN THEIR POWER TO ACT
FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM. MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED
NATIONS AS IT PURSUES THIS NOBLE GOAL.
# # #
THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK \ JANUARY 31, 1992 \ 12:30 PM
MR. PRESIDENT {SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PRIME
MINISTER MAJOR}, FELLOW MEMBERS. MR. SECRETARY GENERAL
{BOUTROS-GHALI}: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, SIR, AS YOU
TAKE OFFICE AT THIS TIME OF TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY. IT
IS A HIGH HONOR TO SPEAK TODAY AT THIS HISTORY-MAKING
EVENT -- THE FIRST-EVER SUMMIT OF THE U.N. SECURITY
COUNCIL.
- 2 -
WE MEET AT A MOMENT OF NEW BEGINNINGS -- FOR THIS
INSTITUTION AND EVERY MEMBER-NATION. FOR MOST OF ITS
HISTORY, THE U.N. WAS CAUGHT IN A COLD WAR CROSSFIRE.
I THINK BACK TO MY DAYS HERE AS PERM REP: OF THE WAY
POLEMICS DISPLACED PEACEKEEPING. LONG BEFORE I CAME
HERE, AND LONG AFTER I LEFT, THE U.N. WAS ALL TOO OFTEN
PARALYZED BY CRUEL IDEOLOGICAL DIVISIONS, AND THE
STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN SOVIET EXPANSION.
TODAY, ALL THAT HAS CHANGED.
- 3 -
THE COLLAPSE OF IMPERIAL COMMUNISM AND THE END OF
THE COLD WAR BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO THE U.N. IT WAS
JUST ONE YEAR AGO THAT THE WORLD SAW THIS NEW
INVIGORATED U.N. IN ACTION AS THIS COUNCIL STOOD FAST
AGAINST AGGRESSION -- AND STOOD FOR THE SACRED
PRINCIPLES ENSHRINED IN THE U.N. CHARTER.
Now IT IS TIME TO STEP FORWARD AGAIN -- MAKE THE
INTERNAL REFORMS, ACCELERATE THE REVITALIZATION, ACCEPT
THE RESPONSIBILITIES NECESSARY FOR A VIGOROUS AND
EFFECTIVE UNITED NATIONS.
- 4 -
I ASSURE THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND SECRETARY
GENERAL BOUTROS-GHALI: THE U.N. CAN COUNT ON AMERICA'S
FULL SUPPORT IN THIS TASK.
ONE NEED NOT LOOK FAR TO SEE THE URGENCY OF OUR
CAUSE. PROLIFERATION OF THE WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION, REGIONAL CONFLICTS, DESTABILIZING RENEGADE
REGIMES, TERRORISM -- ALL REQUIRE OUR IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION.
- 5 -
AT THE SAME TIME THE WORLD ALSO CHALLENGES US TO
STRENGTHEN AND SUSTAIN POSITIVE CHANGE. WE MUST
ADVANCE THE MOMENTOUS MOVEMENT TOWARD DEMOCRACY AND
FREEDOM, AND EXPAND THE CIRCLE OF NATIONS COMMITTED TO
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW. THIS IS AN EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR UNITED NATIONS. WE MUST NOT ALLOW
IT TO SLIP AWAY.
RIGHT NOW, ACROSS THE GLOBE, THE U.N. IS WORKING
DAY AND NIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF PEACE.
- 6 -
NEVER BEFORE IN ITS FOUR DECADES, HAVE THE U.N.'s BLUE
HELMETS AND BLUE BERETS BEEN SO ENGAGED IN THE NOBLE
WORK OF PEACEKEEPING, EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF BUILDING
THE FOUNDATION FOR FREE ELECTIONS.
AND NEVER BEFORE HAS THE UNITED NATIONS BEEN so
READY, AND so COMPELLED, TO STEP UP TO THE TASK OF
PEACEMAKING -- BOTH TO RESOLVE HOT WARS AND TO CONDUCT
THAT FORWARD-LOOKING MISSION KNOWN AS "PREVENTIVE
DIPLOMACY."
- 7 -
IN THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN AROUND THE
WORLD, ITS IMPORT IS SIMPLE: IT CAN MEAN THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE, HEALING AND HATRED.
WHERE THERE IS FEAR AND DESPAIR, IT CAN MEAN HOPE.
WE LOOK TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL TO PRESENT TO THIS
COUNCIL HIS RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT PEACEKEEPING, PEACEMAKING, AND PREVENTIVE
DIPLOMACY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXPLORING THESE IDEAS
TOGETHER.
- 8 -
WE MUST BE PRACTICAL AS WELL AS PRINCIPLED AS WE SEEK
TO FREE PEOPLE FROM THE SPECTER OF CONFLICT.
WE RECOGNIZE EVERY NATION'S OBLIGATION TO INVEST IN
PEACE. As CONFLICTS ARE RESOLVED AND VIOLENCE
SUBSIDES, THEN THE INSTITUTIONS OF FREE SOCIETIES CAN
TAKE HOLD. As THEY DO, THEY BECOME OUR STRONGEST
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST AGGRESSION AND TYRANNY. DEMOCRACY.
