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  1. “I believe that, when the Security Council adopts resolutions providing Blue Helmets to a peacekeeping operation, we must take systematically into account the problem of displaced persons and refugees. As Mr. Lubbers pointed out, the very fact that we deploy observers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo creates an environment favourable to the return of displaced persons and refugees. Security Council action, however, is unfortunately not sufficient in itself to solve the problems of displaced persons and refugees. Assistance is needed. The UNHCR is providing it and donors should provide more of it, including in association with UNHCR. I would draw the Council's attention to a programme that France has established with UNHCR for the return to Sierra Leone of refugees now living in Guinea.”

    2002-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4470 (2002) · source

  2. “We must not fall victim to what is often called the "CNN effect". Unfortunately, there are other crises and, as Mr. Lubbers said, many other refugees, for example, in Africa. What is of interest to us in the Security Council is to ensure that, when we adopt a peacekeeping mandate-as in the cases of Sierra Leone or the Democratic Republic of the Congo-we are able to take fully into account, to the extent allowed by available resources, the situation of refugees and displaced persons. Mr. Lubbers referred, for instance, to the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone. That mandate provides for the assistance of the Blue Helmets, to the extent possible in their area of deployment, in the return of refugees and displaced persons.”

    2002-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4470 (2002) · source

  3. “There is another requirement, however, on which I know the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is working assiduously: the conditions for return. Before they can return to Afghanistan, refugees must have a home, a job and a normal environment to return to, enabling them to live normally in their own country. I also know that UNHCR is negotiating tripartite agreements with Afghanistan and the host countries Iran and Pakistan precisely in order to plan the return of refugees in due course so that they can enjoy normal conditions in their country of origin. I entirely agree with Mr. Lubbers' statement that we must, of course, pay close attention to the Afghan crisis, but there are many other crises, unfortunately, involving a great many refugees that we must not lose sight of.”

    2002-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4470 (2002) · source

  4. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): I should like to thank the High Commissioner for Refugees for his briefing. With respect to his opening remarks on the fight against terrorism, which he said must in no way compromise international protection of the right to asylum, I have nothing to add. I believe that we agree with them word for word. The international community must actively combat terrorism, in accordance with resolution 1373 (2001), but quite obviously that must in no way mitigate international protection of the rights of refugees. Mr. Lubbers went on to refer to the situation in Afghanistan and in other parts of the world. Concerning the situation in Afghanistan, Mr. Lubbers was right to emphasize the prerequisites for the return of the many refugees now in Iran and Pakistan, one of which is clearly that of safety.”

    2002-02-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4470 (2002) · source

  5. “When we discuss East Timor, perhaps in April, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will participate in order to have good interaction among all the Council's partners in peace-building. My third point is on the Middle East. We kept our commitment to have a meeting on the Middle East in January. It was held yesterday with Mr. Roed-Larsen. We have a press statement available on the web site of the presidency of the Security Council. We must continue, and the question of the Middle East must be dealt with by the Council on a very regular basis. I hope that I did not exceed my three minutes.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  6. “We had an excellent debate on Africa. It was summed up very well at the end by Mr. Ibrahima Fall. With respect to Africa, we have taken note that we will have an opportunity to come back to the issue of targeted and limited sanctions. Also during the debate on Africa, France announced it would soon put forward a proposal for creating a permanent mechanism on sanctions. From the debate on Africa, we should also retain everyone's wish for good cooperation on the peace processes between all the donors and the Security Council. We will soon hold, during the United Kingdom's presidency, a meeting with the Economic and Social Council on the peace-building process.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  7. “But I understand that under the presidency of Mexico we will be able to have a true interactive debate, limited to certain points. And each statement should be limited - as our colleague from Norway recalled - to three minutes. So I shall try to do so with my watch. Three minutes means three points. My first point is on the fight against terrorism. Ambassador Greenstock has in fact given us a good format for interaction with the non-members of the Council. I think it is a good example. We should repeat this type of interactive meeting with non-members of the Council, for example, next month, on the question of Afghanistan. I know that many non-members of the Council wish to be able to have an exchange of views with Mr. Brahimi, and we will shortly have the opportunity to have him here in New York. My second point is on Africa.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  8. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): I would like to thank you, Sir, for the excellent way that you have presided over the Council in the month of January. I would also like to bid farewell, but not adieu, to our colleague, Ambassador Shen. Goodbye. We are certain we shall see you again. Ambassador Levitte would have liked to be able to come here today, because, like many members of the Council, he would have wished our monthly wrap-up to be more interactive to be attended by more representatives. Fortunately, we have here the Permanent Representative of Namibia, a former member of the Council, who certainly would have had some interesting comments to make. The Ambassador of Jamaica, who just left the Chamber, would have liked to stay, and I believe would have done so, if she could have taken the floor.”

