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Belinga-Eboutou

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first: 1998-04-24
most recent: 2006-01-27
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“Mr. Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon) (spoke in French): Allow me at the outset to commend the Secretary-General on his report on the situation in Kosovo. I should like also to pay tribute to the work of the Special Representative, Mr. Haekkerup. I am grateful as well for the update just provided us by Mr. Guehenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, on the situation. All of this information gives the Council a clear picture of the conditions currently prevailing in Kosovo and will allow it to determine the measures that need to be taken.”
2002-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4454 (2002) · source
“It remains for me to express our gratitude to our colleagues for the congratulations and kind words addressed to Cameroon upon its accession to the Council.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The suppression of terrorism is a particularly fertile field of international law, but the existing conventions, for the most part, pertain to specific categories of terrorist acts. Thus they cannot constitute an appropriate response likely to enhance the effectiveness of international cooperation. This is all the more so in that some continue to take advantage of legal lacunae in order to commit terrorist acts. This is why we would suggest that the Council encourage the Ad Hoc Committee on terrorism that will soon be meeting in New York to complete urgently the development of a comprehensive convention on terrorism. We likewise believe that this Ad Hoc Committee should be invited to complete the draft international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In the consideration of the question of terrorism by the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session, Cameroon stressed the need for assistance to developing countries in order to strengthen their national and regional capacity to combat terrorism. We welcome paragraph 4 of the programme of action. Our concerns have been taken especially into account, and we look forward to these offers of assistance and will be particularly pleased to hear from the Chairman of the Committee about what the Committee can and intends to do to strengthen national and regional capacities, especially in organizing training and information seminars. I would like to say a few words about the legal instruments for combating terrorism.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“At the international level, Cameroon has acceded to the majority of the counter-terrorist legal instruments and has participated at the African regional level in the development of conventions and strategies to combat this scourge within the framework of the Organization of African Unity. Cameroon intends to continue to give the Counter-Terrorism Committee all necessary support, especially by participating actively in its work. We lend our unreserved support to the programme of work that has been presented to us by the Chairman of the Committee, and we reiterate to him our full satisfaction with the manner in which he has thus far conducted the Committee's work, in a spirit of complete transparency, especially through regular briefings, and we encourage him to continue in this way.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Cameroon believes, as our head of State has said, that in order to put an end to terrorism we must also bring peace to the international context by overcoming situations of injustice that serve as a breeding ground from which intolerance springs and that can serve as an easy pretext. Cameroon has taken the necessary steps for the implementation in its territory of the measures contained in Security Council resolution 1373 (2001). At the internal level, appropriate legislation making it possible to combat terrorist activities has been adopted. Measures have been taken by the security services to prevent our territory from serving as a theatre for terrorist acts or activities linked to terrorism. Finally, a focal point has been designated in the office of the President of the Republic.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“With respect to Cameroon, President Paul Biya has vigorously expressed the indignation of the people of Cameroon at the attacks of 11 September and has affirmed our country's resolve to take an active part in the fight against this scourge. The message that the President addressed to the diplomatic corps at the traditional New Year's ceremony was a message devoted entirely to this subject, a further strong sign of Cameroon's unequivocal commitment. As stated by the President of the Republic, for Cameroon nothing can justify terrorist acts that, by definition, can affect only the innocent. Terrorism is intolerable, and it must be combated in all its forms. The unacceptable practices, the fear, the hatred and the intolerance that it fosters constitute both a source of major concern and a grave threat to international peace and security.