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lines on the record: 85
first: 2006-12-15
most recent: 2008-12-22
sittings or episodes: 10
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“Thirdly, on the basis of sovereign equality, Rwanda, having cooperated with the ICTR, an international judicial institution, should not be subordinated to other national systems. Fourthly, transferral would complement and reinforce Government policies towards reconciliation, which is central to the mandate of the ICTR. There should be no doubt regarding Rwanda's willingness to take over all cases from the ICTR and to supervise the sentences imposed by the Tribunal. All the necessary preparations are being made, in partnership with the ICTR and with valuable support from our development partners. Thus, the following actions have been taken. First, a law has been enacted to govern the referral of cases to Rwandan courts from the ICTR.”
2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source
“In addition to a modern prison facility built 100 kilometres from Kigali, a modern holding cell has been completed in the capital to accommodate detainees who will be on trial there. Consequently, the five transfer requests are pending before the various ICTR Chambers. We are pleased that our partnership with the Office of the Prosecutor has enabled us to make significant progress in all these areas. The Rwanda Government strongly holds the position that pending cases must, to the extent possible, be transferred to Rwanda's national jurisdiction for trial. That position is based on the following reasons. First, justice must be seen to be done within the territory where crimes were committed. Secondly, it is more efficient and effective to try cases in Rwanda, since most evidence and witnesses are located in the country.”
2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source
“We therefore urge the Council to take the measures necessary to ensure that all States cooperate in apprehending and handing over those fugitives for trial. States that fail to do so must be held to account by the Council. Rwanda welcomes the initiative of the ICTR Prosecutor regarding the transfer of cases to national jurisdictions, principally to Rwanda. The Rwanda Government and the Prosecution have made remarkable progress with respect to the referral of cases. The Rwanda Government is committed to continuing those preparations. For example, organic law No. 11/2007 has been promulgated to govern all legal matters pertaining to the referral of cases to Rwanda. Other arrangements have been made with a View to ensuring that all the requirements set forth under rule 11 bis are met.”
2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source
“With the recent arrest of Augustin Ngirabatware in Germany and three others - Laurent Bucyibaruta, Wenceslas Munyeshyaka and Dominique Ntawukuriryayo - in France, the number of indicted ICTR fugitives still at large has dropped from 18 to 14. However, we note that the remaining 14, including Felicien Kabuga, Colonel Serubuga, Colonel Rwagafirita and many other key masterminds of the Rwanda genocide, are some of the most notorious fugitives. We appeal once again to the Security Council to take urgent measures to ensure that those indicted do not evade justice. The arrests this year are a positive development worth appreciating, but there is fairly good information about the whereabouts of high-level fugitives.”
2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source
“My delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to address the Security Council on the important issue of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). We would like to assure the Council of my Government's full support and cooperation as the Tribunal continues to implement the Completion Strategy. My delegation expresses its thanks to Justice Byron and Prosecutor Jallow for their respective statements. We note that the number of persons whose trials either have been completed or are in progress is 60. Eight detainees are awaiting trial; of these, five are being considered for transfer to national jurisdictions.”
2007-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5796 (2007) · source
“The presence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of the largest peacekeeping force in history has equally failed to address this problem. We call upon this Council to address the issue urgently.”
2007-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5703 (2007) · source
“Let the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, and other similar situations, serve as a lesson that when the United Nations, and specifically the Security Council, fails to take appropriate, timely and decisive action to provide protection for people under threat, the consequences are catastrophic. Finally, we would once again point out that the Interahamwe militia, which was responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, remains active in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they continue to terrorize, murder and rape innocent civilians with impunity. It is inexplicable that, 13 years after the Rwanda genocide, and despite the numerous commitments of the international community to prevent and combat genocide and to protect civilians in armed conflict, this force continues to kill innocent civilians.”
