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“The Conference process has created an atmosphere of trust, but this atmosphere is tenuous and, without prompt ratification and rapid implementation of this Pact, it could deteriorate at any moment. Therefore, I urge the Council to use its moral authority to support and boost prompt ratification of this Pact. The third lesson to be drawn is one concerning the member countries. The preparatory process was built on three principles - the principle of ownership, the principle of inclusion and the principle of partnerships. 3 The principle of ownership is essential.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“It is essential that the Council acknowledge the consequences. The Council cannot issue a mandate as important as organizing an international conference on the Great Lakes region that includes 11 countries - and the Council had insisted that the conference be expanded to 11 countries - without providing the resources necessary to complete the task. The second lesson to be drawn is to look into the future with respect to the Council's role. It is important that the process of ratifying the Pact be done as soon as possible. I will come back to this point. But the Council needs to support and accompany this ratification process in order that it take place as quickly as possible. The region is still fragile.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“Throughout the preparatory process, the Office of the Special Representative has received diplomatic and political support from the Council here in New York and in the field. This support could have been more effective if it had been accompanied by support in terms of staff recruitment. The Council preferred to maintain the Office's staffing at the skeletal level. Without the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which backed us up with two officers, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which provided an officer, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which also seconded one person, the Office of Special Representative of the Secretary-General would not have been in the position to carry out its function of facilitating the preparatory process.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“In that respect, at our suggestion the Executive Secretary has written a letter to the Secretary-General requesting that all of the equipment from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General be transferred as a donation to the new Executive Secretariat of the Conference. The Secretary-General, with whom I met yesterday, is monitoring this request very closely and has issued guidance so that a positive and rapid response may be given to him. 07-26496 Perhaps the time has now come to try to draw some lessons from this entire preparatory process. The first lesson to be drawn is clearly the importance of the role of the Security Council in the preparatory process and, as a result, the importance of the role that the Council should play in the implementation of the Pact.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“We are currently assisting the Executive Secretariat in preparing and organizing a meeting of the Regional Inter-Ministerial Committee for the Great Lakes region, a body established under the Conference. The meeting is to be held in Bujumbura on 22 and 23 March. Lastly, we are working with the Executive Secretary to prepare for a meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union to be held on 13 March in Addis Ababa, which will focus specifically on assessing the preparatory process for the Conference and the joint role played by the African Union and the United Nations. We therefore believe that, as of 31 March, the transfer of competencies will have been carried out in its entirety.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“We also helped the Executive Secretary to convene a number of meetings and organized a meeting of national coordinators to adopt the Executive Secretariat's management manuals. We further assisted the Executive Secretary and the Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa in organizing in Kinshasa a regional meeting for parliamentarians of the Great Lakes region. That meeting succeeded, first, in terms of the attendance of representatives of all countries of the region, including a number of delegations led by speakers of senates or houses; and secondly, in adopting a declaration and a report in which the parliamentarians undertook to assist in the prompt ratification and speedy implementation of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region adopted at the Nairobi summit.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“That primarily involved the drafting and adoption of management, legal, administrative and financial manuals. We then assisted the Executive Secretary in drafting and preparing the headquarters agreement with the Government of Burundi. In the same vein, we helped the Executive Secretary in her other efforts with respect to the Government of Kenya, which holds the Conference presidency. Even as I speak, the Minister for Foreign 07-26496 Affairs of Kenya is hosting his counterparts at a meeting of the Regional Inter-Ministerial Committee, to which I will refer again later. Thirdly, we assisted the Executive Secretary in implementing the recruitment of consultants to the Executive Secretariat for the transition period. As Council members know, the Executive Secretariat does not yet have any real budget.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“With respect to the transfer of competencies, in accordance with the statement issued by the Council on 20 December 2006, we have been working since 1 January with Ambassador Mulamula, Executive Secretary of the Conference, to undertake the transfer from my Office to the Executive Secretariat. In that context, we have worked in three areas. First, we transferred the institutional memory of the preparatory process for the International Conference. We assembled and transferred all of the documents drafted from June 2003 to March 2006. The transfer is now complete and we are simply waiting for the Executive Secretariat to acquire the necessary facilities in Bujumbura to allow it to finalize the transfer of the documents in hard copy and electronic versions. Secondly, we assisted in the establishment of the new Executive Secretariat.