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1. “The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter. The meeting rose at 5.10p.m.”

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2. “"The Security Council acknowledges the relevance of the regional dimension. It welcomes the initiatives the President of Guinea-Bissau and the President of Senegal have taken towards stabilization of their common border region. The Council encourages both Governments to explore further possibilities to achieve peace and stability along the regional borders. It commends the Economic Community of West African States and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries for their continuing contributions towards the return of peace and democracy in Guinea-Bissau. "The Security Council expresses its intention to keep the situation in Guinea-Bissau under regular review and to coordinate with all actors in the post-conflict peace-building process." This statement will be issued as a document of Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2000/37.”

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3. “In order to optimize the efforts of UNOGBIS, some degree of flexibility on the part of donors and financial institutions is required concerning issues such as debt relief, trade policies and internal budget constraints. "The Security Council reiterates that economic rehabilitation and reconstruction constitutes one of the major tasks facing Guinea- Bissau as it emerges from conflict and that significant international assistance is indispensable in promoting sustainable development there. The Council underlines that an integrated and coordinated approach is required for Guinea-Bissau combining sustainable post-conflict peace-building and economic and the development issues. "The Security Council calls upon Member States to provide generous support at the next round-table scheduled for February 2001 in Geneva.”

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4. “In this regard, the Council once again underlines the importance of ensuring a smooth transition from conflict management to post- conflict peace-building and reconstruction, which can be greatly enhanced through adequate coordination of the efforts of all. The Council stresses the special position of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) in this regard. "The Security Council recognizes and commends the important role played by UNOGBIS towards helping consolidate peace, democracy and the rule of law, including the strengthening of democratic institutions, and expresses its appreciation for the activities of UNOGBIS.”

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5. “The Council commends the support provided by the Bretton Woods institutions to the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process in Guinea-Bissau, and stresses the importance of integrated and the coordinated support of Member States for these activities. "The Security Council recalls the statement of its President of 29 December 1998 (S/PRST/l998/38), and recognizes that the challenges of the post-conflict situation in Guinea-Bissau require an integrated and consolidated approach by all actors to support the Government of Guinea-Bissau, including the United Nations system, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, as well as bilateral donors.”

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6. “The Council underlines that the primary responsibility for the consolidation of peace lies with all the parties and the people of Guinea-Bissau and is concerned that renewed political unrest may be harmful to the consolidation of peace and to the commitment of donors to support the reconstruction of Guinea- Bissau. "In this connection, the Security Council underlines the importance of an energetic continuation of the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process and the need for an urgent and accurate census of all military forces. It recalls the statement of its President of 23 March 2000 (S/PRST/2000/10), and underlines that timely funding for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration is a critical factor to the successful implementation of the peace process in Guinea-Bissau.”

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7. “"The Security Council welcomes the return to peace, democracy and constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, and urges all parties to work towards the consolidation of peace in a spirit of cooperation and reconciliation. "The Security Council notes with satisfaction the political progress made so far in Guinea-Bissau, and stresses the importance of continued cooperation by all parties towards the consolidation of sustainable peace in Guinea- Bissau. The Council calls upon the members of the former military junta to subordinate themselves fully to the civilian institutions and to withdraw from the political process.”

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8. “The Security Council will now continue its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council reiterates its support for the democratically elected Government of Guinea-Bissau, and underlines that all parties concerned, especially the members of the former military junta, must continue to uphold the results of the elections and the principles of democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights and civilian rule in the country.”

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9. “Thank you very much for your very kind words. Again, I hope that the atmosphere that we have had here today will prevail during the round table meeting. This has to be translated into pledges, and pledges have to be translated into disbursement. There are no further speakers inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus concluded its business for this meeting. The Security Council will reconvene immediately to continue its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 5p.m.”

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10. “Thank you very much, Mr. Madavo, for coming. It was at fairly short notice that you were prepared to come. In a few weeks' time my country will no longer be sitting at this table. This has been a little bit of a precedent, and I hope that others in the future will also think "why not ask these people to jump on a shuttle and come and join us in the debate whenever we think it is relevant?" I am sure that you and your colleagues would be prepared to do so. I hope that this is a first, but not a last. I think it did contribute to the quality of our debates to have you here. Thank you very much for coming. Finally, I give the floor to you, Mr. Vice-Prime Minister.”

