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1999-03-19

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1. “In blatant violation of the national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the invaders have been appointing "governors" and other officials, creating artificial borders within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by issuing and demanding visas and by smuggling commodities such as timber, gold and diamonds out of the Congo. One of the local newspapers quoted one of the invading countries' leaders as saying: "What Hitler did to bring Germany together, we should also do it here. Hitler was a smart guy, but I think he went a bit too far by wanting to conquer the world". Here is a leader of a country who, first, admires what Hitler did and, secondly, wants to replicate Hitler's strategy in our subregion.”

   1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source

2. “But today, by a twist of fate, a doctrine akin to fascism - but more pernicious - has reared its ugly head in the Great Lakes region of Africa, where two neighbours have decided to invade the Democratic Republic of the Congo, purportedly in search of security. The security thesis is an excuse for Uganda and Rwanda to dismember the polity of the Democratic Republic of Congo in an endeavour to establish a "Greater Rwanda". Does this not smack of Hitler's expansionist policies in search of Lebensranm - living space? Uganda and Rwanda want, by force, to tear away the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to create a State to be called "Ruwenzori".”

   1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source

3. “My delegation welcomes this debate on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as an agenda item of the Council. Nearly 60 years ago Europe and the rest of the world were plunged into a cataclysmic war after one man, Adolf Hitler, misjudged peace-loving Europe's attitude of appeasement towards Germany, interpreting it as implying that he could invade and annex his neighbours' territories with impunity. It was only the unwavering resolve of the Allied Powers to resist this madness that finally led to the defeat of Hitlerism and that consigned it to the dustbin of history.”

   1999-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3987Resumption1 (1999) · source