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“We expect more to gain confidence in the process and identify themselves once the arrangements for their repatriation and remuneration become clear. We are devising those arrangements in consultation with the concerned United Nations agencies in the surrounding countries, preparing reintegration programmes should those individuals choose to return to their countries of origin. With the aspects of disarmament and demobilization progressing smoothly, the main focus is now on preparations for the reintegration of disarmed combatants.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“The relaunched DDRR programme is progressing without major obstacles. As of 31 May, a total of 38,673 combatants had been disarmed; of those, 13 per cent are children and 18 per cent women. As I indicated earlier, together with those disarmed in December, that represents more than 70 per cent of the estimated 53,000 combatants. A total of 16,065 weapons have also been collected, and 12,858 rounds of heavy ammunition and 3,900,000 rounds of small ammunition have been collected and destroyed. There are worrying signs, however, that some of the heavy weapons are not as yet being turned in for disarmament. We are determined to ensure that, in the end, all such weapons are surrendered. Another concern is that few non-Liberian combatants are voluntarily disclosing their foreign identities. So far, only 82 have declared themselves.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“UNMIL now has a strong presence along the Guinean- Liberian and Sierra Leonean-Liberian borders and the northern part of the Liberian border with Cote d'Ivoire. We will have full presence on the border contiguous with Cote d'Ivoire when the inbound Ethiopian and Senegalese battalions deploy to the south-east in mid- June. Similarly, UNMIL's civilian police component is gaining ground. It has expanded considerably to the areas beyond Monrovia, including Roberts International Airport and the main UNMIL sector headquarters in Buchanan, Gbanga, Tubmanburg and Zwedru. The civilian component of UNMIL, although authorized at 607 international staff positions, has only 400 in place. This leaves me with a shortfall of 33 per cent. However, what they lack in quantity, they make up in quality.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“Given the state of chaos, insecurity and collapsed governmental structure at the time we arrived in Liberia seven months ago, our immediate priority was to stabilize the country by progressively deploying troops throughout its entirety, disarming the armed groups through the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and rehabilitation (DDRR) programme, and simultaneously commencing the restructuring of the law and order institutions in order to create the necessary security environment, space for the implementation of other aspects of our mandate and to facilitate the delivery of sorely needed humanitarian assistance. I am pleased to report that the progress we have made on these most pressing priorities has far exceeded our expectations. The deployment throughout Liberia has greatly improved security along its long and porous borders.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“His presence here today will give the Council the opportunity to hear from the Chairman himself the steps taken by the National Transitional Government of Liberia in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and the Chairman's vision for taking Liberia through this period of transition to the October 2005 elections.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“I have the pleasure today of reporting to the Council on the progress achieved since the start of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). In so doing, I would like to introduce the two reports of the Secretary-General before the Council: the third progress report on the United Nations Mission in Liberia and the report prepared pursuant to Security Council resolution 1521 (2003). (spoke in English) I am grateful to you, Mr. President, and to all the members of the Council for having graciously agreed to receive Chairman Gyude Bryant, who is a staunch supporter of UNMIL and whom I would like to commend, in your presence, for the resolute manner in which he has led the Transitional Government in these difficult early stages of the peace process.”
