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Nahayo

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2009-06-09
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2011-12-07
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  1. “The Government of the Republic of Burundi has already requested the United Nations and all friendly countries to support the implementation of these programmes for recovery now under way and those 11-62586 that will be defined on the basis of the CSLP II to consolidate the gains that have been set out in the report of the Secretary-General so that Burundi can address the continuing challenges it faces. Long live international cooperation.”

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  2. “It has launched the village management policy in order to free up some arable land and has undertaken sustainable reintegration of populations affected by conflict. His Excellency the President of the Republic of Burundi launched the campaign to control population growth, because the Government recognizes the constraints that population growth imposes on development. It is currently updating its national gender policy to ensure that gender equality will boost development During this month of December, Bujumbura will be the venue for the national forum on food security.”

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  3. “In this framework, Burundi is completing the drafting of the second version of its Strategic Framework for Growth and the Fight against Poverty - CSLP II - which is based on four strategic axes: strengthening the rule of law, consolidating good governance and promoting gender equality; transforming the Burundi economy to ensure sustained growth and job creation; improving the accessibility to and quality of basic social services and strengthening the foundation of the social safety net; and management of the area and the environment in harmony with sustainable development. Without waiting for the implementation of CSLP II, the Government has already reformed the land code and strengthened the actions of the national commission on land and other property in order to manage current land conflicts.”

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  4. “In both cases, those partners have rejected the calls outright and instead have called for negotiations like those of Arusha - as if there were no legitimate power in Burundi. It is regrettable to hear certain opposition leaders justify the paths of violence advocated in certain statements made under cover of anonymity. The Government will continue to extend its hand for political dialogue, but it will not cease it steps aimed at implementing Vision 2025. Through this Vision the Government wants to make Burundi a country of the rule of law, where social cohesion reigns, a country that is economically prosperous, with population growth under control. It wants to ensure effective management of its patrimony in terms of land and of its urbanization, a nation well integrated into the East African Community.”

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  5. “But that does not prevent it from ascertaining compliance with the law by private associations or the press, particularly when the latter advocate violence or civil disobedience, or even outright disinformation. Again, the report of 31 October 2011 on security in Burundi confirms, on 8 pages 27 to 29, that part of civil society and certain press organs have deviated from those principles. The report refers to the absence of dialogue between the Government and the extra-parliamentary opposition. On this subject, the Council would agree that lack of dialogue is not due to the Government. His Excellency the President of the Republic issued an appeal to opponents in exile to return to the country to take part in dialogue, and the First Vice-President invited the opposition to join in dialogue.”

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  6. “Today we see repeated requests for hearings from partners in the justice system so that they can gather all their witnesses or build their cases. One also must acknowledge that due to the failure by certain partners to meet financial commitments, the Government has not had sufficient resources to be able to appropriately complete some of the cases, particularly when the sad events follow one after another very quickly, such as the case of Rukoko or that of Gatumba. Let us not lose sight of the fact that Burundi is a post-conflict country. Once again, the Government would like to reassure its partners that the cases pending before the courts will be brought to a conclusion. With respect to freedom of expression and of assembly, the Government of Burundi respects those principles.”

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  7. “The 31 October report on security in Burundi gives all the details on that situation and states, in page 24, that 223 police officers have been arrested for involvement in armed violence. The Mission of Burundi in New York will provide that report to all delegations in New York. Furthermore, the Government has undertaken, on the basis of the results of peacebuilding, brainstorming on lasting reform of the defence and security bodies. Planning for eight years with respect to the National Defence Force, and for ten years for the national police, the Government wants to make these agencies the guarantors of peace, the rule of law and territorial integrity, but also the driving forces for development. With respect to justice and the rule of law, the Government is not the only party responsible for the slow pace of the judiciary bodies.”

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  8. “The first is the presence of illegal firearms. Despite the efforts to disarm civilians, the Government realized during the pacification campaign in Bujumbura Rural province that stocks of arms still existed in the country - the legacy, unfortunately, of the last rebel movement to rejoin the peace process. Moreover, the porousness of our borders exposes the country to illegally trafficked arms entering from neighbouring countries because of banditry or rebellions. Such armed violence may be related to score- settling among former combatants, landownership disagreements, clashes between armed bandits and police or attacks on innocent civilians by armed groups. At any rate, when those presumed guilty are law-enforcement officers, the Minister of Public Security deals with them severely.”

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  9. “The resolution and closure of those cases will enable the Treasury to recover more than 20 billion Burundi francs for damages suffered since 2007 - almost $20 million - a quarter of which has already been returned to the State's coffers. The Government of Burundi again expresses its gratitude for the contribution of the United Nations and its other partners in obtaining those results and in ensuring that their ownership has been assumed by other national stakeholders, in this case by Parliament, civil society and the media. At the same time, the Government should be allowed to explain why some results are yet to be achieved despite its efforts and goodwill. The report refers to extrajudicial executions and torture. The Government would like to recall that the continuing armed violence in Burundi is the result of several factors.”

