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lines on the record: 98
first: 2000-04-18
most recent: 2002-10-17
sittings or episodes: 9
sources: un-security-council

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“By the statement of its President of 2 June 2000 (S/PRST/2000/20), the Security Council requested the Secretary-General to establish an expert panel on the illegal exploitation of natural resources of the Congo with a mandate to collect information on all activities of illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth of the Congo, including in violation of the sovereignty of that country. Bearing that in mind, allow me to remind this esteemed body that Zimbabwe is in the Congo at the invitation of the legitimate Government of that country. On 27 March this year, President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo addressed the Parliament of Zimbabwe.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In a real-world conflict, such as we are witnessing in the Congo, this discourse of grievance, whether along ethnic, political or social lines, also masks underlying realities about where the origin of the conflict lies. But thanks to this report, it is now evident that the prodigious endowment of the Congo with natural resources is a curse and not a blessing. The international community has an obligation to criminalize the primary commodity trade through which the aggressor States have done well out of war. My delegation notes with interest that the report identifies Zimbabwe as a "special case". How interesting.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In the wake of the findings of this report, my delegation finds it extremely difficult to sustain the "security concerns" thesis of the aggressor States, on the one hand, and the "grievance" argument of their surrogates. We can argue hither and thither about the grievance of the rebel groups, but this report shows beyond any reasonable doubt that what we have in the Congo is a greed-motivated rebellion. While it is not my delegation's intention to belabour this point, let us remember the story of the two drunks who fought because they were drunk, and when asked about the altercation, they justified their drunken behaviour with explanations of grievance, arguing "He struck me first". The true cause of conflict - drunkenness - was masked by the discourse of grievance.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Let me hasten to point out that, while efforts by the enterprising aggressor States in the Congo to benefit materially from war through looting and/or other forms of Violent accumulation is hardly a new phenomenon, this has been made possible by the wilful participation of an international private sector which must also be shamed for adopting a neutral stance on a conflict that has cost the lives of 3 million innocent Congolese. The international private sector, particularly the extractive and service sectors, must be engaged to establish how they view the role they have played in fuelling and sustaining the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Against a backdrop of past failures by the international community to account for the presence of economic agendas in conflict situations, which have at times seriously undermined international efforts to coordinate fragile peace agreements, this report, an indictment of those countries that have invaded the Congo, should impel this body to spare no effort in ensuring the withdrawal of the uninvited forces from the Congo, in accordance with Security Council resolutions.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Ba-N'Daw and her team can confirm that, true to its word, Zimbabwe extended its full cooperation to the Panel when it visited Harare during the course of the investigation. The revealing report before us provides insights into the economics underpinning contemporary armed conflicts in the Great Lakes subregion. For Zimbabwe, this report is a vindication of what we have said all along: the true cause of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is not the loud discourse of grievance, but the silent force of greed.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Like my colleagues who spoke before me, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. The timing of today's meeting, coming as it does immediately after the release of the Secretary-General's report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, could not be more perfect, and my delegation regards it as a privilege to pronounce itself on an issue of such import before the Security Council. My delegation welcomes the open debate on the report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Chairperson, Ms. Ba-N'Daw, and her Panel, for the sterling work they accomplished in such a short period of time. Ms.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Although the dependence of UNITA on international trade networks renders its illicit trade vulnerable to a concerted application of appropriate compliance and regulatory measures, it is the considered view of my delegation that that matter should be treated as more than a specific policing problem, that the tracking and the interdiction of illegal flights and the installation of customs monitors is good as long as it is one of the means of addressing the problem.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Because of the security nature of some of the information that is transmitted between the national information centres and the regional information centre, without secure communication the immediate relevance of some of that information could be lost. While SADC is ready to implement the recommendations in the report, we appeal to the international community to make available the requisite resources, including communication and other monitoring equipment, so that we can resuscitate and improve on the infrastructure that we have already established. Finally, my delegation wishes to reiterate its support for the sterling work accomplished by the Mechanism in producing a report that identifies - "names and shames" - countries, companies and individuals which, against all international norms, continue to do business with UNITA.