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Ileka

lines on the record: 371
first: 2000-01-10
most recent: 2012-11-28
sittings or episodes: 24
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“Instead of following these doomsayers, the United Nations should be driven by a desire to succeed, if only this once, where it sadly failed almost half a century ago, allowing the country to fall into unspeakable chaos. The macabre memories of those violent years are still fresh in the minds of the Congolese people. Today again, the supposed lack of disciple of some elements of the Congolese army seems to be a pretext for the same actors who take pleasure in turning the knife in the wound to perpetuate the misery of the Congolese people. And yet, the resolution remains strangely silent with respect to the bilateral and multilateral training provided beforehand to the Congolese combat units. It is fine to call for enhanced training, including in the framework of security sector reform, but such training must have content.”
2009-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6253 (2009) · source
“If national or foreign individuals or third-party countries act as intermediaries for small fry, it is nonetheless true that the ultimate beneficiaries of this illegal exploitation are outside the African continent, as is so well noted by the final report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, contained in document S/2009/603. As to the supposed or acknowledged lack of discipline of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), I can only regret that, in spite of the efforts made, today's resolution still reeks of this bitter criticism of the FARDC. This criticism, as we know, is the result of opinions that have been strongly influenced by those who benefit from the instability in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the entire Great Lakes region.”
2009-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6253 (2009) · source
“It is the victim of armed aggression that today is unanimously recognized but, curiously, has never been qualified as such by the Security Council. The current situation is but a continuation or a consequence of this 09-66448 armed aggression. None of the weapons that are proliferating in the region are made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Not even machetes, which since 1993 have become weapons of mass destruction, are made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Burundi, much less in Rwanda. What can we say about the illegal exploitation of natural resources in my country?”
2009-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6253 (2009) · source
“And yet, some 10 years ago, I was one of the first to bring this scourge to the Council's attention, seeing it through to the bitter end and suffering the sarcasm of the President of the Security Council at the time. The adoption of this resolution authorizes me to refer to certain truths, if not to say truisms. The first is that part of the solution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lies in the understanding and the cohesion of the Security Council, and in particular its permanent members. Is Fashoda rising from its ashes, or is the spirit of Saint Malo still alive? One of the keys to peace in my country lies in the answer to that question. The second is that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is not the cause of the breakdown of peace and international security in the Great Lakes region.”
2009-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6253 (2009) · source
“The defence and strengthening of these rights also require active participation in the search for solutions. The non-governmental organization in question is manifestly powerful enough to propose solutions that could be put into effect, and yet we have seen nothing of the sort. Doing nothing is tantamount to contributing to the perpetuation of what has already been one of the greatest tragedies of modern times. If this state of affairs must continue, in 10 years, if God allows me to live that long, I will still be speaking to the Council about violations of human rights in my country - as I am doing now, humiliated - and about questions of violence against women and rape used as a weapon of war.”
2009-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6253 (2009) · source
“It is interesting to note that recently, when the Council has met to take important 09-66448 decisions with respect to the restoration of peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, some in the press have deliberately sought to influence public opinion in its members' countries and thereby the Council's decisions. I take as proof the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, whose intellectual probity I publicly challenge. His exit in the month of October was deplorable, and, like many others, I await his report and his conclusions. With respect to a certain non-governmental organization that defends human rights, which I naturally hold dear, I should like to point out in all amity that the defence of human rights clearly and necessarily entails denouncing their violation.”
2009-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6253 (2009) · source
“Those delegations have my heartfelt appreciation. I have received quite a bit of direct correspondence from my fellow citizens, principally from the two Kivu provinces and Orientale province, in which they plead with me to persuade the Council to put an end to their unspeakable suffering. The Congolese people no longer want to be beasts of burden blithely led to the slaughterhouse in the name of some supreme sacrifice. They desire peace, and they desire peace now. That is what my Government, under the leadership of Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, has resolutely and tirelessly worked for. The return of peace - real and lasting peace - is the highest priority of the actions of the President of the Republic. The path towards that longed-for peace should be subject to no ambiguity.”
