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Baali

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first: 1996-10-10
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“In this respect, we cannot but express our serious concern at the recent deterioration of the military situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and we solemnly call on the parties concerned scrupulously to observe the cease-fire and to honour their Lusaka commitments in order to ensure the full and prompt implementation of the 10 July 1999 agreement. The same effort should be made by the Congolese parties to the Agreement and by MONUC, so that the process of establishing a restructured and integrated national army can take place under normal conditions and be concluded within a reasonable time period. Assistance, and financial assistance in particular, from the international community will no doubt be necessary in order to support and speed up the process.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Under the Lusaka Agreement, the demobilization and disarmament of about 10 armed movements, which are specifically mentioned in paragraph 9.1 of the Agreement, should be accorded special attention because of their repercussions on the follow-up to operations. Both the parties to the Lusaka Agreement, through the Joint Military Commission, and the United Nations, through MONUC, must play an active role to ensure the demobilization of those armed groups - which are rampant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the region - and the implementation of the provisions of the Accord relating to them.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“In Kosovo, the determination shown by the international community and the significant resources provided made possible the disarmament of UCK combatants and opened the way to an international effort towards peace-building and a return to normalcy in that region. In this specific case, as I said earlier, significant political, military and human resources were utilized and went a long way towards facilitating the job on the ground, even if the disarmament campaign has not yet been fully finalized, as evidenced by the difficulties encountered by the United Nations in the last few weeks. We hope that the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) will show the same determination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“In both cases the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, which in Mozambique led to the establishment of a national army and in the Central African Republic to the restructuring of a pre-existing army, on the whole was successful. To a large extent it enabled the process of peace and reconciliation to make significant progress and the countries concerned gradually to return to a situation of peace and stability. In both cases, respect by the parties to the conflict of their commitments went a long way towards ensuring the success of the operation, even if the process that was begun in the Central African Republic by the Inter- African Mission to Monitor the Implementation of the Bangui Agreements (MISAB), followed by the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic, has not been finalized completely.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Quite the contrary - the quantity, and particularly the quality and nature, of the arms handed over by RUF elements - in some cases only ammunition or hand grenades - leads one to believe that the real weapons are still in the hands of the movement, in violation of the agreements concluded. Since we are speaking of Sierra Leone, I should like to touch on the question of child soldiers. Their demobilization and reintegration must be given particular consideration because they are so vulnerable and because of the serious traumas they have suffered in wartime. Very fortunately, in recent years we have seen positive experiences, for example, with respect to the United Nations Operation in Mozambique, or, more recently, in the framework of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Clearly, in the case of Angola, monitoring and follow-up of this aspect of the peace agreements was neither effective nor conclusive. The many problems now facing the process of disarmament and demobilization of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in Sierra Leone within the context of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) are evidence of the problems faced by the United Nations on the ground. During the public meeting of the Council on 13 March last, it was clearly established that the RUF forces and their chief, Mr. Sankoh, in particular, were not cooperating in the handing over of all of their weapons to the United Nations Mission under the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, as established by the Lome Peace Agreement of 7 July 1999.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The problems encountered by the disarmament and demobilization programme involving the UNITA rebels in Angola in the context of the Lusaka Protocol were the principal cause of the resumption of hostilities between that movement and the Angolan Government forces and consequently of the withdrawal from the country of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA), which took place in February 1999. UNITA actually used the peace process to build up its military capacity and to start acquiring mass quantities of new weapons. In addition, the arms handed over by Mr. Savimbi's troops under the disarmament programme were often obsolete and, in any case, only a tiny percentage of those weapons were actually handed over to the United Nations.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“This also means that when neighbouring States are involved, their support is desirable, if not necessary. The facts on the ground, we must admit, are much more complex, and the situation is more difficult to control, particularly with respect to the disarmament of ex- combatants, where lack of trust, fueled by years of war and the absence of any genuine will to cooperate on the part of the rebel leaders, often gives rise to insoluble problems.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Post-conflict peace-building must, increasingly, be part of a new approach based on traditional peacekeeping activities, accompanied by an ambitious peace-building programme built on the resumption of economic activities, electoral assistance, the rehabilitation of public institutions, the establishment of a national, integrated and representative army, and, sometimes, the convening of regional conferences. This action on the part of the United Nations can clearly succeed only if the internal, and eventually regional, context is favourable. This means that there must first be genuine national reconciliation, which itself must result from a negotiated political settlement based on power- sharing and the strengthening of democratic practices.