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Cisse

lines on the record: 135
first: 1992-11-16
most recent: 2015-01-30
sittings or episodes: 14
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“Zeinab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, to bring parties to conflict to assume their share of responsibility in the protection of women, particularly in the context of the United Nations campaign relating thereto. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate the interest that Senegal has as a troop-contributing country in the issue of women and peace and security, especially during this decisive year, which will bring the question of women to the top of the world's priorities.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“It therefore seems important to us - continuing in the footsteps of resolution 1894 (2009) and taking the opportunity afforded us by the review of peacekeeping operations - to make the protection of civilians a priority when defining the mandates of United Nations peacekeeping operations. We also need to ensure that peacekeeping troops that are to be deployed in a conflict receive heightened training in the protection of civilians, as well as be provided with holistic protection strategies. Beyond the prevention of sexual violence, there is an urgent need to impose targeted sanctions and to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of these acts, which international criminal law has qualified as crimes against the humanity and as genocide. I should also like to welcome here the tireless efforts of Ms.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“In addition, the participation of women took place in all official peace mediations undertaken by the United Nations in 2013, while their corresponding participation stood at 86 per cent in 2011. Despite those very encouraging statistics, women and girls continue to be mistreated in different theatres of conflicts or as displaced persons, as numerous cases of rape attest to, as well as exploitation, sexual slavery, pregnancies, forced abortions and prostitution, attacks against schools or, still yet, threats against families. This serious state of affairs is unworthy of a world that makes the protection of civilians one of its priority concerns. That is why it is urgent to increase our efforts to protect women and girls in these moments of tragedy and horror fuelled by an uncontrolled circulation of weapons.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“We take note in that regard, besides resolutions 2106 (2013) and 2122 (2013), of the adoption of two important texts - the declaration of commitment to eliminate sexual violence adopted by 150 States, including Senegal, on the sidelines of work of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, as well as the statement of the Peacebuilding Commission on women's economic empowerment for peacebuilding. Likewise, it is appropriate to welcome both the increase in the number ofpeacekeeping operations with a mandate to protect civilians, including those currently deployed in Mali and Central Africa, and the inclusion, in 2013, of the issue of women and peace and security in a significant number of agreements and resolutions, including those creating or extending the mandate of a peacekeeping mission.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“Armed conflicts, in so far as they encourage violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, such as sexual and gender-based violence, undermine the foundations of peace and obliterate development efforts. In that regard, the delegation of Senegal is pleased at the strengthening of the normative framework that followed the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), which is evidence ofthe interest attached to the protection and leadership of women in armed conflicts.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“Those events remind the international community of its responsibility for women's empowerment, which has been hindered by the many acute crises of which they are unfortunately the biggest victims. Today's meeting gives us an opportunity to closely look at the progress made as well as at the challenges that remain, especially in the light of the developments set out in the recent report of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (S/2014/693), which supports the briefings of Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Helen Durham of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Ms. Ilwad Elman of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. We express our heartfelt thanks for their briefings.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“Mr. Cisse (Senegal) (spoke in French): At the outset, allow me to commend Chile for holding this debate. I also wish to commend the President for his outstanding leadership of the work of the Security Council, which follows in the wake of the recent laudable Chadian presidency last month. Mr. Olguin Cigarroa took the Chair. This important debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict is taking place 15 years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000) and on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the holding of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, as well as on the threshold of the adoption of a new generation of development goals.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“If the Ubangi is opened, we think the economic situation can be improved. I think I have touched, quite briefly, on some of the problems that have come up in the discussion.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“I could perhaps say that the Central African Republic is a spillway of the unsolved problems in the neighbouring countries which create specific problems within the Republic. Regarding to refugees located near Bangui, UNHCR has worked with MONUC. The survey has been carried out and there is a plan to take them 50 kilometres from the border. We are going to try to revive an already existing committee that was to study the reopening of the Ubangi River. As the President said, the closure of the Ubangi has caused disasters in the Central African Republic, because three quarters of the trade was transported on the Ubangi, and the remainder went by land to Cameroon - more than 1,500 kilometres on a very poor road. We are trying to contact the individuals involved, including Mr. Bemba, who controls that area.