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“With assistance, we can hope to bring ourselves closer to the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. In his opening statement, the President stated, Keep your mind level. If the mind is level, the whole world will be level. The President of the Central African Republic, Mr. Francois Bozize often teaches us about the mind of the spirit: Infinite spirit is all. All is one. All is all. And all is the Universe. The Universe is calm. If we have understood this, let the world follow the example of the wise by avoiding the errors of the semi-wise who perish because of their foolishness”. I would like to hope that this message will be favourably received by our partners, both bilateral and multilateral.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“We call on all for a continuing effort to reduce inequality between men and women, because in Africa, women are very often heads of families in the most remote regions. They play a very important role. In that way, the support of the international community in eliminating inequality will provide a solution in terms of sustainable development. We cannot achieve a healthy environment without wiping out illiteracy. We hope that the developed countries of the South and the North will help poor countries to create the right conditions in terms of informing and training their populations in order to show them that they have an interest in preserving the environment. Our country is rich. It wishes to exploit the wealth of its subsoil in order to protect its environment.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“The Central African Republic applauds the great nations - France, the United States, China, Japan, Germany, Britain and Russia and certain emerging countries of the South for their willingness to cooperate in order to slow the deterioration of the environment. We thank the European Union and the African Development Bank for their assistance and, in particular, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank for having allowed the Central African Republic to reach the decision point under the enhanced Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. We praise the actions of those international financial institutions, and we ask them to open a new chapter on the environment and the economies of poor countries.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“Here I wish to cite President Sarkozy, the printed text of whose recent statement observed that justice meant the same chances for success for each poor child in the world as for each rich one. In this very Hall, President Sarkozy said: Justice means that a developing country on which we wish to impose environmental rules, even though its inhabitants have barely enough to eat, can be helped to put such rules in place. Justice means that we cannot tap a country's resources without paying a fair price for them. I solemnly appeal to the United Nations to concern itself with the issue of fairer distribution of wealth and of the income derived from commodities and technology. The Central African Republic is ready to open its borders to developed nations and to public and private investors in order to increase its resources.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“Aware of the difficulties it faces, the Government has opted for regional and international cooperation by participating in many initiatives concerning the environment and sustainable forestry management, such as the Central African Forest Commission, the Network of Protected Areas of Central Africa, the Sangha Tri-National Landscape and the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. Generally speaking, the implementation of most of these initiatives has not met expectations: the initiatives were ambitious, but the capacities for implementation and the financial resources were inadequate. The enterprises exploiting these resources impose binding environmental rules on us while the population does not reap any benefit. We need to halt and eliminate poverty with the participation of all. Poverty creates injustice.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“Despite these resources, the economic reality of the country shows that the Central African Republic is among the least developed countries, where the population lives on less than a dollar a day. In recent years, the rate of economic growth has fallen below the average predictions. Structurally, the country comes up against many obstacles in its development efforts. For instance, its domestic market is tiny, and it is isolated domestically and externally because of its distance from maritime ports. The economic situation may be summed up as follows: lack of individual income, limited State resources, inequality between men and women and the rate of illiteracy. Our economy is largely dependent on environmental resources.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“This central position at the crossroads of different African ecosystems from the Sudan-Sahelian areas in the north to the dense humid forest in the south gives it great ecological potential. It has many assets: rich and fertile soil, mineral and forest wealth, diversified fauna and varied agriculture, with the latter being the country’s economic base. The Central African Republic understands the wealth of its natural resources, but also the threats involved. That is why we have built environmental concerns into the constitution of our country, notably in its preamble and its article 9 where the collective consciousness is called upon to respect the principle of good environmental governance.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“For its part, the Central African Republic hopes that during the Bali Climate Change Conference this December the wealthy countries will at last honour their commitments in the area of technology transfer and will provide assistance to strengthening the national and regional structures required for effective action to combat climate change. I would like to pay a warm tribute to the Secretary-General for the interest he has shown in these problems and for his initiative of appointing three special envoys in the area of climate change. Allow me to present the specific case of my country, the Central African Republic, which spans three climatic zones, with great diversity in its ecosystem, from dense humid forest in the south, to the pre-Sahelian area in the north.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“By choosing climate change as a central topic of this General Assembly session and organizing the high- level dialogue “The future in our hands: Addressing the leadership challenge of climate change”, the Assembly President has pinpointed the growing concern associated with global warming for a country such as ours, the Central African Republic. Indeed, the problems associated with climate change now lie at the core of international debates. The moment has thus arrived to transform good intentions into concrete actions.