2007-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5703 (2007) · source
“This resolve entails national Governments taking full responsibility to protect civilians, and, where they are unable or unwilling to do so, the international community acting through the Security Council to take appropriate steps to provide such protection. It is essential that, in taking such actions, the Security Council be seen as consistent and just, acting in the best interests of the international community, and that it show special concern for those who are most defenceless and vulnerable and most in need of protection from the international community. It was, after all, to protect such defenceless people that, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, the United Nations and its Security Council were established.”
2007-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5703 (2007) · source
“It is for such people that the implementation of resolutions 1674 (2006) and 1738 (2006) is most urgent. Despite these resolutions, and despite the endorsement by all States at the 2005 World Summit of the principles of the "responsibility to protect", which my Government strongly supports, too many people continue to suffer unspeakable horrors in situations of armed conflict. It is clear that much more needs to be done, particularly by this Security Council, which is the Charter-mandated body responsible for international peace and security. We believe that our common humanity should unite us in the resolve to put an end to the suffering of millions of people who live in, and are threatened by, situations of conflict.”
2007-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5703 (2007) · source
“The Rwanda delegation commends you, Mr. President, for convening this important open debate of the Security Council to discuss the issue of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We would like to join other delegations in expressing our thanks to Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for his briefing. The Rwanda Government condemns in the strongest terms the deliberate targeting of civilians in conflict. Rwanda fully supports Security Council resolutions on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. The most serious crimes in situations of conflict are committed against poor, defenceless and voiceless people, often living in remote locations far from the sight of the international community and the media.”
2007-06-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5703 (2007) · source
“In that connection, therefore, we welcome the adoption last November of the Ten-Year Capacity-Building Programme for the African Union, set out in the declaration entitled "Enhancing UN-AU Cooperation". We look forward to the full implementation of the Programme. Finally, it is also important for the Security Council to hold frequent meetings with the Peace and Security Council of the AU. Such meetings would provide an opportunity for the regular exchanges of views, lessons learned and other perspectives on issues before both bodies. It would also ensure co-ownership by the African Union of peacekeeping missions.”
2007-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5649Resumption1 (2007) · source
“We therefore welcome the preparations, including discussions and extensive consultations with the Sudanese Government, for the establishment of a hybrid mission in Darfur. This may well provide a model for future cooperation and joint peacekeeping operations between the United Nations and regional organizations. Such joint operations will benefit from the local knowledge and understanding possessed by regional organizations, as well as from international involvement and the participation of the United Nations. There is also tremendous scope for cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union in institutional, operational and human resource capacity- building in the area of peacekeeping.”
2007-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5649Resumption1 (2007) · source
“How can you deny peacekeepers the tools to be effective, then fault them for not meeting your expectations?" It is clear that there is tremendous scope for a closer relationship between the United Nations and the African Union. Specifically, we believe that when the AU undertakes a peacekeeping mission under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, the mission should be funded through United Nations-assessed contributions. In addition, adequate logistical support should be provided to AU peacekeeping operations. That would ensure proper burden-sharing with respect to peacekeeping responsibilities, rather than leaving small countries like Rwanda to do the heavy lifting.”
2007-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5649Resumption1 (2007) · source
“The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS), to which my country is a major troop contributor, has done a commendable job despite very difficult financial and logistical constraints. Although there has been significant support from various international partners, the Mission has suffered recurring financial crises as well as crippling logistical problems such as a lack of vehicles. The Mission has often been unable to fly its few helicopters because of a lack of fuel. We should not allow this situation to continue. Some representatives of Member States have said that AMIS is ineffective. We ask them "How can you give AMIS such a difficult task, causing it to work in such difficult physical conditions, deny it adequate resources, and then expect it to be 100 per cent effective?”
2007-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5649Resumption1 (2007) · source
“However, despite that fact, African States commit troops and resources to peacekeeping out of a genuine political commitment to assist nations and societies in their emergence from conflict towards sustainable peace and security. The Charter clearly states, in Article 24, that the Security Council has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Therefore, as many other speakers have already said, when regional organizations undertake peacekeeping duties they do so on behalf of the Security Council and the broader United Nations membership. It is therefore imperative that we begin to see greater involvement by the broader United Nations membership in peacekeeping operations that are undertaken in its name by regional organizations.”
