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first: 2002-07-18
most recent: 2011-09-14
sittings or episodes: 10
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“Regarding recommendation 1 - on the development of an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons - the second session of the Open-ended Working Group, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Anton Thalmann of Switzerland, made progress in discussions on the standards that should apply in this area in future. We look forward with interest to the conclusion next June of the Working Group's efforts. We welcome also the contribution made by the United States and Canada to the strengthening of the Interpol Weapons and Explosives Tracking System, and we call on other countries to act along those lines. That system could provide expertise in the framework of the legal instrument that is in the process of being negotiated.”
2005-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5127Resumption1 (2005) · source
“Mr. Diarra (Mali) (spoke in French): Mr. President, allow me to express my delegation's satisfaction at your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council during this month of February. Moreover, my delegation is grateful to Benin for having initiated this debate on the topic of small arms, which is so very important to our African continent. It has been a little more than a year since the Security Council considered and adopted a statement on this issue. The report submitted by the Secretary- General on 7 February 2005 (S/2005/69) evaluates the progress achieved since 2004 in the implementation of the 12 recommendations contained in his previous report of 20 September 2002. I should like here to thank Under-Secretary- General Abe for his presentation of the report.”
2005-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5127Resumption1 (2005) · source
“We must gradually involve women in the decision-making processes that affect their living conditions by fostering access to quality education for young girls. Finally, best practices in combating social prejudice against women should be increased.”
2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source
“A framework for implementation and coordination will be adopted and indicators to identify, supervise and evaluate progress will also be established. The ultimate goal is to promote the emancipation of African women by ensuring their participation on an equal footing, without restrictions, in development and other processes that elaborate and define their work and living conditions. As proof of its commitment, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union elected five women to the post of Commissioner out of the total of 10 posts that make up the Union's Commission. In conclusion, Africa will better succeed in protecting women and young girls by strengthening the legal arsenal against gender-based violence and by ensuring their economic independence through capacity-building in that area.”
2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Finally, the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court, strengthens the international legal arsenal, punishing rape and other forms of gender-based violence as war crimes and crimes against humanity. A movement is emerging in the African Union (AU) to advance and protect the rights of women. Indeed, in July 2003, by its decision 19 the Union adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. In that framework, a campaign was launched throughout the continent to combat Violence against women. Moreover, with the establishment of the Women, Gender and Development Directorate, the AU is attempting to elaborate an effective strategy to integrate a gender perspective in the activities of the Commission of the African Union, as well as in those of its member States.”
2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source
“My delegation is pleased that such measures are gradually being established within United Nations peacekeeping operations. We appreciate the fact that 10 full-time gender advisers have already been appointed in 17 peacekeeping operations. We welcome the systematic participation of human rights specialists in new peacekeeping operations whose role is to monitor and identify cases of gender-based violence. My delegation welcomes the inclusion of training programmes on the gender-specific management of issues related to peacekeeping operations. Furthermore, my delegation hopes that the Secretary-General's bulletin on the implementation of the resolution within the United Nations system will lead to a genuine revolution in thought and in deed.”
2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Women should be actively involved in determining those needs. Women's associations and groups could also contribute to that process. The outcome of the Conference on Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Situations, organized jointly by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the International Legal Assistance Consortium and held in September 2004, has yielded new ideas as to what steps might be undertaken. That approach commits States, the United Nations, regional organizations and civil society to draw up strategies and plans of action, with a timetable, to see to it that the question of gender parity is an integral part of peacekeeping operations, humanitarian operations and peace-building in countries in post-conflict situations.”
2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Resolution 1325 (2000) has been implemented by Member States, the United Nations system and regional organizations such as the African Union, as well as by civil society. Its implementation involves, first and foremost, the conflict prevention and early warning. Here the goal is to strengthen the capacity and the role of women in the context of the decision-making process in order to prevent conflicts. To that end, reliable indicators such as a database on women experts are gradually being set up. The implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) also concerns the gender-based management of conflict situations. In that respect, initiatives aimed at settling crises should address the particular needs of women in the peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and post- conflict reconstruction phases.”
