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1. “In September, we cancelled the measures to suspend our operations that were put in place in March. For that reason, some projects have already been resumed. We are wrapping up our discussions with the transitional Government on implementing other programmes as soon as conditions allow, which we hope will be very soon. I am thinking in particular here of budgetary support and the case of a programme supported by the International Monetary Fund that would enhance public services. I would also mention projects that have a direct impact on populations, such as the provision of drinking water to Bamako, which is in an advanced stage, and other largely agricultural projects, which will contribute to the resilience of the country.”

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2. “So the Bank decided to continue to fund the road transportation sector, with a particular emphasis on inter-State corridors. In 2013, we will be undertaking a substantive project on the missing links in two corridors, N'Djamena/Niamey and the trans-Saharan route between Lagos and Algiers. Regarding the burning issue of Mali, which is of great concern to us, we recall that less than a year ago that country was seen as an example to be followed in every way. Following the sudden deterioration of affairs, the Bank would like to place on the record its full willingness to join the transitional national authorities, the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and the United Nations in seeking ways and means to achieve a final resolution to the multidimensional crisis there, which has lasted for too long.”

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3. “The Bank believes that the idea of agricultural infrastructure can also be applied to efforts to open up the region and to support governance and regional integration. Our activities seek to ensure that the overall resilience of the Sahel economies enables them to tackle any situation, thereby buttessing them and preventing them from becoming even more vulnerable. Regional expansion is a good example of this. The efforts undertaken in recent years have demonstrated that regional and national markets have become more fluid. Agricultural surplus can be sold to other regions because of this expansion, but we realize that the existing network is not enough. We noted with regret that, in 2011, it was cheaper for Senegal to import onions from the Netherlands than from the Niger, next door, which had a surplus that it was not able to sell.”

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4. “The Bank's work is focused on medium- and long-term development and on creating conditions to entrench and intensify development. The United Nations has a mandate geared more towards providing emergency aid, in particular humanitarian assistance. In the context of our agricultural infrastructure policy, we have launched programmes to improve water management. Twenty projects are currently being implemented, at a cost of more than $500 million. They include 13 projects that are dedicated specifically to managing water for agriculture and livestock breeding, covering over 30,000 hectares at a cost of $225 million. In order to address the critical drought situation that has recently affected Chad, Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania and Mali, the Bank has mobilized emergency aid of over $4.7 million.”

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5. “This initiative will extend over a period of 10 years, and we hope that its initial phase will start in 2014. Other efforts have been undertaken pursuant to our vision for general resilience in the Sahel, together with the Lake Chad Basin Commission, the Niger Basin Authority and the Mano River Union. To that end, we are focusing our efforts on strengthening agricultural and regional infrastructure to allow us to open up the region. Two weeks ago, we welcomed Mr. Gressly, United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel. We discussed enhancing the complementarities between the activities of the African Development Bank and the United Nations system, and we found that there are areas where we can enhance such complementarities.”

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6. “We are implementing a major $500-million programme together in order to promote such resilience. Consultations are under way with the States members of the CILSS and their partners involved in agriculture, social protection and humanitarian aid. When I speak of partners, I am referring in particular to the European Union, the Islamic Development Bank, the World Bank and the United Nations. The main pillars of our initiative are promoting production, processing and marketing infrastructure; enhancing capacity-building to enable interventions by public, private and community institutions in the agricultural sector; improving production and the productivity of the agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing sectors; and promoting regional trade and integration.”

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7. “Those programmes have allowed us to mobilize larger sums than the Bank could raise alone in order to achieve the anticipated results, which are significant. Other projects are planned for Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Benin and Cote d'Ivoire. We also hope to ensure that the Sahel becomes an area for development, because if development efforts do not receive support, the region will be exposed to certain threats with which we are familiar, including the recurrent droughts that are becoming increasingly frequent as a result of climate change. Some of the Bank's efforts have been undertaken under the auspices of the Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) with a view to boosting the overall resilience of all the economies of the Sahel.”

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8. “Other consequences include the weakening of States and vast population displacements towards neighbouring States or territories, as we are presently seeing in Mali. It is therefore extremely urgent to act - and to act together - in order to mitigate the situation, which risks becoming a dangerous spiral capable of irreparably weakening the entire region and neighbouring areas and leading to an unacceptable debacle. That is why the Bank welcomes this ministerial debate and supports the vision of deploying a comprehensive integrated strategy for the Sahel. For over a year now, we have undertaken efforts, in the framework of our mandate, with the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program on a series of programmes involving several countries, including Senegal, the Gambia and the Niger, at a total cost of $115 million.”

