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Kayinamura

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1996-11-15
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2023-10-17
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  1. “Some of the conventions to which most countries are signatories include the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948, which states that "Persons charged with genocide or any other acts enumerated in article III shall be tried by a competent tribunal of the State in the territory of which the act was committed, or by such international penal tribunal as may have jurisdiction with respect to those Contracting Parties which shall have accepted its jurisdiction".”

    1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source

  2. “Many times, the demands of responding to unfolding emergencies and the frustrations of unmet logistical and security needs tend to override the considerations of other equally-important instruments of international humanitarian law, including those relating to the crime of genocide. The exodus of Rwandan refugees to eastern Zaire in 1994 was not an ordinary flight of people. It was organized under the leadership of those who were responsible for genocide in Rwanda.”

    1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source

  3. “Allow me, in my turn, to thank you most sincerely, Mr. President, for your initiative on this debate. The presence of the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea at this debate was a clear manifestation of your Government' commitment to the work of the Security Council. An open debate on the question of refugees, displaced persons, returnees and others in similar situations requiring international humanitarian assistance is important for the international community. Today there is no country that can sit comfortably in the hope that it will not face or be affected by similar situations. The importance of this debate should therefore be seen as a proactive attempt to appreciate fully the complexity and dimensions of emergencies in their short- term and long-term implications for international peace and stability.”

    1997-05-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3778Resumption1 (1997) · source

  4. “I would like to thank you, Sir, for allowing me to make this statement and to clarify the situation of my Government in dealing with this urgent problem.”

    1996-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3713 (1996) · source

  5. “The historical background indicated by the representative of Zaire was given to this august body through you, Sir, in a document that was submitted to the Security Council - document S/ 1996/869 of 23 October 1996 - which indicated the root cause of the crisis in Zaire. We are not responsible for the misery Zaire is going through. We are not responsible for "denationalizing" their own citizens. The Rwandan Government is aware that Zaire is a long-term neighbour, we have nothing against Zaire, but Zaire should have nothing against its own citizens. If I have briefly mentioned this document, it is because I believe it would save the Council from going into a long debate that would bore those present here.”

    1996-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3713 (1996) · source

  6. “It is further the View of my Government that the international community should help by making adequate resources available to facilitate the rehabilitation and integration of the returning refugees. In this regard, the Rwandan Government would like to urge the Council not to hurry into the adoption of a resolution before getting the full facts about the changing circumstances on the ground. In this connection, the Rwanda Government would have no difficulty. The humanitarian assistance that is required should be brought into Rwanda in order to cater for the humanitarian needs that have just arisen. I would like to state that I had not expected that the Council would be subjected to a statement by the representative of Zaire, but I would like here to deny and refute the allegations put forward by the delegation of Zaire.”

    1996-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3713 (1996) · source

  7. “As the situation in eastern Zaire has changed, the plans for the proposed multinational force should also be changed to adapt it to the changing situation on the ground. In this regard, the multinational force should perhaps be smaller, reconsider the location of its troops, seek a new mandate and be able to quickly address its purely humanitarian mission. The mandate of the multinational force should be for a limited period of two to three months at the most. If the mission of the proposed multinational force were to be reconsidered in View of the changing circumstances on the ground, it should be mandated to disarm the former Rwandan Government soldiers and the militia who have held captive thousands of Rwandan refugees in camps in eastern Zaire.”

    1996-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3713 (1996) · source

  8. “The Rwanda Government welcomes this long-awaited return of its nationals. We believe that the conditions are now in place for the orderly return of many more refugees. I am also happy to inform the Council that the entire cabinet accompanied the President of Rwanda to the Zaire border town of Goma to welcome incoming refugees. The local and Government machinery have been mobilized throughout the country in order to prepare the welcome centres for refugees, where they will be received before returning to their respective homes. In the light of these welcome developments, it is the View of the Rwandan Government that the proposed multinational force is no longer relevant, at least as far as rescuing the Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire is concerned.”

    1996-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3713 (1996) · source

  9. “Allow me, at the outset, to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your assumption of the office of President of the Security Council for the month of November. We are convinced that, under your leadership, the Council is in safe hands. We would also like to thank Ambassador Gerardo Martinez Blanco of Honduras for his skilful guidance of the work of the Council during the month of October. I will be responding to the statement made by the representative of Zaire, but I will spare the Council a lengthy and misleading statement so as to make good use of the purpose of this organ. For the past 48 hours, we have been registering 100 refugees per minute crossing the border from Zaire. We expect that, by early next week, the bulk of Rwandese refugees will have regained their motherland.”

    1996-11-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3713 (1996) · source