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Nduhungirehe

lines on the record: 519
first: 2012-11-20
most recent: 2015-04-15
sittings or episodes: 72
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“We call on the established United Nations Team of Experts on the Rule of Law and Sexual Violence in Conflict to support national institutions in discharging their duties. I shall conclude by recalling that defeating sexual violence in conflict should include addressing the root causes of conflicts, as well as creating institutions that fulfil their constitutional duties. Moreover, a successful reform of the rule of law in conflict-stricken countries will largely depend on the smooth demobilization of the various militias run by war lords. With that being said, let me pay tribute to the commitment of the Secretary- General and his tireless Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict for their actions and achievements in fighting sexual Violence in conflict.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“In a non-conflict situation, we believe that national security and justice institutions should strengthen their response in addressing sexual violence, including awareness-raising and education, strengthen their security institutions to detect acts of terror, and make their border control measures more effective, among other things. Furthermore, ending impunity for those who commit sexual violence should be our collective effort and goal. In the same line, we believe that the Security Council should ensure that all country-specific reports and mandate renewals evaluate the level of protection and promotion of women's human rights, as enumerated in several Council resolutions.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“Some of the groups enjoying impunity are those that committed these types of atrocities during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and continue such practices today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the name of Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda (FDLR). On this particular issue, it is regrettable to see that, as Rwanda commemorates the genocide against the Tutsi for the twenty-first time, the international community, which was quick to neutralize other armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has turned a blind eye to their heinous activities and continues to offer them a soft landing. If this trend continues, not only the FDLR's sexual violence campaigns, but also its destabilizing tactics, will have long-lasting, devastating impacts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“In conflict zones, we believe that the protection of women and girls should be given priority by ensuring that we take full measures, in particular to provide more effective protection to the civilian population at risk, create the conditions for humanitarian assistance that remains hampered, increase female peacekeepers and gender- protection advisers in all United Nations missions, and conduct investigations on Violations and abuses by all parties. We should all send a unified message to remind those responsible that acts of sexual violence cannot be tolerated. Perpetrators must face justice, and the culture of impunity enjoyed by some non-State actors should be shattered.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“While the leadership and responsibility of the affected Governments is critical to tackling this issue, with the support of the international community, we believe that the focus should now be on our collective efforts to convert the political commitments into concrete prevention on the ground. Rwanda once again condemns all forms of violence against women and girls worldwide, especially in conflict and post-conflict zones. We believe that, as previously stated in this Council, sexual violence in conflict should now be qualified as sexual terrorism. Now that sexual violence has also spilled over into countries that are not in conflict, clarifications should be established in regard to measures deployed both in conflict and non-conflict situations.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“Last month, the United Nations estimated that Daesh had forced some 1,500 women, girls and boys into sexual slavery, which is unacceptable. In the same vein, we also remain in solidarity with the affected families of the Victims of the recent attacks at Garissa University College in Kenya, a majority of whom were women. All these crimes, like many others, present a particularly egregious example of the use of sexual Violence in terrorist activities, and are testimony to the fact that conflict-related sexual violence is one of the most urgent challenges for affected Governments and communities, and a serious threat to international peace and security.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“Madam President, let me join others in thanking you for organizing this important open debate. I also thank Ms. Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Ms. Hamsatu Allamin of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security for their respective statements earlier today. In recent years, the international community, especially the Security Council, has quite rightly directed considerable energy to the fight against sexual and gender-based violence. Unfortunately, as we gather here today, one year has passed since the kidnapping of 276 girls from a school in the Nigerian town of Chibok. Today, of the many terrifying stories emerging from Daesh-occupied Iraq and Syria, the Violence directed towards women is perhaps the most difficult to contemplate.”
