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  1. “The role of the Peacebuilding Commission is also critical to supporting States emerging from conflict to develop the necessary capacity for the effective management of their natural resources and ensuring respect for national ownership. There are several examples of various largely stable resource-exporting countries where natural resources have contributed to long-term economic growth. In those countries, the resources with which they are endowed have not necessarily led to violent conflict. Rather, we have experienced major improvements in the quality of life of the people. Clearly, the mechanism through which natural resources induce conflict are deeply rooted in economic and social structures.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  2. “While recognizing that the Security Council may be called upon to impose coercive measures, such as sanctions, we believe that such measures should be exercised with great caution and only be used to support the resumption of political dialogue and negotiations to achieve a peaceful solution. The role of the international community in supporting regional organizations and countries with natural resources is another factor in ensuring that conflicts can either be prevented or resolved. For example, in 2008, the African Union adopted the Africa Mining Vision. The support of our international partners will also extend to helping States develop strong, accountable and transparent Government institutions that can regulate their extractive industries.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  3. “Countries endowed with natural resources should ideally harness those invaluable resources to improve socioeconomic conditions. South Africa believes that, through the United Nations, the international community has an obligation to eradicate the nefarious factors behind intra-State and inter-State conflicts that are fuelled by the struggle over natural resources. Often such conflicts devastate States by destroying already underdeveloped infrastructure, undermine peacebuilding and fuel conflicts through competition for access to natural resources. In that context, we believe that Council sanctions are an important tool for the international community to ensure that revenues from natural resources do not further fuel conflicts. We also believe that the work of the Security Council should be seen in that regard.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  4. “My delegation would like to join others who expressed their condemnation and disgust at the unfortunate attacks on the United Nations compound in Mogadishu. Our condolences go to all those affected. My delegation wishes to thank the President of the Council for convening this debate on conflict- prevention and natural resources. We also wish to thank Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, Under- Secretary-General and Associate Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme Rebeca Grynspan, World Bank Managing Director Caroline Anstey and Mr. Kofi Annan, Chair of the African Progress Panel, for their statements to the Council this morning. Unfortunately, natural resources are a persistent contributory factor in fuelling instability and conflict across the globe.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  5. “Madam President, we take the opportunity once again to commend you for holding this debate, which focuses attention on the importance of resolutions 1625 (2005), 1631 (2005) and 1649 (2005), and we implore the Security Council to further strengthen those instruments with the adoption of the draft resolution now being considered (S/2006/51).”

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

  6. “The International Conference will also ensure that those countries own and are accountable for the peace process in the region, in order to cement post-conflict reconstruction and development. In that regard, South Africa welcomes the establishment on 20 December 2005 of the Peacebuilding Commission. Clearly the Commission will have a significant role to play in many African countries, particularly in the Great Lakes region. Burundi, which is emerging from conflict and has successfully completed its peace process, should benefit greatly. The Peacebuilding Commission should constantly contribute to stabilizing the post-electoral phase of institution-building, reconstruction and development in both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Sudan.”

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

  7. “In that context, South Africa urges States in the region to further strengthen their cooperation in ending the activities of illegal armed groups. We now have an opportunity to create a framework that will strengthen democracy, good governance, the rule of law, the protection of human rights, reconciliation and the participation of civil society, including women concerning issues of peace and security. We look forward to the holding of the second Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region which will enhance the dialogue that has already been established among countries of the region, most of which had been engaged, not so long ago, in a bitter struggle against each other.”

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

  8. “For example, the continued presence of the Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) and Mai-Mai forces in the Kivus remains a serious threat to regional stability and the integrity of both the transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the regional security-sector reform and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) processes. The role of MONUC and the national army in identifying strongholds, and putting military pressure on those armed groups to join the DDR process is commendable. South Africa is involved in those operations under the command of MONUC and will continue to support those operations. The death of eight MONUC soldiers from Guatemala demonstrates that more needs to be done to ensure stability in the region.”

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

  9. “Thirdly, the success of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) in dealing with the Congolese Revolutionary Movement (MRC) elements active in Kilo and Mongwalu and the efforts by the Congolese Government, in cooperation with Uganda, to disarm and repatriate those MRC elements that relocated to Uganda are also commendable. However, there remain several issues of concern that have been addressed by the States of the region, albeit without success.”

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

  10. “South Africa is especially pleased at the progress being made within the region to reduce those issues that cause tensions between the regional States. That progress includes, first, the recent agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda to deal with the elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) that were active in Haut-Uele, Orientale Province, and the subsequent elimination of LRA activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Secondly, the recent agreement between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to permit the establishment of a Uganda Amnesty Commission office in North Kivu will also contribute to the disarming and repatriation of Ugandan combatants.”

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

  11. “That does not mean that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be able to surmount all the operational challenges that the referendum brought to light. The international community has been generous in the financial support provided to the electoral process. However, some of the pledged funds have not yet materialized, and we call on those that have pledged funds to make them available. South Africa, for its part, is planning to provide technical support, training and manpower to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support the Independent Electoral Commission's operations in the field. The Great Lakes region of Africa is on the threshold of establishing lasting peace. A lot of work has been accomplished.”

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

  12. “The progress that is being made through intraregional discussions is commendable, and South Africa believes that those discussions, not to mention the success that the decisions have achieved, contribute directly to the reduction of tensions in the region. For example, the reduction of regional tensions is an important backdrop to the progress being made in the transition process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo itself. South Africa commends the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on its progress in voter registration. In addition, South Africa believes that the operational success of the constitutional referendum is an important indication that the preparations being made for the general election are effective.”

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

  13. “We believe that the result of this meeting should intensify collaboration between the Security Council and other important actors in the Great Lakes region, notably the International Conference on the Great Lakes, coordinated by the Special Representative, Ambassador Ibrahima Fall, as well as the African Union Peace and Security Council. We need to develop collaborative structures that could include the follow- up mechanism intended to assist in the implementation of the regional confidence-building mechanisms following the second summit of the International Conference. The debate today should help us focus attention on the rapid progress being made in the situation in the Great Lakes.”

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

  14. “South Africa is encouraged by the visible progress that the partnership between the United Nations and Africa has made in the areas of peace and security and urges the strengthening of that collaboration in terms of Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter. There is a need to create a structure that will enhance that institutional cooperation in order to ensure effective and coordinated action between the Security Council and the African Union's Peace and Security Council. It was in that understanding that we welcomed the Security Council's presidential statement on the institutional relationship with the African Union that was issued after their meeting in the Sudan in 2004. Experience has shown us that cooperation with regional structures can enhance the maintenance of international peace and security.”

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

  15. “Allow me, Madam, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We applaud the initiative you have taken to hold this open debate on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes region. We also take this opportunity to thank and congratulate the Secretary-General and the Security Council for the various initiatives taken to address issues related to African conflicts. Those initiatives have led to tangible results and steady progress in conflict prevention and the establishment of peace, stability and security on the African continent. Africa has, through the establishment of the Peace and Security Council, created an environment conducive to the establishment of a strong institutional partnership with the Security Council in the areas of international peace and security.”

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