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Ka

lines on the record: 138
first: 1992-07-15
most recent: 2002-06-13
sittings or episodes: 14
sources: un-security-council

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“The leadership of all sides should face their responsibilities. Before concluding, let me return briefly to the issue of attacks on innocent civilians to say once again that our Committee joins the world community in strongly condemning such acts, irrespective of their provenance, irrespective of the circumstances and irrespective ofthe motivation ofthe perpetrators. The international community has unanimously agreed that the State of Palestine has to be established and that it must coexist in peace with the State of Israel. Mere visions of that desired outcome are not sufficient. The suffering of the Palestinian people should not be allowed to last much longer. Those visions have to become a reality as a matter of urgency, and the Council has a historic responsibility to clear the way and oversee the process to that end.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“As members of the Council know, there is a clear outline of the final settlement, consisting of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973) and 1397 (2002), as well as other resolutions and decisions of representative organs of the international community. Within this framework the parties should be invited to negotiate on specific issues, such as alteration of the 1967 borders and options for refugee repatriation. A party refusing to participate in this process, or attempting to stall or undermine it, should, from the start, be warned of severe consequences. The Arab peace initiative adopted at the Beirut Summit last March has gone a long way in the right direction. Our Committee thinks that Israel has to reciprocate without any further delay, without any attempts at occlusion and without any preconditions and demands.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Council should seriously ponder this, and it should ponder the impact of its prolonged inaction on its own credibility and on that of our Organization as a whole. What is needed most of all is a clear framework for the immediate resumption of negotiations between the parties, with the active involvement of the international community and within a specific time frame. Negotiations have to take place between the parties, but they cannot start from zero or from nowhere, and they cannot be highjacked by the occupying Power, which has the military upper hand and wants to dictate the terms.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“This certainly has nothing to do with a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the question of Palestine, and it sets a very dangerous precedent of distorting the intention of the international community and the decisions of its deliberative organs to serve one's own ends. What the occupying Power is trying to do is unacceptable and should be condemned as such in no unclear terms by the international community and by this body. To what extent can the Council tolerate the contempt with which its resolutions, including resolutions 1402 (2002), 1403 (2002) and 1405 (2002), are treated by the Israeli Government? To what extent can all norms of international legitimacy, such as those enshrined in the Fourth Geneva Convention, be flouted by any particular State?”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Other Palestinian towns, both in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, are also suffering under continuous closures and regular incursions. The extrajudicial detention and killing of civilians continues on a daily basis, as do illegal settlement activities. In the face of all this, the Israeli Prime Minister insists on commanding the moral high ground and on unilaterally dictating the terms of settlement of the conflict. It appears that an attempt is being made to reinterpret Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 242 (1967), and the principle of land for peace, so that they will suit Israeli goals with a long- term interim arrangement, which is mentioned as the maximum the Palestinians can get and can expect.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“(spoke in English) In recent days, it has become ever clearer, according to most observers, that the occupying Power-Israel-under the Government of Prime Minister Sharon, is apparently intent on destroying the Palestinian Authority, the entire framework of the peace process and the prospect for the resumption of a meaningful political dialogue for peace in the region. Our Committee has also been very disturbed by the situation in Ramallah. Although it appears that the Israeli troops have, for now, pulled out of the city, because of the siege, closures and harsh restrictions on movement, the new Palestinian Cabinet has been unable to meet for the past three days. The little good news that there is, is that, following the Israeli withdrawal, the Cabinet finally met for the first time earlier today.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“I am grateful to you and to your esteemed colleagues on the Council for having given me once again the opportunity to address the Council in my capacity as Chairman ofthe Committee on the Exercise ofthe Inalienable Rights ofthe Palestinian People. (spoke in French) I should like to take this opportunity, through you, Mr. President, to ask the representative of Guinea to please convey our heartfelt congratulations to Ambassador Francois Fall on his well-deserved promotion to the distinguished post of Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guinea. We extend to him our best wishes for every success in the mission he will be carrying out in the service of his country's diplomacy.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Fall (Senegal), Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People: First of all, Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. I am confident that under your able leadership the work of the Council will be carried out in a constructive and efficient manner. I also wish to take this opportunity to congratulate your talented predecessor, Ambassador Mahbubani, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the United Nations, on the exemplary manner in which he steered the work of the Council during the month of May.”
