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Aboul-Gheit

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first: 1999-08-25
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“Sixthly and lastly, the report of the United Nations inter-agency mission contains a number of other recommendations relating to increasing the capacity of ECOWAS and to elaborating a comprehensive development strategy for West Africa, with a view to giving momentum to the efforts to establish peace in the region and to promoting respect for human rights and good governance in the States of the region.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“In this regard, the delegation of Egypt believes that the most appropriate way to deal with the issue would be to reactivate efforts to establish and deploy an ECOWAS disengagement military force on the borders of the three States, or otherwise to consider the possibility of expanding the United Nations military presence in the region to include the supervision and monitoring of these States, in accordance with paragraph 87 of the report of the inter-agency mission.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“While we welcome ECOWAS efforts to reconcile the three States and to hold a summit meeting among their leaders, we also note that the activities deployed by the United Nations in the region should serve the same purpose. We cannot secure peace in Sierra Leone without maintaining the moratorium on weapons and diamonds vis-a-vis the Revolutionary United Front. We cannot prevent further flows of refugees to Guinean territory without putting an end to the support provided to all armed militias in the region. We cannot be certain that Liberia has complied with the provisions of Security Council resolution 1343 (2001) without establishing a specific mechanism to verify compliance.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“We also call for the redoubling of assistance for the implementation of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process of former combatants, particularly since the Secretary-General made it clear in his report on Sierra Leone last September that the deficit in the Trust Fund established to finance the reintegration of former combatants in civilian life has reached the amount of $33 million. Fifthly, efforts to improve relations and confidence-building measures among Mano River Union States are a prerequisite for the restoration of peace and security in Sierra Leone. It is also extremely important to avoid tragic humanitarian crises such as the one we witnessed on the common borders of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia at the end of last year.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“Therefore, we hope that the Security Council will not consider a reduction of the size or functions of UNAMSIL. Rather, it should work to implement the agreed concept known as "No exit without strategy". Fourthly, the international community should pay more attention to other actions to be carried out in order to lead the peace process in Sierra Leone to its desired objectives. We call on donor countries and institutions to contribute generously to the financing of a special tribunal for Sierra Leone so as to enable the implementation of its mandate as soon as possible.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“Taking this into account, with the presidential and legislative elections next May, we hope that the Security Council will seriously consider expanding the military component of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) further, to its mandated size, in accordance with resolution 1346 (2001) so as to enable the United Nations to maintain security in all parts of the country and to provide the necessary conditions for holding those elections in a free, fair and secure environment. We would like to reaffirm that the organization and the holding of these elections will not represent the end of the efforts that have been deployed. We previously witnessed a sudden deterioration of conditions in Sierra Leone, even when we had anticipated the best prospects for the peace process.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“We are encouraged by paragraph 69 of the mission's report, reflecting the centrality of this issue, and we hope that the new United Nations Office for West Africa, which will be established on 1 January, will represent a focal point of contact through which ECOWAS priorities can be determined and various programmes can be laid down and implemented. Thirdly, the crisis faced by Sierra Leone has always been at the forefront of the problems faced by the subregion; therefore, reaching a final and comprehensive settlement of that crisis should remain a top priority for the international community in the near future.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“We hope that these recommendations will become the basis for the international Organization's efforts, together with its specialized agencies, each within its own mandate, to provide the necessary support to all the States of West Africa, both individually and collectively, to deal with the various challenges they face in various fields. Secondly, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) represents the largest, most comprehensive regional framework for dealing with transboundary challenges faced by the States of the region. We believe that all activities undertaken by the United Nations to assist the subregion should be conducted in close coordination and consultation with ECOWAS, and all should be aimed at dealing with the immediate and long-term needs determined by ECOWAS itself.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“Mr. Aboul Gheit (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): Due to the time constraints, I wish only to take up a few specific points that we deem important for the issue under consideration. First, the mission to West Africa, headed by Mr. Ibrahima Fall, represents a qualitative move in the United Nations approach to security, political, social and humanitarian problems in the region, which transcend the boundaries of the States of the region and negatively affect the security and stability of the region. Given this backdrop, I would like to place on record our appreciation to the Secretary-General and to Mr. Ibrahima Fall for their commendable efforts and for the valuable recommendations included in the report of the mission.”