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Zimbabwe, as coordinator of the regional information centre, submitted detailed operational procedures for the control and monitoring of flights within the SADC region which, when put to use by member States, resulted in the interception of some cargo planes that supplied UNITA with weapons, for example Johannes Pereira's Inter State Airways, whose flights were successfully intercepted. From information gathered by the national information centres, the regional information centre compiled a comprehensive dossier of companies and individuals that engaged in commercial transactions with UNITA. All that information was made available to the Panel of Experts when they visited Harare. Experience has also taught us that resources are critical if operational information and intelligence are to be timeously disseminated.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“The task force recommended the establishment of national information centres that would coordinate the collection of data in accordance with the task force's terms of reference. The task force also recommended that a regional information centre, which would process information received from the national information centres, be established in Harare. The regional information centre was to submit monthly status reports to the national information centres. That elaborate network has assisted SADC countries greatly to reduce UNITA's capacity to violate sanctions. Our experience in SADC has shown that the sharing among member States of both strategic and tactical information is an effective method of reducing UNITA's war-making capacity.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“The ad hoc committee of ministers met in Harare on 19 November 1997 and set up a task force comprising personnel from civil aviation, immigration and intelligence services, armies and police forces. The terms of reference of the task force were defined as the following: to monitor all suspicious aircraft traversing the subregion's airspace; to monitor all border posts and check for material and goods likely to be destined for UNITA and UNITA-controlled areas; to investigate all allegations of UNITA activities in the subregion, including companies and individuals providing logistical support to UNITA; to investigate all allegations of violations of Angolan airspace; to place all airports and airstrips located in the subregion under 24-hour surveillance; and to ensure that sanctions imposed on UNITA by the United Nations were not violated by member States.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“The committee membership initially included Angola, Malawi, Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe; it derived its existence from paragraph 4 of the report of the State security sub-committee of the nineteenth session of the Inter-State Defence and Security Committee, which - besides elucidating a range of regional security problems that included weapons smuggling and the illicit provision of logistical supplies to UNITA made possible by loopholes in the border-control mechanisms of member States - recommended the creation of an interdepartmental liaison mechanism within member States to ensure effective sharing of information between civil aviation authorities, immigration services, intelligence services and defence and police forces, and the establishment of a mechanism of regional liaison.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“The region of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is one such region, as has just been said by the representative of the SADC Chairman. It has always recognized that the successful implementation of Security Council sanctions against UNITA depends on the capacity and commitment of Member States to deny UNITA the use of the subregion's land routes, airports and airspace. In recognition of this fact, at the nineteenth session of the SADC Inter-State Defence and Security Committee, held in Lusaka, Zambia, from 11 to 14 November 1997, an ad hoc committee on cross- border crime was set up under the chairmanship of Zimbabwe.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“It is commonly said that every diamond has its own "DNA", and in that regard we call upon the relevant ministries of diamond-producing States to profile production from their mines by recording the characteristics of diamonds from each mine in detail. Such a record would enable parcels of diamonds whose origin is disputed to be checked with available data with a greater degree of certainty than is currently the case. The section of the report on measures aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of sanctions mentions that certain countries have established structures and mechanisms for the formulation of a proper policy to enforce and/or monitor implementation. Some of the structures identified include the establishment of task forces.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Since they are a generic product, their origin can easily be concealed, and their marketing does not require complicated processes as is the case for manufactured goods. It is in that context that the importance of this report of the Monitoring Mechanism on Angola Sanctions becomes apparent. My delegation urges Member States to consider implementing the certificate of origin scheme with the minimum of delay, as recommended in the report. We further call upon the international community to provide technical assistance to those countries that lack the resources to implement a certificate regime.