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“I think that more appeals and more confidence will lead to the return of a greater number. Already, some deputies have rejoined the assembly. I will conclude with refugees. In the Central African Republic there are 24,250 refugees. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo there are 23,000, in Zongo and in the neighbouring town of Libenge; in Congo-Brazzaville there are some 1,250, in Be'tou. But there are 48,870 refugees in the Central African Republic. There are 370 Rwandan Hutus, including 19 officers, and approximately 1,500 Chadians in the north and in Bangui. There are 35,000 Sudanese and 2,000 Congolese from Kinshasa in a UNHCR site. There are some 10,000 urban refugees.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“Several appeals have been made. We ourselves have made proposals to the President, who agreed with them. He has made several statements, of which that of 17 September is the most recent. It is a presidential communique in which he calls upon his compatriots to trust the committee of inquiry and to address any information to it, rather than to him personally. He has made that appeal several times now. The defence and security forces in the Central African Republic have dwindled somewhat, in terms of both human and material resources. For example, the army, which had 3,500 men, has only about 2,000 now. There are more than 1,000 militia across from Bangui, in Zongo, including 10 or 12 officers. Appeals have been made, and some refugees have timidly begun to return. Fear is really what holds them back, more than anything else.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“Here let me say that when the Minister was appointed, one who deals exclusively with restructuring, we met with him and decided that the funds now in the United Nations Development Programme would make it possible to begin to collect weapons and to study restructuring, which had been halted since the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA). A committee was set up, and I think that in coming days we will see how we can make the population aware. As I said, many civilians have been armed since the last coup d'etat, in addition to soldiers, police, etc. We will commence that disarming without delay. In any case, we will undertake some activities in that area as quickly as possible. With regard to refugee returns, 1 can say that appeals have been made by the Government for refugees to return to Central Africa.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“As far as the social dialogue with the trade unions is concerned, we did address the Minister for the Civil Service and brought together all of the trade unions in the country at a working meeting. After that meeting and after the meeting that they held with the Minister for the Civil Service, the dialogue was resumed. It will be recalled that trade unions utilized an arbitration commission for some months. That union had made a statement. All trade unions supported the negotiating group, and the dialogue was restarted in that respect. A regional approach has frequently been mentioned. The Great Lakes region now extends, it is true, to the territory of the Central African Republic. No security problem can be addressed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo without its having an influence on the Central African Republic.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“For example, there is what we call the Group of Six, at the far left, the Group of Nine and the presidential movement. All these political actors agree that dialogue must resume. For some time now there has been a legal investigative commission, which, it must be said, somewhat impedes the resumption of dialogue, in the sense that some people get cold feet easily and await the conclusions of that commission. 1 can announce to you that the commission has concluded part of its work and was to furnish its conclusions last week to the public prosecutor's office. Its mandate has been extended for two months, in order to try to see other phenomena related to the coup d'e'tat. Now, the public prosecutor's office can proceed to undertake these trials. We think that, once that starts, the political dialogue could be resumed.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“I would like to point out that the United Nations Office in Bangui is highly respected, because the Government knows that we represent not only international opinion but also international institutions and the international community, first and foremost, the United Nations. So the reports that we prepare are of great interest to the Government of the Central African Republic. The president has entered into certain commitments recently and has asked that those involved in the 28 May coup d'etat be dealt with in an exclusively legal manner. Concerning political and trade union dialogue, political dialogue, as indicated in my report, no longer existed between the opposition and the presidential movement. As soon as we got to Bangui we met all political parties, which had formed movements that shared ideologies.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“In other words, a person may seek to bring an action and if we see that it involves a human rights violation in some way, the bureau will have the capacity to provide him assistance in prosecution. Secondly, the actions of the bureau can be decentralized by strengthening activities in the field, in the provinces where there are departmental and provincial courts, so that the bureau can also continue to monitor human rights inside the territory. This also applies to the early-warning section and others to which I referred in my introduction. I would like to address now the trial relating to the coup d'etat of 28 May. The Office in Bangui wants the assessment of that event to be carried out in a transparent manner.