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Djangone-Bi

lines on the record: 155
first: 2002-01-29
most recent: 2005-10-13
sittings or episodes: 16
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“My delegation can only welcome the fact that finally, as the Secretary-General had already pledged in his report S/2001/574, the United Nations has undertaken, in an irreversible manner, the healthy transition from a culture of reaction to a culture of prevention. By striving to achieve and tirelessly implement this culture of prevention, the progress, however modest, that has already been achieved in settling specific cross-border problems will ultimately pave the way to a progressive strengthening of international peace and security in West Africa. Such progress will create and strengthen the optimal conditions for the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and will reduce, and indeed eliminate, the need for United Nations peace missions in West Africa.”
2005-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5131 (2005) · source
“My delegation commends the Secretary-General for his efforts to develop an integrated and coordinated approach to conflict prevention in West Africa, and we welcome the progress achieved in settling specific cross-border problems, to which he refers in the progress report before us for this debate. We encourage him to pursue and step up those efforts because we firmly believe - along with ECOWAS, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union and the Non-Aligned Movement - that Africa as a whole and West Africa, with which we are concerned today, will find salvation only through the effective and good-faith implementation of the integrated and coordinated approach to conflict prevention that is being developed.”
2005-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5131 (2005) · source
“By periodically adding to his analyses of the real political environment prevailing in the poor countries of West Africa, the Secretary- General will help to enhance a realistic understanding of subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa on the part of the Security Council and will thus help the Council to arrive at cohesive and rapidly evolving solutions to those problems. That will also contribute to the implementation by all actors, subregional and international, in the political life in West Africa of concerted actions that the Council will have assigned to them, both to entities of the United Nations and to their various partners.”
2005-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5131 (2005) · source
“The frenzy with which many producers, brokers and traffickers in small arms and their accessories illegally prey on Africa generally and on West Africa in particular is not mentioned. Similarly, there is no reference to the most perverse manifestations of liberalization and globalization in poor countries, for example. If cross-border and subregional problems, whose links and cumulative mutual effects have been clearly highlighted by the Secretary-General, are not thoroughly listed, described and universally recognized, we will not find a realistic and achievable solution any time soon.”
2005-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5131 (2005) · source
“Those problems are the increased use and unlawful proliferation of mercenaries, child soldiers, small arms and light weapons and their accessories, ammunition and explosive devices; a culture of impunity; the spread of HIV/AIDS; the continued weakening of the security sector; youth unemployment; environmental degradation; social exclusion; wars; mass movements of refugees; unfair and unlawful exploitation of natural resources; weak national institutions and civil society structures; violation of human rights, particularly those of women and children; and poor public management. Sadly, this list is far from exhaustive, as the Secretary- General himself recognized in his report S/2004/200.”
2005-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5131 (2005) · source
“To guide this debate, the Secretary-General has issued a report on the topic under consideration, which is very instructive and which he introduced himself. His briefing was supported by Mr. Ahmedou Ould- Abdallah, Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa, and also by the Special Adviser to the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Mr. Diouf. I wish to pay tribute to both of them for their briefings. Since independence many subregional and cross- border problems have affected international peace and security in West Africa, and they undermine all the development efforts of our States.”
2005-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5131 (2005) · source
“Mr. Djangone-Bi (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): As this is the first time under your presidency that my delegation has the honour of taking the floor, Mr. President, I wish, on behalf of my delegation, to congratulate you and to thank you for organizing today's debate on a topic dear to Africa: ways to combat subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa. We wish also to assure you of the great satisfaction that my delegation feels at seeing you, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, at this meeting. That attests to the importance that the sister Republic of Benin attaches to subregional and cross-border problems, faithfully echoing the ongoing concerns of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union and the United Nations regarding West Africa.”
2005-02-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5131 (2005) · source
“Likewise, we once again note the urgent need for the Council to respond to our request to send an impartial international commission of inquiry to Cote d'Ivoire to look into the events that have taken place since the beginning of November. As the President is aware, those events have led to a chorus of allegations of shooting at unarmed civilians and bare- fisted protesters. All of us know the sad results of those events, namely, over 60 dead and more than 2,000 wounded. In conclusion, I would like to draw the Council's attention to the fact that the protection of civilians in armed conflict is undoubtedly part of broader respect for international law, international humanitarian law, human rights and combating impunity. The obligation incumbent upon Member States to respect those universal principles must not be a selective one.”
