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Allam-Mi

lines on the record: 155
first: 2008-09-19
most recent: 2018-06-13
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“Since 24 March, the security and humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic, which had already been worrisome enough, has deteriorated considerably. Uncontrolled armed groups, comprised of many thousands of men, continue to plunder, extort and commit atrocities across the extent of the country's territory. The country's people await in distress, in vain, concrete action by the international community and the Economic Community of Central African States in better protecting them. The international community has condemned the unconstitutional change that occurred in the Central African Republic, as has the Economic Community of Central African States in not recognizing the self- proclaimed President.”
2013-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6967 (2013) · source
“Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad in his capacity as the current Chairman of of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), speaking to his peers on 18 April at N'Djamena during an extraordinary ECCAS summit on the situation in Chad: "The Central African Republic is like a wound in the heart of Central Africa. Despite all remedies proferred to resolve the crisis in the country, the wound only appears to have been healed. We need to engage seriously to end the situation of recurring instability - this time decisively, I hope." We must ensure that the wound does not turn into gangrene and infect the entire subregion. The tell-tale signs of such contagion are already present, as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General has clearly spelled out.”
2013-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6967 (2013) · source
“Mr. Allam-mi (Chad) (spoke in French): I have the honour and privilege to speak on behalf of the presidency of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). I wish at the outset to welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Nicolas Tiangaye, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. I wish to express to my congratulations and admiration for the sacrifice he is making to save his country. I should also like to welcome the presence of Ms. Margaret Vogt, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Central African Republic. I have taken note of her imporant and moving statement on the situation in the Central African Republic. I should like to quote His Excellency Mr.”
2013-05-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6967 (2013) · source
“Africa hopes that the international community will forthwith give concrete expression to its solidarity in the form oflogistics at the donors conference to be held in Addis Ababa on 29 January 2013, in accordance with paragraph 22 of resolution 2085 (2012).”
2013-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6905 (2013) · source
“That diplomatic support must be continued and be strengthened to ensure that the terrorists, in their desperation, cannot exploit any weakness. Furthermore, on the practical level we urge the international community as a whole, especially the United Nations, immediately to provide the logistical means necessary - a logistical support package - to the troops arriving in Mali. In addition to the urgent need for the logistical support of the United Nations, the African-led International Support Mission in Mali also needs the necessary financial support so that it can successfully carry out its tasks. My country has called on the Secretary-General and the African Union Commission to met that need.”
2013-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6905 (2013) · source
“It is in that context that my country decided to send a military contingent of 2,000 troops to Mali, made up of one infantry regiment and two support battalions. Chad responded to the request of 14 January by Mali's Head of State, Mr. Dioncounda Traore, and the calls by the African Union, confirmed in the letter of 16 January from the Peace and Security Commissioner of the African Union, in accordance with resolution 2085 (2012). That decision by the Government of Chad was unanimously supported by Chad's national assembly, including the majority and the opposition. My delegation welcomes the unanimous support shown by the members of the Council to France and the African countries that have mobilized in support of Mali in these difficult circumstances.”
2013-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6905 (2013) · source
“Idriss Deby Itno, therefore did not hesitate to commend France - and other de facto allies - for so promptly responding to the Malian President's appeal to halt the southward progression of the terrorists. Moreover, he called on African States and the entire international community to support the truly lifesaving initiative of the French army. The new situation emerging in Mali as a result of the terrorists' intention to extend their occupation into the south of Mali means that the French intervention is a case of acting under force majeure, in accordance with the provisions of resolution 2085 (2012), with a view, of course, to ensuring the speedy establishment of the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) and, ultimately, achieving a peaceful political solution to the crisis.”
2013-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6905 (2013) · source
“That is something that could have been foreseen very early on, at least in Chad's view, as we were among the countries that first stressed the urgent need for the international community to take appropriate measures to eradicate this evil before it spread throughout the Sahel and beyond. It was clear that the situation constituted a grave threat to peace and security, not only in Mali and the subregion but throughout the world. A failure to act promptly would have opened the door to an expansion of terrorism, obscurantism and organized crime. The international community had to act to guarantee collective security, which was under daily threat by this scourge that was centred in Mali. The President of Chad, His Excellency Mr.”
