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Bouah-Kamon

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2001-01-25
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2016-11-22
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  1. “The political dialogue with the opposition continues within the permanent dialogue framework in order to arrive at national reconciliation and social cohesion, as well as the organization of peaceful, open, inclusive and transparent elections. The reforms undertaken in the security sector, which have enjoyed unprecedented success, will be continued. The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration work - whose reinsertion section will be continued so as to absorb former combatants who have not yet been taken into account - will be completed by 30 June 2015. The year 2015 will be marked in C6te d'Ivoire by the organization of a presidential election. That will be a crucial step for the re-establishment of peace and the consolidation of our institutions.”

    2015-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7471 (2015) · source

  2. “The Council decision to extend the mandate to 30 June 2016 fully accords with the desire of the Ivorian authorities, who expect to benefit from the invaluable support of UNOCI with regard to the major challenges that remain. Despite the progress that has been achieved, as duly recognized by resolution 2226 (2015), which was just adopted, the Government of C6te d'Ivoire is aware that it is important to tirelessly continue its efforts. My country is particularly attentive to the issue of human rights and intends to make every effort in the ongoing search for specific and comprehensive solutions to the problem.”

    2015-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7471 (2015) · source

  3. “Mr. Bouah-Kamon (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): At the outset, my delegation would like to thank the Security Council for the attention given to Cote d'Ivoire for more than a decade following the political and military crisis that took place in the country. My thanks also go to the Secretary-General and, through him, to his Special Representative, Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou Souleymane, to the staff of United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and to the French forces in C6te d'Ivoire. My delegation notes with satisfaction the Council's deliberations today that renewed the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire, maintaining the current uniformed personnel component.”

    2015-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7471 (2015) · source

  4. “In conclusion, my delegation would like to reiterate the Ivorian Government's gratitude to the Security Council for its commitment to fully cooperate in the success of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire.”

    2015-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7459 (2015) · source

  5. “The Government wishes to see the holding of free, transparent and inclusive elections, which will require the support of the international community, especially the support of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). In that respect, my delegation requests an extension of the UNOCI mission and a broadening of its mandate to include logistical support for the electoral process as proposed in the Secretary-General's report. Assistance to the Ivorian Government for successful elections will mark a decisive step towards the successful completion of the enormous achievements obtained by UNOCI before its full withdrawal in early 2017.”

    2015-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7459 (2015) · source

  6. “Despite the progress in the area of security, the Ivorian Government recognizes the importance of tirelessly continuing our efforts. The same could be said with regard to meeting social demands and with regard to the need for national reconciliation. The highlight of political life this year in C6te d'Ivoire will be the general elections, to be held in accordance with the Ivorian Constitution. The elections will mark a crucial step in the transition towards stability and peace. The successful completion of the elections therefore will be a major challenge for the Ivorian Government, and in that respect we are paying close attention to the effort.”

    2015-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7459 (2015) · source

  7. “National reconciliation, as indicated in the report, displays fresh dynamism through the political dialogue with the opposition. Social cohesion is gradually being strengthened. The security index has significantly improved, and is comparable today to that of a normal country. The process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, which is drawing to a conclusion, has one of the best implementation rates. That is why I would like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to Ms. Aichatou Mindaoudou, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Cote d'Ivoire, for the outstanding work that she has achieved on the ground in cooperation with the Ivorian authorities. Of course, a number of challenges remain, as noted in the report, and the Government has been doing its best to resolve them.”

    2015-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7459 (2015) · source

  8. “Mr. Bouah-Kamon (cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): At the outset, as this is the first time that I take the floor in the Security Council as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire to the United Nations, allow me to thank you, Mr. President, and the organ that you lead for the sustained attention paid to my country since the difficult situation that we have had to deal with in the past few years. My delegation welcomes the Secretary-General's report (S/2015/320), which underscores the tremendous progress made in Cote d'Ivoire since the accession of His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara to the country's presidency, the specific effects of which can be seen today in a normalized political situation and a healthy, growing economy.”