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“It can go to see judges and it can turn to the police and the gendarmerie. The Government is aware of this. That bureau is swamped right now. Some of the grievances are not justified. This is why we always try to be very calm and discerning in our work. I shall now turn to the strengthening of the bureau, as requested in the presidential statement of 17 July, in which the Council called for the strengthening of human rights monitoring and the implementation of early-warning machinery. On the question of resources, while we wait for a response to the request for a budgetary assessment, I would like to provide some data on the strengthening of the bureau. There will be three additional specialists - jurists, of course - who will be working in the bureau so that it can provide legal assistance.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“I should like to thank all those who have congratulated and encouraged me as Representative of the Secretary-General. I would like to touch upon various issues, focusing on points of interest. I shall begin with human rights. The human rights bureau of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA) is very important, particularly in the post-conflict period, and more so in a country that has just experienced an aborted coup attempt that has brought about some actions with ethnic connotations. Currently, the bureau does monitoring and intervention. It is very vigilant and highly sought after. People come to the bureau to express their grievances or they write to BONUCA, through the bureau, to report abuses. The bureau has access to the entire judicial branch in the country.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“He also expresses the hope that the forthcoming meeting between the Bretton Woods institutions and the Central African Government and the donor meeting to follow will solidify the solidarity of the international community with the Central African Republic. In this connection the Security Council might encourage bilateral and multilateral partners to be very active at the donors meeting. Broad participation there is all the more necessary in that the Central African Republic will benefit from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative in 2002, at the earliest.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“In his most recent report to the Council, the Secretary-General stressed that, in the final analysis, it is poverty that gives rise to instability in the Central African Republic and that, to a large extent, it is the State's financial problems that have made the economic and political situation so precarious. The attempted coup of 28 May exacerbated the situation to such an extent that the Central African Republic is now almost completely devastated. The Secretary-General calls on all the country's partners to provide emergency assistance commensurate with the emergency situation in the country.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“The Secretary-General also recommends that the Council extend BONUCA's mandate, which will expire on 31 December 2001, for another year. In conclusion, I wish to stress the following points. The implementation of the revised BONUCA mandate will naturally require a significant increase in its resources to cover the costs of the proposed new activities. The strengthening of the human rights unit will allow it to undertake the extra tasks of monitoring, investigation, training and judicial assistance made necessary by the situation arising out of the attempted coup. The establishment of an early-warning system would also seem to be crucial in light of the lessons learned from that attempt.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“The mandate would also include the implementation, for the benefit of the armed forces, a programme of education for a culture of peace and respect for the institutions of the Republic. In the area of civilian police, the new elements include support for the police and gendarmerie, training for new recruits and technical assistance to authorities in the area of public order and crime control. In the area of human rights, the report calls for judicial assistance to victims of human rights violations; strengthening human rights education for all sectors of society; extending these activities to the interior of the country; and support for the efforts of other partners aimed at strengthening the judicial system and the rule of law.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“He particularly recommends strengthening the human rights unit and the establishment of an early-warning system. The mandate review that the Secretary-General proposes to the Council contains the following innovations. At the political level, emphasis is placed on assistance to the Monitoring and Arbitration Committee for the effective implementation of the provisions of the 1998 National Reconciliation Pact. Similarly, the Office is called on to play a more active role in the political and social dialogue with a view to creating an atmosphere of tolerance among the players on the political scene. In the area of security, it is proposed that BONUCA, with the assistance of other agencies of the United Nations system, promote the implementation of an effective arms-collection programme with the support of its partners.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“Given the new context created by the coup in the Central African Republic, the current report recommends the strengthening of the mandate of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA), as laid out in the Secretary-General's letter to the President of the Security Council dated 3 December 1999 and the presidential statement of the Security Council of 10 February 2000. The Secretary-General therefore recommends to the members of the Security Council a strengthening of the Office's role in its various activities to support peace-building. He suggests that the Council use its good offices, offer its services as a mediator, monitor the security situation, promote human rights and provide political support for the mobilization of resources.