YouSaid · the spoken record

Mohamad

lines on the record: 168
first: 2006-10-26
most recent: 2009-11-30
sittings or episodes: 17
sources: un-security-council

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

“But what is missing is that we and the United Nations must be protected against such non-factual reports, drafted by international officials not in the interest of peace in Darfur but to serve particular interests. The reports of the United Nations should be objective and positive, and they should serve the cause of peace, not run counter it.”
2009-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6227 (2009) · source
“The Government is seeking to prevent any recurrence of incidents such as the kidnapping of two UNAMID staff members or the killing of an individual by unknown attackers. The report makes reference to serious developments in the security sphere. This is rather startling to us. We do not want any guest of ours, or any member of the Mission to be harmed, let alone kidnapped or killed, and we condemn such acts. These isolated incidents must not be exaggerated. We must put them into their proper context as the exception, not the rule. We note that the security situation in Darfur is somewhat stable and continues to improve. During your presidency of the Council, Sir, you have undertaken a number of initiatives, for example on the protection of civilians.”
2009-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6227 (2009) · source
“Reference was made to a few isolated incidents, which are the sort of thing that could happen anywhere in the world, not to mention in an area such as Darfur, where there has been an armed rebellion. For example, if a UNAMID patrol was somewhat delayed, the report indicates, in paragraph 66 for example, that Government officials - in the plural - prevented access to UNAMID patrols. What is more, a number of paragraphs in the report describing the security situation do not faithfully reflect what is actually happening. There has been an end to fighting and an improvement in the security situation in Darfur, and yet the report highlights a number of isolated incidents, which the Government of the Sudan has already strongly condemned.”
2009-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6227 (2009) · source
“This does not fall within the purview of either the Sudan or the Tripartite Mechanism. Meanwhile, registration for the upcoming elections in April is proceeding smoothly in all provinces of the Sudan, including in Darfur, and abroad. Sudan has also undertaken an initiative with regard to the brotherly country of Chad through the important visit by presidential adviser Ghazi Salaheddine to N'Djamena with a view to normalizing relations between our two countries and brotherly peoples. All of the personnel on the ground in Darfur have been deployed thanks to the unstinting cooperation of the Government of the Sudan, the host country of the Mission. So we were justifiably surprised that the report, in some of its paragraphs, overlooks this reality and gives the impression that there are still certain obstacles facing UNAMID.”
2009-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6227 (2009) · source
“Moreover, three days ago the Peace and Security Council of the African Union organized an important visit to Darfur, during which its delegation affirmed that the situation in Darfur had clearly improved and that the Government of the Sudan was cooperating fully with UNAMID. With regard to UNAMID contingents already deployed, the report confirms that the Mission is now fully operational and all that remain to be resolved are a few support issues. Deployed military contingents now number 14,638 personnel, the police component 4,449 personnel, and the civilian component 3,921. The report states clearly in paragraph 43 that - while the mission is now fully operational and has been for over a year - it still lacks military support, for example helicopters and transport units.”
2009-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6227 (2009) · source
“But we are also not neglecting the need to meet the requirements of all the other tracks, particularly the maintenance of peace. Indeed, the report before the Council takes note of the cooperation of the Government of the Sudan, the initiatives it has undertaken and its close coordination with the African Union and the United Nations in the context of the Tripartite Mechanism, which was established to speed up deployment and to resolve all of the problems that still face us. The Tripartite Mechanism holds regular meetings, Whose results confirm that the Government of the Sudan is cooperating fully and is positively addressing all the concerns expressed. The most recent such meeting, the seventh, was held in Khartoum on 16 November.”
2009-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6227 (2009) · source
“In earlier statements, we have said that the peace process remains the only way of ensuring security, stability and lasting peace, particularly since we have now turned the page on military confrontation and there is no longer war in Darfur. Indeed, the desire for peace has won out as the unanimous choice of all of the citizens of Darfur. Only one link in the chain is still missing: the Security Council must breathe new life into the political process by undertaking immediate and decisive action to encourage those who are refusing or 09-6229] hesitating to participate seriously in the negotiations that are planned. The Government of Sudan firmly believes that it must focus its efforts on the political process as the top priority.”
