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Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo

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first: 2022-09-24
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“I make an urgent appeal to the United Nations to do its utmost to ensure the immediate lifting of sanctions against the Republic of Zimbabwe and its people. However, in order to carry out its difficult and delicate tasks effectively and merit the trust of all. the United Nations must embody the values of justice, equity and solidarity and represent all in our cultural, political, economic and social diversity. That is the essence of its reform that Africans keep bringing up. and of the fight that we must all wage.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Invitations have already been extended to international institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) specializing in that area to send their electoral observation missions to support the process and help the Congolese State to consolidate its fledgling democracy. The United Nations is also invited to play an important role in that through its specialized agencies. The Congolese Government would like to thank the invited institutions and NGOs that are already hard at work. The Democratic Republic of the Congo remains convinced that the United Nations continues to be the most appropriate forum for discussing the future of our planet and relations among peoples and States. Following the holding of peaceful democratic elections in Zimbabwe.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“I would like to once again affirm that, at the end of this year, general elections will be held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in elected institutions down to the local level. To ensure their success, all parties involved are actively mobilizing. The Independent National Electoral Commission has already convened the electorate and published the lists of candidates for the national and provincial legislative elections and the municipal elections. Measures have been taken to ensure the transparency, inclusiveness, equality of opportunity and credibility of the upcoming elections.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“As an extension of such initiatives to protect and promote women, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is working tirelessly to change the way in which men see women, in particular by eliminating societal structures that create barriers to women’s advancement, as well as the power dynamics that underpin male-female relations. The skills and resources available to women are insufficient on their own to change their situation. It is also essential to change the social dynamics within couples, families and communities. That is the essence of the project to promote positive masculinity that I initiated at the beginning of my term at the head of the African Union. In conclusion.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Before I conclude, from this rostrum let me to return to the issue of violence against women in the context of war and armed conflict. It is no secret that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the African States where sexual violence against women is the most disturbing, due in particular to decades of armed conflict. In order to alleviate the suffering of women who are victims of conflict-related violence and to compensate them in some small way for the harm caused to them, my country set up specific institutional mechanisms, including the National Fund for the Reparation of Victims of Conflict-related Sexual Violence and Victims of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Humankind, established in December 2022.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“with each international bureaucracy aiming to preserve itself. In that regard, the urgent and unremitting request of my country and of Africa as a whole is to expand the Security Council, as a guiding decision-making organ of the United Nations, in such a way as to include therein two representatives of the African continent as permanent members in order to ensure fair and representative geographical representation — hence the relevance and necessity of reforming our 78-year-old Organization, which is somewhat hobbled in the face of current changes and international trends, so as to make it more inclusive in its composition and in its decision-making process, which from now on will have to pay heed to Africa’s voice.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“All that requires multilateral cooperation. To retain the trust of the international community, the United Nations must show that it is capable of adapting to the present and of effectively shouldering its responsibilities in tackling today’s challenges. In order to provide a new impetus to multilateralism, a reform of the Charter of the United Nations on key points, including the Security Council, the veto. Chapter VII and the use of force, is absolutely necessary but will not be sufficient. We have a lot of work to do. Coordination and cooperation among the various institutions and agencies of the United Nations are imperfect. Global challenges are tackled several times over in various forums from different and contradictory perspectives, while other problems are not addressed at all.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“It has undertaken bold commitments, including dedicating 30 per cent of its national territory to the preservation of biodiversity and submitting a nationally determined contribution that includes mitigation measures focused on four priority sectors: agriculture, forestry, energy and technology transfer, as well as adaptation measures. Multilateralism and respect for a global rules-based system has underpinned peace, security, health and prosperity in large parts of the world for the past 78 years. The United Nations embodies those principles and remains a key protagonist in addressing contemporary existential threats, be they the current food crisis, climate change, terrorism, pandemics or nuclear proliferation. None of those critical global threats can be resolved by nations acting alone, no matter how powerful they may be.