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Consequently, as the Secretary-General pointed out so clearly in his report on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, many conflicts in newly independent States seem to be the result of extreme poverty, which provides the ideal breeding ground not only for the growth and nurturing of fanaticism and violence, but for the seizure of power by force, the absence of democracy and the consequent lack of prospects for democratic change. Combined with external factors, this can sometimes lead to the outbreak of conflict.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Post-conflict peace-building transcends the narrow framework of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration because it encompasses the search for equitable, reliable and credible solutions to the political, economic and social problems at the heart of these very conflicts. This is therefore long-term work, combining real political will at the local and, sometimes, at the regional level with the consistent support of the international community. There is no point in silencing weapons and establishing a relative peace that is often maintained only by the presence of neutral peacekeeping forces, unless, at the same time, we courageously and resolutely attack the very origins of the conflict and try to deal appropriately with their causes.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“We are very grateful to the Secretary-General for his analysis, which, based on experience gained by the United Nations in recent years, provides us with a set of useful and essential tools for gaining a better idea of how effectively to organize the work of the United Nations in this area. These elements relate to such important aspects as the coordination of efforts being made in this process, the mobilization of resources, capacity-building for United Nations personnel and the establishment, in general terms, of an international and local environment conducive to such work.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The growing reluctance of some countries to participate in peacekeeping operations, especially in Africa, has led to the greater involvement of regional organizations. This makes even more acute the problem of the relationship between the United Nations and regional peacekeeping organizations, against the backdrop of the problem of financing operations and the material, logistic and military capacities of the regional organizations in playing their new role. In his report of 11 February 2000, entitled "The role of United Nations peacekeeping in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration", the Secretary-General goes into great detail about the purpose of these activities and their potential importance to the future conduct of peacekeeping operations and, consequently, to the future of all efforts to make peace and settle conflicts.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Experience acquired in recent years in this area has led us to the realization that the mandate of peacekeeping operations must now include post-conflict peace-building elements in order to prevent a resumption of hostilities. Such measures include the disarmament of troops and militias that are not recognized as legal forces, the collection of weapons illegally held by ex-combatants, the demobilization of ex-combatants and their reintegration into society. Furthermore, even if the conflicts facing the United Nations are internal in nature, they often involve several actors in the immediate vicinity of the country concerned, and even outside the region itself, which makes it even more difficult to deal with such problems and to settle conflicts and sometimes creates risks for the United Nations forces being deployed.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The United Nations, having been found wanting in Rwanda, Bosnia and elsewhere, can no longer allow such developments to occur with impunity. Furthermore, while the role of the United Nations in inter-State conflicts is limited to separating the belligerent parties, placing itself between them, supervising the disengagement of the forces involved and monitoring truces, in the case of internal conflicts the mandate of United Nations forces must be broader and, as a result, more complex. Not only does it now have to separate the belligerent parties, but it has to work to eliminate the factors that might lead to a resumption of hostilities.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The concept of peacekeeping has been constantly evolving and gradually changing in recent years with regard to both the proliferation of operations involving United Nations forces and resources and the very way in which such operations are understood, because their scope is expanding to encompass aspects that are relatively new, compared to how we looked at this issue not long ago. The reasons for this development lie, first and foremost, in the changed nature of the conflicts in which the international community is being asked to intervene. For about 10 years now, most conflicts and crises have been internal and, often, inter-ethnic in nature, characterized by large-scale massacres and refugee flows.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“The debate that you, Sir, have taken the initiative of organizing in the Security Council on the question of post-conflict peace-building in general, and on aspects of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration in particular, is all the more timely - and, we hope, useful - in taking place at a time when, mindful of the growing complexity of peacekeeping operations our Secretary-General has taken the initiative of establishing a group to consider this question as a whole. It is a question whose importance goes beyond the strict framework of peacekeeping, inasmuch as it influences the length of time that conflict settlement and the gradual return to peace and stability will take.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): I am particularly pleased to be speaking to the Council on behalf of the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity at a time when you, Mr. President, have taken up your important duties with such distinction, talent and modesty. I should like to congratulate you sincerely and also take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the Ambassador of Argentina for the success with which he presided over the Council. I should also like to congratulate the Secretary- General for the comprehensive report before the Council and for the important statement he made this morning.”
