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2008-02-12
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  1. “Among other things, we need to strengthen and harmonize the regional and international legal framework, exchange information, provide education and increase legal assistance in order to make investigations and legal proceedings more effective both in the ECOWAS area and throughout Africa. Technical and financial assistance is a vital necessity for capacity-building. We must also secure our land, air and maritime borders, providing effective systems for control and verification. In his report on international cooperation against the world drug problem (A/64/ 120), the Secretary- General gives an overview of the world drug situation and the status of international drug control activities. Among other things, the alarming increase of cocaine trafficking through West Africa and heroin trafficking through East Africa is a matter of urgency.”

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  2. “Here, my country, which has already undertaken bilateral agreements and partnerships with friendly States on securing our borders and other sensitive sites such as ports and airports, continues to enhance its cooperation with INTERPOL. My country is also working with its focal points to implement the Regional Action Plan against illicit drug trafficking and organized crime in West Africa, adopted by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at Praia, Cape Verde, in 2008. In spite of these efforts, our States face many challenges if they are to provide a comprehensive, coordinated and effective national and international response.”

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  3. “We have ratified and are implementing a number of relevant instruments, including the 2000 United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols. We are working to harmonize our national legislation with regional and international instruments, and we have put in place national and subregional training programmes organized by the Centre regional de formation a la lutte contre la drogue de Grand Bassam in close cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. C6te d'Ivoire is mindful of the need for a comprehensive regional and international approach to put an end to this scourge, and our action in this sphere must be taken within a regional and international framework.”

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  4. “Since the 2002 Yamoussoukro Ministerial Conference on Drug Control in Africa, we have put in place a comprehensive national strategy encompassing prevention, education, health care and treatment, assistance and reintegration, along with a crackdown on trafficking, illicit production and consumption. The strategy, which has the support of the President and the Government of cote d'Ivoire, includes a number of special measures, such as coordination and supervision of the national fight against drugs by an inter-ministerial anti-drug committee, and mobilization and action by the police directorate on drugs, targeting areas such as smoking rooms and other places where traffickers congregate and systematically destroying inventories and the substances seized.”

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  5. “Besides the rise in crime that it causes, this trafficking harms our public health systems and spreads HIV/AIDS. Drug money corrupts our financial systems and poses a threat to the survival of our States. It generates a specific type of crime and creates networks of criminals with their associated terrorism, gang wars and payback - even armed movements. The fact is that drug trafficking finances and is accompanied by other crimes such as arms trafficking, terrorism and money-laundering. C6te d'Ivoire has not been idle in the fight against drug abuse and drug trafficking.”

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  6. “Trafficking in drugs, which now more than ever is a part of globalization, is nothing new. We no longer hesitate to talk about it as a transnational organized crime with its own characteristics in terms of scope, organization and financing. The growth of this scourge has a dangerous effect on the equilibrium of our States, and because of their transnational nature, these crimes pose a serious threat to national, subregional and international peace and security. In the wake of decades of fratricidal wars whose disastrous consequences continue to hamper its development, the West African region has become a major transit area for drug trafficking, in particular cocaine being shipped from Latin America to Europe. This is a major scourge with an impact on the equilibrium of all our societies.”

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  7. “Mr. Bailly (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): My delegation is pleased to take the floor during this open debate on the item "Peace and security in Africa: drug trafficking as a threat to international security", which is a matter of great interest to us. At the outset, Mr. President, I join other delegations in conveying to you my warm congratulations on this noble initiative, which has given us an opportunity to pool our thoughts on one of the ills that is undermining the harmonious development of Africa. My appreciation also goes to the United Nations, and in particular the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, for all the assistance provided to my country and especially for the unceasing and tireless efforts to the benefit of developing countries as they combat the scourge of drugs.”

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  8. “In conclusion, my delegation urgently appeals to the United Nations, and in particular to the Security Council, to put a permanent end to the phenomenon of child soldiers, which poses a threat to international peace and security, either through prevention or by effectively addressing crises that arise anywhere in the world.”

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  9. “The Ivorian parties - led by His Excellency President Laurent Gbagbo and Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, and under the watchful eye of His Excellency President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, to whom we express our gratitude - are striving to bring the country out of crisis, through the organization of credible, transparent elections. This is in the interest not only of our country, but also of the entire West Africa sub-region. To that end, the Ivorian Government looks to the United Nations for greater political, material and financial support to help it redeploy the general administration and the judicial administration, including the police and the gendarmerie, in the areas formerly occupied by the Forces Nouvelles.”

