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lines on the record: 40
first: 1999-03-19
most recent: 2001-12-14
sittings or episodes: 3
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“Finally, I want to put on record our objection to the repeated accusation by the Government of the S/l'VA437 Democratic Republic of the Congo that Rwanda is deliberately infecting the Congolese people with the HIV virus and AIDS.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“In particular, ALIR should be removed from the FAC; its inclusion is a clear indication that the Kinshasa Government is preparing to hide these criminal forces with a view to their future use against Rwanda or against the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Given our experience over the past seven years, Rwanda can only be reassured by a stable Democratic Republic of the Congo, fully in control of its territory and willing to promote the principles of good- neighbourliness and cooperation. The Government of Rwanda will continue to cooperate fully with the Lusaka Agreement partners and the Security Council in promoting peace and security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“The Government of Rwanda, however, insists that the military activities carried out by ALIR from the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the support of the current Government in Kinshasa, constitute a major obstacle to the full enjoyment of sovereignty by our two sister States. It is therefore imperative that the two Governments work together, within the context of the provisions of the Lusaka Agreement, to fully implement the process of disarmament and demobilization. The Rwandan Government urges the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to dissociate itself from the activities of ALIR, which is a terrorist organization - an organization led by people who carried out genocide in Rwanda - and to immediately cease the support that it gives to it.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“In conclusion, the Rwandan Government once again welcomes the reports and fully shares the forward-looking assessment of the problems in the region. The Rwandan Government will continue to support the work of the Panel, as mandated by the Security Council. Rwanda considers the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be non- negotiable. It can be exercised only on behalf of and for the benefit of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This includes sovereignty over the natural resources and other forms of wealth they collectively possess.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“It is with that in mind that we encourage the Congolese parties to the dialogue, now fully constituted, to go about the process selflessly, courageously and with a clear sense of the historic importance of the moment. We urge the Security Council, therefore, to continue to take an active role, directly and through its members, in pushing the dialogue forward. To this end, it is important to do the following: urge the negotiators to return to the table as soon as possible; give all support, financial and political, to the process; urge the Government to take the lead while accepting the roles of other Congolese parties assigned to them through the Lusaka Agreement, to which it is a signatory; and encourage the facilitator and others who are offering help to coordinate their efforts.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“Fortunately, the dialogue has begun, and I was glad to hear the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo say that the recent contacts were not in vain, although, because of the many actors interested in the process, the advance of this process is being observed through subsets of the dialogue, rather than the dialogue itself. However, it is not the form that matters; if progress can be made, so much the better. As the Panel has pointed out in its reports, everything must be done to give the Democratic Republic of the Congo control over its territory so that it can protect its resources from exploitation.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“On the restoration of the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, we would like to say that that principle has been reaffirmed in the Lusaka Agreement and all relevant Security Council resolutions. It has also been a subject of contention in the context of the current debate about who is responsible for the resources of the Congo - there is a contest between the Congolese actors as to which of them is the legitimate custodian of that sovereignty. The Lusaka Agreement provides for a straightforward and speedy resolution of this issue, through the inter-Congolese dialogue.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“The Security Council, and in particular those of its members that enjoy good relations with the Government of Kinshasa, should make strong Sll'V.4437 representations to that Government to stop giving assistance to those forces, in conformity with all recent Security Council resolutions. The Security Council should call on the International Tribunal for Rwanda to locate and arrest the leaders of ALIR who are already indicted for genocide, with - we hope - the following results: first, the activities of these armed groups, which threaten the peace process, will be severely hampered by these actions; secondly, voluntary disarmament and demobilization can then become a realistic goal; and thirdly, the deployment of phase III of MONUC will then be justified.