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“[U]nder these circumstances, ending civil wars becomes difficult. Winning may not be desirable: the point of war may be precisely the legitimacy which it confers on actions that in peacetime would be punishable as crimes". In the case of Angola, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the abundance of natural resources such as diamonds has become a curse. It is the availability of diamonds exported as a primary commodity that spawns violent conflict, because it provides incentives for extra-legal groups to be formed on the basis of capturing loot which sustains their activities. Let me remind members that a primary commodity such as diamonds offers several advantages to rebel movements such as UNITA.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“During the debate on the report of the Panel of Experts on violations of Security Council sanctions against UNITA, my delegation submitted to the Security Council that failure to account for the presence of economic agendas in conflicts had at times seriously undermined international efforts to consolidate fragile peace agreements. The report before the Council today in document S/2000/1225 has confirmed that the true cause of UNITA's war against the Angolan people is not so much the loud discourse of grievance we hear from Savimbi's spin doctors, but the silent force of greed. In the words of one scholar, "conflict can create war economies, often in the regions controlled by rebels or warlords and linked to international trading networks; members of armed groups can benefit from looting...”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“Having participated in the April 2000 debate on the groundbreaking report (S/2000/203) of the Panel of Experts on violations of Security Council sanctions against the Uniao Nacional Para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA), and having also been a sponsor of General Assembly resolution 55/56 on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflicts, which was adopted by the Assembly on 1 December 2000, my delegation has requested the floor to remind members of the Council that the days of the no-questions-asked diamond- buying policy should be over.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“In the last few days, Sir, my delegation has had an opportunity to recognize your election to the presidency and to express our confidence in your leadership. We have likewise recognized the work of your predecessor, Ambassador Mahbubani. I would like, in the same vein, to congratulate the members of the Monitoring Mechanism on a job well done. Let me recognize the presence here of His Excellency Mr. Joao Bernardo de Miranda, Minister for External Relations of Angola, which is testimony to the importance of the work that is before the Council, and we welcome him.”
2001-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4283 (2001) · source
“The Secretary-General notes correctly in his millennium report that "the world desperately needs a vaccine against HIV". (A/54/2000, para. 130) Regrettably, of the $2 billion spent on research for the treatment of HIV to date, only $250 million has been spent on creating vaccines. We hope that the Council and other main bodies of the United Nations can make decisions and proposals that can stimulate the desperately needed investments in this area.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“We hope that the Council will support the proposal contained in the draft resolution before it to request the Secretary- General to ensure the provision of mission-specific training for all peacekeepers on issues related to the prevention of the spread of HIV/AIDS, and to ensure the further development of pre-deployment and ongoing training for all peacekeepers on issues related to the prevention of the spread of HIV/AIDS. It has taken too long for the international community to forge a partnership involving all stakeholders - including Governments, the pharmaceutical industry and international institutions - working together to make HIV-related drugs more widely accessible to developing countries. It remains painfully clear that the profit motive continues to take precedence over humanity's medical well-being.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“My delegation welcomes and strongly supports the recommendations contained in the March 2000 report of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping, which affirmed the need to incorporate HIV/AIDS prevention training in aspects of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations training for peacekeepers. As a troop-contributing country, Zimbabwe commends the current efforts of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations to address this issue through the provision of HIV/AIDS prevention awareness skills and advice to peacekeepers through its train-the-trainer courses and materials.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“I am pleased to announce that the National AIDS Council has already begun to receive disbursements of millions of dollars from the proceeds of the AIDS levy. However, the magnitude of the challenge demands that we continue to appeal for international support in dealing with this international emergency. With regard to international peace and security, there is no doubt that the adverse effects of the spread of HIV/AIDS on all sectors of society - including individuals, families, workers, political leaders and uniformed services, including the military - have weakened the capacity of affected countries to maintain domestic and regional peace and security.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“For how is it possible that since the campaign against AIDS began, the international community quotes efforts in, at most, only three developing countries? If that approach was meant to highlight the earliest success stories, surely it has outlived its purpose. Sterling efforts in too many countries continue to go unnoticed and be under-funded, with tragic consequences not only for the countries concerned, but also for humanity in general. In my own country, Zimbabwe, our national efforts were greatly enhanced last year through the enactment of a clear national AIDS policy when Parliament passed a statute establishing the National AIDS Council. At the same time, the fiscus introduced an AIDS levy at the rate of 3 per cent on income and corporate taxes to provide secure funding for the activities of the Council.