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“On the basis of the Council's conclusions, an additional and final three-month mandate was given to the Office that I have the honour to head in order to ensure a harmonious transition between the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region and the Executive Secretariat of the Conference established at the Nairobi summit. I will brief the Security Council today on the basis of two themes. The first is the process of transferring competencies from the Office of the Special Representative to the Executive Secretariat of the Conference, which has been under way since lJanuary. I will then try very briefly to outline the lessons learned from the experience of preparing for the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“Your presidency of the Security Council this month and the convening of this meeting are further testimony to South Africa's commitment. On 20 December 2006, in the wake of the Nairobi summit of 14 and 15 December - which represented 2 the culmination of the preparatory process for the International Conference, adopting the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region - the Security Council decided to hold a meeting to hear the conclusions emanating from that important summit.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“Allow me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for inviting me to participate in this meeting. I also thank your country for the important role it has played and continues to play in stabilizing and bringing peace to the Great Lakes region. During my four-and-a-half year tenure, which ends in a few days, I have enjoyed the unswerving support and wise counsel of your Government. I also need to thank the Republic of South Africa for the important political and diplomatic role it has played and continues to play in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other parts of the region. The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region would not have been a success if the peace processes in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo had not also proceeded smoothly. Once again, I thank you.”
2007-03-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5637 (2007) · source
“All sides to the Somali conflict must also be urged to abide by the provisions of resolution 1725 (2006) and urgently return to dialogue, without preconditions. Unless a political settlement is reached through negotiations, Somalia, I am afraid, will face a period of deepening conflict and heightened instability, which would be disastrous for the long- suffering people of Somalia and could also have serious consequences for the entire region. 06-68299”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“Louis Michel also presented the two sides with a draft memorandum of understanding on avoiding conflict and resuming dialogue, which has not been accepted by the two sides. While neither side has completely rejected a return to dialogue, it has so far not been possible to reconcile the preconditions introduced by both parties for the resumption of the talks. It should be recalled that disagreements on various preconditions between the delegations of the Transitional Federal Government and the Islamic Courts resulted in the postponement of the third round of Khartoum talks in October. I would like to conclude my briefing by urging Council members to call on the two sides to halt the fighting immediately and not to take any further provocative actions.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“The Contact Group issued a statement calling on both parties to avoid further escalation through their statements, military action or expansion, and to resume direct talks without preconditions. In the statement, the International Contact Group also expressed its grave concern at the dire humanitarian situation in Somalia and reiterated the need for the parties to guarantee active support and unhindered access for humanitarian assistance. On 20 December, Mr. Louis Michel, the European Union Commissioner for Humanitarian and Development Aid, visited Baidoa and Mogadishu and urged both parties to avoid conflict and resume dialogue. He also discussed the possibility of establishing the joint verification mechanism discussed during previous rounds of Khartoum talks. Mr.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“Nevertheless, in spite of my appeals to halt their expansion, militias of the Union of Islamic Courts moved unopposed into the town of Dinsor, 60 kilometres from Baidoa, on 5 December. On 14 December, on the margins of the Second Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, held in Nairobi, I had contacts with a number of regional leaders on the situation in Somalia, as well as with Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairperson of the African Union Commission. I also held meetings with senior representatives of a number of diplomatic missions in Nairobi on the implementation of resolution 1725 (2006). On 19 December, the International Contact Group on Somalia met at the ambassadorial level in Nairobi to discuss the worsening situation on the ground.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“This unity was undermined when differences emerged over what the Transitional Federal Government regarded as the unilateral decision of the Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament to visit Mogadishu to revive the dialogue. The Transitional Federal Government gave me assurances that it would heed my requests. On 4 December, I visited Mogadishu and met with the top leadership of the Union of Islamic Courts and appealed to them to return to dialogue without preconditions and to halt their military expansion. The leaders of the Islamic Courts said that they would give serious consideration to my requests. They also denied that they were harbouring international terrorist suspects and reiterated their invitation for an international fact-finding mission to visit Somalia and verify their claim.