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“That is why, while thanking those States that have honoured the commitments they undertook at the special meeting in New York in May 2000, the Secretary-General calls upon the other partners who had made similar commitments to honour them. Since the attempted coup led to the proliferation of weapons in Bangui and elsewhere in the country, the Government - which recently created a Ministry entrusted specifically with restructuring - should be encouraged in its efforts to restructure and train the defence and security forces and to disarm civilians.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“This assistance will enable the Government to carry out the stringent management policy that it is committed to implementing, as was affirmed by the Prime Minister in his general policy statement. Measures to mobilize income and structural reform will allow growth to resume. The Secretary-General's report also stresses that security assistance is expected from the outside world. The restructuring of the defence and security forces, the collection of weapons, support for infrastructural matters and redeployment, and the recruitment, training and equipping of new contingents are all areas in which the active cooperation of partners is required.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“In his recommendations, the Secretary-General stresses in particular the specific nature of the case of the Central African Republic and encourages the Bretton Woods institutions to demonstrate exceptional solicitude in the implementation of economic programmes agreed upon with the Government. He also urges partners to make available economic and financial experts to the Central African Republic and to help the authorities in the priority computerization of financial records. I would recall in this connection the World Bank's support programme for economic policies and the African Development Bank's institutional support project, which is in the course of being drafted.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“Removing those people from the common border is the only way of easing the concerns of Central African authorities. Consideration is now being given by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to transferring them to another site. With respect to assistance in the recovery of the Central African Republic, the report before the Council stresses the poverty of the country, which has been exacerbated by the frequent unrest experienced by the country in recent years. That is why the Secretary- General recommends that the international community provide the Central African Republic with prompt and massive assistance in many areas: the economy, human resources, training, security and institutional support.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“The Government has prepared various plans to obtain emergency assistance from the international community. In its efforts to achieve economic recovery, it convened from 10 to 12 September the first national meetings on the economy and finances of the Central African Republic. Insecurity still prevails in Bangui and within the country. The authorities have made significant efforts, however, to restore security, particularly in the capital. In this context, most Central Africans who had sought refuge in the French and United States embassies after the attempted coup have been able to leave and resume their lives. The Government remains concerned, however, by the presence in Zongo, a village across the river from Bangui in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, of approximately 23,000 civilian and military refugees.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“BONUCA has undertaken facilitation and mediation efforts aimed at bringing together the various political forces in the country. The authorities have also, at BONUCA's urging, sought to create an atmosphere of greater trust, calm and reconciliation. BONUCA will continue to work on creating an atmosphere of tolerance among all those involved in politics there. In the social sphere, the dialogue between the Government and the trade unions, broken off in mid- May 2001, has now resumed within the context of the follow-up and arbitration committee. In the area of economics, the economic impact of the attempted coup has been devastating. The authorities have not been able to pay their exterior debt, including payments to the World Bank, which suspended disbursements on 14 August 2001.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“Then I shall speak about assistance for economic recovery in the Central African Republic and about strengthening of the United Nations Peace- building Support Office in the Central African Republic. Since the attempted coup of 28 May 2001, the Central African Republic authorities have sought, with the help of various partners, to normalize the serious situation that arose as a result of that attempt to destabilize institutions. In the political arena, the casing of the tension caused by the attempted coup is noticeable but can only become final once legal action has been completed against the instigators of the coup attempt. The investigation commission created for this purpose will be soon be completing its work, and the trial of the instigators will begin soon.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“I have the great honour today of presenting to the Security Council the report of the Secretary-General, document 8/2001/886, of 18 September 2001. This report was submitted pursuant to the request from the Security Council, following the presidential statement of 2 July requesting that by 30 September 2001, proposals be submitted on what the Council should do to help the Central African Republic and to strengthen the Peace- building Support Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA). I shall relate the main elements of the report on the situation in the Central African Republic, including a number of recommendations on assistance for recovery in the Central African Republic and for strengthening the role ofBONUCA. Let me first describe the current situation in the Central African Republic: the political, economic, security issues.”