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“In the face of this emergency, however, aid from industrialized countries for HIV/AIDS related activities in developing countries - home of 95 per cent of people with the disease - totalled only $302 million in 1998, according to the recent UNICEF report, The Progress of Nations 2000. Clearly, the international response to this emergency is not matching the challenge. For too long now we have heard allegation after allegation about a possible conspiracy of silence about AIDS in many developing countries. Considering the large-scale awareness campaigns and prevention programmes launched in many of our countries, the feeling that there might be an international conspiracy of silence about effective and fundamental programmes initiated by Governments in many developing countries is perhaps justifiable.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“It is our sincere hope that at the end of this exercise the Council will take a watershed decision that will challenge the international community to make its best efforts ever in dealing with the HIV/AIDS pandemic, not only within the context of United Nations peacekeeping, but in the context of the most comprehensive solution to this particular problem. The battle against AIDS, particularly in developing countries, entails enormous costs befitting an international emergency on the grandest scale. Just last year, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) released figures estimating that $2 to $3 billion would be needed annually to combat the disease. The greatest need is in sub-Saharan Africa, home of 70 per cent of all people living with HIV/AIDS.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“Mr. Paul Robertson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jamaica, we are delighted to see you in the presidency, although your presence today leads to the relegation of my friend, Ambassador Durrant, to the seat behind you. But we are delighted that you are here, and this is clearly a demonstration of the seriousness with which your country takes this debate before the Council. The subject matter being discussed by the Security Council today is one to which my delegation, like many others who have spoken before us, attaches great importance. We are deeply indebted to you, Mr. President, for once again bringing this critical issue to the attention of the Council.”
2000-07-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4172 (2000) · source
“Surely the United Nations has means and ways to discourage wayward behaviour by its Member States. The allied forces of the Southern African Development Community are ready to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in fulfilment of their Lusaka ceasefire obligations and we hope that other signatories of the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement will oblige in like manner. My delegation further implores the Security Council to deploy a peacekeeping mission with a robust Chapter VII mandate that will complete the work of phase II of MONUC. History has taught us that any enforcement action requires the deployment of a force that is overwhelming enough, both in numbers and in capability, to force warring parties to accept terms laid down in a peace agreement.”
2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source
“It is now almost half a year since the heads of State convened in New York and yet the deployment of MONUC has not yet been effected. This is a cause of concern to those suffering civilians in the areas of conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The report before us is a reiteration of the belligerents' commitment to the peace process. We therefore urge the Security Council immediately to deploy MONUC observers, who will be able to identify and verify parties that break the ceasefire, thereby enabling the Security Council to impose costs on those bent on pursuing the military option. Unlike Somalia, where the United Nations encountered a collapsed State with no Government to account for its morally reprehensible behaviour, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo we have six States that are Members of the United Nations.”
2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Last year, repeated pleas by African leaders for a robust Chapter VII peacekeeping mandate in Sierra Leone were spurned and, in hindsight, it has become clear that half-hearted efforts seriously undermine the credibility of the United Nations and call into question its commitment to peacekeeping, particularly in Africa. The Sierra Leone case has demonstrated that all successful United Nations operations depend on clear and unambiguous mandates that equally provide the resources to support the missions. The heads of State of the States parties to the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement addressed the Security Council, under the presidency of Richard Holbrooke of the United States during the "month of Africa" in January 2000, and affirmed their unwavering commitment to the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement.”
2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source
“My own continent of Africa has witnessed more United Nations peacekeeping failures than any other. Some of us are still haunted by vivid memories of occasions when the United Nations found it easier to walk away from Africa in its hour of need than to mandate and equip a mission that could have saved the day for us all. On more numerous occasions, the United Nations has found excuses to drag its feet while African situations have flared up. Even in the cases where African subregional arrangements have stepped in to contain situations in anticipation of Security Council assistance, the United Nations has stood aloof. The peace opportunities in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, created by regional initiatives through the Lome Agreement and the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement, respectively, should not be allowed to unravel.”