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“The Commission’s fifteenth session also demonstrated that much significant progress remains to be achieved: advances in those sectors are minimal and still far from the objectives the international community set for itself in Rio in 1992 and in Johannesburg in 2002. In order to meet these challenges of the environment in particular and sustainable development in general, a partnership endeavour, supported by sufficient resources, is absolutely essential in order to allow developing countries, in particular in Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific, to implement these commitments, especially since those regions, and particularly Africa, while bearing but little responsibility for the advent of this phenomenon, are more vulnerable to the risks associated with climate change.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“We should like to see it accompanied, however, by genuine support for the reinforcement of institutional capacities in the Central African Republic. In that regard, we thank and praise France for its courageous decision and effective participation in that peacekeeping force. During the fifteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, held in New York from 30 April to 11 May 2007, whose chosen theme was turning commitments into action and working together in partnership, participants highlighted the correlation and interdependence among the four areas of the thematic cluster: energy for sustainable development, industrial development, air pollution and climate change.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“The conflict in Darfur and the presence of rebels, armed groups and road-blockers cause the proliferation and unlawful circulation of small arms in that subregion, thus provoking widespread and continuous insecurity. The consequences for the Central African Republic often take the shape of recurrent crises that chronically undermine the economic fabric and aggravate the poverty of our people by creating hazardous and precarious living conditions. All of this leads to the breakdown of the social fabric, the loss of civic spirit and, ultimately, the failure of confidence in their institutions and, especially, in justice. We applaud the adoption of Security Council resolution 1778 (2007) on the deployment of the hybrid multidimensional force to the borders of the Central African Republic, Chad and the Sudan.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“Finally, on behalf of President of the Republic and Head of State François Bozizé, allow me to address our sincere congratulations to Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on his dynamism and the efficiency with which he has undertaken his work in the context of current important international issues, including the maintenance of international peace and security, climate change, human rights, and combating drugs and terrorism in all its forms, which remain pressing issues that no country in the world can address in isolation. The conflicts afflicting the innocent civilian populations in the Middle East, the Great Lakes region and the Sudan, a neighbour of the Central African Republic, with their hosts of refugees and displaced persons, are causes of grave concern.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“On behalf of the delegation of the Central African Republic, and in the name of our Head of State, President of the Republic François Bozizé, I extend warm and heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Kerim on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-second session. We are also gratified to assert that his distinctive skills will guarantee the success of our work. I also wish to pay a warm tribute to his predecessor, Sheikha Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Five decades after the presidency of Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India, she wisely led the work of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly, to the great satisfaction of all.”
2007-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 62 (2007)
“The Central African Republic greatly appreciates the proposals made during the 2005 World Summit by Presidents Chirac, Lula Da Silva and Hu Jintao regarding the promotion of peace, security and development. However, the results of MDG implementation will remain mixed until international solidarity fully plays its part. We live in an interdependent world; the development of the Central African Republic is closely linked to that of the rest of the world, because the United Nations is a community of nations. May God bless the United Nations. May God bless the Central African Republic.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“If we are to prevent and reduce the risks related to natural disasters and to equip ourselves with better organization and more effective means to make the world safer, we must support the transformation of the United Nations Environmental Programme into a specialized agency with a broader mandate, as proposed by France. Despite delays in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Central African Republic is determined to reach them, especially Goals 3 and 4, relating to the empowerment of women and the promotion of gender equality and to the reduction of under-five mortality. Indeed, considerable progress has been made in terms of vaccination coverage and also with respect to the free distribution of mosquito nets to pregnant women and to children under the age of 5.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“Indeed, it will not be possible to ensure that democracy and a culture of dialogue and tolerance are firmly established unless the people have access to quality education and are able to grasp what is truly at stake, and thus make sound judgements in full knowledge of the facts. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals Report 2005 highlights the need to ensure a sustainable environment by intelligently exploiting natural resources and protecting the ecosystems upon which the survival of humanity depends. Climate change and global warming owing to the depletion of the ozone layer are worrisome phenomena for our country, whose northern region is being increasingly overtaken by desert. The initiatives set out in the Kyoto Protocol show that progress is possible if there is political will on the part of the major consumers.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“The many empty years of discouragement resulting from the loss of motivation on the part of the teaching staff, delayed salary payments, the lack of State resources to build schools and purchase equipment, and the continued insecurity in some areas of the country for the past several years — all of that has led to a decline in the quality of teaching and a drop in the literacy rate. However, since the burst of patriotism of 15 March 2003, the Government has been doing its utmost to ensure that the school year will no longer be interrupted and to restore the former credibility of the Central African educational system. Thanks to the assistance of certain donors — among which we must mention the International Organization of la Francophonie — the Central African Republic is beginning to take up the challenge between now and 2015.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“The recent conference on AIDS, held here at United Nations Headquarters in early June 2006, highlighted the particularly disturbing characteristics of that calamity among the most impoverished sectors of the population: women and children. There is a health emergency, and thus the Central African Republic is requesting greater assistance and action from its development partners. The education and training sector — covered by Goal 2 of the MDGs — has undoubtedly been the main victim of the long period of political and military crises, whose wounds are gradually healing.