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Kapanga

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1999-12-15
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1999-12-15
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  1. “An adequate distribution of powers between the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Secretary-General is necessary so that the Secretary-General, working closely with regional organizations, can define and carry out preventive diplomacy. This preventive diplomacy, in stabilizing a local conflict including by placing a military force in the situation, is the best way to prevent more widespread conflict between the major powers. This approach, namely in-depth reform of the United Nations system, is a prerequisite for this universal Organization to be able to tackle effectively the challenges of world peace and also the challenges of Africa. My delegation assures you of its complete readiness to work with you when the time comes.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

  2. “To conclude, my delegation believes that the current challenges most characteristic of the present period of uncertainty the world is living through are the threat of nuclear war, international terrorism by small, desperate groups, the drowning of certain regions such as the Great Lakes in great masses of foreigners driven by sharp economic and population imbalances and - why not - peace being bought at the cost of tolerating major crises. Profound reform of the United Nations is overdue. The Security Council must undergo major changes, both in its membership and the use of the veto. Article 27, paragraph 3 must be amended. The Secretary-General must no longer simply be the chief administrative officer of this Organization.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

  3. “It is astonishing that these same Council members are the first to deny civilian populations the same rights they are claiming to protect for them. This comportment is pathetic and deplorable. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, because of this irresponsible attitude, there are about 800,000 internally displaced persons and 200,000 refugees wandering throughout our national territory waiting while the Security Council, or certain member States, lose their way in the search for some solution to this war under the threat of deadly cannons from the east.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

  4. “So, in the case of the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, my country is surprised at the inconsistencies that emerged within the Security Council. We are also surprised at how slowly its resolutions and decisions were implemented owing to the action of certain Council members that opposed them. We note with regret that those members are actually perpetuating the poverty, desolation and suffering of civilian populations, including women, children and old people. These States members of the Council do not hesitate to push their cynicism to the point of requiring that the adversary - whom they themselves have determined is the adversary - apply respect for human rights in a discriminatory way.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

  5. “Today's growth of alliances is broadly viewed as a consequence of the systematic blockage of collective security. The way the United Nations has evolved reveals the close relationship between such alliances and the flawed functioning of the collective security mechanism. This has given rise to a diplomacy of coercion, which aims to resolve armed conflict and its uncertainties through the acceptance in agreements of conditions set by the party that proposed them. Crisis often limits one's options - especially the military option - to a choice between preexisting alternatives or plans. The resolute adversary does not generally face the same limitation, and theoretically enjoys freedom of movement.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

  6. “That has had a devastating impact on attempts to define the aggression against my country by its neighbours. It has also had a devastating impact on various initiatives to promote peace and national harmony within my country and within other African countries. I wish on behalf of my Government to congratulate most sincerely the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, on his tireless efforts to bring peace back to my country and to see to that a United Nations mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo finally becomes a reality. The system of collective security lost definition with the end of the cold war, and encouraged and tolerated the emergence of alliances. These diplomatic divisions or alignments with respect to open conflicts go against or even prevent the impartial functioning of collective security.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

  7. “If it is to be effective, that cooperation must raise the thorny question of the in-depth reform of the United Nations decision-making system, which must be able to adapt to the challenges of the emerging new world. Here, my delegation is thinking more specifically of the inexorable advance of globalization. Under the Charter, the Security Council is the United Nations organ responsible for collective security and bears primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Article 51 of the Charter recognizes the inherent right of States to individual or collective self- defence, although that must be seen in the context of Article 27, paragraph 3, which grants permanent members of the Security Council the right of veto, in effect institutionalizing the power to block the collective security mechanism.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

  8. “Today's meeting is taking place just one week after the General Assembly's debate on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), during which Ambassador Baali, Permanent Representative of Algeria and representative of the current Chairman of the OAU, ably, clearly and eloquently set forth Africa's vision of the partnership between this world Organization and the regional organization that is the pride of all Africa. The question of cooperation between the United Nations - and more specifically the Security Council - and the OAU is a timely one, given the many hotbeds of tension that have emerged on our beloved continent since the end of the cold war.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source

  9. “Mr. Kapanga (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (spoke in French): Today's open meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Africa - and more specifically on the partnership between the United Nations and Africa - is an initiative of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of its Permanent Representative to the United Nations. My delegation joins preceding speakers in sincerely congratulating you, Mr. President, and in thanking you for highlighting the importance of this debate by your presence.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081Resumption1 (1999) · source