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“In that context, my country calls for the creation of a fair carbon market and incentive pricing while strengthening the effectiveness of climate financing. We hope to see the rapid operationalization of article 6 of the Paris Agreement and support the idea of mutually beneficial partnerships between the State and the private sector. In the same vein, the Democratic Republic of the Congo reiterates its full readiness to cooperate with all stakeholders, public and private alike, in order to make the most of its strategic minerals.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“The Africans emerged from the Summit with a set of shared specifications contained in the Nairobi Declaration, which are aimed at ensuring a reform of the international financial architecture so as to ensure greater fairness; restructuring and debt alleviation for their countries; the local processing of their products; and the establishment of a carbon tax regime, including a tax on the trade in fossil fuels and on maritime and air transport. They also reminded rich polluters of the commitment they undertook in 2009 but have yet to honour of providing $100 billion in climate financing. The Democratic Republic of the Congo calls on the United Nations and the international community as a whole to pay particular attention to the legitimate claims of Africa.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“In that context, the African Climate Summit, which was just held in Nairobi from 4 to 7 September under the joint leadership of the African Union and the Republic of Kenya, was a welcome and timely initiative that reflects Africa’s determination to participate actively in addressing that vital question and to be a key and influential player in the process of devising solutions to global warming and to ensuring greener and more responsible economies in future.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“I am compelled to note here that despite the polluters’ good-faith proclamations in favour of stopping greenhouse-gas emissions; the many forums convened all over the world to stem that scourge, including the 27 Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COPs); and the many resolutions and recommendations adopted at the various meetings, the warming of our planet is far from being limited to the target of 1.5°C. On the contrary, at COP 27. held in Sharm El- Sheikh. Egypt, this year, concerns were expressed about the trend of rising temperatures. That not very reassuring acknowledgment no doubt calls for us to revisit the approaches and policies that we have adopted.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo expects the Security Council to focus in particular on its request and to constructively manage the delicate and laborious process of crafting peace in our country. Another challenge exists that is of the utmost concern to all the nations of the world: global warming. I need hardly recall that the rising temperature over several decades has affected all humankind and is of concern to us all.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Members will recall that that terrorist group, which is a proxy for Rwanda, has not honoured any of the commitments entered into by the Heads of State of the region in the context of the Luanda and Nairobi processes. Indeed, not only have they not left the positions they had seized, but they also continue to massacre our civilian populations and to refuse cantonment and pre-cantonment, demanding a dialogue that will never be granted to them. The Democratic Republic of the Congo hopes that other States will follow the praiseworthy example set by the United States of America in supporting the common struggle against impunity and ensuring the triumph of the ideals of justice and solidarity among peoples.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“It is unjust and unacceptable that persons deemed responsible for the serious crimes mentioned in various reports of United Nations experts on the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should continue to enjoy impunity with complete silence on the part of our Organization and its Member States, even though the latter have cited the combat against impunity as one of their main priorities in the areas of internal and external governance. In that regard, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo warmly welcomes the sanctions recently imposed by the Government of the United States on Rwanda for its support for the Mouvement du 23 mars terrorist group and on one of its senior officials involved in the criminal undertakings in the Congo.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“That is the reasoning underpinning the current approach of our Government, which addressed a letter to the President of the Security Council dated 1 September 2023 asking for the accelerated withdrawal of MONUSCO (see S/2023/648). In addition to asking for the accelerated withdrawal of MONUSCO. the Democratic Republic of the Congo reiterates its request to the Security Council to sanction all physical and legal persons acknowledged to be perpetrators, co-perpetrators or accomplices, both material and intellectual, of war crimes and crimes against humanity and serious violations of human rights, international law and the Charter of the United Nations on Congolese territory.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“It is time for my country to explore fresh avenues for strategic cooperation with the United Nations that are more adapted to our current realities. That is why. in my capacity as constitutional guarantor of my country’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence, and of the good conduct of our nation and the well-being of my compatriots. I have instructed the Government of the Republic to begin discussions with the United Nations authorities to ensure an accelerated withdrawal of MONUSCO from the Democratic Republic of the Congo by moving up the deadline for the withdrawal from December 2024 to December 2023.