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“The leadership of ALIR - all of them officers of the ex-FAR, indicted or indictable for genocide - are leading a life of luxury financed by the authorities in Kinshasa. It is with these facts in mind that the Government of Rwanda proposes the following: the deployment of phase III of MONUC should be done expeditiously. MONUC and the Joint Military Commission (JMC) should systematically carry out surveillance of resupply routes, both by air and by land, and, in this specific case, along Lake Tanganyika. That is within that mandate of MONUC and the JMC. MONUC and the JMC should monitor and report movements of armed groups, since these are the ones responsible for the continuation of the conflict.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“However, the same forces - rebaptized ALIR, as I said earlier - took advantage of the deep disengagement carried out by the Rwandan forces to penetrate through a weakened defence to push back into the east, where they had been chased from. With the help of the authorities in Kinshasa, ALIR is able to obtain the endless flow of supplies needed to sustain the war. The report adequately describes how this is done and how the resources are secured. Whereas forward units continue to wage war in north Katanga and Kivu, a large part of ALIR is effectively integrated into the Congolese armed forces (FAC). Again, the Government in Kinshasa must have the resources to maintain this annex to its own national army.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“At this stage, two important elements are not receiving adequate attention from the Council, and yet they are indicative of the difficulties we are facing in the process of implementation. The first is what is euphemistically referred to as the transfer of the war to the east; the second is the inter-Congolese dialogue, which is an essential element in restoring the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I will make what I hope are helpful observations as we look for a way forward. Let me say that, with respect to question of the transfer of the war to the east, it is not really a transfer. The current conflict began in the east, where the ex- FAR and the Interahamwe had been waging a war of extermination against the people of Rwanda. That objective has not changed.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“I note here that, when we continue to say that there is a ceasefire along the main front line, we are really being blind to the fact that the front line has shifted eastward towards the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. The second issue is the restoration of full sovereignty to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This includes State authority and the withdrawal of foreign forces from that country. My Government could not agree more with the Panel on these two issues. The Lusaka Agreement for a ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo brings together all of the elements necessary to put an end to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“Given these realizations and the facts that have been brought to light by the Panel - and which, as I said earlier, we have been bringing to the Council's attention for a long time - one would like, however, to focus on the positive elements of the report and to try to make some specific recommendations for a way forward in the continued search for peace and security in our region. One of the issues raised by the Panel of Experts is that of the continued low-key war that is being waged in north Katanga and in the Kivus by the armed groups supported by the Kinshasa Government and its allies. We must address this issue and others before we can think about making progress in this direction. We must look for ways of enhancing the process of ending the conflict as a whole, not elements of the conflict alone.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“Rwanda believes that this shows the Security Council definitively that Rwanda's problem is the support that the Government of Kinshasa has been giving, and continues to give, to these genocidal terrorist forces in their quest to wage war against our country. We note also that the reports made mention of the leadership of these forces, most of whom are indictable criminals, enjoying unlimited freedom of circulation in the capital, Kinshasa. This goes against the norms and obligations of international law.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“The Government of Rwanda added in its report that the disarmament of the Interahamwe and the former Rwanda Armed Forces (ex-FAR), rebaptized ALIR, will certainly lead to the withdrawal of all foreign forces, including the Rwandan forces. Rwanda in particular has already seen a direct link between the active and hostile presence of these forces and the deployment of its forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Rwanda Government also noted that the Panel's acknowledgement that continuing or intensifying fighting appears to be aimed at preventing effective demobilization in the Democratic Republic of S/l'V.4437 the Congo and that credible sources informed the Panel that several ALIR combatants had been incorporated into the Congolese Armed Forces.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“The key elements of the Panel's recommendation are, first, that everything must be done to give the Democratic Republic of the Congo effective control over its territory and to protect its resources from illicit exploitation; and secondly, that the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) should accelerate the process of the disarmament, demobilization, repatriation and reintegration of the armed groups. The Rwandan Government endorsed the Panel's View that, in the absence of a resolution to the conflict, it would be unrealistic to expect that an end could be put to this exploitation. This should refocus our attention onto the full and speedy implementation of the Lusaka Agreement, as we mentioned in our response.