2015-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7428 (2015) · source
“Conscious of the evolving role of regional and subregional organizations, including the African Union, it is our view that, if used effectively and fairly, the United Nations can provide a proper avenue for such actions. Due to the evolving nature of the modern threats to peace, States, regional organizations and the United Nations have been forging new ways of responding to them. We believe that shifting their attention to addressing the underlying causes of conflict, while at the same time increasing their capacity to streamline and implement their efforts to intervene when civilians are endangered, including the ability to recognize and disseminate the signs of impending or potential conflicts, would increase the relevance of the United Nations and lead the Charter of the United Nations to realize its full purpose.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“In 1948, the world was more concerned with the security of States. Today, contemporary threats relate to the security both of States and of people. In that regard, we commend the founding Members for making a link between peace and development in Article 55 of the Charter, which is the cornerstone of the modern human security project. We believe, however, that adjustments are needed in order for the Organization to deploy mechanisms that address the root causes of those threats. We call upon the international community and Member States to allow more room for multilateral action against those threats that require a multifaceted and integrated approach.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“Furthermore, while the main purposes outlined in the Charter of the United Nations, arising from the gunsmoke of the Second World War, were to respond to wars between and within States, including through peacekeeping operations, today threats to peace have become more complex and multidimensional, with new trends and types that are not found in the Charter. The spread of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, religious radicalization, transnational organized crime, disease outbreaks like Ebola and, in some cases, extreme poverty and underdevelopment all have become major threats to international peace and security in a way that was never envisaged in the Charter. And those issues have become regular items on the agenda of the Security Council and the United Nations in general.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“Indeed, Rwanda believes that the responsibility to protect and the protection of civilians should be at the heart of any peacekeeping operation or any other United Nations-backed military intervention. Mr. President, as you rightly put it in the concept note, we should uphold democracy and the rule of law in international relations. To achieve this goal, we should start by renewing our commitment to reform of the Security Council, which is an undemocratic organ by dint of its composition, inherited from the outdated geostrategic reality prevailing at the end of Second World War. We therefore believe that, in order to ensure the legitimacy and efficiency of the Security Council, its composition should be expanded in both the permanent and non-permanent categories, with the same rights and privileges.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“Nevertheless, the increasing discussions of this nature raise the hope that a multilateralization of conflict prevention could reduce the number of missed opportunities in the future. In that regard, Rwanda believes in the equal sovereignty of States. At the same time, we have welcomed the outcome document of the 2005 World Summit (General Assembly resolution 60/1) and embraced the principle of the responsibility to protect peoples from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. In that context, Rwanda believes that peacekeeping, which is the main tool ofthe Organization in maintaining international peace and security, should be adapted to today's reality and the evolving nature of conflicts.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“The Middle East has never been at peace since the establishment of the Organization; and the ongoing crises in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as the emergence ofthe Islamic State in Iraq and Levant in the region, have made the situation worse than ever. As those few cases highlight, our main source of frustration today is the continued inability of the Organization to credibly and accurately predict and rapidly respond to conflicts that may turn violent, and even lead to genocide and other mass atrocities, as was the case in 1994 in Rwanda. While several reasons may be put forward, the evolving and complex dynamics of conflicts and, to some extent, the reluctance of many States to take steps that involve risks and costs, are some of the issues that prevent the implementation of the proactive aspects of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“We all know that the United Nations, especially its Security Council, came into existence 70 years ago, in the aftermath of the Second World War, to rectify the inefficiencies of the League of Nations. The United Nations was established in response to such a magnitude of threat to peace and security and was another expression of the international collective determination to save succeeding generations from the scourge ofwar, as recalled in the concept note. Over the past 70 years, although the world has fortunately been spared a third world war, there have been hundreds ofinter- and intra-State conflicts, as well as foreign military interventions of all sorts, with the loss of millions of lives. In Africa, for example, nearly one-third of its countries had active armed conflicts during the mid-19905.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for organizing this important high-level open debate to reflect on our history and to reaffirm our strong commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The choice of this topic and the participation of His Excellency Mr. Wang Yi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, are testiment to the demonstrated commitment of your country to upholding the principles of our Charter. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing this morning and for his overall achievement at the helm of the Organization over the past eight years. We share the views expressed in the concept note (S/2015/87, annex) that this is indeed the right time and place to have this debate.”
