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  1. “It is now more essential than ever to implement the promises made at that important meeting with respect to the second generation strategic framework for growth and poverty reduction, which guides the efforts of the Government. That is so because Burundi is at a crossroads. It is both urgent and essential that the many advances made to bring the country out of its monstrous cycle of violence be converted from the basic management of violent upheavals into a profound national ownership of principles that are capable of promoting institutional transformation based on the rule of law and democratic values. However, there are still enormous challenges on the path towards achieving the lofty goals that the people of Burundi and their authorities have set.”

    2013-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7006 (2013) · source

  2. “It is a great privilege for me to take the floor today on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to inform the Security Council of the implementation of the mid-term mandate of the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB), in accordance with the relevant provisions of resolution 2090 (2013), of 13 February 2013, in particular paragraph 13. Allow me to convey to the Council my warmest congratulations for its sustained interest and forthright support for the efforts of the Organization, alongside the Government and people of Burundi, aimed at peace, development and national reconciliation. I left Bujumbura following the holding, on 15 and 16 July, of the first sectoral conference organized by the Government in order to ensure effective follow- up to the Conference of Development Partners, held in Geneva on 29 and 30 October 2012.”

    2013-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7006 (2013) · source

  3. “Together and in support of the Burundi Government's efforts, that hope can serve as powerful leverage to achieve the strategic objectives that Burundi has set for itself. I have no doubt that the Council has heard Burundi's outcry and that it will once again be able to respond favourably with all the strength of its authority.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  4. “I would also be remiss not to thank the very dynamic diplomatic corps in Bujumbura for their invaluable support. Allow me in closing to make one last comment on a rather personal note. (spoke in French) From the green hills of Ngozi in the north-east of Burundi to the banks of the life-giving waters of the majestic Lake Tanganyika, a powerful and united outcry is heard. It is that of the men and women of Burundi, appealing for the emergence of a more harmonious, just and peaceful society as the basis of a more prosperous and promising nation for present and future generations. These men and women, young and old, from all ethnic backgrounds and of all religious convictions, will not understand why their legitimate expectations should be disappointed.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  5. “Against this backdrop, the Secretary-General intends to field a strategic assessment mission, which will provide a further assessment of the situation through the existing framework of benchmarks, and will inform his recommendations regarding the future presence of the United Nations in Burundi. He will present the recommendations in his next report to the Council, taking into account the views and consultations with the Government of Burundi. As I conclude my presentation, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all my colleagues, in particular Under-Secretary-General Feltman and his team in the Department of Political Affairs, and of course those in Burundi, both in BNUB and colleagues from the United Nations system, for their dedication and support in helping Burundi and its people.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  6. “It is our assessment that sustained United Nations and international political engagement, combined with adequate backing of the country's development strategy, are still required to help achieve that vision. The Secretary-General therefore recommends that the mandate of BNUB be extended for one year, consistent with the views of the Government as set out in a note verbale of 24 December 2012. In consultations with the highest authorities of Burundi, I have had the opportunity to review our collaboration and discuss the way forward, including with the Permanent Secretary, who is here with us today.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  7. “With the 2015 electoral campaign just two years away, it is now essential that both the Government and the opposition play their parts in ensuring a continuing consensual approach in dealing with the challenges ahead. That is why the Secretary-General has called on all to intensify their efforts to nurture dialogue and normalize relations and to ensure that the foundations for a peaceful and participatory campaign period are laid now. I am confident that, if the remaining challenges in Burundi's peace consolidation process are addressed in such an atmosphere of openness and mutual support, we will succeed, and that beautiful country will be able to ensure that those who are children now can exercise their right to a better future.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  8. “The United Nations has been Burundi's partner throughout the long and often arduous peacebuilding and peace consolidation processes. We remain at Burundi's side today. We believe that there is a true opportunity for Burundi to firmly establish an era of transformative politics through inclusion, dialogue and the search for the common good. To move forward, it is crucial, however, that we not lose sight of the objectives Burundi set for itself in Arusha and in its 2005 Constitution - building institutions that strive for good governance and equitable growth, while forming a society that respects diversity and human rights - in short, consolidating a vibrant democracy where all citizens can live in peace and freedom.