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Gambi

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2010-08-10
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2010-10-20
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  1. “The President of the Republic and head of State, Army General Francois Bozize, addressed a letter to the Secretary-General along these lines at the beginning of 2010. The security situation in the north-east and the south-east of the Central African Republic calls to the international community, which has always been at my country's side. Help us to take up those responsibilities in order to ensure our security. That is why that we place a great deal of hope on the pertinent decisions that will come from the Council with regard to the report now before it. 10-59402”

    2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source

  2. “To us, the withdrawal of MINURCAT seems to be a new opportunity to support the efforts for security sector reform in the Central African Republic. If the stationing of peacekeeping forces has had a limited effectiveness over time, it is important and logical that the gains be consolidated within the framework of arrangements for strengthening the capacities of local forces. That is why I repeat here the Central African Republic's position that was set out at the Council's last meeting on this matter (see S/PV.6371). We believe that the return of logistical means and installations used by MINURCAT to the Central African forces and their operational supervisory staff will allow us to accelerate the process.”

    2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source

  3. “Unfortunately, the Central African armed forces desperately lack materiel and equipment to complete their mission, which is to ensure the security of people and goods, refugees, displaced persons and humanitarian workers in the region. Thus the Central African Republic requests the support of friendly nations and the international community in order to bolster the operational capacity of the Central African armed forces as well as of its security and defence forces so that they can fully play their role. To that end, a needs assessment was sent to the Council. Furthermore, the Central African Republic is currently taking steps with neighbouring States to reactivate existing accords for joint patrols along common border areas.”

    2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source

  4. “That terrorist group sows the seeds of desolation among the population by pillaging, raping, massacring and burning down villages as they move through an area, resulting in thousands of internally displaced persons and refugees. On 13 and 14 October 2010, on the initiative of the African Union, a regional ministerial meeting on 10-59402 the activities of the LRA took place in Bangui to seek ways and means to eradicate that phenomenon in the countries that are affected - the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic - as well as South Sudan. In that connection, the Central African Government will deploy a battalion of 500 personnel to Birao. That deployment will be gradual, continuing through to 31 December 2010.”

    2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source

  5. “Finally, I wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the report before us, which will allow Council members to undertake deliberations aimed at attaining concrete results. MINURCAT's mandate will come to an end on 31 December. The Central African defence and security forces will ensure the changeover from international forces for the continued operations to prevent a security vacuum in the north-east of the territory. The case is similar with regard to concerns raised by the attacks of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, which initially ravaged the south-east of the country but are now in the north-east, in Birao. Today, four prefectures of the Central African Republic are victims of LRA violence.”

    2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source

  6. “Mr. Gambi (Central African Republic) (spoke in French): On 10 August, the Security Council met (see S/PV.6371) to consider the Secretary-General's report (S/2010/409) on the drawdown of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). That report announced the withdrawal of the Mission on 31 December 2010. We meet here today to consider the Secretary-General's penultimate report (S/2010/529), which should focus our attention on the issue of MINURCAT'S disengagement. I should like first to convey to you, Sir, the congratulations of my delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I should also like to commend Mr. Youssef Mahmoud, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for MINURCAT, who has given us an exhaustive briefing on the situation on the ground.”

