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Munyampeta

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1993-03-12
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1995-01-27
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  1. “This is the occasion to express the hope that the arms dealers who, from near and far, fanned the flames of war in Mozambique, and who bear the grim responsibility of having participated in its destruction, will become Good Samaritans, ready to staunch the wounds of the sons and daughters of Mozambique and take part in its reconstruction and socio-economic development. At a time when the international community is concerned with helping Africa to heal the wounds of the many victims of various conflicts, the delegation of Rwanda dares to hope that Mozambique's shining example will illuminate the path of national reconciliation and peace for the rest of the continent. We know that peace is the alpha and omega of all development. Happiness and long life in peace to Mozambique! Happiness and long life to multi- party democracy in Mozambique!”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source

  2. “My delegation welcomes the firm foundation that has been laid for democracy in Mozambique, a democracy with the added advantage of being multi-party. We also congratulate all its vital elements in Mozambique who resolved courageously, with good will, to bury the hatchet and smoke the pipe of peace together. The great success of the United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ON UMOZ) is a source of encouragement to the Security Council in its work and argues for the deployment of ONUMOZ III. Further de-mining efforts should be made in order to allow Mozambique to regain ground on which to carry out in peace the country's reconstruction and socio-economic development. I am well- placed both to know the cost of the horrors of war and to appreciate the very price to be paid for peace.”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source

  3. “Naturally, the same tribute is due to the leaders of RENAMO, who unflinchingly committed themselves to the peace process in Mozambique. I also wish to express my delegation's warm and heartfelt congratulations to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique on his accession to his important position, which is an eloquent tribute to the great confidence the people and Government of Mozambique have placed in him. The delegation of Rwanda cannot fail to pay tribute to the Secretary-General, our Security Council and the Organization of African Unity - in short, to the efforts of the entire international community - for their effective and indeed decisive contribution to the very successful outcome of the peace process in Mozambique.”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source

  4. “Mr. Munyampeta (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): It is a great honour and a great pleasure for me to warmly welcome His Excellency Foreign Minister Leonardo Simao of Mozambique. The delegation of Rwanda wishes to convey its deep gratitude to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique for all the very useful information he has just given the Council concerning the recent positive political developments in his country. On behalf of the people and Government of Rwanda, my delegation wishes to pay a heartfelt tribute to His Excellency Mr. Joaquim Chissano, the first elected President in the history of Mozambique, for his keen insight, his courage and his profound sense of democracy, the cornerstone of lasting peace in Mozambique.”

    1995-01-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3494 (1995) · source

  5. “Rwanda's hope lies in the draft resolution that the Security Council is about to adopt. Democracy at gunpoint has never been seen to come about. Democracy at gunpoint, democracy for a privileged few, defies the noble ideas of the Charter of the United Nations, whose cornerstone and foundation are made of peace, security and development of humanity in solidarity.”

    1993-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3183 (1993) · source

  6. “For this reason it is a humanitarian imperative that Rwanda be provided with a multi-purpose international force. This would assure the safety of the war refugees while also guaranteeing keeping the cease-fire. Here and now, the Government and the people of Rwanda offer their deepest gratitude to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and to the members of the Security Council for tue benevolent solicitude they have accorded Rwanda's request. In their hands are the fate and future of a nation in full-blown, pluralistic democracy, observing strict respect for human rights and the demands of the structural adjustment plan. May the Rwandese nation's distress and its call for help be worthy of the compassion of the Security Council, the last hope for the triumph of reason over the arguments of the gun.”

    1993-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3183 (1993) · source

  7. “Please allow me to offer - if only briefly - a few examples of the atrocities committed that exacerbate the situation; calling farmers to a meeting before massacring them with machine-gun fire; shutting up scores of people in a house before killing them with grenades or explosives; disembowelling women and old people; shootings in displaced-persons camps; dismemberment, gouging out of eyes and cutting off of breasts; binding people hand and foot; and so on. , The Rwandese Government proposes to relocate those war refugees, estimated at a million, as mentioned above, in a neutral demilitarized zone. But if responsibility for the comprehensive care of those war refugees rests with the Rwandese Government, the same cannot be said for guaranteeing their safety, because of lack of human and material means.”

    1993-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3183 (1993) · source

  8. “Despite the tireless efforts for peace made by the Rwandese Government, with the assistance of the States of the subregion and the Organization of African Unity, the war is still on, causing enormous human and material losses. National and world opinion placed their hopes for peace in the negotiation process in Arusha, Tanzania, between the Rwandese Government and the Rwandese Patriotic Front; but we must now deplore the resumption of hostilities that began on the night of 7 and 8 February. Many civilians are still being killed and others mutilated, not to speak of the thousands who have been displaced and are haunted by the sprectre of death. National and international public opinion are gravely concerned by the 1 million who have been displaced.”

    1993-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3183 (1993) · source

  9. “Mr, MUNYAMPETA (Rwanda) (interpretation from French): I first congratulate you, Sir, on having assumed your lofty post and responsibilities. JI also congratulate Ambassador Snoussi of Morocco, who so ably discharged those responsibilities last month. May I also, on behalf of the Government and people of Rwanda, thank you, Sir, and the other members of the Council for allowing the delegation of Rwanda to speak in this august body. From 1 October 1990 to the present, the Government and the people of Rwanda have been the victims of a particularly atrocious war, one that jeopardizes peace and security in the African Great Lakes region.”

    1993-03-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3183 (1993) · source