2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Sometimes they take an active part in conflicts - as armed-group sympathizers, combatants, companions of combatants or as individuals dependent on combatants. The criminal practice of the forced recruitment of women remains widespread despite the existence of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which has become almost universal since its adoption in 1979. It was in order to prevent the use of such practices, which are often used as a weapon of war, that the Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000). Since then its contents have been translated into 60 languages - a clear demonstration of the importance of the subject and the interest it has generated.”
2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Diarra (Mali) (spoke in French): The delegation of the Republic of Mali associates itself with the statement made by Canada on behalf of the member countries of the Human Security Network. The measures adopted four years ago in this body with respect to the relationship between women and peace and security are part and parcel of a more comprehensive approach whose ultimate goal is to give women their rightful place in our societies. This approach involves equal treatment for women in terms of rights and responsibilities. The experience of the past decade has shown that, in conflict situations, women and young girls are the principal victims of abduction and of gender-based violence, in particular rape and other forms of violence.”
2004-10-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5066Resumption1 (2004) · source
“In this regard, in its medium-term work plan for 2003-2005 - adopted in Graz, Austria - the Human Security Network has committed itself to working with United Nations bodies, Governments that share its vision, regional and subregional organizations and civil society towards the implementation of current commitments, which for the most part are integrated into the Secretary-General's report. Finally, the Human Security Network welcomes the reaffirmation, contained in paragraph 15 of the report under review, of its commitment to children in armed conflicts.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“With this in view, the Human Security Network has developed a support strategy that identifies a set of operative principles, including enhanced follow-up and training and an alarm function in cases of child rights violations. The Network has also developed a child rights training curriculum which serves as a comprehensive check list that contains relevant principles, guidelines and references, as well as exemplary training modules, so as to be adaptable to specific situations on the ground and to target groups to be trained. The programme has been made available to the Secretary- General and to intergovernmental and non- governmental organizations. We express the hope that it will be used effectively in training courses held by all the agencies and programmes of the United Nations and other interested organizations and Governments.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Wherever they occur, international crimes committed against children in a situation of war merit the attention and action of the international community, in particular those of the Security Council. The Network is committed to pursuing concrete action in order to prevent violations of children's rights where conflict situations emerge, in the course of a conflict or post-conflict, and in terms of assistance to child victims of armed conflicts. This was inspired by the overall goal of bridging the gaps between universal human rights standards and their implementation and between programmatic concepts and systematic response on the ground.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Its members are particularly convinced that credible deterrence can be achieved in particular through action by the Security Council, which we invite to take measures targeting parties and their accomplices, including the imposition of travel restrictions on their leaders, their exclusion from any governance structures and amnesty provisions before the International Criminal Court, and a ban on the export or supply of small arms. The recommendations require, finally, addressing the key factors that facilitate the occurrence and recurrence of conflicts - their root causes. The Human Security Network also urges widening the scope of the list of parties that recruit or use children in armed conflict to cover all situations where these parties exist.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Those measures, however systematically applied, should not make us lose sight of the particularly egregious violations and abuses committed against children over the past year. I call to mind not only the phenomenon of child soldiers - an occurrence further aggravated by the illicit proliferation of small arms - but also the massacre and mutilation of children, particularly of girls, that have taken place. Armed groups have continued to abduct children, either to forcibly enlist or sexually exploit them, as is often the case for young girls, or to press them into forced labour. Children also fall victim to landmines and unexploded ordnance. In the face of these overwhelming facts, the Human Security Network has endorsed the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General's report.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The report submitted to the Council highlights some of the concrete measures adopted, such as the inclusion of children's concerns in peace accords; civil society involvement in actions aimed at raising public awareness and advocacy; the adoption of guidelines and plans of action, such as those adopted by the Economic Community of West African States in 2000 and by the European Union in 2003; the establishment of national commissions for the benefit of war-affected children; the adoption of measures aimed at curbing the illicit exploitation of natural and other resources in war zones; the consideration of children's specific needs in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes; and the deployment of child protection advisers in peacekeeping operations.