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1999-12-15
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  1. “In conclusion, enormous challenges face mankind at the beginning of the twenty-first century, marked by deepening poverty and a widening gap between rich and poor, increasing conflict and violence, the deadly spread of HIV/AIDS and continuing discrimination, particularly against women and girls. Tremendous changes are required in societies everywhere if the vision for children, who are our future, is to be realized. We hope that the existing laws governing the participation of children in armed conflict will be reviewed to provide essential protection to these vulnerable members of society. Early-warning systems are also needed, including better ongoing monitoring and reporting, if the worst abuses are to be avoided.”

    2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source

  2. “Indeed, the advocacy campaign of the coalition to stop the use of child soldiers was instrumental in building worldwide momentum for reaching agreement on the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. My delegation believes that all these will provide the basis for Governments to move quickly to effective action programmes, as called for in the Secretary-General's report. The Great Lakes and Horn of Africa Conference on the Proliferation of Small Arms, held in March 2000, in which 10 countries in the region participated at the ministerial level, adopted the Nairobi Declaration, in which a number of regional cooperative measures to curb illegal small arms flows were proposed. The Declaration has been distributed as a General Assembly and Security Council document.”

    2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source

  3. “I wish to refer to several declarations which have played a big role in addressing the issue of children and armed conflict in Africa. The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) has repeatedly reaffirmed the determination of the Organization to strive relentlessly towards the promotion of the rights and welfare of the child and to combat all forms of child exploitation and, in particular, to end the phenomenon of child soldiers. Heads of Government of the Commonwealth, at their meeting in Durban in November last year, strongly condemned the targeting, abuse, recruitment and deployment of children in armed conflict.”

    2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source

  4. “Indeed, legislation specifically for children was adopted in the National Assembly. It is also clear to us that the Millennium Summit will provide a suitable opportunity for us to sign the Optional Protocol. On the issue of curbing the illicit flow of arms, Kenya believes that there is an urgency to this aspect of the problem. This urgency is based on the recognition that, while the world is changing rapidly, developing countries are neither able to keep pace with the changes, nor in a position to tackle the backlog of economic injustice and social inequities. We must continue to be vigilant and become even more conscious of the danger so that children's issues are given high priority when economic and social issues are being determined.”

    2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source

  5. “We are living in an era of many conflicts and wars, which are used by some to achieve their own political and economic agendas. Sadly, it is women, children and families as a whole that suffer. Effective intervention that reduces and eventually eliminates the involvement of children in all forms of conflict will make a lasting impression. The report we are considering today presents a number of recommendations to address this crisis, recommendations which the Secretary-General believes fall within the ambit of this Council. My delegation would like to comment on just a few. With regard to the normative foundation, my delegation would like to state that Kenya has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and promulgated an Act of Parliament making it effective nationally.”

    2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source

  6. “Carol Bellamy, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund, for her briefing; and, in particular, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, our brother Olara Otunnu, who comes from the East African region, for his most thought-provoking introductory statement. The debate that we are engaged in is of particular interest to Africa, where there is an increase in the number of atrocities to which children are subjected and, indeed, in which they participate. We all know the statistics of those involved in armed conflicts, and the number is colossal. The proliferation of small arms and drug trafficking in the past decade, involving billions of dollars, has contributed to the escalation of these conflicts.”

    2000-07-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4176Resumption1 (2000) · source

  7. “On behalf of the Kenyan delegation, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate and to convey my delegation's appreciation to your predecessor, the Ambassador of France, who presided with great distinction over the Council's work for the month of June. Your own enthusiasm in presiding over the deliberations of the Security Council during the month of July gives us all reason to feel much pride and gratitude. Your personal commitment to the issue that has brought us together today is commendable. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Secretary-General for the report before the Security Council; Ms.”

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  8. “In the coming months, we shall no doubt have the opportunity to suggest ways in which the Community can strengthen its relations not only with this Organization, but also will other regional and subregional organizations.”

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

  9. “Fourthly, the Council should consider diversifying sources of information to facilitate timely decision-making. A more intensive use of the existing Arria formula should include inviting all parties to conflicts and affected third countries. Summaries of meetings should be made available to all United Nations Member States in order to enable them to contribute directly to decision-making in the Council. Fifthly and finally, regional cooperation and integration mechanisms must be strengthened and supported. The examples of IGAD and ECOWAS show that there is some capacity to cope with some of these peace and security issues. In this regard, on 30 November 1999, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania signed the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community.”