2013-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6905 (2013) · source
“Mr. Allam-mi (Chad) (spoke in French): My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, and to extend our congratulations to you for having put the situation in Mali on the Council's agenda at such short notice, thus demonstrating - as if it were necessary - that your country is committed to dealing with all matters related to the maintenance of international peace and security throughout the world. My country welcomes this. The terrorists wanted to catch the international community unawares, in order to control all of Mali and turn it into truly reliable staging grounds for their operations in the subregion and throughout the world.”
2013-01-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6905 (2013) · source
“Nevertheless, we wish to recall that Chad has a wealth of experience in lessons learned, due to the internal crises that we have had to overcome and the external aggressions we have had to deal with, not to mention the contributions it has made to peacekeeping operations in the Central African Republic, Haiti, C6te d'Ivoire, Syria and Darfur. Finally, we hope that the international community will help us to bear the burden of providing protection for refugees in Chad, whom we have hosted with the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, as well as, in addition, the costs of deploying our forces in the Central African Republic and Mali.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“Still as a matter of urgency, on 21 December, the President held an emergency session of the Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of ECCAS, which approved his initiatives and took important decisions paving the way for a process of peaceful settlement of the crisis. On the question of the crisis in Mali, Chad was granted emergency authorization by the National Assembly to send to Mali a significant force of some 2,000 men in the context of resolution 2085 (2012), which authorized deployment of an African-led International Support Mission in Mali. Given the time constraints, my delegation will refrain from expatiating on Chad's multifaceted contributions to United Nations peacekeeping operations.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“United Nations peacekeeping operations are also often very slow to get going, which clashes with the need in countries and regions dealing with a threat to peace and security to act effectively and quickly and to prevent serious developments, and highlights the importance of regional and subregional organizations in preventing conflict and keeping the peace. That was why, at the beginning of December 2012, faced with the Central African crisis, President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad, as Acting President of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), acted promptly in starting a fundamental and vital dialogue in those circumstances. It was essential to prevent the fighting from spreading to the capital, by sending Chadian forces to intervene between the belligerents and create the conditions necessary for political dialogue.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“It is clear that such authorities, often transitional ones, must demonstrate the political will to settle their internal political and social crises. Yes to zero tolerance, but, realistically, we must recognize that it is no less true that it is essential that the international community show leniency to those authorities so as not to complicate even further the often complex and difficult task in which they are dealing with opponents more interested in grabbing power in their country than in peacebuilding and economic and social development.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“Allow me first to address various aspects of the issue of peacekeeping in the light of the development, many years after the establishment of the United Nations, of crisis situations that threaten international peace and security. Today we cannot talk about durable peacekeeping without the mobilization of international resources aimed at dealing with problems of good governance, internal security and terrorism. Young democracies are often destabilized by terrorist movements masquerading as political or armed opposition. Beyond its traditional mission, the United Nations is called on to support democratically elected Powers and to strengthen States' capacity to avoid the pitfalls that can lead to the collapse of a fragile peace in those countries. It is those collapses that may pose threats to regional and international peace and security.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“Mr. Allam-mi (Chad) (spoke in French): I would like to convey our congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also commend you on your initiative to organize this important debate. We also thank the Secretary-General for his excellent briefing this morning on the issue under consideration. Insightful statements have been made today on the question of the maintenance of our collective security, which is indeed the basis for the existence of the Security Council. My delegation associates itself with the statements made on behalf of those groups of which my country is a member, in particular that made on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement by the representative of Egypt. My statement will therefore be brief.”
2013-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6903 (2013) · source
“In Mali - a country that was exemplary until quite recently, where there was good governance and no population seemed to be marginalized - is it right to see the situation in terms ofa conflict between north and south?”
2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source
“With regard to possible African or international military intervention in northern Mali, Chad will, as its position of principle, do its part when the time comes. However, while reiterating its solidarity with the Malian people, Chad will adopt a definitive position when the United Nations speaks with one voice together with the Malians, the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union. Chad believes that it is urgent to provide assistance to the Malian population, which is subjected to the abuses of armed groups, and to put an end to a situation that threatens international peace and security. Before I conclude, allow me to wonder if it is appropriate to talk about a north-south opposition in Mali. Besides the problems posed by a fringe of the Tuareg minority, is there also a north-south issue in Mali?”
