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Belinga-Eboutou

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first: 1998-04-24
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“The Council will recall that in 1996, when it was holding the presidency of the pan- African organization, President Paul Biya formally proposed to the United Nations the idea of an international conference on the Great Lakes. We welcome the fact that that idea is now a reality. By contributing a military observer and civilian police personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Burundi, Cameroon is working towards peace and stability in the Great Lakes region. As Mr. Ibrahima Fall said earlier today, the region lies at the heart of the geopolitical space of Central Africa, Southern Africa and East Africa. I conclude by paying tribute to the memory of all peacekeepers who have lost their lives on the field of honour as they strove to build a world of peace and progress.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source
“Finally - and this is our heartfelt conviction - there can be no lasting peace in that region if women and children continue to be marginalized and exploited and subjected to violence of all forms, including sexual violence. In that regard we welcome the quality of the discussions in the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme on 25 January. It can never be said often enough that the success of the upcoming International Conference on Peace, Security, Stability and Development of the Great Lakes Region will open new horizons for peace and development. The international community must support those countries in their efforts for the success of that meeting. It should also support their efforts to achieve peace and development. Cameroon, for its part, is contributing to those efforts in many ways.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source
“The disbanding of armed groups and the disarmament, repatriation and reintegration of former combatants, including foreign combatants, is the other important element of those needed efforts. My country also welcomes in that connection the fact that the Security Council adopted resolution 1649 (2005), which strengthens the action being taken against those armed groups, who continue to threaten civilians, especially women and children. They also threaten the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and stability in the region. Furthermore, the countries of the region and the international community must increase their efforts in the fight against the illegal exploitation of and illicit trade in natural resources and the proliferation of and trafficking in weapons that fuel the conflicts.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source
“The thirtieth of June is the day on which the Congolese people, as one man and led by Patrice Emery Lumumba, made the solemn promise to Africa and to the whole world to build a Congo that was free, united and prosperous. Our wish is that on that day that speech of 30 June will resonate with the same force and energy in the hearts and minds of all Congolese people. Cameroon strongly favours a political process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that is consensual, transparent and inclusive. However, there are several pitfalls in the road ahead. There is still the matter of armed groups. To end that problem the countries of the region must, individually and collectively, take resolute and concerted action.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source
“The international community, through the forum of partners of Burundi, must continue to support them in their efforts. There is no doubt whatsoever that the future Peacebuilding Commission will also contribute with the means at its disposal. The return to peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will, we are sure, allow a qualitative step towards the definitive stabilization of the Great Lakes region. The recent developments, with the success of the referendum on the constitution and the good preparations for the general elections on 30 June, are cause for real optimism. Here I wish to point out the symbolic value of the date chosen for the elections.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source
“The interrelationship among those challenges and the interdependence of the countries of the Great Lakes region call for an integrated approach and for enhanced cooperation in various forms. A framework is in place. It must be strengthened, and we must continue the negotiations within that framework. The regional dynamic of peace, integration and economic development depends on the stability of the States in the region. My delegation would like to welcome the generally positive political developments taking place in those countries. In Burundi we welcome all the efforts carried out to achieve successful transition in line with the spirit of Arusha, and we encourage the new authorities to follow the process of reconstruction and to do so through dialogue.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source
“Of course, serious efforts are still needed to consolidate the peace and stability that are the prerequisites for sustainable economic and social development. The countries of the region, supported by the international community, must redouble their efforts to achieve the hopes for peace. My delegation welcomes the fact that the Dar es-Salaam statement of principle set out the road map to be followed. Since then a process has been launched that allows us to move towards that objective. The challenges to be overcome at all costs involve peace and security, democracy and good governance, economic development and regional integration, as well as humanitarian and social issues.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source
“We thank him for being able, with commitment but also in a very tactful and discreet way, to support the States of the region in preparing for and following up the first International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. We congratulate and thank him for his support for the emergence of a climate of confidence among States of the region, a climate propitious for holding the Second Summit. Cameroon strongly condemns the attack of 23 January on a detachment of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), which caused the death of eight soldiers of the Guatemalan contingent. Cameroon sends its sincere condolences to Guatemala in this painful hour. The Great Lakes region is strongly committed to seeking peace.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source
“Mr. Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon) (spoke in French): Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Madam, upon your presidency of the Security Council, which you and your country are successfully accomplishing during this month of January, and for holding this public debate on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes region. My delegation would like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for the quality, density and exhaustive nature of his report. Mr. Ibrahima Fall, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, has just made his presentation with the eloquence and brilliance with which we are familiar.”