    2002-01-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4466 (2002) · source

  9. “I recall that in certain thematic debates in the past certain non- members of the Council that were invited to participate in the debate stated that we had to see to it that the Council did not impinge on the General Assembly's competences. I thank you again, Madam President, for the very complete agenda we had during November. I also thank you for your very useful note, which has made it possible for us to respond to some of the questions you posed to us.”

    2001-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4432 (2001) · source

  10. “As to how they can be linked to conflict situations, I believe that depends on the particular thematic debate. I believe that the thematic debate on the protection of children in armed conflict was very useful, as this is a problem that comes up in questions before the Council - for example, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Great Lakes region and in Sierra Leone. We can use the resolution on the protection of children in armed conflict, adopted under the presidency of Jamaica, to deal with conflicts before the Council. But, in general terms, we must also ensure that we respect the competence of the General Assembly.”

    2001-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4432 (2001) · source

  11. “My last comment has to do with ministerial meetings. In this regard we have seen that the practice is for ministers to meet at the margins of the General Assembly's ministerial week. I believe that has been the case for a number of years. Should that be formalized or not? Undoubtedly, it should not be formalized. At the same time, however, we need to recognize that this takes place almost systematically every year during the ministerial week. As others have said, those meetings need to be well prepared, lead to useful results and deal with very well-defined topics that are closely related to the work of the Security Council. I have a final point on thematic debates. thematic debates are very useful when they deal with matters under the purview of the Security Council.”

    2001-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4432 (2001) · source

  12. “This has also provided a way of having dialogue with non-members of the Council that are Members of the United Nations. That, too, is part of the spirit of transparency and dialogue. But, of course, groups of friends do not exist to do the work of the Council. That must be clear. The Council has its own responsibilities and must fully assume them. But there is no reason why groups of friends or the coordinator of a group of friends could not fully brief the Council on their activities as necessary. I think that the importance of groups of friends is that they bring together countries that are particularly interested in a given crisis, including troop-contributing countries when a peacekeeping operation exists, to discuss how they can act together usefully for the cause of peace in the region concerned.”

    2001-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4432 (2001) · source

  13. “We believe that we must continue the thinking that has begun in the Working Group and that, as one of us has already proposed, the Group could continue its activities next year in order to make further progress in the dialogue with troop-contributing countries. We are making that proposal for the very simple reason that we can have peacekeeping operations only if we have contingents available for peacekeeping; hence the importance of having a very regular dialogue with troop-contributing countries. The President's note also refers to briefings the Council could receive from Member States, organizations and groups of friends. There are sometimes questions with regard to the usefulness of groups of friends. I would recall that such groups involve members of the Council as well as non- members.”

    2001-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4432 (2001) · source

  14. “I would like in particular to emphasize the dialogue between the Security Council and troop- contributing countries. We believe that we must go further on the basis of the recommendations made by the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations, led by Ambassador Ward. As the Ambassador of Bangladesh has just said, we should be able to continue to make progress. France has for several months suggested establishing subsidiary Council bodies for the major peacekeeping operations, and in that framework we could hold regular dialogues between Council members and troop-contributing countries.”

