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Empole

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2013-10-21
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2021-12-06
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  1. “My country has taken on that task, with significant progress having been made noted in the conflict area in terms of reducing the threats to the security of the population and improving the Government's management of that security. As evidence of that, following the signing of the Framework, the Congolese Government undertook to fulfil its obligations, which, incidentally, correspond to tasks that it identified 11 years ago and which it treats as important and priority tasks. In that context, we have both accelerated and better systematized our reform of the security sector.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  2. “To be sustainable, the solution must also come about through a sincere dialogue among all the internal and external parties and a good faith implementation of the conclusions reached among them. Therefore, for its part, the Congolese Government remains committed to the Kampala talks, thus putting to the test the good faith of the M-23 leaders and all stakeholders involved. Unfortunately - and we have all witnessed this i it has not been possible to date to achieve a just and balanced agreement. In the same vein, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo encourages other States in the region to follow its lead in this respect. The Democratic Republic of Congo is shouldering its share of responsibility so that peace and harmony can be rapidly restored to the region.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  3. “The strengthening of the Brigade's operational capacities, including through the provision of additional attack helicopters and unarmed drone systems, is a step that should be taken in all urgency and that would allow the Brigade both to fulfil its mission to protect civilians and fight all armed groups as well as to defend itself against the recurring provocations by the M-23. That said, we recognize that military force alone cannot solve the complex equation needed to achieve peace in the Great Lakes region of Africa, where the causes of conflicts and disputes overlap and are both internal and external in nature. Given the extremism espoused by all ofthe negative forces, force is necessary but not sufficient.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  4. “It is for the same reason that the Democratic Republic of Congo, whose population, more than any other, suffers under the presence of foreign armed groups on its territory, would never collaborate in any way with such forces, whose hallmark is killing, rape, abuse of all kinds and the looting of public and private property and natural resources. The deployment on the ground of the Intervention Brigade established by resolution 2098 (2013) is an undeniable step forward, and we fully appreciate it. We would like for all States concerned to trust the Brigade to carry out the responsibilities entrusted to it by the Security Council, namely, monitoring and securing the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighbours to the east on the one hand; and, on the other hand, neutralizing all negative forces without exception.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  5. “Moreover, the volatile security situation extends into many areas of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to the activities of several other negative forces, both domestic and foreign, including the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda (FDLR), the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces/National Army for the Liberation of Uganda, Mayi-Mayi Raia Mutomboki and others, the Nduma Defence for Congo and others, as so well described in the two reports of the Secretary-General. That is why no country in the Great Lakes region has campaigned more vigorously than the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the establishment of an intervention brigade tasked with neutralizing all negative forces, including the FDLR, and endowed with an offensive mandate.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  6. “As we meet today, the populations of Goma and Rutshuru still live in fear and uncertainty due to the sporadic attacks that the Mouvement du 23 mars (M-23), with the help of its well-known external allies, has been launching against the defensive positions of the Forces armees de la Republique de'mocratique du Congo (FARDC) since the adoption of resolution 2098 (2013) and despite its provisions.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  7. “We welcome the progress noted at the regional level in the implementation of commitments taken under the Framework, including the adoption of regional monitoring criteria and progress indicators by the Heads of State gathered under the auspices of the "11+4" mechanism, on 23 September, on the margins of the general debate of the General Assembly at its sixty- eighth session. However, the security and humanitarian situation in the region remains fragile and is cause for concern.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  8. “I would remind the Council that, as a result of those conflicts, my country has lost more than 6 million lives over two decades of war, with thousands of women raped and abused; millions of children unable to go to school because they have had to constantly move to escape the war; approximately 3 million people displaced and forced to abandon their fields, livestock and small-scale economic and subsistence activities; thousands of men, women and children infected through no fault of their own with HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections or suffering from malaria; and many deaths due to childbirth in inappropriate circumstances. That list is not exhaustive.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  9. “Joseph Kabila Kabange, to work for lasting peace in the Great Lakes region, together with you, the Secretary-General, his peers from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and all our other bilateral and multilateral partners. Indeed, without peace, no progress will be possible. Without minimal safety for persons and property, any development remains hypothetical. We cannot today evaluate the impact that repeated armed conflict in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has had on my country's development.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  10. “According to the Framework, they are committed to not interfering in the internal affairs of other neighbouring States, not condoning or providing assistance or support to any armed groups and respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of neighbouring States. I would like to reiterate, on behalf of the Congolese people, our thanks to the Secretary-General and the entire international community. I would also like to assure you, Sir, of the unshakeable determination of the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Mr.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  11. “Those commitments were undertaken with a View to ending the tragic situation of the people living in the eastern part of my country and identifying the challenges that remain for lasting peace to be established and for the region to be able to devote its energy and intelligence to the key issues of fighting poverty and improving the population's living conditions. To that end, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo calls on the States in the region to implement in good faith the commitments they freely entered into. Among other things, we call on them for a change in policy, behaviour and attitude.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  12. “Mary Robinson, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Martin Kobler, as well as to express my delegation's gratitude to them for both their valuable statements and their tireless efforts to restore peace to the eastern part of my country. The publication of the two reports by the Secretary- General on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (S/2013/569 and S/2013/581) and our meeting today demonstrate our shared desire to reaffirm our humanity and j ointly evaluate, without complacency, the progress achieved in implementing the commitments undertaken under the important Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region of 24 February 2013.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  13. “Gata Mavita wa Lufuta, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations, who wished to personally participate in this morning's meeting but who, unfortunately, had to remain in our country as a result of developments there since his most recent trip there accompanying the Security Council's delegation. The Security Council has just heard two briefings on the reports of the Secretary-General. Allow me to fully acknowledge the thoroughness of those reports and to express to him my full appreciation. I would also like to welcome the presence of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, Her Excellency Ms.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  14. “Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, firstly, for the efforts that he continues to make towards resolving the Congolese crisis in particular and, beyond that, the problems affecting the Great Lakes region in general. I also thank him for his personal involvement in the negotiations on, and the conclusion and implementation of, the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, an agreement reached in Addis Ababa on 24 February. Finally, I thank him for the publication of two important reports (S/2013/569 and S/2013/581) dealing with the situation in my country, which the Council is considering today. At the outset, I would like to extend to the Council the apologies of His Excellency Mr.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source

  15. “Mr. Empole (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): Allow me, first of all, to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on the accession of your country, Azerbaijan, to the presidency of the Security Council, and to express the Democratic Republic of the Congo's satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Council during the month of October. Allow me also to pay tribute to the work of your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Australia, and to express our gratitude for the outstanding way in which he led the work of the Security Council in the past month. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank His Excellency Mr.”

    2013-10-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7046 (2013) · source