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1. “Finally, Uganda believes that the people of Burundi must realize that they have to learn to be tolerant of each other and to live together in harmony, as they all have a right to live in Burundi and to fully participate in its economic, social and political life as equal citizens. A political, rather than military formula, will bring them closer to that goal.”

   1996-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3692 (1996) · source

2. “The regional leaders have declared their readiness and preparedness to cooperate fully with the United Nations to make appropriate contributions towards the adoption of measures aimed at avoiding a catastrophe in Burundi in the event of further deterioration of the situation and to redress tendencies that would aggravate the conflict in Burundi. In this context, we would like to underscore the importance of closer cooperation and better coordination between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), as well as with the countries of the region.”

   1996-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3692 (1996) · source

3. “In this regard, the leadership in Burundi must, first, restore and work with the national Parliament and, secondly, lift the ban on and work with the various political parties. The unfortunate victims of the conflict in Burundi have often times been innocent civilians caught in the middle of this situation. Uganda condemns, therefore, in the strongest terms the killing of innocent and unarmed civilians. This, to us, is unacceptable. We demand that both parties to the conflict halt immediately the killings and massacres of innocent civilians.”

   1996-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3692 (1996) · source

4. “Uganda, as well as its sister States in the subregion, unequivocally condemned the putschists in Burundi and demanded a speedy return to constitutional governance. The Security Council is also aware that we have imposed sanctions on Burundi as a result of the coup. The sanctions, however, are not meant to punish but rather to encourage the leadership in Bujumbura to undertake urgently measures aimed at restoring constitutional order in the country. The sanctions are also aimed at encouraging all parties to the conflict in Burundi to hold unconditional negotiations within the framework of the Mwanza peace process, reinforced by the Arusha peace initiative under the auspices of Mwalimu Julius N yerere, as a first step towards guaranteeing security and democracy for all the people of Burundi.”

   1996-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3692 (1996) · source

5. “We welcome the opportunity to participate in the debate on the situation in Burundi, a sister country torn by conflict and civil strife. As the Council is well aware, the leaders of the Great Lakes subregion have met on several occasions to work out an acceptable and peaceful resolution to the conflict in Burundi. Throughout all these meetings, the leaders have reiterated their opposition to resorting to unconstitutional means to resolve the problems of Burundi and warned that they would not accept any government that comes to power through such means. Sadly, subsequent events in Burundi did not occur in accordance with our recommendations and advice, but instead the army moved in to grab power from democratically elected leaders.”

   1996-08-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3692 (1996) · source

6. “Our terrorized and brutalized people are looking to this Council and the international community for an assurance that the Sudanese air force will no longer bomb their homes, that the Sudanese armed forces will no longer shell their villages, and that the Sudanese-sponsored rebels will no longer kill, rape or maim them, rob them of their property or abduct their children, simply because the international community has finally prevailed on the Sudanese regime to desist from all acts of terrorism and aggression against all its neighbours. We would like, therefore, to reiterate the need for the Security Council to take any measures necessary, including an arms embargo against the Sudan, to ensure that it desists from engaging in activities that are not only destabilizing Uganda but plunging the entire subregion into chaos.”

   1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

7. “It is the duty of this Council to live up to its responsibilities with regard to maintaining international peace and security by sending a clear and strong signal to the regime in Khartoum that terrorism and aggression will not be rewarded in today's world, and that those who make these an integral part of their policies will be held accountable by all peace-loving people. We have looked at the draft resolution before the Council, and wish to express our disappointment that it does not send the strong signal that we had hoped for.”

   1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

8. “The whole world knows that the conflict in the Sudan is purely an internal matter, and that its solution will have to be found by the Sudanese people themselves through dialogue. Uganda condemns in the strongest possible terms the unprovoked acts of aggression visited on us by the Sudanese Government and calls upon the Security Council and the international community at large to do the same, and to take the strongest possible measures to halt them completely. The matter before the Council is further evidence of the actions of a regime that has set as its policy the destabilization of its neighbours, using whatever means it deems necessary.”

   1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

9. “We have always stressed that efforts to improve and normalize relations between Uganda and Sudan would be helped if Sudan disbanded and disarmed the Ugandan dissidents or rebels in the Sudan, confined them in camps, capable of being monitored and verifiable, and confined the leaders of these rebels - or, better still, resettled them in a country of asylum in accordance with international conventions on refugees. As the evidence clearly shows, the Sudanese Government has not heeded our advice and has, in fact, stepped up its destabilization programme against Uganda. Its pretext for these actions has been the alleged Ugandan Government support for the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA), a pretext which we have dismissed as unfounded and lacking any basis in fact.”

