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1. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): I should like to welcome here the Minister for External Relations of Angola, Mr. De Miranda, and Minister Peter Hain of the United Kingdom. We are also pleased to see some members of the Panel here, particularly the Chairman, Ambassador Mollander. Thank you, Mr. President, for putting the situation in Angola on the Council's agenda today. The people of Angola have been suffering for too long from really devastating humanitarian consequences of a conflict which has gone on for far too long. Today, for the first time we are considering the report submitted by the Panel of Experts just introduced by Ambassador Fowler. I have three comments I wish to make on the report introduced by the Ambassador of Canada.”

   2000-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4113 (2000) · source

2. “Is there a problem of command within the divided rebel movement or, more seriously, a fundamental refusal to implement the Lome Agreement and, in the final analysis, to relinquish control of the diamond-producing regions? Finally, in paragraph 5 of his report, the Secretary- General notes that Mr. Koroma, the Chairman of the Commission for the Consolidation of Peace, has already presented his views concerning the organization of work of his Commission. Do these plans truly reflect the wishes of all the parties in Sierra Leone and have they been discussed with the United Nations?”

   1999-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4078 (1999) · source

3. “We note that the Mission has been largely deployed in the southern part of the country along a line between Lungi and Daru, which quite naturally covers the positions held by ECOMOG. What are the Secretariat's intentions as to deployment in the northern part of the country? Have security guarantees for UNAMSIL troops to be deployed there already been negotiated with the rebel movements active in those regions? Secondly, with respect to the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, the report emphasizes that doubts remain with regard to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) commitment to the programme. How does the Secretariat assess the nature of these doubts? Is it simply concerned that the RUF will raise the stakes?”

   1999-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4078 (1999) · source

4. “France welcomes the deployment of the first units of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and again thanks the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) for its critical role in providing security nationwide and in facilitating the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme. We would emphasize the importance and urgency of providing humanitarian assistance to Sierra Leone. I call Council members' attention to the fact that France recently contributed 1 million francs to the World Food Programme to benefit Sierra Leone. I wish to address a few questions to the representative of the Secretariat. The first concerns the deployment of UNAMSIL, as reflected in the map annexed to the Secretary-General's report.”

   1999-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4078 (1999) · source

5. “I would cite the hostage- taking recently committed by certain rebel leaders and members of the former junta, in particular the abduction of humanitarian personnel working for Medecins sans Frontieres. France calls on the rebel movements to facilitate the unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance to all regions of the country and to ensure the security of the personnel of humanitarian agencies. We welcome the launching of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme and call on all parties to hasten its implementation. We stress the importance of financial support for this programme.”

   1999-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4078 (1999) · source

6. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): I wish at the outset to thank Under-Secretary-General Miyet for his oral briefing and the Secretary-General for his report. Our country fully supports the implementation of the Lome Peace Agreement and calls on all parties, particularly the rebels, scrupulously to respect its provisions, including the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In this respect, France welcomes the establishment by President Kabbah of the new Government of National Unity in October. However, like most delegations that have spoken before us, France deplores and condemns the ceasefire violations that have occurred since July and the numerous ongoing human rights violations.”

   1999-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4078 (1999) · source

7. “We must demand once again from the various Afghan factions to cease sheltering of and training terrorist organizations and to halt the production of and trade in illegal drugs. We urgently demand that the various Afghan factions, and in particular the Taliban, immediately cease their repeated violations of the principles laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and by international humanitarian law. We urgently demand an immediate cessation to all foreign interference in the Afghan conflict, and in particular the sending of arms and volunteers to the factions. The French delegation calls for the continuation by the United Nations of all initiatives conducive to restoring peace and stability in Afghanistan. Sir Kieran wondered about the future of the initiatives of the "six plus two" group.”

   1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039 (1999) · source

8. “We particularly condemn the operations carried out against certain ethnic or religious groups in Afghanistan, and we are deeply troubled by the deportations of civilians organized during the last few weeks in the Shomali plains. France supports the efforts being made by the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan and by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, for the re-establishment of peace and the sovereignty and integrity of Afghanistan. We reaffirm our dedication to the fundamental principles of a settlement to the Afghan conflict laid down by the Security Council in resolution 1214 (1998). We also reaffirm that the United Nations must play a central role in the establishment of a process for a settlement of the Afghan conflict. We support all of the attempts designed to promote a peaceful solution.”

