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Fendrick

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2005-02-28
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2005-04-26
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  1. “We call on the National Assembly of Cote d'Ivoire to implement the required amendments to the Independent Electoral Commission and to adopt all other legislation necessary to conform to agreements that have been reached by the two sides. We call on President Gbagbo to respect, implement and publicly support President Mbeki's determination on presidential eligibility. We look forward to the draft decree on the appointment of members of the Radio Television Ivoirienne board. We note that the Security Council continues to monitor the situation, including the arms embargo and the existing sanctions regime.”

    2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source

  2. “We are pleased that the armed forces of both sides have resumed their discussions on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), as promised in the Agreement. We commend the withdrawal of heavy weapons from forward positions by the National Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) and the Forces nouvelles. This is a good step in the right direction. We now urge the Government of Cote d'Ivoire and the Force nouvelles to honour their agreement to finalize their DDR plans. We are pleased that two ministers from Forces nouvelles have rejoined the Government, and we call for the full return of the Forces nouvelles to the Government.”

    2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source

  3. “We call on the parties to abide by the letter and the spirit of the Pretoria Agreement in order to move the process begun by the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement to a peaceful and successful conclusion. A real cessation of violence is vital for this Agreement to succeed. It is for that reason that we are in agreement with President Mbeki's condemnation of ceasefire violations in November 2004 and February 2005. These are reminders of types of events which must not recur. In that regard, we also commend the parties for their formal declaration of an end to hostilities. That is an important political statement, but it is action on the ground that matters most. We look forward to seeing that commitment to peace backed up by concrete action, in strict accordance with the Agreement. Disarmament is certainly critical.”

    2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source

  4. “Mr. Fendrick: We wish to thank first of all Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Aziz Pahad for his briefing. We commend the superb mediation that President Mbeki has done on behalf of the African Union, and we also wish to thank the Permanent Representative of Nigeria for his briefing on behalf of President Obasanjo. We wish to pay tribute to all those who have supported these efforts, which have begun to bear some fruit. My Government welcomes the Pretoria Agreement. We are encouraged by the constructive engagement that took place to build on prior promises to overcome disagreements. The Pretoria Agreement provides an opportunity to move events forward on the ground in Cote d'Ivoire. It is too early, of course, to say that all is well. The parties have made important and serious commitments which must now be fulfilled.”

    2005-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5169 (2005) · source

  5. “The challenges facing Africa remain enormous, but I think that our work this month on the Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Liberia and Somalia - under your skilful leadership, Mr. President - has demonstrated that the Council's willingness to tackle these challenges is also enormous. The people of Africa deserve no less.”

    2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source

  6. “The immediate post-conflict period in any State is the period that holds both the greatest promise and the greatest risk. States emerging from conflict typically have a surplus of combatants and weapons and a critical shortage of opportunities for education and normal economic activity. Successful disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes are the single most critical element of the post-conflict period. The Council, the donor community, the United Nations specialized funds and programmes, and the seeds of civil society in post-conflict States need to harmonize their efforts if DDR is to replace fighting with learning, thievery with gainful employment, and political chaos with constitutional order.”

    2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source

  7. “Training regional and subregional organizations is a wise investment that will allow those organizations to become force multipliers in an era when demands on finite resources will continue to grow. Another area where the Council and other United Nations and other international bodies need to focus attention is the problem of preventing national recidivism, where States emerge from conflict only to fall back again as the attention of the international community shifts elsewhere. The High-level Panel's recommendation to establish a Peacebuilding Commission deserves careful study. Peacekeeping is simply too expensive and too dangerous an undertaking to be done without a well-thought-out and carefully structured process for determining what comes next when the peacekeepers successfully complete their mandates.”

    2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source

  8. “Engaging regional and subregional organizations will help the international community intervene in Africa in a fashion that makes local buy-in and ownership much more probable. With that local ownership comes a greater likelihood of mission success - our shared objective. The importance of developing the capacities of regional and subregional organizations to deploy both civilian and military assets quickly cannot be overstated. My own country has been involved in a number of such programmes, including the African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA) programme, the African Regional Peacekeeping programme, and the Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI).”

    2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source

  9. “Our experiences in Africa, particularly in West Africa and in the Great Lakes region, have consistently highlighted the regional dimension of many of the ongoing conflicts on the continent. The Council and the Secretariat have been exploring ways to tackle regional problems more coherently. If we are able to develop regional strategies, we may be able to reverse the disturbing flows of people, weapons, conflict and misery across international borders. Effective regional strategies could result in genuine good-neighbourliness, with positive flows of legitimate trade replacing illicit exploitation of resources. We clearly have much work to do in this regard, both in the Council itself and in cooperation with regional and subregional organizations.”

    2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source

  10. “There are a number of ways in which the Security Council is currently addressing the challenges facing Africa. Our efforts will always be a combination of sticks and carrots. Sometimes the threat of imposing sanctions is enough to change the behaviour of individuals or entities acting against the cause of peace. Too often, however, individuals do not take advantage of the opportunity to reverse sanctionable behaviour. In those cases, the Council must be willing to impose sanctions promptly and to bring sufficient political pressure to bear on all relevant States and parties to make the sanctions effective. To date, the Council's record in that area is mixed, at best.”