   1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

10. “We are preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held in our country between early May and early June, but the activities to which I have referred have not made it easy for our people in the affected districts to prepare to freely exercise their democratic rights as citizens for the first time in about 30 years, and to elect a Government of their choice. As a result of Sudanese activities and those of its supported rebels, economic, social and political activities in north and north-western Uganda have been disrupted, and there is general panic. This situation cannot be allowed to continue.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

11. “Our people and security forces have played and will continue to play their appropriate roles in defending the country against foreign aggression, but we also need the support of the international community, and the Security Council in particular, to put an end to the evil designs of the regime in Khartoum. The Sudanese regime has not stopped at training, arming and sending rebels into Uganda to wreak havoc but has also, on several occasions, shelled, and its air force bombed, our territory. The latest such acts of aggression were perpetuated between 8 and 10 April, when Sudan, using various types of artillery pieces, shelled Ugandan territory between Keri and Oraba in north-western Uganda for three consecutive days. Sudanese air force planes also dropped bombs in the same area on 9 April.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

12. “They planted anti-tank and anti-personnel mines along the route after attacking Ikafe refugee camp and abducting nine workers from Oxfam, whom they later released. Our people in the north-western districts have mobilized themselves to support our security forces to defeat this aggression from Sudan. Armed with bows, arrows, spears and pangas, they have assisted the Uganda People's Defence Forces in routing the rebels sent by their masters in Khartoum to wreak havoc in our country. As a result of the patriotic sacrifices of our people and armed forces, several of these bandits have been killed and others captured, while 70 of those remaining fled to Zaire on 23 April this year.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

13. “So far over 50 innocent civilians have been killed, with many others abducted and millions of dollars' worth of personal and State property looted or destroyed. Others, most of them women and children, have been maimed by anti-personnel mines planted in their farmlands by the rebels, who are all well supplied by the Sudanese regime with these and various other types of explosive devices. In the north-western part of the country, rebels of the West Nile Bank Front based in southern Sudan and led by Colonel Juma Oris entered Uganda on 17 April this year at a place called Kei Hill in Midigo, Arua District. The rebels, numbering between 300 and 500, were all armed and dressed in Sudanese military combat fatigues.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

14. “Their operational force is in Kaya at places called Kimba, Poki and Arabamiji near the Uganda-Sudan border under Lieutenant Colonel Yasin Noah, and also in Baazi, on the Sudan-Zaire border. The Sudan intends to use, and has in fact used these rebels, not only to destabilize Uganda, but also to harass Sudanese refugees in the camps in Koboko and Adraga and to provide its territory as a safe rear base for support and logistics. These rebels are under instructions to step up acts of insecurity, such as laying mines and perpetrating other acts of sabotage in Uganda. The latest of the horrendous incursions into Uganda by the Sudanese-assisted rebels was when over 500 LRA rebels crossed into Uganda from Am in the Sudan via Mogali on 7 February this year.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

15. “The Sudanese Armed Forces based in Palutaka sent trucks to the rebels, which picked them up from River Amur with their booty on 31 July 1995. On 11 August 1995 a group of 500 LRA rebels, again heavily armed by Sudan, entered Uganda through LellabuI and ravaged Lukung Division in Kitgum District. It is also important to note that all the captives in all these incidents were herded to Palutaka, where they were forcibly put on military training. In the north-western Ugandan districts of Arua and Moyo, the Sudanese Government is grooming the West Nile Bank Front, numbering between 1,000 and 1,500 men, under Colonel Juma Oris. In a similar manner as in the case of Kony, the Sudanese Government offers sanctuary and training facilities to these rebels in and around Morobo, at Atende, Mahajub and Alebo.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

16. “On 20 July 1995 about 500 rebels of Lords Resistance Army, armed by the Sudan with anti-aircraft missiles, mortars and personal weapons, and fully dressed in Sudanese Armed Forces uniforms, crossed into Uganda from Palutaka in Sudan and invaded Padibe in Uganda on 28 July 1995. During this attack the LRA murdered three civilians, inflicted injuries on four others and abducted 10 more. Thereafter, the rebels carried out acts of arson - burning homesteads and setting granaries on fire - looted merchandise in the trading centre and vandalized what they could not carry. Two motorcycles from a missionary hospital were also looted. After committing these crimes against innocent civilians, the rebels withdrew to their safe haven in the Sudan on 30 July 1995.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

