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Leahy

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2005-02-24
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2006-01-27
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  1. “We believe that the Commission could focus its attention not only on countries, but also on their regional dimension. Furthermore, we believe that this is an opportunity for the Security Council to follow up on resolution 1631 (2005) by inviting the African Union to cooperate with the Peacebuilding Commission on this issue, thus reinforcing the partnership between the United Nations and the Union.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  2. “We believe that the appropriate regional and subregional bodies, in conjunction with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, must work much more closely together on priority projects aimed at, inter alia, facilitating the reintegration of young people into productive life, recognizing the right of displaced persons to property and establishing infrastructure. We reiterate the Council's demand, in resolution 1649 (2005), that all States neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the Government of National Unity and Transition, impede any kind of support to the illegal exploitation of Congolese natural resources, particularly by preventing the flow of such resources through their respective territories. We welcome the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission at the world summit.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  3. “In its resolution 1265 (1999), the Council committed itself to responding to situations where civilians were being targeted or where assistance to them was deliberately obstructed. Our delegation firmly believes that the Council must be timely in its engagement and vigilant in its monitoring and that it must have the political will to draw upon the full range of measures at its disposal in support of civilian protection. (spoke in French) The demographic and physical aspects of the region, as well as decades of population displacement, are challenges that can be overcome only by joint and sustained efforts on the part of the region's leaders and help from the international community.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  4. “As for the challenges facing the Sudan, and in View of the impunity with which the militias are still carrying out their activities in the Darfur region, we urge the Council to ensure the implementation of the measures it has taken with regard to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including the monitoring and implementing of its resolutions. Because atrocities, sexual aggression and sexual violence persist, justice also requires an end to the impunity with which perpetrators violate human rights and humanitarian law. To that end, we strongly support efforts to build independent and reliable national judicial institutions, and we call upon each country in the region to cooperate with and support the International Criminal Court in its investigations of crimes against humanity.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  5. “We again draw to the Council's attention the atrocities perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda. The LRA is a tragedy for Ugandans - particularly women and children at risk - and is hindering United Nations missions in the region. Once more we call on the Council to include on its agenda the situation in northern Uganda and to examine the possibility of adopting a resolution dealing with the destabilization caused by the LRA in the region. We know that there can be no peace without justice in the region and that there can be no justice without reconciliation. We acknowledge and support the efforts in various quarters to put an end, through political negotiation, to the many intolerable situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, the Sudan and northern Uganda.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  6. “We therefore fully support the reference made in the draft resolution to the provisions of resolution 1649 (2005) aimed at putting an end to the activities of the militias and foreign armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo - the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda, the former Interahamwe, the Forces nationales de liberation and others - which continue to destabilize the heart of the region. (spoke in English) We commend the efforts made by the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Operation in Burundi and the United Nations Mission in the Sudan, and we encourage the Secretary-General to find ways for United Nations missions to further support Governments in protecting their citizens.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  7. “We believe it is essential that the draft resolution recognize that responsibility. Moreover, we underline the importance of the responsibility to ensure the security and access of humanitarian personnel and assistance to vulnerable persons. During the open Security Council debate on 9 December 2005, we had the opportunity to revisit the issue of the physical and legal protection of civilians. We emphasized that it was important that the Council ensure that that issue remain a top priority in its decisions and actions.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  8. “This debate is essentially an appeal to the leaders of countries to fulfil their responsibility to protect their populations, as hundreds of thousands of people are suffering as a result of situations of conflict and insecurity. At the 2005 world summit, our leaders made a firm commitment to implement the principles of the responsibility to protect, through the Security Council. Not only do the leaders of the countries of the Great Lakes region bear the responsibility for ensuring lasting peace in their region, but they must shoulder that responsibility with respect to people who were victims of the two worst humanitarian crises in the world, which have been ongoing for a decade in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in northern Uganda.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  9. “We look forward to learning about the priority commitments that they will be undertaking to bring about peace in the core of the region and about how they intend to ensure follow-up. We draw the Council's attention to resolution 1625 (2005), which requests the Secretary-General to implement measures agreed by the concerned countries in addressing the root causes of armed conflict, which is what they are doing in the context of the International Conference for the Great Lakes Region. For those reasons, as a partner and as co-chair of the Group of Friends of the Great Lakes Region, Canada calls on the United Nations to continue its support, in partnership with the African Union, to enable the Conference to successfully conclude its work.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  10. “To that end, leaders of 11 countries are negotiating a Security, Stability and Development Pact in the context of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region. In itself, that Conference is a confidence-building measure. It has already helped obtain a greater convergence of views on aspects such as the draft protocol on non-aggression, mutual defence and the peaceful resolution of conflicts. The Conference is the only forum in which countries of three African subregions can deal in an integrated way with the linkages between conflict, the exploitation of natural resources, governance and development. It also provides for the participation of civil society. Canada urges the countries of the Conference to finalize the proposed Pact and to hold the second Summit as early as possible.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  11. “The process of political transition in both Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached a significant stage thanks to the determination of the Burundian and the Congolese peoples and the support of the international community. The electoral process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must be concluded. Not only is a successful electoral outcome in the Democratic Republic of the Congo crucial for the citizens and political institutions of that country, but it would also contribute to the stability of the region. We believe that those national achievements will be consolidated only if the leaders of those countries and of neighbouring States normalize their relations and work together to eliminate the root causes of recurring conflict.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  12. “Mrs. Leahy (Canada) (spoke in French): I should like first of all, on behalf of Canada, to convey our condolences to the Government of Guatemala and to the families of the victims following the deaths on 23 January in the Democratic Republic of Congo of eight Guatemalan military personnel with the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). I thank Tanzania for having taken the initiative to invite the Security Council, which regularly considers the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Burundi, to hold a debate on the regional environment in the Great Lakes region. This is a timely debate.”