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“Secondly, the Panel did not fully establish links between the exploitation of resources and the operations of the Rwandan Patriotic Army. Once again, if there is any evidence, we did not see it in the report of the Panel and therefore cannot make any further comments on it. However, in the response that it gave, the Government of Rwanda recognizes that the Panel made recommendations in the right direction. These recommendations point to a positive and constructive approach to the central issues that are at play in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“However, we have noted that, in the case of the allies of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a direct link between exploitation and the continuation of the war was established. Our reaction to the previous report was that we had wanted this to be looked at, so it is gratifying, therefore, that work has been done in that direction. A system of payment through concessions, contracts and joint ventures, which previously had been publicly acknowledged by the parties themselves, is now on record in the work of the Panel. Some of the resources go to finance the arming and training of ALIR forces - which, again, is something we have been bringing to the attention of the Council over the past year as we try to implement Lusaka and as we continue to encounter difficulties in carrying out the process of disarmament.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“The reaction of my Government is set out in Security Council document S/2001/1161. I shall therefore be brief as concerns the details of our reaction. On the allegations concerning the exploitation of the wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Government of Rwanda has noted that, in the present addendum (S/2001/1072) to its report, as before, the Panel, in the case of Rwanda and its Government, did not indicate the names of organizations involved in the exploitation of resources. But we do not have all the details of its investigation; we shall await the Panel's further work on this issue. Commercial activities allegedly carried out by the Rwandan Government or its army should be carried out, as elsewhere, through recognizable organizations or companies, which has not been the case either time we have had this report.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“Allow me first of all, on behalf of my Government and of my delegation, to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December, and on a job well done thus far, half way through the month. We also recognize the distinguished work of the previous President, Ambassador Durrant of Jamaica. The Government of Rwanda is grateful to the Security Council for having found time on its busy schedule to debate the issue of the exploitation of resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an issue which, in our View, has given rise to a great deal of grief and recrimination on all sides. We thank the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the timely completion of its eagerly awaited reports.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437 (2001) · source
“I think we should take care that no other actions are taken based on this report until we have seen a full investigation and a fuller debate than what we have held today. I wish to reiterate in front of the Council that the Government of Rwanda will once again cooperate with the Panel when it is exercising its extended mandate.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Even if this was the case, I do not believe that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo invited Namibia and Zimbabwe to go there to loot. So there cannot be any justification for feeling self- congratulatory, because they did not cooperate with the Panel. My colleague did not say this, but I think it is important for us to note that the intervention of the President of the Sudan simply took up an issue that Minister Mbabazi had raised about exposing unduly the personalities in our region to abuse, and I believe the courage and the occasion to do that were given by the debate of an otherwise worthy cause, that is, the investigation of the misuse of resources in the Congo.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Unfortunately, before this meeting has even ended, we have begun to see the fallout from some of the problems that we think lie with the report. Member countries that would not cooperate with the Panel have used this occasion today to come and lambaste everybody and proclaim their innocence in the exploitation of the resources of the Congo. This was the case in the speeches made by the representatives of Namibia and Zimbabwe. They have used this occasion to bring back debates that we thought we had put to rest, debates of invited and uninvited parties to the Lusaka Agreement. This is not very helpful at all, and they take this courage from the report they thought was the point of departure in this.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“I would like to make a few final remarks on the debate which, I think, has been very illuminating and very instructive for my delegation on the thinking and the direction of this very important investigation that the Council has undertaken to institute. We have tried today to reiterate to the Council the historical reasons for our involvement in the Congo. The security problems caused by criminal forces based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to our countries - Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi - are not deniable. Examples are abundant. My colleague has just mentioned some of the latest. These should be addressed by the Council and ourselves through the process that we have undertaken to return normalcy to that region. This was one of our recommendations.”