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The rapid and resolute response of the international community to the attacks on the United States on 11 September is particularly significant. It means that the world will not allow itself to be taken hostage by terrorists, their accomplices and their instigators. The global character of terrorism and its evident links with transnational crime necessarily mean, as was recalled this morning by the Secretary-General, that there must be a global and concerted response by the international community in fighting this phenomenon. All States, therefore, have the duty to make frank and constructive contributions to international efforts to combat terrorism.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We have learned that guidelines for the submission of the reports under paragraph 6 of resolution 1373 (2001) have been prepared. A list of national contact points in the fight against terrorism has also been drawn up. Finally, a group of experts has been established to help the Committee in its work. Furthermore, we are particularly reassured by the significant number of States that, in keeping with the relevant provisions of resolution 1373 (2001), have made their reports to the Committee concerning the measures they have taken or plan to take in pursuance of that resolution. Undoubtedly, that is a further sign of the international community's renewed determination to stand united against this scourge of modern times - terrorism - and to relentlessly pursue its perpetrators and their accomplices.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I wish to associate myself with the unanimous tribute paid to our colleague the Ambassador of Mexico, who has placed at our disposal his vast legal knowledge and long experience. Ambassador Navarrete presided with particular skill and tact over the sanctions Committee on Sierra Leone. Mr. Ambassador, our warm wishes for success go with you. I now wish to pay a well-deserved and heartfelt tribute to Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, for the remarkable work the Committee has been able to accomplish in less than four months under his wise and able leadership. I also wish to thank him for the information he provided us this morning concerning the laudable efforts made in the context of the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001).”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon) (spoke in French): Allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for taking the timely initiative of organizing this public debate of the Security Council on the fight against terrorism and in particular on the implementation of resolution 1373 (2001) of 28 September 2001 on this matter. We are especially appreciative of the format and the structure chosen to involve the non-members of the Council in the debate. We believe that this formula deserves to be considered as a possible model. I wish to express our deep appreciation to the Secretary-General for his enlightening statement, which highlighted the links between terrorism and transnational crime. That statement also had the merit of emphasizing the need for consistent and coordinated action.”
2002-01-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4453Resumption1 (2002) · source
“But it is sometimes interesting and valuable to repeat the obvious. We should ask, first of all, whether such a partnership is possible. If it is possible, the next question is in what spheres it is possible and how it should be established. Then we must address the point raised by the”
1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081 (1999) · source
“The initiative of holding this interactive debate has the merit of giving the Security Council credibility in the eyes of the African people, inasmuch as we hope that it will mark the beginning of the end of the double standard of which we have often complained. Africa is the region most sorely racked by armed conflict; that much is obvious. But that is not preordained by fate. No matter what, Africa rejects such a destiny and refuses to resign itself to such a situation. For that reason, each of the large subregions of the continent has set up or is setting up mechanisms designed specifically to prevent and settle conflicts. This meeting was convened to discuss the partnership between the United Nations and Africa, which I shall do by posing a number of questions whose answers might seem self-evident.”
1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081 (1999) · source
“Mr. Belinga-Eboutou (Cameroon) (spoke in French): I should like, on behalf of the African Group, to commend you, Mr. President, for taking this initiative, which is promising in more than one respect. It is taking place in the wake of the debate in the General Assembly on 8 December on the report of the Secretary-General on Africa. It is also ensuring that Africa remains at the centre of the agenda of the Security Council. It is true that the problems of African countries have been and are being discussed in the Council but, as you said, Sir, the results have been meagre and disappointing. Today a new vision is proposed, a global Vision being proposed that recognizes Africa as a partner. That is important.”