2015-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7389 (2015) · source
“We call on the Security Council, the wider United Nations system and regional and subregional organizations to ensure that addressing the root causes of conflicts remains at the top of our collective agenda.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“We call for and support the full implementation of resolutions 1325 (2000) and 1960 (2010), which insist that all peacekeeping mandates incorporate provisions that specifically identify steps to address sexual violence. That should include the clear identification of women's protection advisers alongside gender advisers and human rights protection units, as well as a clearly defined role for women in post-conflict recovery. We also call for improved monitoring of sexual violence, and for more effective identification of good practices and challenges. In conclusion, let me emphasize, as we did during the past two years of our membership in the Security Council, that the best way to protect civilians is to prevent conflicts in the first place.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“The situation in Syria and Iraq have gone from bad to worse with terrorist activities by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which commits the worst sorts of human rights violations against civilians, including journalists and humanitarian workers. As difficult as the situation might be, we believe that the international community still has a responsibility to use all its leverage to save those populations in dire need. In that regard, we commend the role played by the international coalition against ISIL, led by the United States, which is in line with our collective responsibility to protect. On women and peace and security, the Government of Rwanda considers any violence against women and girls to be an assault on human dignity.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“Indeed, this genocidaire movement continues to use civilians as human shields, forcefully recruit children and rape and sexually abuse women and girls. Given this dark picture, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo need to show more commitment in the neutralization of the FDLR, in accordance with the relevant decisions of the region and the relevant resolutions of the Council. Four weeks after the expiration of the deadline given to the FDLR for peaceful disarmament, we believe that the time for announcements, communication and tough talk has passed. This is the time for action. The conflict in South Sudan also reveals serious protection gaps that require immediate attention.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“In that respect, as a follow-up to the high-level summit on peacekeeping operations held last September on the margins of the general debate of the General Assembly, Rwanda will organize, on 28 and 29 May in Kigali, an international conference on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts to further reflect on how to better implement the protection mandates of peacekeeping missions. Today, peacekeepers and other key actors who are supposed to provide protection to civilians in armed conflicts often struggle to deliver on the promise of the protection of civilians, embodied in the very heart of the Charter of the United Nations. In the Great Lakes region, for example, we are unfortunately still facing roaming predators against civilians, mainly the so-called Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“While the protection-of- civilians agenda has evolved to become the core mandate of United Nations peacekeeping operations, the increasing violence against civilians has tested the fundamental principles and capabilities of those operations and demonstrated that much remains to be done. Experience on the ground, however, has demonstrated that peacekeeping operations that are ill- prepared, with no adequate means to address large-scale violence directed against civilians, will falter and may even collapse. Often there exists a gap between the expectations of the civilian protection and the actual military capabilities of peacekeepers. We believe that threats to civilians and the ways of addressing them should inform mission mandates, strategies, structures and the allocation ofresources.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“Since the creation of the United Nations, the Security Council adopted a number of resolutions and strategies to protect civilians in conflict, including the landmark resolution 1265 (1999). Nonetheless, while the international community, and the United Nations in particular, has adopted an array of strategies to improve and implement protection-of- civilians mandates, we are extremely concerned by the increasing number of conflicts around the world and the frequent targeting of civilians, including women and children. Over the years, the world has witnessed armed conflicts marked by systematic violence and mass atrocities against civilians.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for organizing this open debate on the protection of civilians. I also thank Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator; Ms. Helen Durham, Director for International Law and Policy of the International Committee of the Red Cross; and Ms. Ilwad Elman of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, for their respective briefings earlier this morning. As the United Nations is celebrating its seventieth anniversary this year, we recall that our Organization was founded on the determination to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person.”
2015-01-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7374 (2015) · source
“There is a unique window for the international community and the negotiating parties to act decisively if we wish to realize our common vision of two viable States for two vibrant peoples, living side by side in peace, security and mutual recognition of each other's legitimate rights. The Government of Rwanda will remain fully committed to this process and contribute, as much as it can, to a peaceful and lasting solution to this crisis, which has been going on for too long.”
2014-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7354 (2014) · source
“Moreover, it is regrettable that the 15 members of the Security Council were not given a single opportunity to discuss, negotiate and improve the draft, which was drafted, negotiated and amended outside the Council. All those reasons - the lack of a consensual approach in the region, the negative impact on the peace process, and a lack of an inclusive and transparent procedure in New York - explain Rwanda's abstention in the voting today. Going forward, we would invite all Council members, in coordination with the negotiating parties, the Arab Group and other stakeholders to work together towards a more consensual draft resolution, which should give a new impetus to the peace process. To conclude, we firmly believe that, given the current and irreversible momentum for peace, the status quo will no longer be an option.”