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“06-53341 6 The deteriorated state of the Central African economy is hardly likely to encourage the implementation of the Development Goals in order to promote a robust fight against poverty, which for us remains an ongoing threat to peace and stability. In the area of finance, the Government has taken energetic measures to restore financial health by implementing an extensive system to monitor civil servants and establishing a body to verify their academic credentials. The other challenges — just as great — facing the Central African Republic are those of health care and education, which are among the main MDGs. With respect to health care, the HIV/AIDS pandemic and other diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria, are sources of concern for our country.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“Denis Sassou Nguesso, on the positioning of United Nations troops on the border between the Central African Republic, Chad and the Sudan. In addition, since 2003, the Central African Republic, one of the seven countries in partnership with the World Bank’s Multi-country Demobilization and Reintegration Programme, has taken a new comprehensive, integrated approach that is integrative and inclusive aimed at resolving the thorny problem of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants. The results today reflect the Government’s willingness to succeed in that process. Moreover, our country has just developed a new structure to fight the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, namely, a national commission against the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons and for disarmament.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“It goes without saying that no development is possible unless we eradicate the endemic insecurity maintained by those who set up roadblocks and by the rebellion raging mainly in the north-eastern part of the country, bordering on the Sudan and Chad. The security and defence forces deployed in the back country face many difficulties — particularly logistical ones — in overcoming that phenomenon. The proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the subregion — due to the long crisis in Darfur and its effects on the Central African Republic — are hardly helping to put an end to that scourge. The Central African Republic supports the proposals made by Presidents George Bush and Jacques Chirac and by the Chairperson of the African Union, Mr.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“In the case of the Central African Republic, we must acknowledge that many challenges remain to be addressed if we are to truly strive to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) within the agreed time frame. Indeed, my country experienced more than two decades of serious crises, from which we only recently emerged by holding general elections and establishing republican institutions and the Government of National Reconciliation. But we must still fight the cross-border insecurity raging in the subregion and push back out of our territory the aggressors, supported from abroad, who seek to destroy our democratically established republican institutions. The Central African authorities are striving to restore security throughout the territory.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“In the Millennium Declaration, which resulted from that commitment, the 189 signatory countries — including the Central African Republic — solemnly pledged to do their utmost to overcome poverty, which continues to devastate the majority of the world’s population. To that end, several Goals were defined. Ms. Blum (Colombia), Vice-President, took the Chair. As the Secretary-General has stated, the main Goals have been implemented to varying degrees: “Accordingly, we will not enjoy development without security, we will not enjoy security without development, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights. Unless all these causes are advanced, none will succeed” (A/59/2005, para. 17).”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“Kofi Annan, a worthy son of the African tradition, for his praiseworthy and tireless efforts, in a particularly difficult international context, to promote the role of the Organization, to attain its objectives and to promote peace and security throughout the world. The theme suggested for the present session is “Implementing a Global Partnership for Development”. We should recall that, six years ago, the highest leaders of the Organization’s Member States made the firm commitment to unite their efforts to collectively fight poverty and all the scourges it causes, which pose a serious threat to international peace and security and a major obstacle to the development processes in many countries.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“Having said that, I should like, on behalf of His Excellency General François Bozizé, President of the Republic, head of State, and on behalf of the Government and the people of the Central African Republic, to warmly congratulate you, Madam, on your election as President of the General Assembly at the present session. I view it as a sign of confidence and a well-deserved tribute to your beautiful country, the Kingdom of Bahrain. I am also pleased to express to your predecessor, Mr. Jan Eliasson, my high esteem for the remarkable way in which he led the work of the sixtieth session. In addition, I express my warm and sincere thanks and appreciation to the Secretary- General, Mr.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“Those questions divided, and continue to divide, delegations and regional groups, and finally overshadowed the discussion of other items. But the Summit and the ensuing sixtieth session nonetheless had the merit of establishing the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission. Despite all the differences among United Nations Members and despite the criticism of some of its actions, the United Nations remains the international organization which, due to its universality, representativity and authority, cannot be ignored. The Central African Republic, which reiterates its commitment to the purposes and principles of the 5 06-53341 Charter, would like to reaffirm its ongoing desire to continue to contribute to all efforts to reform the entire United Nations system.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)
“As you know, Madam President, there is one African tradition, but its forms are many. That is why the African continent is the cradle of mankind and this African tradition universal. We can see this universal nature here in New York within this forum of the United Nations where the values of solidarity and brotherhood symbolize a common desire for peace and love. How can we not fail today to recall the vitality which marked the World Summit which was held in 2005 in this very Hall, following the fifty-ninth session, which was undoubtedly the longest ever due to the intensity of the consultations begun by His Excellency Mr. Jean Ping, President at that session, with a view to reaching a consensus on questions related to reform of our Organization, including that of the Security Council.”
2006-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 61 (2006)