2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source
“The Security Council has thus concluded the every one of us a year of hope, a year of dreams come present stage of its consideration of the item on its true. agenda.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“In a few days, we will celebrate Christmas and the advent of a new year, a time for good wishes. May the Prince of Peace bring to each and every one of us peace - peace within us, peace in our families, peace within our States, peace between our States, peace in the world; peace, the fruit of our solidarity, the solidarity of our united efforts and energy. Let us not forget that peace in the world will look like us. It will be you. It will be me. It will be us. It will be every one of us. May the year 2004 be a time of reconciliation among men; a time of rediscovered harmony between nations; a time when swords are turned into ploughshares, when the clash of arms is replaced by There are no further speakers inscribed on my songs of peace. May the year 2004 be for each and list.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“These commitments showed clearly that the Security Council and the members of United Nations stand firmly alongside the peoples of the United Nations who are in Central Africa. We hope that the Council, in full tranquillity, objectivity and impartiality, will continue to study in depth new and creative ideas collected by the Secretariat mission that met in Central Africa. We are thinking particularly of the almost unanimous request for a standing presence in Central Africa of a special representative of the Secretary-General. That would help strengthen the partnership between the United Nations and the Economic Community of Central African States in the area of the maintenance of peace and security. It would help in the implementation of this integrated approach to issues of peace and development, which we urgently call for.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“The calling of the United Nations, particularly the Security Council, is to ensure that together, all Member States contribute actively to achieving peace every day. The world's future will be what the United Nations, and the Security Council in particular, makes or does not make of it. Cameroon has been able to gauge the priority given in the work and deliberations of the Security Council in the search for solutions and responses to the dangers that threaten Africa. On 22 October 2002, the Council held a public meeting on Central Africa, which was particularly meaningful. The commitments made at that time were very encouraging to the Central Africa region, made up of the Economic Community of Central African States.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“Other sanctions are more global in scope and address new threats to world peace, particularly terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. This is the last meeting that Cameroon will be attending as a member of the Council. I wish to take this opportunity to express to all Council members and members of the Secretariat our gratitude for their welcome and support. They have confirmed my country's belief that the United Nations, particularly the Security Council, is an irreplaceable forum for dialogue - a barrier, a rampart for the world. I am almost tempted to say that the Security Council alone often holds the key to certain crucial moments in the history of humanity. Without its wisdom, experience and determination promote security and peace, might would be right in many parts of our world.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“If they are initially based on the gravity and the evidence of a threat to or breach of international peace and security, the decision to lift them must not be taken lightly. Such a decision must take into account the diversity of situations. Therefore, it is possible to compromise on the pending issues and, indeed, this compromise is within our grasp. Since we agree on the objectives sought and the way to achieve them, why not move beyond the slight differences we have on how to manage the time aspect of sanctions that we agree to impose. The question must be asked because sanctions today have become more complex and varied. They strike not only at States, but also at certain nationals and entities of those States.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“I believe, however, that the Security Council in its wisdom will be able to find common ground on those issues. There are, indeed, some elements on which all of the Council members are in agreement. We all agree that sanctions imposed by the Council must remain in force until their objective - the desired change in the behaviour, actions or policies of the subject of the sanctions - has been attained. Sanctions are an extraordinary instrument, and that extraordinary character, we believe, must be reflected in the decision to resort to them, as well as in respect of their duration. That is why it is always necessary to clearly define the objectives in the resolutions that impose them and to assess them regularly.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“Without going into detail, I would say that these agreements touch on the access of Member States to the sanctions Committees; measures to establish arrangements for monitoring sanctions in order to identify and investigate sources and methods of sanctions violations; and evaluating sanctions regimes. I am happy to say that some of the recommendations agreed to by the Working Group are now being applied by the Council and its subsidiary bodies. I wish to welcome the appreciated contribution to our work by the Interlaken, Bonn-Berlin and Stockholm processes. Despite the progress made, there remains much to be done. Differences remain on two points that are closely interlinked: the duration of sanctions and conditions for their lifting.