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Baali

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first: 1996-10-10
most recent: 2005-12-20
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“Support for the electoral process is another element that merits the attention of the international community, especially since the United Nations will be playing a greater role in it. Every effort must be made to ensure that the elections take place on the scheduled date and in the best possible conditions. To sum up, the prospects opened by the Pretoria Agreement and the priorities it sets mean that the international community will very probably have to modify its operation on the ground, including through the draft resolution that the Security Council is preparing to discuss in the next few days. Algeria is prepared to make an active and constructive contribution, as we are convinced that every effort should be made to help this country succeed in its peace initiative.”
2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source
“The idea of temporary recruitment of 600 members of the Forces nouvelles, who, together with the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI), would be responsible for security in the northern part of the country, seems to be relevant in three areas: this group would participate in the process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR); it would strengthen the confidence of the Forces nouvelles in the process; and it would fill a security vacuum in that part of the country during the transition period. Implementing that plan will also require resources. The question of financing is especially urgent because international financial institutions have suspended their cooperation with the country. We therefore need to find a rapid solution to this problem.”
2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source
“Obstacles will arise, and they will be easier to overcome if the parties realize that the mediation is supported and trusted by the international community. It is clear also that, in addition to political support, financial and technical assistance will be critical to bring the process to a successful conclusion. The programme of disarmament and the social reintegration of demobilized elements and members of dismantled militias, as well as the restructuring of the armed forces, will require considerable expertise and resources.”
2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source
“Ivorian political leaders, including President Laurent Gbagbo and the leaders of other institutions of the Republic, will be able to meet the legitimate expectations of the people for peace, security and development. For its part, the international community cannot allow this historic opportunity to help Ivorians find peace and security slip away. More than ever before, it must be prepared to support the mediation in those areas where it has agreed to play a role in monitoring the implementation of the Agreement. In particular, it is important for the international community to clearly express its willingness to support the mediation in its role of arbiter, and to firmly support any decision it needs to take along those lines. The path of the implementation of the Agreement will be arduous and strewn with obstacles.”
2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source
“The armed forces of the two camps, as they have done in the past, have shown the way by scrupulously following the disarmament timetables. It is important for political leaders to fulfil their obligations. Indeed, success in carrying out this key element of the settlement of the crisis depends on action with respect to the other provisions of the Agreement. Of course, there is the question of article 35 of the Constitution which we hope will be resolved tomorrow, as well as the issue of legislative harmonization so that October's elections will be held in proper conditions. It is encouraging to note in this regard that, in their aspirations to peace, Ivorians of all convictions have lent their support to the Pretoria Agreement.”
2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source
“We consider that the Pretoria Agreement opens up reasonably promising prospects for a reactivation of the peace process in Cote d'Ivoire. Every effort must therefore be made to bring it to prompt fruition. All the actors responsible for its implementation must play their appropriate roles. It is clear that the Ivorian parties bear the major responsibility for the implementation of the Agreement, but the role of the international community, especially the United Nations, is just as important. One of the formidable challenges involved in supporting the implementation of the Agreement is that of maintaining confidence in the process by ensuring that each party shoulders its share of the responsibility in good faith and in a timely manner.”
2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): First, I would like to bid welcome to Mr. Aziz Pahad and to thank him for his important briefing on the Pretoria Agreement and on the efforts of the South African mediation team to implement it. I wish also to very warmly commend the Government of South Africa and President Mbeki for their extraordinary contribution to peace in Cote d'Ivoire. We also appreciate the efforts of the Ivorian political actors, who have demonstrated responsibility, and who have taken this final opportunity to conclude a political compromise, which will pave the way to a peaceful end to the crisis. This is not the time or the place to analyse the Pretoria Agreement and its relevance, particularly the arrangements intended to lift the burdens which have weighed on the process and which held it in perpetual jeopardy.”
2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source
“We also welcome the Committee's decision to recruit eight experts to assist it in meeting the mandate given to it; and we will give them our full support and our full cooperation. Finally, we are pleased that the General Assembly has adopted by consensus the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (General Assembly resolution 59/290), and we hope that a draft comprehensive convention will be adopted, also by consensus as soon as possible. My delegation supports the draft presidential statement that will be adopted at the end of today's meeting.”