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11. “We are grateful for that very comprehensive statement. Speakers have been thanking me for putting this item on the agenda. I must say that I have to share all these thanks with Jamaica and Bangladesh, of course. One of the many things that you called for, Mrs. Pereira, was that the international financial institutions show determination. I would like to hear to what extent the World Bank is ready to face that challenge and whatever other comments you, Mr. Madavo, would like to make in response to what you have heard today. I give you the floor.”

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12. “I thank the representative of Guinea for his short, focused statement, again reminding us of the importance of implementing the Brahimi report. The next speaker is the Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking countries, Mrs. Dulce Maria Pereira, to whom the Council has extended an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure. I invite her to take a seat at the Council table and to make her statement.”

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13. “That was a very heart-warming, constructive statement. The next speaker is the representative of Guinea. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”

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14. “In a debate in which we have discussed the gap between humanitarian and structural aid, I am grateful to the representative of the Gambia for mentioning the gap between pledges and disbursements. His point is well taken. The next speaker is the representative of Senegal. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”

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15. “We should all join forces to offer a perspective to the young women and men of Africa, making sure that young men do not perceive taking up arms as their only possible future. The less people have to lose, the greater the risk of conflict. Effective development cooperation therefore helps to ensure that people have the hope that their children will have a better future than they have; that people, in effect, have something to hold on to that they do not want to lose. I think that is what we are here together for, what we must try to achieve in the future. I now change hats again to resume my functions as President of the Council, pausing to apologize to the interpreters. The next speaker inscribed on my list is the representative of the Gambia. I invite him to take a seat at the Council table and to make his statement.”

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16. “Of course, in addition there is also the issue of local ownership; for otherwise initiatives will be doomed to fail anyway. And those who bear public responsibility - the Governments - will have to re-establish their credibility; and the balance between government and the military has to be restored. I very much welcome the steps that have been taken to achieve rapid DDR in Guinea-Bissau. Activities really got started just two months ago, but a lot of progress has been made. I call on all parties in Guinea-Bissau to keep up the momentum, and I join everyone here who has said today that there is some room to improve burden-sharing in the financing of DDR. Let me underline that. Fighting poverty and increasing participation are crucial to the sustainable building of peace. This is all about people.”

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17. “I want to pledge here that, for our part, we will kick in the money needed for DDR, for I believe that it is the best investment in peace. I know that it can be a risky investment. There is no guarantee of success, as money alone does not do the trick. But I sometimes feel, as the Development Minister, that it is much more risky not to take any risks. As I did, for instance, for Ethiopia and Eritrea, I would like to ask the multilateral organizations - the World Bank and UNDP- to be there in time to develop DDR programmes. Nothing can be done with my pledge unless there is an account number, unless the multilateral organizations do their homework and unless these programmes are in place in time before the momentum wanes.”

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18. “We should learn that lesson. I have been pleased to follow Security Council debates, including that of 23 March 2000. I would like to quote from the presidential statement made following that debate: "adequate and timely funding for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration is critical to the successful implementation of a peace process". (S/PRS T/2000/1 0) Ijust want to say here that I would like to honour the Netherlands membership of the Council by walking the walk, putting my money where my mouth is, and pledging as the Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation that, as far as I am concerned, post- conflict peace-building will never be allowed to fail in Africa because of lack of financial resources for DDR - be it in Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone or Burundi.”

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19. “Madavo did, for the way in which, for instance, you have tried to make policy- making inclusive and have invited civil society to participate in the process set out in the poverty reduction strategy paper, the process that led to your poverty reduction strategy. The last point I want to make is a very obvious one that has been made by many others, including Malaysia, Namibia, Bangladesh, Canada and the World Bank. I refer to the huge importance of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), even if in Guinea-Bissau it is called DRR. I am convinced that if one looks at a past success story in Africa - Mozambique, say - to see what made it such a success, one discovers that the answer is that timely, adequate and generous financing was on the table for DDR. That was extremely important to make peace stick in that case.”

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20. “We outsiders, including the United Nations and regional organizations, can intervene and contribute successfully only if that will exists in countries. I am really pleased with the recent developments in Guinea-Bissau that have proved that to be true. We saw a legitimate transfer of power after last year's elections. Although considerable progress has been made since democracy was restored, the domestic political process still faces a number of serious military, economic and social bottlenecks. I think that your country, Mr. Vice-Prime Minister, deserves a lot of support. We need to commend you, as Mr.”