2007-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5649Resumption1 (2007) · source
“By this, we recognize that our collective, united strength, exerted in the maintenance of international peace and security, is greater than the sum of its parts. There is no doubt that regional organizations, particularly the African Union (AU), play a central role in the maintenance of international peace and security. Regional and subregional organizations have demonstrated the capacity to respond quickly to crises. They also possess Vital local knowledge and a good understanding of local sensitivities and cultures. We commend the African Union and AU troop- contributing countries for their contributions to AU peacekeeping missions in Burundi, Darfur and, more recently, Somalia. Peacekeeping in those places is both difficult and dangerous.”
2007-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5649Resumption1 (2007) · source
“Allow me first to pay tribute to you, Madam President, and your delegation for organizing this important thematic debate on the relationship between the Security Council and regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security. We commend South Africa for its leadership on this issue and for the importance it attaches to it. The Charter of the United Nations confers a role upon regional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security through the pacific settlement of disputes or, as stated in Article 53, enforcement action. Regional organizations also have a role in preventing conflict through early warning mechanisms, as well as in post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery. The Charter commits us all to "unite our strength to maintain international peace and security".”
2007-03-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5649Resumption1 (2007) · source
“From the Arusha peace process in 1993 for Rwanda, the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement and Sun City peace process for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Arusha peace process for Burundi, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for the Sudan, and the Intergovernmental Authority of Development (IGAD)-led process for Somalia, it is clear that we have the capacity and the will to resolve conflict. What we have always needed is support in post-conflict recovery and reconstruction. We therefore hope that our partners will not consider the end of the preparatory process as an end to their support. We would encourage them to support the implementation phase, especially the economic growth and poverty reduction agenda.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“Fourthly, we must work to make the special fund for reconstruction, hosted by the African Development Bank, operational as soon as possible. The agenda for peace and development in the Great Lakes region will continue to need strong international partnerships. I thank those members of the international community who have worked together with us in the search for peace. I wish to thank, in particular, the Group of Friends, who have been valued partners. I also thank the African Union and the United Nations for their support through the Secretariat. International partnership is crucial, particularly in the context of post-conflict recovery. Leaders in the region have considerable experience in leading the search for peace in our region.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“The core countries of the Great Lakes region decided to take regional ownership of the process through the establishment of the regional follow-up mechanism to help us implement this ambitious agenda. In order for us to succeed, however, we believe that there must be strong commitment to do the following things. First, we must commit ourselves to implement all the provisions of the Pact, especially those dealing with the key issues of armed groups still operating in our region. The implementation phase should be a time for serious action in this regard. Secondly, we must commit ourselves to ratify the Pact as expeditiously as possible. Thirdly, we must extend all the necessary political, diplomatic, and financial support to the follow-up mechanism, and especially to the new secretariat.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“We have agreed on the need for peaceful resolution of conflicts, respect for the territorial integrity of all our countries and promotion of the principles of good governance. We have also agreed to work together to promote development and to cooperate in reducing poverty in our region. This is a very important agenda. As we come to the end of the preparatory phase, therefore, we must also commit ourselves to implementation of this agenda. We believe that implementation of the peace Pact's programmes of action will be an important cornerstone in the architecture for peace in our region. As peace, stability, good governance and economic development are established and consolidated throughout the region, the humanitarian crises we periodically face will recede accordingly.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“They claimed that the process would not advance so long as these forces, the genocidaires, were not at the table, either as participants or as observers. I am glad that, by working together, the region said "no". Now, we have before us agreements on what we need to do collectively to deal with those who want to destabilize our countries. We have also agreed to cooperate in combating impunity by bringing these genocidaires to justice and to work together to combat their divisive and destructive ideology. The leaders of the Great Lakes region have already committed themselves to advance the agenda for peace. We have agreed that we shall not allow our territories to be used as bases for the destabilization of other countries.