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1999-12-15
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2000-01-10
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  1. “One of the priorities, from our viewpoint, is to ensure that by 2005 at least 90 per cent of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 have access to information and to the necessary facilities to reduce their HIV infection and to reduce the incidence of HIV in this age group by 25 per cent. It is of the utmost importance that we focus our efforts on prevention to reduce the spread of this disease. But at the same time we cannot ignore the fact that necessary care for current patients must be available to Africans at a reasonable and affordable price, without which humanity will have every difficulty in dealing with this pandemic. This is why the Security Council and the entire United Nations must make all means available to cope with the pandemic which is affecting large populations throughout the continent.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  2. “As we see in the broad lines now being prepared at the level of African Governments and of the bodies involved, the International Partnership against AIDS in Africa will depend on the efforts which Africa and especially the rest of the world invest in the approach to ensuring that the targets agreed at the international level - that is, collectively - at the special session of the General Assembly in June 1999, devoted to the five- year review of the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994 - ICPD+5 - are the beginning of a genuine long-term battle of the entire international community.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  3. “It was moved by the same spirit that the African heads of State at the thirty-fifth summit, held in Algiers in July 1999, approved the International Partnership against AIDS in Africa as a new framework for urgently mobilizing Governments, civil society, development partners and international assistance bodies so as to work in a way proportionate to the challenges linked to the situation of the pandemic in Africa. A plan of action for combatting AIDS exists. It will be a question of finding the resources necessary to implement it.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  4. “But given the scale of the resources needed to combat this scourge and the complexity of actions which it requires, the African leaders quickly realized that merely mobilizing local means, which are very limited, along with some external support, also very limited, was far from sufficient to guarantee even the slightest tangible progress. This means that combatting AIDS in Africa requires coordinated, decisive and long-term action through combining efforts at both the national and international level. It is thus in the spirit of the OAU that its summit of 1998, held in Ouagadougou, launched an appeal for international assistance.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  5. “That Declaration was paired with a six-point Programme of Action, with targets and quantifiable results. Following on from this Declaration, the African leaders directed their efforts at developing a global plan of action aimed at facilitating and accelerating the implementation of the Dakar Programme of Action, which led to the adoption in 1993 of the Cairo guidelines on HIV/AIDS. Aware of the impact of this scourge on children, African leaders also adopted in 1994 the Tunis Declaration on AIDS and the Child in Africa, paired with, as in the case of Dakar, a two-point Plan of Action covering specific aspects and complementing the Dakar Programme. All of these measures testify to the awareness of African leaders of a problem that over the years has daily become more worrisome.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  6. “Thus AIDS, which finds fertile ground in moral and material poverty, will only expand its empire. It will continue to do so because people who are poor, unemployed and uneducated, with no access to basic health care, are particular targets of the disease. Lastly, at the political level, because public services and security are also affected by the disease, and political and social structures are damaged, social equilibrium is disturbed. Thus the stability and security - the very foundation - of African States is at risk. Africa has since the beginning of the 1990s been aware of the danger of the HIV/AIDS pandemic for its populations, particularly in its sub-Saharan region. In 1992, during the OAU summit held at Dakar, Senegal, the African heads of State or Government adopted the OAU Declaration on the AIDS Epidemic in Africa.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  7. “Children, for their part, are either infected by the virus, to the point where in some countries three quarters of the beds in paediatric wards are occupied by children with AIDS, or abandoned, their parents having succumbed to the disease. Even more serious is the fact that in certain countries the mortality rate for children under the age of 5 is likely, in the next 10 years, to be three and half times higher than that it would have been without AIDS. In economic terms, AIDS is now affecting broad economic sectors, in some countries up to 10 percent of the active population. It is thus compromising the economic and social gains achieved at the cost of great sacrifices and imposing on already heavily strained budgets additional costs that they cannot bear.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  8. “For nearly two decades, Africa, which, under the most adverse conditions, is already facing numerous challenges and threats, has been suffering from the full impact of a fearsome pandemic that is attacking what it holds most dear: its human capital. The pandemic is also increasingly compromising its chances of recovery and of regaining its place in the family of nations. The consequences of this terrible scourge are serious and numerous, and they affect equally the peoples and the economies of the countries concerned. At the human and social levels, the cost is very high. Women and children are paying the highest price. The vulnerability of women - and particularly of pregnant teenagers in the age group 15-19 - is frequently increased by numerous other factors.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  9. “President, you wish to devote to African issues - that the Council will finally be able to assume its responsibilities vis-a-vis Africa by moving from the stage of statements of intention to that of action. In this respect, the important statement made by the Vice-President of the United States this morning and the substantial financial contribution that he announced, which we welcome, heighten our expectations. Likewise, the very useful debates held last month - initiated and led by Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock, whom we thank - charted courses for us to follow. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his important contribution at the beginning of the meeting this morning.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  10. “Mr. Mesdoua (Algeria) (spoke in French): Mr. President, out of a desire for concision you asked us to omit the customary congratulations and to refrain from quoting figures, alarming though they are, as they have been set out at length and in detail since this morning. But if I agree to make a sacrifice of these figures, since they have been mentioned repeatedly, allow me at least to congratulate you warmly, on behalf of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and of Algeria, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to express to you our profound gratitude for your interest in our continent. This interest gives us a great deal of hope. We would like to believe, as we enter the millennium's first month - much of which, Mr.”

