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  1. “Rwanda is concerned not only about the Tribunal's efforts to meet the expected level of delivery, but also that the Tribunal's completion strategy should not become an escape strategy for suspects not yet brought to justice. The idea of transferring cases from the Tribunal to Rwanda, as envisaged in the Tribunal's completion strategy, addresses our concerns. The Government of Rwanda considers the transfer of cases to Rwanda a key factor in ensuring that all major genocide suspects and perpetrators face justice, even after the completion of the Tribunal's mandate. The Government of Rwanda is ready to receive all cases that will not have been completed at the end of the Tribunal's mandate. We therefore urge the Tribunal to expedite the process leading to an effective transfer of those cases.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  2. “The Tribunal has to rationalize its internal management systems, although there has been tremendous improvement in organization in recent days. All States must cooperate fully with the Tribunal. We are concerned that late or non-payment of assessed contributions of Member States to the Tribunal has resulted in serious financial difficulties. This has resulted in recruitment freezes and consequently slowed down the Tribunal's work. This slowdown comes at a time when we expect the Tribunal to be working steadily towards implementing its completion strategy. It is imperative that Member States make their contributions on time, in full and without conditions, if we are to realize the goals outlined in the completion strategy.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  3. “My Government considers this to be not only a slap in the face of the international community, but also a mockery of justice. We urge the Tribunal again to consider bringing that individual to justice. Based on the numbers provided by the Tribunal, we note that by the end of its mandate the Tribunal will have completed its work on only 25.6 per cent of the number of suspects originally considered to be "big fish" by the Tribunal itself. But for even that work to be completed, the Tribunal will have to ensure that all trials and appeals currently under way are expedited and completed. The Tribunal must ensure that it commences proceedings on all cases not yet begun. It has to ensure that all indictees still at large are arrested and prosecution started.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  4. “We hope that the Tribunal will improve its efficiency and effectiveness and will identify areas for further improvement. Continuous improvement is particularly important given the relatively short period of time remaining for the ICTR to complete its mandate. Originally, the Office of the Prosecutor had identified more than 300 "big fish" for prosecution before the Tribunal completed its mandate. We note that today the workload of the Office of the Prosecutor has been reduced from the initial number of "big fish" to a bare minimum. As a result, we now see that such notorious suspects as Callixte Mbarushimana are no longer being targeted for prosecution. Instead, he is being compensated for lost income from his United Nations employment.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  5. “Mr. President, my delegation wishes to thank you for calling this meeting at which the Council heard reports from the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and for the former Yugoslavia. My delegation will confine its remarks to the report of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). First of all, we would like to congratulate the President of the ICTR, Judge Erik Mose, and the Prosecutor, Mr. Hassan Bubacar Jallow and to thank them for their reports. This November, it is 10 years since the Security Council adopted resolution 995 (1994), establishing the ICTR. This is the right time for us to take stock and to make an assessment of the Tribunal's performance so far. We recognize and commend the Tribunal for the work done this year.”