HUMAN RIGHTS. THE RULE OF LAW. THESE ARE THE BUILDING
BLOCKS OF PEACE AND FREEDOM.
- 9 -
WE HAVE WITNESSED CHANGE OF ENORMOUS BREADTH AND
SCOPE -- ALL IN BUT A FEW SHORT YEARS. A REMARKABLE
REVOLUTION HAS SWEPT AWAY THE OLD REGIMES FROM MANAGUA
TO Moscow. BUT EVERYWHERE, FREE GOVERNMENT -- AND THE
INSTITUTIONS THAT GIVE IT FORM -- WILL TAKE TIME TO
FLOURISH AND MATURE.
FREE ELECTIONS GIVE DEMOCRACY A FOOTHOLD -- BUT
TRUE DEMOCRACY MEANS MORE THAN SIMPLY THE RULE OF THE
MAJORITY.
- 10 -
IT MEANS AN IRREVOCABLE COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRATIC
PRINCIPLES. IT MEANS EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MINORITIES --
AND ABOVE ALL, IT MEANS THE SANCTITY OF EVEN A SINGLE
INDIVIDUAL AGAINST THE UNJUST POWER OF THE STATE. THE
WILL OF THE MAJORITY MUST NEVER DEGENERATE INTO THE
WHIM OF THE MAJORITY. THIS FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE
TRANSCENDS ALL BORDERS.
HUMAN DIGNITY, THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF MAN, THESE
ARE NOT THE POSSESSIONS OF THE STATE.
- 11 -
THEY ARE UNIVERSAL. IN ASIA, IN AFRICA, IN EUROPE OR
IN THE AMERICAS, THE UNITED NATIONS MUST STAND WITH
THOSE WHO SEEK GREATER FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. THAT IS
MY DEEP BELIEF. THAT IS THE BELIEF OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE. AND IT IS THE BELIEF THAT BREATHES LIFE INTO
THE GREAT PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS.
OUR CHANGED WORLD IS A MORE HOPEFUL WORLD INDEED.
- 12 -
BUT IT IS NOT ABSENT THOSE WHO WOULD TURN BACK THE
CLOCK TO THE DARKER DAYS OF THREATS AND BULLYING. OUR
WORLD IS STILL A DANGEROUS WORLD, RIFE WITH FAR TOO
MANY TERRIBLE WEAPONS.
IN MY FIRST ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS AS
PRESIDENT, I CHALLENGED THE SOVIET UNION TO ELIMINATE
CHEMICAL WEAPONS -- AND I CALLED ON EVERY NATION TO
JOIN US IN THIS CRUSADE. WHAT GREATER CAUSE FOR THIS
GREAT BODY: TO MAKE CERTAIN THE WORLD HAS SEEN THE
LAST OF THESE TERRIBLE WEAPONS.
- 13 -
LET US MAKE THIS THE YEAR ALL NATIONS AT LONG LAST JOIN
TO BAN THIS SCOURGE.
BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO DO REGARDING WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION. JUST THREE DAYS AGO IN MY STATE OF
THE UNION ADDRESS, I ANNOUNCED THE STEPS --
FAR-REACHING, UNILATERAL STEPS -- MY COUNTRY WILL TAKE
TO REDUCE OUR NUCLEAR ARSENAL. THESE STEPS AFFECT EACH
ELEMENT IN OUR STRATEGIC TRIAD -- LAND, SEA, AND AIR.
- 14 -
IN ADDITION TO THESE UNILATERAL STEPS, THE U.S. IS
PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD ON MUTUAL ARMS REDUCTIONS.
TOMORROW IN MY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT YELTSIN WE WILL
CONTINUE THE SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND ON THIS VITALLY
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
WE WELCOME -- THE WORLD WELCOMES -- STATEMENTS BY
SEVERAL OF THE NEW STATES THAT WON INDEPENDENCE AFTER
THE COLLAPSE OF THE U.S.S.R. THAT THEY WILL ABIDE BY
THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY.
- 15 -
YET REALISM REQUIRES US TO REMAIN VIGILANT IN THIS TIME
OF TRANSITION -- THE DANGER OF PROLIFERATION REMAINS.
WE MUST ACT TOGETHER so THAT FROM THIS TIME FORWARD
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SOPHISTICATED WEAPONS PROGRAMS
REDIRECT THEIR ENERGIES TO PEACEFUL ENDEAVORS. THE
U.S. WILL DO MORE, IN COOPERATION WITH OUR ALLIES, TO
ENSURE THAT DANGEROUS MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY DO NOT
FALL INTO THE HANDS OF TERRORISTS OR OTHERS.
- 16 -
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THESE NEW STATES TO
ENSURE A STRONG COMMITMENT IN WORD AND DEED TO ALL
GLOBAL NON-PROLIFERATION STANDARDS.
IN 1990, IN THE GREAT HALL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
I CALLED ON ALL NATIONS TO REDOUBLE OUR NON-
PROLIFERATION EFFORTS. THE WORLD COMMUNITY HAS
REASSURINGLY RISEN TO MEET THAT CHALLENGE.