1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081 (1999) · source
“Of course, it is not the role of the Security Council to finance development, but, since development is linked to peace. the Council could call on the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the international financial institutions to take up the report of the Secretary-General and. in add on. to concern themselves more with the economic situation in Africa on a priority basis.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The stability of the world and our very survival depend upon it. The Secretary-General has done well to identify the causes of this situation: the drop in official development assistance. the excessive debt burden. the reduction in investment and tariff barriers that block the access of our products to international markets. The Secretary-General has also done well to suggest some solutions to these ills. We support his recommendation that the international financial institutions review the conditions imposed on countries in crisis or that have just emerged from crisis, in order not to compromise the peace process through measures that are too rigorous. We think that it is necessary to go even further and to ask financial institutions to do this for all African countries.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Development is even the new name for peace, but there can be no sustainable development without lasting peace and no lasting peace without sustainable development. We have come to realize that these elements are interdependent and that there can be no real progress without the advancement of these elements. The lack of development can become a threat to international prosperity, peace and security. As the means of communication continue to develop, the distance between different parts of the world shrinks. In the twenty-first century we will not be able to content ourselves with having little islands of prosperity and opulence amid an ocean of suffering and misery. This means that Africa's current economic backwardness remains a major challenge to us, a challenge that we can, and must, face together.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The statistics in this regard are clear and particularly enlightening. At the end of the cold war the arms industry converted to the production of light weapons. The blame for the proliferation of illegal arms in Africa belongs to the operators of the black market. They sell those weapons at such low prices that they are now available to the ordinary citizen. We can see the gravity of such a situation. That is why Cameroon endorses the Secretary- General's proposal to compile and publish a list of the names of these merchants of arms and death in order to permit the international community to take concerted action to put a decisive end to their illegal and deadly activities. Peace and development are intrinsically linked.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“In this connection, the recent establishment of the Executive Committee on Peace and Security under the authority of the Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs should be lauded. Cameroon, which has made peace the main pillar of its policy within and beyond its borders, expects the United Nations, and the Security Council in particular, to implement preventive diplomacy with determination, in order to keep disputes between States from degenerating into armed conflicts and to shift potential conflicts from the battlefield to a forum of peaceful resolution. As a member of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa and as a signatory of the Non-Aggression Pact between the States of Central Africa of July 1996, Cameroon is concerned about the proliferation of illegal weapons in Africa.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Priority should be given to preventive diplomacy, which has three tasks: to detect as soon as possible situations that may give rise to conflicts and put an end to them before violence emerges; to ease tensions before they lead to conflicts; and to act quickly where conflict has already broken out in order to contain it and eliminate its underlying causes. Action to maintain peace and prevent the thundering of guns cannot be delayed under any circumstances. That is the vital duty of the Security Council: to prevent the thunder of guns. Here we should commend and thank the Secretary-General for the initiatives he has taken with respect to conflicts in some African countries, by deploying missions of investigation, mediation and good offices and by sending special representatives.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“As the Security Council recognized in its presidential statement when it met at the level of Heads of State and Government on 31 January 1992, "The absence of war and military conflicts amongst States does not in itself ensure international peace and security. The non-military sources of instability in the economic, social, humanitarian and ecological fields have become threats to peace and security." [S/23500, eleventh paragraph] On the question of conflicts, Cameroon fully endorses the recommendations of the Secretary-General on preventive diplomacy and the restoration and maintenance of peace.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“The present debate thus comes at a good time, so that this Organization and the Security Council can regain credibility among the people of Africa - particularly the Security Council, which has done so much in the past for the liberation of our continent. We would also take this opportunity to congratulate the Secretary-General for his courageous report. The document does indeed describe the true state of Africa; it is an in-depth and detailed study of the causes of conflicts in various parts of our continent and of the elements that could provide possible solutions. We are also pleased that he has drawn the attention of the Security Council to the current economic situation in Africa, which will become a threat to international peace and security if it is not dealt with.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“It is important, first of all, because it deals with international peace and security and the development of Africa. It is equally important for the United Nations, and more specifically for the Security Council. The international community's reluctance in the last few years to take the appropriate financial and political risks in order to deploy peacekeeping operations and to ensure development in Africa was already giving rise to a number of questions. A feeling of marginalization was developing here and there, and even of abandonment of a continent presumably doomed only to war, disease and poverty.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source
“Mr. Belinga Eboutou (Cameroon) (interpretation from French): First of all, I should like to say how pleased we are to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the Security Council in the month of April and over the present discussion on Africa. You represent a country whose commitment to peace and development in Africa is demonstrated anew each day. The first Tokyo International Conference on African Development, and soon the Second, are witness to that. We feel sure that under your guidance the Council will give a new impetus to the relationship between the United Nations and Africa. I would also pay tribute to the positive actions of your predecessor, Ambassador Sallah of the Gambia. Finally, I would like to thank you for allowing me to speak here before this assembly on the occasion of this debate, which is important on two grounds.”
1998-04-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3875Resumption1 (1998) · source