2001-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4317Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Thirdly, we reaffirm our respect for human rights and humanitarian law and our resolve to join others in a coalition against the recurrence of genocide and terrorism in the Great Lakes region and elsewhere. The Entebbe principles which were agreed upon during President Clinton's visit to countries in the region would constitute the basis for this coalition.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“We think this is the only viable guarantee against the recurrence of the prevailing state of war, gross violation of human rights, genocide and the total disruption of historical ties among our peoples. Many of the previous speakers have referred to these threats. Furthermore, let me reiterate, on behalf of my delegation and the Government of Rwanda, our commitment to respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all countries, especially as enshrined in the Charters of the United Nations and the OAU. Secondly, we call on the Democratic Republic of the Congo to use its sovereign rights and put its act together in order to dismantle the dozen non-State armies which are being used in aggression against the territorial integrity of its neighbours.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“This is why Rwanda is persuaded that a comprehensive resolution of the crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo should be reached, first, through a resolution of the crisis of governance and leadership in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; secondly, through the neutralization, dismantling and containment of the non-State armies operating on the Democratic Republic of the Congo territory; and, thirdly, through the condemnation and isolation of all those who embrace the ideology and acts of genocide in our region. The concerns Rwanda has put before the Council in this statement stem from acts of aggression against Rwanda by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But Rwanda prefers to join the region and the international community in searching for lasting solutions to the problems of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“That same violence resulted in the creation of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo, which successfully carried out a military campaign against the regime of President Mobutu Sese Seko, which ended in Kinshasa in May 1997. The Council will recall that this resulted in the setting in the place of the Government led by President Laurent-Desire Kabila. It is clear that as in 1994-1996, the Democratic Republic of the Congo leadership, like the Zaire leadership before, embraced the evil forces of genocide, inevitably leading to the crisis of 1997-1999.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“Compelling reports [were recorded] of ex-FAR involvement in procuring weapons reportedly for use in Angola, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda", not to mention Rwanda and Burundi, but we know that was also a fact. In another report (S/ 1998/581), the Secretary-General said the events described in the report of the team, which was submitted on 29 June 1998, did not occur in a vacuum. The background to them was the terrible 1994 genocide in Rwanda, which cast an enormous shadow, which has not yet been lifted, over the whole Great Lakes region of Africa. This genocide led directly to the violence of the 1994-1996 period in the then eastern Zaire. This was publicly denounced by the Rwanda Government as a resumption in the neighbouring country of the 1994 genocide practices.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“The use of Democratic Republic of the Congo territory to channel arms and fascist ideologies to armed non-State actors in the region is a destabilizing factor for the region, not only for Rwanda. The Council was seized of this particular factor in a report of the Secretary- General in document S/1998/777 of 19 August 1998. In its paragraph 69, the report states: "The complications in the situation arising from the links between the ex-FAR and other armed groups in the region should be viewed in the light of resolution 1011 (1995) by which the Security Council prohibited the sale and supply of arms and related materiel to Rwanda or to persons in the States neighbouring Rwanda if such sale or supply was for the purpose of the use of such arms or materiel within Rwanda.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“This has been heard in public declarations, promoted in the media and followed by the execution of civilians before the eyes of the entire international community, as witnessed on the streets of Kinshasa. This is a glaring violation of international law that should be condemned by all of us. Another phenomenon which has caused instability for Rwanda is the attempts to disown nationals of the Congo who happen to have a Rwandan culture. Their persecution and expulsion to Rwanda create a destabilized section of the Congolese population and impacts very negatively on the relationship between our two countries. In a way, this is a violation of the principle of the intangibility of colonial borders, because we assume that these borders contained populations when they were drawn.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“Their ability to reorganize and rearm on the territory of the Congo and with the support of the Congolese Government is a factor that is destabilizing for Rwanda. We believe that the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in accepting this presence, violates its own sovereignty. The launching of genocidal attacks on Rwanda by these forces from the Democratic Republic of the Congo territory, which have claimed thousands of lives in north-western Rwanda and which were also recently extended to the territory of Uganda, with the loss of innocent tourists' lives in the Bwini forest, is a reminder that this is a deliberate violation of Rwanda's sovereignty by the Congo. Another disturbing factor is the apparent embracing of a genocide ideology by the Democratic Republic of the Congo leadership.