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  10. “Those include, in particular, the Government's adoption of a national strategy on good governance and its fight against corruption; its review of national defence and security policy; the effective establishment of the National Independent Human Rights Commission and of the successful start of the activities of the Office of the Ombudsman, as well as the preparation of mechanisms for dealing with transitional justice. The Government has already informed the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva that those mechanisms will begin to be set up in January 2012. The State Inspector General has already lodged 11 complaints with the Prosecutor in 2011.”

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  11. “Our thanks are also due to the Assistant Secretary-General in charge of the Peacebuilding Support Office, whose commitment to peace in 11-62586 Burundi mobilized more than $9.2 million in additional funds for consolidating the gains made in reintegrating conflict-affected populations, particularly in Bubanza, Cibitoke and Bujumbura Rural provinces, and for extending reintegration operations to other provinces. The Secretary-General's report on BNUB assesses the implementation of resolution 1959 (2010) by both Burundi and BNUB. In that regard, the Government is grateful to the Secretary-General and his Special Representative for their understanding of the true worth of the progress that has been made in the various areas addressed by the resolution.”

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  12. “The Government of Burundi is also grateful to the Secretary-General for his efforts, and in particular those of the Department of Political Affairs, which appointed an effective team for Burundi, led by Ms. Karin Landgren. The Special Representative and her team have conducted the transition from the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi to BNUB successfully and on time. We commend them for that. Nor should we forget to mention the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), which has continued to support us in our efforts to find solutions to the remaining challenges to peace in Burundi.”

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  13. “Mr. Nahayo (Burundi) (spoke in French): Allow me, first of all, to convey greetings to the Council from His Excellency Mr. Laurent Kavakure, Burundi's new Minister for External Relations and International Cooperation. He would have liked to be here in person to take part in the presentation of this first report (S/2011/751) on the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB), but the Government entrusted him with another mission at the last minute. He asked me to share the following statement with the Council. The Government of the Republic of Burundi is grateful to the Security Council for agreeing to maintain its political partnership with Burundi through the United Nations Office in Burundi after the 2010 elections.”

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  14. “In the meantime, the Government of Burundi remains grateful for the support of the United Nations and would like to see this continue, as will be agreed. Allow me, before concluding, to also thank the Regional Initiative, the African Union, the Executive Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, the South African Facilitation, the special envoys and the Peacebuilding Commission for their contribution to the progress achieved in the peace process in Burundi.”

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  15. “The Government had requested that the mission's proposals be discussed before the publication of the report, but this request was not taken into account. The fact is that, four months after the mission, the reality on the ground is no longer the same. The best proof of this is the decision by South Africa to put an end to its facilitation activities after a well-executed mission and an agreement with the Regional Initiative for Peace in Burundi, the African Union, the Executive Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, all the special envoys and the Peacebuilding Commission. At this stage, the Government simply takes note that it will be consulted by the Secretary-General with regard to the United Nations presence beyond the expiration of the BINUB mandate in December 2009.”

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  16. “In addition, the report says that the Government of Burundi has yet to request electoral assistance, although our country's President made that request of the Secretary-General on 11 May 2009. Moreover, a serious report such as this should correctly identify such national institutions as the National Communication Council - rendered in the French version as the Conseil national des telecommunications - and the National Commission for 8 Land and Other Assets, which is referred to as la Commission nationale des biens fonciers et autres biens. A substantial section of the fifth report of the Secretary-General is devoted to the technical assessment mission that was carried out in Burundi at the beginning of March 2009.”

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  17. “Moreover, the inclination to always see political motives behind acts of violence is extremely corrosive. It would be useful to take a sociological approach to crime in Burundi. Now that the last rebel movement has joined the peace process, the Government hopes that the security situation will improve noticeably. I would like to say in passing that the Government cannot contain its bitter surprise at certain baseless allegations made in the report, which in essence claims that the Government is continuing to waver with respect to the non-applicability of amnesty for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. That issue has already been resolved. The report also asserts that our National Security Council does not exist, even though it has now been fianctioning for more than half a year.”

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  18. “The Minister for Public Security regularly reports on the punishments meted out to its agents who are found to have committed acts of violence or human rights violations. Recently, on 3 June 2009, the national intelligence service, also known as Documentation, held an open-house event to share with the public its new professional code of ethics and associated training programme. Clearly, however, such administrative efforts will not be enough. In order to prevent crime, the police will require adequate equipment to enable them to respond in a timely manner and the genuine cooperation of the people. Following 14 years of civil war, during which some rebel movements splintered and fought each other, trust between civilians and law enforcement personnel cannot be established overnight.”