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“These have included, among others, Government officials, representatives of women, youth, civil society, media professionals, the private sector and religious leaders. Through constant interaction, a sense of partnership and friendship has developed across the region. A genuine understanding of the challenges that each individual country faces is developing. This can only be good for the future of our region. Of course, the process has also had challenging moments. Sometimes, we struggled to re-focus the Conference to deal with the key issues that the region faces, instead of promoting the ideas of some who prefer to see our region continuously divided and in conflict. In the past, some Powers saw the Conference process as a vehicle to bestow a new political acceptability to the forces that committed genocide in Rwanda.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“We remain fully confident that, with the Great Lakes region working together in a spirit of genuine partnership, we shall find solutions to the outstanding issues. The 11 core countries should congratulate themselves for successfully bringing the preparatory process of the International Conference to its logical conclusion. Since 2003, we have worked together to give shape and direction to this process. We have frankly discussed the peace, security, governance and economic challenges our region faces. We have reached agreements on the way forward, in order to turn our region from one characterized by conflict to a region characterized by peace, stability and sustainable development. The Conference process has allowed for the broad participation of important sectors of our societies.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“The people of Burundi have moved from many years of conflict to a new democratic dispensation. They have now begun the difficult task of post-conflict recovery and development. We congratulate them and call upon the international community to support them. In that same period, the peoples of the Republic of Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania also exercised their democratic right to elect their leaders in free and fair elections. Most recently, the Democratic Republic of the Congo held democratic elections for the first time in four decades. We warmly congratulate the Government and people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the success of that historic election. We pledge our full support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as it begins to address the numerous difficult tasks that lie ahead.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“We wish to thank you, Sir, for this opportunity to address the Security Council on the important issue of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region that took place last week in Nairobi, Kenya. We wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ibrahima Fall, and Ms. Mulamula, the first Executive Secretary of the Great Lakes Conference Secretariat, for their presentations. We also wish to thank the Government of Kenya for graciously hosting the Conference and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania for having so ably chaired the summit of the International Conference for the past two years. The Great Lakes region has registered several positive developments since the signing of the Dar es Salaam Declaration in 2004.”
2006-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5603 (2006) · source
“However, we should be cognizant of the need to act quickly, given the limited time remaining before the Tribunal completes its work. Finally, we would like to conclude by expressing our profound appreciation to the Security Council and the entire international community for their continued support for the Tribunal, both politically and through assessed and voluntary financial contributions. The successful and timely completion of the Tribunal's work will have a positive impact on justice, the rule of law and reconciliation in Rwanda. We also wish once again to thank the President of the Tribunal and the Prosecutor and their respective teams for their work to ensure the timely implementation of the completion strategy.”
2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source
“Given the legacy of the Tribunal and its effect on Rwanda, we believe that the completion strategy should incorporate the transfer of all court documents and materials to Rwanda. As the ICTR completes its work, the Government of Rwanda would welcome working with the United Nations. The international community should establish a genocide prevention and educational centre. Such a centre would serve not only as a memorial to the more than 1 million victims of the genocide, but also as a centre of research and education about lessons learned from the Rwanda genocide; it would also promote justice, reconciliation and human rights. The Government of Rwanda is open to discussions with the United Nations and Member States on how best to take that proposal forward.”
2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source
“We would welcome appropriate measures that would ensure that all accused are brought to justice, even after the Tribunal's mandate has expired. My delegation has repeatedly expressed Rwanda's commitment, which I repeat here today, to work with Governments around the world to bring these suspects to justice. We must not allow notorious suspects such as Felicien Kabuga and Augustine Ngirabatware to evade justice. Those fugitives must not continue to be sheltered or to enjoy protection from some States Members of the United Nations. If they do, it would be an extremely sad indictment of the international community. We call upon all States to cooperate with the Tribunal to track down, apprehend and transfer all indictees still at large. Thirdly, I should like to discuss the transfer of documents and materials.”