2000-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4118 (2000) · source
“Once conflicts have been controlled, the other Council, the Economic and Social Council, should act in coordination with the Security Council in the peace-building process by helping restore trust, stability and normalcy. These are the initial conclusions the presidency of the OAU wished to share with the Council at the end of a month in which Africa has been at the centre of the international community's concerns. It hopes that they will be fully taken into account and that the Council, far from tiring of Africa, will continue to give it its full attention and that under the Russian presidency of the Council, during the last month of the year 2000, there will be a more peaceful, secure and united Africa; in other words, a renewal of our continent.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“More than that, what Africa, in its desire to rebuild, expects from the United Nations is that the Organization will accompany it in its recovery effort and that it will help mobilize the financial resources it desperately needs, which shrink year by year, even as the debt burden becomes heavier and export commodity prices become less and less profitable. In tackling the causes of underdevelopment with determination, as it does today, and in working to promote human rights and democracy, Africa understands well that poverty, ignorance and intolerance are at the root of the conflicts tearing it apart. Here is an area where the Security Council could usefully intervene in order to prevent conflicts that otherwise would be more costly in terms of personnel and resources.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“In this context, I welcome the opportunity to share with the Council today some of Africa's concerns and expectations. Moreover, as pointed out in the last Security Council meetings of December 1999, we could try to begin regular and more structured consultations between the Council and the OAU. Dispatching joint envoys, establishing working groups and holding joint meetings could also be useful and appropriate. Similarly, United Nations strengthening of African capabilities in peacekeeping, including through troop training, exchanges of personnel and arrangements establishing logistical partnerships, are ways and means worth exploring.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“It will also require the Council's activities to raise international public awareness of the tragedies caused by the spread of HIV/AIDS and of refugees to be followed up and effectively broadcast to the appropriate forums: the General Assembly, where a Working Group on Africa is preparing to begin its work; the Economic and Social Council, the Bretton Woods institutions and the specialized agencies of the United Nations system. Lastly, it will require the initiation of more joint endeavours and greater coordination between the OAU and the United Nations on African questions. In the case of the Security Council, both the chairmanship of the OAU and the Secretariat must be closely associated with the consultation and decision-making process.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“This would require the Security Council in all cases to maintain its vigilance over the other conflicts besetting the continent and to continue to give its full political support to the efforts being made by the OAU to contain the hotbeds of tension and to achieve or consolidate peace. It must also demonstrate its readiness, goodwill and celerity whenever the pan-African organization needs its technical, logistical, financial or peacekeeping assistance.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“In this respect, the Lusaka Agreement, to which the parties have reiterated their commitment and the Security Council its support, is very clear in its call for close coordination between the OAU and the United Nations, which we feel to be absolutely essential to the success of the Lusaka process and must therefore be further strengthened with the full agreement of the parties, in all confidence and transparency. The speedy adoption of a resolution authorizing the deployment of 500 observers and of the four battalions to accompany them would, in this regard, send a strong message that the Security Council has heard and understood the message of Africa.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“This is clearly relevant to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the OAU's Joint Military Commission has managed, not without difficulty and despite the conspicuous shortage of men and means, to ensure overall respect for the cessation of hostilities and where the Lusaka process cannot be properly brought to term unless the Security Council authorizes deployment in the field of enough Blue Helmets entrusted with the authority necessary to ensure a genuine return to peace.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“N ow that the Security Council, here in New York, has taken note of the sovereign determination of Africa to live in peace and to abide by the commitments which its leaders have freely undertaken, it must go beyond making declarations of its good intentions and, without hesitation or delay, offer our continent the support and assistance to which it is entitled. This will require the Council above all to discard its former attitude to Africa, particularly with regard to the deployment of peacekeeping forces.