    2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source

  11. “In the African States where the United Nations is most heavily engaged and invested - Liberia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, C6te d'Ivoire and, increasingly, the Sudan - the norm is severely limited or crumbling infrastructure; crippling humanitarian problems involving refugees, internally displaced persons and other vulnerable populations; weakened or collapsed governance mechanisms; and, far too often, a culture of impunity. In the face of those daunting realities, the greatest strength of those States is the resilience of their peoples and their collective desire for peace, sustainable development and access to democratic political processes, reconciliation and justice. Helping the peoples of those troubled States achieve their political and economic goals should be the guiding principle of the Council's work.”

    2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source

  12. “The peacekeeping missions that the Council has mandated for that continent consume the bulk of the United Nations funds made available under the peacekeeping assessment. It is manifestly in the interest of the United Nations membership - both the African States hosting peacekeeping operations and the other States that are providing the funding and personnel for those operations - that we, as members of the Security Council, do everything possible to ensure that all resources, human and financial, are budgeted wisely and used effectively. The challenges Africa faces are multidimensional, requiring multidimensional responses.”

    2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source

  13. “As a general rule, my delegation is somewhat sceptical of the value of holding general thematic debates in the Security Council, preferring instead to focus the Council's attention where it is likely to have the greatest immediate impact on specific situations that represent threats to the maintenance of international peace and security. That said, there have been thematic debates in the past - such as those focused on the threat posed by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, those related to women, peace and security and those related to the rule of law - that have been time truly well spent for the Council. My delegation hopes that today's debate will be remembered as another that was genuinely worth holding. Africa commands a disproportionate amount of the Security Council's time and attention.”

    2005-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5156 (2005) · source

  14. “You mentioned the success of the OSCE election teams sent to Afghanistan and to the Palestinian Authority and said that the OSCE could develop its relations beyond the OSCE region even further. What opportunities do you see for the OSCE and its expertise outside of the OSCE region?”

    2005-03-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5134 (2005) · source

  15. “Thank you, Mr. Foreign Minister, for speaking to us today, clearly outlining the unique capabilities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which have made it so effective in securing peace and security. In your comments, you made a point also raised by the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change: that the United Nations should cooperate more often and better with regional organizations. You highlighted early warning, early action and conflict prevention as an area for further cooperation. To follow Ambassasor Motoc with basically the same question, how, in practical terms, do you think the two organizations can improve their cooperation in order to proactively prevent and respond to threats? The second question we would ask concerns the following.”

    2005-03-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5134 (2005) · source

  16. “Part of the process will be determining precisely what international assistance is needed in each of the areas identified by the Government and by the Secretary-General. Regarding police advisers, civilian advisers and military liaison officers, more modest United Nations support in each of those areas may be sufficient and in keeping with our goal of turning over more responsibility to the Timor-Leste Government.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  17. “There is no longer a threat to international peace and security requiring a peacekeeping mission, and the relations between Timor-Leste and Indonesia are improving. We believe that UNMISET should conclude as scheduled in May this year and that the United Nations and regional and international partners should look at alternative ways in which to fill critical institutional gaps. We would be open to considering for a discrete, limited period a non-peacekeeping United Nations mission such as a special political mission focused on Timor-Leste's most critical needs and structured to transfer skills as rapidly as possible. It is important that the Government of Timor- Leste take increasing responsibility for the nation's future.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  18. “We will continue to explore ways in which we can help Timor-Leste bilaterally to fill its needs in the key areas identified by its Government - border control, police advisers and civilian advisers - and we are encouraging other concerned Governments to do the same. The United States and other friends of Timor-Leste have police adviser and training programmes that will fill some of the gap as United Nations civilian police leave, and we plan to continue our police training programme in Timor-Leste after UNMISET concludes its work in May 2005. It is clear to us that the peacekeeping phase of Timor-Leste's path to full self-sufficiency can now be successfully concluded. This transition from peacekeeping to a sustainable development framework represents an extremely significant and positive milestone in Timor-Leste's history.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  19. “Furthermore, the postponement by the Government of Timor-Leste of bilateral negotiations with Indonesia on their common border until June 2005 creates concern about the perceived urgency of border delineation. Finally, we remain committed to achieving credible accountability for the crimes committed against humanity in 1999, and we welcome the Secretary- General's establishment of a commission of experts to review the current judicial processes and to recommend next steps. As one of Timor-Leste's largest bilateral donors, we have focused our assistance on rehabilitating the local economy, promoting a free and open economy, land reform, strengthening democracy, improving the judicial sector and training the police and military forces.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  20. “Any additional United Nations assistance should focus on a few key areas: developing the capacity of judicial and economic institutions; continued police training, including human rights sensitivity training; and promoting further political development by fostering the growth of a diverse political party system. Several recent developments shed light on the need for further institutional and political development. The United States was particularly concerned about the dismissal in January of 22 local judges in Timor-Leste, the resulting short-term loss of judicial capacity and the long-term implications for the development of a working judiciary. In addition, the reports of continued disregard for international human rights standards by Timorese police warrant the Council's attention.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source

  21. “The United States would also like to associate itself with the condolences offered to Bangladesh for the loss of its peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week. We welcome the Secretary-General's latest report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) and Special Representative Hasegawa's presentation to the Council. We would also like to welcome His Excellency Mr. J ose Ramos-Horta, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor- Leste, for his presence today. UNMISET has helped Timor-Leste make substantial progress since its independence almost three years ago. We fully appreciate the challenges that Timor-Leste will continue to face as a new State. Timor-Leste will continue to need concrete support from its friends, including the United Nations, for some time to come.”

    2005-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5132 (2005) · source