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The development of international standards is not an end in itself. The ultimate objective and major challenge lie in their implementation. To that end, in 2002 the Secretary-General proposed the ushering in of an era of application.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The Rome Statute and the International Labour Organization's Convention No. 182 (1999) on the worst forms of child labour also merit mention, as do regional conventions, such as the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are a reference point for international humanitarian law on the subject. This legal arsenal is supplemented by the Plan of Action - best known under the name "A World Fit for Children" - adopted in 2002 by the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh special session, as well as by Security Council resolutions, the latest of which is resolution 1460 (2003). The Human Security Network's member countries encourage those States that have not yet done so to ratify the instruments aimed at protecting children exposed to armed conflict.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The Council also expressed its intention to consider taking appropriate steps to resolve this issue it if deemed that insufficient progress had been made upon the review of the next Secretary- General's report. It is evident, however, that, a year since that warning was issued, little has been achieved in the way of results. In fact, the recruitment and use of children have persisted over the course of the period under review. The Secretary-General's report even mentions new parties that have taken up those criminal practices. Of course, there have been perceptible advances in recent years in terms of the scope of international instruments. I refer, notably, to the nearly universal Convention on the Rights of the Child and to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Allow me to congratulate the Secretary-General of our Organization, as well as his Special Representative, Mr. Olara Otunnu, on the high quality of the report published in document S/2003/1053, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1460 (2003). I should also like to thank Ms. Carol Bellamy for her statement. Resolution 1460 (2003), adopted just under a year ago, noted with alarm the persistence of the phenomenon of children's recruitment and use by parties to armed conflicts. The Security Council invited the Secretary-General to enter into dialogue with those parties with a view to putting an end to such practices. To that end, the parties were to provide information on steps they had taken to halt the recruitment or use of children in armed conflicts.”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Diarra (Mali) (spoke in French): At the outset, allow me, Madame, to express my delegation's pleasure at seeing you personally presiding over this meeting. Your presence here - in addition to the fact that your country, Chile, is a member of the Human Security Network, on behalf of which I have the honour to speak - attests to your interest to human rights in general and in the rights of the child, in particular. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the States members of the Human Security Network, namely Austria, Canada, Chile, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Norway, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand and my own country, Mali - which holds the chairmanship of the Network - and South Africa in its capacity of observer on the item under review, entitled "Children and armed conflict".”
2004-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4898Resumption1 (2004) · source
“But today's reality is that, because of the large number of hotbeds of tension, post-conflict reconstruction is being sidelined - hence the relevance of recommendation 8, which seeks to increase the budget of peacekeeping operations in this area. Some of the recommendations are not the responsibility of individual States; their implementation lies with the Organization's principal organs - the General Assembly and the Security Council - between which cooperation would be useful in that regard. My delegation expresses its support for these recommendations. In conclusion, I should like to emphasize an important aspect: raising awareness of the issue of small arms. To that end, civil society, non- governmental organizations and the media could play a central role.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“With regard to recommendation 5, Mali abides by sanctions and embargoes on arms and is engaged in a second reading of its national law on the circulation of weapons, in order to strengthen control over them. With regard to recommendation 7, agreements to resolve the crisis in the north of Mali in the 1990s included, at a very early stage, a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration aspect, which made it possible to collect weapons in exchange for micro- development projects to benefit demobilized combatants, simultaneously with the political process of normalization. Mali was successful in that process thanks to the generosity of its partners.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“As the first recommendation suggests, my country, Mali, participated in 2003 in the Oslo Conference on the drafting of an international convention on the transfer of arms, and stated its support for the French-Swiss initiative on the traceability of weapons and for the Group of Governmental Experts. However, effective participation in these initiatives requires technical capacity that my country does not possess. Here I wish to commend the expertise that the Programme for Coordination and Assistance for Security and Development is providing to the subregion, including my country, with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The principal organs of the United Nations have also adopted measures in this respect. In resolution 58/241, the General Assembly decided to establish an open-ended working group to negotiate an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons. The Council endorsed the relevant recommendations of the Secretary-General and, in its declaration of 31 October 2002, asked the Secretary- General to produce the report that is before us. The recommendations contained in the report are relevant. Some of them were reflected in States' reports on the occasion of the First Biennial Meeting on the implementation of the Programme of Action, to which I referred earlier.