2009-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6227 (2009) · source
“Mr. Mohamad (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, Sir, allow me once again to congratulate you, on this last day of your presidency of the Security Council for this month. It has been a very fruitful month in terms of the activities and varied initiatives undertaken. I would also like to thank Mr. Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his presentation at the beginning of this meeting of the Secretary-General's periodic report (S/2009/592) on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). I would also like to thank Mr. Djibril Bassole, Joint African Union- United Nations Chief Mediator for Darfur, for his briefing on the peace process.”
2009-11-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6227 (2009) · source
“It is a fortuitous coincidence that our discussion of this topic follows the General Assembly's examination of the Goldstone report (A/64/490), which proved where peace-loving nations stand. There are those who claim to support peace and fight against impunity, but with great hypocrisy. That is the main lesson we have learned.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Thus, States concerned have to be equipped with better capabilities to shoulder their responsibilities appropriately and must not be weakened by means of sanctions and other measures that those who impose them sometimes call smart sanctions, sometimes targeted sanctions, or other twisted interpretations that have never changed the fact that the population is inevitably hurt by them. In conclusion, we should like to reaffirm the importance of adopting a comprehensive approach to addressing the matter of the protection of civilians in armed conflict, without selectivity or discrimination. We also hope that the Security Council will prove, in a practical manner, its commitment to the protection of civilians in armed conflict by dealing decisively with what was done to the civilians in Gaza.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I repeat: the protection of civilians has to be done within an integrated, comprehensive framework that focuses principally on tackling the root causes of conflict at an early stage, with effective support from the Security Council in guiding processes of reconciliation and political settlement. This should be complemented by the parallel roles of the Secretariat and the specialized agencies of the United Nations, with regard to humanitarian aspects and in support of sustainable economic development, and of donors, in honouring their development commitments. The protection of civilians is, at the end of the day, the responsibility of the State.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We must also bear in mind the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations with regard to each State's sovereignty, legitimacy and complete and full responsibility for the protection of the civilian population of that State. We must recall that the right to protect civilians in armed conflict is part and parcel of an integrated, interrelated system of rights and obligations that was confirmed by that same Outcome Document. The main pivot of that Summit was to follow up on the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular development, poverty reduction and conflict prevention by tackling its root causes, as I mentioned. Hence the protection of civilians has to take place within a comprehensive integrated framework.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Here we should like to recall the decisions of the meeting organized by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Dakar in April 2007 on the role of regional organizations in the protection of civilians and in peacemaking. The principle of the protection of civilians in armed conflict is a sublime principle to which we all aspire. Yet we are concerned by the attempts by some States to use that principled goal to serve specific political objectives, such as the current propagation of the so-called responsibility to protect. And we should like to emphasize in this forum that the principle of the responsibility to protect, though contained in the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document, is, as you know, still subject to varied interpretation by various Member States.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“I repeat, what protects civilians is the peace that everyone is seeking, as well as the ensuing speedy implementation of development, rehabilitation, revival, rebuilding, disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and the quick return of social services, so as to facilitate a speedy settlement of returnees and to ensure that civilians leave their camps and shelters to go back to their countries of origin and to the resumption of their everyday activities. The United Nations must therefore make peacemaking its priority and not be distracted by secondary, incidental matters that accompany conflicts. We must stress the proven capabilities of regional organizations in peacemaking and peacekeeping owing to their direct relation and full familiarity with the nature and causes of the conflict at hand.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Today's deliberations may help us to find a way out of this complex maze of prejudice and double standards in tackling this matter. The recommendations of the Secretary-General and all his relevant reports have focused on the importance of activating and increasing the capabilities of United Nations peacekeeping missions in the field of the protection of civilians. However, the reality of practical experiences in a number of countries has evidently shown that, when peace on the ground does not exist to be maintained, peacekeeping missions, no matter how they enhance their capacities in the field of protection, will never achieve the desired goals in this regard because what protects civilians fundamentally is peace.