Stephane Dujarric Security Quotations

One of the agreements signed today concerns supplementary arrangements on the facilities, utilities and services the Cambodian Government would provide for the premises of those Chambers; the other deals with safety and security arrangements.

It is likely that the report will go to the Security Council as early as Friday.

The Secretary-General strongly urges the parties to exercise maximum restraint and to put an immediate halt to any actions that may be misinterpreted by the other side or jeopardize the security arrangements which they agreed to in the Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities of June 18, 2000.

As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Russia's contribution to bringing all sides back to the negotiating table is vital.

Essential life-saving humanitarian services delivered by the U.N. will continue, and the mission will monitor the situation and carry out a fresh security assessment of the area in the next two to three weeks.

He already accepted responsibility for management failures in the Secretariat. He also notes that the latest report confirms the committee's earlier finding that the respective roles and responsibilities of the Secretariat, the Security Council and the 661 Committee -- which approved all of the contracts, including the prices -- were never clearly enough defined, ... Most importantly, the secretary-general believes that thorough reform of the management structures and practices of the United Nations, especially those that relate to oversight, transparency and accountability, is vital.

He also calls on the Government of Lebanon to extend its authority over all of its territory in accordance with Security Council resolutions.