2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source
“Subsequently, in November 2004, an agreement for service of sentences in Rwanda was jointly prepared between ICTR and the Government of Rwanda, and sent to United Nations Headquarters for endorsement. Despite this step forward, there continues to be delay in effecting these transfers. It is unclear to us why that is the case. We therefore appeal for this agreement to be urgently signed and for the transfers to be carried out expeditiously. Secondly, with regard to fugitives still at-large, the most serious perpetrators of the genocide, its planners and authors, should not be allowed to evade justice. The Tribunal's completion strategy should not be regarded as an exit strategy for the international community's obligation to bring all suspects of the crime of genocide to trial at the ICTR or in Rwanda after 2008.”
2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source
“With respect to administration of sentences, the Government of Rwanda has consistently stated that all ICTR convicts should serve sentences in Rwanda, where the crimes were committed. This principle is in line with the provisions of article 26 of the ICTR statute. Once again, we believe that this approach is essential for the justice and reconciliation processes in Rwanda, which were the main reasons why the ICTR was established in the first place. The initial concern about the administration of sentences in Rwanda was the lack of a detention facility that meets international standards. However, a detention facility was built more than two and-a-half years ago and was inspected by ICTR officials, who certified that it meets these international standards and who signed a memorandum of understanding to that effect.”
2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source
“In this connection, it is our view that all trials targeted for transfer should take place in Rwanda. The Government of Rwanda has been working with the Tribunal, particularly the Office of the Prosecutor, to prepare for these transfers, including by addressing several legal and procedural issues. We are also in the process of repealing the death penalty from our statutes through our national parliament. On the issue of the capacity of the Rwandan judiciary, the Government of Rwanda continues to make significant progress, despite its modest means, in developing the human and infrastructural capacity of the judiciary. This effort has been intensified in anticipation of the transfer of cases to Rwanda.”
2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source
“It will be time for Rwanda to assume full responsibility and national ownership for the trials, with support from the international community. There are three particular areas where Rwanda believes significant progress is most urgent in 2007 and 2008. The first such area relates to the transfer of cases and convicts. Trials should take place as close as possible to where the crimes were committed. Not only does this contribute to the justice process, it also contributes to reconciliation. Transferring trials to Rwanda would also contribute to our own efforts to eradicate the culture of impunity and promote reconciliation, as our people would be first-hand witnesses to justice being done. We have therefore welcomed assurances by the Tribunal that Rwanda continues to be the major focus for referrals.”
2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source
“Rwanda renews its commitment to continuing to cooperate with the Tribunal, and to working together to ensure that the completion strategy is implemented in accordance with the specified timelines. We wish to reiterate that Rwanda stands ready to take on the trials of the most serious perpetrators of the genocide once the Tribunal has completed its work in 2008. We acknowledge that there is still work to be done as far as capacity-building is concerned. But we also recognize that it is time for Rwanda to regain full national ownership of the process of administration of justice for crimes committed during the genocide. The international community has been generous in its support for the international Tribunal, and we are very grateful for this support. But in 2008, 14 years will have elapsed since the genocide.”
2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source
“Mr. President, as this is the first time we take the floor at the Security Council in the month of December, we wish to begin by congratulating you and your distinguished delegation on your assumption of the Presidency of the Security Council, and also to thank you for convening this important meeting to discuss the reports of the Presidents and Prosecutors of the two Tribunals. We wish to focus our remarks on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). We thank ICTR President Judge Erik Mose and Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar J allow for their presentations. We wish to commend the members of the Tribunal Chambers, the Office of the Prosecutor and the Registry for their continued work and commitment to the successful implementation of the completion strategy in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions.”
2006-12-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5594 (2006) · source