2004-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4981 (2004) · source
“Indeed, after we have done everything there is in our power to do, we shall have repaid only a small part of the mistakes committed against them in the past." In sum, we are putting together an outstanding group of United Nations staff members, international civil servants and a credible military force. If the Council gives us the mandate and the tools, I assure you we will do what is just and what is right.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“At the same time, the Liberian people must recognize and accept their primary responsibility in the development of their country. This operation must be a real partnership enabling Liberia to embark on the right path, never to allow its inhabitants to become the victims of warlords while preventing Liberian territory from being used as a safe haven by those seeking to destabilize the region. (spoke in English) The people of Liberia deserve better. The international community, in partnership with Liberia, must rise to the challenge. As my Alsatian countryman, Albert Schweitzer, wrote many years ago: "We are not free to choose whether we will or will not do the right thing in Africa; we owe it to them. The good that we do is not an act of charity.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“I will give priority to the improvement of the human rights situation and the protection of civilians, especially women and children. I assure the Council that human rights protection will include monitoring and public reporting on the current situation in this regard. (spoke in French) The future of Liberia and its people is currently in the hands of the members of the Council. The role and objectives that I have just presented for a United Nations mission to Liberia require the Council to make available the adequate resources and to express its ongoing support. If we want this mission to be successful, member States must demonstrate their will to give us the mandate and necessary resources to achieve our objectives.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“To date donors have been generous in providing start-up resources for life-saving activities, but more is still required to ensure sustainability in all those programmes. I am particularly pleased that a consolidated inter-agency appeal for 2004 will be launched at the end of the year. In sum, a well-planned, coordinated and funded humanitarian programme is a crucial requirement in order for sustained development and peace to flourish in Liberia and give its citizens hope for a productive future. The peace process deserves no less. Allow me to address the issue of human rights. UNMIL, as an integrated mission, will encourage and coordinate international protection efforts and the promotion of human rights in Liberia.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Ross Mountain, and I have engaged in negotiations with the authorities in the neighbouring countries, as well as the Liberian parties, to secure their cooperation in facilitating cross-border humanitarian operations to various parts of Liberia. On 12 September, a lS-member inter-agency team including United Nations agencies and non- governmental organizations undertook a three-day mission to Harper, on the southern border with Sierra Leone. The mission, which was undertaken by boat, has paved the way for re-establishing relief programmes in the area and for initiating cross-border activities, particularly for refugees on the Sierra Leone side of the border. To ensure a coordinated and effective response to humanitarian assistance proper funding is critical.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Naturally, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have restarted their programmes and are assisting refugees from Sierra Leone and Cote d'Ivoire to return to their places of origin. In addition, humanitarian agencies began relocating internally displaced persons in Monrovia to the camps in Montserrado County on 11 September. Several thousand internally displaced persons in temporary settlements will be assisted to return to their previous camps, where they will continue to receive assistance and protection. Priority is being given to internally displaced persons occupying school buildings in order to enable children to return to school by mid-October. In the last few weeks the United Nations Special Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“As mentioned in the report of the Secretary- General (S/2003/875) Ms. Carolyn McAskie, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator and Humanitarian Envoy for the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, led the United Nations country team to Monrovia, and non- governmental organizations and the Red Cross are providing emergency interventions, particularly in the food, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, education and protection sectors. Those now engaged in those efforts include the World Food Programme and its partners, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Population Fund and other health agencies.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Those activities will encompass tasks ranging from basic training for civil servants to the provision of essential equipment and infrastructure. I also intend to seek funding for the salaries of civil servants to bridge the interim period until the Liberian Government is able to collect revenue to support its activities. The prompt payment of salaries is a key element in building professionalism and discouraging public employees from seeking bribes to supplement their incomes. I have witnessed first hand that Liberia's conflict has resulted in a humanitarian catastrophe, impacting not only on Liberians, but on refugees from Sierra Leone and the Cote d'Ivoire as well. What I can also state is that emergency programmes are beginning to resurface to help alleviate this crisis.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“A team of correctional system experts will provide assistance, advice and mentoring support to regional institutional and headquarters prison personnel, including administration, human resources and financing and the Ministry of Justice. As with police reform, prison reform will entail co-location and monitoring in the prisons and headquarters with their national counterparts. Also necessary and key to the reform and development of the prison system will be the redevelopment of a national training capacity. The reform of the criminal justice system will not come cheap. To accomplish those objectives funding of civil institutions is crucial. Therefore, should the Council approve this mandate, I propose to call a conference of potential donors and seek international assistance for the reform and development of civil institutions.