2004-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5100Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Those are all things that the Council's experience has taught it are irreplaceable. Fifthly and lastly, the international community - and primarily the Security Council - should now reaffirm their dedication to the principles of international law, international humanitarian law and human rights, all of which are founded on justice, respect for human dignity and the dignity of nations, the prevention of conflict and the peaceful resolution of disputes and which favour the force of law and not the law of force. C6te d'Ivoire therefore reiterates its call to immediately integrate the forces of Operation Licorne into the United Nations Mission in Cote d'Ivoire, for reasons that have been put forth in recent correspondence to the President of the Council and the Secretary-General.”
2004-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5100Resumption1 (2004) · source
“By making it possible to begin as soon as possible efforts on behalf of women and children - who are usually the most disadvantaged and harmed members of civilian populations - DDRR programmes also contribute to the re-establishment and gradual strengthening of mutual trust. Fourthly, as in the case of the conflict in C6te d'Ivoire, all of today's conflicts also have a regional dimension. Peace agreements should therefore be negotiated and implemented in that context. Efforts to strengthen peace after conflict should also be made regionally. That is not merely for the sake of regionalization itself, but because of the enormous need to place peace agreements in a regional context as the only way of giving such agreements a realistic chance of being implemented successfully through region-wide partnership, responsibility and solidarity.”
2004-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5100Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Moreover, although in the Government of National Reconciliation the dossier of the Minister of State in charge of communications is held by a minister who comes from the rebellion, State media and newspapers in Government-held areas are banned from rebel-held areas, even though newspapers that defend rebel positions circulate freely in the Government-held area. This is a paradox that must be kept in mind before passing hasty judgements. Secondly, in addition to warring parties, all parts and members of society should be represented so that there may be gender equality in peace processes and in order to establish a favourable climate for lasting peace. Thirdly, peace agreements should include a commitment to proceed to disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation (DDRR) at the beginning of a peace process.”
2004-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5100Resumption1 (2004) · source
“First, there is a need for the United Nations to abandon the cliches born of previous conflicts that it mechanically applies to conflicts currently being resolved. A case in point is the presumed existence of hate media in my country, C6te d'Ivoire, without any specific evidence being presented for such a serious allegation. It is important that the Ivorian situation be put in its proper context. This is a case in which the media in rebel-held areas have been used for rebellious propaganda against the State, without eliciting any reaction whatever from the international community.”
2004-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5100Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Much more still needs to be done, however, despite the generous support of the United Nations system, which is developing a common and clear concept of the notion of protection, the strengthening of the general policy framework and coordination between United Nations agencies. In considering the areas that the Council has identified as priorities in the protection of civilians, the Secretary-General has noted some lingering shortcomings and suggested more in-depth actions that he considers relevant. Cote d'Ivoire endorses his analysis, supports his recommendations and echoes his conclusions. In that connection, we would once again like to draw the Council's attention to the several following points.”
2004-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5100Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The Council enshrined those commitments in the form of a lO-point platform and included them in resolutions 1265 (1999) and 1296 (2000). The Council also broadened the mandates of peacekeeping operations to include the physical protection of civilians under imminent threat of violence. Lastly, in its field missions and its cooperation with regional organizations, the Council has demonstrated the importance it attaches to the issue and to the effective implementation by all parties to an armed conflict of the Council's pertinent resolutions. For its part, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, thanks to the excellent help spontaneously given by contributing countries, has been able to deploy peacekeeping forces more quickly to avert immediate crises with regard to protection, as well as to re-establish order.”
2004-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5100Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. We were most grateful for the clarity and the comprehensive nature of his introductory briefing. Upon the initiative of the Secretary-General, the United Nations has been more mobilized to protect civilians, especially since 1999. As he mentioned in his report contained in document S/2004/43l, the Secretary-General initiated an agenda on the protection of civilians in armed conflict five years ago, long after the world silently witnessed genocide in Rwanda. Since then the Security Council, through its resolutions and on the basis of proposals made by the Secretary- General in his nearly annual reports on the subject under consideration today, has made a number of important commitments to the protection of civilians in armed conflict.”
2004-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5100Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Djangone-Bi (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): I would like, Mr. President, to commend you and thank you for having taken the initiative of this public debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The fact that you personally are presiding over this debate, Mr. Minister, reflects the importance that your country, Algeria, in particular, and Africa in general accord to this topic. I would also like to express by gratitude to the Secretary-General, who, through his periodic reports on this topic, has continued to focus the attention of the Security Council on the protection of civilians. We can never repeat too often that that issue is critical for the maintenance of international peace and security, which is the principal role of the Security Council. And finally, our thanks go also to Mr.”