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  19. “It goes without saying that it will be necessary to strengthen the capacity of all those bodies and to educate the people in order to persuade Burundians to stop tolerating acts of corruption. A programme to support anti-corruption mechanisms is being developed in the context of our priority peacebuilding plan. Although anti-corruption bodies have already begun their work, it will be necessary to strengthen their effectiveness through the cooperation of the people, who should condemn this scourge of which they are the victims. The report also expresses concern about ongoing insecurity. The Government of Burundi shares that concern. To that end, we have launched a policy to disarm civilians and to raise awareness among defence and security forces so as to eradicate armed Violence.”

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  20. “The Government of Burundi takes this opportunity to inform the Security Council that the issue of political prisoners has been resolved. The confusion in the report in that regard is due to the facts that some prisoners were released before they were claimed by the former rebel movement Palipehutu-FNL and that some had been registered under aliases. The Government is aware that corruption hinders development, as it deprives the State and local authorities of necessary resources to implement programmes for the public good. It is for that reason that the Government has established an office of the State Inspector General, an accountability court and an anti-corruption task force and court. We will soon set up a private body responsible for collecting all State revenues.”

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  21. “Those children are to receive long-term support in order to ensure their permanent reintegration into their communities of origin. The Government would like to recall that it was even prepared to demobilize and reintegrate the 40 other children associated with dissidents. Unfortunately, having been misled, they refused to come to the assembly point in the hope that they would ultimately be admitted into the police or the army. The Government was in the end able to explain to them that it was in their interests to be demobilized and reintegrated into civilian life. Given that the Gitega demobilization centre is occupied by FNL adults, the Government has relocated those children to Magara, in Bujumbura Rural province, so as to begin demobilizing them in order to return them to their families.”

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  22. “With regard to the protection of children, the Government has established a task force to protect minors. However, we have not yet succeeded in securing resources. Also in that regard, the efforts of the judicial system and the police should be complemented by those of civil society. With regard to albinos in particular, intensive efforts by the police and the legal system have resulted in the arrests of some 10 persons implicated in the murder of albinos. The prosecutor has already called for severe penalties for those persons. With regard to former FNL child combatants, 340 children who were formerly associated with the Forces 09-36337 nationales de liberation have been released to their families from the Gitega demobilization centre, situated in the central part of the country.”

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  23. “In spite of that fact, human rights can still be taken into account in dealing with this matter. With regard to the situation of women, the penal code's criminalization of sexual and gender-based Violence has established an environment conducive to combating such crimes. All national partners must now be educated about the importance to society of combating such offences. Civil society has already embarked upon that process. The programme to raise awareness among security and defence personnel, as well as the disarmament of civilians, should allow for progress in combating sexual violence. However, success will not be possible unless the families and relatives of victims ultimately understand that keeping silent under the pretext of protecting their honour will in fact encourage impunity.”

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  24. “I should like to make two observations with regard to homosexuality, whose criminalization under Burundi's new penal code has galvanized various partners. On the one hand, it is not up to the executive branch to issue edicts to the legislative branch with regard to the provisions of the law, as some partners have called upon the Head of State to do. The principle of the separation of powers must be respected. On the other hand, the position of Parliament, an institution that embodies the aspirations of the people of Burundi, on this issue clearly illustrates how cultural diversity can lead to divergent choices with respect to the adoption of certain international legal instruments and their acceptance by the people, even when authorities are disposed to incorporate universal principles into national law.”

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  25. “The Government also shares several of the concerns set out in the report with regard to human rights and the protection of children, the status of women, the persistence of corruption and providing security for the population. Nevertheless, the Government believes that it is unfair to say that it is not doing anything to improve the situation in those areas. The Government has put in place, or is in the process of doing so, appropriate mechanisms in all those areas. The process of establishing the Independent National Human Rights Commission is also under way. Contrary to the report's assertion, the Government is in the process of incorporating the Paris Principles into the draft law prior to submitting it to the Parliament for consideration and adoption.”

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  26. “Examples of such progress include the creation of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the implementation of the political agreements with the former rebel movement Parti pour la liberation du peuple Hutu-forces nationales de liberation (Palipehutu-FNL), the Government's commitment to the disarmament policy, the reintegration of returnees, the establishment of the conditions necessary to reach the completion point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative, the improved cooperation between the media and the National Communication Council, the release of some prisoners previously held in provisional detention, and the collection and destruction of thousands of small arms and light weapons previously held by the civilian population. I could cite further examples.”

    2009-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6138 (2009) · source

  27. “Mr. Nahayo (Burundi) (spoke in French): On the occasion of the presentation of the fifth report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/270) on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB), the Government of the Republic of Burundi takes this opportunity to thank the Organization for its tireless ongoing assistance to my country in finally overcoming its socio-political crisis. The Government of Burundi also expresses its gratitude to Mr. Youssef Mahmoud, Executive Representative of the Secretary- General for Burundi, for his continued engagement in implementing BINUB'S mandate. My Government appreciates the recognition expressed in the fifth report on BINUB of the progress that has been made in most areas towards the ultimate stabilization of the country.”

    2009-06-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6138 (2009) · source