2005-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5168 (2005) · source
“The establishment of the 1540 Committee and its three subcommittees, as well as the adoption of guidelines for its procedures and for the preparation of national reports, are accomplishments which testify to the momentum in implementing resolution 1540 (2004). My delegation is pleased that States have expressed their support for the process initiated by the resolution by submitting national reports under paragraph 4 of the resolution. We hope that countries which have not yet submitted their reports will be able to do so as soon as possible. In this connection, it would be a good idea for the Committee to begin to consider the possibility of providing assistance to States that request it in complying with the provisions of the resolution.”
2005-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5168 (2005) · source
“We support the fifteenth work programme of the CTC (S/2005/266); we would be very pleased to see the Executive Directorate fully operational as soon as possible so that it better carry out the missions entrusted to it. Considerable progress has been made since the adoption of resolution 1540 (2004) in terms of the international community's efforts to confront the threat posed by the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by non-State actors. The measures proposed by that resolution are an effective response that can save us from the proliferation of such weapons. We are nonetheless convinced that the most effective way to deal with the problem is to completely eliminate weapons of mass destruction.”
2005-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5168 (2005) · source
“We urge the CTC to pursue its dialogue with these States and to continue to be proactive with respect to increasing the awareness of the regional organizations to which those countries belong. Here, we are pleased that the first visit of the CTED was to Morocco, our neighbouring country. Other visits are scheduled in the near future for Kenya, Albania and Thailand. In this respect, we hope that States members of the Council, and thus of the CTC, will invite the CTED to visit their countries, because, in our view, these visits are an important tool for assessing implementation of the provisions of resolution 1373 (2001) by States.”
2005-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5168 (2005) · source
“We note that the CTC has taken some positive actions, including the following: strengthening dialogue with Member States; introducing new methods to determine States' needs for technical assistance, the first letters in which regard have been examined by Subcommittee C, which I chair; engaging in the dialogue with international, regional and subregional organizations; making efforts to strengthen the practical capacity of the Executive Directorate; and initiating best practices relative to the issue of the financing of terrorism. We note that, in spite of the sizeable number of reports presented, 75 States are late in submitting their reports due to a lack of technical capacity, or, it must be said, to "report-fatigue".”
2005-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5168 (2005) · source
“In this regard, Ambassador Mayoral should make full use of the effective tool of visits to selected countries to bring about this high-level dialogue. We would also like the new draft resolution, which will probably be adopted next July, to take into consideration the recommendations of the Monitoring Group, so long as they are in conformity with the Committee's mandate. With respect to the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), I would like to commend Ambassador Loj for the proactive way in which she has conducted the work of the Committee. I would like to take this opportunity also to thank the Executive Director of the CTC Executive Directorate (CTED), Ambassador Javier Ruperez, his team and the other members of the Secretariat for their support to the work of the CTC.”
2005-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5168 (2005) · source
“We would also like to commend Richard Barrett and his team, as well as the other members of the Secretariat for their work and for the assistance that they have provided to the Committee. We agree with Ambassador Mayoral that States that have not yet submitted their reports should do so as soon as possible. We are pleased that the Committee has begun an in-depth analysis of recommendations contained in the second report of the Monitoring Team (S/2005/83, annex), and that some of these will, I am sure, find their way into the new draft resolution, whose objective will be to further strengthen the current sanctions regime. We support the Committee in implementing its mandate and in carrying out the tasks before it. We encourage it to pursue dialogue with Member States to ensure that the sanctions regime is implemented.”
2005-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5168 (2005) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): I would like to thank Ambassador Cesar Mayoral, Ambassador Ellen Loj and Ambassador Mihnea Motoc for their excellent briefings, and to commend them for their efforts as Chairs of their respective Committees. And I would say that my delegation fully subscribes to the objectives of the three Committees, whose efforts are making an undeniable contribution to freeing mankind from the fears generated by terrorist threats. With respect to the Al Qaida and Taliban sanctions Committee, I would like to once again point out the dynamic leadership of Ambassador Cesar Mayoral and his team in accomplishing the mandate of the Committee.”
2005-04-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5168 (2005) · source
“My delegation had no choice but to abstain. I wish to conclude my statement by expressing a regret. I regret that, out of a concern for compromise at all costs and at whatever price, those defending the principle of universal justice have in fact ensured that, in this domain, the use of double standards - of which some have accused the Council - and a two-track justice were most unexpectedly demonstrated.”
2005-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5158 (2005) · source
“In that context, I wish to recall that when the situation in Darfur erupted, only the African Union dared to send soldiers to monitor the ceasefire and protect the civilian population, and that, in the face of a complex crisis, only the African Union was able to persuade the parties to engage in negotiations for a peaceful solution to the conflict. What is true of the situation in the Sudan is true of all conflicts in Africa, where African heads of State, through often intense mediation, have been able to put an end to conflicts. And it is the African approach, based on justice and reconciliation, that has enabled communities that have ripped one another apart to make the effort, once justice has been served, to learn how to live together once again. The resolution that has just been adopted took a different approach.”