2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source
“Were the Council to fail to effectively assume its responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security or to contain the volatile situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, we fear that, given the inability of the other parties to achieve concrete progress in prevailing upon the Israeli Government to accept steps that would lead to a political solution, the situation would become yet more tense and would get completely out of control, having a very negative impact on the stability of this vital part of our world.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source
“The Israeli talk about liquidating or eliminating Palestinian leaders, or cutting off contacts with them, only signifies a desire to prolong the conflict and change the basic facts - indeed, perhaps it even represents a complete renunciation of all agreements signed by the two parties, as a prelude to a new phase of the conflict. This is a very dangerous and serious gamble, which could destroy the hopes for peace and stability in our region for years to come. In this light, we once again call upon the members of the Council to show an understanding of the points that in our view are essential.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source
“Fifthly, in their meeting on 5 December, the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention drew up a list of the responsibilities that Israel, as an occupying Power, has towards the Palestinian civilians living under occupation. The final document provides for the obligation of the two parties to guarantee the security and protection of the people under occupation. We believe that the recommendations of that important conference would, if implemented, represent a positive qualitative step to protect the Palestinian people and reduce tension and violence until a final political settlement of the Palestinian question can be achieved. Destruction of the installations of the Palestinian Authority will not end the crisis or reduce the level of violence between the two parties. The opposite is probably true.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source
“Indeed, such actions lead to greater tension and confrontation and result in prompt counter-operations by the Palestinian people, who resist the forces of occupation and reject all settlement activities that aim to deprive them of their territory. Fourthly, the urgent mission of the international community, particularly the Security Council, which, since the beginning of the crisis, has been unable to adopt a real, critical position with regard to the deteriorating situation, must be to help the two parties to control the situation and to stop the violence, destruction and provocation. In essence, the draft resolution before the Council clearly contains that message, and we hope that all countries will support it.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source
“It would also mean equal security for both the Palestinian and Israeli peoples and secure relations of good- neighbourliness and cooperation between both States, Palestinian and Israeli, thereby opening the way to a new Middle East. Thirdly, there can be absolutely no doubt that targeting and killing civilians, whether Israeli or Palestinian, is deplorable, and must be condemned forcefully. At the same time, if we want to ensure true balance, political assassinations and aerial bombardments, the destruction of houses and installations and blockades and economic suffocation should be condemned just as forcefully.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source
“For that reason, we are looking to the Security Council to reaffirm that the implementation of these recommendations, including a complete halt to the Israeli settlements, represents the only real way out of the current crisis and that it would open the way for genuine, sincere and serious negotiations leading to a just and lasting settlement that would take into consideration the interests of both sides and resolve all of the elements of the problem. This would result, first, of all, in the establishment of an independent, viable, functioning Palestinian State on all the territory of the West Bank and Gaza, with its capital in East Jerusalem.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source
“Secondly, the draft resolution before the Council requires that both the Israeli and the Palestinian sides take the necessary measures to put an end to the violence, provocation and destruction. It calls upon them to implement the recommendations of the Mitchell report, to which they have both agreed. The international community - including in particular the United States - has stated that the report clearly shows the need to return to political negotiations. We are aware that Israel uses a variety of pretexts to avoid resuming the political dialogue or going back to the negotiating table.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source
“Mr. Aboul Gheit (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, Mr. President, let me thank you for convening this meeting. As Chairman of the Arab Group for this month, I should like to touch on the following points with regard to the grave situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. First, the fundamental reason for the tension, violence, destruction and provocation is the Israeli military occupation. As the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Colin Powell, said on 19 November, this occupation must come to an end. The Security Council and the international community must understand this logic and the objective that we all aim to achieve. We are confident that all of the members of the Council will realize this truth and appreciate it fully.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4438 (2001) · source
“We believe that our duty, as part of a civilized world, and the role of the Security Council in the new millennium, is not only to express regret and remorse for the suffering and death of Palestinian children who may have been killed by a stray bullet or have lost those who once cared for them, or whose basic rights have been violated, but also to protect their lives and promote their rights, dignity and welfare. Children are the future of our civilization and of every community. Their development, their protection and the promotion of their rights is a joint responsibility for us all. Future generations will harvest and reap the fruits of either war and Violence or peace and development.”