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“How can we enable States suffering the unwanted effects of sanctions to have access to the sanctions Committees? What assistance can be provided to third States affected by the application of sanctions? How long should sanctions last? What role can the Secretariat play in monitoring and implementing sanctions? While working on the basis of the principle that there can be no agreement until there is agreement on everything, our Working Group was able nevertheless to agree provisionally on a number of points that I have elaborated in my report to the Council.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“The coercive measures provided for in Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations - more commonly known as sanctions - are a powerful instrument in the hands of the Security Council that helps it to discharge its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. They are a powerful and valuable tool for modifying the behaviour of a State, entity or individuals that threaten to breach or have already breached international peace and security. The Council expects the Working Group to provide recommendations on ways and means of designing and implementing that tool with greater effectiveness, fairness and transparency. Over the past two years, various issues have preoccupied the Working Group. I shall cite but a few.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“It is a real pleasure to see you, Sir, presiding over this last public meeting of the year and the last of Bulgaria's and Cameroon's terms on the Security Council. I thank you for convening this meeting so that we can convey our impressions and testimony as we complete not only our chairmanships of the Council's committees and working groups, but also our memberships of the Council itself. As members know, the Council asked me to follow Ambassador Chowdhury of Bangladesh as Chairman of the informal Working Group on General Issues of Sanctions. The Council established the Working Group in 2000 so that it could offer general recommendations on the broader issue of sanctions, their administration in particular.”
2003-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4888 (2003) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to thank all the men and women who are daily risking their lives to return peace and social harmony to Kosovo.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“We therefore launch an appeal to the parties concerned to reaffirm their commitment to the process under way and resolutely engage themselves, without ulterior motives. We express our appreciation to the Secretary-General and his Special Representative, UNMIK, KFOR, the European Union and all other international organizations acting in Kosovo for the work they are doing pursuant to the ideals and principles of the Charter of the United Nations in order to return peace and security to Kosovo and the region. As a Member of the United Nations, Cameroon will, through its contingent, continue to take part in those joint efforts. We will continue to make our contribution to the search for a solution to the situation in Kosovo on the basis of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“The economy, which for a long time was under ground, is resurfacing on the solid and reliable foundations of a market economy. The core of a judicial system for a State based on the rule of law is being established with the assistance of the United Nations. And the training of the Kosovo Police Service is almost completed. With all that progress, which we owe to the concerted efforts of all the members of the international community and to Kosovars themselves, my delegation is inclined to be optimistic about the future of Kosovo - a Kosovo that is multi-ethnic, multicultural, reconciled unto itself and prosperous, in which peace, justice and social harmony reign through the force of law rather than the law of force. Such a Kosovo is no longer just a hope, it is within our grasp.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“How could one imagine reversing the process in Kosovo, where today we continue to see a rise in targeted acts of violence against the Serb minority community and UNMIK staff, including the recent attack on the World Bank delegation at Mitrovica? How could we imagine a Kosovo in which extremists on all sides utilize mafia- like methods to foment intolerance, hatred and fear, and where freedom of movement remains a luxury for some people, and the right to property even more so? The direct dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade is gradually taking place. The operationalization of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government continues apace, and those continue to function better every day. Combating corruption and organized crime has had undeniable success in Kosovo.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“The satisfactory implementation of the eight standards - namely, the functioning of democratic institutions, the establishment of a State based on the rule of law, the right to free movement, the return and reintegration of displaced persons, the establishment of a market economy based on a stable foundation, the recognition and re-establishment of the right to property, a candid and direct dialogue between the authorities of Belgrade and Pristina and, lastly, the training and professionalization of the Kosovo Protection Corps - continues to be essential to an orderly debate on the final status of Kosovo.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“Given the importance of that plan, my delegation believes that its drafting, and its finalization in particular, must take place on the basis of consensus among all the parties, in order that all obstacles to the implementation of the standards may be overcome. With regard to dealing with the issue of Kosovo, the Security Council is often reproached for its approach that seems to defer consideration of the province's final status and avoid the establishment of a timetable for doing so. My delegation believes that the great progress recently made provides eloquent testimony with regard to the policy of standards before status, to which Cameroon has always demonstrated its commitment.