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  1. “Their deployment will take into account the liberated areas created by actions taken by Kenya and Ethiopia. Therefore, we, the Ministers of Defence of the troop-contributing countries, instructed our Chiefs of Defence Staff to further fine-tune the command-and-control architecture proposed by the joint AU-United Nations technical team to take account of this consensus. This is being done and will be ready within the next few days. In conclusion, the consultations taking place at IGAD and the AU are intended not only to address the military aspects of our work in Somalia but, even more critically, to focus attention on the political question. We know only too well that the crisis in Somalia is basically of a political rather than of a military nature.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  2. “The summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has held a number of extraordinary sessions on the matter of Somalia. Even before the joint AU-United Nations technical assessment team was formed, the IGAD summit had tasked the Chiefs of Defence Staff in our region to clearly articulate how the coordination of our forces in the field could be achieved. Until Friday last week, the only difference that existed at the level of the Chiefs of Defence Staff was the issue of whether the 12,000 troops contributed by Uganda and Burundi should all be deployed in Mogadishu or if part of the force should be deployed in the newly liberated zones. Last week, consensus was reached among the troop-contributing countries that the additional 2,700 troops to be deployed by Uganda and Burundi should not go to Mogadishu.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  3. “Uganda welcomes the initiative of the United Kingdom to convene a special summit on Somalia in London in February, and looks forward to a positive outcome in terms of mobilizing greater support for political, security, humanitarian and development efforts. In order to allay any doubts, I want to make reference to some concerns I have heard since arriving in New York to the effect that there is lack of clarity about the command-and-control structure of the proposed expanded AMISOM. force. Since Kenya entered Somalia and Ethiopia renewed support to the TFG allied forces, intensive consultations have been taking place at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels. President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, President Yoweri Museveni and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia have been in constant contact on this matter.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  4. “force levels from 12,000 to 17,731, as requested by the AU Peace and Security Council; secondly, that the Council recognize that the fight against Al-Shabaab is now beyond Mogadishu; thirdly, that the Council enhance its support package to AMISOM. adequately so that the assessed contributions of the United Nations cover the payment for force multipliers and enablers, as recommended in the strategic concept - this package should include compensation for contingent-owned equipment as well; and fourthly, that some of the resources being used to fight piracy be extended and linked to the effort to stabilize mainland Somalia.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  5. “The pirates who have disrupted international trade through their actions on the high seas are incubated on mainland Somalia. Therefore, it is critical that we take advantage of the new situation to effectively link the anti-piracy fight with the overall struggle to stabilize Somalia. The re-establishment of the Somali State and the restoration of law and order to that country will be sure ways of dealing with the root causes of piracy. As the Council is aware, the Peace and Security Council of the African Union has approved a strategic concept for future AMISOM. operations in Somalia, based on a technical analysis and recommendation made by an AU-United Nations technical assessment team. What, then, should our next steps be? We recommend in the main that, first, the Security Council approve the expansion of AMISOM.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  6. “The delay in that particular troop deployment was occasioned by the need to organize the logistics. For its part, Uganda will complete its final deployment of 1,700 troops to Somalia by March. Again, the delay is due to the fact that the Government of the United States has been organizing the logistics that these troops need in order to be deployed. As we have heard, Kenya and Djibouti have together undertaken to deploy to AMISOM. a total of over 5,000 troops in order to beef it up to a force of over 17,000 troops. And so now we not only have more troops, but also Al-Shabaab is being attacked on a number of fronts, including in Mogadishu, on the border with Kenya and from the border with Ethiopia. The fight against piracy also offers prospects for beefing up the fight against Al-Shabaab.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  7. “What is the new situation that gives us optimism that we can now defeat Al-Shabaab and stabilize Somalia? First, I want to commend the Republic of Kenya for taking two important steps: pursuing Al-Shabaab terrorists into Somalia in defence of their country and taking the decision to now be part and parcel of the AMISOM. force. Secondly, I want to thank the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia for the strong support it has given to the TFG allied forces, which has led to the capture from Al-Shabaab of important areas along the border with Somalia. Thirdly, I want to commend the Republic of Djibouti, which has started to deploy its promised 850 troops to Somalia as part ofAMISOM. In the next few weeks, Burundi will deploy an additional 1,000 troops to Somalia.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  8. “Those gains have been achieved at the cost of resources expended by the United Nations, the European Union and a number of bilateral donors. The view of Uganda is that we could have made even greater progress had it not been for a number of shortcomings. In our analysis, those include the challenges related to cohesion within the TFG leadership and the failure to fast-track the development of Somali security forces. In our view, five years down the line, those forces would now be in control of Mogadishu had they been developed at a much faster rate. Additional shortcomings are related to the insufficiency of forces within AMISOM, the less-than- adequate facilitation of AMISOM. and the initial lack of enthusiasm from the international community.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  9. “The members of the international community should galvanize their efforts to seize this opportunity to save ourselves from the scourge of terrorism in the region. Uganda and Burundi, acting through the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), have been in Mogadishu supporting the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and battling Al-Shabaab since 2007. We have driven the enemy out of Mogadishu and enabled the TFG to control the city. We have created an environment in which international actors can safely travel into and out of Mogadishu. We have secured the airport and the seaport. Those achievements have been made at great sacrifice in terms of lives lost on the battlefront - those of our sons and daughters, among the troop-contributing countries and in the TFG.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  10. “I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, and the delegation of South Africa on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January. I also thank you for organizing this important and timely briefing on Somalia. On behalf of the Government of Uganda, I would like to thank the Security Council for its commitment to the cause of peace and security on the African continent, and in Somalia in particular. This briefing is taking place at a time when we can look back and say that we have made visible progress in moving forward to stabilize Somalia. We can say that now there are prospects; there is a new opportunity to harness efforts in order to deal a final blow to the terrorist forces of Al-Shabaab. That opportunity should not be squandered.”