2005-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5158 (2005) · source
“On behalf of the African Union, President Obasanjo made a proposal founded precisely on the desire to reconcile those two fundamental requirements, mindful that utmost prudence must be exercised when taking action. We regret that the members of the Council have declined to study that proposal in depth or to assess it in the light of the possibilities it offers for attaining our common objective of placing the fight against impunity in the service of the strengthening of peace and national reconciliation. We also underline that one cannot claim to support the African Union and leave to it the task of proposing African solutions suited to the various types of crises the continent has experienced, only to brush aside its proposals to the Council without even deigning to consider them.”
2005-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5158 (2005) · source
“Thirdly, the steps taken must promote national reconciliation, a political settlement of the crisis and the strengthening of peace and stability throughout the Sudan. Finally, they must gain the Sudanese people's support for a process in which they are the most important concern and that ensures, in particular, the Government's cooperation, which is essential for bringing that process to completion. Taking those considerations into account, Algeria believes that the African Union is best placed to take charge of that sensitive and delicate undertaking. We are convinced that the African Union can satisfy the requirements for peace without sacrificing the requirement of justice that we all owe the victims. For, while it is true that there can be no peace without justice, it is equally true that without peace, there will be no justice.”
2005-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5158 (2005) · source
“That need is all the more essential in the case of Darfur because the conflict, which has raged for several years, has damaged relations between the communities. The process of fighting impunity must therefore also aim at restoring harmonious relations between the populations of Darfur and serve the cause of peace. From our point of view, all steps taken by the international community must seek four equally important objectives. First, they must bring to justice those guilty of crimes through credible, fair and transparent trials. Secondly, they must render justice to the victims by restoring their rights and by compensating them for the moral and material damages they have suffered.”
2005-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5158 (2005) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): Algeria reaffirms its firm condemnation of the grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed in Darfur. It also expresses its sympathy for and solidarity with the victims of that tragedy. From the outbreak of the crisis, Algeria has been involved in the international community's efforts to end the suffering of the civilian population and to find a political solution. In that regard, Algeria has spared no effort to support the effective measures taken by the African Union and its Chairman, President Obasanjo, to stabilize the situation and help the parties to find a peaceful solution to that fratricidal conflict. Algeria firmly believes that fighting impunity is a crucial element for the entrenchment of peace and stability.”
2005-03-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5158 (2005) · source
“In renewing our appeal for the institutionalization of cooperation with the international community, my delegation would like to highlight the invaluable contribution made by the African Union mission to stabilizing the situation in Darfur, despite the limited resources available to it. Finally, I cannot conclude without referring to the specific case of Somalia - which expects from the international community measures in support of the restored national consensus - as well as to the situations of other countries emerging from conflict, in particular Guinea-Bissau, which are still awaiting resolute action in the area of peacebuilding. Upon that depends the ultimate credibility of the reforms effort upon which we have embarked together.”
2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source
“Taking into account the considerable increase in the need for human and material resources in peacekeeping and the firm determination of Africa to shoulder its share of responsibility in the management and settlement of conflicts on the continent - to which it gives additional value and an undeniable effectiveness - Algeria believes that relations between the United Nations and the African Union must now develop in an institutional framework that should eventually equip the collective security system with a genuine regional pillar provided with adequate resources for diplomatic and military intervention. The AU prepared for this by setting up a Peace and Security Council, which the international community welcomed, and by creating a standby force.”
2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source
“This brings me to deal with relations between the Security Council and the African Union (AU) in the framework of the arrangements in Chapter VIII of the Charter, the relevance of which is becoming increasingly obvious through the innovative concepts of the collective security system that is now emerging.”
2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source
“In this regard I wish to pay a well-deserved tribute to the member States of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development for their recent achievements in the service of peace in southern Sudan and in Somalia and to the member States of the Economic Community of West African States for their tireless commitment in Western Africa. I wish to pay particular tribute to President Obasanjo, current Chairperson of the African Union, for his involvement in the settlement of the conflict in Darfur, and to President Mbeki for his mediation among the Ivorian parties, which has saved the day. As one can see, Africans themselves are, with talent and determination, and often with success, contributing to African solutions to the conflicts on the continent.”