    2004-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5086 (2004) · source

  6. “This has not been given the necessary attention in the context of witness protection, because these are the people who are expected to testify in the cases that are under way in Arusha. We therefore appeal to the Council and to other members of the international community to provide urgent assistance to those women and to other survivors of the genocide.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  7. “We urge the Council to recognize the numerous difficulties faced by those survivors - particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence. We also urge the Council to recognize that most survivors are poorer and more vulnerable today than they were 10 years ago as a result of the genocide. In particular, we would like to draw the attention of the Council to the plight of the thousands of women who contracted HIV as a result of being raped. While the people who either raped them or ordered them to be raped can receive the best of care under the auspices of the United Nations, through the International Tribunal, their victims are dying in large numbers.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  8. “A delegation from the ICTR visited the new facility a few weeks ago, and my Government was pleased with the preliminary assessment by that team, which made it clear that the facility met the required international standards. We therefore look forward to convicts being sent to Rwanda to serve sentences in the country. We believe that this will contribute to the reconciliation process, as justice will not only have been done, but will also have been seen to be done. We take note of the Prosecutor's remarks regarding the issue of special investigations, and we welcome his continued engagement with the authorities of Rwanda on this matter. Many of the survivors of the 1994 genocide live in conditions of enormous hardship.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  9. “We call upon the authorities of the ICTR to ensure that countries compromised by the events of 1994 are not given the opportunity to supervise enforcement of sentences. Should this happen, justice will not be seen as having been done. This will be the case even if the decision is taken out of goodwill. My Government is aware of the fact that previous requests for sentences to be served in Rwanda have not been taken seriously, on the grounds that our detention facilities did not meet international standards. In that context, my Government, despite many competing priorities for resources, recently constructed a new detention facility that meets required standards.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  10. “They did an interview with the BBC in which they denied that the genocide ever took place, and they promised to return to Rwanda. Those statements were deliberately calculated to cause fear among the already traumatized genocide survivor community. It has since come to our attention that it is routine practice for convicted persons serving sentences in Mali to be allowed out of the detention facility to make telephone calls. I do not think that I need to remind anyone here that these are persons convicted of the most serious crimes imaginable. Not only do we find this deeply offensive - especially coming, as it did, at a time when we were remembering the one million victims of the genocide - but it also calls into question the notion of convicts serving sentences outside Rwanda.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  11. “The best legacy that international involvement in the process of justice can leave to Rwanda is to build strong judicial institutions for posterity. Rwanda would like convicts to begin serving their sentences in the country. We believe that sentences should be served where the crimes were committed. It is difficult to imagine that sentences could be strictly enforced in countries thousands of miles from where the crimes took place, where there may be scant understanding of, or regard for, the seriousness of the crimes. Let me give an example. In April, while the world marked the 10-year commemoration of the genocide in Rwanda, convicts serving their sentences in Mali were permitted to leave their detention facility and make telephone calls around the world, including one to the BBC Kinyarwanda service.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  12. “My Government would like also to take this opportunity to state that it would welcome support for our judicial institutions as we prepare for the transfer of these cases. While we have made tremendous progress in rebuilding our judicial institutions - which, like everything else in Rwanda, were decimated by the genocide - we would appreciate support in the provision of additional practical training for our legal professionals. The international community is expected to support Rwanda, as we are making great efforts to invest in the rule of law based on strong judicial institutions. We do not expect the international community, given our resource constraints, to set conditions against us, not even when the transfer of cases is being considered.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  13. “The people of Rwanda, who have felt alienated from the Tribunal, which is based hundreds of miles away, would be able to observe the trials first-hand. We believe that that would contribute significantly to the reconciliation process by giving a sense that justice is being done. There has been concern expressed about the fact that the death penalty remains on Rwanda's statute books. I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate assurances that we have given to the ICTR that my Government is prepared to waive the death penalty with respect to cases transferred from the ICTR. We are in the process of exploring the necessary legal avenues to realize this general principle in a manner consistent with the wishes of the Rwandan people in their legislative strategy and in accordance with the specific demands of the International Tribunal.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  14. “My delegation would like to request the Council to seriously consider this matter with a View to ensuring that there is no impunity, and that those suspects face justice. We therefore do not see the Tribunal's completion strategy as an exit strategy for the international community. We believe that the international community, and particularly the Council, has a responsibility to bring those suspects to justice, whether at the ICTR or elsewhere. Rwanda will continue to work bilaterally with the countries where those suspects currently reside, with a view to having them transferred to Rwanda for prosecution. My Government looks forward to the transfer of cases from the Tribunal to Rwanda, in compliance with resolution 1503 (2003).”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  15. “When the Office of the Prosecutor first presented its completion strategy, as many as 300 cases of suspects considered to be the most responsible were targeted for prosecution before the Tribunal completed its work. These most responsible suspects are the persons accused of the greatest level of responsibility for the genocide. That figure, however, fell soon afterwards - first to 250 and then to 150. Now it is less than 50. While the number of most responsible suspects being pursued by the Tribunal may have decreased, the seriousness of the accusations against some of those suspects, who are no longer being pursued by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, requires the attention of the Security Council so as to ensure that they do not evade justice altogether.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  16. “There has also been a dramatic improvement and broadening of communication between my Government and the Office of the Prosecutor. Rwanda is committed to continuing to work closely with the Office of the Prosecutor and to provide the support and facilitation that we have been providing over the years. We also commend the Chambers, and particularly Judge Mose, for recent initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their work. We also note and commend the contributions of the Registry, particularly Mr. Adama Dieng, for their invaluable contributions. There are a few issues of great importance which we would like to bring to the attention of the Council, and we request that these issues be given attention by the Council at this time, when it is considering the completion of the work of the ICTR.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  17. “We are particularly encouraged by the acknowledgement of President Mose and Prosecutor I allow that Rwanda has been cooperating with the ICTR, and we reassure the Council that we shall continue to extend necessary cooperation to the ICTR throughout its mandate. Since we met for the same purpose last year, we have witnessed a significant level of improvement in the work of the Tribunal as a result of measures taken by the Council. We once again congratulate the Council for the decision contained in resolution 1505 (2003). The ICTR now has its own Prosecutor. As anticipated, that appointment has resulted in a better organized and more focused Office of the Prosecutor. There is both a qualitative and quantitative improvement in overall performance.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source

  18. “My delegation would like to join others in expressing our condolences to the Member States that lost nationals in the helicopter crash in Sierra Leone. We also express condolences to the United Nations. My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting, during which we have heard reports from the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). We would also like to thank and congratulate the President of the ICTR, Judge Mose, and Prosecutor Hassan Jallow, for their statements and reports. Rwanda continues to hope and expect that the Tribunal will bring to justice the perpetrators of the 1994 genocide, and we pledge our continued support to ensure that its work runs as smoothly as possible.”

    2004-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4999Resumption1 (2004) · source