    2001-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4432 (2001) · source

  15. “Each of us, members and non-members of the Council alike, needs to make an effort to make meetings more interactive and less formal. There are several ways of doing that. As others have said, that could involve meetings with other bodies. For instance, Ambassador Greenstock made an excellent proposal to hold an informal meeting with the Economic and Social Council and, possibly, with the presidency of the General Assembly. This could also involve closed meetings with groups of countries, such as the ones we have had on numerous occasions with the signatories to the Lusaka agreements, with those involved in the Arusha process on Burundi, and with the Economic Community of West African States on Sierra Leone and the West African region. I think we should continue in that vein.”

    2001-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4432 (2001) · source

  16. “I believe that the work of Jamaica and its Mission in those two areas will go far beyond this month, however substantial the month of your presidency has been. Madam President, you have submitted a document to the Council about which I would like to make a few comments. My first comment relates to transparency. I think the President is correct in continuing to emphasize the importance of improving the transparency of the Council's work. Many efforts have been made in the last year or two, and we must continue in that direction. I believe that we are responding better and better to the demands of non- members of the Council for an interactive dialogue with them. Of course, as others have said, the open and transparent meetings are sometimes very formal and replete with too many repetitive national statements.”

    2001-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4432 (2001) · source

  17. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): France will not say farewell to you as in the song, Madam President, as you certainly will remain here with us beyond the month of your presidency. As other speakers have already said, your mark, and that of your country, on the work of the Security Council and the United Nations extends beyond the work done during just this one month, which has indeed been excellent. Beyond your work this month, Madam President, I would like, by way of example, to mention your tireless work on behalf of children and in preparation for the summit on children, as well as the work done by your Deputy Permanent Representative, Mr. Ward, in the area of cooperation with troop-contributing countries.”

    2001-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4432 (2001) · source

  18. “Oshima is engaged in consultations with interested Member States on the question of the aide-memoire, the checklist of issues. I would like to tell you, Mr. Oshima, that my country is interested in this question, and we would be delighted to be able to exchange information on this important issue with OCHA. Paragraph 4 of the letter mentions the workshop of experts, and like Ambassador Valdivieso, we are also interested in having other workshops of experts. I think that others have been announced. I would be interested in hearing more about Ambassador Eldon's experience in an earlier workshop. We would be interested in participating in upcoming workshops on this question.”

    2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source

  19. “As Ambassador Eldon mentioned a moment ago, it might also be useful to think about cooperation with the Department of Political Affairs when the conflict in question - I am thinking of Afghanistan because there is no mandate for a peacekeeping operation there - does not relate to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, but to the Department of Political Affairs. Obviously, as you yourself said, Mr. Oshima, there are serious problems in protecting civilians in the Afghan conflict, so this cooperation must definitely be expanded. It clearly already exists, but the cooperation between OCHA and the Department of Political Affairs should be restructured. Next, in paragraph 3 of the letter, we refer to the checklist of questions concerning the modification and establishment of peacekeeping mandates. It is my understanding that Mr.”

    2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source

  20. “The resolution that we adopted yesterday included the reorganization of all activities of the United Nations and its Member States in this area. Perhaps, Mr. Oshima, we could think of the resolution that was adopted yesterday on the protection of children in armed conflict as a precedent for preparing a similar type of resolution or other text that would clarify our ideas about dividing responsibilities in the area of protecting civilians in armed conflict. In paragraph 2 of the Norwegian letter - the letter from the President of the Security Council but drafted by Norway - we refer to the issue of cooperation between the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations in the context of a peacekeeping mandate.”