2009-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6253 (2009) · source
“Mr. Ileka (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): The Security Council has just adopted resolution 1906 (2009) of 23 December 2009, which extends the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). My Government duly takes note of this adoption. I am returning from the Copenhagen summit with every possible understanding of the word "mitigation". I wish to thank those delegations of the Security Council that have worked tirelessly to considerably mitigate the provisions of the initial draft resolution, which could have been the basis for a profound crisis that may have undermined the partnership that has been firmly established for more than a decade between the Security Council and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and that seeks to restore peace to my country.”
2009-12-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6253 (2009) · source
“To the list of those mentioned on 30 September by the British Permanent Representative (see S/PV.6195), I should like to add the diplomats of the United States Mission to the United Nations and especially the informal group United for Women of All Nations, whose activities have been decisive in ensuring that the plight of Congolese women is not forgotten.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“However, to be frank and candid, I must say that people would find it difficult to understand if the post were not filled by a woman, especially a woman from a region affected by the plague of sexual violence. Finally, I would be remiss if, after what was said by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Sir John Sawers - whose departure I regret - I failed to recognize the efforts of all those women and men who have deeply felt the unspeakable suffering and burdens of Congolese women.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“If it was a United Nations decision, most likely the result of some arrangement, that would be regrettable and the Security Council should have taken the matter up. In this specific case, whether gang rape occurred or not, 09-56206 because they were dealing with a presumed streetwalker, did these United Nations Blue Helmets have the right to turn N'Djili International Airport into a sex pad, without any reprimand or sanction? This is shocking. I ask, what happened to the zero-tolerance policy declared in 2005? On the matter of sexual violence, it is important that all of us together send the right message. Maybe the creation of the post of special representative of the Secretary-General on sexual violence in armed conflict will be a sufficient response.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“The international community represented in the Congo should also show itself above reproach, as sometimes its behaviour leaves something to be desired. By way of example, I can cite the umpteenth case of a sexual offence committed by Blue Helmets, which occurred during the night of 31 July/1 August at N'Djili International Airport. While all the parties involved do not deny the commission of an act that I consider reprehensible, the MONUC spokesperson deemed it correct to declare, with regard to the complaint lodged by an 18-year-old woman of gang rape that night, that there was insufficient evidence to continue the investigation. If the decision not to press charges had come from Congolese justice I would not have commented. But as a Congolese citizen, I believe that I have the right to know how that conclusion was reached.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“Turning to the actions of my Government, all Council members heard the head of my delegation affirm, during the general debate in the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, that "The sexual violence perpetrated against women and girls in the eastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo is, in our View, the most shameful and gravest crime witnessed by humankind in the twenty-first century." (see A/64/PV.II) The Minister for Foreign Affairs assured Member States of the firm resolve of His Excellency President Joseph Kabila Kabange to put an end to impunity for the perpetrators of these heinous acts. He informed Member States that a number of officers of the Congolese armed forces and a good many civilians who had committed such hateful crimes have been brought before the national courts.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“It is important that those soldiers and others convicted of crimes of sexual violence be brought to justice in their respective States. In fact, one could come up with and develop a mechanism by which international justice could be correctly rendered.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“I remain convinced that if at that time the Council had deigned to take on its responsibility, this virus of sexual Violence that the Democratic Republic of the Congo inherited would not have spread. It would not have contaminated on such a scale the various armed groups, Congolese armed forces and peacekeeping contingents. I feel no pride, I feel no honour to find myself 10 years later before the Council addressing virtually the same issue and continuing to report on these massive violations of human rights, especially violence against women and children. With the passage of time, the vast majority of those who committed atrocities at the beginning of hostilities will slip through the net of justice. However, their bosses and masterminds are well known.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“On 10 January 2000, I addressed the Security Council as the embassy counselor I was then on the topic of the impact of AIDS on peace and security in Africa. (S/PV.4087 (Resumption l)). I seized that opportunity to draw the Council's attention to the inhuman and degrading treatment and violence suffered by Congolese heads of households - mainly men who were victims of the war. I also drew the attention of the international community to the very heavy toll paid by women, children and especially young girls in the eastern provinces, victims of systematic rape by the occupiers, and highlighted the use of seropositive soldiers. Still today, the prevalence rate of AIDS in Orientale province and in North and South Kivu is four times the national average.