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Mabudafhasi

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2002-01-29
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  1. “We have also come before the international community to promote a new partnership for Africa's development. With this contribution to the debate, it is our hope that the Security Council will consider its role in matters where its mandate may be limited and require cooperation with other bodies of the United Nations. Our experience in Africa demonstrates that peace and development are mutually reinforcing. It is therefore our sincere hope that the debate today will launch a dialogue with the Security Council on how to comprehensively address the complex conflicts in Africa.”

    2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source

  2. “The AU structures will seek to entrench peace, stability, democracy, respect for human rights and justice; create conditions for economic growth and sustainable development; eradicate poverty; and entrench social progress and prosperity for all. These two initiatives hold the key to resolving the scourge of conflict in Africa and to setting the continent on a path towards sustainable development and economic growth. The Government of South Africa has long expressed its commitment to promoting peace and security in our continent. Together with other African Governments, we seek to end the proliferation of small arms and light weapons. Next month, South Africa will host the inter-Congolese dialogue, which we hope will finally bring peace to the troubled Great Lakes region.”

    2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source

  3. “This should be done through an integrated strategy that connects peace and security to poverty and underdevelopment 4 some of the key root causes of conflicts in Africa. My delegation calls upon the Security Council and the United Nations to assist Africa to rebuild its capacity to manage all aspects of conflict by strengthening existing African regional and subregional institutions in the following key areas: the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts; peacemaking, peacekeeping and peace enforcement; post-conflict reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction; and combating the proliferation of small arms, light weapons and land mines. Our aim is to contribute to this debate by drawing attention to both the New Partnership for Africa's Development and the soon to be launched African Union (AU).”

    2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source

  4. “Clearly, if the Security Council is to comprehensively address the problems we face on the African continent, it cannot rely solely on the tools provided in Chapters VI and VII of the United Nations Charter. The Security Council will forever be faced with issues that are beyond its mandate. My delegation would urge that the Security Council review its relationship with the Economic and Social Council. How these two main Councils of the United Nations work together will go a long way towards addressing some of the challenges that we face in Africa. In fact, in NEPAD, the African leaders go to great lengths to demonstrate that the problems of Africa cannot be resolved in isolation.”

    2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source

  5. “The adoption of a development strategy, together with a detailed programme of action, marks the beginning of a new phase of partnership and cooperation between Africa and the developed world, including multilateral organizations. To this end, we seek the Council's partnership in order to implement the following three elements of peace and security identified by NEPAD: the promotion of long-term conditions for development and security; building the capacity of African institutions for early warning; and enhancing African institutional capacity for the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts. Indeed, the institutionalization of the commitment to the core values of NEPAD has as its basis the promotion of peace, security, democracy, human rights and sound economic management.”

    2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source

  6. “It is a pledge by African leaders, based on a common vision and a firm and shared conviction, that they have a pressing duty to eradicate poverty and to place their countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development and, at the same time, to participate actively in the world economy and body politic. NEPAD offers a historic opportunity for the developed countries of the world to enter into a genuine partnership with Africa, based on mutual interest and benefit, shared commitment and binding agreement, under African leadership. In proposing the partnership, Africa recognizes that it holds the key to its own development.”

    2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source

  7. “We would therefore like to focus attention on how the Security Council could broaden its engagement in Africa. We firmly believe that in order to achieve this, it is necessary to define the context of such an engagement. In a historic action, the leaders of Africa have defined such a framework in the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). The aim is to address issues of peace and security while dealing with the roots of conflict. The New Partnership for Africa's Development is a holistic, integrated, sustainable development initiative for the economic and social revival of Africa, involving a constructive partnership between Africa and the developed world.”

    2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source

  8. “There can be no doubt that the root causes of conflict in Africa include poverty and underdevelopment, two issues which fall outside the mandate of the Security Council. Given this reality, the question is, how can the Security Council remain relevant to the search for comprehensive peace in Africa while at the same time remaining true to its mandate? We believe that the mandate of the Security Council is premised on the broader framework of the United Nations and not in isolation therefrom. This mandate includes maintaining peace and security through arrangements with regions and subregions, as specified in Chapter VIII of the Charter. The international community, including the Security Council, has a contribution to make towards the now globally accepted need for an African renaissance.”

    2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source

  9. “My delegation is very pleased, Sir, that you are presiding over this important meeting today. It is indeed proper that under your presidency we are considering the situation in Africa. The United Nations Charter determines that collectively we must save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights and the dignity and worth of the human person, and promote social progress and better standards of living for all. Specifically, Article 24 confers on the Security Council the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. The urgent need for peace and security in Africa poses a special challenge for the Security Council.”

    2002-01-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4460 (2002) · source