    2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source

  21. “Mr. Doutriaux (France)(spoke in French): I wish to thank Mr. Kenzo Oshima for the briefing he gave us on the implementation of the Secretary-General's recommendations on the important issue of protecting civilians in armed conflict. With your permission, Madam President, I would like to pick up on a few points mentioned in the excellent letter prepared by Norway in response to the previous report of the Secretary-General. We wish to refer to the question in paragraph 1 of the letter, which was also raised by Mr. Oshima, of reorganizing all activities of the United Nations, funds and programmes in the area of protecting civilians in armed conflict. This is an important matter. It was in this spirit that we, with the Council, drafted the resolution adopted yesterday on the protection of children in armed conflict.”

    2001-11-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4424 (2001) · source

  22. “I also hope that it will enshrine our determination to end barbaric practices against children and, in the end, against humankind.”

    2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source

  23. “Year after year, the international community has increasingly mobilized itself to protect children in armed conflict. The publication, in 1996, of the report by Ms. Graca Machel probably marked a significant stage in the raising of consciousness. The response of the Security Council thereafter did not fall behind. In September 1997 it named Mr. Olara Otunnu as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General; the Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has prosecuted those responsible for rape and sexual violence during times of civil war; special provisions were made for children in the Lome' peace agreements on Sierra Leone; and, finally, the Council adopted numerous resolutions devoted to the protection of children. It is my hope that the draft resolution to be adopted by the Council today can also be ascribed to our efforts in this direction.”

    2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source

  24. “Paragraph 16 requests the Secretary- General to submit an annual list of parties to armed conflicts that recruit or use children in Violation of international obligations applicable to them. That list, submitted to the Council, could be seen as an initial step towards establishing a more effective monitoring and follow-up system for all of the commitments that appear in the text of the draft resolution. The list should also make it possible to measure the progress made on an annual basis. There is no doubt that this could serve to orient the principal donors, Governments and international institutions in the provision of technical and financial assistance and in their contributions to the rehabilitation programmes for children who are victims of conflict.”

    2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source

  25. “Now, turning to the subject of ways and means, according to the draft resolution, the Council should have more effective tools, in relation both to monitoring the fulfilment of commitments and obligations by parties to conflicts, and to mobilizing resources for supporting activities to help the child victims. The Council will continue to give high priority to the situation of children when it considers each of the issues before it. It will ensure that enforcement measures that could be adopted under Article 41 of the Charter take into account the particular vulnerability of civilian populations and that of children in particular. Finally, we ought to emphasize a new mechanism that would also be set up by this Council draft resolution.”

    2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source

  26. “First of all, there are two goals: to build on what has been accomplished, to streamline and to reorganize commitments made by the Council in previous resolutions; and at the same time to sketch out new areas of action by precisely codifying what could be achieved by all actors concerned. This approach underlies the distinctive structure of the draft resolution, which outlines, for the first time, the responsibilities of all - the Council first and foremost, the belligerents themselves, the Member States, United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, international financial institutions, regional development banks, regional organizations and non-State actors such as private enterprise - and presents them in a sort of global road map. Those are the goals.”

    2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source

  27. “The Council was to organize a debate at the highest possible level - that of heads of State and Government - to deal with this question. The draft resolution was designed as a true plan of action for all actors and was to be formally adopted by the heads of State and Government. The postponement of the General Assembly's special session changed the format of our debate; however, it has not lessened our determination to produce a document that can meet the challenge, as the Secretary-General said this morning. The draft resolution that we are about to adopt marks an important stage in protecting children in war. Let me give me a broad outline of the essential elements.”

    2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source

  28. “Otunnu, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Ms. Bellamy. I do not wish to dwell on the topical relevance of the question of children in armed conflict. I can only endorse what has been said by most of the previous speakers. The particularly moving testimony this morning of a young child soldier enabled the Council to comprehend the magnitude and seriousness of the problem. In the strongest possible way, it demonstrates the urgency incumbent upon us, the Council - indeed, our moral responsibility - to take up a challenge that, under the Charter, constitutes a threat to peace and security. When the Council decided in September to respond to the recommendations contained in the Secretary-General's most recent report, we set particularly ambitious goals for ourselves.”