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Until citizens know and believe that the courts are truly independent bodies with enforceable decisions and with an effective police force trained to international standards of policing and human rights, only then can there be a guarantee of the rule of law. UNMIL, in partnership with the national Government, will provide substantive assistance in areas related to the prison system and will centre its efforts on prison reform, training and the development of prison service personnel. That will naturally include monitoring functions to ensure international standards of human rights are protected and ingrained.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“As I have often said, if police reform is not accompanied by judicial reform, it is like trying to clap with only one hand. That is a bitter lesson learned from my last two missions. Those entrusted with those programmes and the new judicial review process must be competent professionals who have the confidence and trust of the local judicial community. The overall management of judicial reform and review remains the responsibility of the National Transitional Government of Liberia, with assistance provided by expert international organizations, under the lead of the United Nations through the expertise and resources of the United Nations Development Programme.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“That requires co-location of civilian police officers with local police for the purpose of monitoring and mentoring. But the key to self-sustaining police reform is professional training. We will institute the essential programmes of human dignity and transitional courses and basic and specialized courses such as leadership, management, community policing, firearms and traffic training. Our aim will be to create an effective educational infrastructure within one year so that the local police can become self-sustaining in their training programmes, thus freeing up our resources for the more extensive programme of co-location. We will also work to objectivity ensure that the judicial system, which has been rendered dysfunctional through political intimidation and lack of resources, is restructured.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Without the prospect of participating in the economic life of the country, most ex-combatants will revert to criminal activities to sustain a livelihood. It is crucial that programmes be created to ensure that these ex-combatants have a fair chance to secure employment or educational opportunities if they are to be peacefully reintegrated into Liberian society. One of the yardsticks by which UNMIL's ultimate success will be measured is its contribution to reforming and restructuring the criminal justice system to better reflect the communities they serve and to provide confidence for returnees. I have placed a high priority on this process. In all of these endeavours our focus is to ensure that police performance meets international standards of policing and human rights.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“That assistance will focus on family reunification, along with special medical, shelter, and educational and technical assistance, facilitated by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other child protection agencies, until such time that they can be safely reintegrated into civil society. Female ex-combatants also face difficulties. They need to receive specialized medical treatment, shelter, education and retraining and counselling assistance. The medical rehabilitation of all ex-combatants will be required. Those with physical disabilities must be given high priority assistance. It should also be noted that most of the ex-combatants have neither completed formal education, nor have they acquired the necessary technical skills to compete in the economic development of Liberia.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“United Nations experience in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique should serve as lessons learned. First, there cannot be disarmament and demobilization without integration, rehabilitation and re-insertion into society. Therefore, it must be stressed, adequate and secure financing for the programme is critical and must include the maintenance of cantonment sites, supporting ex-combatants and their families during the process and providing alternative means of vocational training, employment and education. In that respect, particular attention must be focused on child ex-combatants who face greater difficulty in re-entering civil society and will require special assistance in compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Without those ingredients, the mission will be in jeopardy. Troops will be asked to carry out extremely difficult tasks - not only securing the capital and other major towns, but also ensuring that the combatants respect the Peace Agreement, monitoring the borders of the State, establishing cantonment sites for disarmament, overseeing demobilization and ensuring that a safe and secure environment is established for all members of the Liberian population. Therefore, well-led, trained and equipped forces can make the difference between success and failure, between peace and chaos. One of the major challenges facing us will be the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of all ex-combatants.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“I must commend the rapid deployment of the ECOWAS Military Mission in Liberia (ECOMIL) to Liberia, and take this opportunity to salute the troops from Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Benin and Togo in the highly visible and volatile situation that they originally faced. Subsequent to the deployment of ECOMIL, with support from the offshore assets of the United States, stability has begun to be restored in and around Monrovia. Clearly, much more remains to be done. The multinational force that is now in Liberia, with the Council's approval, will be replaced by a United Nations force on 1 October, if the Council approves the mandate. That United Nations force must be credible, well trained and well equipped. Its leadership must be focused, impartial, experienced and professional.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Between 24 and 29 August, I met with Presidents of Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, the Prime Minister of Guinea, members of the diplomatic community, the Commander of the French forces in C6te d'Ivoire, the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone and my colleagues in the United Nations missions in the field. On 1 September, I met with President of Nigeria and the Foreign Minister. In my meetings all pledged their support and full cooperation with the United Nations Mission on Liberia (UNMIL) and stressed the need for regional cooperation. It is that cooperation that is crucial if United Nations efforts in Liberia and the region are to be successful. I turn now to the task facing UNMIL. The Secretary-General's report, which is before you (5/2003/875), details key elements that are required if that mission is to achieve its mandate.