2002-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4552Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to reaffirm the position of our Committee that the United Nations, through its various efforts and activities, should continue to assume its permanent responsibility towards all aspects of the question of Palestine until it is resolved in a satisfactory manner, in conformity with the relevant United Nations resolutions and in accordance with international legitimacy, until the Palestinian people fully enjoy their inalienable and immutable rights - so that the dramatic events taking place on the ground that have once again brought us together in this Chamber finally become a distant memory.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“The year 2001 will mark the tenth anniversary of the Middle East peace conference held in Madrid. The hopes and the progress made in the past decade cannot be allowed to wane. We should do everything in our power to help the parties to return to the negotiating table and complete the historic journey that they embarked on, with courage and foresight, in 1991, and finally achieve the peace of the brave and a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973). Within the framework of this historic voyage, we should never forget that the goal of the journey is, specifically, to bring an end, in peace and security and through negotiation, to the illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“For its part, the United Nations should continue to mobilize its resources so as to provide substantial assistance to provide for the most urgent needs. I should now like to say a few words about the state of the peace process. All of us here are greatly concerned about the freeze in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Encouraged by the noticeable progress achieved at Camp David, Sharm el-Sheikh and Taba, we had reason to believe that the parties were moving towards a real breakthrough - even, perhaps, an agreement. These hopes have not yet been fulfilled because some statements attributed to certain members of the new Israeli Government show that the Israeli side does not seem to be prepared to resume the negotiations from the point where they were left off.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“The Palestinians are now under siege and are forced to struggle for survival on a daily basis, and can no longer plan for their long-term development. The recent reports by the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator paint a bleak and disturbing picture of this situation, of the imminent fiscal crisis of the Palestinian Authority and its institutions, which are in danger of no longer being able to function. We fully share the view that the budgetary situation of the Palestinian Authority should be a top priority of the international community, as should assistance to the Palestinian people for dealing with an overwhelming humanitarian crisis. Our Committee welcomes the willingness of the donors to come to the aid of the Palestinians.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“The upheavals that we have been witnessing since September have had a devastating effect on the Palestinian economy, and our Committee is particularly concerned about the dangers posed by the rapid disintegration of the Palestinian economy as a result of restrictive policies pursued by the Government of Israel. The continuing closures of the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, restrictions on the movement of people and goods, the withholding of customs and tax income and other measures of collective punishment have had a disastrous, cumulative effect on the Palestinian economy as a whole. It is now impossible to work or gain access to the labour market in Israel, the climate of violence is keeping tourists away, food crops have been destroyed and infrastructure has been deliberately damaged.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“The Committee believes that the international community should not stand idly by as the situation escalates. Indeed, it should urgently consider ways of protecting the Palestinian people by taking the necessary measures, including establishing international mechanisms to protect the Palestinian civilians. We firmly believe that the current status quo is completely unacceptable and untenable and that decisive action is needed to put an end to the violence and bloodshed. Our Committee calls upon the new Government of Israel to respect and live up to the agreements that it has already signed and to respect the principles of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, as well as the provisions of relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“Paradoxically, on the one hand, a state of affairs has been created which is fuelled by confrontation and a cycle of violence; on the other hand, unarmed populations are being asked to end the violence that is triggered by provocation and punitive expeditions on the part of the occupier. Our Committee has also joined the international community in condemning the practice of extra-judicial killings of Palestinian offlcials by the Israeli security forces. These practices are contrary to the accepted norms of international law; such behaviour creates a crisis of confidence among the parties, thereby pushing back the prospect of resuming the peace negotiations. We welcome the position of principle taken in this regard by the European Union.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“According to the information available, Israel is systematically responding with disproportionate force to every outbreak of protest throughout the occupied Palestinian territory. Furthermore, groups of armed settlers regularly harass and physically assault Palestinian civilians, destroying their property and committing criminal acts for which they go unpunished. The Israeli Defence Forces, the Israeli security forces and the police often close their eyes to acts of violence and provocation by settlers, thereby causing resentment and anger to breed within the Palestinian population.