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Bakuramutsa

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first: 1994-09-23
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“The Secretary- General of the United Nations denounced it - we are grateful to him for that; the Security Council opted to withdraw its peace-keeping forces; and the rich countries showed their people, thanks to television, the direct killing of innocent civilians. Those who masterminded this genocide have been rewarded by the Member countries of this august Organization, signatories of the Convention on Genocide. Given illegal protection, they were fed, housed, cared for, trained, and militarily equipped so they could return to power in their country by force. Conferences are now being prepared to facilitate that task for them. In this regard, Madam President, I take this opportunity to thank your country, on behalf of my Government, for having given help to the children who were wounded and traumatized during that massacre.”
1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source
“We wish to pay tribute here to the countries which, after the Second World War, took the initiative of putting together this world Organization, which is an ideal forum for all the nations of the world. While the world has succeeded, thanks to the existence of this honourable institution, in avoiding other world wars, in the third-world countries it has not succeeded in avoiding hundreds of conflicts among its Members and sustained by its Members. After 1945, wars were transferred from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere. During this century, a third vicious and spectacular case of genocide has just occurred, in Rwanda, a Member State of this honourable Organization.”
1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): I wish to congratulate you, Madam President, on presiding over this meeting of the Security Council. Your country's neutrality and your presidency provide this body with the serene atmosphere and more human feeling that it often needs. Thank you for that. The Rwanda delegation is joining the community of nations in commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. In acceding to membership of this Organization, Rwanda wished to join other countries of good will to bring about peace and security in the world. The great success of this Organization is that it has allowed the nations of the world to meet, to exchange views and to engage in dialogue.”
1995-09-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3583 (1995) · source
“We would like to conclude by requesting you, Sir, as current President, and all your successors between now and December to fulfil the wish of one member of the Security Council: that African countries no longer appear on the agenda of the Council by the end of 1995. With the help of all, it is possible.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source
“This demobilization should be funded by the international community so as to avoid new recruitment of demobilized individuals in other military adventures. We agree with the recommendations of the Secretary- General regarding UNOMIL's participation in demobilization and disarmament, and also in defining socio- economic areas in which the demobilized combatants might be involved. We fully agree with his recommendation regarding the national police force in order to maintain public order and peace and create a law-abiding State. We most earnestly call for financial support for ECOMOG, so that it may maintain peace throughout the country and ensure respect for the Abuja Agreement and the proper functioning of the new Council of State which has just been set up.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source
“That is why the Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States and ECOMOG were able to start - and have just achieved - something which seemed impossible, in spite of meagre logistical resources and economic difficulties. The United Nations and the international community have a moral obligation to help ECOMOG to carry out its task successfully. We are delighted that the Security Council has agreed to extend the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) so that it may continue to participate in the peace process in Liberia. We cannot speak of peace in Liberia without talking about development. The demobilization of some tens of thousands of combatants, including children, requires an enormous economic effort in order to involve these active forces in the economy and ensure schooling for children.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source
“My delegation is convinced that the United Nations, and the Security Council in particular, are not able to put an end to conflict in the region without the participation of regional and sub-regional African organizations. That is why we most earnestly recommend cooperation between the Security Council and the Secretariat and the African regional organizations. Even though the United Nations functions within a system with a Western bent, Africa remains a continent which has been characterized for many centuries as one of dialogue, and it is important for the Security Council to deal with it as such. It is important that time be given to adversaries to get together to negotiate and solve their own problems.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source
“In this regard, we should like to commend the Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) who were able to bring the various factions to the same table in order to establish this Council of State. My delegation would also like to congratulate the cease-fire Monitoring Group of ECOWAS (ECOMOG), which succeeded in maintaining peace in spite of the scope of the conflict and the meagre means made available to it. The conflict in Liberia and the steps taken to set up a Council of State are further proof of the ability of regional and sub-regional African organizations to put an end to conflicts in the region.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): My delegation would like to wish His Excellency Ambassador Merimee every success in his new post in Rome. Through various contacts, we have been able to see and appreciate his outstanding human qualities and his diplomatic abilities. My delegation wishes him Godspeed. My delegation would first of all like to thank the Secretary-General for his twelfth report on the Observer Mission in Liberia. We find its contents to be positive and very encouraging with regard to current developments in Liberia. My delegation welcomes the success of negotiations in Abuja which led to the signing by all parties of an agreement and the setting up a new Council of State for a period of one year until the holding of elections.”