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“And, on 10 December 2003, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General issued a declaration on the standards applicable to Kosovo. The Security Council was pleased to note that in the presidential statement issued in document S/PRST/2003/26, of 12 December 2003. At this juncture, it is the view of my delegation that one of the most urgent challenges before the Special Representative of the Secretary-General is to develop an implementation plan for those standards, given the crucial impact they will have on the process that the Council must carry out towards a final and appropriate resolution of the issue of Kosovo.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“Four expert working groups were established to familiarize themselves with matters related to energy, missing persons, returns, and transport and communications. In addition, the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) that was presented to the Council illustrated the great progress that had been made in the functioning of the Provisional Institutions of Self- Government. The information provided today seems to confirm the great hopes that arose at the meeting held on 30 October. On 5 November 2003, on the initiative of the Contact Group under the auspices of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, a mechanism was launched in Pristina and Belgrade to monitor the implementation of the policy of standards before status.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“Harri Holkeri, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). The meeting of the Council held on 30 October to consider the situation in Kosovo revealed the new prospects before the province with regard to the ongoing stabilization process. During the period from July to October 2003, thanks to mediation by UNMIK officials, we witnessed the establishment of direct and concrete cooperation between Belgrade and Pristina in a number of areas. In addition, on 14 October in Vienna, a direct political dialogue at the highest level between the authorities of the two capitals regarding practical issues of common concern took place for the first time.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“Mr. Tidjani (Cameroon) (spoke in French): Mr. President, as other delegations before me, I would like to convey to you how pleased Cameroon is to see you personally here this morning to chair this meeting. Your presence vividly demonstrates the importance that your country attaches to the development of the situation in Kosovo in particular and in the Balkans region in general. I would also like to thank Mr. Guehenno for his very useful briefing, which highlights the efforts being conducted by the Secretary-General and his Special Representative to implement Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) on Kosovo, as well as the results garnered to date. We would also like to thank all those men and women who, through their dedication and commitment, are providing ongoing and steadfast support to the work of Mr.”
2003-12-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4886 (2003) · source
“Central Africa is requesting, imploring the United Nations to have a permanent presence in the subregion, so that it can monitor closely what is happening there and provide assistance on an ongoing basis to the States in the subregion.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“It is our hope that the Council will take note of and be pleased by the interest shown by Central Africa in having a United Nations presence there and will welcome the proposal by the heads of State. And lastly, it is our hope that the Secretary- General might be requested to see how the request can be met within existing resources. Experience shows us that our requests can be handled swiftly and effectively. Perhaps it could be specified just when the Secretary- General would report to the Council on how this matter has been handled. As a mission has already been carried out, three months or six months might be appropriate, but in any case, a date must be set. I apologize for having spoken at such length, but I do believe that this matter is particularly important. Central Africa wants to work with the United Nations.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“Central Africa hopes that the United Nations will do its utmost to ensure that a positive response can be provided to that request, a request made and repeated on good grounds, I believe. We might have expected financial factors to be somewhat of a hindrance. Central Africa is saying that the United Nations does in fact have sufficient existing resources and structures. It is a question of seeing how those existing structures and resources can be used to ensure a permanent United Nations presence. My delegation hopes that at the end of our deliberations, the statement that will be negotiated in the next few days and then adopted may reconfirm the need for a comprehensive, agreed-on and integrated approach.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“The report before us has been available since 10 September, but as far as members of the Council are concerned, I believe it is only this month that we were able to have in English a report that deals with basically a French-speaking subregion. That did not facilitate the study of the report in our capitals, and that is one of the reasons why most of the ministers that might have attended this debate were not able to come. Central Africa has come to the Security Council to say exactly what Central Africa is and what it hopes for from the Security Council and the United Nations. Central Africa has come to request, and it has requested, of the United Nations that it be present permanently, not just on an ad hoc basis, that the United Nations have a permanent presence in Central Africa.