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“He also appealed to the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts to resume peace talks in Khartoum without preconditions, under the auspices of the Arab League and IGAD. Mr. Konare called for a meeting of the Arab League, IGAD and the African Union, which is scheduled for 27 December 2006 in Addis Ababa. As the crisis escalated, I and other members of the international community have intensified our contacts with the two parties, encouraging them to avoid conflict and return to the negotiating table. In this regard, I visited Baidoa on 20 November and appealed to the Transitional Federal Government to maintain the unity of the Transitional Federal Institutions.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“On 26 December, the Secretary-General called the Prime Minister of Ethiopia and the President of 3 Kenya. He urged a cessation of hostilities in Somalia and reaffirmed that there is no military solution to the conflict. He also reiterated to the two leaders the need to encourage the Somali parties to resume peace talks without preconditions. The League of Arab States has also issued an appeal, calling on the Somali parties to resume talks in Khartoum without any preconditions. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare, expressed grave concern at the ongoing fighting in Somalia and reiterated his appeal for an immediate ceasefire.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“He expressed concern at the escalation of conflict in Somalia and its disastrous consequences for civilians, who are already suffering from the effects of years of instability and deprivation, compounded by the recent flooding. He called on the two sides to cease the hostilities immediately and to resume the peace talks initiated in Khartoum without delay and without any preconditions. The Secretary-General also expressed grave concern at the continuous reports of the involvement of foreign forces in the current conflict, and he implored all involved to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Somalia. He urged all the countries of the region to do whatever they could to ensure that the parties return to the peace talks and pursue a negotiated settlement of the crisis.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is planning to meet with the Kenyan authorities tomorrow to discuss planning for an additional refugee camp in northern Kenya. Humanitarian agencies have received reports from young men fleeing Mogadishu that children are being forcibly recruited into fighting forces. Security and access permitting, United Nations agencies and partner non-governmental organizations will attempt to build on the ongoing flood response to deliver assistance to new internally displaced persons and conflict-affected populations through national staff and local non-governmental organizations. In a statement issued on 22 December, the Secretary-General strongly deplored the outbreak of fighting between the forces of the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“The outbreak of fighting has severely undermined the provision of relief assistance to two million 06-68299 conflict- and flood-affected people in south-central Somalia. All United Nations and non-governmental organization international staff have been evacuated, including the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team, which was deployed in response to the flood emergency. Two helicopters used for the flood response have been relocated to Lamu, Kenya. Internal displacement has been localized, with people moving within districts, seeking clan protection. Reportedly up to half the population of Beletwyne has fled the town. Large-scale movements are reported towards Galkayo in the North and Kismayo in the South. However, numbers have not yet been verified. Kenya is already hosting 35,000 new Somali refugees.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“In an official statement, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi declared that his country had "taken self-defensive measures and started counter-attacking the aggressive extremist forces of the Islamic Courts and foreign terrorist groups". Civilians have been caught up in the fighting, with reports of several deaths and injuries. Some 760 war-wounded have been officially registered by the International Committee of the Red Cross in hospitals in southern Somalia. The International Committee of the Red Cross has provided war-wound kits for 1,500 patients and plans to distribute additional kits in Baidoa and Mogadishu, subject to security guarantees by the Transitional Federal Government.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“There have been consistent reports of the presence of troops from Ethiopia inside Somalia and their involvement, together with heavy artillery and aircraft, in the fighting on the side of the Transitional Federal Government. Both Mogadishu airport and a military airfield in Baledugle have been subjected to Ethiopian air strikes. Reports have also mentioned the presence of Eritrea on the side of the Union of Islamic Courts, although Eritrea has consistently denied the presence of its troops inside Somalia. On 23 December, leaders of the Union of Islamic Courts issued a call for jihad against the Ethiopian troops, whom they accused of invading Somalia, and appealed to foreign fighters to join that jihad. The Ethiopian Government, on 24 December, admitted the presence of its combat troops inside Somalia.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“Transitional Federal Government forces are thus reportedly marching towards Mogadishu from at least two directions. However, they are still facing stiff resistance from UIC militias and their allies in several areas. Fighting between the two sides is also continuing in the central Mudug and Galgudud regions of the country. At the same time, the Transitional Federal Government has announced the closure of Somalia's international borders on security grounds and has called on the international community, particularly the neighbouring States, to help enforce that ban. As the fighting spreads, both sides accuse each other of getting military support from foreign forces.