2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We wonder in this regard: is it not high time to halt all military and violent actions directed against civilians and children in the occupied Palestinian territories? Is it not time to put an end to the torture, tears and sorrow of Palestinian children, whose innocent lives the Israeli forces continue to take, without regard for moral, political or international commitments, while disregarding and flouting the cries for help and relief that they make? Today, as the Security Council is considering, for the second or the third time, the issue of protecting children in armed conflict, the Palestinian child is still living in very inhumane circumstances, which touches the conscience of the international community.”
2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Fourthly, it must mobilize and coordinate humanitarian relief efforts and respond to the developmental needs of children in the areas of education, health care and other social services in post-conflict situations in order to replace the culture of violence - in which children in areas of armed conflict have been raised - with a culture of peace and development. This should be done while ensuring full coordination and cooperation with the concerned countries and guaranteeing that the rights of children are not used as a pretext to interfere in a country's internal affairs or to politicize a specific cr1s1s. Finally, my delegation would like to affirm that Egypt will untiringly stress the need to protect children and promote their basic rights, including their right to life and development in areas and territories under foreign occupation.”
2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In this regard, from this podium Egypt urges the international community to make all necessary efforts to carry out the following measures. First, it must ensure that all parties at war are committed to protecting children from exploitation, abuse, Violence, rape, displacement and murder. Secondly, it should bring to justice all those who target children with impunity and implement and comply with the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Thirdly, the international community must strive to implement the Programme of Action adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, as it has positive effects on reducing conflicts and protecting civilians, especially women and children.”
2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source
“While human rights covenants and conventions - including the Convention of the Rights of the Child and the 1949 Geneva Convention and its two Protocols of 1977 - represent landmarks in the protection of children in areas of armed conflict, the gap between these rules and their implementation continues to widen and grow in an unprecedented way. Although we believe that the main responsibility for bridging this gap and implementing international rules aimed at protecting children in armed conflicts lies above all with national Governments, we are also fully convinced that the international community has an important role to play in providing the necessary technical and financial support to protect, reintegrate and psychologically rehabilitate children.”
2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source
“But unfortunately, after more than 50 years have passed, armed conflicts are still killing, injuring and destroying children. Conflicts continue to kill millions of children who have become targets or tools of wars. We have witnessed the effects of conflict and post-conflict on children in more than 50 countries. Many have been killed, abducted or besieged, or maimed by anti-personnel landmines; the number of children whose mental, physical and psychological development has been impaired in war- torn societies continues to grow; and millions have lost their homes and families, not to mention their childhood, adolescence and school years. Some of them have been in a continuous state of shock because of the events they have witnessed.”
2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The most dangerous of those factors is the spread of armed conflicts and the radical changes introduced to armed conflict in recent years, such as open disregard for rules of international law, particularly humanitarian law, and the permitting of all forms of abuse against civilians. This change in the nature of armed conflict has led to the aggravation of problems affecting children in armed conflict, regardless of the international efforts that have been made to prevent recruitment of children, release child soldiers and reunify them with their families, protect them from organized crime and promote their rehabilitation in and integration into their societies. We, the people of the world, took it upon ourselves in the Charter to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.”
2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source
“I have no doubt that the success of the 1990 World Summit for Children in setting a number of ambitious targets and objectives aimed at supporting children and development, and the ratification of the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child by 191 countries, gave clear evidence that the international community is committed and willing to respect the rights, capabilities, dignity and welfare of the child. However, despite all the important achievements of the last decade, we have witnessed a number of factors that have adversely affected children in many areas of the world, such as economic crises, the deepening of debt and the spread of epidemics and diseases.”