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

  10. “In African situations where people are born outside hospitals, the umbilical cord is normally buried in the ground after one is born, and we know that you, Mr. President, as one who was born in that continent, will support the initiative to have the Council consider Nairobi as a venue for such a meeting. Thirdly, there is a need for us to intensify coordination between the General Assembly, the United Nations Development Programme and the Bretton Woods institutions to address key economic issues which constitute the core of African problems, such as the issue of poverty eradication. We should also consider the issue of the debt burden, the financing of development and the impact HIV/AIDS has had on development. Although there are many causes of conflict in Africa, the underlying and core issue that of poverty.”

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

  11. “As already pointed out, those companies purchasing diamonds in conflict areas in Violation of existing sanctions must stop. In addition, the sale of illegal small arms exacerbates ongoing conflicts. We commend the ongoing activities to address this problem, and we support the position that has been already stated by several delegations regarding the sharing of intelligence information on those who are busting sanctions. Secondly, to underline the international community's concern with the potential threat to international peace and security, we invite the Council to hold one of its meetings in Africa. This will no doubt raise the symbolic political importance the world attaches to solving peace and security problems on the continent.”

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

  12. “In our View, the primary problem has been lack of political will and the reluctance to commit resources that are commensurate with the tasks at hand. Indeed, the Secretary-General speaks on this point in his report of April 1998. In this context, I have the following few points to make. First, the number of resolutions adopted by the Council in the last two years on Africa is very, very impressive. However, all that effort has hardly left any imprints on the ground in Africa. The Council should therefore consolidate existing follow-up mechanisms and proposals and implement the resolutions on Africa already adopted, especially those aimed at the prevention and resolution of conflicts. Enforcement action, such as sanctions, works both ways.”

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

  13. “Fourthly, it would be important to improve liaison with the African representatives at the United Nations in New York by, inter alia, holding periodic meetings between the Secretary-General and African ambassadors and strengthening the office of the Adviser for Special Assignments Africa. We are grateful that you yourself, Mr. President, alluded to this idea in your remarks this morning, and we invite the Council to consider your proposals. With regard to additional instruments which the Council can bring to bear to help prevent, manage and resolve conflicts in Africa, I would like to suggest that the instruments currently at our disposal, if effectively implemented, would adequately address the problems we are faced with today.”

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

  14. “Thirdly, we wish to propose the establishment of a mechanism that would allow for quarterly meetings in which the secretaries-general, executive secretaries and facilitators of regional organizations and initiatives, such as the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the East African Community, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Burundi initiative, among others, would meet to exchange ideas and consolidate conflict resolution proposals. We agree with the Secretary-General that such meetings should take place in Africa, and we commend these views for consideration by the Council.”

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

  15. “We would also like to find out how the United Nations liaison office at OAU headquarters in Addis Ababa is doing, since it was mandated to consolidate cooperation between the two organizations and facilitate the coordinated deployment of political efforts to prevent, contain and resolve conflicts in Africa. Secondly, the annual meeting of the Secretaries-General of the OAU and the United Nations is a good mechanism that could be re-energized. It would greatly assist the Member States to know how well this structure is working.”

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

  16. “Instead, and sadly, most continue at the same level of intensity, while others have mutated into even more complex crises. My delegation and I therefore welcome the statements made by the representatives of the Netherlands and China regarding this situation. As concerns the issue of improving coordination and cooperation between the Security Council and the OAU, as well as key subregional organizations, including coordination of joint activities on specific issues, please allow me to make four points. First, in our statement of 24 April 1998, before this Council, my delegation welcomed the Secretary-General' s establishment of an Executive Committee on Peace and Security. We support its establishment and look forward to reports on its activities.”

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

  17. “Allow me to make two observations and some specific other points on some issues. First, in accordance with the United Nations Charter, the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security rests with the Security Council. Regional, subregional and other efforts to address peace and security can only be complementary, but the United Nations system needs to encourage those efforts. Secondly, after our recent tenure in the Security Council, we see not only that African issues dominate the agenda of the Council, but that most have stalled because of inadequate attention. We had hoped that, by the time our tenure ended, there would be definite movement towards resolution of some of these conflicts.”

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  18. “It is so good to see an old friend and, indeed, a son of Africa chairing this important meeting on Africa. Your association with our continent, Sir - including my own country, Kenya, where you were born - gives me great hope that your important mission for Africa on the eve of the millennium will be successful. Allow me to commend your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Slovenia, Ambassador Danilo Turk, who presided over the Council during the month of November, for an excellent job well done. We also thank the Secretary-General for his focused presentation this morning and we associate ourselves with the Views presented by the representative of Algeria on behalf of the Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and by the representative of Cameroon, the Chairman of the African Group for this month.”

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