2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source
“I would like to conclude by paying a well-deserved tribute to the men and women of ECOMOG, UNOMIL and the humanitarian organizations, who risk their lives everyday for the return of peace to Liberia, and I bow my head in memory of those who have died for the cause of Liberia.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“For the moment, we must create the security conditions essential for the implementation of the Abuja Agreement, with a view to the restoration of peace in Liberia. In this regard, it is important that the leaders of the factions and the National Transitional Government undertake to cooperate fully with ECOMOG and UNOMIL. This open cooperation with the international community, called for by the Secretary-General, constitutes the condition sine qua non for the pursuit of the peace process, which is the only guarantee of the country's survival. In this regard, my delegation welcomes the positive steps announced earlier by the Liberian Foreign Minister.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“We also welcome the remarkable work carried out every day, frequently in dangerous conditions on the ground, by local and foreign humanitarian organizations and the various programmes, United Nations organs and international institutions to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population and to aid in the rebuilding of the country. It is important to note that in areas that are enjoying a return to security - in particular, near the Guinean border - the refugees are beginning to return to their villages, and normal economic activity is being resumed. My delegation agrees with the Secretary-General's observation that the return to peace will depend largely on a revitalization of the economic sector that generates opportunities for the successful reintegration of former military personnel into civilian life.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“Before that date, shortly before the legislative and presidential elections scheduled for 20 August 1996, the deployment of ECOMOG and UNOMIL, as well as disarmament and demobilization, should have been completed so that security will be improved. My delegation wishes very sincerely to thank the Secretary-General for all the steps he has taken with a View to preparing for the elections to be held in the best possible conditions and, in particular, his plan to send a technical mission to work with the National Transitional Government, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and ECOWAS in order to finalize a framework for the monitoring and verification of the electoral process.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“The Tubmanburg incident has also made acutely apparent the need for the full cooperation of the faction leaders in the implementation of the agreements freely entered into. In this regard, the signing of an agreement to clarify ECOMOG's status in Liberia could constitute a first step in this direction, as the Secretary-General emphasizes in his report. In the current Liberian context, the presence of the international community, through ECOMOG and UNOMIL, constitutes an essential condition for bringing peace to Liberia and putting an end to the suffering of the Liberian people. The Secretary-General' s recommendation, contained in paragraph 45 of his report, that the Security Council consider the extension of UNOMIL's mandate for a period of four months, until 31 May 1996, deserves the support of the Council.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“We believe that the success of the important efforts and sacrifices agreed to in regional and international plans to restore peace to Liberia depends in large measure, at this crucial stage of the process, on the capacity of ECOMOG and the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) to carry out the responsibilities entrusted to them. My delegation welcomes the efforts made by the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, His Excellency Mr. Jerry Rawlings, President of the Republic of Ghana, as well as by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, his Special Representative and the countries of the region, to restore calm and avoid escalation.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“The events described by the Secretary-General in his report underscore the need for control of the situation in its military and security aspects so that the peace process in which the parties are freely engaged can have a real chance. It is on the basis of this conviction that we that wish to seize the opportunity offered by this meeting of the Security Council to launch an appeal to the international community to supply the troops of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) with the necessary material and logistical means for their deployment throughout the entire country, in accordance with the Abuja Agreement of 19 August 1995.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“Mr. Cisse (Senegal) (interpretation from French): Permit me first of all, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I also wish to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Lavrov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, for his work last month. I also wish to thank the members of the Council for having kindly allowed me to speak at this meeting. The report of the Secretary-General contained in document S/1996/47, dated 23 January 1996, confirms the precariousness of the situation in Liberia. The Tubmanburg incident and its negative consequences for the security situation reveal all the difficulty and complexity of the situation on the ground.”
1996-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3621 (1996) · source
“Allow me to take this opportunity to appeal to the international community to contribute generously to the inter-agency programme for Angola that has been set up by the Secretariat's Department of Humanitarian Affairs. For its part, my country will spare no effort to continue participating in the restoration of civil peace and national harmony in Angola. In conclusion, I should like to pay a well-deserved tribute to the courageous and dedicated United Nations personnel, particularly those in the Unit for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance, who risk their lives every day in the course of the tremendous efforts they make to carry out their mission.”
1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499Resumption1 (1995) · source
“We believe that deploying the third phase of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III), as provided for in the draft resolution now before the Council, will contribute to helping the parties re-establish peace and achieve national reconciliation in Angola. None the less, the will and renewed commitment of the international community will not in themselves be enough to restore peace in Angola. It is essential that the Angolan leaders demonstrate their unwavering desire to settle the conflict and restore peace in their country by peaceful means. Alongside the efforts at the political and military levels, it is just as urgent for the necessary conditions to be created for launching the new United Nations humanitarian programme, which must be put into effect if peace in that country is to be consolidated.”