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“In order to do this we must work together, both at Headquarters and in the field, to define the parameters for drawing up not only a timetable for the disengagement of United Nations troops in parallel with the setting up of the Congolese army, but also, more generally, a road map which would sanction the transition from a peacekeeping operation to a peacebuilding operation, an operation to bolster stability in an area which could transcend Congo's borders. On that subject, I have already exchanged letters with the Secretariat on setting up a United Nations office for Central Africa. Once that has been established, simple logic would dictate that this office be located in the country which symbolizes Central Africa and whose capital is Kinshasa. My second point is sexual violence, a topic I hold close to my heart.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“Here I wish to be clear. The Congolese people do not wish for a hasty withdrawal of MONUC. At the same time, the Congolese people do not want MONUC to remain forever. It thus behooves my country to take with the Council the multidimensional strategic decisions - including military and non-military measures - aimed, inter alia, at enabling the Congolese Government to fully take on and ensure security, State authority throughout the national territory, good governance, strengthening the rule of law and the economic development of the country.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“We are thankful that the international community has finally deigned - even one year late - to follow through on the request of the Secretary-General for a temporary increase in the number of MONUC military and police unit personnel. This was important in order to strengthen MONUC's capacity to truly protect the Congolese civilian population and for MONUC to commit itself more firmly than it has to date, alongside the Congolese army, in the fight against the residual armed groups that still abound in the eastern part of my country. It is necessary to significantly reduce, even annihilate, the capacity of those armed groups to harm in order to make peace a reality. Restoring peace, which the people of Congo yearn for, will promote healthy, calm consideration of the future of the United Nations presence in the Congo.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“We human beings are born and we die. That is God's will and nature's law, but the important thing is to succeed in life. It is the duty of MONUC to succeed in Congo. Our future generations must remember this as having been, at a specific moment in history, the largest United Nations peacekeeping operation, which by its deployment made it possible to end the first African world war and which successfully oversaw a lengthy disengagement process, managed a difficult political transition, assisted in organizing free and democratic elections and, finally, laid the foundations for renewal of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That means that to be a complete success, it is imperative that MONUC succeed in its exit.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“Mr. Ileka (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): I wish to reassure you, Sir, that I will be brief. At the outset I would like to express my pleasure at seeing you, Sir, preside over the Council during this month of October. I also take the opportunity to associate myself with the unanimous congratulations addressed to the United States delegation for last month's presidency. Finally, I note the importance of the Secretary-General's twenty-ninth report on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) (S/2009/472) and thank him. I also welcome the presentation and briefing just made by his Special Representative. I will limit my comments to two aspects of importance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first is MONUC. For all things, there is a beginning and there is an end.”
2009-10-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6203 (2009) · source
“We need to restore a State that can perform, that can restore the most fundamental rights of its citizens and do so on healthy and democratic bases - a State that can provide for lasting peace, accompanied by sustainable development, both for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and for the entire Great Lakes region. Finally, this must be a State that is marked by the highest goals of humankind - namely, peace, justice and prosperity.”
2008-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6024 (2008) · source
“However, talks are highly instructive from all points of view and are encouraging enough to allow us to see, despite difficulties, signs of a possible exit from the crisis. For us, that means finding a good balance between Rwandan claims and the legitimate concerns of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would like to return to the remarks made by former Prime Minister Tony Blair. I asked why the international community continues to wish to humiliate all the peoples and ethnic groups that make up the mosaic of the Congolese nation because of a crime in which no one from Zaire or the Congo ever participated. The question has been raised. The Democratic Republic of the Congo needs peace. We need peace to tackle other gigantic challenges as well. We have established balances, but they no longer exist.”
2008-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6024 (2008) · source
“The person directly responsible is a warlord who, through some undoubtedly stately footwork, continues to defy in all impunity the entire international community more than six years now after being designated by the international community as a war criminal. That gentleman is behaving as if he were preparing for the definitive occupation of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, unfortunately with the complicity of some of my compatriots. Others in the region are also responsible. Their responsibility is more important than his direct responsibility, but less than others that are even more global still. Regarding regional responsibility, our relations with Rwanda have perhaps not yet yielded the results we had hoped for. A great deal remains to be done.”