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“Tragically, the sad toll of Palestinian victims includes many children, women and elderly people. Despite the worldwide expressions of concern about the policies of the Government of Israel, the toll continues to rise. At the beginning of this month, the Committee that I represent outlined its position with respect to the dangerous security situation on the ground, the worrying standstill in the peace negotiations and the terrible deterioration of the Palestinian economy. In the course of recent months, our Committee has noted with extreme concern the continuing cycle of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, and the excessive reliance on force by the Israeli Defence Forces.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“President, as well as to the other members of the Council, for giving me the opportunity, in my capacity as Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to participate in this important debate on the current situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem. The last time that the Council had a discussion on this theme was at the beginning of October 2000. Even a cursory glance at developments in recent months in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, reveals that a crisis of major proportions has developed. In my statement to the Council on 4 October last, I said that 63 Palestinians had been killed and more than 1,500 injured. Today, more than 360 Palestinian civilians have been killed and some 15,000 wounded.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“Mr. President, allow me at the outset to welcome you to New York and to congratulate you most warmly on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. I am confident that under your able leadership, the work of the Council will be carried out in a constructive manner. I should like also to take advantage of this opportunity to congratulate your predecessor, Ambassador Said Ben Mustapha, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, on the exemplary manner in which he guided the work of the Council during the month of February. I am grateful to you, Mr.”
2001-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4295Resumption2 (2001) · source
“In making these recommendations, we cannot overemphasize the need to provide support missions for peace-building programmes with sufficient resources to allow them credibly to discharge their peacekeeping mandate. In conclusion, I wish to emphasize that peace- building is a multidimensional process. Its commendable objectives are to break cycles of violence and, above all, to contribute to the establishment of a climate of peace and sustainable development through the use of consistent strategies in various fields. Such a process clearly calls for the United Nations, and above all the Security Council, to assume the primary responsibility in the maintenance of international peace and security. This reflects the great importance that my delegation attaches to today's debate and, in particular, to the results of the Council's deliberations.”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Fifthly, if we wish to see peace built, we must also pay specific attention to the struggle against the distribution of light weapons, which often fall into the hands of outlaw groups, and we must address the issue of the orderly return of displaced persons and refugees to their country of origin. We must also tackle the living conditions of refugees in host countries, whose burden must be eased by substantial international support programmes. Sixthly, in order to build sustainable peace, we must strive after every conflict to establish a culture of peace, tolerance, national rebirth and social equalization so as to rebuild society along more harmonious and egalitarian lines.”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Fourthly, a sine qua non for restoring stability to countries emerging from conflict is unquestionably the way in which former soldiers, refugees and displaced persons are treated. The highest priority should be attached to programmes of disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration, with a View to finding humane solutions that address the causes of conflict and that thus avoid weakening the legitimate expectations raised by the conclusion of a peace agreement. Unfortunately, the examples of Guinea-Bissau and of Sierra Leone remind us that adequate resources arrive too late.”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Thirdly, the international financial institutions and the bilateral donor community must have a better defined involvement in peace-building, for we know that the structural adjustment programmes that accompany the economic reform process too often trigger vulnerability that can give rise to frustration and social tension which, if not carefully treated, can create a climate that can destroy peacemaking and post- conflict peace-building efforts. It is therefore important for international financial institutions and the donor community to take these dangers into account and to try as best they can to strike a just balance between the demands of macroeconomic stability and the priorities for the restoration of peace, which call for greater flexibility in allocating resources for the economic recovery of countries emerging from war.”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“These factors must be taken into account when the mandates of peacemaking and post-conflict peace-building missions are being defined. Secondly, given its multidisciplinary nature, peace-building must be an essential element of an integrated, comprehensive approach which includes poverty reduction, promotes policies of good governance and the rule of law, and strengthens the elements of an active civil society that can provide support and advice during the peace-building phase.”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“(S/2001/82, annex) Meeting such a great challenge requires clear and sustained political will and synergistic efforts that are well formulated and well organized. To construct an integrated strategy for peace- building it is necessary, first, to avoid making - as the Minister for Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands recently put it - an artificial division of conflicts into various stages: pre-conflict prevention; the conflict itself; and the post-conflict period. Such a division derives from a particular mind- set and bears no relation to the facts on the ground: most present-day conflicts, especially in Africa, result from institutional weakness, from power struggles and from societal fragility; these often undermine the legitimacy of Governments.”