2004-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5100Resumption1 (2004) · source
“That is the modest contribution that my delegation wanted to make to what has been said by all of today's speakers on the pressing subject of threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts.”
2004-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5006 (2004) · source
“At the same time, my delegation appeals to all our peoples, nations and States - with the unambiguous and irrepressible sense of solidarity that they share - to quickly overcome the remaining obstacles to the adoption of those two conventions, which remain sadly absent from the list of international legal instruments relating to the prevention and suppression of international terrorism. Lastly, as other speakers have done, I would like to emphasize that the fight against terrorism cannot make progress without rigorous respect for human rights and international humanitarian law. We are devoted to those principles and we would like to assure Ambassadors Konuzin and Ruperez of our full willingness to cooperate with the CTC and its Executive Directorate.”
2004-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5006 (2004) · source
“I am referring to State terrorism of the kind imposed upon us by virtue of the liberties that some powerful and so- called democratic States have taken with multilateral provisions painstakingly arrived at, including the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Ottawa Convention on landmines and the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, among others. We hail the positive strengthening of cooperation between the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al Qaeda and the Taliban and the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism, and we encourage them to continue on that noble course.”
2004-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5006 (2004) · source
“Terrorists would thus have succeeded in their goal of splitting the international community and, especially, by exacerbating the negative effects of globalization, by violent insurrection by the poor against the rich - sometimes through the unfortunate resort to terrorism. Moreover, as a number of international situations have indicated, the lack of consensus about basic founding principles of the two future conventions will, for our poor and non-nuclear countries, continue to prolong the painful abuses of authority and the attacks on our sovereignty. When not directly responsible, some of our rich partners will be complicit in that.”
2004-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5006 (2004) · source
“In fact the Committee, almost since its creation pursuant to General Assembly resolution 51/210, has been stuck at an impasse on the definition of terrorism and the scope of the future convention. If our peoples, nations and States fail to show the sufficient political will and active and effective solidarity to reach a happy and prompt conclusion to the negotiations under way on those two conventions essential for reducing the frequency and gravity of terrorist acts - or even completely removing their cruel threat to international peace and security - one hardly need consult a crystal ball to foresee the great difficulty - even impossibility - of the old democracies prospering. Not to advance is to recede. Worse, nascent democracies will die before reaching adolescence - which, one knows, is not the easiest or the most gratifying time.”
2004-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5006 (2004) · source
“But our analysis of this disease and the treatment to be prescribed will be right only if we know how to define and characterize this disease and, above all, if we can agree on the description of its symptoms and thoroughly lay bare its causes. The vital need to promote the primacy of multilateralism, legitimate defence and the triumph of the latter demand this. It seems to me that universal agreement on the definition of acts of terrorism is a prerequisite for any collective, concerted and coherent strategy to fight terrorism. A testament to that is the difficulties encountered by the Ad Hoc Committee tasked with drafting an international convention on terrorism and an international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism.”
2004-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5006 (2004) · source
“The shocks caused by the murder and the attacks against innocent civilians and those, often foreigners, who happen to be using national property, and the impact on every household around the world of the destruction of what we consider to be national patrimony but which is really, after all, the patrimony of all humankind, spare no one, no people or nation on this small planet of ours. Whether those acts take place in Bali, Jakarta, Madrid, Moscow or New Delhi, they strike the body, heart and soul of our humanity, assail our conscience, revolt us, disturb our private and collective tranquillity and undermine the peace of all nations and the security of all.”
2004-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5006 (2004) · source
“We wish them every success in carrying out their new duties. As we take note of the conclusions and recommendations of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, I shall make a few general points of principle and of a general nature concerning the question under consideration in order to shed light on the practical problems encountered when implementing the decisions taken in the fight against terrorism. The Council's regular, almost bimonthly holding of public meetings on this agenda item and the ever greater participation of peoples and nations in these discussions clearly testify to a universal reality: terrorist acts have taken their place among the most important, cruellest and most current threats to international peace and security.”
2004-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5006 (2004) · source
“Mr. Djangone-Bi (Cote d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): My delegation joins preceding speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and for the wise initiative of holding this public debate on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts. We also express our great appreciation of the clear presentation of the twelfth programme of work by Ambassador Konuzin, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning the combat against terrorism. As well, my delegation sincerely congratulates Ambassador Konuzin on his assumption of the chairmanship of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and congratulates Ambassador Ruperez on his appointment as head of the Committee's Executive Directorate.”