2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source
“We welcome the involvement of Morocco in that restructuring, which hosted the Executive Council meeting and has proposed hosting another summit. With regard to events in Mali, Chad believes that the north of that brotherly country, just like the Sahel region, is in the process of becoming a true and solid rear base for terrorist and extremist operations of all kinds. Meanwhile, the international community is unable to speak in one voice and contents itself with minimal compromises. Compromise is insufficient to concretely, urgently and effectively deal with the challenges weighing upon the subregion, the entire African continent and beyond. The more time that passes, the more that base will strengthen and the more difficult it will be to take.”
2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source
“The international community must therefore redouble its efforts to increase its development assistance to the Sahel region by building infrastructure - a very ambitious programme of roads, clinics, schools, tourist sites and airports - so as to make the cities, wadis and palm groves vibale. In short, axes of development that can stabilize the population and improve their living conditions must be established. CEN-SAD was to play that role following its establishment by the Sahelo-Sahara countries. However, the Council will agree that that role has been deflected. An extraordinary summit, planned for January 2013 in N'Djamena, should review the charter for CEN-SAD's establishment to refocus its objectives on the development and security of the Sahelo-Sahara region.”
2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source
“That is true for the Sahel. The countries of the region, supported by the international community, must therefore seek and agree on better coordination of their fight against terrorist and criminal armed groups of all kinds rampant there. But eradicating insecurity is not enough in itself to stabilize the Sahel without an extensive development programme, since the Sahel is prone to drought and desertification. Famine is also endemic. Grazing land for flocks is becoming scarce and agriculture lacks irrigation. Lands are lost every year. Flocks are decimated, and those who raise them are ruined and reduced to begging.”
2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source
“The Libyan crisis, and the flight of hundreds of combatants in the Libyan army who were originally from the area and who brought with them weapons, equipment and money, have spread the phenomenon and transformed the Sahel into a vast safe haven, where certain groups have even wanted to build an independent State. Separated from Libya by a long desert and a mountainous border, Chad has always guarded against its territory being used as a transit area. On two occasions, mafia and terrorist groups, including that of the Algerian Abdul Kadir Al Para, known as the One-Eyed Man, have been arrested. More recently, since the Libyan crisis began, the Chadian Government has taken measures to secure its border, thereby stopping any infiltration of troops or weapons. This is the place to recall that there is no development without security.”
2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source
“He would very much have liked to attend this important meeting personally but had to remain in the country for a high-level visit to N'Djamena by our Libyan brothers and neighbours, with whom we jointly secure and develop a large part of the Sahelo-Saharan area. In other words, there is a link between our concern today and that visit. For approximately a decade, the Sahel has been a transit area for all kinds of traffickers - in human beings, drugs, cigarettes, arms and so on. The immense size of the Sahel, the porous State borders and the weakness of States in monitoring borders have allowed all those traffickers to operate undisturbed, particularly as they have managed to join forces with a part of the local populations in that highly lucrative business.”
2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source
“Mr. Allam-mi (Chad) (spoke in French): I would like to express to Minister El Othmani Chad's warmest congratulations on his great country's assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month and for having chosen for its agenda the important issue of peace and security in Africa, particularly in the Sahel region. That is the focus of international events, owing to the crisis that has raged for a short while now in Mali. Before continuing my statement of behalf of the Chairman of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), a post held by my country. I would like to convey to you, Mr. President, and to all Council members, the regrets of the Chadian Minister for Foreign Affairs and African Integration for not being here today.”
2012-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6882 (2012) · source
“The international community, in particular the Security Council and the peace- and justice-loving countries, should be thanked here. The institutions and donor countries that provided troops, funding and equipment should also be warmly thanked. We also recognize and thank the generous donors who have set up the special trust fund for financing the DIS. We also recognize the tireless efforts of the humanitarian workers, particularly those of the various non-governmental organizations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, and so forth. They should be both thanked and acknowledged by us. Nothing would have been possible and nothing will be possible in the future without their multidimensional support and their efforts on the ground. 5”
2010-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6449 (2010) · source
“I cannot close without expressing my pleasure at the excellent cooperation that has always existed between the United Nations and my Government in dealing with the security and humanitarian challenges resulting from the situation reigning in the eastern part of my country. Of course, MINURCAT was not as perfect a mission as we had hoped it would be. That United Nations mission of a very special nature, in which many hopes were placed, did not meet our numerous expectations. Nevertheless, in a very special environment and at a given point in time, MINURCAT did play a positive role in terms of protecting vulnerable people, refugees, displaced persons, humanitarian workers and others. We should acknowledge that role and pay tribute to it.”