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“And while the international community must provide the resources, this must also be a partnership with the citizens of Liberia for they ultimately have the responsibility for ending the conflict and healing and rebuilding their nation. An essential part of the healing and rebuilding process is the bringing to justice of those who have committed violations of international law. Without justice, there can be no healing. Without justice, those who believe that they can act with impunity will be tempted to do so again. Without justice, Liberia cannot bring this dark past to closure and look to a brighter future. Ultimately, if you do not punish the guilty, you cannot absolve the innocent.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Despite the multitude of challenges facing us, there is room for hope. Progress can be made, but it will be expensive, arduous and at times frustrating. At a time of many calls for the attention and resources of the international community, it is necessary to plan next steps not only in Liberia, but also in the context of the region on the basis of objective analysis. We cannot be timid and handicap ourselves from the outset of this enterprise, as we did in Sierra Leone. The international community must be prepared to commit the resources and the personnel needed to help the people of Liberia rebuild their country.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has played the lead role in creating the conditions for peace in Liberia. Through concerted political action and the commitment of troops, ECOWAS has underscored its importance and its energy as the regional organization committed to ensuring peace, stability and development in West Africa. To build on the efforts of ECOWAS, the international community must make a strong commitment now to Liberia, from disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, to establishing a safe and secure environment for refugee return, addressing law and order issues, gender issues and seriously attacking cross-border criminal activities. Those efforts, if successful, will transform Liberia from a failed State at war with itself to a nation at peace.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“We have an obligation to assist in putting an end to that cycle of brutality, violence, corruption and instability, which has destroyed the social fabric of society, spilled over the borders of Liberia and profoundly affected the region as a whole. That effort will require dramatic, engaged and bold solutions. Liberia and the region need to be stabilized and brought into a larger African framework where it can be given the political support, the encouragement and the mentoring required to help it become a stable and self-sustaining member of Africa and the international community. The first steps have already been taken. We need to pay a special tribute to the courage and diligence of President Obasanjo of Nigeria, Nigeria's Foreign Minister and General Abubakar and to the staff who supported the recent peace talks in Ghana.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Today Liberia is not even listed on the United Nations Development Programme human development index. Seventy-five per cent of its citizens are living below the poverty line; the unemployment rate is 85 per cent; the literacy rate is 38 per cent; 50 per cent of the population is under 15 years of age. Added to that is that 70 per cent of the belligerents are child soldiers, coerced, psychologically traumatized, manipulated and exploited by self-appointed military leaders. We have a phenomenon not known elsewhere in the world where the younger population is actually less well educated than their parents.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“Events, however revolting, are soon forgotten in our often tempo-centric world. Bernard Shaw wrote that the worst sin towards our fellow men is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That is the essence of inhumanity. The decent and good people of Liberia, and there are many of them, deserve better from us. Liberia was a founding Member of the United Nations. It played a key and critical role in the fight against fascism. Roberts Field was built as an entrepot for allied aircraft transiting to Europe. Liberia also produced the majority of the free world's rubber supplies that ensured allied victory after the plantations of South-East Asia were overrun. Time and again, when Liberia was called upon for help or assistance, it gave. Does it deserve no less now that it needs our help?”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“It is hard to assess the psychological effects of these crimes against justice and humanity. The matter becomes more complex when we think of it as something which a nation has absorbed into its very being - a sort of virus which, through channels of circulation, has infected the entire body politic. The result: the fearful economic waste; the untimely death of no small part of the population; a measure of terror and pain that can only be partially conceived and estimated; and the collective national consciousness of having been witness to enormous crimes. This is a fearful legacy to be left to future generations. Life becomes cheap; nothing is absolutely safe or sure; deeds of injustice and violence become common facts in daily life; and there is the ever- present fear of imminent war.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“(spoke in English) Liberia's massive humanitarian and political crisis calls for immediate intervention. Thousands of its citizens do not have access to life's basic necessities of shelter, water, food or even rudimentary medical care. Their suffering echoes the words of the scriptures: "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" For the past 12 years, they have lived in a hellish limbo, suffering at the whim of warlords and despots, exploited by a criminal kleptocracy without help or relief in sight. Their lives and their country are held hostage by armed drugged thugs who destroyed the State and engulfed the region in chaos. The ravages of self-centred political and criminal ideologies spread the conflict beyond Liberia's borders and caused enormous suffering and havoc in the neighbouring States.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“It is an honour for me today, in my capacity as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia, to submit to the Council the first report of the Secretary-General on Liberia. At a time when the international community is closely considering the role played and results obtained by the United Nations in the resolution of conflicts around the world, it is my hope that the current situation in Liberia will continue to attract sustained international attention and commitment. It is in that spirit, and on the condition of approval by the members of this Council, that the recommendations contained in the report - with a particular View to establishing a United Nations mission in Liberia - were formulated.”