2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source
“In spite of this negative publicity by the media about events in Africa, my delegation is glad that Article 24 of the United Nations Charter clearly states that the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security rests with the Security Council, and not with the media. This Article arose from the fact that the international community, having seen two world wars, is not prepared to descend again to that depth of human loss, genocide and holocaust. It is in conformity with this role that the United Nations has tried over the years of its existence to intervene in all areas of conflict that clearly go beyond the ability of the parties involved to solve. The aim is to save lives. Let me observe that some regions are more fortunate than others in their history and geography.”
2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Some so-called experts on Africa have feverishly taken to the media to remind the West of Somalia and the "Mogadishu syndrome" - a perception that Africa's civil wars are somewhat different and more intractable than those in other regions. I do not need to remind the Council that this perception is not borne out by experience. The impression I got from reading the New York tabloids was: "Let Africa drift in her own sea of misery and hopelessness. It is of no concern to us." Sadly, the media, which should be playing a very important role in awakening the conscience of the international community in order to draw its attention to needy peoples, last week wittingly helped foster a misperception that Africa is a continent caught in an unbreakable downward spiral.”
2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Besides associating himself with the United Nations position on the issue of the illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Mugabe also submitted that Zimbabwe would extend its full cooperation to any expert panel created by the Security Council, including in the areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo under its control. On a sad note, while the Security Council mission was visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Corporal Foday Sankoh's Revolutionary United Front rebels flagrantly violated the ceasefire in Sierra Leone and in the process rekindled assertions by afro- pessimists that Africa was a lost cause and that the continent could not be saved.”
2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source
“President Mugabe informed the Council team that now was the opportune moment for the United Nations to deploy peacekeepers in order to prevent any further unravelling of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to President Mugabe, the deployment of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) should not be contingent upon progress or the lack of it in the inter- Congolese dialogue, since the conflict remained uppermost in people's minds.”
2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Like all my colleagues who spoke before me, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. The timing of today's meeting, coming as it does immediately after the release of the report of the Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 4 to 8 May 2000, could not be more than perfect, and Zimbabwe regards it a privilege to pronounce itself over an issue of such import before the Council. My delegation takes this opportunity to reiterate the sentiments expressed by President Robert Mugabe during his meeting with the Security Council team in Harare on 6 May.”
2000-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4143Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The postures of those who want to adopt the ostrich policy of burying their heads in the sand and pretending that there is no storm reflect the destructive bravado of the defenders of evil. There are moral imperatives that dictate that the Council must now act decisively to adopt the resolution under consideration. The United Nations has for some time now elevated the concept of justice and transparency to the level of global ethics. This Council would desecrate its commitment and diminish itself by any accommodation that it makes with Savimbi and those who sup with him. Any act of tolerance would tarnish the Council. Any passivity in the face of what has become in Angola an onslaught on humanity would be a terrible indictment on the United Nations and on the Security Council in particular. The time to act is now.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“In view of the sensitive nature of some of the information that is transmitted between the national information centres and the regional information centre, the immediate relevance of some of that information could be lost if there is no secure means of communication. While SADC is ready to implement the recommendations in the draft resolution, we appeal to the international community to make available the requisite resources, including communications and other monitoring equipment, so that we can resuscitate and improve on the infrastructure that was established three years ago. We expect the whole world to applaud the sanctions Committee's report and to cooperate with the Security Council in passing and implementing the resolution before it.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Zimbabwe, as coordinator of the regional information centre, submitted detailed operational procedures for the control and monitoring of flights within the SADC region which, when put to use by the member States, resulted in the interception of some of the cargo planes that supplied UNITA with weapons, such as Johannes Parreira's Interstate Airways, which is mentioned in the report of the Panel of Experts. From information gathered by the national information centres, the regional information centre compiled a comprehensive dossier of companies and individuals that engaged in commercial transactions with UNITA. All this information was made available to the Panel of Experts when they visited Harare. Experience has also taught us that resources are critical if operational information is to be disseminated in a timely manner.