   1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039 (1999) · source

9. “We once again condemn the resumption of hostilities and deeply deplore the failure of the various attempts at reconciliation among the parties. We note that the refusal of the Taliban to engage in constructive dialogue with the United Front is a major obstacle to the implementation of a peaceful solution. We are concerned by the additional suffering caused by the resumption of fighting for the civilian population, whose humanitarian situation is deteriorating in an alarming manner. We condemn the continuation of measures that violate human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particular those of women and young girls.”

   1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039 (1999) · source

10. “I also wish to thank the Under-Secretary-General, Sir Kieran Prendergast, for the presentation he made regarding the most recent events in the situation in Afghanistan. We are pleased to have the presence of the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, and we thank him for the information he gave us on the situation in his country. The internal situation in Afghanistan has achieved no positive progress; on the contrary, it has undergone a clear deterioration over the last few weeks following the new offensive waged in the north. France is particularly concerned by these developments, which are once again blocking a settlement of the conflict by peaceful means, are flouting the Tashkent Declaration of 19 July and are exacerbating the terrible situation of the civilian population.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039 (1999) · source

11. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (interpretation from French): I wish first of all to thank you, Mr. President, for this excellent initiative. Much is said among the Members of the United Nations on the lack of transparency in the work of the Security Council. I think that today you have taken an excellent initiative towards transparency, and we particularly appreciate the opportunity to hear an oral report from Sir Kieran Prendergast on a crisis situation, the situation in Afghanistan, in the formal meeting Chamber of the Security Council with the presence of the Member States who wished to be present. This marks an important step towards greater transparency in the work of the Security Council. Thank you again, Sir. I also wish to ask you to convey our wishes for a rapid recovery to Ambassador Brahimi. We very much regret his absence here today.”

    1999-08-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4039 (1999) · source

12. “That is why France, along with its partners in the European Union - as was just pointed out by the representative of the United Kingdom - has undertaken joint action and follows with interest the efforts of other countries and regional groups to control this phenomenon. We should mobilize every means at our disposal to allow children to enjoy their right to peace. I welcome the valuable contribution of Mr. Otunnu, which he will continue to make in the context of his mission. I also welcome the tireless work in the field of the agencies and other bodies of the United Nations, in particular the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Children represent humanity's future. Protecting them is an essential objective for all of us.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037 (1999) · source

13. “In the context of our activities in the Security Council, we shall see to it that our concern for the protection of children be duly and systematically taken into account in all of our decisions, including in the implementation of sanctions regimes. In this regard, the draft resolution we will shortly adopt provides us with a "road map" for honouring these commitments. We must ensure their follow-up, especially when we receive reports of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians, as well as in the specific case of every operation approved by the Security Council. Moreover, the uncontrolled and destabilizing distribution of small arms and light weapons turns children into victims and executioners alike.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037 (1999) · source

14. “At lO-years old, the Convention on the Rights of the Child is a relatively recent instrument, but we must continue to advance along the path to improved protection. In this regard, we welcome the adoption, since our debate last year on the protection of children, of the Statute of the International Criminal Court. The entry into force of the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti- personnel Mines and on Their Destruction is another positive development. France hopes to continue to work actively to protect children. It has already done so through its commitment to providing financial support of one of Mr. Otunnu's projects.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037 (1999) · source

15. “We hope that the ongoing negotiations on this matter will lead in the year 2000 to the adoption of an additional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child that will end the use of child soldiers and will raise the minimum age of participation in hostilities to 18. The definition of international norms is not sufficient, of course, but it is a necessary first step. Thus, we welcome and support the action undertaken by the Special Representative, Mr. Olara Otunnu, to convince parties to a conflict to commit themselves explicitly to respecting the rights established by the conventions. Not only the United Nations system as a whole, but also States and other actors must contribute to raising awareness and to working together.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037 (1999) · source

16. “Today's debate provides a timely opportunity for the Council to adopt a draft resolution, a text which is most welcome and which my delegation entirely supports. The tragic events that have been described by Mr. Otunnu and others, such as the situation of children in Sierra Leone, compel us to act to ensure respect for and the strengthening of the minimal protections that must be provided to children. Let me emphasize a number of elements of this debate. The first is the need for truly universal ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and for strengthening it with respect to the age of participation in armed conflict; it is sad to note that it does not now enable us to combat the scourge under which thousands of children throughout the world suffer.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037 (1999) · source

17. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): After its long struggle for independence, Sir, your country is presiding over the Security Council this month and you yourself will serve as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session. France welcomes this, and welcomes your country's very effective and active guidance of the Council's work during this particularly busy month of August. We are grateful to you for this. I thank you too for convening this open debate on the question of children and armed conflict, which again demonstrates the determination of the Security Council to do all it can to protect civilian populations and to ensure respect for international law and the maintenance of peace. It is peace that is desired by the children that Mr. Otunnu has met everywhere he has gone in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas.”