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  9. “We are particularly grateful to the Peacebuilding Commission for its efforts to prepare and ensure the successful organization of the donors conference in Geneva and for its support to the peacebuilding process in Burundi, in particular through the Peacebuilding Fund, which has been so skilfully managed by my colleague, Under- Secretary-General Judy Cheng-Hopkins. (spoke in English) Lifting a country out of poverty and healing the wounds of long-term and cyclical violence are immense challenges. Overcoming them requires the contributions of all elements of society. I am confident that the Government of Burundi and its people know that an open, more democratic Burundi will be better prepared to respond to the major tasks it faces.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  10. “The further commitment of the private sector through investment is also essential in potentially productive sectors such as energy, the food industry, infrastructure or mining resources. I would like to express my sincere admiration and appreciation for Ambassador Paul Seger, as Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for the truly decisive role he has played and continues to play in enhancing the international community's awareness of the absolute need to support Burundi's efforts to fight poverty and pursue growth. Once again, I reiterate that I am fully prepared to work with him in carrying out his noble mission.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  11. “Despite the incredible progress that has been achieved, Burundi remains one of the poorest countries in the world. For too long, the peace dividends that could have served as a solid basis for development have not met expectations. Now more than ever, the country needs the support of all its partners in order to win the fight against the extreme poverty that still affects the overwhelming majority of its people, despite their courage and industriousness. Joint efforts of the international community are therefore absolutely essential to help the country improve its productivity and promote economic growth towards shared prosperity. In the short term, the country needs significant budgetary support to allow it to deal with the many challenges that are inherent to the functioning of a post-conflict society.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  12. “While it is clear that tensions continue to plague the work of such organizations, we must welcome the positive examples of cooperation between the Government and civil society. We must also stress that the existence of a dynamic civil society and independent media are valuable assets for Burundian society. We must do our utmost to ensure that those stakeholders continue to play their essential role of monitoring and outreach, ethically and in a responsible manner, in order to contribute to enhancing democracy gains and to achieving the national strategic development objectives. The eighth criterion, which deals with economic and social development, is without doubt that to which the Government of Burundi is giving the highest priority, and rightly so. Burundi continues to face major challenges.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  13. “BNUB and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have worked tirelessly to support the Government in ensuring national capacity-building in promoting and protecting human rights in Burundi. This has been accomplished, inter alia, through close cooperation with the Ministry of Human Rights and support to the Independent National Human Rights Commission that was set up in July 2011. The Commission has seen a significant increase in the number of cases recorded, studied and completed this year. It has also opened three regional offices, which has expanded its scope and enhanced its efficiency. Civil society organizations continued their outreach work on relevant issues, including human rights, corruption and social issues such as the increase in food prices.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  14. “It is therefore important to enhance it and to ensure that it is representative, while also shoring up the publics's trust in it. However, we must recognize that the judicial system also continues to encounter major challenges. I will now turn to human rights. The human rights situation showed some encouraging signs of improvement in 2012 compared with the two previous years. For example, the number of extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and/or deaths that could be considered as politically motivated, as well as cases of torture documented by BNUB, decreased significantly compared with the previous year, although the number of instances of abuse continues to increase overall.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  15. “Significant progress has been achieved with respect to governance and the strengthening of institutions, allowing ongoing improvement in anti-corruption mechanisms and enhanced accountability for institutions. As proof of this, Burundi has been ranked highly in several global and regional ratings systems. The National Strategy on Good Governance and the Fight against Corruption has begun to yeild concrete results, and the positive performance of the Burundi Revenue Authority is clear to all. The commitment of the President to pursuing his zero-tolerance policy against corruption lends significant political credibility to such efforts. There is no need to stress the essential role that the judicial system can play in helping to establish a Burundian society based on respect for the rule of law, peacebuilding and stability.