2003-09-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4826 (2003) · source
“The United Nations system will, however, continue to work in other ways to help the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina to build a better future. The path has been laid out: it leads towards a Europe-oriented future, on the basis of a spirit of reform and responsible leadership. I sincerely hope that the promise of a European future will enable the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to attain the goals to which they collectively aspire. Before the work of UNMIBH is finalized, I would like to give the Council a small gift as an expression of our appreciation for its ongoing support and encouragement, which has helped us to complete our mandate and accomplish our mission successfully.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“Our colleagues in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations have been unwavering in their support and assistance, and their confidence in us has been an inspiration. To the Secretary-General, I would like to extend particular thanks and appreciation for his leadership not only in guiding the United Nations, but for his recent visit to Sarajevo to mark the end of an important chapter in United Nations peacekeeping in the Balkans. It also represented the realization of the Mission that he personally initiated in 1995. (spoke in French) We have witnessed in recent years the fulfilment of a partnership between the authorities and people of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations. Together we are closing this peacekeeping chapter.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“Without complementarity and simultaneous reform of all areas, the rule of law will be a chain only as strong as its weakest link. A pillar construct must be in place to ensure the simultaneous professionalization of the full sector - police, judiciary and prison systems. UNMIBH is a success. A mandate has been implemented, and there are visible signs that reforms are at work. The quality of the women and men of UNMIBH, representing 96 nations and 43 police- contributing States, and the support of the Council and of the Secretariat under the leadership of the Secretary- General have made this Mission our collective success. You, the members of the Security Council, have provided the critical direction and means for UNMIBH to implement its core mandate. It has been an exemplary collaborative effort.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“First, we have reached this closing phase only by knowing where we wanted to go. UNMIBH's mandate implementation plan encompassed our strategic and operational vision and our exit strategy. It helped to prioritize projects for international donor assistance and represented a process of local capacity-building for the eventual taking over of the tasks of police professionalization. I am heartened that this approach has found resonance for the work of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the development of an Office of the High Representative mission implementation plan. Second, a holistic approach to rule of law must happen early in a post-conflict situation and all the necessary tools put in one hand. Police reform and restructuring is only one aspect of the rule of law.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“Politics must be kept out from policing. In the context of overall establishment of rule of law, there is a vast disparity between the levels of judicial reform and that of the police. UNMIBH's Criminal Justice Advisory Unit partially filled the void. However, definitive closure of this gap will depend on an accelerated pace of judicial reform. The fullest support is required for this already prioritized reform item for the sake of eliminating parasitic criminality and opening the doors to foreign investment. Seven years of UNMIBH and a decade of United Nations peacekeeping in Bosnia and Herzegovina are about to end. Many lessons have been learned. I hope that one aspect of UNMIBH's legacy will be the application of the Mission's lessons to other peace operations. Two primary examples come to mind.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“The seamless transition to the European Police Mission is well advanced. I welcome their agreement to give priority to the SBS, SIPA and the maintenance of effective counter- trafficking measures. I am also glad that the EUPM intends to continue a robust approach to organized crime. We are confident that under this framework our achievements will be sustained and UNMIBH's legacy preserved. The EUPM. deserves the Council's full political support. Even with such a solid baseline, challenges remain. Attention will be required to safeguard the integrity of police forces from political influence. For UNMIBH, this has been one of our overriding priorities. Unless efforts continue along these lines, sustainability of the achievements made so far in police reform and restructuring will be seriously undermined.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“Additionally, in close cooperation with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), we initiated the Srebrenica Regional Recovery Programme. The Secretary- General's meeting, during his recent Visit to Sarajevo, with representatives of one of the survivor groups, the Mothers of Srebrenica, served as another reminder that they are not forgotten. Work has commenced on a project led by the Office of the High Representative to construct the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Cemetery. I take this opportunity to urge all Member States to lend their full support to fund-raising efforts to complete plans for the site and enable the burial of the Victims to begin. At the very least, we owe the victims burials with dignity. Today, UNMIBH has reached the point where we have confidence in passing the baton of police reform to a smaller successor mission.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“Additionally, more than 540 quick-impact projects have been implemented from the United Nations Trust Fund for the Restoration of Essential Public Services, costing $25 million. Finally, a few words on one of our greatest challenges - the legacy of Srebrenica. Our aims were not only to assist in healing the wounds of the survivors of the tragic massacre but also, in the scope of peace-building, to lay the foundations for recovery. We encouraged multi-ethnic representation in the police forces to build confidence for returnees, and as many as 3,500 Bosniacs have returned to the wider Srebrenica region so far. From the United Nations Trust Fund we disbursed over $1.6 million on infrastructure, including funding and construction of a model community police station.