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Needless to say, atrocities and threats against civilians are no longer merely a matter of violence and displacement but have now escalated, in the blatant aggression against Gaza, into more devastating and destructive acts in a manner that has alarmed humanity at large. Indeed that assault represents an unprecedented transformation in the targeting civilians using the most modern of lethal technologies that the death-and-destruction machine has come up with, including cluster and phosphorus bombs, in addition to all other internationally prohibited weapons, producing scenes that have upset the conscience of the world in a manner that has put the credibility of this Council at risk as regards the seriousness with which it deals with the protection of civilians in armed conflict.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“My thanks are also due for the concept paper that was circulated to enrich the deliberations on this item, bearing in mind the fact that ten years have passed since the Secretary- General delivered his first report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/1999/957) to your Council. We are still hopeful that the current deliberations of the Security Council on this subject will lead to the crystallization of a comprehensive approach and a distinct, objective vision of the optimal means of protecting civilians, foremost among which must be uprooting the causes of armed conflicts. Avoiding the causes of conflicts and supporting integrated comprehensive political settlements constitute the best safeguard of the protection of civilians. As we say, prevention is better than cure.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Mohamad (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): My delegation associates itself with the statement presented by the Permanent Representative of Egypt on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, and we would also like to associate ourselves with the statement that will be presented by the Permanent Representative of Zambia on behalf of the African Group. I would like at the outset of my statement to congratulate the Permanent Representative of Austria on presiding over the Security Council for this month, while expressing my appreciation for his concern in dedicating today's deliberations to the theme of the protection of civilians in armed conflict.”
2009-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6216Resumption1 (2009) · source
“From Israel's assassination of United Nations representative Count Bernadotte early in its occupation of Palestine to its destruction of the homes of children and schools of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Israel has posed a grave threat to the peace and security of the region and of the entire world, disregarding the authority of this international Organization. The Security Council bears a responsibility to restore the Organization's credibility, which has been gravely damaged by Israel, and should do so today, not tomorrow. The Goldstone report provides the Council with a final opportunity to restore that essential credibility and to refute all claims that justice was politicized in the report. Will the Council do that? We hope so.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We also wish to emphasize once again that the building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan constitute a challenge to the international community and a grave violation of international law, the Charter of the United Nations, the relevant resolutions, including Security Council resolution 497 (1981), and the Fourth Geneva Convention. We call on the members of the Security Council to shoulder their responsibility by compelling Israel to comply with resolution 497 (1981) and fully withdraw from the Syrian Golan to the borders of June 4 1967. We also call for an Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Lebanese territories, including the Shaba'a farms, the Kafr Shuba Hills and Al-Ghajar village.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The situation in Jerusalem is extremely grave, and Israel's practices will unleash a catastrophe. The Council must shoulder its responsibility and respect its commitments by putting an end to Israel's excavations under the Al-Aqsa mosque, the suffering of the people who pray there, the destruction of homes, and above all else the occupation. Furthermore, the Arab Group wishes to reiterate once again that all actions by Israel to alter the legal, physical or demographic character of the occupied Syrian Golan and all measures taken by Israel to impose its legal authority there are null and void.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The very fact that some parties have been trying to find a way to prevent the Goldstone report from being considered has sent the wrong message to Israel. It was not enough for that country to launch a destructive war against Gaza and its women and children; it had to begin another war against Al-Quds Al-Sharif, destroying homes, Judaizing the holy city and continuing its settlement activities, its excavations under the Al-Aqsa mosque and its siege against those who pray there, in another catastrophe for the Palestinian people. We call on the Security Council to shoulder its responsibility before it is too late and before it has to meet again after the blood of martyrs has been spilled and the cries of children and women have been heard and their anguish seen.