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“But we are obliged to note with regret that in the majority of situations - for example in Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic - neither Governments nor the international community were able to respond promptly and effectively to the needs dictated by the situations for supporting the peace-building process that had been put in place. Mr. President, in your note entitled "Peace- building: towards a comprehensive approach", you rightly stressed that "Peace-building calls for an integrated strategy comprising a series of actions on various fronts: political, military, diplomatic, economic, social and institutional which together form a coherent social context".”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In the long term, integrated and sustainable action should follow, aimed first and foremost at the rebuilding of the conflict- ravaged country. Finally, if it is to have any hope of success, any approach to peace-building should consider the underlying causes of the conflict, not merely its effects: in many countries at war, especially in Africa, those causes commonly include fragile political institutions, endemic poverty, colossal debt and a climate of insecurity at home and abroad. To address all these elements, it is not only necessary to take difficult political decisions; also, Governments and the international community must manifest a strong and unequivocal commitment to become genuinely involved in long-term development activities supported by the adequate and timely provision of resources.”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“They are the need, first, to safeguard the gains of a peace agreement that is supposed to put an end to a conflict and, secondly, to bring about the adoption of measures that will promote the linkages among peace, security, stability and economic and social development so as to enable communities rent asunder by conflict to regain peace, rebuild their country and restore a stable society whose members have attained reconciliation. To be effective and credible, therefore, any approach to post-conflict peace-building should include the immediate implementation of a series of determined, consistent measures to prevent actions that could jeopardize a peace agreement and possibly lead to a resumption of hostilities.”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Ka (Senegal) (spoke in French): I wish at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on the assumption by your country, Tunisia, of the presidency of the Security Council for February. At the same time, we thank you for the timely convening of today's debate, which is explicitly setting out the challenges of peace-building and ofthe management of post-conflict situations. The question of peace-building is both sensitive and complex in all its aspects, because it has two bases and, more specifically, because it rests on two pillars whose characteristics are often difficult to reconcile.”
2001-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4272Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In conclusion, I would like to emphasize that in seeking to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations to carry out future peacekeeping missions appropriately, my delegation supports the proposal of the United Kingdom to set up a technical committee to examine certain aspects of the Brahimi report, whose pertinent recommendations we all welcome.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In our view, the Secretariat should also develop a dossier for each peace mission that contains the names and contact information for the personnel of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and other agencies and bodies of the United Nations involved in the mission. The "group of friends" concept, which was established for such missions as those in Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic, could make a significant contribution to strengthening tripartite cooperation between the Security Council, troop contributors and the Secretariat. I therefore very much support the suggestions of the Ambassador of France in this regard.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257Resumption1 (2001) · source
“As I have said, cooperation between the Security Council, the Secretariat and troop-contributing countries should be based on measures to establish trust that allow troop contributors to participate in the drafting of the mandates, which, as the Brahimi report notes, should be clear, credible and achievable. It would also be advisable to redress the disparities in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations between the nationals of northern countries, which are over-represented, and those of the South, which are troop contributors but are sparsely represented. A better balance in its personnel would make possible a more objective assessment of the concerns of the countries of the South regarding the management of peacekeeping operations.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Meetings between the members of the Security Council, the Secretariat, the troop-contributing countries and civilian police elements are certainly useful, but should also involve countries that make a substantial contribution to peacekeeping operations, inter alia, by contributing to special trust funds or by providing important logistical equipment or other resources. Consultations should be held regularly with all these actors at every phase of decision-making on the establishment, conduct, assessment and liquidation of peacekeeping operations. Other, regional actors that often play a supporting role in peacekeeping operations should, in our opinion, also feel involved in the drafting of operation mandates.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257Resumption1 (2001) · source
“My delegation considers these recommendations, in particular the proposal to establish a Security Council working group on peacekeeping, to be great steps in the right direction. We recognize, however, that, like all human endeavours, they must continue to be supported and accompanied by our common efforts. Should we not orient ourselves more firmly towards institutionalizing the process of consultations by involving the troop contributors more closely in the consultations from beginning to end, from the preparatory stages to the implementation and conclusion of peacekeeping operations? Such an approach would create a climate of trust and enable certain hesitant countries, once fully briefed, to commit themselves more fully to these operations. To that end, I would suggest the practical implementation of the following recommendations.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257Resumption1 (2001) · source