2010-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6449 (2010) · source
“For that reason, we are optimistic that the Security Council will be diligent in ensuring that the international community will continue to support us in fulfilling our security and humanitarian missions after the full withdrawal of MINURCAT. For our part, we have taken measures to support, as best we can, the protection of civilians in accordance with international humanitarian law. Among other initiatives, the Coordination Nationale de Soutien aux Activite's Humanitaires et au Detachement Integre de Securite (CONSAHDIS) was created to replace the Coordination nationale d'appui a la force internationale a l'est du Tchad (CONAFIT), which is well known.”
2010-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6449 (2010) · source
“To do so, we are counting, of course, on the support of the international community in many forms, particularly in terms of financing a plan for sustaining the Detachement integre de securite (DIS), because that original police force, which was set up within the framework of the MINURCAT mandate, has always played a vital role. It was the DIS that ensured security in the refugee and IDP camps and the areas surrounding them. It has provided security escorts and ensured security in the zone in coordination with the National Gendarmerie and the Nomad National Guard of Chad. In 2011, our plan for sustaining the DIS foresees a budget that will cover operations and logistics at a cost of about $20 million, which is far less than the hundreds of millions of dollars going to 10-69165 MINURCAT each month.”
2010-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6449 (2010) · source
“Therefore, we are far from seeing the catastrophic situation that some parties said would arise when the Government of Chad asked for the withdrawal of MINURCAT from eastern Chad, although we still need the continued support of the international community to strengthen our financial, technical and material capacities in terms of protecting civilians. The Chadian Government, through me, would like to reiterate its commitment and determination to continue to efficiently fulfil its mission to protect civilians, particularly refugees and internally displaced persons (IDP), including their voluntary return to their homes.”
2010-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6449 (2010) · source
“If the Security Council will allow me, we would like to stress in particular that the non-renewal of the MINURCAT mandate is fully justified, and we welcome the successful implementation of the agreement between Chad and the United Nations on the drawdown of the Mission from eastern Chad and the transfer of responsibilities to the Chadian Government. Since the drawdown process began, we are pleased to have seen that the security situation has improved in eastern Chad, and that improvement has taken place despite some isolated and minor cases of insecurity.”
2010-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6449 (2010) · source
“Mr. Allam-mi (Chad) (spoke in French): It is a genuine pleasure for me to congratulate you, Madame, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Allow me also to welcome the presence of Mr. Mahmoud, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. We welcome the high-quality report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/611) to the Security Council on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). It gives a true picture of the reality on the ground and makes relevant observations and recommendations that should be taken into account by the Security Council. That allows us to limit our statement to the absolute minimum, given that the Security Council is already overburdened by the many crises taking place across the globe.”
2010-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6449 (2010) · source
“Finally, I cannot conclude without reiterating our full cooperation with the United Nations in the discharge of its noble mission for peace in our country and in the subregion.”
2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source
“He will be able to explain the plan better than I, and, through the Council, will launch an appeal to the international community to continue its efforts alongside Chad to help refugees and displaced persons in the east of our country. We count on the Council's diligence to ensure that it not lose sight of the noble mission of protecting civilians, something that it is has constantly reminded us of. Indeed, we count on the Council and on each of its members, who bear the responsibility, in keeping with the demands they make of us, to ensure that after the complete withdrawal of MINURCAT the international community continues to assist us in fulfilling our humanitarian mission.”
2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source
“We have always stressed the need for the international community to ensure that the special trust fund should remain after MINURCAT's withdrawal to meet the needs of the DIS, which is - we have repeated this on numerous occasions - a pilot force, which, as we like to say, is the pride of the United Nations and Chad. Therefore, allow me to submit for the Council's consideration a few figures. For 2011, our plan for making the DIS permanent has a budget covering operations and logistics in the amount of 10,039,215,680 CFA francs, or $21,561,472. The Special Representative of the President of the Republic to MINURCAT will meet informally with the Council.”