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9. “Prodi that the African Development Bank will stand by him as he carries out his mission. In participating here today, the African Development Bank offers its support for the countries of the Sahel region, most of which are founding members of the Bank. However, we also express our support and availability for joint efforts to resolve the prevailing situation in the Sahel region. For all too long, that vast territory, stretching from Cape Verde to the Horn of Africa, has been beset by recurrent conflicts ofvariable natures and intensity. Too often, those tensions have generated religious fundamentalism, rampant banditry, trafficking of all sorts, especially in drugs, as well as the taking of hostages.”

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10. “It is my honour to speak on behalf of the President of the African Development Bank, Mr. Donald Kaberuka. Allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for your kind invitation to the African Development Bank to participate in this ministerial debate on the Sahel region. We take that invitation as an expression of the devotion of your country, the Kingdom of Morocco, to peace, security and development throughout the African continent. We commend and thank you. Allow me also to welcome the endeavours of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to resolve issues of peace, security and stability throughout the world, and particularly in Africa. In that context, we note our support for the appointment of Mr. Romano Prodi as Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel. We wish above all to assure Mr.”

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11. “It will rescue and strengthen the political dialogue launched with the assistance and mediation of ECOWAS, and pave the way to a rapid resolution to the crisis in Mali. In conclusion, please allow me to again thank all Council members and our bilateral and multilateral partners for their continuing support for Mali and for their assistance in the peacebuilding process and in restoring security in West Africa.”

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12. “We expect the Council's response to be fully focused on ensuring that the efforts which have enjoyed unanimous regional and international support since the outbreak ofthe crisis will not be watered down and stripped of all their impact on the ground. The deployment will of course be funded by the countries of ECOWAS and the African Union and their strategic partners, including the United Nations. For that reason, once the resolution is adopted, a round table on the financing of the operation will be convened to identify the pledges already made. A robust resolution of the Council is necessary. It is eagerly awaited by the people of Africa, especially those suffering in northern Mali.”

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13. “To that end, it is essential that the Council resolution authorizing deployment be adopted before the end of the year. Thirdly, in support of our initiatives, ECOWAS and the African Union call for greater coordination of political and security efforts to strengthen national cohesion; organize credible, transparent, open elections meeting international standards; and conceive and implement a reform of the Malian armed forces. Fourthly, we count on the involvement of the United Nations and its expert support for the international force expertise in matters of politics, human rights, peacekeeping and logistics. The request that we reiterate here today has the full support of the African Union and the Malian Government.”

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14. “At this point, I would like to share with the Council the vision shared by ECOWAS and the African Union of the approach to be taken and the measures to be adopted in the days and weeks to come, to deliver a coherent response to the settlement of the Malian crisis. First, the strategic concept for the international community's intervention in Mali follows the dual approach of engaging, on the one hand, in dialogue and negotiation with those armed groups that respect human rights and have already clearly cut their ties with terrorist groups, and on the other hand deploying military force against terrorist groups. Secondly, we believe that the deployment of the international force is crucial to restoring Mali's sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

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15. “That is why, on the recommendation of the sixty- ninth ordinary session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers in Abidjan from 30 November to 2 December, and in accordance with the previous decisions taken at the ECOWAS Conference of Heads of State and Government, I ask the Council, upon consideration of the Secretary-General's report, to recognize the urgent need for a resolution authorizing the deployment of the African-led international support mission in Mali, under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. I have also delivered to the Secretary-General, for the consideration of all members of the Council, the communique issued by the ECOWAS Council of Ministers on the Secretary-General's report, outlining our position, which enjoys the support of the African Union.”

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16. “In the view of ECOWAS, the political dialogue - which should always enjoy pride of place in crisis resolution i must in Mali's case be combined with the military option if we are to help the country to regain its territorial integrity, dismantle the terrorist networks and restore State authority throughout its national territory. Non-intervention in northern Mali or any backing down from the urgent need to send a force could further aggravate the security and humanitarian situations, which are already greatly troubling. Notably, it could encourage the further entrenchment of terrorist and criminal groups, with the threat of dire consequences for regional and international security.”

