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Nteturuye

lines on the record: 134
first: 1999-11-12
most recent: 2004-12-08
sittings or episodes: 12
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“Such a solution can be found in the disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation or resettlement programme, which is the most important part of the ceasefire agreement, and for which, thankfully, the international community has planned substantial funding, within the framework of a possible United Nations peacekeeping mission in Burundi. As concerns the Government, we recognize the existence of child soldiers recruited on a voluntary basis due to a lack of other options following unsuccessful primary schooling. In 1989 we signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and then, in 2001, the Optional Protocol to that Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict. Ratification proceedings are under way.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source
“With respect to child soldiers, the Peace Agreement, as well as the ceasefire agreement signed on 2 December 2002 at Arusha with the FDD armed group, both define the ceasefire as, inter alia, the cessation of all acts of violence against the population as well as an end to the use of child soldiers and to sexual violence. The ceasefire agreement also specified in the annex - which is an integral part of the agreement - that the question of child soldiers is one of the technical issues still to be negotiated between the Government and the FDD, and that the Government and the rebel groups must agree on a common solution.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source
“In Burundi, there is, however, a glimmer of hope for the entire population, and in particular for children. That hope was kindled by the signing of the Arusha Peace Agreement in August 2000 and, more recently, by the signing of a ceasefire between the Transitional Government and the three armed factions. We hope that the armed group that has remained outside of this peace process - the PALIPEHUTU/FNL - will soon join it. The Arusha Peace Agreement makes explicit reference to the rehabilitation of the educational and health sectors for the benefit of children, and there are plans to introduce peace education and tolerance programmes into school curricula.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source
“I should like to recall here that the war that has been raging in Burundi since 1993 has particularly affected the vulnerable populations, including children. They are the ones who suffer most from diseases related to the poor hygiene and other negative conditions prevailing in camps for internally displaced persons and refugees. They also suffer most from poor nutrition and food shortages; the destruction or closing of schools, health clinics and hospitals; and from the many horrors of war. The phenomenon of street children in urban areas - in Burundi and elsewhere - is a shocking reality of civil war in our States. The task of rehabilitating children therefore is a multidimensional one, as indicated by international norms to protect children in situations of conflict.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Olara Otunnu, who has made such great efforts to raise the awareness of the international community and mobilize it to assist children, whose innocence is brutalized by the belligerents of the conflicts currently raging throughout the world. The report of the Secretary-General (S/2002/1299) before us is extremely clear on the suffering of children in conflicts and on the proposed approaches for a solution, especially through the implementation of international conventions that already exist or are in the process of being adopted. Burundi is mentioned in the report, in which the principal belligerents - the Government, the rebels of the Front pour la defense de la democratic (FDD) and of the Parti pour la liberation du peuple hutu/Forces nationales pour la liberation (PALIPEHUTU/FNL) - are accused of using child soldiers in their conflict.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Nteturuye (Burundi) (spoke in French): My delegation is sincerely pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over the work of the Security Council for the first time since you assumed your new duties. We wish you every success in your mission. How fortunate that the first public meeting of the Council over which you are presiding is dedicated to the situation of children in armed conflicts, a subject of utmost importance and one to which France has always given special attention. I also congratulate the new members of the Security Council and wish them every success in their noble task. I would like to welcome the presence among us of our brother Mr.”