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“On 20 December, heavy fighting broke out in the Bay region and soon spread to the central Galkayo, Hiran and Middle Shabelle administrative regions, where the forces of the Union of Islamic Courts had been confronting those of the warlords of the former Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-terrorism. After several days of intense fighting, the Transitional Federal Government forces and their allies have taken control of several areas from the Union of Islamic Courts, including the towns of Bandiradley in Galkayo, Beletweyne in Hiran, Bulo-barde in Middle Shebelle, and Burhakaba and Dinsor in the Bay region. According to reports, Transitional Federal Government forces and their allies are now heading towards Jowhar. 06-68299 Other reports suggest that another TFG force is approaching Wanla-weyn in Lower Shabelle.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“In the days and weeks leading up to the adoption of resolution 1725 (2006), there had been a gradual escalation in war rhetoric and tensions between the two sides. As a result, on 7 December, intermittent clashes began between militiamen loyal to the Islamic Courts and the Transitional Federal Government forces in various locations in the Bay administrative region south of Baidoa. At the same time, the Union of Islamic Courts accused Ethiopia of illegally deploying troops to Somalia in support of the Transitional Federal Government. On 12 December, Yusuf Mohamed Siyad Indhaade, the Defence Secretary of the Union of Islamic Courts, announced that Ethiopia had seven days to withdraw its forces from Somalia or face a major conflict.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“On 6 December, 2006, the Security Council adopted resolution 1725 (2006), modifying the arms embargo and authorizing the establishment of a joint Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)- African Union force to protect the Transitional Federal Government in Baidoa. The adoption of the resolution was warmly welcomed by the Transitional Federal Government but rejected by the Union of Islamic Courts, which claimed that it could lead to fighting in the region, adding that the deployment of foreign forces in Somalia was tantamount to an invasion of the country. In any event, neither IGAD nor the African Union has identified potential troop contributors or possible sources of funding for the IGAD Peace Support Mission in Somalia, as authorized by resolution 1725 (2006).”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“Mr. Fall: Since my last briefing to the Security Council in November, the crisis in Somalia has escalated dangerously as the hostilities between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) have now expanded across a 400-kilometre-wide front. The conflict now involves foreign forces and the use of heavy weapons and aircraft. The deteriorating situation in Somalia has no doubt dealt a serious blow to efforts aimed at the early resumption of peace talks. The fighting has also 2 compounded an already serious humanitarian crisis, resulting in additional displacement of populations.”
2006-12-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5614 (2006) · source
“Last but not least, I hope that the core countries have received the message that the Council has sent to them and that they will take the opportunity to show that they can face the challenges of building up the Conference Secretariat and operationalizing it in the three-month period that has been decided upon.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“I take it also that those congratulations extend to the African Union, the other part of the joint secretariat, and beyond that to President Konare, who was very actively involved in the preparation of the entire process leading to the Dar es Salaam and Nairobi Summits and who played a very important role during the Summits. I was very encouraged by today's debate, especially by its focus on the need for the African Union and the United Nations to continue jointly to support the new Conference Secretariat and for ensuring that they continue to be involved in a very proactive way in conflict prevention, in peacemaking and in peacebuilding in the whole region of the Great Lakes.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“Mr. Fall: Mr. President, with your permission, I will be very brief, taking into account the lateness of the hour. First of all, I would like to thank the speakers who have taken the floor and who have shown great interest in the outcome of the Nairobi summit, and to thank them for their congratulations. I take it that these felicitations go beyond myself, to each and every member of the team with whom I have been working over the last years and, even beyond the team of the Office of the Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region, to the representatives of the United Nations agencies, with whom we have worked very closely in the Steering Committee in Nairobi during these years.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“Taking duly into account the fact that was highlighted by the Council in the early resolutions calling for the organization of an international conference on the Great Lakes region, namely, that interrelations between peoples and countries of the region are such that an internal conflict can easily become a regional conflict, my view is that we must be certain the United Nations continues to play a role in preventing conflicts and in peacemaking and peacebuilding throughout the region. There must continue to be close cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations at this crucial time in the history of the region.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“Major progress has been made with regard to the internal politics of the countries of the region and with regard to the relationships between the countries of the region, since the beginning of the preparatory process for the international conference - thanks to the combined effects of national strategies for restoring peace and the preparatory process for the Conference. Nevertheless, as several speakers noted at the Summit, the situation remains extremely fragile in the region, where six of the 11 countries have emerged from violent conflicts, a seventh country remains confronted by a rebellion with regional effects and an eighth country is facing the challenge of implementing three domestic peace agreements simultaneously.