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Da Gama

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1996-04-23

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2016-06-14

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1. “In this respect, we are planning an international reconciliation conference, to be held next year, which should allow all political and military stakeholders, as well as civil society, in Guinea-Bissau to explore ways to build peace in the country. We must note here that that initiative is supported by the main political, military and religious leaders and by civil society. I would also like to mention that the Government has undertaken substantial work to continue to strengthen its credibility with the international financial institutions through appropriate reforms and by demonstrating great budgetary discipline, in order to achieve, by the end of 2010, the completion point of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative.”

   2010-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6416 (2010) · source

2. “To remedy the situation, our State institutions are trying to reform the national army and adapt it to the requirements for a modern army, one that is entirely subservient to political authority, in conformity with the rule of law. That was stated by our President, His Excellency Mr. Malam Bacai Sanha, during his speech on 25 September 2010 at the open debate of the General Assembly, as follows: "The reform that we desire in our defence and security sector, for which we have sought international assistance, has become a matter of prime urgency and extreme sensitivity." (A/65/PV.16) Despite the events of 1 April, which were promptly condemned by the legitimate authorities of the country and by the entire international community, Guinea-Bissau continues to seek a path towards political stability.”

   2010-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6416 (2010) · source

3. “Many of those men and women, our former freedom fighters, are fearful of being abandoned, as happened in the past, and are thus still active as soldiers, despite their advanced age that prevents them from serving effectively in the army. This situation is compounded by the country's enormous economic and financial difficulties and by the lack of adequate infrastructure and factories, in particular for processing commodities such as cashew nuts, for which there is significant global demand. These nuts are mostly processed in India without any added value for my country, thus depriving our youth, who make up over 60 per cent of the population, of employment opportunities.”

   2010-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6416 (2010) · source

4. “I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ambassador Mutaboba; the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Guinea-Bissau, Mr. Sebastiao da Silva Isata; and the Permanent Representative of Brazil and Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission's configuration for Guinea- Bissau, Ambassador Maria Luiza Viotti, for their presentations and the excellent work they have been carrying out for Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau has experienced some difficult times over the past 12 years as a result, among other things, of our now-concluded struggle for liberation and the lack of adequate means to support those men and women who, through their great determination, ensured our country's sovereignty. Because of them, we can stand before you today as representatives of a legitimate State.”

   2010-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6416 (2010) · source

5. “Mr. Da Gama (Guinea-Bissau) (spoke in French): Since this is the first time that I take the floor in the Security Council in my capacity as Permanent Representative of Guinea-Bissau to the United Nations, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of November. I would also like to express our gratitude to Council members for the understanding they have shown towards my country, which has been on the Council's agenda for a little more than 12 years. I would also like to take this opportunity to warmly thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2010/550) and the particular attention he has been devoting to my country, Guinea-Bissau.”

   2010-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6416 (2010) · source

6. “At this difficult time for the Timorese people, my delegation would like to reiterate its strong solidarity with all the Timorese and to guarantee that we will support them as they travel the path towards independence. It is indispensable that the international community do more to create in Timor conditions that guarantee a peaceful, democratic transition, taking scrupulous account of the results of the 30 August consultation and of the interests of all the Timorese.”

   1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

7. “The international community must not remain passive in the face of atrocities committed against hundreds of innocent civilians, particularly women and children. That is why Guinea-Bissau appeals to the international community, in particular to the Security Council, to do everything possible to restore peace and security, inter alia, by dispatching an international peacekeeping force to the territory. It is also important that the international community mobilize to provide economic assistance and immediately to send a humanitarian mission to alleviate the suffering of the people of East Timor. We urge Indonesia to accept the dispatch of such a mission.”

   1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

8. “Indonesia has not lived up to its commitments to guarantee security in East Timor, where anti-independence factions unfortunately continue with impunity to commit atrocities against partisans of independence. They have gone so far as to attack churches, the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations Mission in East Timor, whose efforts, determination and courage we wish to salute here. Accordingly, Guinea-Bissau voices its vigorous indignation at the situation in East Timor and stresses the need for Indonesia fully to assume its responsibilities under the 5 May Agreements signed in New York. It must guarantee peace, security and public order in East Timor and call on the international community for assistance in this task, which it is finding difficult if not impossible to accomplish.”

   1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

9. “After the success of the process of inscribing voters on the electoral lists, followed by the holding, through direct secret ballot and with universal suffrage, of the popular consultation on the status of the territory on 30 August 1999, Guinea-Bissau and the entire international community had hoped that true dialogue and reconciliation might be established, putting a definitive end to the Violence which, for 24 years, has caused enormous suffering to the people of East Timor and enabling a peaceful and orderly transition to the deeply desired independence that was so courageously voted for by a large majority of 78.5 per cent of East Timorese. Instead, we have witnessed a growing wave of violence and terror caused by militias that persist in hindering the march of history, at the cost of many human lives.”

   1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

10. “Mr. Da Gama (Guinea-Bissau) (spoke in French): At the outset, I am happy to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for September. I am convinced that you will guide the Council's work with wisdom and brilliance. I also wish to convey to the Permanent Representative of Namibia our thanks for the work he did last month. The Security Council is seized today of an extremely important question, the situation in East Timor, with which my country, Guinea-Bissau, enjoys historic and cultural bonds that date back centuries.”