    2012-01-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6701 (2012) · source

  11. “In the meantime, however, we are calling upon the international community to assist us in supporting the orphans and people living with HIV/AIDS. On behalf of President Museveni and the Government of Uganda, I therefore wish to express our gratitude to Vice-President Al Gore for the support he has announced towards the fight against HIV/AIDS. I also wish to take this opportunity to call upon the rest of the international community, those members of the human race who are better advantaged, to join this solidarity and help the less- advantaged members of the world.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  12. “In the final analysis, I must emphasize that what will ultimately stem this pandemic is the finding of an effective and low-cost vaccine against HIV/AIDS. International solidarity on this matter must therefore be called into action. In conclusion, I want to inform fellow representatives that Uganda's huge HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens national development and may worsen the poverty situation. Affordable measures in the control and prevention of HIV/AIDS have been applied in our country. The high cost of current treatment available in the developed countries cannot be afforded by our country and people. We believe that finding an effective and affordable vaccine offers the only feasible alternative to the drugs.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  13. “We have seen that the long-established cultural norms in some of our ethnic groups do favour transmission of HIV/AIDS and we want to strengthen the programme so that this behavioural change can be enhanced. We lack resources. We are a poor country. Both the extended-family and government support systems are being overwhelmed by caring for orphans and the people living with AIDS. As the Council has already been told, the cost of providing anti-retroviral drugs is unaffordable in a country like ours and we do hope that the international community can come to our assistance in this respect. We are glad to indicate that Nevirapin is likely to stem the transmission from mothers to children and our country intends, with international assistance, to move very fast to start using this drug on a wide scale.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  14. “The evidence for this is finding that the people living with HIV/AIDS themselves are standing up and declaring their serostatus, relating their stories and advising fellow citizens to avoid the pitfalls into which they fell. Many people are turning up to be tested so that they can know their seropositivity. As a result of this behavioural change and the destigmatization that we have observed, between 1991 and now we have observed declining prevalences of the disease in our country. That notwithstanding, we still see huge challenges ahead. First, the epidemic is still very high at a seroprevalence rate of 10 per cent and 2 million people being infected. But clearly, we want to move ahead and deepen the programme. One way is to further deepen behaviour change.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  15. “During the course of this meeting, the Council has heard that Uganda has made some breakthroughs and I now take this opportunity to try to cite just three incidences in which we think Uganda has had some success. The first has been in respect of behaviour change. The Ugandan demographic and health survey of 1995 established that close to universal awareness about HIV/AIDS had been achieved in Uganda. In that respect, we have observed that a large number of our people are now sticking to one partner and also using condoms, which, at the beginning of the pandemic, were considered taboo to talk about in our country. Now, however, condoms are available everywhere and are being used liberally. As to our second achievement, we have been able to destigmatize HIV/AIDS.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  16. “Nevirapin is estimated to cost about $4 per woman for the drug alone, not counting the administration and supply costs. This contrasts sharply with the cost of $150-$200 for treatment of the mother-baby pair with the AZT that is currently being used in the developed world. Use of Nevirapin therefore promises to be the most appropriate and sustainable strategy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in resource-poor countries like Uganda. Uganda, in its efforts to join the rest of the world in search of a solution to this disease, has started to test vaccine candidates. This, again, has been in collaboration with the best scientists in the United States of America.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  17. “These scientists have characterized the epidemiology of HIV and the behavioural risk factors contributing to its spread. As a result of these research efforts, a number of well-designed cohorts have been established and, in addition, every effort is being made to strengthen HIV/AIDS research laboratories within the country. Recently, research in Uganda has made a promising breakthrough in the search for a drug to prevent mother- to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS. The best United States scientists, working with their colleagues in Uganda, have determined that a drug called Nevirapin has the potential of reducing mother-to-child transmission by a factor of 50 per cent in comparison to AZT. With this efficacy, it is estimated in the case of Uganda that 12,500 babies could be born free of HIV infection.