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2001-05-03
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2001-05-03
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  1. “This is also an excellent opportunity for us to thank in particular the Government of Uganda, which provided all the information we asked for. The Panel had a difficult and very delicate mission that had to be carried out and completed in extremely adverse and hazardous circumstances in a sensitive region where the susceptibilities and ambitions of the belligerents have reduced the life of the local populations to insecurity and uncertainty. Life in the region today hangs in the balance. We are grateful to God for our safety and that of the many witnesses with whom we spoke, as well as and especially that of ordinary Congolese.”

    2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source

  2. “There is also financing through barter, in which the authorities in control of a given area grant a mining or other concession to one enterprise, which provides military equipment in exchange. The recommendations are essentially of six kinds. However, the Panel stresses only four for the sake of presentation: sanctions against countries and entities illegally exploiting the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; preventive measures with a view to avoiding the situation's recurrence; compensation for those suffering the illegal exploitation of their natural resources; and the establishment of a framework for the reconstruction of the occupied areas. The Panel thanks all those who supported it in its work.”

    2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source

  3. “The conflict is financed in four ways, all of which are linked to the exploitation of resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The regular armies are financed from the public coffers. The problem often is how to meet the shortfalls. In some cases, it is the public coffers that provide that role. However, the public coffers often benefit from a trickle-down effect of the re-exportation economy based for the most part on the exploitation of the resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There is also financing from secret funds, as well as free financing, which allows the armies stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to receive funds directly or indirectly from local companies or individuals involved in the exploitation of natural resources.”

    2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source

  4. “That exploitation involves coltan, gold, diamonds, timber, ivory, coffee and fiscal resources. The links between the exploitation of resources and the continuation of the war are found at three levels: at the level of personal gains of high-ranking military and civilian officials, who benefit either from direct financial gains or from getting important contracts for their companies; in the field, because there is more fighting between the regular armies of non-invited States and the Mai-Mai and other negative forces in the mining areas than at the official front, where they have to deal with the Congolese Armed Forces (FAC) and its allies; and at the level of financing the conflict, because of the gap between the military expenditures of the various armies and the level of the defence budget of the various countries.”

    2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source

  5. “In short, an entire system has been set up by the authorities of certain countries with a view to greater efficiency in the exploitation of the natural resources of the Congo. As regards the Government, although we cannot speak of the illegal exploitation of natural resources, the Panel has nonetheless identified some rather surprising practices by which the Government of the late President took some of the profits of parastatal entities or granted concessions to the companies of associates, in violation of certain procedures. On the first point of the mandate, the Panel concludes that certain Congolese and the Ugandan and Rwandan armies are engaging in the exploitation of natural resources and have set up structures to facilitate this exploitation.”

    2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source

  6. “This exploitation has benefited from existing structures that date back to the war of August 1998. This exploitation takes two forms: mass-scale looting and the systematic and systemic exploitation of resources. The mass-scale looting has consisted mainly of the extraction, removal and confiscation of natural resources, which are amassed or placed in reserve by private individuals, companies or other groups. Military and civilian officials of these two countries, as well as the rebel leaders, have profited directly in most cases. The systematic and systemic exploitation has required good organization and appropriate infrastructure. In the case of Uganda, General Kazini has set up networks and circuits with individuals he controls. In the case of Rwanda, the organization is more sophisticated and involves various levels.”

    2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source

  7. “I am grateful for this opportunity to present the results of our work to the Member States of the United Nations. The mandate entrusted to us by the Security Council had three main points: to consider the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; to research and analyse the links between the exploitation of resources and the continuation of the conflict; and to make recommendations to the Security Council. The results of our work are presented in the order recommended in our mandate. First is the illegal exploitation of resources and other forms of wealth. The Rwandan and Ugandan armies, and to a lesser extent the Burundi army, have been engaging in massive looting of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1998.”

    2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317 (2001) · source