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Bockel

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2007-10-22
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2007-10-22
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  1. “My delegation has presented a draft press statement along these lines, and we hope that the Council will be able to adopt it today. The Ivorian peace process has a chance of succeeding. We must seize this opportunity fully by supporting the Facilitator's actions and by showing ourselves to be vigilant in terms of the commitments that the Ivorian parties assumed in his presence. A fresh impetus, as called for by the Secretary-General, is essential today. It is not out of reach. The Ivorians can count on the Security Council and, allow me to say so here, on France to support their efforts to this end.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  2. “But it is certainly the responsibility of the Security Council, through its support for the Facilitator's efforts, to ensure that both parties fulfil their commitments and see that the process is successfully completed. It is essential that the Security Council maintains its support for Cote d'Ivoire in this transition period. France, for its part, will continue to act to this end, as it has done all along. Like the Secretary-General, France considers it necessary to preserve the mandate of the impartial forces and the level of UNOCI troops, as defined in July. This mandate, while adapting their role, makes it possible for them to maintain their capacity to react promptly in case of an attack on the peace process.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  3. “Cote d'Ivoire does, however, have in the Ouagadougou Agreement an effective tool: the mobile court hearings. It is urgent that the parties, as the Facilitator has stated, make rapid progress in the large-scale deployment of these mobile court hearings, which must have the personnel agreed on and receive the necessary protection. What can the Security Council do, and, more generally speaking, what can the United Nations do? It is not the Council's role to state, here in New York, how the many questions that the Facilitator is trying to untangle can be resolved in all their details; the road map was set out by the Ivorians themselves in Ouagadougou.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  4. “In this respect, I should like to welcome the appointment of Mr. Choi as the new Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and I pay tribute to Mr. Abou Moussa for his interim work, which he has discharged with competence and determination. I stress the crucial nature of the task of certification which the Council has entrusted to the Special Representative in resolution 1765 (2007). Each of the stages in the electoral process is important. Without proper identification, how can we ensure inclusion of all the citizens who wish to appear on the electoral rolls, and thus how can we ensure the credibility of the subsequent stages in the electoral process? I do not underestimate the real difficulties of this process, which is extremely sensitive, but which is the way to resolve this crisis.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  5. “In the face of a long and complex crisis, we need, as the Secretary-General has noted: to resolve the thorny question of ranks, which is paralysing any real integration of the defence forces; to ensure an effective disarmament of militias, which is a prerequisite for their dismantling; to combat arms proliferation, without which there is no security; and, at the same time, to ensure greater respect for the rule of law. In the very short term, however, as the Minister has observed, priority must be given to the process of population identification. I stress this point because of the specific role of the United Nations in this regard. Indeed, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General must certify all stages of the electoral process, on which the return to civilian peace is based.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  6. “As Minister Bassole indicated frankly a moment ago, and as the Secretary-General notes in his latest report, which Mr. Abou Moussa just presented to us very clearly, the parties have fallen seriously behind in the implementation of the Agreement. This is worrying. Admittedly, no date is set in stone, but there has to be a clear and irreversible prospect of open, free, fair and transparent presidential and legislative elections, in accordance with international standards. This objective presupposes that the Ivorian parties abide by their commitments and establish a new timetable that will lead Cote d'Ivoire towards an emergence from the cr1s1s.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  7. “The process formalized between 4 and 6 March 2007 by the signing of the Ouagadougou political Agreement and the supplementary agreement have led to initial progress, the most visible of which, after the deployment of the 6 mixed units of the two parties defence and security forces, is probably the dismantling of the zone of confidence, which the Minister has mentioned, and its replacement by a series of United Nations Operation in C6te d'Ivoire (UNOCI) observation posts. Also, significant symbolic gestures have been made by the Ivorian parties to mark the launch of the mobile courts, the start of disarming militias, the restoration of State authority throughout the country and the establishment of an integrated command centre so that the formerly competing security forces can be better coordinated. But this progress is not enough.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  8. “It is very important that a senior representative of his country has come today to present its vision to the Security Council and, through the Council, to the entire international community. This debate is an opportunity to show once again our full support for the Facilitator and the Ouagadougou process. The Security Council has endorsed the political agreement concluded among the Ivorians and has referred to it on a constant basis. But we need to forcefully reiterate this support; this agreement is a real chance for Cote d'Ivoire to emerge from the crisis. There is quite simply no alternative to it today.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source

  9. “Mr. Bockel (France) (spoke in French): I would like to thank all those who have made statements. In particular, I would like to welcome the presence of the Minister of Burkina Faso, Mr. Bassole, and tell him that I listened carefully to his very illuminating presentation of the peace process. I will also take advantage of this opportunity to congratulate Burkina Faso on its election to the Security Council for the 2008-2009 period. I have no doubt that Burkina Faso will fully play its role there in the continuing peace efforts that it has conducted in recent years in its subregion. In this respect, I wish to pay tribute to President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, who fosters on a daily basis the sensitive dialogue between the Ivorian parties.”

    2007-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5765 (2007) · source