    2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source

  29. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): The European Union will be speaking on our behalf later on. However, I would like to say a few words in our national capacity. First of all, I would like to tell you, Madam President, how pleased we are that this debate is taking place during your term of office. Your commitment to the cause of children is known by each and every one of us, and I am pleased that you have taken the symbolic decision to hold this discussion on 20 November, the anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The importance that we all attach to this question is confirmed by the presence of the Secretary- General at our meeting this morning, as well as that of his Special Representative, Mr.”

    2001-11-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4422Resumption1 (2001) · source

  30. “If the team, whose task would be to carry out spot checks and report to the sanctions Committee, were successful, the Security Council might decide to make it a standing body rather than renew the measures set forth in resolution 1343 (2001) when the resolution comes to term in May 2002. I also have a question to address to the Chairman of the Panel. Last week, a United States newspaper reported that there might be a financial relationship between Mr. Bin Laden and the sanctioned diamonds in Liberia and Sierra Leone. I would be interested in hearing any comments from the Chairman of the Panel on this issue.”

    2001-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4405 (2001) · source

  31. “Sixthly, France encourages a positive response to the request of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - referred to by Ambassador Ouane - to create a small investigatory team in the field that would work with the Panel of Experts now working with the sanctions Committee and would help the Liberian authorities implement the measures set forth in resolution 1343 (2001). This team would be entrusted with monitoring arms trafficking, including arms being sent to the Liberian rebels; diamond smuggling; and the exploitation of tropical woods, rubber and the maritime registry.”

    2001-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4405 (2001) · source

  32. “An audit, as recommended by the Panel of Experts, might be performed with a View to enabling the Security Council to get exact information on this issue when it reaches a decision next May on a possible extension of the sanctions set forth in resolution 1343 (2001). Fifthly, France approves the recommendation to place in escrow any revenue from the maritime registry. Its allocation would be subject to the approval of the sanctions Committee to ensure that its utilization is authorized for purposes in the State's budget, with humanitarian needs as a priority, particularly the restoration of public services.”

    2001-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4405 (2001) · source

  33. “Thirdly, France would like to see resumed exports of raw diamonds from Liberia within the context of a certification system comparable to the one established in resolution 1306 (2000) on Sierra Leone's diamonds - as recommended by the Panel of Experts - and placed under the control of the sanctions Committee of the Security Council. Fourthly, in view of the fact that measures to restrict exports of tropical wood from Liberia may risk the loss of the main means of sustenance for more than 100,000 persons in the country a as detailed in the OCHA report - France would like there to be an investigation into whether a direct relationship exists between the yield of such exports and the arming of Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in Sierra Leone.”

    2001-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4405 (2001) · source

  34. “First, France supports the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for greater effectiveness of embargoes on weapons which continue to be exported to the Mano River region, particularly those that are being sent to the various armed rebellions. Secondly, France supports the recommendation made by the Panel of Experts aimed at lifting the prohibition on aircraft licensed in Liberia. The Monrovian authorities and people must be able to see that the encouraging measures of Security Council sanctions are sincere.”

    2001-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4405 (2001) · source

  35. “With the two reports before us today the Security Council for the first time has all of the elements necessary to make a precise assessment of the effectiveness of existing sanctions and the advisability of imposing new ones. As most of the previous speakers have indicated, three conditions must be met. The first is a direct, established connection between the sector contemplated for new sanctions and the financing and arming of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). The second is humanitarian consequences, which ought not be prohibitive for the Liberian people. And third is a political interest affecting stability in the subregion. The Ambassador of Belgium will be making a statement on behalf of the European Union, and France endorses it completely. I will therefore limit my intervention to six points.”