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“In that respect, it would be desirable for Burundi - the host-country of the Secretariat of the Conference - to be able to make available to the Secretariat the necessary infrastructure as soon as possible, and that member States pay their contributions to the budget of the Secretariat of the Conference, and that the required staff be recruited in good time. If those three conditions are met, that would reflect the good will and the political commitment of the countries concerned. Allow me to conclude on a personal note.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“Looking finally to the future and dealing for the time being only with the transitional period between the operation of the Office of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region and that of the Secretariat of the Conference, it is important to observe that at the meeting of the regional inter-ministerial committee held in Bangui in the Central African Republic in February 2006, the ministers decided that the transition period should not be more than one year. In the declaration adopted at the Nairobi summit on 15 December, the heads of State and Government called upon the African Union and the United Nations to continue their assistance to the new Secretariat of the Conference for at least one year. The most important thing is to provide for a gradual transition that is flexible and harmonious.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“The Pact that was signed in Nairobi deals with several of these priority matters through the protocols on violence against women and children, on the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, and on property rights of returnees. In this context, special attention was given to the questions of recovering lands and property for returnees, as well as the implementation of legal measures, for the first time in the world, consecrating guidelines for displaced persons, proposed by the Secretary-General several years ago.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“These projects are managed by existing institutions, in particular the Regional Centre for Small Arms - the RECSA - which is in Kenya; the International Centre for De-mining Training, which is also in Kenya; and the Tanzanian initiative, Apopo. The main point of these projects is to provide for better coordination when it comes to implementing already existing projects in which the Conference has a special interest. Humanitarian, social and environmental situations created or exacerbated by conflicts have had a tremendous impact on security, and they will have to be handled effectively so that they can help restore lasting peace and security.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“The implementation of this protocol will also ensure that each State concerned will take effective action against rebel groups operating on its territory or that they accept, if need be, that another country takes such measures in its stead, or that the State that does not take action or cannot take action will be brought before an extraordinary summit of heads of State to decide on what kind of collective action should be taken in respect to that State. Other projects relating to security questions deal with combating the proliferation and the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, with preventing and combating trans-border organized crime, and with terrorism and mine clearance.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“This protocol has established rules and mechanisms of cooperation to deal realistically and constructively with the sensitive management of armed opposition, armed groups and insurgent groups that move from one country to another and create a climate of suspicion, violence, insecurity and instability and, accordingly, threaten good relations among States. If they are implemented as they should be, several provisions of this protocol will help to put an end to the existence of armed groups through disarmament and the dismantling of these groups.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“In this context, member States have undertaken peacefully to resolve their disputes and differences through, inter alia, the regional follow-up mechanism, which gives a special role both to the Summit of Heads of State and Government and to the Troika of the Summit, which consists of the outgoing President, the incoming President and the future President, now consisting of the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, the President of Kenya and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“It is also desirable that these projects, in particular the one that deals with the joint management of security in the common border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, follow the example of lessons drawn from the implementation of Tripartite Plus One, bringing together Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. Several other projects and protocols deal with specific peace and security issues. That is the case of the protocol on non-aggression and mutual defence.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“The combined implementation of all of these projects should help create an environment conducive to peace, stability and sustainable socio- economic development, both for Governments and for border populations in this area, which is the most vulnerable part of the entire Great Lakes region. Moreover, the implementation of these projects limited to Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda should also benefit from the effects of the implementation of wider regional protocols, such as the protocol for combating the illegal exploitation of natural resources.