2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Aboul Gheit (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to express my delegation's deep appreciation to you and your friendly country, Madam President, and to salute and thank Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his Special Representative, Mr. Olara Otunnu, for their tireless efforts and valuable contribution to the promotion of the rights of the child in armed conflict. I also wish to assure you of my country's full commitment in supporting all such efforts. Caring for children's physical, mental and psychological development is a duty, as well as a social and economic necessity for all the countries of the world, regardless of their cultures and civilizations and of their level of economic growth and scientific advances.”
2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We further express our readiness to make any necessary contribution to the restoration of Afghanistan's stability, in order for it to become an effective and positive actor in the international arena. Egypt was the victim of a vicious terrorist campaign. With the clearly expressed will of the people and through the strict rule of law, Egypt gave a decisive blow to the scourge of terrorism. Egypt fully supports all international measures taken to combat international terrorism for the benefit of all humanity.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Fifthly, the forces of terrorism and darkness must be denied any opportunity to use the territory of Afghanistan for their terrorist acts, which destabilize countries, jeopardize the interests of peoples and burn the bridges of understanding among them. The United Nations has a vital and important role to play in an Afghan settlement. Such a settlement requires a close examination of what can be done and of the burdens that the United Nations will be able to bear. We must exercise utmost discretion because the responsibility is great. I wish to express Egypt's full support for the efforts of Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi in the political field. We hope that these efforts will reach a satisfactory conclusion.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Secondly, there is the need for all Afghans to engage in the formation of the new Government and in the optimal future administration of their country in a manner that would serve the communal interests of this predominantly Muslim people. Thirdly, foreign Powers must refrain from any attempt to impose their influence or hegemony. Fourthly, the international community, in particular the great Powers and those economically capable of doing so, must take serious steps towards the reconstruction of Afghanistan in a manner that would ensure security, stability and peace in this important part of the world. This should lead to the beginning of a new era of stability and development in the history of Afghanistan, as well as the end of suffering there.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“There is no doubt about the immediate and urgent need for the international community to stand united in support of the great Afghan people. This requires comprehensive international action to lend a helping and supportive hand and to deliver humanitarian assistance immediately, before the harsh winter season, in order to avoid a major catastrophe. Talk of the future of Afghanistan requires consideration of the following elements. First, there is the need to preserve the territorial integrity of Afghanistan, which has to establish good relations with its neighbours, as well as with the international community, on the basis of mutual respect and adherence to international legitimacy.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Most regrettably again, some Afghans contributed in the last few years to furthering the suffering of the Afghan population by engaging in a vicious civil war. In their attempt to achieve their narrow and parochial interests and objectives, they only contributed, in the end, to the fall of the country into the hands of a closed and severe regime that knows no mercy towards its people - a regime that opened the territories of Afghanistan for use by outlaw elements who declared war on humanity as a whole. The people of Afghanistan are currently faced with a human tragedy of huge magnitude that has inflicted extensive damage on their lives. It also threatens their future and their hopes for a stable and peaceful life.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In this respect, we follow the current military developments on the ground and hope that all parties will adhere to strict rules of self-restraint and that no one will carry out reprisals, collectively or individually. Egypt understands the motives and justifications that impelled the United Sates of America to resort to military force against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. On the other hand, Egypt has always stressed the importance of a serious and committed effort to avoid any harm to innocent Afghan civilians e a noble people that has been exposed for almost a quarter of a century, by no choice of their own, to suffering and affliction. Their land, regrettably, was subjected to a Great Game between numerous parties. The only result of that game was the loss of life and property.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Aboul Gheit (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): The Security Council meets today to consider the situation of Afghanistan under particularly sensitive circumstances. That sensitivity derives from the tragic criminal acts committed against the friendly people of the United States of America - acts that led this body to take a firm position, embodied in the Security Council resolution adopted on 12 September that condemns these heinous crimes and reiterates a solid commitment to the United Nations Charter and to "the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence". Subsequently, military operations were pursued in a brotherly Islamic country that has been driven towards a dangerous path by some rogue elements.”