2004-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5006 (2004) · source
“Above and beyond respect for constitutional legality, how, from a practical standpoint, can one hold a referendum and carry out a campaign in complete freedom when former rebel groups are still taking up arms and preventing free access to the northern half of the country? In that regard, my delegation welcomes the recent appeal for the respect of constitutions made by the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, before the African Union. My delegation once again thanks the Security Council, the Secretariat and the international community for their steady support for the restoration of peace, security and stability and the conditions needed for sustainable development in West Africa, which is considered a homogeneous zone for integrated and united development.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“The mission challenged this assertion and, indeed, on many occasions during its visit, expressed its regret at the lack of trust between the parties, which had led them to put preconditions on the implementation of key elements of the Linas- Marcoussis Agreement." (S/2004/525, para. 18) That challenge to the commitment of the President of the Republic to respect the Constitution is all the more surprising as it comes from a mission of the Security Council, which has always rightly urged respect for legality and the rule of law. The necessity of not holding elections so long as the territorial integrity of the country is in jeopardy is not a precondition but a constitutional clause accepted by the people of C6te d'Ivoire.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“Paragraph 18 of the report refers to the commitment of the Ivorian authorities to adopt all texts envisaged by the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement by 28 July 2004: "[President Gbagbo] indicated, however, that, as provided for by the constitution of Cote d'Ivoire, the submission of the draft law on article 35 on the question of eligibility would take place only after the national territory had been reunified, meaning after completion of the disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration programme and the restoration of State authority throughout the country.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“In fact, it would be difficult to understand how the Commission of Inquiry could turn a blind eye to violations committed in same conflict, in the same territory, because they fall outside its mandate. The true perpetrators of those violations of the fundamental rights of Ivorians and residents in cote d'Ivoire must be identified so that justice can be done for the people, the nation and the State of Cote d'Ivoire, with equity and on the basis of established proof, instead of on the basis of the assumptions and the conjectures made by those previously responsible for inquiry, who spent less than a dozen days in C6te d'Ivoire despite the gravity of their mission. I wish to conclude by commenting on a key passage of the mission report under consideration.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“However, we suggest that, to take advantage of the period of the inquiry, the Commission should be authorized to investigate crimes committed beyond the date of 24 January 2003, the current end date of its reporting panel, which is the date of the signing of the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement. In fact, human rights violations were perpetrated in certain parts of the country after that date: at Guezon and Bleninminhouin on 24 and 26 June 2003, at Kahen on 11 July and 9 December 2003, at Zou and Pinhoun on 21 November 2003, at Brodoume on 3 and 4 March 2004, at Abidjan from 25 to 27 March 2004, at Ity and Gohitafla on 7 and 8 June 2004, and at Bouake, Boundiali, Korhogo and Seguela during the week of 21 June 2004, at the very time when the Security Council mission was in Abidjan.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“It is understood that the work of Parliament will continue, in special session if necessary, until the final text adopted by the Council of Ministers is considered. We will then have to resolve the question of those bills that the Government has not been able to consider because the ministers concerned have not submitted them to the Government. That is the case with the law on the media and the decree on war victims. Of course, the Parliament will consider those texts in the spirit of the Linas-Marcoussis and Accra II Agreements, but in full sovereignty and according to its own rules of procedure, which respect democratic principles. My delegation welcomes with relief the fact that the international Commission of Inquiry for cote d'Ivoire on human rights violations since September 2002 has been established and will soon be operational.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“We have no doubt that the report will be regularly updated, reflecting what has already been described as the sustained nature of that active approach to conflict prevention in West Africa, and in order to ensure the good conduct of the States that produce and supply weapons, ammunition and explosives. With respect to my country, the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, I am pleased to note that since the visit of the Security Council mission, as the President of the Republic had undertaken, the status-of-forces agreement has been signed and national regulatory procedures for establishing and operating radio and television stations are being monitored by the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). Moreover, as the President of the Republic stated, Parliament has resumed consideration of the draft laws submitted by the Government.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“My delegation commends the ongoing concern and sustained endeavours of the Council to promote the close link between security and development in West Africa, good governance, respect for international humanitarian law and human rights, and an active, coherent and multilateral approach to conflict prevention. We therefore welcome the relevant and comprehensive observations and recommendations contained in the report of the Security Council mission to West Africa (5/2004/525). In particular, we welcome its call for a progress report by the end of this year on the implementation of the recommendations set out in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2004/200) on ways to combat subregional and cross-border problems in West Africa.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“Mr. Djangone-Bi (C6te d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): My delegation congratulates you, Sir, on your accession to the presidency of the Council and commends your initiative of holding this public debate, in particular with the participation of the countries that were visited. We convey our deep gratitude to all members of the Council for their concern for West Africa in particular and, in general, for their devotion to restoring peace, political stability and the optimal conditions for integrated, united and sustainable development in that ravaged part of the world. We would ask you, Sir, to convey our gratitude to all the members of the recent Security Council mission to West Africa, and in particular to Sir Emyr Jones Parry, who led the mission very successfully, as is reflected in the high quality of the report before the Council.”