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“That task force recommended the establishment of national information centres that would coordinate the collection of data in accordance with task force terms of reference. The task force also recommended that a regional information centre, which would process information received from the national information centres, be established in Harare. The regional information centre was to submit monthly status reports to the national information centres. Our experience in SADC has shown that the sharing among member States of both strategic and tactical information is an effective method of reducing UNITA's war-making capacity.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The ad hoc committee of ministers met in Harare on 19 November 1997 and set up a task force comprised of personnel from civil aviation, immigration, intelligence, the army and police forces. The task force's terms of reference were defined as monitoring all suspicious aircraft trafficking the subregion' s airspace; monitoring all border posts and checking for materiel and goods likely to be destined for UNITA-controlled areas; investigating all allegations of UNITA's activities in the subregion, including companies and individuals providing logistical support to UNITA; investigating all allegations of violations of Angolan airspace, airports and airstrips located in the subregion, which were to be placed under 24-hour surveillance; and ensuring that sanctions imposed on UNITA by the United Nations were not violated by member States.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The SADC region has always recognised that the successful implementation of Security Council sanctions against UNITA depends on the capacity and commitment of the member States to deny UNITA the use of the subregion's land routes, airports and airspace. In recognition of the importance of cooperation in implementing the sanctions regime against UNITA, SADC set up a subcommittee in 1997 that recommended the creation of an interdepartmental liaison mechanism within its member States to ensure effective sharing of information between the civil aviation authorities, the immigration and intelligence services and the defence and police forces, as well as the establishment of a mechanism for regional liaison.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Against a background where Rwanda has introduced UNITA to some of its arms brokers and contacts, as has been reported by the Panel of Experts, it can be anticipated that as soon as the sanctions begin to take effect UNITA will expect Rwanda to come to its rescue in its hour of need, as was the case in August 1998 when two Rwandese battalions stranded in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo found sanctuary in UNITA-held areas of northern Angola and were eventually flown back to Rwanda courtesy of Savimbi's contraband-running cargo planes. The report of the Panel of Experts having established that Kigali is fast becoming a nerve centre for UNITA's external operations, it is only fair to surmise that the Kigali-eastern Congo arms smuggling route offers possibilities for UNITA.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“In March this year, the Government forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo lost the town of Lueza to UNITA. While embracing unreservedly the measures recommended for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region in the Security Council draft resolution on Angola sanctions, my delegation submits that as long as Rwanda continues to occupy Congolese territory, UNITA will have a lifeline, since that territory provides the much-needed conduit for its arms and diamonds trade.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Because the report of the Panel of Experts has identified both the economic agendas and the beneficiaries in the armed conflicts that characterize Central Africa's security landscape, my delegation now calls upon the Security Council to immediately raise the opportunity costs of pursuing those agendas through warfare. Just last week, the head of planning of the United Nations Mission in Kinshasa, Colonel Steve Canyon, reported that Rwanda had deployed fresh troops numbering in the thousands for what could be a decisive force designed to seize central Congo and pave the way for the final march on Kinshasa. The deployment of Rwandese forces in the Kasai province has been facilitated by large-scale UNITA operations in that province.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The report of the Panel of Experts correctly identifies greed, and not grievance, as the rationale for UNITA's declared war on the Government and people of Angola. Furthermore, in the process of establishing the symbiotic nature of UNITA's relations with Rwanda and Uganda and their surrogates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the report also situates the pursuit of economic goals by UNITA, Rwanda, Uganda, the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) and the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) as the motivation for what we all along regarded as being senseless civil war.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source
“We would like to recognize the presence here of Minister Axworthy, and of Minister de Miranda of Angola. My delegation joins those who have spoken before me in extending congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of April. Zimbabwe enthusiastically welcomes the report of the Panel of Experts on violations of Security Council sanctions against UNITA and regards it as a privilege to pronounce itself before this body on an issue of such importance. It is a shame that for more than 20 years now the aspirations of the Angolan people for peace, stability and development have remained thwarted by a handful of reckless adventurers and misguided zealots who in any civilized country would be rejected and disowned as the lunatic fringe of the political spectrum.”
2000-04-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4129Resumption1 (2000) · source