2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source
“But, as shown by the indefinite extension of some of the oldest peacekeeping operations, it appears that we must face the fact that the crucial factor for conflict settlement remains the unambiguous political will of parties to a conflict to keep their commitments and the trust that necessarily must be established among them. While the Charter has given to the Security Council enforcement measures that allow it to deal with the lack of political will on the part of one of the parties to a conflict, this does not come into play if there is distrust among the parties. In that case, there is no other choice but to resort to mediation, which remains almost exclusively regional and subregional in the African conflicts with which we have had to deal in March.”
2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source
“Finally, there must be a programme for the consolidation of peace that is viable in its institutional, social and development aspects. The situations that the Security Council considered this month show that all international operations take place in support of such road maps. What I have in mind are the agreements - Naivasha for the conflict in the southern Sudan, Arusha for Burundi, Accra for Liberia, Linas-Marcoussis and Accra III for Cote d'Ivoire, Lusaka and subsequent agreements for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Algiers Agreement for Ethiopia and Eritrea - which, of course, are all of differing natures. I would like to add that in most of those situations United Nations operations have benefited from a robust, multidimensional mandate supported by a sanctions regime that is generally adequate.”
2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source
“In this connection, my delegation would like to make the following comments. The deployment of peacekeeping operations is an important stage in the process of conflict settlement, but their mere presence is not a guarantee of success in the pursuit of the ultimate objective, which is a lasting peace. It is widely acknowledged that to succeed, those operations must be based on an overall plan to deal with the consequences of a conflict: their military dimension - a ceasefire, disarmament, demobilization; and their human dimension - reintegration, readjustment, resettlement or, in the case of cross-border conflicts, repatriation; but also reasons which in most cases relate to equitable access to political power for all social groups involved.”
2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source
“In the same vein, I would like to point out that six of the eight United Nations peacekeeping operations on the continent, including the recently established Sudan mission and the Peace- building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau and the Political Office for Somalia, have benefited from this assessment. Here, we should recall that Africa has half of the Organization's peacekeeping operations, involving the biggest number of military and police staff deployed - almost 61,000 of a total of 77,000 personnel, with a corresponding financial cost. This means that the format for the Council's work for the month of March gives us an excellent opportunity to deal with a range of issues linked to the quest for greater effectiveness in the actions of the international community on the continent.”
2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): At the outset I would like to commend you, Mr. President, on your initiative in devoting this wrap-up meeting of the Security Council's work for March 2005 to African issues. It is an established fact that for several years African issues have occupied the lion's share of the Council's monthly deliberations. The month now ending is no exception; it is fully representative of the international community's efforts to prevent, manage and settle conflicts in Africa. Indeed, no fewer than eight conflicts affecting the African continent have been the object of the Council's attention, from the oldest to the most recent.”
2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source
“We regret the fact that the sponsors of the draft, against all expectations, decided to keep the text as it was and made no effort to iron out the disagreements and to promote a consensus, which was very clearly within the Council's grasp. The international community has missed an historic opportunity to speak with one voice. The message that it wanted to deliver and which we all support would have had more weight if it had had the backing of all members of the Council.”
2005-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5153 (2005) · source
“Those proposals were in complete harmony with the position adopted by the African Group in its letter addressed to the President of the Security Council on 28 February 2005. We told the sponsors of the draft about our doubts concerning the relevance and usefulness of certain measures laid down by the resolution regarding the evolution of the crisis in Darfur and the negative impact they might have on the north-south peace process. We also felt that the resolution did not take into consideration the early signs of a trend - which we hope will be a lasting one - towards both parties respecting the ceasefire. The level of violence has dropped significantly in the past few weeks, and in our opinion the Council should have encouraged this development.”
2005-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5153 (2005) · source
“There was also agreement as to the objectives to be pursued through the resolution: to bring the parties unconditionally back to the Abuja talks, to put an end to attacks against civilians, to remove all obstacles to humanitarian assistance, to support the efforts of the African Union and to strengthen the peace in the South - utilizing the resulting momentum to resolve the conflict in Darfur. While we supported that approach, we and other delegations made constructive proposals to rebalance the text and to ensure that its message was completely unequivocal. Those proposals were fully in line with the position adopted by the African Group, set out in the letter it addressed to the President of the Security Council on 28 February 2005.”