2003-01-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4684Resumption1 (2003) · source
“All these ideas will be fleshed out once the guns have fallen silent, once there is implementation of the decisions of the conferences and summits within the framework of the Standing Advisory Committee and the Economic Community of Central African States, and once the domestic peace and reconciliation agreements, the bilateral agreements for the normalization of diplomatic relations and the subregional agreements for economic cooperation and reintegration are revitalized, reworked, implemented and truly respected by all the signatories, for the benefit of our peoples and our States. To better understand the prevailing climate in the regions, we encourage visits like those made by the Security Council to the Great Lakes region in May 2001 and May 2002.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“We ask the United Nations to help in the efforts to reinvigorate and stabilize the political, social and economic life of this part of Africa by implementing an effective system of preventive diplomacy and an early warning mechanism so that the tragedies that have marked our subregion will not be repeated. Perhaps we should finally think about establishing a regional observatory against genocide in Central Africa.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The process of normalization under way in the subregion should result in domestic reconciliation within each country, peace at the borders, the return of refugees and internally displaced persons to their homes, and the integrated development of our economies, including the sound and transparent use of the enormous natural resources of Central Africa, for the well-being of our peoples. That is why the Government of Burundi believes that perhaps it is time to begin the necessary consultations in preparation for an international conference on peace, stability and development in the Great Lakes region.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Thirdly, with respect to the restoration of confidence among countries of the subregion, if I can make a kind of public confession, I would say that the countries of Central Africa have marginalized themselves through their mutual distrust and through the slowness of certain political leaders to realize that the people deserve respect. As a result of the lack of respect for the citizens, the region has witnessed one of the worst genocides of the century and the cruellest dictators of the history of the African continent. Our States have to change with the times.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Fortunately, everything indicates that the withdrawal of foreign troops from the Democratic Republic of the Congo currently under way will lead to the neutralization of those armed groups in conformity with the provisions of the Lusaka Agreement. To that end, I welcome the existence of the Multi- Country Demobilization and Reintegration Programme, which the World Bank and the European Union plan to fund to the amount of $500 million between 2002 and 2006 for the benefit of Central Africa. I take this occasion to welcome the presence among us of Mr. Emmanuel Mbi, and to welcome through him the very positive role played by the World Bank in our subregion, and in Burundi in particular, where Mr. Mbi is considered a messenger of peace, alongside the mediators working for peace in Burundi.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Whether it be in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Rwanda or Chad, the transition from armed confrontation to peace- building requires great clear-mindedness and a leadership that is truly committed to peace and which possesses a vision for the future of our States and our peoples. Political and technical support from the Security Council and from the entire international community is crucial at this stage. The case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where tens of thousands of members of armed groups and militias are contending with tens of thousands of State troops, will put this to the test.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Likewise, the destruction caused by anti-personnel mines in Central Africa is a constant source of concern. Our countries must accede to the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction. Secondly, with respect to the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants, all peace processes under way in the countries of Central Africa include a DDR programme, which is one of the most sensitive components of such processes.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In its programme of work for the period 2002 to 2006, the Standing Advisory Committee is planning a seminar on the implementation of the Programme of Action of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, held in New York in July 2001, and a workshop on the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and the instrument for reporting military expenditures. Burundi is ready to make its contribution during that seminar. The arms circulating in our region - due to entire roving armies, rebellions and the presence of uncontrolled armed groups, including sometimes in the refugee camps - contribute to fuelling conflicts and to subjecting the civilian population to indiscriminate acts of terrorism and economic and social destabilization in the countryside.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The question of the fight against the trade in small arms in Central Africa has been treated in two subregional seminars: the high-level subregional seminar on the examination and implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General (A/52/87l) on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, held in Yaounde from 19 to 21 July 1999, and the Subregional Conference on the Proliferation and Illicit Traffic in Small Arms in Central Africa, held in N'Djamena from 25 to 27 October 1999.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“For my delegation, the areas of concern that require special attention from our States and support from the United Nations at a time when encouraging peace processes are under way in various countries confronted by conflict in Central Africa can be summarized under three headings: combating the traffic in small arms and light weapons in Central Africa; the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants; and the restoration of confidence among the countries of the subregion.