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“The conference on the Great Lakes covers one very specific subregion, even though three or four countries in our subregion are affected by what happens there. But in no way does the Great Lakes conference concern the Economic Community of Central African States. I think we have to draw that distinction. Central Africa has its own identity; it should not just be hooked onto other entities. I apologize if I have spoken at some length, but I am saying this so that the members of the Council, who called for this study and gave a mandate to the mission, will be fully informed about what has happened and is happening. Just one last comment.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“Secondly, it should be pointed out that the Secretary-General himself, a few years later, published a report on the causes of conflict in Africa, which dealt with the entire issue. We cannot understand what new insight the study to be carried out is supposed to provide. The last point underscored in the Secretary- General's letter - which is seen to effectively prevent any discussion of the creation of a United Nations office at the moment - relates to preparations under way for a conference on the Great Lakes region. One would therefore have to wait until all of that is finished, especially since there are ECCAS countries that are parties involved in this conference as well. But I think that here also we have to distinguish between two things.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“But, as far as concerns the Central African subregion - made up the members of ECCAS - as far as we are aware, we do not have a special representative for our subregion. There is a third point I would like to make about the Secretary-General's letter. There is a reference to certain circumstances that could foster the establishment of a regional office: specifically, he refers to the need for a study on the causes of conflict in Central Africa. But we would question the advisability of such an exercise for two reasons. First, Central Africa itself has carried out a study within the context of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa. The outcome of that study was published in a United Nations document (A/50/474), which is available. So why should a new study be carried out?”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“I can give you as an example some of the offices which I am aware, such as an office in the Central African Republic that deals with Central African Republic issues; an office in Burundi that deals with issues relating to Burundi; and a mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that deals with matters relating to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There is no structure for Central Africa as a subregion. The Secretary-General says in his letter that the person he would appoint would work in collaboration with his special representatives in the subregion. Now, who are those special representatives of the Secretary- General in our subregion? We do not know them. We know that there is one representative charged with a very specific mandate: the preparations for the international conference on the Great Lakes region.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“However, that has not prevented, the Secretary-General, at least in the recent past, from setting up an institution or an office such as the one proposed by the Central African subregion in this case. In addition, it bears remembering that the offices in question are national offices, national structures, and they deal with very specific issues, not with regional issues as a whole. So those offices and their leadership cannot really help in advocating the integrated, global and comprehensive approach that is needed in Central Africa.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“Thus, from the information we have, Central Africa unanimously desires an increased United Nations presence in the form of a subregional office. So, for that reason, it is not quite proper to say that "most" of the countries supported the proposal. That was my first point. My second point, in rereading the Secretary- General's letter, is that he says that while it is true that the Central African States want an increased United Nations presence, there are problems, one of which is the proliferation of offices and special representatives in the subregion. That is true. But I would note that Central Africa does not have a monopoly on having a profusion of United Nations offices - that is the case in other subregions.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“I would be happy to hear from the Assistant Secretary-General who led the mission how many of the countries he met with objected to the idea of an enhanced United Nations presence in Central Africa through the establishment of an office there. I would appreciate his reply in his capacity as head of that mission. While awaiting that response, I would like to say that - given the information that I have - I believe the request for an increased United Nations presence comes from the membership of our subregion as a whole. The request was made explicitly in certain documents, some of which are available at the United Nations. I refer, in particular, to the deliberations of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa and I believe our President will revert to that question.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“Perhaps some clues to an explanation could be found in reading the letter of transmission from the Secretary- General. But reading that letter simply increases the sense of disquiet and disappointment that I mentioned before. The Secretary-General's letter begins by suggesting that a United Nations political presence in Central Africa is something called for by "most" of the subregion. In other words, to further clarify, the need for a United Nations political presence is not something that was expressed by all of the members of the subregion, by all the members of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) - because that group essentially is Central Africa.