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“What we must stress from the start is the tremendous will of African countries to close the chapter on conflict once and for all. Whether concerning the dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the situation in Burundi or in Sierra Leone, or yet again in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa has indeed, with painstaking and subtle efforts, prepared its own settlement plans and launched processes to re-establish confidence among belligerents and to restore peace, security and stability. This determination of Africa to reconcile and to set out on the road to recovery has been brilliantly reasserted in this Chamber during this "month of Africa". If that is what was expected of Africa, which it had solemnly undertaken last July in Algiers to accomplish, today it is a done deal.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“Even the mass media, which are frequently heedless of Africa and indifferent to its sufferings, efforts and hopes have, in the course of your outstanding presidency, honoured our continent with their interest. Now that your presidency is coming to an end and media interest has peaked, we feel it fitting and useful to endeavour, in serenity and transparency, to draw conclusions from what has been said within these walls, to recall the forceful images we have each preserved of the presence of so many illustrious African heads of State, to take the measure of the commitments undertaken so as to make them reality and, in the long run, to open new prospects for the relationship Africa seeks to establish with the United Nations.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): At its summit meeting in Algiers, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) declared 2000 the year of peace, security and solidarity on our continent. You yourself, Sir, chose to make the first month of the new millennium the "month of Africa", which, in many ways, it effectively has been. In giving of yourself generously to our cause you have served Africa well, for which we thank you. Conflicts that for too long have pitted brothers and neighbours against one another have benefited from the attention of the Security Council. Tragedies that have plunged millions of Africans into mourning and that are often both the cause and the direct or indirect consequence of these conflicts have also appeared on the Council's agenda.”
2000-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4096 (2000) · source
“This means that now more than ever, the United Nations has a unique mission to carry out and special responsibilities to take on for the benefit of Africa. This also means that the United Nations must resolutely put Africa at the focus of the problem of building a peaceful and harmonious world order for future generations. Precisely at the end of a century that has seen Africa, the cradle of humankind, go through a revival and a rehabilitation after such a cruel history, Africans are entitled to become active participants in the prodigious promises of the third millennium. This would be the best way to raise over the new era the banner of promoting respect for the dignity of the human individual and of all human beings.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“It is also important that globalization extend naturally its benefits to the developing countries and not give rise in any way to increased marginalization or exclusion. From this point of view, Africa has value as a challenging test of credibility for the professions of faith over a future of solidarity that is qualitatively better for all humankind. Africa must no longer be a vast area that is prey to uncertainty, dire poverty, pandemics and disorder. Africa is, in fact, the continent whose recovery requires the greatest external support in order to mobilize all of its energies to the maximum extent. Africa must, of course, count on its own resources, but it is entitled to expect special assistance from the international community as a whole.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“Thus, it is important that the substantial results of our Organization provide the impetus for a new beginning, with even greater ambitions in terms of preventive diplomacy, peaceful settlement of disputes among States, the maintenance of peace and international security and international cooperation for development. It is also important that the acceleration of history, which began to give some substance and consistency to the idea of an "international community", lead to a network of renewed international relations, where the higher interests of humankind be seen as indivisible and encompass the political and security spheres as well as the economic, financial and monetary spheres.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“The debate on Africa is being held at a time like no other, since it brings us together at the dawning of a new era with so many challenges, promises and opportunities, an era that, if only we wished it, could foster the birth of a new ethic of international relations, based on universally shared peace and prosperity. This new ethic would fully restore the ideals and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter, while repudiating for ever the upheavals, aberrations and torments of the twentieth century, which has been especially trying for the human race.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“So it is that the objective of collective security of States, associated with the new horizons opened up at the end of the cold war and serious progress towards general and complete disarmament - which should involve first and foremost weapons of mass destruction - will be expressed in the new terms of physical well-being and quality of life for citizens. Africa, which has declared itself to be a nuclear- weapon-free zone, could serve well as an area for the deployment of efforts to propagate a culture for the security of peoples with the aim of cultivating the civil, political, cultural, social and economic rights of Africans.