    2006-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5359Resumption1 (2006) · source

  13. “We also reaffirm the need for all the Governments of the region to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. That would be not only an important step in moving beyond the legacy of war, but foundational to the establishment of the rule of law.”

    2005-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5130 (2005) · source

  14. “We welcome recent progress in producing a work plan for the Ministry of Local Government Administration, and we urge the Provisional Institutions to launch an initial tranche of pilot projects as soon as possible. The best chance to build a multi-ethnic, democratic Kosovo will come if all of Kosovo's communities participate. We encourage the Kosovo Serbs to rejoin Kosovo's political institutions and working groups, and we urge Belgrade to support that engagement. It is not appropriate to deride the conditions for minorities in Kosovo while refusing to engage in efforts to improve them. In that regard, we welcome the plans to resume the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on missing persons, and we encourage the resumption of all aspects of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.”

    2005-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5130 (2005) · source

  15. “We reaffirm that mid-2005 will present itself as the first opportunity for a comprehensive review of Kosovo's progress in implementing the standards, as set out in the Council's presidential statement of 12 December 2003 (S/PRST/2003/26). We welcome UNMIK's prioritization of the standards as an important step in helping Kosovo to prepare for the mid-2005 review. We also welcome UNMIK's effort to work with the Provisional Institutions to reform local government throughout Kosovo. Decentralization is an area of special importance in implementing the standards and will help make local governments more responsive to the needs of their residents.”

    2005-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5130 (2005) · source

  16. “In that regard, we welcome the energy and determination that the new government of Kosovo's Provisional Institutions has brought to the implementation of the standards for Kosovo. Although some progress has been made, it is important that more be done, particularly in securing the right of refugees and displaced persons to return to their homes, in ensuring security for all communities and in reforming local government. The momentum and the focus that has been applied in recent months must continue, especially at the local level, where progress in some of those areas has thus far been insufficient. In addition to helping to improve the lives of all residents of Kosovo, sufficient progress on the standards is necessary so that the international community can begin a process to determine Kosovo's future status.”

    2005-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5130 (2005) · source

  17. “I should like to welcome Special Representative Saren Jessen-Petersen and to thank him for his instructive and thorough briefing. We commend him and his staff for bringing new life to the standards process. The United States appreciates his strong leadership and his hard work in Kosovo. We look forward to continuing to support him and the rest of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) as they work to implement Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). Next month will mark the one-year anniversary of the deplorable violence that erupted in Kosovo. This moment of reflection one year later provides an opportunity for Kosovo's leaders and people to recommit themselves to fulfilling the internationally endorsed standards and to ensuring security and freedom of movement for all its communities.”

    2005-02-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5130 (2005) · source