2008-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6024 (2008) · source
“There have been 300,000 dead in Burundi, nearly 1 million dead in Rwanda, 5 million dead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - enough is enough. How long must this horror last and what is its justification? Today, the entire world is hailing the decision of the Security Council to follow up the request of the Secretary-General for a temporary increase in the authorized military and police personnel for the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). That is important to strengthen the Mission's capacity to offer genuine protection to the Congolese civilian population, the victim of an obvious humanitarian disaster, as Mr. Doss emphasized, and of mass violations of human rights, in particular acts of violence directed against women and children.”
2008-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6024 (2008) · source
“Council members will recall that, on 2 October 2001, in his statement to the annual conference of his party, he referred to a moral duty to provide military and humanitarian international assistance to any country in need and emphasized that "If the world continues to ignore the sufferings of African nations, like in the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of the Congo, it would breed anger and frustration which would threaten global stability." I would endorse the remarks of the British Prime Minister. I have always affirmed the need for serious and intensive thinking on the long-standing and immediate underlying causes of the present conflict, which could help the international community to take all measures required to restore normalcy to the Great Lakes region as a whole and to root out chaos and 3 desolation.”
2008-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6024 (2008) · source
“His Excellency is most welcome in New York. Finally, this meeting allows me also to welcome a friend, Mr. Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary-General. I am grateful for his presentation of the fourth special report (S/2008/728) and recognize the crucial importance of his statement. I shall begin by referring to Mr. Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.”
2008-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6024 (2008) · source
“Mr. Ileka (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): Mr. President, in taking the floor for the first time here in the Council this month, allow me at the outset to discharge the pleasant duty of congratulating you on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. I would also like to join in the unanimous praise for the Chinese presidency of last month. I would like to thank most sincerely Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his tireless efforts on behalf of the restoration of peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and above all for having appointed President Obasanjo as Special Envoy for eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome the presence with us of Mr. Karel De Gucht, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium.”
2008-11-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6024 (2008) · source
“We could also consider establishing a system to ensure that regional organizations, and especially the African Union, enjoy predictable and long-term financing for their peacekeeping operations. Such an initiative could be undertaken by strengthening cooperation - for example, through the partnership mechanisms that exist between the peace and security entities of the United Nations and the African Union - in the areas of conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding.”
2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source
“It is important that we make them aware of the importance of the values of tolerance and diversity, as well as teaching them the virtues of ethical values based upon traditional heritage, all the while providing them with an opening to the world to allow them also to gather universal values. In order to ensure implementation and follow-up vis-a-vis the prevention and resolution of conflicts, one important step is to strengthen the Secretary-General's capacities for mediation and good offices efforts, in accordance with the 2005 World Summit decision that established a Mediation Support Unit in the Department of Political Affairs. Moreover, the Peacebuilding Support Office should be strengthened by substantially stepping up the work of the Peacebuilding Fund.”
2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source
“With regard to providing solutions, I would like to urge the ratification of, and prompt adherence to, legal and related instruments, such as the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region. We should also underscore the need to integrate civil society into conflict resolution processes in Africa, given the fact that the tools traditionally employed to manage crises have become largely useless on the continent. Beyond those considerations, in addition to adopting and implementing policies aimed at economic recovery, reducing poverty and improving governance, education is the best and safest investment we can make to bring about peace in Africa and the world, both today and in the future. In that regard, we must instil the ideal of peace in the educational system, especially as regards young people.”
2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source
“In that connection, the role of the Court in the prevention of conflict and the consolidation of peace in post-conflict situations should be underlined. It is important that justice trump politics and diplomacy at a certain stage in peace processes. In that regard, I should like to reiterate our appeal for the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where millions of innocent people have lost their lives following breaches of the peace. Such a body could further contribute to avoiding such outrageous situations as the one that prevails in my country today, where notorious murderers, perfidious generals and warlords are the primary interlocutors of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and therefore of the United Nations.”
2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source
“Organized crime, whether national or trans- national in nature, and the greater firepower and higher 07-4920] numbers of weapons, both legal and illegal, as well as their level of availability, have been identified as contributing factors in the outbreak of conflict. Faced with the inability of national judicial systems to meet the new challenges in re-establishing justice in post-conflict societies, relying on truth and reconciliation commissions alone is not enough. We must further consider using prosecutorial mechanisms to punish the perpetrators of serious crimes, without neglecting the issue of providing reparations to the victims of those crimes. That is the role currently being played by the International Criminal Court.”