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“These include the adoption and signing in 1996 of the Non-Aggression Pact between the nine countries of ECCAS; the creation of the Central African early- warning system; the establishment, on 25 February 1999 in Yaounde, of the Council for Peace and Security in Central Africa, for which an agreement was signed at Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on 25 June 2000, by the heads of State or Government of ECCAS; the creation of a subregional human rights and democracy centre in Central Africa; and the establishment of a subregional parliament in Central Africa. The legal instruments of the United Nations system, as well as the relevant bodies of ECCAS and the outcomes of various conferences and seminars, should now enable us to obtain tangible results on the ground.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Without the services of the Secretariat and the variety of support that the Advisory Committee has made available to Member States, it would not have been possible to participate in the seminars and conferences in pursuit of the goals of ECCAS as outlined by the Government of the Republic of Cameroon on behalf of ECCAS at the forty-first session of the General Assembly. I do not want to review the conclusions of the various conferences and seminars organized since the establishment of the Advisory Committee, but I would like to refer to the major decisions adopted under its auspices, the effective implementation of which presents a challenge to our subregion, if we truly want to build and restore peace in Central Africa.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The main goal of the Advisory Committee is to promote peace, security and development in Central Africa through confidence- building measures and restrictions on weapons. That Committee has proved invaluable for our countries, particularly because it provides a focal point for meetings and discussions among authorities and experts from the subregion aimed at finding ways and means to stabilize our States through cooperation, not just in the area of peace and security, but also with regard to human rights, democratization and good governance.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“The Security Council, more than any other body in the United Nations system, is witness to that fact, since it regularly takes up the issue of the conflicts confronting almost all the countries of the subregion. The Secretary-General, responding to the wishes of the States members of ECCAS and pursuant to General Assembly resolution 46/37 B, established, on 28 May 1992, the United Nations Advisory Committee on Central Africa Security Questions. This is additional to the Offices of the representatives of the Secretary- General in our countries, to the United Nations Development Programme and other programmes and agencies of the United Nations system and to the special envoys and special representatives of the Secretary-General.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“Mr. Nteturuye (Burundi) (spoke in French): The delegation of Burundi is gratified and proud to see you, Sir, presiding over the Council today. Cameroon is a fraternal country committed to the achievement of the goals of the United Nations and dedicated to the ideals of peace and security in Central Africa. I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate Bulgaria on the leadership demonstrated during its presidency of the Council last month. My delegation associates itself with the statement made this morning by Minister Rodolphe Adada, of the Republic of the Congo, on behalf of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Central Africa needs peace and security.”
2002-10-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4630Resumption1 (2002) · source
“In conclusion, allow me to say how greatly the Burundian authorities appreciated the exchanges and the words of encouragement provided by the mission of the Security Council and how deeply the long-suffering Burundian population is touched by the expression of care and solidarity reflected in the Security Council's two visits in a twelve-month period.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“Burundi is particularly interested in the demobilization and disarmament of armed groups, including the Burundian rebels. For that purpose, the proposal to establish a buffer zone is an interesting solution, and Burundi is prepared to support it. However, the Government of Burundi also wants all parties to work in a positive spirit to restore real peace and security to the two Kivus, which border countries with serious security concerns along their border with the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“Article 2 of the Agreement provides what the international community and Burundi must do to thwart the enemies of the peace Agreement. In the meantime, the Burundian population and its leaders are placing their hopes in the initiatives promised by the Security Council with the International Monetary Fund and other donors, so that the country can be saved before it is too late. This will be possible only if all partners, within and without, fulfil their commitments now, not tomorrow. Peace in Burundi also depends on the situation in the Great Lakes region, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is Burundi's hope that the inter-Congolese dialogue will continue and will open the doors to being as inclusive as possible.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“The Government will intensify its contacts with the countries of the subregion and the facilitation so that further talks with the armed groups can be organized with the objective of arriving, if not at the signing of a ceasefire, at the very least at the cessation of hostilities before 1 July 2002, the fortieth anniversary of Burundi's independence. As of that date, those who have not rejoined the peace process should be disqualified politically and be rendered unable to do harm by all peace-loving Burundians and by the countries of the subregion, which plan to hold a summit on Burundi in the second half of June. After all, applying the Peace Agreement also means taking severe measures against the armed groups that refuse to join the Agreement and want the Arusha process to fail.