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21. “What I am always so energized about is how often, even during conflict, one sees a peace process start at the grass-roots level in many countries before a formal settlement is reached. One sees religious and women's groups, civil society and people who are simply weary of the fighting and needless bloodshed. They can play a very crucial role in peace-building, pursuing peace from the grassroots level, building from the bottom up. It is very important for us to recognize that popular involvement and support it in order to spur that momentum and keep it going. Such an inclusive model cannot be imposed from the outside. A peaceful solution to a conflict is possible only if the internal parties have the will to achieve stability.”

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22. “Is it the parliament building or a battlefield? That is the issue. There is a particular problem in poor countries, in that the pic is not that big. What is worse is that in many poor countries the pie is not growing. Why is it so easy where I come from for us to continue to be democratic? It is easy enough in the Netherlands: the pie is growing fast. It is much easier to have inclusive development if the pie grows. So if we want to be serious about conflict resolution, having the pie grow is very important. Again, that is where development cooperation kicks in, and why we development Ministers should be in this Chamber once in a while. But, again, it is up those in Guinea-Bissau and the countries concerned themselves.”

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23. “Because ofjet-lag, I woke up at 4 a.m., and I said to myself, "Well, why not read the poverty reduction strategy paper, the IMF paper and so forth?" So I read all those documents from 19th Street NW, Washington. And, for a change, they did a very good job. I think I would want to make the point that, in checking on political sensitivity and on the relevance of conditionalities in the context of post-conflict situations, they did a very good job, so let us say so. My third point is that we should have no illusions about our role as outsiders. I want to underline that also to the delegation of Guinea-Bissau. They bear the brunt of the work. Of course, in every society there is a fight for the biggest piece of the pie. We have that in our countries, too. The question is where that fight takes place, the theatre where the parties fight.”

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24. “I think it was very important to have it represented, because I think we all welcome the increased involvement of the international financial institutions in peace-building and in post-conflict activities. The representative of the European Union has already stated - and how can I but agree - that, in post-conflict situations the international financial institutions have to be politically sensitive in checking their conditionalities, if this is relevant in a given post- conflict situation. I would add that they should go the extra mile to foster inclusion in the way they work and to foster institutional capacity-building. In fact, if I may, I would commend the World Bank, for a change, for having done that in the case of Guinea-Bissau.”

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25. “The good news is that we are talking about this, and recognizing and acknowledging that there is a gap problem between humanitarian and structural aid. The World Bank-UNHCR initiative by the Brookings Institution attests to that; we acknowledged, or at least paid lip-service to the fact, that relief, return, reintegration, reconciliation, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction, while they may be separate concepts, are all linked in the real world. They are one thing. I am very glad that we have acknowledged this, but we have to do a better job of translating it into our actions as an international community. In that context, I am, again, really pleased that Callisto Madavo was here. I am also really pleased to have heard so many members - including Jamaica, Ukraine, Malaysia and Namibia - welcome the World Bank's presence here.”

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26. “In Guinea-Bissau we saw that donor funding dropped very sharply, and it is very important to realize that that kind of declining donor funding in fact destabilizes countries, and can actually push countries back into conflict. We have to act a little more responsibly as donors and as the international community. Humanitarian aid should be complemented early on by peace-building and rehabilitation activities. At the post-conflict stage, of course, humanitarian aid has to be phased out, but not cold turkey. There too, there must be no exit without strategy, a strategy aiming at more sustainable forms of development. I really want to repeat this plea: countries emerging from conflict should not be left alone, because that truly creates the perfect breeding ground for a new escalation of conflict.”

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27. “In Guinea-Bissau, I think, it could have, and should have, led to a faster response better tailored to the demands of the situation - if we had got our act together earlier on. The second point I want to make is that, just as there is no clear line between conflict and post-conflict, there is no very clear distinction between humanitarian and regular aid. We have to fill the gap. I am very concerned about how international interest often fades away once a conflict disappears from the television screens. If it is not on CNN, we forget about it, and we donors stop our financing. Humanitarian aid dries up, and we depart the country and leave the country to its fate. There you have the big black hole that many countries face post-conflict. Donors then adopt a wait- and-see attitude once the most urgent phase of the conflict is over.”