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Nonetheless, it should be deplored that the peacekeeping missions that have been deployed in various forms for 25 years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have not been able to stop the uprisings and armed conflicts that are tearing apart the country and the Great Lakes region or to protect civilian populations. So is the phased, responsible and sustainable withdrawal of MONUSCO. which was announced in 2018 and whose transition plan was adopted in 2021. now an anachronism given the changing political, security and social contingencies? It is thus illusory and counterproductive to continue to cling to maintaining MONUSCO to re-establish peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to stabilize it. Furthermore, the accelerated withdrawal of MONUSCO is absolutely necessary to ease the tensions between the Mission and our citizens.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“This is also the place to broach a question of paramount importance to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to building peace in our region. I refer here to the withdrawal of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). Following a United Nations presence of more than two decades, it is time for my country to fully take its destiny in hand and to become the main protagonist of its own stability. We are grateful to the international community and to the United Nations for their support and their partnership, but we are also aware that the phased withdrawal of MONUSCO is a necessary stage to consolidate the progress that we have already achieved.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“That is also the case of Mozambique, the victim of deadly terrorist attacks for roughly a decade now in the province of Cabo Delgado. In West Africa, in the Sahelo-Saharan region. United Nations troops are withdrawing, leaving behind the memory of what they did not achieve, despite the fact that they had embodied all of the hopes of the peoples of the countries concerned for liberation from the yoke of jihadism. The Republic of the Sudan is no exception. The Sudan is mired in a deadly civil war that since last year has pitted military personnel loyal to President Abdel- Fattah Al-Burhan against the Rapid Support Forces commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. Although the war has already caused many deaths and much material damage, the international community is virtually indifferent to the Sudanese tragedy.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“The maintenance of international peace and security constitutes the foundation of and the main objective underpinning the creation of the United Nations. Its achievement requires greater determination and commitment on the part of all given the current threats to peace and security in the world. African peoples often do not understand the equivocal attitude, policy of double standards, ambiguities and procrastination we see on the part of our Organization, especially of its Security Council, in certain political and security crises that are raging in Africa and sometimes have been for decades. That is the case, notably, of the forgotten crisis of Western Sahara, which has riven apart two kindred countries. Algeria and the Kingdom of Morocco, and which has dragged on for several decades.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“given the combined effect of climate disasters, recurrent conflicts, the economic recession and the persistent after-effects of the coronavirus disease pandemic, inequality and poverty have worsened. Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise; humanitarian needs and the displacement of populations have reached record levels; and climate and environmental disasters have brought the world face to face with a very serious systemic existential threat. It is clear that in order to tackle those scourges, which pose a genuine threat to international peace and security and represent a major obstacle to the prosperity and progress of nations, joining forces and taking a multilateral approach based on mutual trust and solidarity are major and indispensable steps.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“It is for that fundamental reason that I welcome the relevance of the theme of this year’s session, entitled “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all”. That theme places the values of solidarity and of trust at the forefront of the factors for recovery and for accelerating solutions to closely intertwined global challenges in order to move forward peace, security and sustainable development. Those two values find their full expression in the context of the crises that we are facing today. In that regard, it is vital to recall that at the halfway point towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, in 2023.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Those mutually reinforcing crises pose a challenge to the multilateral system and to international cooperation. And yet what all peoples of the world want and have always wanted is the maintenance of international peace and security, the guaranteeing of justice and human rights, the prioritization of social progress and the creation of the best possible living conditions. Those goals therefore need to remain at the centre of our collective action, in the context of a truly multilateral and inclusive approach. We are called upon to work together with an eye to responding to those challenges, which are existential in scope.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“The people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo welcomes the mobilization of the international community to provide assistance to the kindred peoples of the Kingdom of Morocco and of Libya. We convey to them our full compassion and solidarity and wish a speedy recovery to all those wounded in those two natural disasters. But beyond deploring those natural disasters, the current session of the General Assembly is taking place at an exceptional period of our history in which the world faces serious situations that threaten the very existence of human beings. The war in Ukraine has caused a food crisis marked by skyrocketing prices and shortages of basic goods; the exacerbation of the effects of climate change; and armed conflicts that continue to erupt in various places.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General, for his active and ongoing commitment to international peace and security. As our session unfolds here in New York, the people of Morocco are still mourning the victims and nursing their wounds following the powerful earthquakes that occurred during the night of Friday. 8 September, to Saturday. 