“A developing country such as mine, which has been involved since 1960 in all theatres of operation, is certainly in a good position to appreciate the initiative you have taken, Sir, in a practical quest for the greater effectiveness and credibility of future peacekeeping operations. This is indeed one of the many challenges facing our Organization today. In document S/2001/2l, the delegation of Singapore pertinently draws attention to and summarizes the provisions of the decisions taken by the Security Council on 13 November 2000 and by the General Assembly on 8 December 2000 endorsing the recommendations of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations on strengthening consultations between troop-contributing countries, the Security Council and the Secretariat.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Such operations were relatively easier to manage because they required much less in terms of material and financial means and human resources . Nowadays, and most particularly in the past 10 years, the concept of peacekeeping has evolved considerably in confronting a new generation of conflicts and situations that were previously unknown. These multidimensional operations have progressively become the norm. Unfortunately, the United Nations is entering unfamiliar territory in complex situations in which there is not even a clearly defined political and institutional framework, such as in Kosovo or East Timor. This requires the United Nations to be able to strengthen its capacity to carry out such new missions appropriately, with the support of well-prepared troops credibly equipped to confront often formidable situations.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257Resumption1 (2001) · source
“My delegation also wishes to welcome your very timely initiative of devoting this meeting to an exchange of views on the need to strengthen cooperation between the Security Council, the Secretariat and the troop-contributing countries in the context of joining relevant forces to improve the effectiveness and credibility of peacekeeping operations. Such trilateral cooperation has become virtually mandatory today because peacekeeping doctrine has undergone a spectacular evolution in recent years. A decade ago, the role of United Nations forces in peacekeeping was often confined to separating parties to a conflict in order to monitor and ensure respect for the implementation of a ceasefire or peace agreement between warring States.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Ka (Senegal) (spoke in French): At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on the accession of your country, Singapore, to the presidency of the Security Council for this month, which fortuitously marks the onset of your membership in the Council, of the new century and of the new millennium. These coincidences augur well for the Security Council and I wish to seize the opportunity of this first open meeting of the year to wish you and the other members of the Council, particularly the new ones, every success in discharging your difficult and sensitive mission in the service of world peace.”
2001-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4257Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In conclusion, my delegation fully supports the proposal to convene another round table of donor countries, which would, in the context of a coordinated and integrated approach, make it possible to mobilize additional resources for the reconstruction of Guinea- Bissau.”
2000-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4238Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The fact remains that stabilizing the situation in Guinea-Bissau depends on the consistency and the amount of assistance provided by the international community, a prerequisite for the economic and social rebirth of that fraternal country. Certainly the Security Council meeting today can be seen by the people of Guinea-Bissau as a source of regained hope of an entire people in an international community rallying together again to help it. The international community of donors, in order to respond to the appeal made by the Secretary-General this morning, must support the programmes developed by the Government of President Kumba Yala, programmes which already benefit from United Nations support.”
2000-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4238Resumption1 (2000) · source
“It is therefore our duty to support the efforts of the democratically elected Government of President Kumba Yala to design and implement the many programmes that he has devised to strengthen peace, promote national reconciliation and speed up the country's economic and social recovery. It is because Senegal shares a common destiny with Guinea-Bissau that President Abdoulaye Wade, fortified by this conviction, has undertaken important political action to strengthen the special relationship between the two countries. In our view, the personal friendship that binds President Wade and President Kumba Yala augurs well for the advent of an era of peace and stability between the two neighbouring countries and between those countries and the entire subregion.”
2000-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4238Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The case of Guinea-Bissau allows us to affirm that the United Nations, with the international community's cooperation and with the will of the political actors, can make a significant contribution to the efforts made by all countries, following the example of Guinea-Bissau, to move from a situation of war to the dynamics of peace in order to gradually restore constitutional order and resolutely embark on the path of rebuilding a nation reconciled with itself. In spite of the recent regrettable and condemnable events, my country believes that the international community, beginning with the United Nations, must continue to support peace and reconstruction efforts in Guinea-Bissau.”