1995-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3577 (1995) · source
“We appeal once again to those countries which export arms to Africa to become providers of computers and tractors instead; thus will Africa become an economically sound and politically stable partner.”
1995-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3574 (1995) · source
“There has been more cooperation in armaments - that is, in destruction - than in development. This situation concerns not only Rwanda, but other African countries, including Angola and Mozambique, to name but two. It is high time for a resolution to be submitted - in the Security Council and/or in the General Assembly - demanding that those countries that help Africans to kill each other be obliged to rebuild the countries that fall victim to this destructive cooperation. My delegation recognizes the right of any country, organization or corporation to sell arms to a State or give it military assistance, but it objects to these weapons' being used to violate human rights.”
1995-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3574 (1995) · source
“These people, to be found in the countries of the region and in Europe and America, pass themselves off as refugees while organizing the arming of the former Rwandan armed forces. The problem of arms is linked to that of the return of refugees: arming them creates an atmosphere of tension which does nothing to facilitate their welcome in the country. The non-functioning of the local courts and the International Tribunal contributes to filling the jails. Tension in the prisons could be reduced and pardons granted if the countries which harbour these criminals at least arrested the 10 worst offenders. That is why a bad solution can only perpetuate the problem in Rwanda and its neighbours. My second remark concerns the type of cooperation that has evolved in Rwanda and the region.”
1995-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3574 (1995) · source
“There are many indications that resolution 918 (1994) has been violated on a number of occasions; respected authorities and reliable organizations have documented this and eminent personalities have confirmed it. All of these organizations and individuals belong to countries that are affected by the violations or that share the same moral values. We believe that it is important that the Commission take this into account. The Rwandan Government is prepared to assist the Commission and to share with it any information that it has. My delegation wishes to make two observations. First, the problem of arms is woven into a fabric that cannot be touched without referring to the impunity enjoyed by the criminals who masterminded the genocide in Rwanda.”
1995-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3574 (1995) · source
“It is a shame that this problem, which affects the security of an entire region, should be put on the back burner, when prevention would cost the United Nations and its Member States less than allowing the situation to fester. Resolution 918 (1994) was imposed on Rwanda and on countries that were engaged in violations. My delegation feels that any resolution aimed at verifying respect for this embargo must also fall under Chapter VII. Since this is not the case, the members of the Commission will not have a free hand in doing their verification and the result of their work may thereby be blunted. My delegation therefore feels that it was necessary to invoke Chapter VII in order to give this resolution enough strength, just as it was for the resolution whose implementation it is intended to verify.”
1995-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3574 (1995) · source
“My delegation also thanks the Caucus of the Non- Aligned Movement, of which Rwanda is a member, for submitting the resolution. We fully support its contents. It was time such a resolution was adopted in order to ensure respect for resolution 918 (1994), which imposed an arms embargo on Rwanda. Indeed, on several occasions my delegation has asked, through various Presidents of the Council, that the Council or the Secretariat provide information on the training and arming of the former Rwandan armed forces. No positive response was ever received. Fortunately, four non-governmental organizations of different kinds - Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Medecins Sans Frontieres and the BBC - took an interest in the matter.”
1995-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3574 (1995) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): On behalf of my delegation, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of September. My delegation is confident that your wisdom and experience, as well as your spirit of impartiality, will guide the Council's work in an exemplary manner. You may rely on the cooperation of the Rwandan delegation. I also wish to take this opportunity to thank the President of the Council for last month, Ambassador Nugroho Wisnumurti, the Permanent Representative of Indonesia, for the outstanding work he accomplished in the month of August. It was during his presidency that Rwanda began to see the light at the end of the tunnel in this Council. My delegation wishes to thank him for this.”