    2010-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6406 (2010) · source

  7. “For that reason, the Government is relying on the goodwill of the States participating in MINURCAT to provide it with instructors, appropriate supervisory 10-48016 assistance and basic equipment for its security and defence forces. A price cannot be put on peace in an operation such as this, where the lives of thousands of people are in danger.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  8. “It is also propitious in other ways, as the disarmament and demobilization programme has already started in the north-western region - which should also be the case in the eastern region, where it is proving very difficult to put an end to insecurity. With a view to ensuring stability throughout our territory in order to enable the people of the Central African Republic to shoulder its civic responsibility, let me stress that the second option proposed by the Secretary-General should be urgently implemented in the coming days. This is urgent because we are approaching the 15 October 2010 date for the end of MINURCAT operations in the north-eastern Central African Republic. If the principle of accepting paragraph 82 is established, it should be followed with immediate effects.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  9. “For we face huge challenges if we are to protect Birao and its surrounding area, control the gangs of transborder bandits and poachers, ensure the security of refugee camps and control internally displaced persons, and especially combat the LRA rebel groups which have already reached the doorstep of the Vakaga region, to the north of Haute-Kotto. In the coming weeks, members of the Economic Community of Central African States will engage in dialogue to gauge the possibility of making a contribution to the recommendation of the Secretary- General contained in his report. This recommendation is timely because it falls perfectly within the framework of the security sector reform that the Government of the Central African Republic has had some difficulty in launching owing to a lack of resources.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  10. “6 The primary responsibility for international peace and security lies with the Security Council. The Central African Republic cannot and does not want to fail, and it therefore counts on the proven support of the Council to meet the aforementioned challenges - and new ones as well. A wise decision from the Council would be a great relief for us. For its part, the Government of the Central African Republic is already striving, through bilateral consultations, to reactivate agreements related to the joint transborder patrols. It intends to increase the number of the armed forces of the Central African Republic in the north-east to more than the strength of a battalion.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  11. “For that reason, we seek supervisory assistance for the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic, training for the police and the gendarmerie, and follow- up on our equipment needs, including uniforms, clothing, bulletproof vests, vehicles, communication and transmission equipment, observation equipment and barracks. The current period, which will extend through the end of 2010 and into the beginning of 2011, is especially vital for the Central African Republic. The withdrawal of MINURCAT, the transitional phase, the electoral deadlines, the post-election period, compounded by the referendum in Southern Sudan and by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), are factors which should draw the international community's attention to the problems of the Central African Republic.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  12. “We welcome with satisfaction paragraph 82 of the report of the Secretary- General, which takes account of the wish of the Central African Republic Government's wish to strengthen its security and defence forces in the north-east of the country - which is the soft underbelly of its territory, marked by permanent insecurity, given its geostrategic position - through the recommendation submitted for the consideration of the members of the Security Council, which my Government hopes to see adopted. What we wish is to have a strong, toughened, sustainable army of the Republic, capable of facing any possible situation.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  13. “However, the announcement of the withdrawal of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic, which will have dangerous consequences if we are not careful, has led to a strong response by the Government of the Central African Republic, whose entrenchment in that part of our country is not guaranteed due to the fragility and limited capacity of the security and defence forces. Hence, a letter dated 15 February 2010 was addressed to the Secretary-General by the President of the Republic and head of State, His Excellency General Francois Bozize, requesting advisers, trainers and observers from MINURCAT to assist the Central African Republic armed forces.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  14. “MINURCAT's mandate was to secure the Birao area, bring limited patrols into that vicinity and protect humanitarian workers and evacuate them if necessary. There was honest cooperation between the Mission and the Central African authorities in discharging this mandate. My Government takes this opportunity to convey its heartfelt gratitude to all the countries that voluntarily and sincerely contributed to this peacekeeping force which truly eased the situation in 5 Birao and its surrounding areas, as well as in Sam Ouandj a in northern Haute-Kotto. The Mission has also been conducted in a transparent manner, thanks to the vigilance of the Secretary-General, who spared no effort to ensure implementation of the provisions of the contract.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  15. “The insecurity and instability in the north-east of the country led the Security Council to decide, through resolution 1861 (2009), to deploy the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, in order to stabilize the region resulting from the long- term consequences of the political and military upheavals of the 1990s. Now that the mandate of MINURCAT is coming to an end, there is a need to protect the future of this still precarious part of the Central African Republic, which could relapse into violence because of many destabilizing factors such as transborder insecurity, banditry, pockets of rebellion, interethnic conflict, the limited presence of defence and security forces and other emerging challenges.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  16. “All of this has been compounded for over a year now by the presence in the Central African Republic of the Lord's Resistance Army rebellion, which kills, maims and rapes in the eastern part of our country along the border with the Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would recall here that the Central African Republic shares no border with Uganda. However, a Ugandan rebellion is currently taking place within the Central African Republic's territory, dealing the worst possible blow to our people and to the economy of our country.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  17. “10-48016 Following the postponement, which was requested by our partners, by the political party of the democratic opposition and by civil society and armed groups, the National Assembly adopted constitutional legislation that extended the mandates of the President of the Republic and of Deputies until the next elections. This brought stability to the Central African Republic's institutions in the light of our country's recent history, the general environment and the geostrategic stakes of the conflict, including its well- known regional effects, in particular the crisis in Darfur and its impact on the Central African Republic.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  18. “The current political situation in the Central African Republic is marked by preparations for the legislative and presidential elections that have recently been scheduled for 23 January 2011. As the Council is aware, these elections had initially been scheduled for the end of the first half of 2010. However, despite the firm commitment of the President of the Republic, His Excellency General Francois Bozize, to organize the polling within the time frame set by the Constitution, it had to be postponed twice because of the scheduling of pre-election operations. These were disrupted by the delays in the drawing up of voters lists and in the implementation of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme, by the continuing climate of insecurity and, especially, by financial constraints.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source

  19. “Mr. Gambi (Central African Republic) (spoke in French): Allow me to express my great appreciation for the report of the Secretary-General (S/2010/409) on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), which was just introduced by his Special Representative for Chad and the Central African Republic. In follow-up to that report, I should like to underscore a few points that I consider worthy of clarification in order to reach a better understanding of the situation in the Central African Republic and of the legitimate expectations of the people and the Government of the Central African Republic regarding this peacekeeping force.”

    2010-08-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6371 (2010) · source