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  1. “The Security Council could complement the efforts of the General Assembly by galvanizing support for the implementation of the Secretary-General's recommendations. The current efforts in Africa to address issues of governance, conflict prevention, peace and security through the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) offer a common platform for the Security Council's actions and approaches. That platform, based on a comprehensive treatment of the inter-linkages between peace and development and a recognition of Africa's primary role in its own development, also reinforces the coherence in and coordination of the roles of the organs of the United Nations, including at the Secretariat level.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source

  2. “The Security Council could spearhead such efforts, demonstrating the same urgency with which it deals with other priority issues. In this regard, the Council should be guided by the Secretary-General's report, issued in 1998, on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa. The Open- ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa, established to monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the Secretary-General's report, has already made some useful suggestions that, if carefully considered and implemented, would go a long way towards addressing the situation in Africa.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source

  3. “Of particular concern to the international community, and indeed to the Council, have been conflicts fuelled by the easy availability of arms, which are often procured by non-State actors with the connivance of some Governments. Such conventional weapons have tended to exacerbate tensions unnecessarily and to prolong them, despite efforts to manage and resolve them. The Council itself held an open debate on that issue, in the wake of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, to consider its role in the process. We look forward to further action on the matter, given its importance, particularly to Africa. We feel that the international community must remain engaged in the important process of preventing and settling conflicts, as well as maintaining peace in Africa.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source

  4. “Consequently, our Governments do not have at their disposal sufficient resources to fund crucial social programmes, such as those in the spheres of health and education, which are deemed fundamental to any committed effort to tackle the pervasive problem of poverty, which is one of the many causes of conflict in the region. Our problems have been compounded by the scourge of HIV/AIDS and other endemic diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria. But we should also be realistic in recognizing that programmes for development in Africa are also affected by a number of external factors. These include non-remunerative prices for our export products, unfavourable terms of trade, the debt overhang and lack of access to the markets of the developed countries in an era of plummeting official development assistance.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source

  5. “My own country, Ghana, has implemented economic reforms for more than a decade. Recently we successfully conducted elections at the highest level and managed a smooth handover of the reins of government from one party to another in an atmosphere of peace and calm. Strenuous efforts are still under way under the new Government's "golden age of business" policy to ensure the full participation of the private sector in national economic management, a sine qua non for rapid development. However, we should be frank and admit that, regrettably, many intra-State conflicts are still raging in Africa. Moreover, after years of painful economic reforms, only a few African countries have found in the post-liberalization period the expected sustained growth path.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source

  6. “Of late there have been positive developments in conflict areas such as Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi. African countries have recognized that Africa ultimately has to pull itself up by its own bootstraps, and many are the African States whose leaders, through genuine commitment to the establishment of democratic pluralism, including good governance and respect for fundamental human rights and the rule of law, are gradually putting in place policies that will bring about stability, transparency, accountability and ultimately peace and security. Given the nexus among peace, security and development, many African countries have also painfully implemented market-oriented policies, including the liberalization and privatization of their economies.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source

  7. “We believe that their contributions too have set the tone for this debate. N0 region is immune to conflict, and Africa is no exception. For, so long as societies evolve and experience changes, tensions in communities and in States will be a natural consequence. The ability to deal with such trends promptly and resolutely, in such a manner that they do not obstruct societal development, is what is critical. Africa's vulnerability, in our view, stems primarily from institutional weaknesses in its economic and political systems that hinder the ability of many African countries to foresee, forestall or manage tensions or conflicts when they occur. Nor, given the same constraints, are the necessary lessons learned to prevent the re-emergence of such conflicts. The situation in Africa is not wholly gloomy.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source

  8. “We are heartened by the decision of the United Kingdom, announced yesterday by Baroness Amos, to devote its next presidency, in July, to giving a further African focus to the Council's work. The continued crises in many parts of Africa constitute an eloquent pointer to the need for a more comprehensive and integrated approach in dealing with the multifaceted problems of the continent. In that regard, my delegation welcomes the comments made by the Deputy Secretary-General, who highlighted the challenges confronting the continent and the role the international community must continue to play to help in addressing them. We warmly welcome the presence in the Council Chamber of the new Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Mr. Amara Essy, and of a number of African Foreign Ministers.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source

  9. “Mr. President, my delegation appreciates the opportunity to participate in this debate and wishes to congratulate your country on the success with which it has presided over the affairs of the Council this month. We also congratulate you on your initiative in ensuring that Africa remains a priority issue on the Council's agenda. Over the past two years, the Council's work programme has covered various issues affecting Africa; these must continue to engage the Council's attention if this organ is effectively and efficiently to discharge its Charter responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Ghana therefore commends the Council thus far, particularly those members who have used their presidencies to focus on African issues.”