2005-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5153 (2005) · source
“That was the vision the Council enshrined in resolutions 1574 (2004) and 1590 (2005), which were adopted unanimously. It was in that same spirit that my delegation took part in the discussion of the resolution that has just been adopted by the Council. We had hoped that, through today's important action, the Security Council would have moved the conflict in Darfur a decisive step closer to resolution. We therefore regret that it could not do so unanimously - all the more so because we know that there is a convergence of opinion on the analysis of the situation and on the urgent need to act to ease the suffering of the civilian population, meet their expectations and relieve their distress. Indeed, there was consensus within the Council on the need to send a strong message to the parties to cause them to respect their commitments.”
2005-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5153 (2005) · source
“At the United Nations, Algeria is doing everything it can to ensure that the Security Council fully shoulders its responsibilities vis-a-vis this crisis, including by supporting the efforts of the African Union, while at the same time respecting its leadership role and its resolve to succeed in this undertaking, which is unprecedented in the history of our continental organization. We are therefore pleased at the decision of the United Nations to send an assessment team to the Sudan, whose report we await with great interest. Our contribution to the Council's efforts is motivated by a concern to have this body adopt a positive and balanced approach that takes account of the complexity of the situation in the Sudan and that respects that country's sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.”
2005-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5153 (2005) · source
“With regard to logistical support, in order to facilitate the speedy and full deployment of the African Union mission, whose presence in the field has been useful and effective wherever it has been deployed, Algeria has decided to make available to the African Union three heavy-duty cargo aircraft to transport troops and equipment, thereby contributing to overcoming one of the obstacles facing the mission. Lastly, with regard to the humanitarian dimension, Algeria has contributed to efforts to ease the suffering of the civilian population by providing significant humanitarian assistance and by deploying a medical mission comprising 36 doctors.”
2005-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5153 (2005) · source
“We have contributed to, and unreservedly supported, the African Union's approach to a peaceful settlement of that crisis. We are doing everything we can, within our means, to support those efforts in the political, logistical and humanitarian areas. With regard to the political sphere, we have maintained ongoing contact with the parties in the Sudan and encouraged them to show restraint and to cooperate fully with President Obasanjo's mediation as part of the Abuja process, as well as with the Security Council. We firmly supported the decision of the African Union to deploy a mission to Darfur in order to verify respect by all the parties for the Ceasefire Agreement signed at N'djamena and the two Abuja Protocols. We have also contributed by deploying military observers to the field.”
2005-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5153 (2005) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): Algeria fully shares the legitimate concern of the international community in the face of the tragedy in Darfur. We are profoundly outraged and upset by the heavy price that the civilian population has paid, and continues to pay, as a result of that fratricidal conflict. It is therefore quite normal for Algeria to express its compassion and solidarity with the victims of that tragedy, because we understand that the nature of the relationship that links us to the Sudan and its people imposes special duties and responsibilities upon us. It is for that reason that Algeria resolutely supports all the efforts of the international community to resolve the crisis and to prevent any further suffering for the civilian population. We have called for an African solution to the crisis from the outset.”
2005-03-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5153 (2005) · source
“The international community certainly does not want to see UNOCI remain passive and powerless in the face of a possible deterioration in the situation. This means that it is now more than ever essential to strengthen its resources and, perhaps, to adapt its mandate. In conclusion, my delegation would like to reiterate its full support for the mediation efforts of President Mbeki, and awaits with great interest the assessment that he will make after the meeting in Pretoria in April.”
2005-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5152 (2005) · source
“It is now essentially concentrating on dealing with the symptoms of the crisis, which, with the continuing impasse in the peace process, are getting worse day by day. UNOCI has become a stabilization force. Thus it has been carrying out tasks for which it is not necessarily prepared. The report of the Secretary-General describes the various situations that face UNOCI, particularly in the north of the country and in the confidence zone. The Security Council should carefully examine those problems the next time it reviews the mission's mandate. During that assessment, we must bear in mind that pressure on UNOCI's resources will only increase. As the October elections approach, the mission's responsibilities will increase, quite independently of the development of the political situation in cote d'Ivoire.”
2005-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5152 (2005) · source
“The conditions that were in place when its mandate and its composition were originally determined have significantly changed. At its start the mission was designed to help Ivorians to implement the political compromise agreed to at Linas-Marcoussis and reaffirmed at Accra. UNOCI should therefore serve as a guarantor for the proper implementation of the agreements entered into, particularly with regard to the most sensitive aspects, such as disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, the reunification of the country and the holding of credible, open and transparent elections. However, because of the way things are, and also because of the will of the Security Council, UNOCI's mandate and the rules of engagement have been subject to change.”
