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Bennouna

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2001-12-18
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2005-07-21
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  1. “It is therefore high time that concrete action be undertaken so that that continent, which has become a virtual disaster area, can become an active participant in globalization and finally feel some of its positive effects. Africa has made a substantial contribution to the universal heritage, if only through its inestimable contribution to the renewal of, for example, contemporary art, from which all of humankind benefits. At this time of dialogue among civilizations, therefore, it is up to the international community to help Africa to progress towards greater stability and prosperity by strengthening existing States and curbing separatism, so as to prevent outbreaks of violence and related terrorism.”

    2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source

  2. “The Kingdom of Morocco will lend the Office its active support at the appropriate time. The Office can be an observation post recording in real time the facts and developments in the area, and can be a clearing house for the various bodies of the United Nations system that will have to intervene to prevent conflict and establish the conditions for a stable West Africa for the benefit of all its peoples. We are convinced that this experiment in the field will also be a test for the United Nations in the development of appropriate means of conflict prevention. We wish it every success so that it can be a model for further action in Africa and elsewhere. Everyone knows that Africa is the continent that has suffered the most from upheavals on the international scene over the past decade.”

    2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source

  3. “In that context, Morocco supports the establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and hopes that it can promptly begin its work, with the resources it needs. Clearly, it is ever more difficult to break the cycle of violence and underdevelopment in that part of Africa without a broad regional approach that takes into consideration all the dimensions of current problems and addresses them in a coordinated manner. And who can better deal with those problems in a coordinated manner, with the highest level of credibility and with the greatest chance of success than the United Nations - together, of course, with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). We entirely support the establishment at Dakar of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa.”

    2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source

  4. “Those measures would also include efforts by the international community to promote the economic development of the countries of the region through feasible projects that take into account the need for broadened markets. The humanitarian disasters caused by the recruitment of children for war and the image of an entire generation of young people injured and traumatized forever demand that we all do everything possible to set up monitoring mechanisms so that these horrors will never recur. It is of the utmost importance that those responsible for serious crimes against the peace and security of mankind be held accountable before justice for their crimes - with, of course, due process.”

    2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source

  5. “During the inter-agency mission, heads of State or Government unanimously emphasized the prevention and settlement of conflicts in a regional rather than a national or State-by-State framework. They stressed the urgency of tackling the underlying causes of conflict. The preventive measures that have been proposed involve the cessation of the activities of mercenaries, of small-arms traffickers and of dealers in raw materials - materials which, as we now know, are aimed at fuelling violence and confrontation. The measures would also encourage the process of reintegration with a View to enhancing the appeal of ongoing disarmament and demobilization programmes. Experience has shown that the lack of adequate resources for such programmes has, unfortunately, contributed to the resumption of tension and of conflict.”

    2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source

  6. “It requires that the international community develop a strategy encompassing all the regional factors involved and resulting in substantial material and financial support. We are convinced that such a strategy would help avoid the exacerbation of the situation and the spread of insecurity and instability. It would also help the States concerned to implement the measures necessary to bolster peace and stability and to improve the functioning of their institutions and their methods of governance. Historical, ethnic and economic realities require urgent measures to prevent a conflagration throughout this subregion, and especially around the countries of the Mano River Union.”

    2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source

  7. “We believe that the convening of this Security Council meeting under the presidency of Mali is auspicious; it will do much to impel these plans. We take note of the report of the inter-agency mission to West Africa (S/2001/434) which visited the subregion in March this year. The report is of high quality and reflects a new United Nations approach to subregional problems in Africa. The mission made a complete and accurate diagnosis of the situation in the subregion and identified the underlying causes of the conflicts afflicting West Africa, with all their social, economic and humanitarian consequences. This grave situation can jeopardize the development prospects and the future of the peoples of the region.”

    2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source

  8. “President, and have made December a month in which African issues have frequently been on the Council's agenda and are being given the attention they deserve. I cannot fail to congratulate Ambassador Mignonette Patricia Durrant of Jamaica on the manner in which she guided the work of the Security Council last month. Today, the Council's debate focuses on West Africa, a subregion to which, throughout its history, Morocco has been linked in many ways - human, economic, political and cultural - and with which we have developed a very rich network of relations. That is why the Kingdom of Morocco wished to address the Security Council in this debate: as we always have, we share the legitimate aspiration of West Africa and its peoples to a better life.”

    2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source

  9. “Mr. Bennouna (Morocco) (spoke in French): Despite the lateness of the hour, Sir, I cannot deprive myself of the pleasure of telling you how pleased the Moroccan delegation is to see you presiding over the work of the Security Council for the month of December. This is surely the crowning event of a two- year membership of the Council in the course of which we have all witnessed your readiness to act and your good judgement. We listened with interest to the statement made this morning by my friend Mr. Ibrahima Fall, who has from the outset shepherded the plan to establish the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for West Africa. I am sure that he is as pleased as we are to see that plan coming to fruition. You have kept your word to all African delegations, Mr.”

    2001-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4439 (2001) · source