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“Even if some international financial institutions set new conditions that are unacceptable to a country that actually needs assistance to meet these conditions and that has to struggle against a formidable rebellion that kills innocent people, the Government of Burundi is determined to move forward to implement wherever possible the provisions of the Peace Agreement. It is determined to initiate the administrative, political, social and economic reforms that financial means and security constraints may allow.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“Yet the subregion has the means to prevent armed groups from taking the peace process hostage; it is a region which for two and one- half years imposed an economic embargo on Burundi to force the authorities to enter into negotiations with the armed groups. We wonder why today it is displaying such patience in the face of the intransigent attitude of armed groups, while the risk of seeing the peace process crumble is becoming increasingly real. The Burundian Government is going to continue, and to even intensify, its bilateral contacts that have positively developed recently with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania so that the necessary pressure may be placed on the armed groups, with a View to negotiating and signing the ceasefire as soon as possible.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“The Peace Agreement was signed with the support and pressure of the international community. We were told at the time that assistance would promptly unblocked. Then, in the face of the refusal of armed groups to join the Arusha process, further pressure was exerted on the Government so that the transitional institutions might be established without awaiting the ceasefire. Today the institutions are there. But they are increasingly being discredited, as is the Peace Agreement itself, which brings neither the peace nor the resources promised. The Security Council may not have had the time to gage the depth of frustration and disappointment of the population and its leaders, or the extreme poverty of 6 million Burundians, which is increasingly swamping them in despair.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“The record of these institutions may be slim in terms of accomplishments, but it is generally positive in terms of the will to work together and the determination to move forward despite the absence of a ceasefire and international economic assistance. The Security Council mission, which spent 24 hours in Bujumbura, on 5 and 6 May 2002, undoubtedly understood - and we see this in the report - that the peace process remains fragile because of the continuing violence and the implacable poverty afflicting the population. The most regrettable danger to the peace process may indeed be the country's disastrous economic situation. I wish to recall the following. While the Burundians are primarily responsible for the situation in their own country, the role of the international community is not negligible.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“Mr. Nteturuye (Burundi) (spoke in French): My delegation is delighted to see you, Sir, presiding over the work ofthe Security Council. We congratulate you. My delegation listened with genuine satisfaction to the presentation of the report of the Security Council mission by Ambassador Jean-David Levitte. His presentation was clear and complete. The report itself really goes to the heart of the problems of the Great Lakes region. It is an honest summary of the talks between the members of the Security Council and the various Burundian authorities. It makes recommendations that are encouraging to the population of Burundi, which has suffered for so long from destructive warfare. Six months have elapsed since the establishment ofthe transitional institutions in Burundi.”
2002-05-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4532 (2002) · source
“Finally, the Government of Burundi reiterates its willingness to negotiate a ceasefire with the FDD and FNL forces and to pursue dialogue with all neighbouring countries, especially the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania, with a view to seeking together the fastest way to bring peace back to Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the whole of the Great Lakes region.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“That can become a reality only if coercive and firm measures are taken against the FDD and FNL armed groups, which have stepped up their violent actions against the innocent population since the establishment of the transitional Government, and which no longer have any political justification for turning a deaf ear to appeals for negotiation and ceasefire. Similar pressures should also be exerted on countries that provide recruitment and training, or serve as transit or assembly areas, for the FDD or FNL. The Government has made specific proposals for cooperation and consultation to those countries, and will continue to do so.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The terrorist groups of Burundi are also acting as part of a coalition of negative regional forces that use the same methods of killing, are fuelled by the same ideology and pursue the same goals. It would therefore be logical for the FDD and FNL to be placed on the same list of terrorist organizations that includes the ALIR of Rwanda and the ADF and the Lord's Resistance Army of Uganda - a list that has already been made public by the Governments of two permanent members of the Security Council - the United States of America and the United Kingdom. The Government of Burundi requests the Security Council, the region, the facilitators and the entire international community to focus all their efforts on what is now the highest priority in Burundi: bringing about a complete and permanent ceasefire.