2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source
“We commend the Office of the Secretary- General's Special Adviser on Africa for facilitating the holding of the second United Nations Conference on DDR and Stability in Africa, which was held in Kinshasa from 12 to 14 June 2007. The meeting was a success in terms of the quality of the debate, the level of participation and the relevance of the recommendations made. I would therefore like to emphasize the importance of such conferences, as well as to call for the incorporation of the recommendations made at the Conference into peacebuilding strategies for post-conflict societies. Transitional justice - whose goal is to provide a feeling of justice for all citizens, to establish or renew civic confidence and to reconcile peoples and communities - has a key role to play in conflict prevention and resolution.”
2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source
“For example, the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, whose twenty- sixth ministerial meeting will be held in Cameroon next week, is among the appropriate frameworks for cooperation in identifying destabilizing factors in order to rebuild lasting trust at the regional level. With regard to peacebuilding, concrete relevant initiatives usually include disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes, the strengthening of political and judicial local institutions, efforts to promote reconciliation among the population, security sector reform and respect for human rights and the rule of law.”
2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source
“07-4920] The persistence of conflicts in Africa has given rise to serious and complex problems, including massive flows of refugees, internally displaced persons, the spread of infectious diseases, the proliferation of weapons and drugs, the destruction of crucial basic infrastructure and the devastation of ecosystems and the environment. It is essential that the international community as a whole realize that the stability and prosperity of Africa is important for all humankind, and that the development and improvement of its well-being requires appropriate actions both by Africans themselves and by their bilateral and multilateral partners. With regard to preventing conflict in Africa, there is a need to ensure the coherence and operational effectiveness of existing mechanisms.”
2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source
“Mr. Ileka (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): First of all, it is my pleasure to express our delegation's satisfaction at seeing the Council chaired this month by the representative of our sister Republic of the Congo, with which my country has excellent relations, characterized by the seal of trust and mutual respect. I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting of the Council. The active participation of the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, the Vice-President of the General Assembly and the representative of the Peacebuilding Commission clearly illustrates the importance that our universal Organization attaches to the role that the Security Council should play in the prevention and resolution of conflict, especially in Africa.”
2007-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5735Resumption1 (2007) · source
“Rather we should strengthen the partnership that has been established with my country in order to build the momentum with a View to contemplating with much more serenity the future of a Congo that is truly democratic, a spearhead of the African renaissance, where more peace, security, justice and prosperity will prevail.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“I would also like to thank the Governments of the Gabonese Republic and the sisterly Government of Congo-Brazzaville for the steps they took to facilitate the operations of EUFOR. With the establishment of new democratically elected republican institutions, our country is today beginning a new phase. However, many challenges remain, and they are enormous. It is important that the support of the international community not let up. We have that opportunity. I would also like to reiterate what was said by Mr. Gue'henno that we have an opportunity and a duty not to repeat certain errors of the past, including through a hasty withdrawal by the international community.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“I am both encouraged and reassured by the renewed commitment of the European Union in that regard. The international community should also continue to help our country to address factors of instability such as the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and illicit arms trafficking in the region. Before I conclude, I would like to pay well- deserved tribute to the personnel of EUFOR for their professionalism. Through their remarkable work, they have made possible secure elections while at the same time demonstrating full impartiality. EUFOR has also made it possible to return to peace, calm and stability. EUFOR's military personnel returned home on the scheduled date, with the certainty of having accomplished their mission.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“Overall, I can assure the Council that the President of the Republic and the Congolese people want the international community to continue its commitment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We call on the international community - as the High Representative of the European Union and my African colleagues on the Council have done - to continue to provide assistance, including in support of the new institutions, the reform of the national army and police as part of security sector reform, the continuation of disarmament programmes - both the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and rehabilitation and the disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration programmes, including those pertaining to child soldiers - judicial sector reform, including human rights, good governance and development, so as to make it possible for the Congolese people to fully benefit from the dividends produced by peace.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“For its part, the Democratic Republic of the Congo would like to solemnly renew its commitment to participate in the establishment of peace and security for its own people and for those of neighbouring States. The Democratic Republic intends to fully play its role as a central and pivotal State in international efforts aimed at stabilizing the entire Great Lakes region in particular, and Africa in general. With the establishment of new institutions, the Congolese people rely on the ongoing support of the international community to continue policies aimed at national reconciliation, economic and social recovery and the rebuilding of the country. The future Congolese Government will soon begin discussions with the United Nations as regards the future of their partnership.