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“The most illustrative example of this approach that combines peace and security with socio-economic development is the projects that cover the relationship between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. These projects attack the question of disarmament and the repatriation of armed groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They also institutionalize Zone 10, which covers the borders of these three countries, in order to provide joint management of their common borders. Finally, these projects bring together the three countries in the same trans-border development basin in order to propose concrete measures to revitalize the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries, consisting of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“The development objectives of these areas, whether from the standpoint of State security or from the standpoint of human security, are to promote simultaneous security and cooperation among States and security and development for the people living in these border areas. The same approach will prevail with regard to plans for disarmament and for the promotion of development in Zone 3 under the topic of peace and security. This project deals with security problems through disarming nomads whose activities are a permanent source of unrest and insecurity in the common borders between Kenya, Uganda and the Sudan. The same project also covers human security issues of the populations through the promotion of socio-economic alternative livelihoods to combat poverty and the exclusive dependence on a pastoral way of life.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“In this respect, the protocol on non-aggression and mutual defence, the protocol on combating the illegal exploitation of natural resources and the protocol on the special reconstruction and development zone have to be implemented together, so as to ensure security, stability and good governance in the context of inter-State cooperation and of cooperation among peoples. The same interrelationship between peace and security issues and the other questions can be found also in regional projects. Accordingly, 12 common security zones on the borders were identified in the peace and security chapter regarding the joint management of security along common borders. These areas cover the same geographical areas as do the 12 development border basins and in the border basins between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its nine neighbours.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“This programme includes seven priority projects: joint management of common border security, disarmament and repatriation of armed groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, disarmament and the promotion of development in Zone 3, development of border zones and the promotion of human security in the Great Lakes region, mine clearance and actions against mines, the fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons and, finally, combating transnational crime. But with regard to the substantive section, one of the major innovations of the Conference was the interrelationship between peace and security, on the one hand, and democracy and socio-economic development on the other.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“With regard to the protocols, there are 10: the protocol on non-aggression and mutual defence, the protocol on democracy and good governance, the protocol on judicial cooperation, the protocol on the prevention and suppression of the crime of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity and all forms of discrimination, the protocol on combating the illegal exploitation of natural resources, the protocol on the specific zone for reconstruction and development, the protocol on the prevention and suppression of sexual violence against women and children, the protocol on protection and assistance to displaced persons, the protocol on the rights and property of returnees and, lastly, the protocol on information management. With regard to the programmes of action, I will confine myself merely to the programme relating to peace and security.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“Lastly, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of China stated that, as part of China's cooperation with the Great Lakes region, the Chinese Development Bank would work with the ADB to support the implementation of the Pact in the areas of security, stability and development in the Great Lakes region. With regard to substantive matters, the Pact signed at Nairobi contains five component parts: the Dar es Salaam Declaration, which constitutes its foundation; the regional protocols, which are the institutional pillars; the programmes of action, which are the programmatic pillars; the special fund for reconstruction and development, which is the financial pillar; and the regional follow-up mechanism, which is the operational instrument.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“In addition, she stated that priority projects of the Conference in the areas of peace and security, regional integration, democracy and good governance and humanitarian and social issues - in particular issues relating to combating the proliferation of small arms, demining, the sustainable management of natural resources, mechanisms for the certification of natural resources, the repatriation of refugees, the administrative reform of the health sector, and the reform of the education, energy and water sectors - could also be the subject of resources allocated by the fund. The Belgian Minister for Cooperation and Development stated that his Government will make a contribution to the fund as soon as the African Development Bank begins its operations.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“The European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Affairs has stated that the European Commission is prepared to support the Pact and to assist countries of the region. She also emphasized the need to maintain the regional momentum that emerged from the preparatory process, so as to strengthen good political relations between States. She also pledged â‚¬5 million to bolster the technical and logistical capacities of the secretariat of the ICGLR. Furthermore, she stated that the European Union is prepared to unfreeze â‚¬45 million to finance priority projects as part of relaunching the ICGLR.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source