2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source
“However, allow me to reiterate our commitment and our resolve to efficiently fulfil our mission, namely, to protect civilians, particularly refugees and displaced persons, through to their voluntary return to their places of origin. In that regard, and pursuant to paragraph 5 of resolution 1923 (2010), dated 25 May 2010, we have just submitted to the Council an updated plan to make permanent the Detachement Integre de Securite (DIS). The implementation of that plan will enable the DIS to ensure continued security in the refugee camps, displaced persons sites and surrounding areas, as well as to provide security escorts and uphold security in the area as a whole, in coordination with the national Gendarmerie and the National and Nomad Guard of Chad.”
2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source
“Mr. Allam-mi (Chad) (spoke in French): I would like to be brief. Let me start, Mr. President, by congratulating you upon your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. Allow me also to greet the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, our brother and great friend, General Antoine Gambi. Regarding the report on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) (S/2010/529), presented for our consideration by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General - whom we welcome here today - we shall refrain from making any observations or any comments.”
2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source
“We have also taken due note of the concerns expressed and comments made by members of the Security Council in various settings, including informal meetings, and we will do our utmost to follow up on them accordingly. Finally, we reiterate our full cooperation with the United Nations in the accomplishment of its noble peace mission in our country and the subregion.”
2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source
“We have always said that it is a rather unique community police unit whose role on the ground is of major importance. It is only right to reaffirm our recognition of and gratitude to the generous contributors to the fund, and to call for these efforts to be kept up, with the encouragement of the Security Council. In this regard, I cannot conclude my statement without informing the Council that the plan for the Chadian takeover of DIS, which was expected by the Security Council on 31 July, will be transmitted to the Council as soon as possible. We encountered a delay in awaiting some information from MINURCAT on its takeover of DIS to include in our report.”
2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source
“That is currently taking place and will continue after the full withdrawal of MINURCAT. 10-48016 To give the Council an idea of the efforts we are making to ensure security in the eastern part of the country, I wish to underscore that approximately we are devoting $12 million of our own resources to that purpose each month. Furthermore, it is our hope that the international community will pursue its efforts to help case our burden. Specifically, this will require the promised infrastructure to be provided to the benefit, of course, of DIS and our judicial and penal institutions. The trust fund must be maintained after MINURCAT's drawdown in order to meet the needs of DIS, which is a unique pilot force of which the United Nations and Chad should be proud.”
2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source
“We take this opportunity to stress that we have spared no effort to respect the implementation of the road map set out in resolution 1923 (2010) of 25 May. Above all, we wish to reiterate our commitment to protecting civilians, especially refugees and internally displaced persons, until their voluntary return to their places of origin. That will involve, without the shadow of a doubt, the De'tachement inte'gre' de securite (DIS) - an institution that, it should be recalled, was originally created by Chad, with the support of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, then strengthened by the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). DIS will need to be maintained and strengthened in terms of personnel, resources, and support for the Chadian security and defence forces.”
2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source
“Mr. Allam-mi (Chad) (spoke in French): At the outset, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of August. I should also like to welcome the presence among us of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic and to reaffirm that my country fully shares his heartfelt concerns, stands steadfastly at his side and joins its voice to his in calling for the support of the international community. With regard to the report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/409) introduced by his Special Representative Mr. Mahmoud, whose presence I welcome here today, I should like to say that it accurately reflects the reality on the ground and the concerns of various parties, including us and our humanitarian partners. We therefore welcome the high quality of the report.”