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“At the subregional level, for example, there is the ECOWAS moratorium on small arms, which was renewed in 2001; the Protocol adopted by southern Africa, also in 2001; and the draft Protocol for East Africa. The continent-wide reaction to the illegal proliferation of small arms is enshrined in the Bamako Declaration, which was adopted following the ministerial conference of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) held on 1 December 2000, and the Algiers Action Plan, adopted on 14 September 2002. But it was the entire international community that mobilized and adopted the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, following the United Nations Conference held from 9- 20 July 2001.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“This awareness of its responsibilities is the reason why it has simultaneously authorized six peacekeeping operations in our continent. We hope that it will soon authorize the transformation of the United Nations Mission in C6te d'Ivoire (MINUCI) into a United Nations peacekeeping operation. The efforts of the international community are often thwarted by the persistence of certain crises. Two factors, generally speaking, are behind this situation: the illegal exploitation of natural resources in conflict areas, and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons. These two phenomena are indeed linked - one fuels the other. The combat against these practices is being waged at various levels.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“There have been subregional responses such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, and the mediation efforts of the Inter- Government Authority on Development (IGAD) and of the southern African mechanism. There have also been also continent-wide responses, through the African Union's Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, which has demonstrated its value and which will soon be replaced by the Peace and Security Council and the Africa Peace Fund. The response has been essentially international in the case of the Security Council, which bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“However, because of their uncontrolled proliferation, small arms and light weapons have an impact that is almost as devastating, leading to the destruction of human lives, in particular those of the most vulnerable - women and children. But the adverse effects of such crises can also be seen on the weak infrastructure of the affected countries. Finally, they lead to chronic instability, which affects the international credibility of the entire continent. Whatever the origins and manifestations of these crises, they have certainly troubled the international community. In Africa, there have been bilateral responses to them, as was the case of Mali in the 1990s, with Algeria's mediation.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“This very useful document provides responses to concerns expressed by the Council in its statement of 31 October 2002, in which the Council requested the identification of "initiatives undertaken to implement the recommendations of the Secretary-General on ways and means in which the Security Council could contribute to dealing with the question of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in situations under its consideration". (S/2003/I2I7, p. I) The situations under consideration by the Council which are fuelled by the illicit trade in small arms are basically confined to the developing countries, in particular those in Africa. In such crisis situations, the risk of the use of weapons of mass destruction is practically nil.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Diarra (Mali) (spoke in French): Allow me, Sir, to convey to you my delegation's congratulations on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for January, and to thank you for having initiated a debate on this subject. I should like also to congratulate the Secretary- General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for the high quality of his report contained in document S/2003/1217, and the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs for having introduced it.”
2004-01-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4896Resumption1 (2004) · source
“It is very important to us that 13 out of the 15 members of the Council - I believe that number is correct - have spoken. I want in particular to thank the Security Council for having sent a mission to Cote d'Ivoire. I also want to thank everyone who has participated in settling the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire. We wish to demonstrate to the international community that we will emerge from the crisis quickly and that we will return to, and improve upon, the level we had reached in the past. We have the ability, manpower and land to do so, including those who have chosen to live with us. That too is our goal. Reconciliation in Cote d'Ivoire will take place not only among Ivorians; it will also include all of our neighbours and the entire international community.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“I must also add that, like some other countries, Cote d'Ivoire is also a melting pot - a special country. Regardless of who wins the election, we must ensure that we involve the non-winning minorities. That too will ensure the country's stability. In the end, the people of C6te d'Ivoire - the body politic - has always wanted to take part in the running of the country. Democracy cannot prosper unless those who lose the election are included in the running of the country to some degree. I believe that the body politic should gradually be formed in that manner, so as to bring about unity, stability and inclusiveness. That is the most important thing: to avoid exclusion in our country. That is what I wanted to say to the Council. Let me say how much my delegation appreciates this morning's meeting.