9 September, causing the deaths of more than 3.000 Moroccans and wounding at least 5.000. and destroying several cities and areas of the Kingdom. Furthermore, the Libyan people have not yet recovered from the trauma of the flooding that claimed the lives of more than 20.000 people and caused major damage on Sunday. 10 September.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“The convening of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly affords me the opportunity to share with the States Members of our Organization the vision and major concerns of my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with respect to the current global challenges facing us. Having said that. I wish to preface my remarks by congratulating His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis on his election to the presidency of the Assembly and assuring all the members of his Bureau of the support of my country as they discharge the noble mission conferred on them by our institution. I would be remiss if I did not also thank the outgoing President. Mr. Csaba Korosi. for his farsighted leadership and dedication, which contributed to moving forward our discussions and to finding concerted solutions. I wish also to extend my gratitude to Mr.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“In that context, I have worked to further promote Congolese women, who today are increasingly at the forefront of public affairs management within the political, legal and administrative institutions of my country. That proactive policy should allow in the future for radical change, not only in the perception of women and their role in society, but also in women taking charge of their own destinies. Indeed, parity is not a gift to women, but a responsibility that they must assume. I wish every success to the work of the seventy- seventh regular session of the General Assembly.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“For that reason, during my term of office at the helm of the African Union, I initiated a meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the continental organization under the theme of “Men’s Conference on Positive Masculinity”. That historic meeting, held in Kinshasa in 2021, led to a declaration of the African Union containing the commitments of men, in particular that of the Heads of State and Government, to put an end to violence against women and girls and to provide appropriate responses to that issue. The declaration constitutes a veritable African Union charter for women that I am working to bring to fruition in my capacity as an African Union champion for positive masculinity.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“It is a question of justice for a continent — or rather, to an entire swath of humankind — whose role is increasing every day in the conduct of international affairs. We Africans are firmly attached to that. In conclusion, allow me to say a few words about gender parity. In that regard, it is necessary to stress the efforts under way both at the international level and at the level of States to create spaces for gender equality and opportunities for freedom and action for women. To do so, the involvement of men in gender-promotion policies is necessary because, on the one hand, men share their lives with women and, on the other hand, since time immemorial and for various reasons, men have established a pre-eminence over women that gives them a determining influence over their destiny. We must put an end to that de facto situation.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“This is why the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to believe that it is essential to better structure and enrich multilateralism, with equal treatment for all stakeholders, in order to create the spaces for dialogue and cooperation that we need to ensure international peace and security. That is the United Nations we want. To that end, we must act urgently to reform of the United Nations, which appears to be stalled at the moment. In that context, I must insist on the need to satisfy Africa’s legitimate and just demand to be represented on the Security Council with two additional seats in the category of non-permanent membership and two others in the category of permanent membership with the same rights, including that of veto, privileges and obligations as those of the current permanent members.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“As the current Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community, I urgently call on the United Nations to do everything possible to obtain the immediate lifting of the sanctions against the Republic of Zimbabwe and its people. In this multipolar world, no country, however powerful and rich it may be, can hope to overcome alone the challenges I have just outlined, let alone resolve them in the interests of one and all. The importance of the issues at stake, the complexity of the problems to be solved and the magnitude of the task require an equitable multilateral approach that takes all interests into account and pools all energies in mutual respect.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“My country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of the African beneficiaries of that initiative, to mention just the most recent example. My country calls for similar actions and initiatives that help not only to resolve issues related to everyday life and to create jobs for the greatest number of people, but also with income distribution and purchasing power. However, in the name of international solidarity and justice, we have questions about the maintenance of sanctions against the people of Zimbabwe that date back to the time of the late President Robert Mugabe. Why is our Organization so silent and indifferent to that injustice, bordering on a crime, against an innocent people?”