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1. “Rwanda vigorously denounces that approach, which jeopardizes the entire Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement on which we found all our hopes. It is said that history is perpetually repeating itself. In 1996 and 1997, the United Nations Development Programme, other United Nations agencies and Western embassies in Kigali drew maps of Rwanda, with the provinces bordering on the Democratic Republic of the Congo coloured red to indicate the threat of insecurity, ambushes and murder perpetrated by the ex-FAR and Interahamwe militias that had infiltrated the country from Congolese territory. That was the situation in 1996 that prompted the Rwandese Government to decide to fight them and to chase them into the territory of the Congo, where they received shelter and assistance. The same or a similar scenario is being played out again today.”

   2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source

2. “This fighting is taking place between, on the one hand, those who planned and implemented the genocide in Rwanda and who found a welcome refuge in the Congo since 1994, and the Rwandan Patriotic Army on the other. It is no secret to anyone that, from Mobutu's day to the post-Mobutu period, the Interahamwe militias and the former Rwandan Army Forces (ex-FAR), which perpetrated the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, have been the spearhead of Mobutu's army. If the strategy of the signatories of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement today is to wage war in the rear by sending us the Interahamwe militias and ex-Far armed to the teeth, rather than to send them disarmed and disengaged pursuant to the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement, that in itself is, in a way, a violation of the Agreement.”

   2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source

3. “Need we recall here that Mobutu's Congolese army fought side by side with the former Rwandan armed forces (ex-FAR) in Rwanda in 1990 against Rwandan citizens who were fighting for their right to a homeland after a forced exile of more than 30 years? The reunion of those two friendly armies on the territory of the Congo has, since July 1994, led to serious problems for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Frankly, it can only be deplored, especially since it has caused us tremendous border security problems with the Congo, our neighbour. Today, intensive fighting is taking place in two provinces of Rwanda that border the Congo, namely the province of Gisenyi and the province of Ruhengeri.”

   2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source

4. “Mr. Gasana (Rwanda) (spoke in French): My country, Rwanda, would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your leadership and that of your country as you guide the work of the Security Council during this month of June. Rwanda would like to assure you and all of the members of the Council of its full cooperation. Rwanda welcomes the fact that you have convened a public meeting today to explain, analyse and extend the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). The very worst thing that the late President Mobutu did vis-a-vis our neighbours in the Congo was to ally himself strongly with those who planned and committed the genocide in Rwanda.”

   2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source

5. “In that regard, were the Security Council to pay particular attention to the report of the commission led by former Swedish Prime Minister Carlsson and to the implementation of its recommendations regarding post- genocide financial assistance to Rwanda, it would be of great assistance to us. The Political Committee for the Lusaka peace Agreement, which is headed by Rwanda, will continue to cooperate closely with the Security Council in order that our desire to see the Lusaka peace Agreement implemented in all its clauses can be realized. Allow me to conclude this brief statement by warmly congratulating you, Mr. President, on your remarkable presidency of the Council in the month of May 2001, as well as on having so effectively conducted the current and previous debates.”

   2001-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4323 (2001) · source

6. “The Government of Rwanda is pleased to see that in the report presented by the Ambassador of France, who headed the mission, the Security Council concluded from its visit that there is a need for assistance for the rehabilitation, reconstruction and social and economic development of countries that have been victims of conflicts. That international solidarity must take shape very urgently, especially for Rwanda, which is unfortunately the African victim that has suffered most from the odious crime of genocide. The members of the Council were able to visit genocide sites during their visit to Rwanda and were able to realize the enormity of the crimes that were committed.”

   2001-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4323 (2001) · source

7. “Nevertheless, the disarmament and disengagement of the negative forces, which include those who planned and carried out the genocide in Rwanda - namely, the Interahamwe militia and the former Rwandan Armed Forces (ex-FAR), which have been welcomed with open arms on Congolese soil since the time of the Mobutu regime - continue to be necessary. Those forces will continue to be an obstacle unless they are brought under control. All support provided for those forces, no matter by whom, must immediately and definitely come to an end.”