    1999-08-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4037 (1999) · source

18. “Africans themselves, through their regional organizations, have been able to put an end to an atrocious war and to restore peace. They have asked for the support of the United Nations and the Security Council. The United Nations must respond to that request in keeping with its peacekeeping responsibilities. That is the purpose of the draft resolution that we are called upon to adopt. For us, there should be no double standards with regard to United Nations peacekeeping in the world. Accordingly, our delegation will vote in favour of this initial draft resolution, which will be followed by others. France intends to make a contribution to increasing the size of UNOMSIL and stands ready to make a number of military observers available to that force.”

    1999-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4035 (1999) · source

19. “My delegation welcomes the role of all those who have worked to achieve this Agreement, particularly the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the President of Togo in his capacity as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), whose country hosted the talks, and the Presidents of Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Liberia. We also pay tribute to the role played by the ECOWAS Monitoring Group. France expresses its satisfaction with this decisive step taken to promote peace and calls upon the Government of Sierra Leone and the leaders of the Revolutionary United Front to work together to ensure the full implementation of the provisions of the Agreement. We are fully aware of the difficulties that the parties to the Agreement will face in their efforts for reconciliation.”

    1999-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4035 (1999) · source

20. “This draft resolution follows up the adoption of the Lorne Agreement, on 7 July 1999, between the Government of Sierra Leone and the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front. This Agreement gives the people of Sierra Leone a long-awaited opportunity to put an end to a conflict that has afflicted the country for eight years. The representative of Sierra Leone has recalled for all of us the atrocities that have been committed against the civilian population throughout this long conflict. In particular, he has cited the mutilation of many victims: women, children and men.”

    1999-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4035 (1999) · source

21. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): Mr. President, we are very pleased that it is under the presidency of Namibia that the Security Council has been able to approve peacekeeping operations in Africa. On 6 August 1999, under your presidency and that of your country, we approved the peacekeeping operation for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today we will adopt a draft resolution on Sierra Leone, and we hope that, still under your presidency, between now and the end of the month, there will be hope for another part of Africa, the Horn of Africa. The draft resolution submitted to the Council authorizes the deployment of new United Nations observers to Sierra Leone within the framework of the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL).”

    1999-08-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4035 (1999) · source

22. “France hopes that the Council will quickly reach an agreement, pursuant to the recommendations of the three panels, that would make it possible to restore the unity of the Council, resolve the humanitarian crisis, ensure the resumption of normal relations between the United Nations and Iraq and ensure regional security. I wish to recall that last January we made proposals to that effect. The President (spoke in French) I shall now put to the vote the draft resolution contained in document S/1999/588. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Gabon, Gambia, Malaysia, Namibia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Slovenia. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America”

    1999-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4008 (1999) · source

23. “In approving this sixth phase, we should also bear in mind the very clear conclusion of the report of the humanitarian panel (S/1999/356, annex II), which in paragraph 58 states, "the panel reiterates its understanding that the humanitarian situation in Iraq will continue to be a dire one in the absence of a sustained revival of the Iraqi economy, which in turn cannot be achieved solely through remedial humanitarian efforts." Resolution 986 (1995), even in an improved form, will therefore not be able to provide anything but a partial and temporary response to the problem.”

    1999-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4008 (1999) · source

24. “We are pleased to note that a positive gain seems to have been achieved. We understand from the consultations in the Council and from the addition of paragraph 14 to the draft resolution that the Council will be flexible and open on the question of the oil ceiling. If Iraq should exceed the ceiling during the sixth phase, we understand that the Council does not intend to ask Baghdad to suspend its sales. The flow of goods will not be interrupted.”

    1999-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4008 (1999) · source

25. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (spoke in French): Today, in renewing the oil-for-food programme for a sixth phase, the Council is thinking of the very grave humanitarian crisis affecting Iraq. Under the leadership of Mr. Amorim, the humanitarian panel confirmed that the disturbing figures given by United Nations agencies regarding the nutritional, health and social situation of Iraq were reliable and accurate. The Council will no longer be able to say that it did not know. The Council, like Iraq, must assume its responsibilities. At the beginning of April the panel formulated ambitious recommendations to improve the functioning of resolution 986 (1995) and to assist the Iraqi population. We would have hoped that all these proposals would have come into force as of the beginning of this new phase. We shall continue our endeavours to that end.”