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“189fl None of these Israeli measures has weakened the resolve of the Palestinian people, which has stood fast in demanding its right to dignified life. The Mission's report also indicates that "[t]he Mission was struck by the resilience and dignity shown by people in the face of dire circumstances" (ibid., para. 1898). The Mission's legal conclusions and citations of violations put the Council in a position of historic responsibility and require it to address these conclusions and to support the resolute and steadfast demand of the Palestinian people to its legitimate right to self-determination, to establish its independent State and to achieve a comprehensive and just peace, including Israel's withdrawal from all Arab territories occupied since 1967, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of this Council and the General Assembly.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The report indicates that "Israel's continuing occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank emerged as the fundamental factor underlying violations of international humanitarian and human rights law against the protected population and undermining prospects for development and peace. Israel's failure to acknowledge and exercise its responsibilities as the occupying Power further exacerbated the effects of occupation on the Palestinian people, and continue to do so. Furthermore, the harsh and unlawful practices of occupation, far from quelling resistance, breed it, including its violent manifestations. The Mission is of the view that ending occupation is a prerequisite for the return of a dignified life for Palestinians, as well as development and a peaceful solution to the conflict." (ibid., para.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The report also clearly indicates that Israel knowingly ordered the direct bombing of mosques and hospitals and that those attacks represent deliberate aggression against civilian inhabitants and installations. What I have noted here is probably just a small part of the truth and of the examples cited in the report. The report cites crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by Israel before, during and after the war against Gaza, within the Gaza Strip and throughout the occupied Palestinian territory, and the imposition checkpoints and restrictive measures against and repression of the Palestinian population. The Mission also concludes that the occupying Power bears the responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity and that the main reason for those crimes and the suffering is the occupation itself.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“It also concludes that there was a systematic policy by the Israeli armed forces to target civilian sites and that, in addition to the wide-scale destruction of homes, the Israeli army also launched a campaign of barbaric destruction of civilian installations during the final days of occupation and its withdrawal from Gaza, which the report deems to be a violation of the fundamental right of families to life and dignity. With regard to violations against civilians, the Goldstone report also indicates that the behaviour of the Israeli forces - particularly the relentless and barbaric targeting, abuse, humiliation, persecution, collective punishment and use of Palestinian civilians as human shields - constitutes a grave violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and a war crime.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Mission also looked into many cases in which Israel has destroyed industrial infrastructure and food production facilities, water storage facilities, sanitation facilities, homes and even flour mills. It concludes that the violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the excessive and illegal destruction, and other grave violations committed undoubtedly constitute war crimes. With regard to the destruction of Government installations and infrastructure, the report indicates that the attacks against those targets were deliberate, as were the attacks on civilian targets, in violation of international humanitarian law.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“It has made field visits and conducted investigations on the ground. It has talked to victims, witnesses and other relevant people, and it has reached a set of factual and legal conclusions that are extremely important. On the matter of the siege of Gaza, the report has concluded that the behaviour of the Israeli occupation forces represents a grave violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention by virtue of deliberate killings and the infliction of inordinate suffering on civilians under its authority. The report also concludes that the deliberate targeting and arbitrary killing of Palestinian civilians represent a violation of the right to life. The report also indicates that the persecution of the besieged people of Gaza under siege represents a crime against humanity.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Since then, the Mission has implemented its mandate with great professionalism, in accordance with that request and reviewed all relevant materials regarding the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel. Wherever the Mission found a positive response, Israel would not permit it to receive assistance or cooperation from any party. This was not the first time that Israel has interfered in the discharge of legitimate international mandates, missions and committees, or with cooperation with United Nations bodies. Israel has always considered itself above the law. This is the culture with which we are all familiar. The Mission looked into many incidents and conducted hundreds of personal interviews. It has reviewed hundreds of reports and photographs, as well as scores of video tapes.