2004-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5005 (2004) · source
“The safeguarding of international peace and security, more than its mere effusive promotion, is the highest priority accorded to the Security Council in the United Nations Charter by "we the peoples" and requires a vigorous and voluntary conflict prevention programme wisely wedding collective actions to scrupulous respect for State sovereignty.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The strategy of political, economic and social post-conflict reconstruction must include a cultural, civic and ethical dimension as a fundamental component, rather than as a mere ritualistic afterthought. The overall costs of these substantial measures are so high and their effects are of such unproven social utility and duration that they recall us to our fundamental obligation to prevent armed conflict. Implementing all the measures articulated by the Secretary-General in his memorable report of 7 June 2001, contained in document S/2001/574, which member States have always collectively supported in this Chamber, could make a positive contribution to conflict prevention.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Finally, we need to take and strengthen effective measures and approaches for the prevention of armed conflict, for which the Secretary-General has been calling for almost six years. Even if international criminal tribunals do eventually provide justice to civilian survivors of such conflicts, they cannot bring back the dead or make the physically and psychically handicapped whole again. We are all familiar with the popular and universal saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. After armed conflicts, the sustainable protection of civilians must be integrated judiciously into post- conflict reconstruction, carried out and gradually achieved in conjunction and long-term harmonization with the relevant comprehensive actions and resources of States and the international community, and always proportionate to need.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Even in a worsening domestic security situation following the outbreak of conflict, States are bound to respect and to implement the conventions and treaties relative to the protection of civilians in armed conflict to which they are parties. But the same does not seem to be true for rebel groups. That asymmetry is problematic, and I believe it requires of the United Nations and the Security Council prompt humanitarian intervention, which I would categorize as being for maintenance and restoration, when conflict breaks out, as called for by the Secretary-General. It seems to me that we must then proceed to the determined implementation of the action plan, of which the Council adopted an updated version on 15 December 2003 (see S/PRST/2003/27).”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The treacherous war that has been imposed on Ivorians since 19 September 2002 serves only to confirm that obligation, and the international community, headed by the Security Council, remains mobilized in contributing to the resolution of this crisrs. Moreover, the crisis and the concrete assistance provided by United Nations Member States have also provided Ivorians with some lessons, some of which I would like to share with Council members within the context of this debate on the protection of children in armed conflicts. The most common armed conflicts of recent decades have been defined as internal. They generally pit States against armed groups made up mostly of national and foreign mercenaries.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990Resumption1 (2004) · source
“As a party to the Charter and the Geneva Conventions, as well as all other international instruments relative to international humanitarian law, human rights and refugee rights, Cote d'Ivoire, a country with a long-standing tradition of hospitality and despite the vicissitudes of its recent history, has always upheld the protection of the lives and the property of its people and its visitors. As it says in our national anthem, in peace, freedom is restored. Ivorians feel the unshirkable duty of conscience to persevere in their noble ambition to forge, united in their new faith, a homeland of genuine brotherhood, and, as the national anthem also says, to be a model of mankind's promised hope.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Djangone-Bi (C6te d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): The delegation of Cote d'Ivoire wishes first, through me, to express heartfelt congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and its sincere best wishes for success. We also thank you for including our delegation in today's debate on the sensitive and important subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The Secretary-General has recently issued, once again, an edifying report (S/2004/431) on this item, eloquently presented by Mr. Jan Egeland, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, in his introductory briefing. We thank them both for persevering in their noble effort to keep the Council and Member States focused on this issue, safeguarding which is a basic component of international peace and security.”