2014-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7354 (2014) · source
“In this context, Rwanda does not believe that any unilateral action by either side could bring lasting peace to the region and a final and comprehensive settlement to this crisis. On the contrary, unilateral initiatives, well-intentioned as they may be, could jeopardize the current situation, which is already very fragile. We believe that a Security Council resolution could help the parties to speed up the conclusion of negotiations for the establishment of a Palestinian State, provided that such a resolution were consensual, as it should be agreed on by the negotiating parties and supported by all major stakeholders. Therefore, Rwanda believes that the proposed draft, which has not garnered consensus in the region or within the Council, could not help parties to achieve that goal.”
2014-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7354 (2014) · source
“We fully believe that only a negotiated settlement between the parties will result in the emergence of an independent, sovereign, and viable Palestinian State living side by side in peace and security with Israel. In this regard, the Security Council and other stakeholders should step up their efforts to ensure the resumption of direct negotiations for ajust and lasting solution of the Israel- Palestinian conflict, building on previously agreed frameworks. The parties, for their part, should make serious commitments to addressing the underlying causes of the conflict and refrain from any provocative action that could undermine the prospects for a durable peace in the region.”
2014-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7354 (2014) · source
“Rwanda takes the floor to explain its vote on draft resolution S/2014/9l6 on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. We note with appreciation the efforts of Jordan in drafting and submitting the text on behalf of the Group of Arab States. Rwanda's position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as reiterated every month in our two-year membership of the Council, is well known. Our country, as well as all States members of the African Union, has always been in favour of a two-State solution. We regret, however, that despite the efforts of regional and international actors, including Arab States, the Quartet and the United States, there is yet to be a breakthrough in the peace process. For Rwanda, any final settlement to the conflict should be achieved through direct and genuine negotiations, however painful they may be.”
2014-12-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7354 (2014) · source
“To conclude, we hope that the Security Council will remain seized ofthe situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and we would like to encourage the United Nations Secretariat and concerned United Nations agencies to positively engage the competent authorities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in order to address the issues of great concern contained in the report of the commission of inquiry.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7353 (2014) · source
“Rwanda supports the commission of inquiry's recommendations aimed at fostering inter-Korean dialogue. We believe that the maintenance of peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and the resolution of disputes through dialogue and consultation are in the common interests of all parties. We urge all actors on the Korean peninsula, particularly the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, to engage in good faith in efforts to create favourable conditions for resuming the stalled political talks and for achieving the de-nuclearization of the Korean peninsula.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7353 (2014) · source
“Given the situation, Rwanda, which on 18 December voted in favour of General Assembly resolution 69/188, concerning the human rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, believes that it was important that the Council be seized of the matter and receive further information from the Secretariat on the situation as well as on the implications of the situation on international peace and security. During our meetings, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea should be invited to express its views in order to engage in a genuine dialogue with the Council and the wider international community, which could lead to a better understanding and towards significant improvement of the human-rights situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7353 (2014) · source
“In the meantime, we deplore the fact that the commission was denied access to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and that the competent authorities in that country have not commented on the report of the commission of inquiry. However, we are encouraged to hear that recently the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has indicated willingness to allow the Special Rapporteur access to its territory and to accept the technical assistance of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. We hope that that opportunity will be pursued.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7353 (2014) · source
“We were alarmed by the findings of the commission, which documented several crimes, including extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions and other sexual violence; persecution on political, religious, racial and general grounds; the forcible transfer of populations; the forced disappearance of persons; the inhumane act of knowingly causing prolonged starvation; not to mention the abduction of Japanese citizens, including children, over the past decades. The commission concluded that such crimes amount to crimes against humanity and "reveal a State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world" (S/2014/276, para. 80).”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7353 (2014) · source