    1999-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4043Resumption1 (1999) · source

11. “In this respect, we would in turn urge the Security Council to study diligently, impartially and with detachment the joint proposals of the League of Arab States, the Organization of African Unity, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Non- Aligned Movement, which envision mechanisms capable of ensuring due process for the suspects, in order to ensure that justice is done in unimpeachable conditions, which guarantee the right of the victims and their families to know the whole truth and permit the lifting of sanctions.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

12. “My country is of the view that the principles of imposing sanctions on Libya should be reconsidered in the light of the Judgment of the International Court of Justice dated 27 February concerning the admissibility of Libya's application to this highest organ of international jurisprudence. We wish to see the whole matter scrutinized once again in an open and constructive spirit based on the facts and taking into account the truth of the matter.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

13. “Today the people of Libya are turning to the Security Council in the hope that their cause will be heard and that hands will be outstretched to them to extricate them from the difficult situation they have been suffering for more than six years as a result of the sanctions imposed by the Council. We wish accordingly to commend to the Libyan authorities on the dispassionate and cooperative attitude they have displayed, an attitude which assures that the right of the victims will be respected and justice will be done in accordance with universally accepted norms.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

14. “No one could raise the question that is now under consideration without recalling the Lockerbie tragedy and the suffering of the families of the victims of that horrendous act. However, it is nonetheless true that a large number of people, both within Libya and in neighbouring countries, continue to suffer the consequences of the continual sanctions imposed on that African country. This situation further compounds the economic difficulties of these countries and impedes the socio-economic progress of their peoples. My country reaffirms that it condemns terrorism in all its forms, whether perpetrated by individuals, armed groups or others.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

15. “We feel that it has become necessary to respond favourably to the needs of the Libyan people and to the readiness being displayed by that country to settle the Lockerbie affair in a just and honourable fashion, within the framework of the proposals made by the League of Arab States, the Organization of African Unity and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. These proposals are conducive to finding an equitable settlement grounded in international legality and are capable of ending the suffering of the fraternal Libyan people. My country, Guinea-Bissau, has constantly expressed concern with respect to coercive measures, the humanitarian effects of which may injure innocent populations.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

16. “It has been a little more than six years since the Security Council, in its resolution 748 (1992) of 31 March 1992, imposed sanctions on Libya, subsequently reinforcing them by means of resolution 883 (1993) of 11 November 1993. My delegation welcomes the constructive and resolute attitude that prompted the members of the Security Council to hold for the first time a public debate on this question. They are thus giving all parties an opportunity to express their points of view on this sensitive and important political, moral and humanitarian issue.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

17. “Mr. Da Gama (Guinea-Bissau) (interpretation from French): Allow me first and foremost to congratulate you, Sir, on serving as President of the Security Council for the month of March. And I would like to say on behalf of my country, Guinea-Bissau, how gratified we are to see you chairing our deliberations. I would like to call to mind the excellent bonds of friendship, cooperation, fraternity and good-neighbourliness that, I am happy to say, exist between our two countries. Our congratulations also go to your predecessor, Ambassador Denis Dangue Rewaka, Permanent Representative of Gabon, for the outstanding manner in which he conducted the work of the Council last month.”

    1998-03-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3864 (1998) · source

18. “We thus hope that the decisions they have taken at regional conferences, and in particular that taken in Tunis on 18 March 1996, will be implemented effectively and that each will ensure that its country is not used by militias or by former Rwandan government forces for military training or the sale or delivery of weapons. Bearing these considerations in mind, we will vote in favour of the draft resolution before us.”

    1996-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3656 (1996) · source

19. “We thank it, congratulate it on the good work done and encourage it to continue to work along the same lines. The radio broadcasts that disseminate hatred and fear in the region are also a continuing cause of concern. We therefore appeal once again to all States to cooperate with the countries in the region in order to halt those broadcasts without delay, in keeping with the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and the Declaration of Heads of State of the Great Lakes region, adopted on 29 November 1995. In this connection, it is our view that the States of the Great Lakes region have a very important role to play in the Rwandan conflict and in the region in general.”

    1996-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3656 (1996) · source

20. “Guinea-Bissau is therefore extremely concerned over the allegations of sales or supply of weapons and related materiel to former Rwandan government forces, as indicated in the Secretary-General's letter dated 13 March 1996 addressed to the President of the Security Council, as well as in the report of the International Commission of Inquiry annexed to that letter and in the interim report of the Commission of Inquiry dated 17 January 1996. Guinea-Bissau is also concerned over the statement by the Commission of Inquiry that certain Rwandan elements are receiving military training for the purpose of conducting destabilizing incursions into Rwanda. Despite the fact that the Commission of Inquiry has not yet been able to investigate thoroughly those allegations of violations of the arms embargo, it continues to deserve our full confidence.”

    1996-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3656 (1996) · source

21. “Mr. Da Gama (Guinea-Bissau) (interpretation from French): When the Security Council, in resolutions 918 (1994), 997 (1995) and 1011 (1995), imposed an embargo on the sale or delivery of weapons and related materiel to Rwanda, under Chapter VII of the Charter, it was for the purpose, inter alia, of putting an end to the conflict that had caused incalculable human suffering in that African country. However, despite those important measures taken by the Council, Rwanda continues to provide fertile ground for armed incursions and war, which are the logical consequence of lack of respect for those measures and, in particular, lack of the will to cooperate on the part of certain parties concerned.”

    1996-04-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3656 (1996) · source