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“At the talks, according to our information, the countries of Central Africa strongly urged the introduction of a United Nations political presence in the subregion through the establishment of a subregional office that could specifically facilitate, inter alia, the integrated, overall approach that the Security Council recommended. The report before us, in its observations section, does not resolve that concern that was so strongly voiced by the Governments of the subregion, and that has given rise to a feeling of disquiet, indeed, of disappointment, in the subregion. Why does the mission - after devoting an entire section to the question of a United Nations political presence in Central Africa - neglect that issue in the recommendations made in its final observations?”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“It was also asked to determine measures to be taken at the subregional level by ECCAS and the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CAEMC), with assistance from the United Nations system. Lastly, it was asked to make recommendations on the best ways in which the international community could support programmes aimed at strengthening the effectiveness of subregional efforts and mechanisms. As can be seen from reading the report, the mandate was discharged and discharged well. But one point remains that relates to the outcome of the consultations with member States on how to strengthen cooperation with the United Nations.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“We have been awaiting the recommendations of the Secretary-General with great interest. The representative of the Republic of the Congo currently serves as Chairman of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and I will leave it to the representative of ECCAS to review the various issues raised in the report. I associate myself with everything he will say on our behalf. I would confine myself at this point to certain aspects of the mandate of the mission. The mission was asked to determine what the main priority needs and problems were in the subregion and to hold consultations with Governments to determine how best to strengthen cooperation with the United Nations in order to meet the needs of the Central African subregion.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“Mr. Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon) (spoke in French): Once again I would like to extend the appreciation of my delegation to the Secretary-General for having sent out the multidisciplinary assessment mission to the Central African subregion last June. I also thank him for having made the report of that mission available to us now. I thank Mr. Tuliameni Kalomoh, the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his eloquent introduction to the mission's report. Before offering any comments on the report I would like to congratulate Mr. Kalomoh and his team for the energetic manner in which the mission tackled its mandate and for the very serious approach taken therein. Like other countries in Central Africa, Cameroon attached fundamental importance to the work given to the mission.”
2003-11-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4871 (2003) · source
“We support them in this Herculean endeavour and are grateful for the onerous burden assumed by the Coalition at the cost of great sacrifice, notably in human lives. We reiterate our sympathy to the countries that have been victims of attacks and to the bereaved families.”
2003-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4869 (2003) · source
“This meeting is being held on the very last day of the oil-for-food programme. We have discussed that fact at length all week, but I wish to endorse the Coalition's approach to assuming the work of the programme. The Coalition's activities will employ Iraqi personnel and structures that have proven effective in managing the humanitarian situation in Iraq, including Cotecna for the authentication of goods and the World Food Programme for distribution. We appreciate such pragmatism and reliance on the United Nations legacy. In conclusion, I reiterate our full faith in the ability of the Iraqis to meet these challenges. They survived tyranny and in the future will certainly be able to overcome the insecurity posed by terrorism and, in particular, rapidly to meet the challenges of reconstruction and re-appropriation of their country.”
2003-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4869 (2003) · source
“Like others, I recognize the unprecedented effort of the United States in approving an $87-billion spending package, $20 billion of which are earmarked exclusively for the reconstruction of Iraq. The security situation in Iraq is especially alarming today, requiring an imaginative and proactive collective response from the international community. We believe that the current international situation calls for alert but in-depth thinking on this issue, since the terrorist factor is now undeniably present. In any event, however, combating insecurity in Iraq must be primarily the responsibility of the Iraqis themselves. My delegation feels that the ongoing systematic reconstruction of an army and an effective republican police force is a good omen, even if more immediate tasks must be addressed first.”
2003-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4869 (2003) · source
“My country particularly welcomes the acceleration of Iraq's reassumption of the management of its cities, towns and villages. The rapid and well-managed transfer of power to the Iraqis is today essential. The Iraqis are undoubtedly grateful to their liberators of 8 April, but they are a proud people that has inherited a civilization that is millenniums old. It is good that the Coalition, in its recent initiatives, has taken these decisive points into consideration. The accelerated political timetable is excellent news that the international community must approve and support. The orderly transfer of power is essential to a recognized, credible Iraqi authority with full responsibility for governing the country. Of course, beyond June 2004, the Iraqis will still need many kinds of assistance from friendly countries and their neighbours.”
2003-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4869 (2003) · source