1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Taking advantage of the impetus created by the signing of the Lusaka Protocol, the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), meeting in Addis Ababa from 23 to 27 January 1995, decided to send a ministerial delegation to attend this meeting of the Security Council and reaffirm full support of the Council of Ministers for the peace process in Angola, based on the "Acordos de Paz", the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the results of the first multi-party elections. On behalf of His Excellency Mr. Moustapha Niasse, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal - whom I have the honour to represent in the OAU delegation - I should like to associate myself with the statement made by His Excellency Mr. E. C. I. Bwanali, the Minister of External Affairs of Malawi, as chairman of the OAU delegation.”
1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499Resumption1 (1995) · source
“It has always been our view that frank and sincere dialogue - based on respect for commitments entered into in the framework of the Bicesse Accords, for the choice made by the Angolan electorate in the September 1992 elections and for the recent Lusaka Protocol - is the best way to guarantee the establishment of the peace to which the Angolan people so deeply aspire. The example of Mozambique is proof that, with a genuine desire to forge ahead, there is no obstacle to peace and national reconciliation that cannot be surmounted.”
1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499Resumption1 (1995) · source
“In this regard, the statement made this morning before the Council by His Excellency Mr. Venancio de Moura, Minister of External Relations of Angola, shed some light on the situation prevailing in his country since the establishment of the cease-fire and gives us grounds for optimism. By the same token, the Secretary-General, in his report of 1 February 1995, notes encouraging and revealing signs of the parties' will to respect the cease-fire and carry the Lusaka peace process to a successful conclusion.”
1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499Resumption1 (1995) · source
“That agreement, which was the culmination of a long and complicated negotiating process, was a crucial turning point in the fratricidal conflict that has ravaged Angola for so long. I wish to pay tribute to the efforts made throughout this process by the Secretary-General's Special Representative, His Excellency Maitre Alioune Blondin Beye, by the three observer States - the United States of America, Portugal and the Russian Federation - and by the countries of the region, particularly Zambia and its leaders, that made an invaluable contribution to the successful outcome of the Lusaka talks. It is now up to the Angolan leaders to break with the past and resolutely set out on the road to peace, national reconciliation and the construction of a better future for all the sons and daughters of Angola.”
1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499Resumption1 (1995) · source
“Mr. Cisse (Senegal) (interpretation from French): I must first offer my regrets for not arriving in the Chamber earlier. I was in consultation along with the other members of the African delegation. I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Legwaila on his assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to thank him for his efforts in conducting the Council's affairs this month. Allow me also to express my delegation's appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Emilio Cardenas, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Argentina, for the talent and devotion he displayed in presiding over the Council's work in the month of January. The international community welcomed the signing of the Lusaka Protocol, on 20 November 1994, by the Angolan Government and UNITA.”
1995-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3499Resumption1 (1995) · source
“In conclusion, my delegation fully supports the draft resolution before the Council, and appeals to Council members to vote in favour of it, to give international legitimacy and legality the means to prevail over force and aggression in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“Aware of the need to confront human rights abuses and the continuing aggression of the Serbs, as well as the need to secure compliance with Security Council decisions, several troop contributors to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) are in favour of strengthening the mandate of that force to make it a peacemaking operation. At a time when it is obviously appropriate to give peace a chance, some are still talking of the risk of a wider conflict. In so doing, they are maintaining the status quo, perpetuating aggression and preserving the impunity of the Pale Serbs.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source
“The measures proposed in the draft resolution before the Council come in response to a renewed appeal by the General Assembly, most of whose members are of the view that the non-application to the Bosniac and Croat parties of Security Council resolution 713 (1991) constitutes not a potential threat of wider conflict, but an easing of a burden which, since the beginning of the crisis, has seriously hampered the ability of a Member of the United Nations to exercise its inherent right to individual and collective self-defence under Article 51 of the Charter. The Council's adoption of this draft resolution would be particularly timely since it could help to protect civilian populations that are victims of ethnic cleansing.”
1994-11-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3454 (1994) · source