2004-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4990Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The necessary additional political support of the international community for the implementation of a peace process being consolidated by a peacekeeping operation should be offered in full respect for national sovereignty and established institutions, with no influence other than that of the international community itself. Such support should, of course, be given in coordination with the crucial activities of the regional and subregional organizations concerned, as has been eloquently noted by previous speakers in this debate. The success of a peacekeeping operation depends on it.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The lack, inadequacy, tardy involvement or early depletion of the resources of those peace missions can jeopardize peace processes under way by reining in their momentum and, often, by reducing to naught the benefits of the cumulative effects of the results already achieved. While it is highly desirable for a lead nation to take charge of the coalition entrusted with any peacekeeping operation under consideration, we must reduce to a minimum any conflicts of interest in choosing that nation and the high-ranking officials of the mission in question.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“As beneficiaries of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI), the people and Government of Cote d'Ivoire wish once again to convey its profound gratitude to the international community, and especially to those friendly countries that have provided contingents to the Operation. Our ongoing experience allows my delegation to attest that United Nations peacekeeping operations must take every precaution to ensure their full effectiveness in the maintenance and consolidation of peace, as well as in the critical phase of the reconstruction of stricken nations and subregions. United Nations peacekeeping operations, which are irreplaceable, must, in the name of international peace and security, enjoy the contribution, the support and the timely, consistent and proactive backing of all Member States.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“He noted quite rightly that: "Conflict prevention lies at the heart of the mandate of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security [and that] preventive action by the international community can contribute significantly to strengthening the national sovereignty of Member States". (5/2001/574, p. 3) I would add that this unity of preventive action - undertaken in a multilateral framework, in support of national initiatives, in respect for international rules and with global and consistent strategies - remains in all respects the best and most economical way of promoting lasting peace and establishing a climate conducive to fostering human development that is both holistic and sustained. My delegation is available to the Council to contribute, in due course, to any future debate in the Council on this topic.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The human, moral, intellectual, material and financial resources of the international community are now being spread thin in the settlement of armed conflicts, rather than helping to achieve the necessary millennium objectives: a sustainable and significant reduction of poverty, the elimination of known diseases, the closing of the digital divide, and access for all to information, drinking water and energy, to name but a few. Is it not time to move from a culture of reaction, ruinous for us all, to the more universally gratifying one of prevention, as recommended four years ago by the Secretary-General?”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The welcome triumph of pluralist democracy, the free-market economy and human rights, reinforced by the shaping force of the globalization of economies and cultures, seemed to add to that hope for international and intra-national peace, for full human development in solidarity with our peoples and nations united by a common destiny. Unfortunately, we must now think again. Armed conflicts, most so-called internal ones, have again locked developing countries into a straightjacket of immediate concerns and reactions that take them ever further from the path of shared growth and invalidate all their efforts to catch up with the wealthy nations.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“The irrepressible and almost exponential numerical increase in United Nations peacekeeping operations, the impossibility of predictably controlling their duration or location, their growing complexity and the increased global burdens they impose on the international community require us periodically to take a fresh look at their founding principles, their mode of conduct and the evaluation of their results. The fall of the Berlin wall seemed to mark the end of the cold war and of revolutionary wars that almost exclusively affected young countries, such as Cote d'Ivoire, that were just embarking on their experience of national sovereignty and independent development.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“Mr. Djangone-Bi (C6te d'Ivoire) (spoke in French): Mr. President, my delegation is grateful to you for giving us this opportunity to take part in this public meeting of the Security Council and to offer our views on an issue as important as it is timely: United Nations peacekeeping operations. As we all know, Pakistan has long been one of the major constant providers of troops for the operations of which we are speaking. Through your highly appreciated presence in this body, Mr. President, you show, once again, the steadfast commitment of Pakistan to supporting United Nations peacekeeping missions to engaging in active and effective solidarity with fraternal countries whose peace and security have been painfully disturbed. Thank you, Sir, for this reassuring display of compassion.”
2004-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4970Resumption1 (2004) · source
“My delegation here wishes to pay a solemn and resounding tribute to France - and to the United Nations, which has here demonstrated the irreplaceable role of the United Nations in post-conflict national reconciliation. Cote d'Ivoire - which is emerging with difficulty from the most serious crisis of its history thanks to the United Nations, the European Union, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States - can now testify to the outstanding role of the United Nations in post-conflict national reconciliation, to which our country bears living witness.”
2004-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4903Resumption1 (2004) · source