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“Similarly, at a time when world economic models are converging in their orientation to the market and the universal impact of global environmental factors intertwine the objective of lasting sustainable development with that of social development, the international community must be sensitive to the urgent and imperative needs of Africa with regard to the elimination of hunger, the eradication of pandemics, especially AIDS, the alleviation of poverty, the universal immunization of children and basic education for all.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“The developments and changes characterizing today's world, which show quite clearly the interdependence among nations and which, paradoxically, also Show that Africa is clearly being left on the sidelines, require a partnership of this nature and of this scope. This alone would allay the fears that the international community will go back on its consensus regarding the need for Africa's economic recovery.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“There are rather contrasting results of the many United Nations initiatives on Africa and the efforts made by some of our partners, particularly through official development assistance, alleviating the debt burden or opening up markets to African exports. It is therefore important to reformulate the relationship between the OAU and the United Nations on a new basis and to open up the way for the establishment of a genuine partnership for the development of Africa. In order to succeed, this partnership should take into account, coherently and comprehensively, the issues of investment, official development assistance, external debt, trade and the negative effects of structural adjustment programmes, and it should involve all the financial institutions and agencies of the United Nations in a concerted and coherent effort.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“It would be particularly dangerous, under the pretext of exorcising painful emotions or absolving the international community of its past inaction or its inability now and in the future to prevent or settle crises, to risk acting without the consent of a State, or even against its desire, with excesses as serious as regrettable endangering the collective security system so painstakingly built around the Security Council. The final area of importance where the United Nations has a role to play, and responsibilities to assume, with regard to Africa, is that of development, which should be at the heart of the new relationship to be built between the two Organizations.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“It seems to me essential that the two Organizations together define, in a clear and transparent manner, rules for managing humanitarian issues, so that, on the one hand, humanitarian assistance is not used for political or media purposes, and, on the other hand, is not conceived as an alternative to the prevention or settlement of conflicts or used as a pretext to violate the sovereignty of States or even as a substitute for development assistance. From this viewpoint, the right or duty to interfere, which some now wish to make an international norm applying everywhere, automatically and in all situations, is a cause of major concern for our countries, because of the risks of interference in the internal affairs of States inherent in it and the unacceptable threats it brings to bear on national sovereignty.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“The United Nations would also, in forms and circumstances to be determined by common agreement, give not only political support, but logistical, financial and training support. We regard it as essential in this respect that the United Nations commit itself in Africa with the same weight and determination as it has shown in other regions of the world, as regards conflict prevention and settlement, peacekeeping operations or assistance to refugees, since the international community must extend a hand to all those who are suffering and show generosity towards them, whatever region of the world they come from, as suffering knows no colour. Another area where the OAU and the United Nations must create new forms of cooperation is the humanitarian sphere, a sensitive issue for all. If we are not careful, this could lead to all kinds of excesses.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“From this standpoint, the OAU wishes to establish a sound and fruitful relationship with the United Nations going beyond existing schemes for cooperation and taking the form of a new contract, comprehensive and ambitious, covering all areas of common interest. Together we must think about identifying the various areas where close cooperation between the two Organizations is desirable, if not necessary, and the ways of organizing it, building it and implementing it. One of the essential areas where obviously the OAU and the United Nations can and must develop a special relationship is that of peacekeeping, where, thanks to its irreplaceable knowledge of African problems and its now well recognized experience in this area, the OAU can help to manage conflicts in cooperation with the United Nations.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“However, in order to meet the challenge of recovery, Africa, which can be self-reliant, must also be able to count on the international community and its support. Africa generally expects the rest of the world to accept it as a partner equal in rights and duties and a credible and responsible interlocutor - that is, a fully fledged participant in the conduct of international affairs and the restructuring of the world order. This means that Africa must be an active party in decision-making concerning major international issues which involve the future of humankind, and therefore its own future, be they issues of international peace and security or economic cooperation and development.