17. “They invaded Adodi, north-west of Parabek, and attacked Lukung Trading Centre on 18 April 1995, killing 24 people, most of whom were women and children, and abducting over 30 others. At River Nyimur, the same rebels killed 16 wives of soldiers of the Uganda People's Defence Forces and two men who happened to be around. The rest of the women were abducted. The LRA has also been abducting Ugandan children and taking them into Sudan in exchange for guns. One of the markets for this evil trade in the Sudan is in a place called Gong and Katiri. On 20 April 1995 the LRA attacked Atiak, murdered over 200 civilians and carried out atrocities of such wide magnitude that they attracted international attention and concern.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

18. “It is with regret that I inform the Council that, since then, rather than improving, the situation has progressively worsened, with frequent incursions by Kony Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the West Nile Bank Front of Juma Oris into northern and northwestern Uganda, respectively. Both rebel movements are based well inside the territory of Sudan, whence they make incursions into Uganda. It is important that I give details of some of the numerous incidents that have taken place starting last year and up to as recently as 17 April 1996. On 17 April 1995, two LRA brigades of Stocree and Gilva, numbering between 250 and 300 and all dressed in Sudanese military uniforms, entered Uganda from Parajok in the Sudan.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

19. “In spite of our efforts to maintain a policy of good- neighbourliness with all our neighbours, the Sudanese regime has continued its activities of assisting, supporting, facilitating and even giving shelter and sanctuary to two rebel movements based on its soil, whose sole purpose is to wreak havoc and misery on defenceless civilians in the north and northwestern districts of Uganda. It will be recalled that the Government of Uganda severed diplomatic relations with the Government of Sudan on 13 April 1995, over incidents aimed at destabilizing Uganda and compromising its security and stability.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

20. “I should like to express our congratulations to you, Sir, upon your assumption of the presidency for the month of April and also to offer our gratitude to your predecessor. I also thank you for giving me this opportunity to participate in the present discussion, which touches on matters of particular interest to my Government. Since this matter before the Council deals, to a large extent, with the dangerous policy of the Sudanese Government's support for terrorism, especially in the subregion, I would like to take time to inform the Council of the persistent and determined efforts by the Sudanese regime to destabilize Uganda.”

    1996-04-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3660 (1996) · source

21. “The Somali leaders, meanwhile, must give up a little of their pride and rise to the occasion, allowing the international community to reach out to them and help them out of this intractable problem. Finally, my delegation looks forward to the day when a united and peaceful Somali State will resume its rightful place among the ranks of nations.”

    1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source

22. “We are equally concerned about the consequences of the closure of the Mogadishu air and sea ports, especially the effect that this has had on the flow of humanitarian assistance and emergency aid, particularly immunization and other measures to control the spread of epidemic diseases. Uganda is also concerned about the activities of some foreign private entities that are abetting the alleged flow of arms to Somalia. In this matter, my delegation is supportive of the continued total arms embargo on Somali territory in accordance with Security Council resolution 733 (1992). We would like to add our voice to those of previous speakers who have commended the work of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia in Nairobi and urge its strengthening and eventual deployment in Mogadishu when conditions permit.”

    1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source

23. “II) is still so unpredictable that it is characterized by conflict, instability and lawlessness. The Uganda Government does not recognize any faction purporting to be a Government in Somalia, and we in Uganda are supportive of all efforts, both international and regional, to promote national reconciliation in Somalia, including those under the auspices of the Organization of African Unity, through the statement of 19 December 1995 of the Central Organ of the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution. My delegation continues to be appalled by the rampant gangsterism prevailing in Somalia in the form of kidnappings and wanton killings of personnel of international humanitarian agencies.”

    1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source

24. “At the very outset, allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month and to express our appreciation to your predecessor. The statement of the President of the Security Council of 24 January 1996 reflects the major concerns and views of my delegation, given the tragic fact that, despite the sustained efforts of the international community to search for a way forward to an overall situations of peace and security in Somalia, that goal still eludes us. Uganda supports the territorial integrity of Somalia and has participated in several attempts to find a peaceful settlement of the conflict, although internal, through the medium of negotiations. It is regrettable, therefore, that the situation in Somalia since the withdrawal of the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM.”

    1996-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3641 (1996) · source