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“This will offer an occasion to test the commitment of all involved parties to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of each other's countries. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been in crisis for a long time. Rwanda, however, has been adversely and directly affected since 1994. The presence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of large numbers of armed elements of Rwandan nationality, including former Government forces and militia who are responsible for the genocide of 1994, was to become a powder keg in our historically good relations. Factors that cause insecurity to Rwanda may not be very clear for everyone to see, but they all relate to the unfortunate episode of our history in which over 1 million people perished. These factors are the presence of the forces I have just mentioned.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“Maybe we can encourage the parties concerned to find acceptable mechanisms and facilitation to ensure that such crucial talks take place and bear fruit. This is a direct result of the shuttle diplomacy that leaders of our region have undertaken, and we believe that this represents a significant step forward, knowing where we started from. Countries concerned about their security in relation to the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have submitted their complaints to a subcommittee set up for the purpose. A comprehensive debate is awaiting the disposition of the Congolese entity, which is the only one that can discuss issues that relate to the sovereignty of the Congo and can give guarantees under international law to its neighbours.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“The declaration envisaged the following aspects of the conflict and the resolutions to them: the need for a cessation of hostilities; a comprehensive round-table negotiation on political issues by Democratic Republic of the Congo parties, including a broad-based transition dispensation or Government; the resolution of security concerns of neighbouring countries, particularly Angola, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. On all these issues, palpable progress has been made. The OAU produced technical documents on a ceasefire agreement and its implementation mechanisms, both of which are under active discussion under the leadership of President Chiluba. President Kabila has announced on several occasions - and we have had occasion to hear that here today - that he is ready to initiate talks with Congolese parties.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“The Rwanda delegation is of the view that this process has been helpful and it is only appropriate that, after this debate, the Council should reaffirm its support of the aforementioned regional processes, especially the Lusaka process, in which the OAU and the United Nations continue to play a major role. We believe that the Democratic Republic of the Congo should be encouraged to have faith in the SADC fraternity of which it is a member. The Lusaka process is anchored in the Pretoria declaration reaffirmed in Windhoek.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“In this context, I would like to recall the efforts of many leaders and their shuttle diplomacy - leaders of such countries as Zambia, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Mauritius, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the United States of America, France, the United Kingdom and Libya - and many others who are closely associated with these efforts. I wish to recognize all members of the Council and congratulate them for their good work in this regard. The efforts of these leaders and organizations were undertaken with the support of this Council. The Secretary-General of the United Nations was himself fully involved in these efforts and he had the support of this Council.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“We may sound more optimistic than previous speakers, but Rwanda believes that this process is well under way and that the Council should continue to support it as it has in the past in its resolutions and presidential statements. We are also grateful to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the OAU, SADC and other African and international organizations for their continued support in the search for a peaceful resolution of the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“President, we must thank you for organizing this meeting, even though it comes at a time when, as we all know, the African countries are already engaged in a series of discussions, which previous speakers have mentioned, on the subject of the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region. The Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have held such meetings because of their concern at the deterioration of the situation in the Congo, which has an impact on the whole region, and also because of the concern we know the international community has for this problem.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source
“The delegation of Rwanda is very pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the Security Council for the month of March. We are confident that your exceptional qualities as a seasoned diplomat and your acute sense of consensus-building surely constitute a significant contribution to our work. We would also like to address our congratulations to the Permanent Representative of Canada, Mr. Robert Fowler, who presided with impressive diplomatic skills and professionalism over the work of the Council during the month of February. Mr.”
1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source