- 17 -
BEYOND THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED THE TREATY AND
STRENGTHENED SAFEGUARDS, THE U.S. AND OTHER NATIONS
TIGHTENED CONTROLS OVER THE EXPORT OF TECHNOLOGIES
RELATED TO NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND
THE MISSILES USED TO DELIVER THEM.
TODAY, THE THREAT OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR WAR IS MORE
DISTANT THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN THE NUCLEAR ERA.
DRAWING DOWN THE OLD COLD WAR ARSENALS WILL FURTHER
EASE THAT DREAD.
- 18 -
BUT THE SPECTER OF MASS DESTRUCTION REMAINS ALL TOO
REAL -- ESPECIALLY AS SOME NATIONS CONTINUE THE PUSH TO
ACQUIRE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THE MEANS TO
DELIVER THEM.
OUR TRIUMPH IN THE GULF IS TESTAMENT TO THE U.N.'s
MISSION --THAT SECURITY IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
TODAY, THIS INSTITUTION SPEARHEADS A QUARANTINE AGAINST
THE OUTLAW REGIME OF SADDAM HUSSEIN.
- 19 -
IT IS THE STRONG BELIEF OF MY COUNTRY THAT WE MUST KEEP
SANCTIONS IN PLACE -- AND TAKE THE FOLLOWING STEPS TO
PRESERVE OUR COMMON SECURITY:
WE MUST CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IRAQ'S CAPABILITY TO
BUILD OR MAINTAIN WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
- 20 -
[FOLLOWING THE GROUNDBREAKING STEP OF THIS COUNCIL IN
SETTING UP THE U.N. SPECIAL COMMISSION, WE MUST MONITOR
THE DESTRUCTION OF THESE DEADLY WEAPONS. WE MUST
ACCEPT NOTHING SHORT OF FULL DISCLOSURE -- NOTHING
SHORT OF COMPLETE COMPLIANCE.
IRAQ MUST ABIDE BY ALL SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTIONS. THE HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING OF THE
INNOCENT PEOPLE OF IRAQ PAINS US ALL AND THE SECURITY
COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED UNSCR 706 AND 712 TO ALLEVIATE THAT
SUFFERING. IRAQI COMPLIANCE WITH THESE RESOLUTIONS, AND
OTHER U.N.S.C. RESOLUTIONS IS LONG OVERDUE.]
- 21 -
AND, WE MUST MAKE CLEAR TO THE WORLD -- AND MOST
IMPORTANT, TO THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ -- THAT [THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY REMAINS UNITED AGAINST SADDAM
HUSSEIN. ALL OF US AWAIT THE DAY WE CAN WELCOME IRAQ
ONCE MORE INTO THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS. BUT] NO
NORMALIZATION IS POSSIBLE so LONG AS SADDAM REMAINS IN
POWER.
As ON ALL OF THE URGENT ISSUES I'VE MENTIONED
TODAY, PROGRESS COMES FROM ACTING IN CONCERT.
- 22 -
WE MUST DEAL RESOLUTELY WITH RENEGADE REGIMES -- IF
NECESSARY BY SANCTIONS OR STRONGER MEASURES -- TO
COMPEL THEM TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF
BEHAVIOR. WE WILL NOT BE BLIND TO THE DANGERS WE STILL
FACE. TERRORISTS AND THEIR STATE SPONSORS MUST KNOW
THERE WILL BE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF THEY VIOLATE
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
Two WEEKS AGO THIS COUNCIL SENT SUCH A MESSAGE TO
LIBYA.
- 23 -
LET ME REPEAT TODAY: RESOLUTION 731 -- PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL -- CALLS ON LIBYA
TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE REQUESTS OF THREE STATES ON
THIS COUNCIL. I CALL ON LIBYA TODAY TO HEED THE CALL
OF THIS COUNCIL.
LAST YEAR, IN THE GULF, WE RESPONDED TO AN ATTACK
ON THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ONE NATION AS AN ASSAULT ON THE
SECURITY OF ALL.
- 24 -
LET US MAKE IT OUR MISSION TO GIVE THIS PRINCIPLE THE
GREATEST PRACTICAL MEANING IN THE CONDUCT OF NATIONS.
TODAY WE STAND AT ANOTHER CROSSROADS. FOR PERHAPS
THE FIRST TIME SINCE THAT HOPEFUL MOMENT IN SAN
FRANCISCO, WE CAN LOOK AT THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER AS
A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT. YES, AFTER so MANY
YEARS, IT MAY STILL BE IN ITS INFANCY, REQUIRING THE
CAREFUL AND VIGILANT NURTURING OF ITS PARENTS, BUT I
BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT IT IS ALIVE AND WELL.
- 25 -
OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE IT STRONG AND STURDY THROUGH
INCREASED DEDICATION AND COOPERATION. I KNOW WE ARE UP
TO THE CHALLENGE.
THE NATIONS REPRESENTED HERE -- LIKE THE LARGER
COMMUNITY OF THE U.N. -- HAVE IT IN THEIR POWER TO ACT
FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM. MAY GOD BLESS THE UNITED
NATIONS AS IT PURSUES THIS NOBLE GOAL.
# # #