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  16. “We are hopeful that, in its wisdom, that body will strike a constructive balance between the essential need to promote national reconciliation with the need to provide justice in order to put an end to impunity and overcome the deep divisions that have afflicted the people of Burundi for so long. For the same reasons, all stakeholders should ensure that the truth and reconciliation commission to be established be viewed as independent, legitimate and credible in the eyes of all Burundians, first and foremost, but also in the eyes of the country's international partners. The United Nations has supported Burundi since the beginning of the process and remains prepared to support a Truth and Reconciliation Commission that is fully in line with international principles and common aspirations.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  17. “The country's President has on many occasions underscored the willingness of the Government to set up a truth and reconciliation commission. A bill that has garnered the attention of the entire country is currently before the National Assembly for consideration. Throughout 2012, the United Nations Office in Burundi (BNUB) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stressed the need to address this issue in a manner consistent with international norms and best practices, as well as in line with national expectations. Accordingly, BNUB submitted its comments on the draft law to the President of the National Assembly.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  18. “Burundi, which has suffered too much from exclusion and clan mentality, continues to show the world that it has the necessary maturity to overcome its differences through dialogue. That was the right choice in Arusha in 2000, and it continues to be the right choice today. Achieving a process of transitional justice that meets the dual objectives of reconciliation and providing justice is indeed crucial, but as yet incomplete under the Arusha Accords. The Mechanisms of Transitional Justice is at the very heart of the absolute need to take responsibility for the past by each Burundian and by the country as a whole. In that regard, transitional justice is an essential element of national restoration and reconstruction. There is national consensus on putting in place the basics.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  19. “Although most were low-level clashes, those incidents nevertheless reveal that there are still Burundians who will turn to armed violence to achieve political goals. The Secretary- General unreservedly condemns all recourse to armed violence as a means or tool of political expression, and calls on all Burundian political forces to choose dialogue and turn to democratic institutions over violence. When it comes to cross-border movements of armed groups, it is crucial to foment greater stability in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That is an essential element of a comprehensive strategy to build lasting peace in Burundi. It is also essential to put an end once and for all to acts of intimidation and factional violence in the context of Burundi's political landscape.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  20. “In spite of those political challenges, Burundi continues to enjoy an outstanding level of security and stability. That is undoubtedly due, in large part, to the successful reform of Burundi's army and its growing professionalization. Now that things are calmer within its borders, Burundi has become an important actor in international efforts at peace, including efforts led or supported by the United Nations. Working with international partners, the United Nations has continued to provide the necessary support to strengthen the professionalism and accountability of the security sector, including people's confidence in Burundi's security forces. While the overall security situation has remained stable, cross-border incursions by armed group continued throughout 2012, leading to armed clashes with Burundi's security forces.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  21. “In spite of that tension and the divergence of views on a great number of issues that are severely testing Burundi's experience of democracy, the discussion between the Government and the extra-parliamentary opposition is continuing. For example, we should welcome the fact that the controversy surrounding the appointment of the members of the new independent National Electoral Commission has been overcome. Everything must now be done to support the work of that important institution, so as to allow it to organize the 2015 elections in an atmosphere of calm. Generally speaking, I would like to commend the receptiveness of Burundi's authorities and opposition leaders to our humble advice and suggestions to be more accommodating.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  22. “The majority of the most important institutions continue to improve and to carry out their responsibilities with greater confidence and efficiency. We can be pleased that today that the opposition's rejection of the legitimacy of the institutions that emerged from the elections appears to be waning. One of the negative aspects of the boycott was a decrease in the diversity and representative character of legislative bodies, thereby circumscribing the chances for genuine debate and the search for consensus in addressing major issues of national concern. As nature abhors a vacuum, we have also witnessed a shift from the opposition to civil society when it comes to the Government's actions, with civil society increasingly being on the frontlines in opposition.