1995-09-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3574 (1995) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): My delegation does not wish to engage in polemics. It simply wants the Council to be prudent and logical when it takes its decisions. There is no logic, I believe, in establishing a commission to highlight elements of impunity in the region while some members of the Council or even countries in the region continue to arm those very elements whose impunity we wish to eliminate. Thus, when we talk about eliminating impunity in the region, I would like us to demonstrate consistency by detaining those very criminals who enjoy that impunity and whom we are sheltering, feeding and supporting in our countries. That, I believe, is the logic of the situation. How can the population of a region consider you to be credible if you shelter and arm those criminals? What I want is logic.”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“Yet they have never managed to go further in the quest for solutions, because of a lack of means. It is therefore necessary to provide them with material, technical and financial support so that they can better fulfil their role, a role that is indispensable and complements that of the United Nations and the Security Council. We close by appealing to the Security Council for appropriate measures to save the subregion from another bloodbath caused by certain countries that continue to fuel or maintain conflicts by providing material and moral support to extremists of various stripes. It would be cheaper for the international community to prevent conflicts, which would enable the countries of the subregion to focus their efforts on development and reconstruction programmes.”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“In that connection, Burundi has established a whole framework of institutions, organizations and conventions, and a judicial system to ensure the functioning of Burundi's society. That is why my delegation appeals to the United Nations and to the international community to support all these Burundian institutions, which need support in order to fulfil their role, as called for in General Assembly resolution 49/7, adopted in October 1994. As my delegation has said on previous occasions, the United Nations and the Security Council cannot solve the problems of the subregion without involving the regional and subregional organizations established by the States of the region. In most cases, these organizations have demonstrated their know-how and have taken a thoroughly suitable approach to solving the problems of their member States.”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“How can Rwanda finally think of reconstruction while knowing that the criminals and masterminds of genocide are encouraging extremists in Burundi to do what they did in Rwanda in 1994? As members know, if we want to put a stop to the impunity that reigns in the Great Lakes region we must eradicate the evil at its roots. We must wipe out impunity not by addressing its symptoms, but by getting to the very causes of the evil. My delegation wishes also to recognize the responsibility of the citizens of the region and of the countries concerned. The Barundi themselves bear primary responsibility for their future. We are certain that the Barundi people possess the elements of an internal solution, of which those outside cannot be unaware.”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“Indeed, the very methods that were used in Rwanda, such as propaganda radio broadcasts, are being used in Burundi. The very individuals who committed crimes in Rwanda are providing technical and military support in Burundi so that the same genocide can be carried out. The very countries that provided political, financial and military support to the criminals in Rwanda are now collaborating with the criminals in Burundi. What is the point of the commission's work and its conclusions if Burundi's borders continue to be attacked? What will be the point of the commission's results if radio broadcasts from a neighbouring country continue to create an atmosphere of tension and ill-feeling among the peoples of Burundi?”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“How can we convince the Barundi people that the Council is serious when its most prominent members armed, financed and continue to protect those who have committed crimes against humanity, even though those members are signatories of the Convention on genocide. It is those very criminals who provide military support for Burundian extremists. Until the Council denounces the criminals who have committed genocide in Rwanda, along with those who support them, there will be no compelling reason to denounce the criminals in Burundi. Until the Council denounces the countries that arm the criminals and support Governments that have institutionalized crime as a management technique, it will be impossible to make a real impact on the present situation in Burundi.”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“There are a number of preconditions that must be respected if the work of the commission is to be effective. The Council has just decided to come to Burundi's aid. How can it be credible if in worse circumstances than those in Burundi - those in neighbouring Rwanda - it proved unable to put an end to the impunity enjoyed by human-rights criminals who committed crimes against humanity and who carried out genocide in the full View of all the members of the Council? How can we convince the Barundi people that the Council takes events in their country seriously if those who committed genocide in Rwanda have never been curbed, but, rather, have been placed under the wing of the international community?”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“That is Why current events in the countries of the region, especially in Burundi and Rwanda, are our inheritance from the trusteeship the administration of which the United Nations entrusted to Belgium and from the linguistic and economic interests that France wishes to pursue in the region, to the detriment of the interests of these countries. It is important to note the historic role of these two countries and their great responsibility with respect to current events in the region. My delegation is convinced that it is time for positive and constructive cooperation and for abandoning a form of cooperation that is partisan and destructive. While having voted in favour of the resolution, my delegation has some important questions with respect to the role of the commission and, above all, the results it will be able to achieve.”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“A heterogeneous population has lived there in harmony, concerned with the creation of functioning States and the establishment of a balance between States and the peoples of which they are made. Foreigners visiting these countries have found organized States in full expansion and populations with a history and a culture. This was witnessed by the Arab and German pioneers in the region. The Council must recognize that this balance was destroyed by the presence of foreign Powers, which had interests that superseded those of local nationals. Let me quote a leader of Burundi, who rightly said that "If colonization had been such a good thing, the European countries would have colonized one another".”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“My delegation recognizes, above all, that Burundi is part of a network of countries in the Great Lakes region and cannot be separated from that whole. Consequently, that country's problems cannot be resolved if one disregards what is happening in the other countries of the subregion. Unlike the other subregions of Africa, the countries of the Great Lakes have experienced, to the detriment of the population, the institutionalization of a culture of impunity. The Great Lakes region is now considered a powder keg and a source of refugees. It is important for the Council to understand the reasons for this. While it has been said that the Balkans have produced a history that could not be brought to fruition, the countries of the Great Lakes have produced over the past 10 centuries a history worthy of them.”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): Allow me first, Mr. President, to congratulate through you, Ambassador Terence on his appointment as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations. My delegation offers him its fullest possible cooperation. My delegation agreed to co-sponsor this resolution on the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into the crimes committed in Burundi, mainly because of our support for the Government of Burundi's request for such a Commission to be established, a request accepted by the main political parties of the country. In order to restore peace to a country and, above all, to establish justice there, the course to be followed must be charted by those concerned. The international community can only provide the support needed to complement internal efforts.”