    2002-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460Resumption2 (2002) · source

  10. “The delegations of Member States, particularly those from Africa, demonstrated the necessary political will and flexibility that ensured a successful outcome of the Conference two weeks ago. Following the Conference, the Council can facilitate the process for the development of an international instrument on small arms by also exhibiting the necessary cooperative support in promoting initiatives such as workshops in various regions and subregions on the small arms issue that would serve as a platform on which to launch the process. The Council, acting in this way, can justify its efforts to participate and contribute in this area.”

    2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source

  11. “The Council's support and initiative in the establishment of funds, such as the Small Arms Fund, which could support regional initiatives, as envisaged in the Programme of Action, would go a long way towards helping strengthen those mechanisms at the regional and subregional levels. The fourth aspect relates to follow-up mechanisms. The Programme of Action highlights the promotion of conflict prevention mechanisms as one measure for curbing the need or demand for small arms and light weapons. The Council's involvement, through the use of its good offices to encourage affected States to solicit assistance from other States and from regional and international organizations in the pursuit of negotiated solutions to conflicts, would be pivotal in helping to avert conflict.”

    2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source

  12. “The third aspect is the strengthening of regional and subregional mechanisms. The Council's recognition of the complementary role of regional and subregional mechanisms in the maintenance of global peace and security has been evident in its many reports reviewing the progress of various peacekeeping missions. Yet the lack of resources and appropriate technology to make it possible to consolidate initiatives at those levels to encourage activities such as intelligence sharing, transparency, cross-border weapons collection programmes and the coordination of national armaments regulations has hindered the further development and consolidation of existing mechanisms, such as arms moratoriums.”

    2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source

  13. “The new logic should be one that calls for emphasis on preventing a former combatant from taking up his or her gun because of a failed demobilization and reintegration effort. The Council must be seen to be working to make that thinking a reality. Secondly, ensuring the effective implementation of arms embargoes imposed by the Council is one sure way of curbing the supply of small arms and light weapons to conflict areas, particularly to non-State actors. We know that such embargoes have in the past been broken with impunity by arms brokers often acting with the connivance of State actors. We would like to see the Council demonstrate greater cohesion, vigilance and decisiveness in monitoring, exposing and censuring breaches of its embargoes once such conduct is exposed.”

    2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source

  14. “Since the Security Council is charged primarily with the maintenance of international peace and security, it should play a role that focuses on the following aspects of the Programme of Action. The first of these is lessons learned. There is no doubt that the early integration of former combatants into mainstream civilian life is a critical element that promotes reconciliation and prevents the recurrence of conflict. My delegation feels that the Security Council can contribute to that process through the inclusion, where applicable, of relevant provisions for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) in the mandates and budgets of peacekeeping operations. Such mandates must be broad enough and sufficiently well resourced to enable missions to execute the critical DDR components of their operations.”

    2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source

  15. “Allow me also to congratulate the Secretary- General and the Department for Disarmament Affairs on their supportive role in ensuring the successful conclusion of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and the adoption of a realistic Programme of Action to prevent, combat and eradicate that phenomenon. Despite its deficiencies, the Programme of Action sets out in a comprehensive manner not only measures to be implemented at the national, regional and global levels to manage and control the illicit proliferation of small arms, but also options for dealing with problems associated with the trend.”

    2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source

  16. “Mr. President, Ghana too joins other speakers in commending you for your initiative to hold this Council debate so soon after the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects. Given the prominent role played by your country in the discussions leading to the Conference and during the Conference itself, the decision to make this a priority issue for consideration by the Council so early in Colombia's presidency is an eloquent reflection of your country's keen desire to bring about the eradication of this menace, and of its commitment to that goal. We are confident that this debate will enhance consideration of the outcome of the Conference later this year by the General Assembly, which mandated it.”

    2001-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4355Resumption1 (2001) · source