   2001-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4323 (2001) · source

8. “Mr. Gasana (Rwanda) (spoke in French): The Government of Rwanda would like to congratulate the Security Council on its important initiative, under the auspices and with the support of the Secretary-General, to visit the Great Lakes region of Africa. For us, that visit was a success not only for the Council, which conducted the visit, but also for the countries of the region that it visited. With the arrival in the field of the most important body of the United Nations, the Lusaka peace Agreement has been reinvigorated and its signatories have been given determination to see it succeed.”

   2001-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4323 (2001) · source

9. “Finally, I could not possibly complete my remarks without first, on behalf of the Rwandese people, and on behalf of the joint delegation I am heading, addressing a word of thanks and of profound gratitude to France, to the Government of France and to the Permanent Mission of France here at the United Nations for their having sponsored the draft resolution on Rwanda now before the Council for adoption at this evening's meeting. All the Rwandese people, as beneficiaries of the important decision that you are about to take, of the important resolution you are about to adopt, this people of Rwanda will be forever grateful to you. I thank you.”

   1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

10. “You will understand the importance of the political, military, humanitarian, economic and social missions that make the United Nations mission to Rwanda both necessary and urgent. We will continue to be grateful to you for the positive follow-up that we hope you will give to the recommendation by the Secretary-General of our Organization for the urgent dispatch to Rwanda of a United Nations assistance mission. Once again I reconfirm that the Rwandese Government and the Rwandese Patriotic Front, for which I have the honour of heading a mission, a joint delegation, will spare no pains to see to it that this will indeed be a successful mission.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

11. “Hundreds of thousands of students have not been able to go to school for three years and are awaiting the restoration of conditions of security in the areas stricken by war so that they may be able to return to school without any danger. Many refugees from Rwanda around the world are also counting on the United Nations mission to guarantee the security they need for their return to their country. Finally, war has seriously ravaged the economy of Rwanda, and by re-establishing conditions of security the United Nations mission will further the recovery of our economy and will establish confidence in the countries of our sub-region, furthering the re-establishment of the regional economic aid programmes dislocated by war.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

12. “We have two armies, involving some 5,000 men, until yesterday engaged in conflict, now face to face, under the cease-fire of course; but everything must be done to see to it that they are immediately disengaged and that this process will lead guickly to the establishment of a joint national army. The political will demonstrated by the two parties which, yesterday, were at war, deserves the international community's support, which should facilitate the establishment of political institutions as envisaged in the peace agreement. Nearly one million people displaced by war impatiently await the deployment of the United Nations mission so that they may return home safely before the next growing season, which begins soon, and so that the spectre of famine now hanging over them may be banished.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

13. “We express in advance our gratitude to all the Member States that will generously support the Organization to ensure the success of that Mission and thus enable Rwanda to regain the peace so necessary for the resumption of its development programmes. With the Council's permission, we should like to emphasize that the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda should be in place as soon as possible, and we request that the deadlines set forth in the Secretary-General's report for its deployment be advanced. There are indeed a number of reasons why we consider this to be so urgent.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

14. “The joint delegation of the Rwandese Government and the Rwandese Patriotic Front is not unaware of the financial constraints now facing the Organization and its Member States. We therefore subscribe to the approach recommended by the Secretary-General in his report to ensure the progressive deployment and withdrawal of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda. On behalf of the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front, I thank the Security Council for the highly important decision it is about to take to consolidate peace in Rwanda by quickly deploying the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

15. “It is fully in keeping with the expectations of the two parties. I can therefore assure the Security Council that the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front will do all in their power to abide strictly by the Peace Agreement and to see to it that the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda will not encounter any problems. My delegation has listened with care to the statements made in recent days by eminent world personalities from the rostrum of the General Assembly. The positions taken by various speakers with regard to peace-keeping operations throughout the world commanded our attention. We found them very encouraging, for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda is precisely in line with the prevailing philosophy.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