1995-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3571 (1995) · source
“The real danger for the region is the impunity that the international community seems to be encouraging; it is a much greater danger than the weapons that are being acquired. My delegation would like, in conclusion, sincerely to thank those countries that are giving their support to Rwanda so that it can pursue its development. As to the countries neighbouring Rwanda, in Central and Eastern Africa, and the European countries that are still hesitating, on behalf of my Government my delegation invites them to visit Rwanda, to see with their own eyes what the country has achieved, and to establish with the representatives of the Rwandese people a better form of cooperation, based on mutual respect.”
1995-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3566 (1995) · source
“Rwanda's main objective in submitting this resolution was based on the principle of the sovereignty of the country and its right and duty to defend its population and its territory. Rwanda has no intention whatsoever of provoking a war against its neighbours. Rwanda shares many interests with all the bordering countries. But the current Government does not want to inherit an embargo which was imposed upon the genocide Government. Instead of being arrested and brought to trial, the members of that genocide Government have been fed, taken care of, housed, trained and armed. The "brains" of that former Government, its soldiers and the members of its militias have never expressed regret for their acts. On the contrary, they are arming in order to commit the same crimes again.”
1995-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3566 (1995) · source
“That is why my delegation asks those countries that are sheltering the criminals who have engaged in genocide to take appropriate measures to arrest them, since those countries have signed the Convention on genocide. The fear in the Great Lakes region has not been created by weapons: but it has been created by the impunity that prevails there. The Government of Rwanda wishes to establish in the country a state of law which is based not on fear or force but on justice. As I have stated on more than one occasion, there is no proliferation of arms in Rwanda. In Rwanda, the priority is not the purchase of weapons. The priority is national reconstruction, the return of the refugees and the rebuilding of Rwandese society.”
1995-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3566 (1995) · source
“Without much in the way of human resources, without materiel, Rwanda is on the right track: after the genocide of an eighth of its population, Rwanda has succeeded in bringing together 6 million Rwandese and has made it possible for people traumatized by cruel torture and brainwashed by State and Church propaganda to live together. Rwanda has succeeded in establishing a government of national unity, a parliament representing all political parties in the country and has restored electricity and telephones and other means of communication. The Government has made an exceptional effort to put the country back on its feet. By way of example, I would note that after the Second World War one European country had 60,000 people executed: Rwanda has killed no one. And those who engaged in vengeance or personal justice in Rwanda were executed.”
1995-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3566 (1995) · source
“But my delegation emphasizes that the historic responsibility I have referred to does not give any country the right to set itself up as the spokesman for Rwanda. I should like, through you, Mr. President, to thank the Secretary-General wholeheartedly for his visit to Rwanda. It was high time it took place, and it was necessary not only for Rwanda but for the United Nations. But above all I thank the Secretary-General for his report, which describes the real developments in Rwanda one year after the assumption of power by a Government that has fought genocide and is attempting to put the country back on its feet.”
1995-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3566 (1995) · source
“We would also ask the partners of the Governments of the area of the Great Lakes that are interested in the situation in Rwanda to help reduce tensions in the region. The question of the Rwandan refugees has been exploited in various ways which are in the interests of neither Rwanda nor the refugees. There are those who would like to use the refugees to enhance their image with the international community and play a key role in the subregion. We recall the fact that Belgium and France have a major, historic responsibility in the current situation in Rwanda. This responsibility is entirely shared with the United Nations in general and with the Security Council in particular. It necessitates cooperation with the Rwandan Government to put the country back on track, to rebuild it and Rwandan society.”