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  10. “Likewise, the Ivorian Government still expects an exemption from the United Nations regarding the non-lethal weapons that are essential for equipping our law enforcement agencies. Cote d'Ivoire is eager for peace and respects human rights in general and the rights of the child in particular. With the on-the-ground experience we have gained in five years of crisis management, our country is at the disposal of the international community to share that extraordinary experience, especially with countries still in situations of armed conflict.”

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  11. “The Civic Service envisioned in the Ouagadougou Agreement will welcome all young people who have become familiar with the handling of weapons in war. In August 2007, the President of the Republic signed a decree on the organization and functioning of the Civic Service. For those reasons, my delegation wishes again to request the international community to help Cote d'Ivoire to combat impunity throughout our territory. We are aware that the Ivorian judicial administration has not covered the whole of our national territory since the beginning of the crisis, on 19 September 2002. We all consider that since the courts, the police and the gendarmerie have not been redeployed in areas formerly occupied by the Forces Nouvelles, it would not be appropriate to speak of impunity or law and order.”

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  12. “The Ivorian Government is aware that the future of the nation depends on the quality of its young people and has taken a number of concrete measures, including the following. In November 2005, the National Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire formulated an action plan to put an end to the phenomenon of the child soldiers who had fought at their side. Today, the integration of young people falls within the "reintegration" element of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme being implemented under the Ouagadougou Agreement. The national DDR programme, which is being supervised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UNICEF, provides for a reintegration plan adapted to the needs of young victims of our country's armed conflict.”

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  13. “On Tuesday, 5 February 2008, my delegation took note with interest of the draft conclusions adopted by the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. These clearly reflect the qualitative developments in the political situation in Cote d'Ivoire. We welcome the close cooperation in which we were involved, and we encourage the Working Group to continue its noble mission on situations around the world that continue to be matters of concern. My delegation is also pleased that, following the visit to our country by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, C6te d'Ivoire is no longer numbered among the countries in which child soldiers are to be found. Ms. Coomaraswamy deserves my delegation's praise for her appropriate and convincing working methods.”

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  14. “Thanks to the implementation of the Agreement and of the recommendations of the Security Council, everyone in Cote d'Ivoire is pleased to see that no Ivorian parties are now listed in the annexes to the report of the Secretary-General. No substantiated evidence of the active recruitment or use of children by armed groups has been found. My Government has thus been recognized for all its actions to protect children, and it intends, more than ever before, to redouble its efforts in this sphere - members of the Council may be certain of that. Here, my delegation considers that, as the Secretary-General suggests in his report, task forces on monitoring and reporting should continue their work, supported by a verification commission, in order to ensure that this trend continues.”

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  15. “Very fortunately, the Ivorian parties understood the trap of armed conflict and made a firm commitment to end that situation in order to devote themselves to the real battle - combating poverty and underdevelopment - by becoming involved in the process of achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Faced with the deteriorating situation of the past five years, His Excellency Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivorian head of State, took the welcome initiative of engaging in direct dialogue with the former rebels, which led to the Ouagadougou Agreement, which was endorsed by the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and the Security Council.”

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  16. “It should also be noted that, in countries beset by armed conflict, many children and young people suffer not only from war-related violence, but also from the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS. That is why my delegation commends UNICEF's actions throughout the country. Congratulations go also to United Nations agencies, including the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Health Organization for all their activities on the ground to make their contributions in the area of children's protection. A country such as ours, which makes peace its second religion, nearly toppled in the horror of an endless war.”

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  17. “Hence, we have witnessed the phenomenon of child soldiers, whether as a result of their own will, for the simple reason of survival, or as a result of recruitment. With regard to the latter case, the report of the Secretary-General (S/2007/757) states that the recruitment of children and internal displacement are closely linked. Here, I should like, on behalf of my delegation and on my own account, to congratulate Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on his reading of the Ivorian crisis. I should also like to welcome the positive approach of the Security Council and the cooperation that it has shown in formulating resolutions on C6te d'Ivoire - particularly the most recent resolution, 1795 (2008), to mention just one.”

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  18. “Mr. Bailly (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. The Ivorian delegation - which I have the honour to lead in the absence of His Excellency Mr. Ilahiri Djedje, Permanent Representative of Cote d'Ivoire to the United Nations, who is on mission in the context of the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement - is pleased to make its modest contribution to today's open debate on children and armed conflict. Instability and internal conflicts lead to uncontrolled population movements. Children, that important sector of the vulnerable population in our countries, must thus fend for themselves, sometimes without parents and teachers, and thus without education and health care.”

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