    2001-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4405 (2001) · source

  36. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): I would like to pay a tribute to the very professional and excellent work accomplished by the Panel of Experts chaired by Mr. Martin Ayafor. The other day Ambassador Mahbubani mentioned the cost of the Panel's operation, which, we believe, appears to be entirely justified in view of the very substantive report submitted to the Security Council. Certainly in the future we might think about recalling the French proposal that a light standing mechanism be established to monitor all sanctions regimes decided upon by the Security Council, with a view to ensuring proper coordination among them. I would also like to thank Mr. Tsui for his excellent report on the humanitarian impact that any additional sanctions would have on Liberia, and I welcome the Liberian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Captan.”

    2001-11-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4405 (2001) · source

  37. “We believe that groups of friends, which include members and non- members of the Security Council - including, in some cases, countries contributing troops to a particular peacekeeping operation - have demonstrated their usefulness, but we are willing to continue exchanging views on this subject with delegations that would like to look further into their functioning. I will not go on at greater length. I thank you, Mr. President, for having given us the opportunity to speak in public today on the subject of the methods of work of the Council.”

    2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source

  38. “Perhaps he was thinking of Afghanistan, a question on which some countries have suggested the Security Council might meet the members of the "Six plus Two" group. My fourth point relates to the sanctions policy, which was raised by several delegations who expressed the hope that the excellent report prepared by Ambassador Chowdhury might see the light of day and achieve consensus. We share this concern, expressed by several delegations. I would like to comment on a point raised by one or two delegations, in particular the delegation of Jamaica, on the groups of friends.”

    2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source

  39. “The Security Council should more often work in concert with regional actors, as we have done several times with Economic Community of West African States for Sierra Leone and the region; as we have done for the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the signatory countries of the Lusaka Agreement; and, in an interdependent manner, with the upcoming presidency of Ireland in October, when we will hold another meeting between the Security Council and the signatory countries of the Lusaka Agreement, in order to give expression to the regional approach we discussed at the Princeton Club. I believe it was Ambassador Mahbubani who said this regional approach could also be valuable for other regions beyond Africa.”

    2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source

  40. “From this point of view, my delegation would be entirely in favour of the implementation of resolution 1353 (2001), as the Ambassador of the United Kingdom and Ambassador Ward of Jamaica recently requested. An interesting case is perhaps that of Timor. In the near future we will have to examine the evolution of the United Nations presence, in the context of independence and of after independence. We should work much more closely with the troop-contributing countries. Thirdly, there was an excellent and very useful seminar at the Princeton Club on the regional approach, the regional dimension. I think it was very useful.”

    2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source

  41. “However, within the framework of these public meetings, we can also have public meetings of the Security Council with the participation of non- members of the Council, but on subjects for which it is possible to have a greater degree of interactivity and a less formal structure. That kind of meeting, rather like the kind of meeting held yesterday on the Democratic Republic of Congo, is very much welcomed by my delegation: interactive public meetings, as often as possible. It is a good idea and should be employed more often. Secondly, we are also in favour of increasing relationships between the Security Council and the troop-contributing countries on peacekeeping matters. We cannot assemble, develop or modify a peacekeeping operation unless we have full understanding, consultation and cooperation with the troop-contributing countries.”

    2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source

  42. “There is a large number of cases in which we have everything to gain from acting in the most transparent way possible, including subjects on which political declarations are awaited on sensitive issues. In that respect, the public debate we had on the Middle East under the Colombian presidency was very important. As several speakers have said already, that issue of the Middle East remains open, and my delegation also shares some of the frustrations that have been aired here about the fact that the Security Council was not able to take a stand on that important question, which remains open, as the Council was reminded just now by the Ambassador of China.”

    2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source

  43. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): I wish to tell you, Sir, that we are very happy to have you as President for the second time in the course of this month. I would also like to say how happy we have been to work with the excellent Colombian presidency through the month of August, headed by Ambassador Valdivieso and all his team. I would like to thank Ambassador Valdivieso for the small note he read out to us to introduce today's public debate, which seemed to us to be very useful. There are just a few points touched upon in that note that I would like to comment on. First, is the issue of the transparency and openness of our work to the whole of the membership of the United Nations. We believe that the current trend to greater transparency and more public meetings is a good trend, and my delegation is entirely in favour of that.”