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“That is what I wanted to say with respect to the overall situation. Let me also say that the goal of the Government's programme is the holding of fair, transparent and open elections by 2005. We therefore make an additional appeal to take the necessary steps to ensure that the elections take place under normal conditions. We have in place in C6te d'Ivoire what we refer to as the national electoral commission, which is an independent body comprised of all political parties. That provides one guarantee. But we will also strengthen the role of the independent commission in order to avoid any sort of exclusion, so that once the elections are held we will be able to say that there is stability in the country, that there is a future for it and that everyone in Cote d'Ivoire is able to express himself.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“ECOWAS countries, working with Ghana's President Kufuor, have certainly taken steps in that regard, but they too need financial and political support from the Security Council and States with interests in Liberia. We still believe that without that we will remain vulnerable to the situation in that country. We are making efforts. Much progress has been made. But that is not all there is to it. There must necessarily be involvement on the part of the international community, especially from States with interests in Liberia. ECOWAS forces are ready to deploy, but logistical and financial problems remain. Everyone knows that this is a very expensive undertaking. I therefore call upon the international community and the Member States of the Organization to quickly bring the Liberian war, which is disrupting the entire subregion, to an end.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“We have for years even welcomed many non-Ivorian adults to Ivorian schools, many of whom have been employed in Cote d'Ivoire or joined its public service. However, what we are saying is that we do not want people to cross the border with weapons. In that regard, I believe the Government has given orders to prevent anyone entering the country with weapons. I also believe that it was our duty to do so in order to reassure the people of cote d'Ivoire. We have to believe that the situation in Liberia will be resolved through the contacts that the Council has. That problem can only be resolved in the subregional context, and with the support of the international community. We in C6te d'Ivoire do not have the capacity to address it ourselves.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“We have a long border with Liberia. For years now it has been a turbulent area. We have succeeded thus far in keeping the problem under control and in preventing the war from spilling over into Cote d'Ivoire. Events, however, have been such that we have had to deal with fronts in the north and the west - a great deal for an army that was not ready to wage war. Thanks to the forces of France, the Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Forces armees nationales de cote d'Ivoire and the Forces nouvelles, we are today together exercising control over the western border. We are doing so while embracing humanitarian issues, that is to say, by welcoming those who are seeking refuge in Cote d'Ivoire. Again, I think we have attempted to attach importance to the humanitarian aspect.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“The regrouping is important because I think that it enables us to bring about complete security throughout the territory. The soldiers will return to their quarters, the forces that were in the north will return to their regrouping areas. That will enable us to control all the thoroughfares and prevent armed attacks. Even when war is over, and even in Government-controlled areas, a soldier wandering about can be dangerous. The imperatives of security therefore require us to regroup them in such a way as to promote peace so that people and goods can move from Cote d'Ivoire as far as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. This is being done at the moment through the economic corridor that has been put in place and that is functioning very well. The Ambassador of Germany asked about my assessment of the situation in Liberia.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“By the end of September, therefore, we will have succeeded in putting the prefectures in place, as well as the teachers and doctors, so that, by the beginning of the school year in October, children will be able to return to school and resume their studies. I believe that all of that has been well planned. The beginning of the school year has been set for October in all parts of Cote d'Ivoire. We have obtained assistance from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and a number of non-governmental organizations to help the children from conflict zones who were unable to take examinations to catch up so that they will not be penalized by a war for which they were not responsible. That is what I wanted to say with regard to the appointments, the partition of the country and the regrouping and cantonment.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“There are no more services for the prefects, and no buildings for the sub-prefects - at least in the west and north. The administrative structure will have to be completely rebuilt. That was the purpose of my meeting with the European Commission in Brussels, as well as with the Belgian authorities, which are providing financial support to help us to set up the administration. We have prefects who have been well trained; we have teachers; we have doctors. Everyone is in place; we need only the resources with which to get down to work. With regard to the prefects, we also need mobility. Before leaving Cote d'Ivoire, I placed an order for vehicles so as to enable those high-level people within the administration to carry out their tasks.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“Upon my return in August, I propose to undertake a three-week programme of travel throughout those areas, with the various forces involved in cote d'Ivoire, so as to reassure the population and enable them to return to work. I truly believe that once we have begun the first important stage of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme - the regrouping - we will be able to say that Cote d'Ivoire has been pacified and made secure, and officials will be able to return to their tasks and duties in those northern and western areas. It should also be pointed out that last week, when I was in Brussels, the President met with the prefects and sub-prefects and asked them to return to their posts. However, everything has been destroyed.