2005-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5152 (2005) · source
“In that respect, it is vital that the parties undertake initiatives to give the country visibility and to provide the Ivorian people with a reassuring outlook. The worst-case scenario that I am willing to envisage would be political deadlock at the time of the October deadline. In order to avert such a situation, the Forces nouvelles must be able to take their place once again without delay within the Government of National Reconciliation and begin the disarmament process. The Ivorian authorities must, for their part, agree to find a solution to the issue of article 35 and to ensure that the legislative reforms will contribute in a meaningful way to rooting out the causes of the crisis. The development of the Ivorian crisis has had a direct effect on the situation of UNOCI.”
2005-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5152 (2005) · source
“He has, quite rightly, made the re-establishment of confidence between the parties a sine qua non for the relaunching of the peace process. The African Union and President Mbeki have also quite rightly asked and obtained from the Security Council an additional chance for dialogue and cooperation, as the Council has agreed to suspend the implementation of the measures envisaged in its resolution 1572 (2004). We must, however, recognize that the parties do not seem to have resolutely opted for peace and reconciliation - far from it. The international community expects them to make additional efforts and to agree to mutual concessions. Everything must be done to ensure that the elections are held as scheduled.”
2005-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5152 (2005) · source
“Algeria is keen to see the Ivorian actors take the opportunity of the meeting to be held in Pretoria on 3 and 4 April to announce a serious relaunching of the political process. The situation in Cote d'Ivoire is getting out of control, and therefore all parties involved must discharge their responsibilities. The salvation of the country should have priority over narrow interests and personal ambitions. It is important that the protagonists in the crisis understand that the international community is starting to lose patience, given the unjustified shilly-shallying that is taking place and the failure to adhere to the commitments undertaken. In his plan of action, President Mbeki has gone to considerable pains to address the objective concerns of all parties.”
2005-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5152 (2005) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): I should like first of all to welcome the presence among us of the Secretary-General. I wish also to welcome Mr. Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa, and to thank him very warmly for his outstanding presentation on the results of President Mbeki's mediation, on behalf of the African Union, in the context of the Ivorian crisis. On behalf of Algeria, I should like to pay tribute to South Africa and to President Mbeki for his personal commitment and for his untiring efforts to break the impasse in the peace process, and I wish to assure him of our full support. Algeria would like also to thank Mr. Alan Doss for his presentation.”
2005-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5152 (2005) · source
“In our view, placing the perpetrators of war crimes before the Tribunal will help promote reconciliation and understanding among all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the creation of a tolerant and multi-ethnic society. Finally, I would not like to end my statement without paying tribute to the work done by the Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose mission ended last December, and welcoming its replacement by the European Union peacekeeping mission.”
2005-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5147 (2005) · source
“Moreover, my delegation welcomes the appreciable progress made in the process of reunifying the city of Mostar, which symbolizes in many respects the values of tolerance and peaceful coexistence, which must be firmly established in the region. We also welcome the success of the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities in the implementation of annex 7 of the Peace Agreement and, in that regard, the return of 1 million refugees and displaced persons. However, that significant progress cannot hide insufficiencies with regard to cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the arrest of those indicted for war crimes.”
2005-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5147 (2005) · source
“The profound changes that the Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities have brought about in various areas of public life undoubtedly represent significant progress in the building of a stable and peaceful State and bring Bosnia and Herzegovina closer to the standards set for the commencement of negotiations with the European Union to conclude a stabilization and association agreement and to participate in the Partnership for Peace programme of the Atlantic Alliance. In that regard, we believe that the strengthening of the legal framework by creating new competent bodies and the improvements in the functioning and effectiveness of the judicial system are positive results that help strengthen the rule of law and the fight against the threats of lawbreaking, organized crime and terrorism.”
2005-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5147 (2005) · source
“Mr. Baali (Algeria) (spoke in French): I, too, should like to thank Mr. Colak, Minister of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his statement. I should also like to thank the High Representative, Lord Paddy Ashdown, for his report and for his efforts to follow up the implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is indisputable that Bosnia and Herzegovina - which has been carrying out its task of stabilization and normalization for more than a decade, thanks to the mobilization of the international community - will soon see the end of one of the saddest chapters in the history of the Balkan region. The report that we have just heard attests to the notable progress made in strengthening the institutional and administrative framework and in promoting the rule of law and economic reforms.”
2005-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5147 (2005) · source
“The conditions are, in fact, in place to create partnership relations with the organizations and States of the subregion and the representatives of local communities. Such partnership can be established if we base our action on the priorities set by ECOWAS or within the context of the goals of the New Partnership for Africa's Development.”
2005-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5131 (2005) · source