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“The Abuja Agreement, which created the African Economic Community, is now being implemented, based on regional and subregional regroupings whose interaction and cooperation will gradually and in practical ways lead to the final unification of the continent. When they are completely free of the formidable burdens imposed by inter-State and intra-State conflicts, the African countries, which have been behind those of the other continents, will also be able to devote themselves fully to rebuilding their economies, meeting the enormous needs of their populations and making their contribution to the overall recovery of Africa. Indeed, many of our countries that are committed to ambitious structural adjustment programmes, which are socially costly, are now beginning to see the fruits of their efforts and to renew economic growth.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“It also knows that development is another name for peace, and that as long as there is still poverty and misery the work of peace will remain fragile and the progress realized will be reversible. Finally, it realizes that the way to eradicate the causes of dissension and instability is to meet the legitimate aspirations of its peoples, especially their aspiration to live in democratic societies, free of injustice and arbitrariness, with the rule of law well established, and with their rights and freedoms respected, in full harmony with their age-old values and heritage. However, the Algiers summit did not just commit itself to ending the tragic phase of conflict in Africa. It is also intended to be a new point of departure for the continent's economic development and its integration.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“Similarly, in Western Sahara the OAU is sparing no effort to assist the United Nations to organize, in July 2000, the referendum on self-determination for the Sahroui people, in accordance with the peace plan and the Houston agreements, accepted by both parties to the conflict and endorsed by the Security Council. Africa has thus taken control of its affairs, showing its determination to put an end to conflicts that have weakened it and to free itself to conduct the only battle worth waging, that of development. It has in that way shown everyone that it does not intend to remain a continent that is taken for granted, and that no one should henceforth doubt its capacity to rise again and take its rightful place in the emerging new world order. At the same time, Africa realizes that peace is a long-term endeavour.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“The stabilization of the situation in Liberia and Sierra Leone continues, with the praiseworthy assistance of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member States, while the good offices of the OAU in the Comoros are gaining ground, as Comorans rally around democratically elected institutions to preserve the country's national unity and territorial integrity. In Angola, the OAU is firmly at the side of the United Nations, which has quite rightly said that UNITA is solely responsible for the continuation of the crisis.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“Whether in the conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia or the situation in the Great Lakes region and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, breakthroughs have been achieved in the search for peaceful, just and lasting solutions. The OAU, in cooperation with the United Nations and with the goodwill which the Organization elicits in its work for peace, will methodically pursue its activities, which will intensify with the involvement of the protagonists, whose active cooperation is indispensable to a positive outcome.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“To that end, the Algiers Summit, in a very timely manner, worked to consolidate and expand the doctrinal bases for African joint action, both enshrining principles that have well served inter-African relations - such as that of the inviolability of the borders that existed at independence - and rejecting unconstitutional changes in the political life of the States of the continent. Against this background and in the light of the efforts undertaken and results achieved to date in managing various conflict situations, the Algiers Summit reiterated the validity of the peace plans that the OAU has painstakingly developed in consultation with the parties and supplied operational resources to implement them more speedily.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“Africa has made its major priority the strengthening of its capacity to prevent, manage and eliminate conflict, inspired by the conviction that the loss of human lives and the squandering of resources can never be justified by the false claims and illusory solutions that underlie so many internal and inter-African confrontations. Nevertheless, Africa has resolutely endeavoured to eliminate these counterproductive tensions and to shed the burdens of fratricidal conflicts.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source
“In this regard, the Algiers Declaration, which the thirty-fifth OAU Summit crafted as an expression of Africa's determination and expectations on the threshold of the twenty-first century, illustrates a sound and ambitious concept of the universal partnership for which the African countries are calling in the enlightened self-interest of us all. In this respect, the Declaration adopted by the heads of State and Government in Sirte laid down new rules for facilitating the evolution of Africa towards the unity which the OAU charter set as its ultimate objective.”
1999-09-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4049 (1999) · source