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17. “That testifies to the consensus enjoyed by those documents in the search for solutions to the Malian crisis. The extreme urgency of the situation in northern Mali requires more than ever that the firm stance taken by the Council in resolution 2071 (2012) be maintained. It requires us to advance to a further, more assertive stage in implementing the initiatives taken on all levels, in keeping with the agreed strategies to end the crisis. With every day that passes, any retreat from our resolve entails the clear risk that the situation will deteriorate and the suffering of the affected population - who are the victims, as the Council is aware, of grave human rights violations - will be exacerbated.”

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18. “Similarly, the coordinated operations concept for the deployment of the African- led international force was adopted by the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on 11 November and then ratified by the African Union after a series of broad consultations with regional and international military planners, including from the United Nations. I emphasize that those significant documents, which were called for by the Council in resolution 2071 (2012) and have been delivered to the Secretary-General, were arrived at through a collaborative, inclusive process with the full support of the Malian authorities and all parties concerned: the African Union, ECOWAS, the United Nations, the European Union, the countries of the region, including Mali's nearest neighbours, as well as our multilateral and bilateral strategic partners.”

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19. “Another very important milestone was the Council's unanimous adoption on 12 October of resolution 2071 (2012), bespeaking the Security Council's readiness to follow up the request of ECOWAS and the African Union for the deployment of an international force to help re-establish control over the occupied areas of the northern Mali and to combat terrorism. In the context of the widespread mobilization on Mali's behalf, the strategic concept, outlining a comprehensive and coordinated approach to settle the crisis in the country, was adopted on 19 October in Bamako and then endorsed by the African Union Peace and Security Council.”

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20. “I also take this opportunity to commend the unstinting efforts of the Secretary-General to resolve the Malian crisis and to commend him for his comprehensive report (S/2012/894) on the current state of events. The report comes at a critical phase and calls for concrete, positive steps to put an end to the suffering too long endured by the Malian people at the hands of terrorist groups that indulge in massive human rights violations before our eyes. The Security Council, in adopting resolution 2056 (2012) in July, demonstrated the international community's political commitment to supporting the efforts of ECOWAS and the African Union to resolve the crisis in Mali.”

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21. “Allow me first to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council. I also wish to thank the Security Council for this opportunity to address it on behalf of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to affirm our commitment to finding a rapid solution to the crisis in Mali. Before I go any further, allow me to pay a strong tribute to the Chairman of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, Mr. Alassane Ouattara; to the Chairperson of the African Union, Mr. Thomas Boni Yayi; and their colleagues, the ECOWAS Mediator for the Malian crisis, Mr. Blaise Compaore, and the Associate Mediator, Mr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, for the solidarity they have steadfastly displayed towards the people of Mali and for their determination to resolve the institutional and security crises sweeping the country.”

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22. “That is why, in accordance with the decision taken at the Yamoussoukro summit, I reiterate the ECOWAS request that the Security Council accelerate the process of adopting a new resolution that, on the basis of the additional information to be provided by the technical assessment mission, will support the deployment of an operational ECOWAS force in Mali in order to secure the transition and to work with a restructured Malian army to restore the country's unity and to fight the terrorism inexorably growing in the region. In conclusion, Sir, I commend your leadership of the Security Council, and reiterate my gratitude to all Council members for their ongoing support to Mali and The Security Council has thus concluded the present for their assistance in building peace and security in stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.”

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23. “In that regard, I welcome the consensus that has emerged concerning these issues, and reiterate, on behalf of the current Chairman of ECOWAS, the gratitude of the 15 members of our subregion to all Council members for the completion of this process. I commend in particular the facilitation role played by the permanent representation of France in this respect. Given the gravity of the situation in Mali and the need to maintain regional and international security, we must ensure above all that the process evolves sequentially and progressively towards more robust mobilization of the international community to dismantle the criminal and terrorist networks in northern Mali. The magnitude of the operations being planned clearly calls for significant financial, technical and logistical resources.”

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24. “That will make it possible to fine-tune the parameters for the deployment - that is to say, modalities, options, costs, roles, required technical support and so on - as well as detailed operational plans for the ECOWAS mission in Mali, which will then transmitted to the Security Council. ECOWAS takes note of resolution 2056 (2012), which has justbeen adopted unanimously by the Security Council. It represents an important first phase in the political involvement of the international community in support of the efforts of ECOWAS to resolve the crisis in Mali. In its various elements, it will strengthen the positions upheld by ECOWAS, particularly in terms of restoring the constitutional order and territorial integrity of Mali, fighting terrorism, and identifying a comprehensive strategy for the Sahel region.”