16. “We Rwandans view the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda as a valuable tool for implementing the Peace Agreement for the two belligerent parties that were yesterday pitted against each other and are today represented here as part of a joint delegation. Basically, this Mission will serve as an arbiter and facilitator as we progress towards consolidating peace and achieving national reconciliation and democratization throughout the country.Like the OAU Neutral Military Observer Group, which that organization was good enough to dispatch to Rwanda to monitor the implementation of the cease-fire, the United Nations Assistance Mission will enjoy complete security. Thus, this United Nations operation guarantees the success of the procress set in train for our country by the Arusha Peace Agreement.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

17. “In this connection, I should like to tell the Secretary-General of the United Nations that the people of Rwanda are deeply grateful for his concise and complete report, which covers all aspects of the situation in the country and establishes a solid foundation for the need to dispatch, a United Nations assistance mission to Rwanda. I am pleased to inform the Security Council that this report is perfectly acceptable to the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front. Hence, on their behalf, I ask the Council to be good enough to approve the report and follow up the recommendations in it with the urgency they deserve.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

18. “Our gratitude goes also to all the countries and international and non-governmental organizations that spared no effort to help Rwanda throughout the course of the war, particularly by furnishing humanitarian assistance to those displaced by the war. We remain deeply obliged to the Security Council for the sustained attention it has constantly devoted to Rwanda. The many, diverse missions sent to Rwanda by the United Nations made it possible to identify the ways and means best suited to bringing the peace process to success, particularly after the dispatch of a neutral international force with the task of backing up the resolute determination of the United Nations to put into effect the Peace Agreement in Rwanda.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

19. “In this connection I have the honour to pay a special tribute to the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and to their member States, especially those that agreed to act as observers at the Arusha negotiations - France, the United States of America, Germany and Belgium - as well as to the States that dispatched contingents to Rwanda in the context of the OAU Neutral Military Observer Group to encourage both sides to abide by the agreed-upon cease-fire. It is also my pleasant duty to pay a very special tribute to the Republic of Zaire and the United Republic of Tanzania, which generously agreed to act as mediators and facilitators at the beginning of the conflict and continued to do so down to the conclusion of the Peace Agreement.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

20. “The dynamic created by the Peace Agreement signed by the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front at Arusha, in the United Republic of Tanzania, on 4 August 1993 put an end to the war and provided the two parties with the appropriate framework for setting up transitional institutions designed to consolidate political pluralism and the ongoing democratic process in Rwanda. The Rwandese people can never find sufficient words to thank all the countries and eminent personalities from all over the world that stood with the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front as they travelled the road of their peace negotiations.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

21. “Today, I speak to all the members of the Council as head of a joint delegation that the two parties that only yesterday were locked in conflict have decided to send here to the United Nations Security Council to demonstrate their true interest in burying the hatchet of war once and for all, in reaching a negotiated settlement to the political problems underlying the war and in engaging, sincerely and unequivocally, in the process of peace and national reconciliation.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

22. “On the occasion of the Security Council's consideration of the agenda item devoted to the situation in my country, Rwanda, I should also like to express to the members of the Council the Rwandese people's thanks for their dedication and unswerving support for the peace process in Rwanda. We are also profoundly grateful to the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, for the indefatigable efforts he has constantly exerted to achieve a definitive and lasting settlement to the war situation our country has been facing since 1 October 1990.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source

23. “Mr. GASANA (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): I wish on behalf of the Twandese Republic and the people of Rwanda to congratulate you sincerely, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for October. I am convinced that, thanks to your vast experience as an able diplomat, the work of the Council will be crowned with success under your leadership. It gives me pleasure also to pay a well-deserved tribute to His Excellency the Permanent Representative of Venezuela, who guided the affairs of the Council last month with wisdom and skill.”

    1993-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3288 (1993) · source