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“We will tirelessly pursue those policies and efforts to improve the business climate so as to boost private investment and overall economic activity. Solidarity and justice in relations among countries have always been factors in achieving mutual peace and security, as they bring people together and create interconnectedness among them. Therefore, combating poverty and promoting collective well-being are powerful bulwarks against social conflict and tensions among peoples. For that reason, the Democratic Republic of the Congo welcomes the collective action of the international community against COVID-19 and commends the Feed the Future initiative of the United States of America to fund agriculture to combat the hunger and food insecurity in Africa caused by the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“For its part, despite the difficult global economic situation following the harmful effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has made significant progress with respect to economic growth. Wealth creation accelerated in 2021, thanks in particular to positive momentum in the mining sector. Production in that sector increased to 10.1 per cent in 2021 from 1 per cent in 2019, due to favourable copper and cobalt prices on the international market. Inflation rates and the exchange rate of the Congolese franc have remained relatively stable. The Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund conducted the second review under the Extended Credit Facility arrangement. The International Monetary Fund commended the prudent macroeconomic policies adopted by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“The Democratic Republic of the Congo therefore calls for the implementation of the proposal that rich countries cede a percentage of their special drawing rights at the International Monetary Fund to least developed countries. The proposal was made by the Paris Conference on post COVID-19 economic recovery, held in May 2021, and endorsed by a firm commitment from the Group of 20 in Rome in October 2021. In any event, any facility that provides access to additional resources for those countries sorely tested by climate change and COVID-19 would be welcome. Similarly, alleviating the debt burden of low- income countries must remain an ongoing concern to be included in a global approach to international solidarity.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“This will allow the Democratic Republic of the Congo to achieve its economic and social objectives, while protecting its forests and remaining the country with solutions in the fight against global warming. My country remains open to cooperation with any partner wishing to help it achieve its goals. On the economic front, the challenge to be met is that of helping to revive the economies of countries that have been weakened by the collateral effects of climate change and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in order to promote balanced global economic growth and halt the spread of poverty in developing countries. We cannot overcome that challenge without good internal governance efforts at the national level, productive investment or sufficient and real transfers of financial resources to those who need them.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has therefore set itself the goal of exploiting the country’s natural resources, while respecting environmental standards, and processing them locally to provide added value and boost the national economy, including by creating liquid wealth and jobs to improve the living conditions for the Congolese population. The appropriate strategies and measures have been adopted and implemented to avoid negative impacts on the environment. Following the example of other countries in Africa and Europe that have overcome that challenge, measures include effective Government checks and balances.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“I take this opportunity to shed light on the environmental aspects of the tender issued by my country, on 28 July, for the exploration of 27 oil blocks and three gas blocks. The tender has been met with unnecessary controversy in the international arena. It should be recalled that no relevant international legal instrument ratified by the Democratic Republic of the Congo prohibits our country from exploiting its natural resources for the purpose of protecting the environment or due to fears about accelerating global warming. The 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change acknowledges that developing countries are within their right to emit carbon dioxide for their development purposes, while taking steps to protect the global climate through their nationally determined contributions.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“Furthermore, to support the green transformation agenda in economies on the African continent and meet the growing energy demand around the world, my country has opted to capitalize on its vast potential in renewable energy sources, including hydroelectricity, solar energy, geothermal energy and the exploitation of its gas deposits. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is an asset as it pertains to implementing Agenda 2063 of the African Union, via the Grand Inga project, which could also be beneficial for parts of Europe and the Middle East. In that regard, we are delighted to host the preparatory work for the twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate, which will take place in Kinshasa next month.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“In that regard, it is important to note that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is among the primary producers of essential strategic minerals for the energy transition and the decarbonization of the transport sector. These include cobalt, lithium, nickel and manganese. My country has set itself the goal of ensuring the clean production of those metals. With that in mind, on 29 April, the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed an agreement on the establishment of a value chain in the electric battery and clean energy sector. Needless to say, given the size of the investment required to implement such a project, the involvement of partners is particularly essential, especially with regard to providing capital and the appropriate technology.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“Carrying out those changes poses two fundamental problems, namely, the implementation of legal and financial instruments resulting from international negotiations, in particular within the framework of the various Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the energy transition. It is time, on the one hand, to put an end to the selective implementation of commitments made by polluters and, on the other hand, to compensate, in the name of climate justice, the efforts made by less-polluting countries, including those of Africa, in order to preserve the environment for the sake of our entire planet. With regard to the energy transition, Africa has sufficient renewable energy sources and raw materials to help mobilize credible options for resolving the energy and environmental crises.