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Israel's actions have also placed a burden on the Security Council, which is responsible for maintaining international peace and security and to put an end to this destructive war against Gaza and to the suffering of its unarmed civilians. In April this year, as everyone here knows, the Human Rights Council established the Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict "to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been committed at any time in the context of the military operations that were conducted in Gaza during the period from 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, whether before, during or after" (A/HRC/12/48, para. 1).”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“We all witnessed it through the international media. Its terrorization and murder of civilians have been the subject of discussion everywhere. Israel launched a destructive war against Gaza that killed and maimed thousands of people, caused great destruction to infrastructure and citizens' property, and violated international, international humanitarian and human rights law and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. Nevertheless, this Council has remained virtually silent, having made no response other than to denounce and express its concern about such actions, in spite of the fact that Israeli violations against Palestinian civilians have shocked the peace-loving people of the world and all advocates of freedom, justice and human rights.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In all of its aspects, it constitutes a threat to international peace and security, at a time when the Security Council has been unable to assume its responsibility to compel Israel, the occupying Power, to withdraw from the Palestinian and Arab occupied territories or to enable the Palestinian people to establish an independent State, with Jerusalem as its capital, and reach a comprehensive and just settlement of the Palestinian question - which is the core of the conflict in the Middle East. However, today's meeting acquires great and distinct importance as it coincides with the release of the Goldstone report. That represents a real challenge to the credibility of the Security Council, as noted in 9 the request made to the Council last week by brotherly Libya. Israel's war in Gaza was no secret.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Israel has returned here, not through the door of the separation wall that was condemned by the international community or through its actions in taking lives and destroying crops and other practices that have been denounced in this Organization, but this time through the gateway of its shameful violations contained in the report by Judge Goldstone on Israel's war crimes and crimes against humanity committed through its barbaric campaign in Gaza. This will not be the first or the last time in which the Security Council will discuss the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. This issue has been on the table of the Council for six decades.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Mr. Mohamad (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): On behalf of the Group of Arab States, I congratulate you, Sir, upon your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. It is an honour to inspiring and friendly Viet Nam that we all welcome. We also welcome warmly His Excellency, Mr. Riad Al-Malki, Minister for Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority. Israel has now become the subject of discussion in the Security Council yet again, but not only because of its despicable occupation of Palestine and other Arab territories and its violation of all norms and total disregard for the United Nations and its resolutions.”
2009-10-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6201Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Security Council has been calling for a larger role for regional arrangements, and it should translate its words into deeds. It is strange indeed that Chad should rush to the Security Council in this way at the very time when the African Union Peace and Security Council is considering this matter. I wish in conclusion to assure the Council that the Sudan is fully committed to the policy of good- neighbourliness and to implementing all agreements concluded between our two States, in the interests of peace and stability.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“It must show the political will to 8 fulfil the aspirations of both peoples to a stable and safe environment, something to which my country is committed. Chad's repeated recourse to the Security Council- with the well-known support of one member of the Council which seeks only to further its own strategic interests in the region - is not in the interest of Chad or its people and does not serve the stability of these two neighbourly States. Nor does it serve the credibility of the Security Council. If it truly wishes to help the sister Republic of Chad, the Security Council must advise it first to seek reconciliation among its own people and not to ignore regional mechanisms such as the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States, which is making praiseworthy efforts to build peace in the region.