1995-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3566 (1995) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): My delegation would like at the outset to express its condolences to the representative of Italy on the death of Italian citizens who became victims in Zaire of people they had gone to help and their hosts. My delegation has always denounced the mixing of refugees with armed groups; it has always denounced the policy of a host country that supports armed groups that hide in the midst of refugees to manipulate and use them. We would ask the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and particularly its office in Zaire, to carry out its responsibility to facilitate the return of the refugees and to condemn dealings between the camps under its control and the camps of the former Rwandan forces.”
1995-08-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3566 (1995) · source
“They will find that this assistance does not necessarily go where it is supposed to go. The international community may be tired, but it is high time for it to ask itself whom it is tired of aiding, and why. After 30 years of war, the international community has the duty to help Angola not only to achieve reconciliation but also, and above all, to find the necessary and adequate funds to ensure its national reconstruction.”
1995-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3562 (1995) · source
“III operations is out of all proportion to the cost of the forthcoming programme for the reconstruction of the country which is to be presented at the round table to be held in September. UNAVEM. III costs $25 million per month and the round table projects a cost of $620 million, and nothing specifies how long this money is to last or how soon the funds will be available. It is easier to understand now why the African countries tend to be on the road to under-development. Funding which relates to militarization, tribal wars and genocides is very easily put together, whereas funding for development is virtually denied to the African countries. It is true that the international community is tired of helping Africa, but it is our hope that they will take a look at the direction in which the assistance goes.”
1995-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3562 (1995) · source
“It is well known that no country in that area manufactures weapons, but the arms merchants do not hesitate to provide arms to criminals to make it easier for them to hoist themselves to power or to keep themselves there. My delegation is convinced that collecting arms from the population is not enough. Rather, the problem should be attacked at its roots: that is, we should denounce those countries which illegally provide weapons to Africa. This profiteering to the detriment of Africa is becoming more and more disturbing, particularly since in some cases those who provided the weapons in the first place are the same ones who come to organize their collection or who send representatives specializing in human rights. Regarding the financial aspects, it is interesting to note from the report that the cost of UNAVEM.”
1995-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3562 (1995) · source
“With respect to the Angolan police, which is denying access to the civilian police, my delegation recognizes that Angola, as a sovereign country, has the right not to expose its police to external elements, and that it is also within its right to organize itself as it sees fit, as any sovereign country does, to ensure safety and security within its borders. It is clear that the United Nations forces sent to the country are there not to oversee or to control the host country but, rather, to assist it. With respect to the proliferation of weapons, it is regrettable that the central African region has increasingly become an area teeming with weaponry.”
1995-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3562 (1995) · source
“Any outside help can only provide a structure and framework to facilitate reconciliation between these brothers. This is why the Rwandan delegation is convinced that national reconciliation goes hand in hand with national reconstruction. Successful demobilization of the military personnel on both sides is possible only if there are options to be offered to the demobilized troops. My delegation believes that mine clearance is a vital operation for the survival of the population and one of the most important prerequisites for the resumption of the reconstruction of the country.”
1995-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3562 (1995) · source
“However, it is likewise true that friendship is neither a temporary nor a transient thing. This is why we believe that this honoured visitor should become a spokesman for Africa, so that the entire world can better understand the countries he visited. Condemnations must become advice and brotherhood must be accompanied by solidarity. My delegation welcomes the progress achieved by the Government of Angola and UNITA since the adoption of Security Council resolution 976 (1995). We regard as positive the contacts which have been made and continue to be made between the various Angolan parties to resolve their problems and find common ground. We encourage such contacts. It is true that any lasting solution can come only from the Angolans themselves.”
1995-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3562 (1995) · source
“With respect to the resolution which my delegation has just voted in favour of, we would like first to thank the Secretary-General for his report on UNAVEM. III dated 17 July 1995. My delegation is always pleased when reports like this one, with all of the impact it may have, are presented in a positive light, without sacrificing the truth. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Blondin Beye, for the fruitful and delicate work he continues to do in Angola. My delegation also congratulates the Secretary-General on the attention he has been paying to Africa by visiting Angola as well as other African countries which are going through a difficult period in their history. Indeed, it is in misfortune that we find out who our true friends are.”
1995-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3562 (1995) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): My delegation takes this opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of August. We are convinced that the work of the Council, in working for peace and security throughout the world, will benefit from your wisdom and your wealth of experience. You can count on my delegation to cooperate with you to the greatest extent possible. We take this opportunity also to thank your predecessor, Mr. Gerardo Martinez Blanco, the Permanent Representative of Honduras, for the sure-footed and competent way in which he conducted the work of the Security Council during the month of July. My delegation would like to welcome the new Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom and to pledge him our sincere cooperation.”