2001-11-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4414Resumption1 (2001) · source
“There is no doubt that such a mechanism will enhance coordination among the external States and organizations that have a role in the reconciliation process and have influence over the Somali parties. Egypt, for its part, will be fully ready to participate in this mechanism, not only because of the historical relations and strategic interests that bind it with Somalia but also because of the efforts it is keen to undertake at the national level and within the League of Arab States, the Organization of African Unity and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Partners Forum.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“We cannot wait until perfect security conditions prevail before deploying the mission, especially since such a logic will only lead us into a vicious cycle in which any real hopes of providing security and peace to the Somali people will evaporate - a people who have known only war and poverty for the last decade. Finally, on the other hand, Egypt welcomes the proposal put forward by the Secretary-General to establish a Committee of Friends for Somalia to explore ways and means of drawing attention to Somalia's needs in the area of national reconciliation and to mobilize the required funds for the rehabilitation and development process. We therefore look forward to the consultations the Secretary-General intends to hold to implement this initiative.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“Fifthly, the delegation of Egypt takes note of what was mentioned in the Secretary-General's report on the establishment of a post-conflict peace-building mission in Somalia. While we appreciate the reasons and justifications that led the Secretary-General not to recommend the deployment of such a mission at this stage, we would also like to reiterate that the United Nations must be ready to confront the challenges and dangers that it may face in Somalia, just as it does in other regions or States where United Nations personnel are present.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“This was the case in Sierra Leone, when the Council established a Panel of Experts to investigate the extent of the implementation of the sanctions imposed on the Revolutionary United Front; in Angola, with the establishment of the Monitoring Mechanism for the sanctions imposed on UNITA; and in Afghanistan, with the creation of a specific mechanism to monitor the implementation of the measures imposed against the Taliban. We therefore see no justification for the Council to stand back, evade its responsibilities and not take the appropriate measures to ensure the implementation of the embargo imposed on Somalia and the enforcement of the relevant resolutions that the Council itself has adopted.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“No lasting peace can be attained in Somalia when any of the factions opposed to peace can obtain arms and ammunition, which allow them to sabotage the current reconciliation efforts and resist the popular yearning for peace and security. We have seen that the Security Council is indeed capable of enforcing the sanctions regimes it has imposed in different areas if it has the necessary political determination and willingness to do so.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“President Hassan should be helped in establishing a credible police force and in disarming and demobilizing the militias operating in the capital, Mogadishu. From this standpoint, Egypt welcomes the statement in the Secretary-General's report that the completion of the Arta process remains the most viable option and expresses its hope that this conviction will serve as the point of departure for the efforts that the United Nations must undertake from this time onwards to assist and support the Transitional National Government. Fourthly, at the same time, the Council cannot ignore the fact that there is an arms embargo imposed on Somalia, under resolution 733 (1992), which has not been respected for many years and whose enforcement the Council has not taken any concrete measures to ensure.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“Thirdly, all these observations lead us to renew our appeal to the Security Council to assume its responsibilities under the Charter and to undertake a more positive and effective role in resolving the conflict in Somalia, and not to merely rely on the role played by neighbouring and interested States or on the efforts that the relevant regional organizations are keen to undertake. The Council must throw its weight behind the Transitional National Government and compel the rest of the Somali factions that remain outside the Arta process, including the members of the so-called Somalia Reconciliation and Restoration Council, to join the national reconciliation efforts currently under way and cooperate with President Hassan in his efforts to rebuild and rehabilitate the governmental institutions destroyed by the civil war.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“Secondly, while we support all that the Council has pledged to undertake in this regard and, in fact, welcome the efforts it undertakes in relevant fields, we find that the Council has completely failed to implement these pledges in the case of Somalia. Somalia did not receive the same priority that the Council has given to other conflicts within or outside Africa. The Council did not give special attention to the specific peculiarities characterizing the Somali conflict. The international community did not display the increased solidarity or necessary political will to maintain the momentum towards peace in Somalia and the attainment of a lasting settlement to the conflict there.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“In the declaration it adopted at the Summit meeting in September of last year, the Council reaffirmed its determination to give equal priority to the maintenance of international peace and security in every region of the world, while paying special attention to the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, in view of the special needs of the continent and the specific characteristics of the conflicts raging on its territories. In its presidential statement on peace-building, adopted last February, the Council also reiterated that efforts to ensure lasting solutions to conflicts and to maintain the momentum for peace in any given country or region require increased solidarity, sustained political will and timely and adequate resources on the part of the international community.