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“The Sudan already has enough priorities and challenges to face, and it has nothing to gain by interfering in the internal affairs of any other country, let alone those of the Government of Chad. The Sudan attaches great importance to Chad and knows that it will be affected - negatively or positively - by anything that happens in Chad. In View of the kinship that links us with the tribes and all the people of Chad, we hope that the Government of Chad will have the courage to address its internal problems and fulfil its commitments in that regard. Levelling accusations at the Sudan will not help Chad. The international community must recognize too that Chad has chronic problems that predate the Darfur issue. The Government of Chad must acknowledge the Sudan's good-offices efforts rather than making baseless accusations.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“Those agreements include the Tripoli Agreement of 8 February 2006, the Khartoum Framework Agreement of 28 August 2006, the Riyadh Agreement of 3 May 2007, the Dakar Agreement of 13 March 2008 and the recent Doha Agreement of 3 May 2009, on which we were negotiating just as the Government of Chad and the Justice and Equality Movement were preparing their criminal invasion, which is now under way and which Chad is attempting to conceal under a multitude of accusations against the Sudan. We look forward to Chad turning its attention to the resolution of its own internal problems. We look forward to it ceasing its continued attempts to destabilize the Sudan and prolong the war in Darfur, using the Justice and Equality Movement to that end, and putting an end to its blatant allegations.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“Regarding the agreement between Chad and the opposition groups, in which the Sudan has played a key role, we refer as an example to the participation of the President himself in the reconciliation and mediation effort that led to the conclusion of the Sirte Agreement between the Government of Chad and the main opposition factions on 25 October 2007, under the auspices of President Muammar Al-Qadhafi of Libya. Over the years, the Sudan has remained a constructive party in all the efforts, including bilateral and regional mediation initiatives, between President Idriss Deby and the Chadian opposition. It is sad indeed that I am obliged to describe to the Council Chad's constant attempts to undermine the agreements that have been reached and to which the Sudan remains unilaterally committed.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“On 22 October 1997, Khartoum hosted the reconciliation meeting between the Government of Chad and four opposition factions, which culminated in the conclusion of the Khartoum Agreement between both sides and the return of the opposition parties to N'Djamena in a Sudanese aircraft accompanied by a high Sudanese official. The Government of Idriss Deby knows that in July 1999 the Sudan led reconciliation efforts between the Government of Chad and the National Movement for Democracy and Development led by Moussa Madela. Those are only a few examples of the reconciliation agreements that were brought about through the initiative of the Sudan, and under its auspices before the Darfur problem arose. Yet some have claimed that the problems flowed from Darfur into Chad rather than acknowledging that Chad had its own chronic and difficult problems.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“The Government of Chad knows very well that the Sudan led a mediation initiative to address the problems that arose between Chadian President Idriss Deby and his former Defence Minister Abbas Koty. That mediation led to the conclusion of the Tripoli Agreement of 14 August 1993, under which the former Defence Minister returned to Chad. But Chad's record of eliminating all those who oppose it is well known to all. Chad knows very well that the Sudan led the reconciliation efforts between President Idriss Deby and the National Reform Council group. That mediation culminated in the Reconciliation Agreement of 1995.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“As members of the Council know, the Sudan is eager to bring about stability in Chad. Our initiatives and contributions are in no way transient: bringing about stability in our neighbouring State is our strategic goal, to which the Sudan has devoted considerable efforts over the decades, well before the problem of Darfur arose. The Government of Chad knows very well that the Sudan sought to achieve national reconciliation in Chad throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The Government of Chad also knows that, at the initiative of the Government of the Sudan and under its auspices, reconciliation between the Government of Chad and the opposition culminated in the signing of the N'Djamena Agreement of 14 May 1993 between the National Front of Chad led by Mr. Elharith and the Government of President Idriss Deby.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“Reports submitted to the Council by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs testify to that state of affairs. Everyone has to recognize and admit that our neighbour Chad has complicated internal problems that predate the Darfur problem by decades, and for which a peaceful and comprehensive political settlement is needed. Avoiding the facts and levelling accusations against others will not help to bring about the peace and stability that we in the Sudan are eager to see as soon as possible, for we know that in the stability of Chad lies the stability of the Sudan as well. Therefore, Chad's accusations that the Sudan is destabilizing Chad are without merit, as they are intended to cloak an act of aggression that is taking place now and to divert attention from the real problems of Chad.