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“I can tell you now that the west has been completely pacified by the Operation Licorne forces and those of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). We can now say that there are no more weapons in those areas and that we can move about safely. We are seeking above all to bring the population back to those areas to resume their normal activities. In the north of Cote d'Ivoire the situation is still normal. In general, the population stayed in place, although some people were displaced. But in the west, because of the proximity to Liberia, the people had to flee the carnage. That area has now been pacified.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“I also met with several political figures who asked me to take various initiatives in that regard, and upon my return I will be making a number of proposals to the President and the national security council, which is empowered to make the appointments. I think that these two weeks of intensive consultations will help to take a number of initiatives. That is what I wanted to say to reassure the Council about the appointment of those two individuals. I believe that much progress has been made with regard to the end of the division of the country into northern, southern and western areas. The regular defence forces, as well as the Forces nouvelles, have agreed that the war is over. We have already sent missions to the north and the west of Cote d'Ivoire.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“With regard to the appointment of the ministers for defence and for security, the Council is aware that, following the Accra II Agreement, a 15-member national security council was established, presided over by the President. I am a member, as are the political parties signatories to the Agreement. From the beginning, I did not want to be involved in the appointment of the ministers for defence and for security. I sought to deal with that issue by making two temporary appointments, and I am working with those individuals. I left the President and the political parties to continue their consultations. Last week, before leaving Abidjan to come to New York, the President, with whom I met, asked me to deal primarily with the appointment of those two individuals.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“That draft law was debated in the Council of Ministers, and all the ministers from the various parties accepted it as it was. The President of the Republic has accepted it. There is now a separation of powers, and that bill will come to the parliament. We expect it to be adopted, because it will provide a platform for the peaceful coexistence that is now beginning. It would be no use starting off by leaving aside some of the people, who would then feel that they were excluded from the management of the country. I believe that, with the adoption of that bill, a new, decisive stage in the future of Cote d'Ivoire will undoubtedly begin. Council members asked a number of questions.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“We need to move forward in that direction together, and everyone must respect the rules of the game that have been established. Since my appointment as Prime Minister, it has been my concern to present a Government programme- the Marcoussis programme - that is also the programme of all the political forces of Cote d'Ivoire. That is what I am talking about - this is not the Prime Minister's programme; it is the programme of the political forces who signed the agreement. The parliament has taken due note of that programme, and we have set to work to apply that programme up to 2005, trying to identify the decrees, laws, bills and regulatory texts that will determine Government action week by week until 2005. Our entire programme is well organized chronologically, and the first bill will be before through the parliament on 6 August.”
2003-07-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4793 (2003) · source
“Mr. Diarra (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I thank you, Mr. President, and all other members of the Security Council who have spoken of my country. I noted that there were 13 speakers; the problem of Cote d'Ivoire is clearly of concern to the international community. I would like to say that, as consensus Prime Minister, I was appointed by President Gbagbo following consultations with all of the political forces of Cote d'Ivoire. I am not a politician. I am a former ambassador who now, in his retirement, is thrust into the limelight. I am trying to bring together the people of Cote d'Ivoire and encourage them to work for development - in particular in combating poverty. I am working with a view to ensuring good governance, the rule of law, human rights and the restoration of State authority.”
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“Our programme is doing everything possible so that by 2005, when our mission ends, we will have carried out the maximum number of reintegrations among the youth population, while stressing the campaign against HIV/AIDS. I wish to reaffirm that the goal of the Government of National Reconciliation is to bring about just, open and transparent elections in 2005.”
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“Mr. Diarra (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I thank you, Sir, for your attention to this briefing. I will be available for any questions. I thank the Council for holding this meeting today. Today, we are in the process of emerging from the crisis. The guns have fallen silent. We are now attempting to get the Cote d'Ivoire to work, to resume our activities from the past, working with all neighbouring countries in the subregion. You have seen, Sir, that we have stressed social reintegration in our briefing. It is an important programme. In our country, if we do not get children back to work, we would be leaving them to destabilizing forces, to all those who would try to use them to destabilize the country.”
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“With the President's permission, I would ask my special adviser to introduce the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme that has been worked out by Cote d'Ivoire with the support of the World Bank, the European Union and United Nations Development Programme.”
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