“If a State is manifestly failing to protect its population, the international community must be prepared to take collective action to protect the population, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. We believe that the Security Council should engage the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the basis of those pillars. Rwanda takes note with great concern of the report of the commission of inquiry (S/2014/276, annex), which was established by the Human Rights Council on 21 March 2013, with the mandate to investigate and report on the human-rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7353 (2014) · source
“Therefore, 20 years later, Rwanda, as a member of the Council, must stand with the victims on the assurance that the international community, which we are part of, is determined to act upon its responsibility to protect and is committed to hold perpetrators to account. The three pillars of the responsibility to protect, as stipulated in paragraphs 138 and 139 of the outcome document of 2005 World Summit (General Assembly resolution 60/1), provides that the State carries the primary responsibility for protecting populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. The international community has a responsibility to encourage and assist States in fulfilling that responsibility, as well as a responsibility to use appropriate diplomatic, humanitarian and other means to protect populations from such crimes.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7353 (2014) · source
“At the outset, Sir, let me thank you for acting on the letter (S/2014/872) signed by 10 Council members from all five groups of the United Nations, which includes Rwanda, requesting that the situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea be formally placed on the agenda of the Security Council. I also wish to thank Assistant Secretary- Generals Taye-Brook Zerihoun and Ivan Simonovie for their respective briefings. Rwanda, as a country that suffered the worst violations of human rights in 1994, which were planned and perpetrated by the then ruling regime, values meetings like this, which are meant to attentively examine situations of gross violations of human rights. In the early 19905, the Secretariat and the Council did not pay much attention to all signals that were announcing the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7353 (2014) · source
“Particular thanks go to the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, to the United Kingdom Centre for Political and Diplomatic Studies, and to Sir Emyr Jones Parry for the comprehensive two- day training provided in February 2013 in the Security Council to our newly appointed staff.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“Let me conclude by wishing all the best to the five incoming members of the Council: Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela. I congratulate the outgoing members Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg and the Republic of Korea. I also thank all of those that have supported Rwanda during its two-year term in the Security Council. We thank the African Union for endorsing Rwanda's candidacy in January 2012, the United Nations States Members for electing Rwanda in October of the same year, the 19 Council members who have served on the Council with Rwanda in 2013 and 2014 for their invaluable support, and the Security Council Affairs Division, headed by Director Movses Abelian, for its assistance to our delegation from day one.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“Lastly, Rwanda's seventh commitment was to ensuring sustainable transitions from peacekeeping to nation-building in countries emerging from conflict. We believe that this is the ultimate objective of peacekeeping missions and the raison d'etre of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). During both of our presidencies, in April 2013 and July 2014, we organized briefings on post-conflict peacebuilding, followed by interactive dialogues with the countries on the PBC's agenda and PBC country-configuration chairs. It is worth noting that since June 2013, Rwanda has also been coordinating an expert-level group gathering together members of the Council, and a PBC organizational committee aimed at enhancing the advisory function of the PBC to the Security Council and ensuring a smooth transition from peacekeeping to nation-building.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“In that respect Rwanda, which has made tremendous progress since the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis, shared its 20 years of experience in various open debates on women and peace and security and in the briefing on post-conflict peacebuilding organized by the Council presidency in March under Ambassador Sylvie Lucas of Luxembourg (see S/PV.7143). I take this opportunity to commend the most assiduous Minister for Foreign Affairs represented in the Council, Mr. Jean Asselborn of Luxembourg, who has attended almost every high-level meeting of the Council, and pay tribute to Ambassador Lucas and her team for the efficient, persistent and persevering manner with which Luxembourg pleaded for the well-being of children in armed conflict.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“In addition, Rwanda has demonstrated its attachment to the fight against impunity in all its statements and contributions to the Council's decisions, including the vote on 22 May (see S/PV.7180) on draft resolution S/2014/348 related to Syria, and the letter of 5 September, which we co-signed, requesting that the situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea be placed on the Council's agenda. The sixth commitment was to advancing the role of women in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“Although that commitment was a little bit ambitious, Rwanda was consistent in pleading for a global commitment to ending sexual violence in conflict, especially that perpetrated on a daily basis by the genocidal movement named Forces democratiques de liberation du Rwanda, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In an open debate chaired by Ms. Mushikiwabo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation of Rwanda, on 17 April 2013, as President of the Security Council, she called upon all Council members, "to move beyond expressions of outrage and, instead, to make concrete and measurable progress towards a world where the bodies of women are no longer considered a battlefield" (S/PV6948, p. 29).”