2000-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4238Resumption1 (2000) · source
“It must be recognized that in carrying out the objectives and programmes defined so far, the United Nations has played a primary role under the enlightened leadership of the Secretary-General, to whom I wish to pay tribute for the preventive diplomacy measures that he has always recommended to the authorities of Guinea-Bissau. Furthermore, the Secretary-General understood very early on that all acute crises or prolonged political instability in that country could have grave repercussions on the security of the countries of the entire subregion.”
2000-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4238Resumption1 (2000) · source
“In this context, the new Government set as priority objectives the depoliticization of the army and the reduction of its ranks to a level compatible with the country's limited resources in order to devote more financing to the revitalization of the functioning of public institutions, relaunching the economy and for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme. President Kumba Yala has also been personally committed to improving, through confidence-building, measures the country's relationship with neighbouring countries, particularly Senegal. He has also endeavoured to build and strengthen cooperation between Guinea-Bissau and the international community.”
2000-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4238Resumption1 (2000) · source
“This seditious movement, which is in the process of being quashed, reflects the full scope of the potential danger that the enemies of peace, national reconciliation and even of democracy pose to the process of rebuilding the country and to social reintegration programmes, which were designed, with the assistance of the United Nations, to ease the suffering of thousands of refugees and displaced persons. Since his inauguration to the highest office in the land in January 2000, President Kumba Yala has been carrying out commendable actions to strengthen the spirit of reconciliation among the population to consolidate democracy, the rule of law, the sound management of public affairs and respect for human rights.”
2000-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4238Resumption1 (2000) · source
“The Security Council is today holding an important debate on the situation in Guinea-Bissau, at a time when, more than ever, that country, which is linked to Senegal by history and geography, needs the aid and support of the international community. This initiative could not have been more welcome, as it comes at a time of doubt and fragility, following the recent attempt by the former head of the junta to destabilize the democratically elected Government of President Kumba Yala.”
2000-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4238Resumption1 (2000) · source
“Mr. Ka (Senegal) (spoke in French): Madam, the fact that you are presiding over this meeting, devoted to the consideration of the situation in Guinea-Bissau from the perspective of post-conflict peace-building, bears eloquent witness to your own personal commitment, and to that of your country, to the cause of peace and stability in Africa. May I therefore, in welcoming you to New York, extend my delegation's warmest congratulations to you on this positive and very timely initiative taken by the Dutch presidency of the Security Council. I wish also to welcome among us the Vice-Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Mr. Faustino Imbali.”
2000-11-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4238Resumption1 (2000) · source
“I refer in particular to the crushing debt burden, to tariff and non-tariff obstacles to the access of African exports to the international market, and to the drastic decline in official development assistance. All of these issues have negative repercussions on political and social crises in Africa and on the resurgence of domestic or regional armed conflicts, and therefore on the peace and stability of the African continent. In conclusion, my delegation is hopeful that this debate will produce bold and innovative responses to the difficult question of how to protect children from the scourge of war, so that tomorrow those children, in the springtime of their lives, can be educated and trained to become active participants in the development of their countries.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source
“That unit would be entrusted, inter alia, with monitoring the status of children in conflict situations; rehabilitating and reintegrating them during the peace-building phase; and safeguarding their fundamental rights, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Peace, it has often been reiterated, is not merely the absence of war. It also means development, as many conflicts are the result of extreme poverty and underdevelopment. Therefore today more than ever it is important to find the necessary solutions to the numerous constraints that are hampering the development of Africa. Those constraints are well known. They have been recalled here on several occasions.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source
“This question, naturally, must be an integral part of post-conflict rehabilitation strategies - an area in which, it must be emphasized, United Nations action is not yet sufficiently visible and is still characterized by various weaknesses and even by reprehensible shortcomings. We must all give thought on how to cope with this issue. In that way it will be possible to avoid the resumption of conflicts and the re-emergence of hotbeds of tension that had been thought to be extinguished. In this respect, my delegation welcomes the holding in September in Winnipeg, Canada, of an international conference on war-affected children, as well as the offer made by that country to cooperate with ECOWAS in the establishment of a unit for the protection of children.”
2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source