2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source
“We also rely on the support of the international community in carrying out our disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme so that ex-combatants from armed groups, particularly child soldiers, may legally enter public and private life. In that regard, we wish especially to thank the international community for having decided, at a time when we particularly needed it, to deploy the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad to make the eastern region of our country more secure, as far as possible, in particular by strengthening our capacities through the deployment of the Detachement inte'gre de securite. We trust that we shall be able to go it alone in the future, but we rely on other sources of support from the international community to complement our human and other resources.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“Armed groups, supported from outside the country, have introduced weapons into the various regions and provided them to road blockers, poachers and other traffickers in the Sahel and the Sudanese border. In addressing this situation, and despite the vast area involved, the Government has carried out regular operations to recover those weapons, which are a source of insecurity and violence. In December 2008, we set up a national disarmament commission that has recovered more than 10,000 weapons of various calibres. We look to the future with optimism as political life of our country has considerably improved. We have normalized our relations with the Sudan, opening the way to improved bilateral cooperation to enhance security on our common borders.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“The lack of security arising from that situation is a major challenge that each of our States must meet, but one that we can also fight together with joint patrols involving two or several countries that share the same border. Such an effort must be complemented by relevant intelligence allowing us to identify and punish traffickers. When States are responsible for illicit trafficking, firm and effective international sanctions are imperative. Moreover, if we are to obtain their cooperation, which is also necessary to that effort, our people must be made aware of the gravity of the situation so that we can collect illegally held arms. With respect to Chad, the circulation of light weapons can be explained with reference to the repeated wars and disturbances that have shaken our country since its independence.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“I would also emphasize that, in the context of subregional cooperation, in particular within the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), we have established instruments for crisis prevention and management to that have proved to be very effective in helping us to implement our peace and security policies. The statement of the Secretary General on that issue was very edifying. The security situation in the region is well known. Successive civil wars, having undermined our young States and our security services responsible for enforcing regulations on the monitoring and movement of arms, have fuelled crime and the activities of arms traffickers in our subregion. Porous borders are difficult to monitor and allow illicit arms traffickers and users to move easily from one country to another.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“Chad welcomes the quality of the work that has been done in promoting peace and implementing our security policies under the auspices of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, the twenty-ninth ministerial meeting of which was held in N'djamena. I wish to emphasize that we have placed on the agenda of our forthcoming meeting in Kinshasa consideration of preliminary drafts of a legal instrument for the monitoring in Central Africa of small arms and light weapons, ammunition and any material used in their manufacture, and of an implementation plan for that instrument.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“Our States, fragile and with limited human and other resources, find it difficult to combat these outlaws and to maintain order and security in order to meet our peoples' legitimate aspirations to more peace and security. The first thing that the international community must do is to help us by bolstering our material and human resources to combat illicit arms trafficking and its impact on peace and security in our subregion. We need help in revising and harmonizing our national legislation to international provisions, in establishing an arms database and checklist, and in national capacity-building to manage stockpiles and combat cross-border crime.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“Illicit arms trafficking in our Central African subregion poses a permanent threat to the consolidation of the rule of law, democracy and economic and social development. Our capacity to ensure good governance, which is imperative, and a secure environment conducive to lasting economic and social development has been sorely tried by the illicit circulation in the subregion of arms of all calibre. This enriches traffickers who are frequently invisible and users of all sorts, from petty criminals to adventurers posing as revolutionaries and defenders of human rights to seize power, as well as road blockers and other highway bandits. Obviously, peaceful citizens - men, women and children - are their primary victims.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“Mr. Allam-mi (Chad) (spoke in French): I would first of all like to greet all the eminent speakers who made statements before me. I would also like to congratulate my brother from Central Africa, Ambassador Emanuel Issoze-Ngondet of the Gabonese Republic. He has not only shown competence and efficiency in presiding over the Council and thus brought honour to the States of the subregion, but also demonstrated his concern for the fate of our entire subregion by including on the Council's programme of work the serious issue of the impact of arms trafficking on peace and security in Central Africa. I would also like to thank, of course, Council members for having agreed to this proposal.”
2010-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6288 (2010) · source
“Curiously, the Sudan claims that we are carrying out flyovers of its territory with Jaguar and Mirage-type planes, which our air force does not possess. We acknowledge having carried out air strikes to destroy forces that came from the Sudan and assembled along the border on the side of Tissi, in Chadian territory. The international community cannot reproach us for exercising our legitimate and inalienable right to self-defence by land or air military means. However, we remain fully ready to normalize our relations with the Sudan, in the interests of our two peoples, who are brothers and neighbours. Therefore, we take due note of the concerns and observations expressed by all speakers and will do our best to provide them with appropriate follow-up.”
2009-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6172 (2009) · source
“I would note in particular, as the Council has, the Mouvement national of Mr. Ahmat Hassaballah Soubiane which on 25 July signed a reconciliation agreement with the Government thanks to the ongoing good offices of our brother and guide, Muammar Al-Qadhafi, to the mediators of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States. Faced with Sudanese aggression, we remain wary and poised to deal with any eventuality. Given our previous disappointment following Khartoum's violations of many peace agreements, the international community may well understand our suspicions. Contrary to recent allegations made by our Sudanese neighbour, we have not been flying over its airspace or carrying out strikes against armed groups in Darfur.”
2009-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6172 (2009) · source