    2000-01-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4087Resumption1 (2000) · source

  11. “Those are a few of the proposals which the chairmanship of the OAU wishes to make at this stage of the debate. We hope that, thanks to this debate, the Council will be able to contribute to the development of a genuine partnership for peace in Africa.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081 (1999) · source

  12. “Particular attention should be given to the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, which feed conflict situations. Another issue which we believe is particularly important is the problem of resources. Recent experience has shown their influence and impact on the dependability of the peace processes and on post-conflict peace- building. In this regard, the proposal to establish a special United Nations trust fund for Africa deserves close attention. Such a fund could provide regular assistance for OAU conflict-prevention activities, as well as finance programmes for the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants during peacekeeping operations. Innovative means of financing could be sought, as could new ways and means to further mobilize the donor community.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081 (1999) · source

  13. “That principle also applies to all situations in which it might be necessary to provide humanitarian assistance. We believe that the prompt reaction of the Security Council to conflict situations in the African continent is crucial. The Security Council must, in fact, be able to react rapidly and effectively to peacekeeping problems in Africa. To that end, the Council should respond to peace agreements concluded in Africa by the early deployment of observer or peacekeeping missions. That is a key element. In this regard, we recall the events surrounding the adoption of the draft resolution on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which, in the end, did not authorize the deployment recommended by the Secretary- General.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081 (1999) · source

  14. “We believe that it should be further strengthened. In the same context, preventive action by the Council should be further strengthened, as was clearly affirmed during the meeting on 29 November. In this regard, we should point out that in order to be effective, and to benefit from the necessary legitimacy, any United Nations initiative to prevent conflict on the continent should be taken in accordance with the principles of the Charter, especially that of respecting the sovereignty of States. The adherence to those principles of the protagonists and parties to a conflict is indispensable for the success of any action taken in this regard. Indeed, in such cases, as in any conflict prevention or peacekeeping operation, the consent of the State concerned and hence its cooperation are absolutely necessary.”

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  15. “We believe that for such a partnership to be viable and workable it should be based on regular and constant coordination between the Security Council, on the one hand, and on the other, the Secretary-General of the OAU, the current Chairman of the OAU and the Office of the Permanent Observer for the OAU to the United Nations, as well as the chairmanship of the African Group. The Council would then be able to obtain the views and opinions of the Organization of African Unity on the best way to deal with a given situation. My delegation supports your proposal, Mr. President, to create a mechanism to enable the Council and the OAU to work together. The United Nations liaison office at OAU headquarters, which was set up in 1998, is in the process of playing a useful and effective coordinating role.”

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  16. “From that standpoint, the proposal of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to set up a working group to strengthen the African capacity for peacekeeping was warmly welcomed by African delegations, since its objective is to support, in particular, the activity of the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution, to enable African countries to benefit from logistic and financial support and to develop their peacekeeping capacities. In August 1999 the African Group submitted its own proposals in this regard, and it is still awaiting a response. The establishment of such a group would, without undoubtedly contribute to the development of cooperation between the United Nations and the OAU in this essential area, and to building a genuine partnership.”

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  17. “One of the key areas where it is possible to develop a special relationship between the Council and other parts of the United Nations with regard to conflicts in Africa is that of peacekeeping, where, because of its knowledge of African problems and its experience, which has been proved in the field, the OAU is in a position to contribute to the resolution of conflicts. The Security Council, for its part, can lend its support to the efforts of both the chairmanship of the OAU and African States through subregional organizations or at the bilateral level.”

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  18. “The fact that Africa has decided to take control and fully to assume its responsibilities does not mean that the international community - the United Nations and, especially, the Security Council, which the Charter has given responsibility for maintaining international peace and security - is relieved of its obligations to Africa. This is particularly important, as the United Nations has acquired unquestionable experience and expertise in peacekeeping, and it would be regrettable if we were not able to benefit from it. That is why Africa has always called for the establishment of close and fruitful cooperation with this body.”

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  19. “African States therefore welcome the holding of this meeting which we hope, far from being an exercise in ritual speech-making, will respond to their concerns and expectations through the establishment of a genuine partnership that goes beyond words and good intentions. For us, that means effective cooperation and the full participation of Africa through the involvement of the chairmanship of the OAU and of the African Group, whose opinions and concerns should be taken into account. For several years Africa has accorded priority to strengthening its ability to prevent, manage and resolve conflict, and the OAU has become fully involved in many parts of the continent, as was shown at its recent summit, held in July 1999 in Algiers.”

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  20. “Mr. Mesdoua (Algeria) (spoke in French): It is a very pleasant duty for me, Sir, to congratulate you on the unprecedented initiative you have taken today. Despite the fact that our statements have been limited to five minutes per delegation, it shows the importance that your country, and you personally, attach to Africa and its recovery. Whenever we hold a debate on Africa, Algeria, as an African State and a member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), feels compelled to express once again its frustrations vis-a-vis the Council, whose attitude has in recent months has, unfortunately, been characterized by a lack of interest - even enthusiasm - with regard to African issues, although during that same period it showed remarkable speed and great determination in deploying operations in other regions of the world.”

    1999-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4081 (1999) · source