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“It is becoming increasingly clear that the intransigence of the FDD and FNL armed terrorist groups is linked to the support that it has now been confirmed they are receiving from neighbouring countries. The time has therefore come for the Security Council and the international community to condemn these armed groups directly and hold them responsible for the terrorist acts they are committing against children, schoolchildren, students, women, the elderly, travellers, foreigners - and their property - and humanitarian personnel. The people of Burundi believe that the savagery of these killers is no different from that of, say, the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone or UNITA in Angola - groups against which the Security Council has imposed sanctions that even extend to the countries and organizations that support them.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“These inquiries were supported by important documents, contained in the report, indicating cooperation agreements signed between Rwandan and Burundian genocidal terrorists. The police of Burundi are also in possession of information concerning cooperation between the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels of Uganda of Jamilu Mukulu and the FDD-FNL Burundian terrorist movements. The Government of Burundi calls on the Security Council to follow up on the conclusions of its own fact-finding missions, especially at this time, when the United Nations is being called upon to play an increasingly important role in the peace process in Burundi. The reports of these fact-finding missions should lead to consistent action.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“He is rumoured to control or own mining interests in the Katanga region, the profits from which he uses to cover some of his senior officers" expenses." The Government of Burundi notes that this is not the first time that a report requested by the Security Council has reported destabilization of the security of Burundi, from the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, by a regional coalition of negative forces. In the August 1998 report of the International Commission of Inquiry (Rwanda) established by resolution 1013 (1995), contained in document S/1998/777, the members of that Commission devoted an entire chapter to describing the links that exist between the former Rwandese forces and the Rwanda Interahamwe with the FDD and FNL of Burundi.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Another sign of their loosely structured coordination with the Burundian rebels is that the ALIR II forces are based near FDD in South Kivu and also have a command and liaison presence in Lubumbashi." Paragraph 136 of the addendum states that "Zimbabwe and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo supply arms to the FDD rebels The officers and non- commissioned officers are also trained by the Zimbabwean army in Lubumbashi. In exchange, FDD forces, acting essentially as mercenaries, fight alongside the Mayi-Mayi and ALIR forces". Further, in paragraph 138, the report states that "The head of FDD, Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye, is based in Lubumbashi.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In paragraph 58 of the report, the Panel of Experts stated that it "received credible information, corroborating reports from independent sources, that Zimbabwe is supporting the Burundian FDD rebel forces by supplying them with weapons and expertise. Many reliable sources have informed the Panel this regard that the Zimbabwe Defence Forces are training FDD in Lubumbashi, where the FDD leadership is based and where Zimbabwean copper and cobalt investments are located.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In paragraph 102, the Panel of Experts states that it had "contacted the Africa Department of IMF, requesting a copy" of its memorandum, but that "the Panel has not been able to obtain a copy of it." While the Government of Burundi is satisfied by the conclusions of the Panel of Experts concerning charges pertaining to the alleged involvement of Burundi in the illegal exploitation of the natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the delegation of Burundi is, however, concerned by information contained in certain paragraphs of the addendum regarding assistance granted to the armed groups Forces pour la defense de la democratic (FDD) and Forces nationales pour la liberation (FNL) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“During the meeting of the Security Council on the first report of the Group of Experts, the delegation of Burundi had questioned the existence of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) memorandum reporting that Burundi had been exporting minerals that it did not produce. The addendum, fortunately, has just confirmed our misgivings about this matter.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Indeed, in paragraph 101 of the addendum, it is clearly stated that: "The Panel found no evidence directly linking the presence of Burundi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the exploitation of resources." That same paragraph states that the presence of Burundi's army on the lake frontier with the Democratic Republic of the Congo "has been and continues to be directed at blocking attacks from the Burundi rebel groups, particularly FDD, which are based in South Kivu and Katanga." The addendum thus confirms what the Government of Burundi has consistently asserted and what good-faith observers already knew.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The Government of Burundi will continue to give them the support and cooperation necessary to their mission. Burundi wishes to make the following comments on the report under consideration. First, the Government of Burundi welcomes the conclusions of the addendum to the report, which completely clears Burundi of any suspicion of involvement in the illegal exploitation of the resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Mr. Nteturuye (Burundi) (spoke in French): I should like first of all to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to say how proud Burundi is of the dynamic spirit and the contribution of Mali to this prestigious body, which is entrusted with international peace and security. Our admiration likewise goes to your predecessor, Miss Mignonette Patricia Durrant of Jamaica, for the outstanding manner in which she guided the work of the Council last month. The Government of Burundi has read the additional report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which supplements the first report of that same Panel. We wish to pay tribute to Ambassador Kassem and his team for their excellent work.”