    1999-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4008 (1999) · source

26. “Finally, allow me also to refer to what the Chairman of the sanctions Committee on Sierra Leone has said. We must continue to question ourselves about the effectiveness of our policy of embargo on the supply of arms to rebels in Sierra Leone. We must ask ourselves about its effectiveness and whether it should perhaps be strengthened to promote an abatement of tension and an end to conflict in Sierra Leone. I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this open debate on an item that remains a matter of concern despite some encouraging signs.”

    1998-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3957 (1998) · source

27. “Of course, the prerequisite for such dialogue is a cessation of hostilities by the rebels. Let us acknowledge that in Sierra Leone, as in many other countries in Africa where there is civil war, hostilities must cease and dialogue must be promoted between the Government and those contesting its authority. The solution should also include support for regional initiatives, namely, for the work and actions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its Monitoring Group (ECOMOG). This is what we are doing in our resolutions and also what some donor countries supporting ECOMOG are doing. France is also providing its support through bilateral assistance to support the Guinea-Conakry contingent participating in ECOMOG activities in Sierra Leone.”

    1998-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3957 (1998) · source

28. “But when we read the report of the Secretary- General, we note that there have been some encouraging developments - particularly the recent summit that brought together President Kabbah of Sierra Leone, President Taylor of Liberia and President Conte of Guinea - which make it possible to envisage rapprochement among those three countries. It is clear that the internal situation in Sierra Leone depends also on what takes place on the regional level, so we should support anything that can be done to promote rapprochement among the three leaders and among their countries. Let me note in passing that those three presidents, along with many other African leaders, participated in the Franco-African Summit held at Paris a few weeks ago. On the internal level, there is clearly only one solution: dialogue.”

    1998-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3957 (1998) · source

29. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (interpretation from French): I thank Mr. Bernard Miyet for briefing the Council on the situation in Sierra Leone on behalf of the Secretary-General. I also thank Ambassador Dahlgren for briefing us following his visit to the region, inter alia in his capacity as Chairman of the sanctions Committee on Sierra Leone. We note from those briefings that considerable and serious difficulties remain, with an impact on the humanitarian situation of the population. Human rights violations persist, and executions have taken place; we have condemned these. In the military sphere, as Mr. Miyet has noted, attacks by rebel forces continue.”

    1998-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3957 (1998) · source

30. “In this regard, we can only deplore the fact that the obstruction of the political process in Haiti continues to impede the establishment of a genuine development policy, weakens the Haitian administration, prevents the beginning of a genuine process of decentralization and slows the implementation of structural reforms, which remain indispensable.”

    1998-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3949 (1998) · source

31. “We should not jeopardize the efforts Haiti has made to strengthen its institutions, and thus should stick to a pragmatic approach. We welcome the fact that the draft resolution before us explicitly requests the Secretary-General to make recommendations starting in mid-1999 for the establishment of the mechanism that could replace MIPONUH. In order to allow MIPONUH to fulfil its mandate next year and to put in place an assistance mechanism supported by other United Nations institutions in Haiti, we fully associate ourselves with the appeal made by the Secretary-General to Government officials and Haitian political leaders to put an end to their futile disputes and to find a solution to the present political crisis.”

    1998-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3949 (1998) · source

32. “The presence of MIPONUH, together with actions for bilateral and multilateral cooperation, represents, in a still-fragile political context, a significant counterweight to the setbacks that could still occur. Risks exist in relation to the expansion of the drug trade, threats of human rights violations or possible attempts at the recovery of the police forces by one or another political faction. France shares the concern expressed by a certain number of countries that the Council should wind down the activities of MIPONUH and transfer the management of this Mission to another framework. It is, however, clear that this transition must be organized and take place over time in order not to damage the results obtained to date.”

    1998-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3949 (1998) · source

33. “Mr. Doutriaux (France) (interpretation from French): The French delegation supports the draft resolution on which we are about to vote extending the mandate of the United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH) until 30 November 1999. We firmly support this extension for the following reasons. MIPONUH, under the impetus of the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Harston - whose competence and thoroughness we should like to hail here once again - has achieved significant technical results in the field. Unfortunately, however, they are today still incomplete. Those results, as well as the investment that has been made by the international community in Haiti for several years, should be preserved. The Haitian National Police is today one of the State institutions that can shoulder its mission.”

    1998-11-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3949 (1998) · source