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“The realization of the actions I have recommended here will undoubtedly guarantee the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo the certainty of a settlement of the crisis and will facilitate a constructive dialogue between all the parties concerned in that regard. We, the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are determined this time to put a definitive end to the insecurity in the east of our country, whatever the cost. The time has come to break forever the infernal cycle of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in order to stabilize the Great Lakes region and take full advantage of its economic potential, as well as its rich biodiversity, to save humankind from climate change.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“Fourthly, we must encourage the honorary President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, and the President of Angola, Joao Lourengo, mediators of the EAC and the AU in the security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to continue their good offices. Fifthly, we must remove all obstacles to efforts by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to restructure its armed forces and increase its strength in order to better fulfil its sovereign missions, notably through the pure and simple lifting of all restrictive measures on the acquisition of military equipment, whatever form they may take, as decreed by the Security Council.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“Secondly, we must bring more pressure to bear on Rwanda and the M-23, whose leaders are under United Nations sanctions, and to be firmer with them so that they respect the positions taken by the above-mentioned international organizations. Thirdly, we must support the continuation of the Nairobi peace process, the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Rwanda Luanda discussions and the deployment of the East African regional force, whose statute and rules of engagement were signed on 8 September in Kinshasa by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the EAC Secretary General, on the one hand, and by the FARDC and the command of that regional force, on the other.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“For that purpose, it is necessary to, first, make effective the immediate withdrawal of the M-23 from the occupied localities, the return of the displaced people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from those localities to their homes and the unconditional cessation of the Rwandan army’s support to this terrorist group, in accordance with the spirit and the letter of the Luanda road map, agreed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, as well as successive declarations by the Security Council, the African Union Peace and Security Council, the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“The people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ask the United Nations, the African Union, the African regional communities and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s partners to stop relying on the shameless denials of the Rwandan authorities and to contribute instead to the restoration of security, the building of lasting peace and the creation of the conditions necessary for fruitful cooperation in the Great Lakes region for the good of all.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“The FDLR have been decapitated and reduced to nothing by the Forces armees de la Republique democratique du Congo (FARDC), in close collaboration with the Rwandan army, within the framework of joint operations carried out a few years ago. Moreover, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has repatriated several FDLR elements and their families. The people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are therefore asking themselves — which FDLR are we talking about? How many square metres of Rwandan territory are occupied by those phantom FDLR? Where on Rwandan soil has a single soldier from the Democratic Republic of the Congo ever been seen? Whatever the case, my country stands ready to take repressive action against any armed group that tries to disturb peace and security in a neighbouring country and in the Great Lakes region.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“The Constitution of the Republic and its laws prohibit such speech and severely punish it. No one can therefore use that fanciful discourse to justify criminal activities in the country, to divide the people or to weaken the national unity that all my compatriots hold dear. The Democratic Republic of the Congo will never be genocidal. Similarly, I maintain that the alleged collaboration of some officials of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the Rwandan opponents of the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda (FDLR), which Rwandan leaders use to justify repeated aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is an alibi that is not corroborated by any proven fact on the ground.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“The reassessment of MONUSCO’s withdrawal plan cannot, therefore, in any way call into question the relations between my country and our Organization. In any case, I reaffirm loud and clear at this rostrum of the highest international organ for the management of world affairs the determination of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its leaders to defend with their lives the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of their country — in full compliance, of course, with international law and of the commitments made within the international organizations of which it is a member. I would like to make clear that the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its civil society will never allow anyone to utilize the discourse of tribal, ethnic and racial hatred and xenophobia in our country.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)