2001-12-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4437Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The Government of Burundi would like to draw the attention of the Security Council to the fact that delays are dangerous and action is therefore urgent.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source
“In conclusion, I should like to reiterate the will of the Government of Burundi to continue bilateral consultations, in particular with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania, in the hope that this will yield positive results before it is too late. I should also like once again to commend the Security Council's commitment to peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Burundi and to express the hope that the United Nations will join the efforts of Nelson Mandela, Ketumile Masire and the heads of State of the region to give renewed hope to those peoples of the Great Lakes region of Africa, in particular women, children, the elderly and even humanitarian workers, who are dying day by day or are wandering within and outside the borders.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source
“The international community must also exert some pressure. We are pleased to note that the Security Council is doing so, in particular since its meeting with the two armed groups, in Kinshasa and in Dar es- Salaam. We urge the Council to provide for enforcement measures, as have been used elsewhere in similar cases, if the rebellion definitively turns its back on a negotiated solution. The violence in Burundi is standing in the way of the implementation of the Peace Agreement. The various supporters of the armed groups do not give the impression of being interested in the implementation of the peace agreement; they too seem to follow the logic of military victory. Peace in Burundi must be saved, and the Arusha Agreement must be saved, before it is too late.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source
“We read in the report of the Security Council mission, we read that the leader of the FDD had put forward a series of conditions before agreeing to sign or to negotiate a ceasefire agreement. In fact, it was political questions that were at issue, questions that are already answered in the Arusha Agreement. Today I can inform the Security Council that I have seen a statement by the FDD in which it says that it will never sign a ceasefire agreement until political negotiations with it come to an end. It also states that it is shocked by the double language of the Security Council, because, according to the groups, when the Council met with Mr. Jean Bosco there was some degree of mutual understanding, and now they do not understand why the Council is still asking them to put an end to the hostilities.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Secondly, strong pressure must be brought to bear by those countries that have a real influence on the Burundian armed groups - in this case Tanzania more than any other country - to induce those groups to put an end to the violence and rejoin the peace process. We are convinced that if the FDD and the FNL had no rear bases or multifaceted external support, they would long ago have agreed to the conclusions of the Arusha Peace Agreement, as they had pledged to do. We are gratified that today many members of the Security Council appealed to all those who have influence on those groups to induce them to take a more positive stance. But those groups want to continue the war, even though a political agreement was signed nine months ago. Unfortunately, the signals that they are sending out are not encouraging.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source
“Indeed, they constitute a regional danger, just like their allies, the Interahamwe and the former Rwandan armed forces (ex-FAR), who became mercenaries of genocide in Africa. What must be done? First of all, the Government of Burundi asks the Security Council not to allow the Lusaka and Arusha processes to destroy each other. The Council must find a formula that can ensure a deterrent presence at the borders of Burundi with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania, and avert the failure of current efforts to restore peace to the region. It is a fact that the transfer of war from the Democratic Republic of the Congo towards Burundi or Rwanda will perpetuate the regional conflict and make it even crueler.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source
“This is troubling, given the fact that the Lusaka and Arusha agreements were signed under the moral umbrella of the representatives of all of the countries concerned from that same region. The delegation of Burundi wishes to recall here that as long as the Forces pour la defense de la de'mocratie (FDD) and the Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) ~ Burundi armed groups - do not put an end to the hostilities, as long as they are not disarmed in accordance with the Lusaka Agreement and repatriated to Burundi to be reintegrated socially- in the case of those who are not found guilty of crimes under the Arusha Agreement - those groups will be considered negative forces, to be combated and brought to justice in Burundi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in any other country.”
2001-06-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4327Resumption1 (2001) · source