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Mahouve Same

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2002-03-15
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2002-04-04
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  1. “In that respect, my country appeals to all Member States to respect the recognized provisions of international humanitarian law and to facilitate the work of aid agencies striving to reach vulnerable populations and to help to restore safe conditions for refugees and displaced persons. I cannot conclude without once again congratulating Ms. Bertini on behalf of the Cameroonian Government and offering her our best wishes for the rest of her career.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

  2. “Although it is primarily the responsibility of States to ensure that refugees, displaced persons and other vulnerable people affected by conflict are protected, as the Secretary-General so clearly stressed in his report on protection for humanitarian assistance to refugees in document S/l998/883, refugees, displaced persons and other victims of conflict are entitled under international law to enjoy the protection of international assistance when national authorities cannot provide such protection. However, if that right is to have any meaning to those who supposedly enjoy it, the recipients must have effective access to the providers of protection and assistance.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

  3. “With regard to inter-agency cooperation in the field, my delegation welcomes the close cooperation between the WFP, the United Nations Children's Fund, UNHCR and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. This cooperation is a practical demonstration of the concept of a United Nations logistical centre. We must recall that humanitarian interventions have become increasingly complex and represent major challenges, especially when they involve the massive and sudden displacement of people. In that context, the protection of refugees and displaced persons is increasingly a question of partnership. Finally, I express Cameroon's concern over the problem of guaranteeing access to humanitarian assistance and the responsibilities of States therein.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

  4. “The objective of that programme - which aims not only at providing food aid to the school children of that country, but also at encouraging them to attend school - is most commendable. We should also point out that the programme also provides nutritional incentives to teachers and to those who help to rebuild schools. As regards the security of humanitarian personnel, there is good reason to welcome the efforts of the WFP to integrate security matters into its training and planning activities. The staff of the WFP works in difficult and dangerous conditions. We must therefore pay tribute to all those who, in gruelling and sometimes life- threatening conditions, are striving to help those in need.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

  5. “We point in particular to the provision of emergency assistance to displaced persons and to the assistance given to many poor citizens by the women's bakeries of Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, which provide some of the rare job opportunities available to women in Afghanistan, as Ms. Bertini noted this morning. We also welcome the WFP's interest in defending basic rights, in particular those of women, who, until recently, were not allowed to work outside the health sector. Education for girls is among a country's most lucrative investments, since it is the key to women's autonomy. The delegation of Cameroon welcomes the national food aid programme recently launched by the WFP for Afghan school children.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

  6. “The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has established refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran. The WFP currently feeds more than 1 million Afghans in their own country. As everyone knows, the crisis in Afghanistan has also affected populations that were not directly touched by the fighting in the northern part of that country. The public infrastructure and organizations that provided most basic services have collapsed. Given the exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis, and in the context of coordinating and harmonizing the various humanitarian actors, we are pleased to note the multidimensional activities of the WFP, the importance of which has been proven.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

  7. “Mrs. Mahouve Same (Cameroon) (spoke in French): I should also like to thank Ms. Bertini for her thorough briefing on the activities of the World Food Programme (WFP) throughout the world, particularly in Afghanistan. Cameroon pays vibrant tribute to Ms. Bertini for the noble and commendable work she has done in the context of her mandate as Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP). My delegation also joins others in singing her praises. Twenty years of continuous conflict have made Afghanistan one of the world's main sources of refugees and displaced persons. Today, more than 8 million Afghans need assistance to survive. Almost 20 per cent of the neediest are children under the age of five. Since 11 September, more than 135,000 Afghans have fled to Pakistan in search of a haven of peace and security.”

    2002-04-04 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4507Resumption1 (2002) · source

  8. “Finally, Cameroon encourages the Council to keep up the momentum that it has already gained to advance civilian protection and meet the humanitarian needs of vulnerable groups such as women and children. Special attention should be given to the participation of women in the determination of strategies for protection as well as in negotiating peace agreements.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  9. “With regard to the media, we are all aware of the importance of this sector in conflict situations. It is an area where the Council has in its resolution 1296 (2000) provided for the opportunity for action to be taken against those who incite hatred, crime and genocide. My country favours a mechanism to monitor the local media. With regard to actors providing civilian protection, consideration should be given to the complementary role that certain elements in the international community - regional organizations, civil society, actors in the private sector, women and young people - could play, with impetus and coordination provided by the United Nations.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  10. “The separation of civilians from armed elements remains, for our country, a crucial problem to be resolved with determination because of the numerous problems caused by the infiltration of armed elements in the camps and the regroupment areas of refugees and displaced persons. This infiltration sometimes reaches the point of destabilizing some countries and regions, in addition to the many dangers that ensue with regard to the lives of civilians and humanitarian staff. The measures described in paragraph 35 and 36 of the report S/2001/ 133 of the Secretary-General, in particular the June 2000 agreement between the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, are still topical and should continue to receive every attention from the Council.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  11. “Turning to access to civilians in the case of conflicts, nothing has as much of a real impact on civilians in conflicts as humanitarian aide to meet their most urgent and immediate basic needs. We welcome in this regard the initiative of the Secretary-General described in paragraph 26 of his report S/2001/331, which deals with working out a manual on criteria for engagement and disengagement of humanitarian organizations that are being set up. We encourage the Council to continue active dialogue with parties in conflict and also to use fact-finding missions in conflict areas.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  12. “We need to establish a culture of protection, which will depend on the capacity of the United Nations and the international community to meet the challenges of this new situation. I should like to make the following comments. Regarding penal justice, we think any form of impunity in the area of humanitarian law or human rights violations in which civilians in conflicts are victims should be effectively combated. We welcome in this respect the progress that was made last year in the matter of decisions taken by the Security Council to set up a group of ad litem judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, to increase the number of judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and to create a special independent tribunal for Sierra Leone.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  13. “Humanitarian suffering caused by armed conflict reminds us of the need for robust and concerted action on the part of Governments, the Security Council and others in a position to make a genuine contribution to the implementation of all the recommendations contained in the first and second reports of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/1999/957 and S/2001/331), so as to improve the protection accorded them. The types of conflicts have now changed to include communal violence, ethnic cleansing, terrorism and private wars financed by the international trade in oil and diamonds. These are in essence internal conflicts marked by a proliferation of armed groups. Faced with the change in the situation, new mechanisms and strategies are now necessary.”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source

  14. “Mrs. Mahouve Same (Cameroon) (spoke in French): I too would like to thank Mr. Kenzo Oshima for his very useful briefing, which was highly instructive and which has given us a better understanding of the developments on issues that arise daily in the work undertaken to reduce the suffering of civilians trapped in conflicts. I would also like to welcome the aide-memoire on this issue drafted under the coordination of the delegation of Norway and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).”

    2002-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4492 (2002) · source