    2001-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4363 (2001) · source

  44. “We understand that his new Special Representative, Mr. Ngongi, will be accompanying him in his travels. We welcome Mr. Ngongi's appointment and arrival. We take this opportunity to pay tribute to Mr. Morjane for his outstanding work, as I told him a few days ago, before the conclusion of his duties in Kinshasa.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

  45. “At a later stage, the Council intends again to invite to New York the members of the Political Committee of the Lusaka Agreement, with whom the Council maintains an ongoing dialogue. I think members will recall that they were invited here last February and that during the Security Council mission to the region in May, the Council met all the members of the Political Committee of the Lusaka Agreement. On the occasion of the special session of the General Assembly on children, we will have an opportunity for further contacts, since I understand that most of the countries of the region will be represented at the very highest level during the summit on children to be held from 19 to 21 September. In the meantime, we wish complete success to the Secretary-General, who will be going to the region.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

  46. “Following the publication of that report, we noted growing awareness by the international community of this plundering, which is considered to be fuelling the conflict and to be one of the reasons for the grave serious human rights violations as a result of the plundering. The Security Council needs to implement appropriate measures to end the illegal exploitation of resources. We hope that the Panel of Experts document to be published this autumn will indicate that progress has been made in this area. Let me speak briefly about the future timeframe. The Council will continue to follow the question of the Democratic Republic of the Congo very closely. Next week we will meet with Sir Ketumile Masire, the facilitator of the inter-Congolese dialogue.”

    2001-08-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4361 (2001) · source

  47. “With respect to human rights issues, all parties need to continue and do more very strictly to respect human rights in all areas under their control. In liaison with the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Garreton, the Council plans to remain watchful on this issue. There cannot be any settlement or reconciliation if those who violate human rights go unpunished. Another issue on which the Council has focused is the plundering of resources. In April, we received the report from the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”

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  48. “Annabi has given us useful information, including on the four coordination centres and on the outlook for phase III. We will be calling for the future deployments and an increase in MONUC personnel, especially a gradual deployment in the eastern part of the country. Mr. Annabi referred also to economic, humanitarian and human rights issues. He said that the economic and humanitarian situation is still disastrous despite the progress already achieved in difficult conditions by the United Nations and non- governmental organizations. The re-opening of the river, to which he referred, will be a breath of fresh air for the Congolese people, allowing for better provision of supplies to the cities. The parties must assist MONUC in re-establishing river traffic, which is of vital importance for the Congolese people.”

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  49. “It is not a question of the RCD-Goma evacuating the city. The city needs to be demilitarized, which is a very different matter. That obligation does not affect the civilian presence of the RCD-Goma, which can continue to administer the city until the crisis is resolved. However, the RCD-Goma must withdraw its military forces from the city of Kisangani. Another point was the importance of the parties continuing to cooperate with MONUC and the question of the future deployment of forces, which was also referred to by Mr. Annabi. Mr. Annabi spoke about cooperation of the parties with MONUC. The Security Council must not accept that United Nations personnel should be subjected to threats and to pressure. This is an important issue that the future deployment of MONUC clearly depends upon. Mr.”

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  50. “We then need to reflect on and provide support for phase III of the MONUC deployment, which Mr. Annabi also mentioned. The second point Mr. Annabi raised related to the demilitarization of Kisangani. This is an important issue, and the Security Council has made it quite clear that Kisangani needs to be demilitarized, and this is up to the Rassemblement congolais pour la de'mocratie (RCD-Goma). Resolution 1304 (2000) was very clear on this point. Rwanda and Uganda accepted the terms of that resolution. The next step is to convince RCD-Goma to accept it and to obtain their cooperation, because they alone now have troops in Kisangani. Let me recall that this city has become somewhat symbolic in the peace process. We therefore need to demilitarize Kisangani. The present situation cannot be allowed to continue.”

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