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28. “We have to avoid mission creep in the system; we have to avoid overlaps; we have to fill those gaps that we have been talking about; we have to rise above the institutional egos that we too often see in the international system. Strong coordination among these actors in peace- building is essential: the United Nations on the political side; other United Nations agencies, such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), together with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on the development side; as well as bilateral donors. I was really glad to hear how many members - so many that I did not even keep a list - made the point that it is important to get all those actors to work together.”

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29. “We really believe that it remains relevant for the Council, in the light of its primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, to discuss these issues of peace- building too, even if they can be called development cooperation. Consolidating an often fragile peace; security policy; and development cooperation: it all comes together, and we have to integrate all the various dimensions. I was glad to hear how many members - Mali, Argentina and others - stressed that it is essential for the international community to get its act together. We have to make a better effort to attain that holistic, system-wide approach. Together, we can do so much more than any of us can do individually. The total could be so much more than the sum of its parts. All of us - all the various actors - should be much more synergetic.”

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30. “Peace-building must be part of an integrated approach that includes poverty reduction, the improvement of governance and policies, democratization and the development of an active civil society to counterbalance government. Some would say that peace-building is a form of development cooperation and thus should not be on the Security Council's agenda. Well, as I am sure members know, we completely disagree with such a narrow interpretation of what we should be doing here in the Security Council. For us, the Netherlands, one of the overarching objectives of our membership has been to promote a more integrated, a more coordinated, a more holistic approach, particularly regarding conflicts in Africa. I really hope that today's meeting has been another step in that direction.”

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31. “It is exactly that fluid situation, illustrated by what we saw last week, that means we should not think in terms of pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict, but should have a more holistic view about what I like to call peace-building. Because that is what it is all about, before, during and after a conflict, no matter where you draw the lines. We have to work at peace-building, and one cannot do that during every stage. What we need is a more integrated, more coherent and better coordinated approach in Guinea- Bissau, and also in other countries in that twilight zone between conflict and post-conflict peace-building.”

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32. “Was it in June 1998 that the conflict started? Was it in November 1998 that it ended, with the signing of the Abuja treaty? Should we consider the second round of elections the beginning of a post-conflict situation, or is it still too early to speak of a post-conflict situation? Last week, we suddenly saw those troubling events, and we all had a great deal of concern that this young democracy might suffer a serious relapse. We are happy to see that the situation, thank God, is calm, that the elected President's Government is back in charge and that General Mane and the military have had to accept the primacy of the civilian authorities. Rebuilding efforts can and must now continue, and we urge all to reconcile themselves in a forward-looking spirit.”

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33. “That type of compartmentalization does not fit with reality. One of the first things I did when I became a minister was to attend a round table organized by the Brookings Institution at the request of the World Bank, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and some other entities within the United Nations system in early 1999. There, we concluded that "A response to the needs of post-conflict societies organized along two artificially compartmentalized lines, namely the emergency- humanitarian and the long-term developmental, does not do justice to the fluidity, uncertainty and complexity that characterize war-torn societies". We have to keep that very much in mind. That kind of compartmentalization would force us, in the case of Guinea-Bissau, to answer hypothetical questions such as these.”

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34. “I would particularly like to invite Callisto Madavo of the World Bank and the representative of Guinea- Bissau, maybe at the end of our meeting, to say a few words in reaction to many of the things that have been said. I wanted to warn members about that, but before we move there I now want to make a little statement in my capacity as the Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands. A great deal has been said; let me just try to focus on four points that I wanted to make. The debate today has been about the wider issues, but the current situation in Guinea-Bissau is a very chilling illustration of the first point that I wanted to make, that is, the importance of being very careful not to divide conflicts up into different stages: pre-conflict, conflict and post- conflict.”

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35. “I thank the representative of Namibia for his kind words addressed to me. I will pass them on to my colleague and friend, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. We have been working hard together over the past two years to try to make our policies in foreign affairs and development cooperation coherent and support each other, including in the positions we have been taking in this Council. So I am glad that the representative of Namibia made these kind comments about that. The last speaker on my list who is also a member of the Security Council happens to be me in my national capacity. After that, there are four other speakers still on the list, but I really would like to say now that if there is anyone who wants to come back to any of the issues raised by others, I would welcome that.”