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25. “And the third, which may not be necessary if mediation succeeds, will consist of helping Mali's armed forces to restore the country's territorial integrity. The success of those initiatives will no doubt require a great deal of coordination of effort, as well as the involvement of the entire international community. It is for that reason that in our current approach we have emphasized close coordination with the African Union, the United Nations, countries of the region and other development partners. That is also the reason that our partners are closely involved in the technical assessment mission that will arrive in Mali tomorrow. The conclusions of the mission will be considered in the same spirit of coordination at a general planning meeting of ECOWAS military chiefs of staff.”

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26. “In accordance with the mandate adopted by the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council and approved by the current Chairman of ECOWAS on 16 April, the goal of the various regional initiatives aims at, first, securing the transition; secondly, establishing an environment conducive to promoting human rights and facilitating humanitarian assistance; and, thirdly, helping Mali's army to re-establish the country's unity and territorial integrity. The ECOWAS strategy therefore entails stepping up mediation efforts vis-a-vis all the parties involved and, at the same time, ensuring a phased deployment process. The first stage will be the immediate deployment of a force to secure the transition and the country's institutions. The second will involve training and restructuring Mali's army.”

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27. “Moreover, the heads of State and Government meeting in Yamoussoukro decided to speed up the deployment to Mali of the ECOWAS stand-by force, in line with the provisions of article 25 of the Protocol relating to the Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping and Security. In that connection, a technical assessment mission made up of ECOWAS, African Union and United Nations experts will go to Mali on 6 July to make preparations for the imminent deployment of troops. That will be done in collaboration with the transition authorities, which have formally agreed to a request to begin this process. I should now like to refer to several aspects underpinning the ECOWAS approach, which I also transmitted to the Secretary-General on the Council's request following our interactive meeting on 15 June.”

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28. “The heads of State and Government also decided to strengthen the political transition under way in Mali and to ensure greater inclusiveness by expanding the governance base and by having all the parties involved urgently adopt a road map that should produce concrete actions and a fixed calendar for carrying them out. In that regard, I should like to inform the members of the Council that framework consultations involving all major stakeholders are scheduled to take place in Ouagadougou on 7 July, including the participation of the mediator and the heads of State of the follow-up group on Mali.”

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29. “Things are getting worse by the day, with a continuation of the Constitutional crisis in Bamako and a standstill in the humanitarian and security situation in the north of the country, marked by serious violations of human rights and basic freedoms, the desecration of holy places, the destruction of cultural heritage, the proliferation of weapons and the increasing entrenchment of terrorist networks and jihadist movements, which have pushed out the Mouvement national pour la liberation de l'Azawad from territories it occupied. Faced with this serious situation, ECOWAS heads of State and Government meeting at a summit in Yamoussoukro on 29 June reaffirmed their determination to resolve the dual crisis in Mali and reiterated their previous decisions on the matter.”

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30. “Above all, there was general consensus that we need to provide an adequate collective response to the stalemate in the situation in Mali and to the suffering of the people affected by a crisis whose direct implications on regional and international security are now quite clear. I should like to commend the strong political support shown by the members of the Council for the request made by ECOWAS, which today has resulted in the adoption of a resolution aimed at supporting the efforts ofECOWAS - which are also supported by the African Union - to resolve the crisis in Mali. Every passing hour brings obvious risks for a worsening of the political, humanitarian and security situation in Mali.”

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31. “Allow me, first of all, on behalf of Mr. Alassane Ouattara, current Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to express our gratitude to the Security Council for the opportunity given to us to once again address the Council. Twenty days ago, on 15 June, the Council afforded me and the high-level delegation accompanying me an opportunity to participate in an interactive meeting with the members of the Council on the request made by ECOWAS for the authorization of the deployment of an ECOWAS stabilization force in Mali under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. In the course of that constructive exchange, we shared the same perspective on the challenges to be overcome.”