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“Overall, several thousand women have been interviewed and more than 550 victims have been assisted with repatriation to their homelands. As a result of these operations, there are 52 ongoing prosecutions and 19 pending court cases, and 100 traffickers have been convicted. In terms of police and public interface, we have witnessed a remarkable trend of growing public confidence and trust in the police. In sum, the transition of law enforcement agencies from tools of the State to professional servants of the public is firmly on track. Complementing our core mandate, progress has been made and reinforced through two specialized United Nations Trust Funds. Through the United Nations Trust Fund for the Police Assistance Programme, $16.5 million has been provided for basic police equipment and facilities.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“Intra-State and inter-State law enforcement cooperation is now routine,institutiona1ized at the ministerial level and operationalized through the Task Forces. The State of Bosnia and Herzegovina now has the functioning capacities and mechanisms to fight terrorism, organized crime and human trafficking both at home and in the region. UNMIBH's Human Rights Office began coordinating joint IPTF and local police raids on establishments suspected of involvement in human trafficking in March 1999. Recognizing the magnitude of the problem, we established and monitored local STOP teams in July 2001. Since then, over 830 raids have been conducted on 240 identified establishments. Of these, 152 have now been closed.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has registered more than 80,000 returns in the first nine months of this year - nearly the total year-end figure for 2001. As a result of improved police planning and performance, public commemorations, re-inauguration of religious sites and large-scale inter-ethnic sporting and other events are, by and large, peaceful occurrences. The recent incident-free elections further attest to the high level of growing police professionalism. With the establishment and deployment of the State Border Services (SBS), Bosnia and Herzegovina is no longer a springboard for illegal migrants into Europe. The dramatic reduction of illegal migration by more than 95 per cent over the last two years through the Sarajevo airport alone has benefited not only Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also the whole continent.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“UNMIBH's institution-building efforts also encompassed assistance to help Bosnia and Herzegovina play an active role as a United Nations Member State. Civilian police and military observers are now participating in three United Nations peace operations, and troops are ready for deployment as part of a composite unit. Bosnia and Herzegovina is no longer only a beneficiary of, but also a net contributor to, peace operations. When UNMIBH leaves, our success will be judged not only by what has been achieved but also by what we are leaving behind. The impact of police reform is measured by police performance and the level of public trust and confidence. The sea change in police professionalism has created the essential security conditions for an unprecedented number of minority returns.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“The multi-ethnic State Border Service is now fully deployed, a key UNMIBH achievement in enhancing Bosnia and Herzegovina's statehood and territorial integrity. With the establishment of the State Information and Protection Agency (SIPA), Interpol national coordination bureau and intra-State and regional cooperative mechanisms, the country now has an integrated law enforcement network to facilitate national, regional and international cooperation. To combat the reprehensible trade of human trafficking, in July 2001 UNMIBH initiated the Special Trafficking Operations Programme (STOP), the largest and most extensive anti-trafficking programme in South-East Europe, comprised of local police monitored by International Police Task Force (IPTF) officers.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“To ensure organizational integrity, we established independent Police Commissioners and Directors of Police in 12 police administrations to insulate police work from unlawful political interference. Police forces should reflect the community that they serve. Minority representation now averages 10 per cent in all police administrations. Recruited female officers currently make up an average of 3 per cent of the total personnel strength. That baseline will be advanced through institutionalizing recruitment and deployment mechanisms. We have learned that the greatest threat to international stability comes from the institutional weaknesses of States themselves - from the inability of new democracies to control borders, to fight organized crime and to cooperate with neighbouring States.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“To ensure organizational competence, through our systems analysis project, we opened up budgets to external audits, instituted effective management and human resource systems, and ensured internal and external oversight mechanisms. The establishment of local change management teams, with UNMIBH's oversight, to implement our recommendations ensured that that project would reflect a change in the "corporate culture". Three police administrations have thus far received UNMIBH accreditation as meeting the basic standards of democratic policing. With the support of the High Representative, the legislative framework is now in place to accredit the remaining administrations by the end of the mandate.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“Senior police personnel were subject to additional checks to ensure that managers were fit to manage. To establish individual competency, all serving police officers were intensively trained in basic standards of democratic policing through the two police academies that UNMIBH established. Training has now been fully handed over to local ownership. As a result, local police forces today comprise 15,786 certified law enforcement officers. UNMIBH instituted structural reforms in law enforcement institutions, on the one hand to address organizational management and personnel policy deficiencies carried over from the war, and on the other to institutionalize the separation of politics from policing.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source
“Based on established international standards of competence and integrity, our intensive reform and restructuring efforts have culminated in the certification of individual officers and the accreditation of police administrations. Local partnership and ownership have been the key to the implementation and the sustainability of our objectives. Allow me to elaborate on our qualitative and quantitative achievements. UNMIBH created mechanisms to verify and certify that all current and future police personnel are qualified professionals able to serve the public with competence and integrity. To determine individual integrity, each police officer has been comprehensively vetted according to strict criteria: wartime activities, housing status, academic credentials, performance and adherence to human rights standards.”
2002-12-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4661 (2002) · source