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“We also find, however, that the time has come for us to take courage from the numerous positive developments in Somalia following the peace process, and since the Transitional National Government (TNG), led by President Abdikassim Salad Hassan, was established. We have to build upon the momentum generated by the Arta Conference and its results. In addressing the proposals made by the Secretary-General in his report, I wish to make some specific comments that we think we should highlight. First, before addressing the specific steps that the international community should take towards Somalia, we must remind the Security Council of what it has previously pledged in such circumstances.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“Almost six and a half years have passed since the departure from Somalia of the United Nations peacekeeping troops serving in the United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM. II). Unfortunately, since then the international community has remained idle and excessively hesitant in addressing the situation in that country, in shouldering its collective responsibility to bring about lasting peace in Somalia, in preserving the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity and in putting an end to the crisis raging there for over 10 years. We understand the specific circumstances of the problematic situation in Somalia, which would discourage the Council from displaying the political will to support the country, as provided for under the Charter.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“Mr. Aboul Gheit (Egypt) (spoke in Arabic): Mr. President, allow me at the outset to extend our thanks to you for organizing this meeting and for giving States that are not members of the Security Council the opportunity to express their views on the situation in Somalia and on the collective role that we must play in order to assist this friendly Arab African country to regain its natural place in the fold of the international community. Permit me also to express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for the important report that we are deliberating today. Our appreciation also goes to his Representative in Somalia, Mr. David Stephen, for his exemplary efforts in support of the national reconciliation process there and for his valuable briefing to the Council this morning.”
2001-10-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4392 (2001) · source
“Finally, Egypt was at the forefront of those countries that provided troops and equipment to the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA); it was also among the first countries that was keen to continue its support - within its capabilities - to the Central African Republic in the post-conflict peace-building phase after MINURCA was completed. We thus hope that the international community will take this opportunity to reflect on what the situation in the country could have been just last May and on what we can now begin, through implementing and building upon the Secretary- General's recommendations, to assist the Central African Republic in reaching the path that it deserves towards lasting peace and stability.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“We specifically hope that there will be an effective presence of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - once it is expanded and its third phase launched - in the Congolese territories adjacent to the Central African Republic. We also hope that the process of disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating armed groups will encompass all of those elements that are located in Equateur Province, so that the threat posed by these elements to the Central African Republic can be removed once and for all.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“We hope, of course, that the Office will be provided with financial and human resources commensurate with the additional tasks and burdens that it will be assigned so that it may implement its mandate in the best possible manner. Fifthly, the Secretary-General has highlighted in his report the direct interlinked relationship between the course of events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other neighbouring States, on the one hand, and the degree of stability that the Central African Republic may enjoy, on the other. We thus hope that the Security Council will take this important factor into account in the context of its efforts to restore peace in the Congo and to implement the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“Fourthly, Egypt welcomes the expanded role proposed by the Secretary-General for the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic, especially in promoting the process of national reconciliation between the Central African parties, supporting the efforts of the Government to restructure the armed forces, training the security forces and promoting respect for human rights. We also especially look forward to strengthening the role that the Office can play in the field of early warning in a manner that will alert the United Nations and allow it to address developments that may threaten to return the country to the brink of disaster, as we witnessed last May.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“While we welcome the recommendations put forward by the Secretary-General to send economic and financial experts to the institutions of the Government and to develop the country's agricultural sector, as well as other important proposals, we must also reiterate that the Central African Republic will never be able to emerge from the vicious cycle in which it finds itself in the absence of sufficient external financial inflows, the implementation of large-scale development programmes on its territory and the alleviation of the enormous debt burden that paralyses its ability to meet the daily requirements of its people, including the payment of salaries and arrears to state employees, as the international community has continuously called for.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source