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32. “Given those conditions, my country would be prepared to cooperate with that body, because the Government of Burkina Faso remains open to any honest, transparent and objective initiative aimed at restoring peace in Angola. The way to a solution is not always clear, neither to the protagonists nor to the observers. Allow me to say, humbly but firmly, without indulging in hypocrisy or subterfuge, that it is the conviction of the Government of Burkina Faso today, as in the past, that only a political solution can bring about a durable peace in Angola. The Government of Burkina Faso invites the Security Council to keep this reality constantly in mind and reaffirms its full support to the Council in this connection.”

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33. “All of these decisions reflect the determination of the Government of Burkina Faso to demonstrate once again its firm resolve to support unreservedly the efforts being made by the Organization of African Unity, the United Nations and the international community to effectively implement the Lusaka Protocol and the relevant Security Council resolutions on Angola. The Council will shortly adopt a draft resolution on the subject under consideration. My delegation is in favour of the Council's proposal to create a monitoring body to pursue investigations and to look into allegations of sanctions busting in Angola, provided, of course, that the Panel of Experts works in an atmosphere of transparency and fairness.”

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34. “If necessary, it will submit reports to the Government of Burkina Faso and to the United Nations sanctions Committee. My Government has also issued instructions to the security service to take appropriate measures to strengthen existing provisions, particularly those prohibiting the entry into the territory of Burkina Faso of any person targeted by the relevant resolutions of the Security Council relating to sanctions against UNITA. The committee has already begun work and has prepared a memorandum that will be presented to the Angola sanctions Committee tomorrow.”

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35. “The committee is composed of representatives from the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Territorial Administration, Security, Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade, Transport and Tourism, Justice and Communication. The committee's mission is clear: it must see to the strict implementation of the sanctions, and in particular ensure that all necessary measures are taken by the ministerial departments concerned, and it must carry out a periodic evaluation of the implementation of the measures adopted. Within the framework of its mandate and its mission, that committee will remain in contact with the United Nations sanctions Committee. It will also be responsible for carrying out investigations at the national level to determine the validity of the evidence provided by the sanctions Committee.”

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36. “We do not, therefore, intend today to reopen the debate on the report of the Panel of Experts; rather, we wish to reaffirm that Burkina Faso, in support of the measures decided on by the Security Council against UNITA, repudiates and rejects the conclusions in the report of the Panel of Experts that named the President of Burkina Faso as well as those implicating Burkina Faso in violations of the sanctions imposed against UNITA. Furthermore, we intend to bring before the members of the Council and the international community the fact that, in a spirit of straightforward cooperation with the United Nations on this specific matter, my Government decided to set up, on 22 March 2000, a inter-ministerial committee entrusted with the task of following up the implementation of sanctions against UNITA.”

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37. “The creation of a Panel of Experts entrusted with the task of examining the violation of sanctions imposed by the Security Council against UNITA is part of that requirement. The Government of Burkina Faso thus understands the situation and offers its support. That is why our current aim is not to demolish or downgrade the report, but merely to highlight its weaknesses and shortcomings in order to better serve the cause of peace through a rigorous, impartial, transparent, reliable, fair and just investigation. In our statement to the Security Council on 15 March 2000, we made our position clear.”

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38. “Allow me also to pay tribute to Ambassador Chowdhury of Bangladesh for the effective and professional way in which he presided over the Council during the month of March. Today, the Security Council is continuing its consideration of the situation in Angola. I should like to take this opportunity to welcome the presence here today of the Minister for External Relations of Angola. The agony and torment of the Angolan people has lasted for more than 25 years. From the struggle for decolonization and the intrigues of the cold war to the current struggle for power, there has been no respite for our Angolan brothers. They have experienced heroism, extreme weariness and every form of suffering and pain, both physical and mental. Given these conditions, the Security Council's involvement in the search for peace in Angola is urgently required.”

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39. “Mr. Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso) (spoke in French): During this month of April 2000, Canada is presiding over the Security Council. You, Mr. Minister, have taken the opportunity to give the international community a month devoted to the subject of human security. The end of April will find you in Accra, Ghana, for the conference on children affected by war. This programme eloquently reflects your concern, Sir, and that of Canada, to promote human security. Burkina Faso is gratified by your presence, Sir, and by your commitment, and we welcome the good relations between our two countries. We would also like to reaffirm that we hold all the States members of the Security Council and their representatives in high esteem. I pay tribute to Ambassador Fowler, who is presiding over the Security Council this month.”

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