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“This support takes the form of 200 Land Cruisers, 22 four-barrelled guns, 60 DShK guns, 150 Karnov machine guns and 20 oil tank trucks, in addition to other military support. Through this Chadian support, the Justice and Equality Movement has resumed its military activities in Darfur, having been compensated by the Government of Chad for the losses it incurred during its attack on Omdurman. In clear violation of all relevant provisions of the agreements, the Government of Chad has facilitated the Justice and Equality Movement's entry into the refugee camps in eastern Chad, allowing it during the past few months to conduct conscription campaigns among the refugees and displaced persons. They have even recruited children and used them in their irresponsible adventures.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“We assure the Council that these latest accusations against the Sudan are yet another obvious and clear manoeuvre to cover up intensive aggression that is taking place and that will be carried out by the Justice and Equality Movement from Chadian territory against positions and sites of a party to the Darfur Peace Agreement. The Movement attacked the area of Forawiya on 5 May and took the area leader as prisoner, and on 6 May it attacked the area of Abu Kumbra. At this very moment, the Justice and Equality Movement, which is supported by Chad, is conducting attacks on several areas east of Djebel Mara and around Djebel Moun, relying on major logistical support from the Government of Chad.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“Yet, as is well known, Chad continues to avoid meetings of the Contact Group stipulated in the Dakar Agreement, and member States of the Group can testify to that fact. A lack of political will on the part of the Chadian leadership to implement its agreements with the Sudan has become entirely clear to everyone. We would like to draw attention to the fact that Chad has made a habit of covering its criminal activities on Sudanese territory by bringing complaint after complaint to the Security Council, and by multiplying its false accusations whenever it plans an act of aggression against our country. There is abundant evidence. We recall the aggression carried out against Omdurman on 12 May 2008: a few days prior to the attack, Chad complained to the Security Council in order to pre-emptively cover it up.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“We have never been surprised when Chad has rushed to accuse our country, which is not involved in the internal conflicts that have intensified between Chad and its opposition. That has become a consistent and well-known method of the Chadian Government. We have not been surprised at Chad's tendency to blame the Sudan - in ploys that no longer deceive anyone anywhere in the world - for its own failure to honour commitments under the agreements that it has signed with Chadian factions against the Sudan. What is happening in Chad is an internal affair that the Sudan has nothing to do with. On several occasions, the Sudan has called for independent mechanisms to investigate Chadian allegations that were made to conceal Chad's domestic failures and to mask its plans for aggression against the Sudan.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“Mr. Mohamad (Sudan) (spoke in Arabic): Permit me at the outset to express our satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Security Council as the representative of a country that is well known for its full commitment to the firm principles guiding international relations and that has friendly relations with my own country. We have no doubt that, with your wisdom, you will lead the Council's deliberations to the success to which we all aspire. We also commend your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Mexico, for the skilful manner in which he conducted the work of the Council last month. In addition, we thank the representative of the Secretariat for his valuable briefing today. Once again, the Sudan was not surprised by the crocodile tears that Chad shed before the Security Council.”
2009-05-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6121 (2009) · source
“Everyone knows that the hasty, ill-considered decision by the International Criminal Court had negative results. The first one was the announcement by certain armed movements that they were going to boycott the political process. One might have hoped that the Security Council would have protected the political process against such risks and dangers. Thus, we wish to reaffirm that the credibility of the Security Council and the fact that it has chosen peace and stability in the Sudan should impel the Council to definitively reject all of these risky and ill-considered ventures and to rectify the situation by exerting pressure on the rebel movements so that a peaceful political solution can be found, one that can give the people of the Sudan stability and prosperity.”
2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108Resumption1 (2009) · source
“That initiative laid the foundation for international and regional efforts to bring about an immediate, comprehensive and just peace in Darfur. We stress in particular the promising efforts of the African-Arab initiative led by the State of Qatar in coordination and cooperation with the Joint African Union-United Nations Chief Mediator, Djibril Bassole. Furthermore, armed movements that have continued to boycott the peace process would not have been able to continue to reject the peace option if the Security Council had carried out its role by sending the right messages to the leaders of those movements. Those movements would not have stayed away from the peace process were it not for the attitude of certain influential Powers which had sent them the wrong message by closing their eyes to their excesses and even welcoming their leaders.”
2009-04-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6108Resumption1 (2009) · source