    2015-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7459 (2015) · source

  9. “The new authorities of my country, who came to power only three months ago, call on the international community to give them the time to settle in and to become acquainted with these issues, and to extend understanding to them so that they may restore to full vigour the position and image of Cote d'Ivoire on the international scene, in accordance with the principles and ideals ofthe United Nations.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  10. “I take this opportunity to assure countries neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire, and the international community at large, that the Government of my country has never permitted, and will never permit, anyone to use its territory to undermine the territorial or political integrity of any country in Africa or anywhere else in the world. Animated by that commitment, the Cote d'Ivoire of the Second Republic, under the leadership of President Laurent Gbagbo, reaffirms its full readiness to continue to work in close cooperation with the United Nations, the Security Council and the sanctions Committees.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  11. “With regard to the report's technical points relating to air traffic monitoring systems in West Africa and to a certification regime for diamonds originating in Sierra Leone, my country would be happy to support any initiative to make United Nations sanctions more effective that would not jeopardize its national interests or, above all, involve additional expenses to the countries ofthe subregion. Similarly, Cote d'Ivoire is prepared to sign - if it has not already done so - the 1989 International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  12. “Similar precision should have been applied to paragraph 209, which refers to the flight of an Ukrainian BAC-lll aircraft that allegedly flew to Abidjan without declaring the date and time of its arrival, information necessary for a national investigation. With regard to paragraph 216, which refers to the private activities of an Israeli businessman resident in Abidjan who is allegedly very close to President Charles Taylor, I believe the Council will agree with me that the activities and movements of that individual cannot be imputed to the Government of C6te d'Ivoire, in particular as that person holds a Liberian diplomatic passport.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  13. “I would also like to remind the Council that it was due to the efforts of diplomats from Cote d'Ivoire that Mr. Sankoh was induced to quit his retreat in the forests of Sierra Leone to come to the negotiating table. It does not seem fair to us that the relations we had, and which we continue to have, with the two fraternal countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone 4 and even with the RUF - should be interpreted as a sign of being sympathetic to the appalling activities being condemned by the international community. It would have been desirable for the report to be precise at this point, especially as the events mentioned go back to the early 1990s.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  14. “Moreover, it is precisely because of this ethnic affinity that there has been a harmonious integration of Liberian refugees into C6te d'Ivoire. It should also be noted that late President Houphouet-Boigny - the country's first President - and the Government and people of Cote d'Ivoire have spared no sacrifice to help to restore peace to Liberia. The thousands of Liberian refugees fraternally welcomed by the people of Cote d'Ivoire at the height ofthe civil war in Liberia attest to that fact. In addition, the role played by C6te d'Ivoire to try to restore peace to Liberia and Sierra Leone should also be recalled. Sierra Leone's recent history includes the Abidjan agreements signed by the Freetown Government and the RUF, which at the time was headed by Mr. Foday Sankoh.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  15. “The Ivorian relationship dates back to the training of RUF and Liberian rebels in C6te d'Ivoire in the early 19905." In that connection, I wish to make the point that the word "training" is imprecise, as training involves various aspects. What aspect are we talking about here? Let us avoid any blurring of distinctions. Having said that, I would like to point out that cote d'Ivoire has constantly striven to maintain excellent relations with all its immediate neighbours. With regard to Liberia in particular, it should be noted that Liberia is like other countries bordering on C6te d'Ivoire in that they are made up of the same peoples, who were artificially separated by the borders inherited from colonialization. It must be kept in mind that the Krahns and the Gios of Liberia are the Gueres and Yacuba of Cote d'Ivoire.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  16. “I would once again like to reaffirm to the Council the commitment of the Government of C6te d'Ivoire to resolutely undertake measures to ensure compliance with Security Council sanctions within the context ofits overall policies. The second part of the report deals with weapons. Its chapter III, which is entitled "The role of other countries", deals in particular with the weapons of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). Paragraph 194 states that private brokers and arms merchants are the main suppliers of the RUF and that most large arms and ammunition supplies reach the RUF only indirectly and through countries with Governments sympathetic to it. Paragraph 195 names Cote d'Ivoire and says that "Cote d'Ivoire, under previous administrations, was sympathetic to the Liberian government and, indirectly, to the RUF in Sierra Leone.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  17. “I would also like to highlight one fact, namely, that Cote d'Ivoire was unable to provide the Panel of Experts with statistics about Cote d'Ivoire's import and export of diamonds in good time, that is, before the preparation of the Panel's report. It has since done so, in a letter dated 4 January 2001 addressed to the secretariat ofthe Security Council Committee on Sierra Leone established by resolution 1132 (1997). That delay was justified by the unstable political situation that has prevailed in Cote d'Ivoire since 24 December 1999. Since that time, there have been four Governments. The delay in providing information has been due to administrative changes, and not because of any indifference or lack of consideration by my country for the United Nations.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  18. “In this regional context, my country is named at various points in the report as being among those having special relationships with the countries or the parties in conflict in Sierra Leone. More to the point, my country is named as a venue for commercial transactions in diamonds and for aerial navigation, to the benefit ofthe actors in the war in Sierra Leone. Before attempting to respond to the parts of the report that implicitly suggest that Cote d'Ivoire plays an important role in the various types of trade fuelling the war efforts of the conflicting parties in Sierra Leone, I would like to tell the Council that my country approves of its initiative to entrust a panel of experts with the mission of shedding light on the issue of involvement by States ofthe subregion.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  19. “If it they are not too late, please accept as well my best wishes for the new year. The decisive role that your dynamic country, the Republic of Singapore, plays to promote development and peace around the world leads me to believe most assuredly that you will carry out your task with success, to the benefit of our Organization and of all its Members. The report that is the subject of our meeting today provides the Council information about possible violations of measures taken by the Council to end the existing links between the diamond trade and the supply and circulation of arms and related materiel, by various ways and means, in the West African subregion and elsewhere.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source

  20. “Mr. Bouah-Kamon (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I thank you, Mr. President, for giving C6te d'Ivoire the opportunity to take part in this important meeting of the Security Council, which is once again addressing the situation in Sierra Leone in the light of the report of the Panel of Experts created pursuant to resolution 1306 (2000). This report is presented by Ambassador Chowdhury in document 8/2000/1195, dated 20 December 2000. I commend the Ambassador for the quality of the work that has been done. Before continuing my remarks on this subject, allow me to convey to you, Mr. President, my delegation's warmest greetings and congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January - this being the first presidency of the year 2001 and of the new millennium.”

    2001-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4264Resumption1 (2001) · source