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  18. “Although some efforts have been made towards support programmes for people living with HIV/AIDS in health-care facilities and in the community, large gaps remain. The ultimate goal of these programmes is to restore hope and to encourage the sick to seek health care. The political will that I talked about and the openness that has emerged about HIV/AIDS in our country have contributed immensely to Uganda's participation in HIV research efforts. International research collaborations with the best United States and European institutions have helped build research capacity in Uganda. There has emerged a core of well-trained research scientists in epidemiology, behavioural sciences, HIV virology, immunology and molecular biology.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  19. “It is important to mention at this stage that the people in Uganda living with HIV/AIDS have made significant contributions to this approach by openly declaring their serostatus and advising the rest of the population to avoid the infection. Under the drug-access programme sponsored by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), which began in 1997, only about 1,000 Ugandans have benefited from HIV/AIDS anti-retroviral treatment. This is mainly due to the high cost of drugs. It is estimated that a monthly supply of drugs costs about $12,000 per patient per year. With the estimated 2 million Ugandans infected with HIV, universal access would cost us $24 billion. This is in contrast to our annual budget of $2 billion. Clearly, this is unaffordable to a poor population like Uganda's.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  20. “Accordingly, academic, political, religious and cultural leaders and communities have formed a broad response to this disease. Sexual AIDS-control programmes have been established in key sectors of government, including the armed forces, the educational sector, the agricultural sector and the ministry responsible for labour affairs. Church and other non-governmental organizations, as well as community-based organizations, have made useful contributions to the fight against HIV/AIDS. By 1994, over 4,000 non-governmental organizations had been registered to provide programmes for HIV/AIDS care, prevention and, often, support. One of the key interventions that we have used has been the high-profile public-health education carried out through radio, television, drama, songs and billboards.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  21. “HIV/AIDS threatens our security and our development. The country has already lost more than half a million people to this disease over the last 10 years. A large number of children have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS. These children are now being cared for by their weak and aged grandparents or fellow children. AIDS is affecting the most active members of the society, including highly skilled people, such as doctors, engineers and administrators. HIV/AIDS therefore threatens to reverse the socio-economic gains made in the country in the recent past. What has been our response to this pandemic within the country? President Museveni's leadership and the commitment to control the epidemic has provided the platform for a strong coalition of national and international forces to fight HIV/AIDS in Uganda.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  22. “As has been said by other countries, there is a higher prevalence of HIV infection among young females as compared to males. This, coupled with the predominance of heterosexual transmission, has implications for mother-to-child transmission of HIV. It is estimated that with a national seroprevalence of 10 per cent in Uganda, and a mother-to-child transmission rate of 25 per cent, a total of 25,000 children every year are born who are already HIV-infected. The HIV epidemic in our country has contributed significantly to the re-emergence of tuberculosis, which we had otherwise controlled. About 60 per cent of the tuberculosis patients in the country are HIV-infected. We have also noticed that people who are HIV-positive and tuberculosis-infected tend to respond less satisfactorily to tuberculosis treatment.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  23. “Although we have made progress over the last 10 years in growth and macroeconomic stabilization, our situation remains very difficult as far as resources are concerned. The average life expectancy has been drawn down by AIDS, and now stands at about 47 years. The infant mortality rate is still very high at 97, and the maternal mortality rate still stands at 504 per 100,000 live births. Access to health care is generally very poor, and only 50 per cent of our population are within five kilometres' radius from some form of health facility. The AIDS pandemic hit our country as far back as 1983, and we estimate that about 2 million of our people are HIV/AIDS- positive. Of these, 92 per cent are adults, and 12 per cent are children under 12 years old. The urban populations are much more affected than their rural counterparts.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source

  24. “I would like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to address the Council on this very important subject, HIV/AIDS. In the interest of brevity, I will try as much as possible to summarize my speech. Since Uganda has been cited as one of the countries that has made some progress, I think it is only fair to members of the Security Council that I give a bird's eye View of the country, as well as the efforts that we have made that have led to some modest changes. Uganda has a population of about 20 million people, with a growth rate of 2.5 per cent annually. Most of our people live in the rural areas; only about 12 per cent of the population are urban dwellers. Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a gross domestic product per capita of $300.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087 (2000) · source