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36. “I thank the representative of Malaysia for his kind words and for reminding us of the debate two weeks ago on the theme of "no exit without strategy". Indeed, it is our view that all these issues are linked and connected and that, unless we in the international community make up strategies that are holistic, we will not succeed. I think that it is indeed important to realize these linkages every time we discuss any of these issues.”

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37. “I fully acknowledge your efforts with regard to today's agenda and thank you for your strong engagement with the plight of the people of Guinea-Bissau.”

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38. “Before I give the floor to the next speaker, I would like to say that I would not mind our having a more interactive debate. Members may wish to come back to something that someone else has said. There will be a second round, but if members feel that it would be useful to intervene earlier, and tell me so, I will give them the floor.”

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39. “In view of the lateness of the hour, if there is no objection, I propose to suspend the meeting now. The meeting was suspended at 1.15pm.”

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40. “I think I can say, on behalf of the Secretary-General - I shall pass on the good news - that you reacted promptly indeed to his question on this particular recommendation, and he will be very pleased to hear that within two hours, at least your country is behind him.”

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41. “Of course, Mr. Ambassador, in my national capacity I can say I agree with every word you said. But I also noted that the delegation of Guinea-Bissau and the World Bank were taking down with enthusiasm some of the things you said about the massive commitment of donors, the need for debt relief and budget support, and although this is not a pledging session, we will take that with us towards that particular session.”

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42. “I thank the representative of the United States for the kind words she addressed to me, to my mission and to the Ambassador.”

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43. “I want to thank Ambassador Chowdhury for his call for more women presidents, particularly as it comes from him, as Bangladesh is, of course, one of the few countries of the world that can credibly make such a call.”

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44. “In terms of logistics, when I flew in last night I first thought that we could do this in the morning. But I think members will agree with me that, if we are a little bit realistic, I should actually suspend the meeting for lunch and then we should return in the afternoon. I am actually planning to do that around 1.15 p.m., and then we could come back at 3 pm. I thought it would be useful to announce that I have given up in terms of trying to finish our debate before lunch.”

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45. “I thank the Vice-Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau for his very comprehensive and informative statement, which will greatly enhance the quality of our debate. I think that one of the lessons learned in post-conflict situations is that for post- conflict peace-building to be successful it has to be inclusive. I commend the Vice-Prime Minister on the fact that his delegation is indeed very inclusive: it includes representatives from the private sector - both for-profit and non-profit- and from parliament; I think that is a very good sign that post-conflict peace- building will be successful, because it will be inclusive.”

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46. “I hope that members will allow me to say that many of us very much welcome the increased involvement of the international financial institutions in post-conflict peace-building. I am not sure ifI can say that beyond my national capacity, but many of us, I think, do. I understand that you are talking today here also on behalf of the International Monetary Fund. If that is so, I warmly welcome it, because one voice from 19th Street, Washington, is a very good first step towards more coherence in the international development architecture that I think everybody would welcome here - I may again go beyond my national capacity; I am not sure how often I can do this. I hope everybody will agree that it would be a good idea if I now give the floor to the Vice-Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, His Excellency Mr. Faustino Imbali.”

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47. “Mr. Secretary-General, that was a very important and profound statement. Because I think you touched upon all the important aspects of the case we discussed today, also reminding us of some of the lessons learned in earlier post-conflict situations, some of which, you reminded us, still have to be implemented, and it was important to draw our attention to that. I now welcome and call on Mr. Callisto Madavo.”

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48. “Dulce Maria Pereira, Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, under rule 39 of the Security Council's provisional rules of procedure. That letter will be issued as document S/2000/1130. If I hear no objection, I shall take it that the Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 to Mrs. Pereira. There being no objection, it is so decided. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. I now call on the Secretary-General.”

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49. “Gouveia (Mozambique) and Mr. Ka (Senegal) took the seats reservedfor them at the side ofthe Council Chamber. The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, and in the absence of objection, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Callisto Madavo, Vice-President of the World Bank, Africa Region. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. Madavo to take a seat at the Council table. I should like to inform the Council that l have received a letter dated 27 November 2000 from the Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Nations, in which Mozambique, in its capacity as President of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, requests that an invitation be extended to Mrs.”

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50. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received letters from the representatives of the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Senegal, in which they request to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In accordance with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite those representatives to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. I welcome the Vice-Prime Minister of Guinea- Bissau. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Imbali (Guinea-Bissau) took a seat at the Council table. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Jagne (Gambia), Mr. Fall (Guinea), Mr.”

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