1995-08-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3562 (1995) · source
“It is unfortunate that the new Government of National Unity is now the sole victim of this embargo, which is technically difficult to implement in the refugee camps, since the group there is not a political entity. My delegation appeals urgently to the Security Council to review its resolution 918 (1994), which was designed to address a particular situation; that situation and the government to which that resolution applied no longer exist, and the resolution therefore penalizes a government that is struggling to ensure security for its people while the real criminals for whom it was designed are arming themselves with impunity so that they can finish off the crimes they started last year. We therefore request a review of resolution 918 (1994), because the Rwandese people not only need it, they have a right to it.”
1995-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3542 (1995) · source
“The first is the insecurity arising from the refugee camps, which are a danger to peace in Rwanda and its neighbouring countries. My delegation would request the Secretary- General to submit a report to the Security Council on the situation in the camps rather than allowing the situation to deteriorate and leaving it to the non-governmental organizations and journalists to assess the situation. If the countries that are affected by these refugee camps wish to demonstrate transparency, we would ask them to form an international commission to consider this question. My second point concerns the arms embargo imposed on the current Rwandese Government, which in fact helps the criminals of the former Government who planned last year's genocide in Rwanda.”
1995-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3542 (1995) · source
“The situation has changed, and the current mandate had already been overtaken by events. I should point out that my Government, like any responsible Government, wishes to exercise its sovereignty in the security field throughout Rwanda. The Government of Rwanda would also like to ensure peace and build confidence between the Rwandese without any go-betweens. So long as there is a go-between that confidence can never be fully established. There is a need to promote direct contacts between the people and its Government. My delegation is convinced that, now that UNAMIR has a clear, realistic and feasible mandate, cooperation between the Government and UNAMIR will be both total and stronger. My delegation would like to take this opportunity to raise two points that deserve serious consideration.”
1995-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3542 (1995) · source
“My delegation would like to thank the Secretary- General for his interim report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). My delegation would also like to thank in particular Mr. Shaharyar Khan, his Special Representative, as well as the UNAMIR Force Commander, General Guy Toussignant. Thanks to their personal qualities and their competence, UNAMIR has been able to complete its mandate. This is also thanks to the good cooperation and regular consultations which they have had with the Rwandan Government. As the Council is aware, 10 months ago Rwanda was a country in ruins, with one eighth of its population decimated by blind genocide, advocated and planned by the then Government. My Government recognizes, with the Secretary- General, the need to review UNAMIR'S mandate.”
1995-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3542 (1995) · source
“Mr. Bakuramutsa (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): Mr. President, my delegation would like to extend its congratulations to you and your delegation on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. We are sure that your wisdom and competence will allow the Council successfully to complete its work during this month. My delegation's full support is at your disposal should you require it. I should also like to take advantage of this opportunity to congratulate Ambassador Jean-Bernard Merime'e on his effectiveness and the competence with which he guided the work of the Council during the month of May. My delegation would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the Permanent Representative of China. My delegation also promises him its full cooperation.”
1995-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3542 (1995) · source
“That is why my delegation calls for appropriate action, by which we mean effective action, to salvage what can be salvaged. In this context, my delegation will cast a vote for this draft resolution.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“At a time when preparations are in full swing at the United Nations for the commemoration of its 50th anniversary, a few Member States are falling victim to genocide and ethnic cleansing. The basic principles which underpin this Organization are being flouted. The cry of "never again" which rang out almost 50 years ago remains a dead letter because certain Members of the Organization are disregarding it or encouraging those who are doing so, while others still, through their silence, are accomplices. We do not see how the Organization will be able to face the community of nations with its head held high if these fundamental principles which are the very raison d'etre of the Organization are not respected. As the wise men of the President's country have put it, it is never too late to do good.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source
“My delegation is astonished at the failure of the countries of the region to take action to support and save the victims of this inhuman behaviour. My delegation supports the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) until 12 January 1996. It also firmly supports the proposal to establish an international tribunal to bring the persons guilty of human rights violations to justice. This tribunal should not be a mere clone of existing tribunals but should be adapted to the situation prevailing in the region and respond to the specific problems facing the population there. My delegation also supports the idea of establishing a federation as the key to resolving the Georgia-Abkhaz conflict.”
1995-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3535 (1995) · source