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  23. “And the efforts that the Government has been making to strengthen good governance and the accountability of institutions are beginning to pay off. Burundi, on the other hand, restated in Geneva, and in subsequent statements by its highest authorities, its commitment to the principles of democracy, inclusion, human rights and reconciliation. As I mentioned earlier, the report of the Secretary- General before the Council contains an evaluation of the progress made against each of the eight benchmarks. Allow me to briefly highlight key points from the assessment. (spoke in French) The democratic process in Burundi continues to take on strength, despite the fact that, as I said a few moments ago, the impact of the boycott of the 2010 elections is still being felt.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  24. “Burundi's new Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) was finalized and adopted in January 2012, and the new United Nations Development Assistance Framework in January 2013. We congratulate Burundi for the clearly articulated vision and excellent road map that those documents provides us with. The conference of Burundi's development partners that took place at the end of October in Geneva helped to mobilize major support for the implementation of the new PRSP, in an impressive show of confidence by Burundi's international partners. The many partners and friends of Burundi who attended the conference could see for themselves that Burundi had travelled a long path. Democratic elections were held twice since the end ofthe conflict.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  25. “The political standoff between the Government and the extra-parliamentary opposition has led to tense relationships - sometimes with a violent edge to them - thereby putting an unnecessary and regrettable strain on political space. Needless to say, that is contrary to the letter and spirit of the consensus that has animated the peace-consolidation process since the Arusha Accords. Burundi's long-term stability - and, more immediately, the successful preparations and conduct of the 2015 elections - hinge, critically, on maintaining both. Burundi is to be commended for its efforts in strengthening governance and institution-building, leading to continued improvements in mechanisms to fight corruption and build accountability.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  26. “I will discuss both achievements and challenges with the Council today, through the lens of the benchmarks that the Council asked the Secretary-General to submit to it, and measure Burundi's progress against. A number of the positive trends reported by my predecessor, Special Representative of the Secretary- General Karin Landgren, to whom I am ever grateful, during the previous briefing on Burundi to the Council in July 2012 (see S/PV.6799) have been further consolidated. Determined to overcome the effects ofthe long-standing conflict, Burundi has continued to make progress on its path towards a more peaceful, more just and more cohesive society. However, the impact of the boycott of the 2010 elections continues, unquestionably, to affect negatively Burundi's political landscape.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  27. “President, and all the members of the Security Council for your dedication in the search for lasting peace in our ever more global and complex world, most specifically in Burundi. Throughout 2012, Burundi continued to make further progress in consolidating peace and stability. By comparison with the situation that prevailed during the years of war, today's Burundi is a far better place to be in and to live in. Historians and observers may tell members that never before has the country witnessed such a long and uninterrupted period of democratic experience and stability. The Government and people of Burundi need to be commended for that major achievement in a post-conflict context. They deserve our continued support. That is not to say that the country has overcome all of its challenges.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  28. “As I begin my presentation, allow me, Mr. President, to thank the Government and people of Burundi for the very high esteem in which they hold the United Nations. I have been humbled by the warm welcome I have received and the cordial relationships we have established since my arrival in their beautiful country. The work of the United Nations in Burundi is both respected and valued. It is in appreciation of the priceless support of the United Nations to their country that the Government of Burundi has made it a duty to reciprocate and give back to the community of nations, in particular by providing critical forces to peacekeeping operations, most notably in Somalia, and often at a high human cost. We will never be able to thank them enough for their sacrifice. On behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, I would like to thank you, Mr.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source

  29. “Mr. Onanga-Anyanga: I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for this opportunity to briefthe Security Council on Burundi as it considers the Secretary- General's latest report (S/2013/36). It gives me great pleasure and privilege to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of Janueary. Under your skilled leadership, the Council is in very good hands. As this is the first time that I am briefing the Council on Burundi, I would beg your indulgence in using the full time alloted to me. As the Council knows, the Burundi has traveled a long path out of the cycle of violence that plagued it for more than four decades. The United Nations has been at Burundi's side every step of the way. The people and Government of Burundi have the greatest appreciation for that support.”

    2013-01-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6909 (2013) · source