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“We should also bear in mind that many members of the European Union and its associated States are also providing assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in many areas on the bilateral level, in close cooperation with the United Nations and the European Union. I would like those countries and our international, continental and regional partners to know how very grateful the Congolese people are for their assistance. However, the human, material and financial resources devoted to my country by the European Union and the United Nations could be for naught as long as there are dictatorial regimes in the Great Lakes region that have little respect for human rights.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“The structure of the Third Republic is therefore slowly being established. With the success of this undertaking, the United Nations and the European Union have made it possible to establish a truly democratic arena in my country. The efforts of the European Union are not limited to EUFOR. The European Union is also playing a role through EUSEC, the European Union mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and EUPOL, the European Union Police Mission in Kinshasa. With regard to the organization and holding of elections, we should also acknowledge that the European Union is the main supporter of the Independent Electoral Commission.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“Elections have been held successfully and the Congolese people have expressed their will in complete freedom, voting in massive numbers in the legislative elections and the two rounds of presidential elections. The transitional period in the Democratic Republic of the Congo came to an end with the inauguration of His Excellency Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, the first Congolese President elected through direct universal suffrage. A Prime Minister has been designated, who is preparing to form the future Government. The National Assembly is being established as we meet, and existing provincial assemblies are preparing to begin their work. Elections for governors and senators are somewhat behind schedule, but they will occur before the end of the month. Other local elections will take place later this year.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“EUFOR was the second military intervention of the European Union in my country. Operation Artemis in 2003, which included the deployment of the Interim Emergency Multinational Force, managed at the time to stabilize the security and humanitarian situation in Bunia, making it possible to implement the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement on the Transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As others who have spoken before me have pointed out, EUFOR was a military force authorized by the Security Council under resolution 1761 (2006), of 25 April 2006, and deployed by the European Union to support the electoral process on behalf of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). We can say with confidence that EUFOR's record has been largely positive.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“Mr. Ileka (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): Allow me, first of all, to express my pleasure at seeing you, Mr. President, preside over the Security Council for the month of January, as well as to thank you for convening this important meeting of the Council devoted to the European Union-led force (EUFOR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I should also like to take this opportunity to welcome the presence among us of Mr. Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, as well as to express my gratitude for his very thorough briefing. I have also listened closely to the statement made by the representatives of Germany on behalf of the European Union, and those of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political Affairs.”
2007-01-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5616 (2007) · source
“Before concluding, allow me to express to the Secretary-General and to his Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo our gratitude for their tireless efforts to restore peace to my country. I would also like to thank the Security Council for its periodic dispatch of missions to my country. Indeed, we are pleased to note that each visit by a Security Council mission has led to tangible progress in the peace process. Lastly, I cannot but mention the staff of MONUC, the United Nations system and the international and national staff, who are paying a heavy price - and sometimes making the ultimate sacrifice - to restore peace and dignity to my country.”
2006-07-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5482 (2006) · source
“The international community, and the United Nations in particular, are invited to consider continuing their cooperation over the long term, because the peace and security that the Congolese people desire so wholeheartedly are prerequisites for the sustainable development of not only my country but also of the entire Great Lakes region. Those are elements of a broader programme to be developed by the first Congolese Government of the Third Republic. That programme must include judicial assistance so as to put an end to rampant impunity and prosecute all those suspected of having committed violations of human rights or of international humanitarian law, particularly with respect to vulnerable segments of the population, especially women and children.”
2006-07-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5482 (2006) · source
“Not only must the elections take place successfully; we must meet, in a responsible manner, the expectations of the people following the elections. It should be clearly indicated - and the Council mission stressed this point - that the elections are not an end in themselves. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is requesting additional assistance in the area of the restructuring and reform of the army and the police as well with the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of former combatants. The support of the international community will also be necessary in terms of the promotion of policies aimed at national reconciliation as well as economic recovery and the reconstruction of the country.”
2006-07-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5482 (2006) · source