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“In April, we introduced a draft resolution, sponsored by all 15 members, which was adopted as resolution 2150 (2014) on the prevention of genocide, adopted on the occasion of the twentieth commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. The resolution reaffirmed paragraphs 138 and 139 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolution 60/1), on the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleaning and crimes against humanity, and underscored the importance of taking into account lessons learned from the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, during which Hutus and others who opposed genocide were also killed. The fifth commitment was to ending sexual violence and impunity.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“We introduced an open format of the wrap- up session in July, advocated for co-penholdership in favour of African members of the Security Council, contributed to more focused, interactive and results- oriented consultations within the Council, and supported the French proposal on a code of conduct for the permanent members to refrain from using the veto in cases of mass atrocities. The fourth commitment was to working towards a more responsive Security Council, including through implementation of the responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine. As co-Chair of the Group of Friends of the Responsibility to Protect since its creation 10 years ago, Rwanda has consistently advocated for R2P in the Council.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“It is our hope that the Security Council will pursue efforts and strengthen cooperation with regional and subregional organizations, including by providing the necessary support, including predictable funding, to AU-led peace operations. The third commitment was to improving the working methods of the Security Council to ensure a more inclusive, transparent and effective Council. That is what we have tried to achieve during our term, pending the necessary expansion of the Council in both categories.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“The second commitment was to enhancing partnership between the African Union (AU), other regional and subregional organizations and the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security. As Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa, that was our priority. Rwanda played a leading role in preparing the seventh annual consultative meeting between the United Nations Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council held in October 2013 in Addis Ababa, and in the drafting of its joint communique. Moreover, resolution 2167 (2014) on regional partnerships in peacekeeping, introduced by Rwanda during its second presidency in July, was another instrument to enhance United Nations-AU cooperation.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“In that regard, it will be recalled that in 2013 Rwanda was Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa, and in that capacity organized several thematic debates on achieving that goal. Furthermore, in April 2013, during our first presidency, we convened a high-level briefing on the prevention of conflict in Africa by addressing its root causes (see S/PV.6946), at which presidential statement S/PRST/2013/4 was adopted. Nonetheless, much more work by the Council is necessary in the area of conflict prevention. We believe that the Security Council must move beyond discussing the issue as the topic of a thematic debate and consider it as an actual threat to international peace and security.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“Rwanda pledges its full support to Chile, and will contribute as much as we can to the activities of the Council in January and in the months and years to come. As this wrap-up session is our last as a non-permanent member of the Security Council in the current term, allow me to make a general assessment of Rwanda's contribution to the work of the Council for the term 2013-2014. During the campaign for this prestigious seat in 2012, we issued a booklet entitled Rwanda Values Peace, which we sent to all United Nations Member States and in which we made seven specific commitments. The first commitment, on page 7, was to contribute meaningfully to the prevention of conflict and the consolidation of peace and stability in Africa and globally.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“Moussa Faki Mahamat, Minister for Foreign Affairs and African Integration of Chad, who chaired meetings on the two main topics you proposed to mark your presidency - namely, the United Nations-African Union partnership in peace operations, and terrorism and cross-border crime, both sanctioned by a presidential statement and a resolution, respectively. Our appreciation also goes to Bante Mangaral, Deputy Permanent Representative; Gombo Tchouli, Political Coordinator; Madeleine Alingue, Alternate Political Coordinator; and the whole Security Council team of Chad, which has done a tremendous job during Chad's first-ever presidency of the Security Council. I take this opportunity to congratulate Ambassador Cristian Barros Melet of Chile on his assumption in a few days of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January 2015.”
2014-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7352 (2014) · source
“I thank you, Sir, for convening this ninth wrap-up session ofthe year, which represents an increase of 50 per cent compared to the six wrap-up sessions organized by Council members last year. I thank Pakistan for introducing these stock- taking meetings in January 2013, and we hope that the current format of public briefings introduced by Rwanda in its presidency of July this year will encourage more United Nations Member States to participate in these important meetings, dedicated to assessing the activities of the Council, including its progress, challenges and effectiveness. Rwanda congratulates you, Sir, on your demonstrated talent in presiding over the Council this month. We extend our congratulations to Mr.”
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