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  1. “We call on the Council to act in full knowledge of the facts, for the greater benefit of the Congolese people. My delegation has not the slightest doubt that the Congolese people will be thankful for this and will be in a position to express their deep gratitude. Echoing what His Excellency President Laurent Kabila affirmed to the Council last month, my delegation reiterates the readiness of the Congolese Government openly and seriously to discuss ways and means to put an end to this futile, bloody and tragic war, so that we will be able together to build a region in which its peoples can live in peace and prosperity.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  2. “It will greet those sons and daughters of countries that cherish peace and justice with legendary African hospitality, as only the Congolese can offer it. For the deployment of MONUC to be a complete success, it will have to be carried out in close cooperation with the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. My country would wish to be consulted at all times about the way in which the operation is set up; in that connection, it is possible that the Democratic Republic of the Congo will refuse offers by some States whose dealings with the aggressors make it impossible for them to be truly neutral. My delegation wants to remind the Council of its primary Charter responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  3. “But my delegation is duty- bound to observe that the United Nations operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo would have been less costly had the United Nations acted on the many requests made to the Council by the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the outbreak of aggression in August 1998. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is now curious to see how much the present operation will cost. It was the Council's hesitation that led to the current situation. Had the Council been in a position to respond to my country's complaints since the fateful month of August 1998, it would not now be mourning the dead, regretting violations of the Lusaka Agreement and much else besides. My delegation assures the Council that the Democratic Republic of the Congo will have a warm welcome for MONUC.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  4. “We regret, however, that members of the Council did not strive to spare the Democratic Republic of the Congo further humiliation with grave consequences, lacking the courage to completely dissociate the issues relating to two hostile countries, one of which has clearly caused its own misfortunes as well as those of its neighbour: my own country. My delegation sincerely thanks the Administration and the Congress of the United States for having spared no effort in providing material support for MONUC. We are grateful too for the sincere cooperation we have enjoyed from the United Nations, through its Department of Peacekeeping Operations.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  5. “Members will understand that my country cannot fail vigorously to support the proposal made by the Secretary- General and by the Organization of African Unity and echoed by France regarding the convening of an international conference on the Great Lakes region to tackle difficult common problems in the region and to consider the requirements for lasting peace and development throughout the region, with a view to the permanent elimination of both the distant and the more immediate causes of the disaster that has cast a shadow over our continent. My delegation is therefore gratified by the adoption of today's resolution expanding the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) in the context of the second phase of its deployment.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  6. “The head of the Congolese State had come to share with you his intention to accept the holding of an inter-Congolese dialogue, whose objectives are no different from those of the national debate already convened by the Congolese Government and which is designed to define the rules of the game that will govern the exercise of power and thus lay the basis for a new and democratic political order, of which the Congolese people have so long been deprived. His Excellency President Laurent Kabila, who on that occasion extended his hand to those who were once allies but are now enemies, also called on the international community to persuade the aggressors against the Democratic Republic of the Congo that they had to make similar efforts to bring peace to their own countries.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  7. “It has heard the cries of thousands of orphaned children, and haunting laments arising from the graves of those women buried alive, or from those mothers whose entrails were spilled on the ground because they were suspected of bearing in their womb a potential perpetrator of genocide. My delegation believes that it is incumbent upon you, members of the Council, to shoulder your responsibilities, to condemn energetically these massacres of innocent victims so that the entire world may say: never again! From this very table, on 24 January, you heard Mr. Laurent-Desire Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, assure you that the Congolese Government will spare no effort in order to restore the Congolese people to its status as primary sovereign and as the unique source of legitimacy.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  8. “His skilful and masterly approach and his vision enabled the representative of the United States to achieve considerable progress in the search for a lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the region. My delegation would also like to pay well-deserved tribute to Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the remarkable efforts he has constantly made to bring about an end to the aggression and for his numerous and laudable initiatives in favour of truth, peace and security in the region. My delegation is gratified to see that after so much equivocation, the Security Council has finally heard the cries and lamentations of the Congolese people, who, from the heights of Mount Ruwenzori to the plains of Kinshasa, from the equatorial basin to the savannahs of Katanga, are suffering the tortures of the damned.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  9. “My delegation must nevertheless welcome this awakening of the Security Council concerning this situation which is now almost two years old - this breach of peace and security, this violation of the independence, national sovereignty and territorial integrity of a Member State of the United Nations by other Members of this universal organization. Allow me also, Mr. President, to avail myself of this opportunity to salute your predecessor, the representative of the United States, who during his presidency in January took the courageous initiative of inviting our African heads of State to participate in the special meeting of the Security Council on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  10. “My delegation also wishes to extend its thanks to the member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as well as the Organization of African Unity (OAU) which consistently and strongly pressured the United Nations to find a solution to this war of aggression and for the Security Council to forego its timorous approach to the aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo which has been occurring since 2 August 1998. How could I fail to remind you that on 2 August 1990, confronting a similar situation in a State victim of aggression in another region of the world, the Council had raised an entire army to combat that instance of aggression.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  11. “It is their victory, and the fact that the Council is examining a situation of aggression that has been noted and recognized by the entire world is also their victory. Through these two personalities, these two worthy sons of Africa, now independent, my delegation would like to thank very sincerely all the members of the Security Council present here and all the representatives of the African States who have served on the Council since 1998.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source

  12. “Presidents of the General Assembly: the first, the late Mongi Slim of Tunisia, who on 13 July 1960 introduced in the Council the draft resolution to create the United Nations Operation in the Congo, better known as ONUC. The second is Theo-Ben Gurirab of Namibia, who has unceasingly reminded you of the deplorable situation and unspeakable suffering of the Congolese population as a result of the shameless aggression against my country by the armed forces of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. May those two illustrious sons of Africa and their respective countries, Tunisia and Namibia, accept this expression of profound gratitude from the Government and people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The fact that the Council is meeting today to help my country once again seems to us a well-deserved victory of those illustrious statesmen.”

    2000-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4104 (2000) · source